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You might know some of them |
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Alois Alzheimer - neuropathologist; born 1864 in Marktbreit (Lower Franconia) |
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Franz Beckenbauer - football coach; born 1945 in Munich (Upper Bavaria) |
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Martin Behaim - invented the globe; born 1459 in Nuremberg (Middle Franconia) |
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Pope Benedict XVI - born in 1927 in Marktl am Inn (Upper Bavaria) |
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Berthold Brecht - poet; born 1898 in Augsburg (Swabia) |
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Lucas Cranach the Elder - painter; born 1472 in Kronach (Upper Franconia) |
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Albrecht Dürer - painter; born 1471 in Nuremberg (Middle Franconia) |
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Werner Heisenberg - physician; born 1901 in Würzburg (Lower Franconia) |
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Sebastian Kneipp - priest and one founder of the naturopathic medicine; born 1821 in Wörishofen (Upper Bavaria) |
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Georg Ohm - physician; born 1789 in Erlangen (Middle Franconia) |
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Adam Ries(e) - mathematician; born 1492 in Staffelstein (Upper Franconia) |
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Carl Spitzweg - painter; born 1808 in Unterpfaffenhofen (Uppere Bavaria) |
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Levi Strauss - invented the jeans; born 1829 in Buttenheim (Upper Franconia) |
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Richard Strauss - musician; born 1864 in Munich (Upper Bavaria) |
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Joseph von Fraunhofer - optician; born 1787 in Straubing (Lower Bavaria) |
