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Jürgen Ahrend Jürgen Ahrend (born 28 April 1930) is a German organ builder famous for restoring instruments such as the Rysum organ and the Arp Schnitger organ in St. Jacobi, Hamburg (St James's Church) as well as building original instruments. He is intervi ...

(born 1930), German organ builder *

Jürgen Alzen Jürgen Alzen (born 26 November 1962 in Kirchen, Rhineland-Palatinate) is a race car driver from Germany. He drove one race in both the FIA GT Championship and the American Le Mans Series of 2001 for his own Alzen Porsche team. He has also raced ...

(born 1962), German race car driver *

Jürgen Arndt Jürgen Arndt is a German rower who competed for the SG Dynamo Potsdam / SV Dynamo, Sportvereinigung (SV) Dynamo. In 1974, he came third at the East German National Championships with his coxed four team. He also started with the men's eight t ...

, East German rower *

Jürgen Aschoff Jürgen Walther Ludwig Aschoff (January 25, 1913 – October 12, 1998) was a German physician, biologist and behavioral physiologist. Together with Erwin Bünning and Colin Pittendrigh, he is considered to be a co-founder of the field of chronobio ...

(1913–1998), German physician and biologist

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Jürgen Barth Jürgen Barth (born 10 December 1947 in Thum, Saxony) is a German former racecar driver. He is the son of Formula One driver and sports car racer Edgar Barth. Barth started out as an engineer but became one of the most successful drivers in ...

(born 1947), German engineer and racecar driver *

Jürgen Bartsch Jürgen Bartsch (born Karl-Heinz Sadrozinski; November 6, 1946 – April 28, 1976) was a West German serial killer who murdered four boys aged between 8 and 13 and attempted to kill a fifteen year old boy. The case of this sexual offender was the ...

(1946–1976), German serial killer *

Jürgen von Beckerath Jürgen von Beckerath (19 February 1920, Hanover – 26 June 2016, Schlehdorf) was a German Egyptologist. He was a prolific writer who published countless articles in journals such as '' Orientalia'', ''Göttinger Miszellen'' (GM), ''Journal of t ...

(1920–2016), German Egyptologist *

Jürgen Berghahn Jürgen Berghahn (born 5 July 1960 in Blomberg) is a German politician of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) who has been serving as a member of the German Bundestag for Lippe I since the 2021 German federal election. Previously, he was a member ...

(born 1960), German politician *

Jürgen Bertow Jürgen Bertow (born 21 April 1950) is a retired German rower. He won a bronze medal at the 1976 Summer Olympics and a silver at the 1975 World Championships in the double sculls, as well as a world title in the quad sculls in 1974. For these a ...

(born 1950), East German rower *

Jürgen Blin Jürgen Blin (24 April 1943 – 7 May 2022) was a mid-20th century German boxer, who was the Heavyweight Champion of Germany, and European Heavyweight Champion in 1972, and internationally represented the state of West Germany. Early life Bli ...

(born 1943), West German boxer *

Jürgen Bogs Jürgen Bogs (born 19 January 1947) is a German football coach who led BFC Dynamo to ten consecutive DDR-Oberliga titles from 1979 to 1988. Bogs was a youth coach at BFC Dynamo before becoming the coach of the first team in 1977. The ten conse ...

(born 1947), German football manager *

Jürgen Brähmer Jürgen Brähmer (born 5 October 1978) is a German professional boxer. He is a two-time former light-heavyweight world champion, having held the WBO title from 2009 to 2011, and the WBA (Regular) title from 2013 to 2016. Additionally, he has he ...

(born 1978), German boxer *

Jürgen Bräuninger Jürgen Bräuninger (13 September 1956 – 6 May 2019) was a German-born South African composer. Jürgen Bräuninger studied at the State University of Music and Performing Arts Stuttgart with Ulrich Süsse and Erhard Karkoschka and at San Jose S ...

, South African composer and professor *

Jürgen Budday Jürgen Budday (born 1948 in Germany) is a German conductor, director of church music and music teacher. He is artistic director of the concert series at the UNESCO World Heritage Site Maulbronn Abbey, of the choir 'Maulbronner Kantorei' and of t ...

(born 1948), German conductor

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Jürgen Cain Külbel Jürgen Cain Külbel is a German former criminal investigator of the GDR, who became an investigative journalist after the reunification of Germany. Born in Thuringia in 1956, Külbel graduated from the Humboldt University of Berlin in 1979 with a ...

(born 1956), German journalist and investigator *

Jürgen Chrobog Jürgen Chrobog (born February 28, 1940) is a German jurist and former diplomat. He worked in the Foreign Office of West Germany and the reunified Germany and among other diplomatic postings, was Ambassador to the United States from 1995 to 2001. ...

(born 1940), German diplomat *

Jürgen Colin Jürgen Romano Colin (born 20 January 1981) is a Dutch former professional footballer who played as a central defender. Club career Born in Utrecht of Surinamese descent, Colin started his professional career at PSV Eindhoven – after arriving ...

(botn 1981), Dutch footballer *

Jürgen Colombo Jürgen Colombo (born 2 September 1949) is a retired track cyclist from West Germany, who won the gold medal in the Men's 4000m Team Pursuit at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, alongside Günther Schumacher, Günter Haritz, and Udo Hempel ...

(born 1949), West German cyclist *

Jürgen Croy Jürgen Croy (born 19 October 1946) is a former footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He made 86 appearances for the German Democratic Republic national team. Club career Born in Zwickau, Germany, Croy spent his entire footballing career at ...

(born 1946), East German footballer

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Jürgen Dehmel Jürgen Dehmel (born 12 August 1958) is a German bass player and songwriter. Biography Dehmel was born in Berlin, Germany. He was brought by keyboardist Uwe Fahrenkrog-Petersen to join the rock band Nena in 1981. Fahrenkrog-Petersen and Dehmel ha ...

(born 1958), German bass guitarist and songwriter *

Jürgen Drews Jürgen Ludwig Drews (born 2 April 1945) is a German Schlager singer, musician, songwriter and actor. Life Drews was born in Nauen near Berlin, and brought up in Schleswig. After finishing school, he went on to study medicine at the Univer ...

(born 1945), German singer *

Jürgen Damm Jürgen Damm Rascón (born 7 November 1992) is a Mexican professional footballer who plays as a winger for Liga MX club América. According to a study conducted by Mexican club Pachuca, and backed by FIFA, Damm was the second fastest player ...

, Mexican Footballer of German descent *

Jürgen Dirkx Jürgen Arnoldus Wilhelmus Dirkx (born 15 August 1975), known as Jürgen Dirkx, is a Dutch former footballer. During his career, he played as a defender for PSV and Fortuna Sittard. After retiring at the age of 27, he became a manager. Currentl ...

, Retired Football Player

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Jürgen Ehlers Jürgen Ehlers (; 29 December 1929 – 20 May 2008) was a German physicist who contributed to the understanding of Albert Einstein's theory of general relativity. From graduate and postgraduate work in Pascual Jordan's relativity research group ...

(1929–2008), German physicist *

Jürgen Eschert Jürgen Eschert (born 24 August 1941) is a retired German sprint canoeist. Competing in the C-1 1000 m event he who a gold medal at the 1964 Olympics and a bronze at the 1965 European Championships. In 1971 Eschert was expelled from the East ...

(born 1941), West German canoeist *

Jürgen Evers Jürgen Evers (born 29 April 1964 in Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg) is a retired West German sprinter who specialized in the 200 metres. He won the silver medal in 200 m at the 1986 European Championships. In the 4 x 100 metres relay event he fi ...

(born 1964), West German sprinter

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Jürgen Fanghänel Jürgen Fanghänel (born 1 August 1951) is a retired East German amateur boxer, who competed in 1970s and 1980s. Career Fanghänel won the bronze medal in the men's heavyweight division (91 kg) at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow. The ...

(born 1951), East German boxer *

Jürgen von Farensbach Jürgen von Farensbach (1551–1602) (russian: Юрий Францбек, da, Georg Farensbach, pl, Jerzy Farensbach) was a Baltic German nobleman and Livonian general. Sent as the Ambassador of Livonian Confederation to Czar Ivan IV of Russi ...

(1551–1602), Baltic German nobleman and Livonian general *

Jürgen Fassbender Jürgen Fassbender (german: Faßbender, born 28 May 1948) is a retired German tennis player. On the ATP Tour, Fassbender won three singles and 15 doubles titles. His best Grand Slam singles result was reaching the quarterfinals at the 1973 Wimb ...

(born 1948), West German tennis player *

Jürgen Flimm Jürgen Flimm (born 17 July 1941, in Gießen) is a German theater and opera director, and theater manager. After establishing himself as one of the exponents of Regietheater, Flimm was called to manage renowned theaters and festivals. His operatic ...

(born 1941), German theater and opera director

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Jürgen Gauß Jürgen Gauß (Juergen Gauss) is a German theoretical chemist. Gauß was born on 13 August 1960 in Konstanz. He studied chemistry at the University of Cologne from 1979 till 1984. After finishing his PhD thesis on abinitio calculations at the Uni ...

(born 1960), German chemist *

Jürgen Gauß (officer) The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross (german: Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes) and its variants were the highest awards in the military and paramilitary forces of Nazi Germany Nazi Germany (lit. "National Socialist State"), ' (lit. "N ...

(1918–1996), German military commander *

Jürgen Geschke Hans-Jürgen Geschke (also known as Tutti, born 7 July 1943) is a German former track cyclist who competed for East Germany in the 1968, 1972 and 1976 Olympics. After having won the silver medal in the 2000 m tandem, alongside Werner Otto, he ...

(born 1943), East German cyclist *

Jürgen Gjasula Jürgen Fatmir Gjasula (born 5 December 1985) is an Albanian professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Berliner AK 07. He also holds German citizenship. Club career SC Freiburg Born in Tirana, Albania, Gjasula started hi ...

(born 1985), Albanian footballer *

Jürgen Gmehling Jürgen Gmehling (born January 13, 1946 in Duisburg) is a retired German professor of technical and industrial chemistry at the Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg. Biography His career started with an apprenticeship as a laboratory assi ...

(born 1946), German chemist *

Jürgen Goslar Jürgen Goslar (26 March 1927 – 5 October 2021Traueranzeige
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(born 1927), German actor and director *

Jürgen Grabowski Jürgen Grabowski (7 July 1944 – 10 March 2022) was a German footballer. He played for Eintracht Frankfurt. He became European champion in 1972 and world champion in 1974. Grabowski is considered the greatest Eintracht Frankfurt player ever. ...

(1944–2022), West German footballer *

Jürgen Graf Jürgen Graf (born 15 August 1951) is a Swiss author, former teacher and Holocaust denier. Since August 2000 he has been living in exile, and is currently living in Russia, working as a translator, with his wife. Background Born in Basel, Graf s ...

(born 1951), Swiss author and pseudohistorian * Jürgen-Peter Graf (born 1952), German lawyer *

Jürgen Gröbler Jürgen Heinz Lothar Gröbler OBE (born 31 July 1946, Magdeburg) is a German rowing coach, formerly the Olympic team coach of East Germany and later of Great Britain. He coached crews to medals at every Olympics from 1972 to 2016, with the except ...

(born 1946), German rowing coach *

Jürgen Groh Jürgen Groh (born 17 July 1956) is a German former professional footballer who played as a defender. He spent 12 seasons in the Bundesliga with Hamburger SV and 1. FC Kaiserslautern. He represented Germany in two friendlies. Honours Hamburger ...

(born 1956), West German footballer

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Jürgen Haase Jürgen Haase (born 19 January 1945) is a former track and field athlete and Olympian, who, competing for East Germany, was among the world's best long distance track runners in the 1960s and 1970s. Twice during this period, in 1966 and 1969, ...

(born 1945), East German runner *

Jürgen Habermas Jürgen Habermas (, ; ; born 18 June 1929) is a German social theorist in the tradition of critical theory and pragmatism. His work addresses communicative rationality and the public sphere. Associated with the Frankfurt School, Habermas's wor ...

(born 1929), German sociologist and philosopher *

Jürgen Hartmann Jürgen Hartmann (born 27 October 1962) is a German football coach and retired midfielder who played during the 1980s and 1990s. Career Hartmann was born in Lahr. He began his professional career at VfB Stuttgart in 1985 and went on to play ...

(born 1962), German footballer and coach *

Jürgen Henkys Jürgen Henkys (6 November 1929 – 22 October 2015) was a German Protestant minister and theologian. Henkys was born in , Ostpreußen, Germany. He became a lecturer at the Sprachenkonvikt in East Berlin and the Professor for Practical Theology at ...

(1929–2015), German theologian *

Jürgen Henn Jürgen Henn (born 2 June 1987) is an Estonian football manager who is the current head coach of Meistriliiga club Flora. Managerial career On 5 January 2018, Henn was appointed as the manager of Flora, having previously coached the club's res ...

(born 1987), Estonian football manager and coach *

Jürgen Heuser Jürgen Heuser (born 13 March 1953 in Barth, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern) is a German weightlifter. In 1978, participating for the German Democratic Republic, he won the World Championship in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. At the 1980 Summer Olymp ...

(born 1953), East German weightlifter *

Jürgen Hildebrand Jürgen Hildebrand (born 24 July 1948) is an East German former handball player who competed in the 1972 Summer Olympics. He was born in Halle an der Saale. In 1972 he was part of the East German team which finished fourth in the Olympic ...

(born 1948), East German handball player *

Jürgen Hingsen Jürgen Hingsen (; born 25 January 1958) is a former West German decathlete who won several medals at international championships and Olympic Games in the 1980s, and held the decathlon world record in 1982 and again from 1983 to 1984. His rivalry ...

(born 1958), West German decathlete

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Jürgen Klinsmann Jürgen Klinsmann (, born 30 July 1964) is a German professional football manager and former player. Klinsmann played for several prominent clubs in Europe including VfB Stuttgart, Inter Milan, Monaco, Tottenham Hotspur, and Bayern Munich. He ...

(born 1964), German footballer, manager and pundit *

Jürgen Klopp Jürgen Norbert Klopp (; born 16 June 1967) is a German professional football manager and former player who is the manager of club Liverpool. He is widely regarded as one of the best managers in the world. Klopp spent most of his playing c ...

(born 1967), German footballer and manager *

Jürgen Koch Jürgen Koch (born 8 January 1973) is an Austrian badminton player from Askö Traun badminton club. Career Koch competed in badminton at the 1992 Summer Olympics in men's singles. He lost in the second round to Wong Wai Lap, of Hong Kong, 17-18 ...

Jürgen Kocka Professor Emeritus Jürgen Kocka (born 19 April 1941 in Haindorf, Sudetenland) is a German historian. A university professor and former president of the Social Science Research Center Berlin (2001–2007), Kocka is a major figure in the new ...

Jürgen Kohler Jürgen Kohler (born 6 October 1965) is a World Cup-winning German association football, footballer and Coach (sport), manager, who played as a centre-back. Since 2018, he has been in charge of the youth team of FC Viktoria Köln, Viktoria Köln. ...

Jürgen Kurbjuhn Jürgen Kurbjuhn (26 July 1940 – 15 March 2014) was a German football player. Kurbjuhn had excelled as a youth-international for West Germany during his time with amateur club ''Buxtehuder SV'' and joined Hamburg's biggest, Hamburger SV, in 19 ...

Jürgen Kuresoo Jürgen Kuresoo (born 11 February 1987, in Elva) is an Estonian professional footballer, playing for FC Elva in Estonian Esiliiga. He plays the position of midfielder and is 1.76 m tall. International career On 15 November 2005, Kuresoo made ...

Jürgen Koegelenberg Jürgen or Jurgen is a popular masculine given name in Germany, Estonia, Belgium and the Netherlands. It is cognate with George. Notable people named Jürgen include: A *Jürgen Ahrend (born 1930), German organ builder * Jürgen Alzen (born 1 ...

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*Jürgen Ligi *Jürgen von der Lippe, stage name of German television presenter, entertainer, actor and comedian Hans-Jürgen Dohrenkamp (born 1948) *Jürgen Loacker *Jürgen Locadia

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*Jürgen Macho *Jürgen Mandl *Jürgen Marcus *Jürgen May *Jürgen Melzer *Jürgen Milewski *Jürgen Mittelstraß *Jürgen Möllemann (1945–2003), German politician *Jürgen Moltmann *Jürgen Mossack *Jürgen Moser *Jürgen Möllemann

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*Jürgen Neukirch *Jürgen Nöldner

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*Jürgen Oesten *Jürgen Ovens *Jürgen Offt

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*Jürgen Paeke *Jürgen Pahl *Jürgen Panis *Jürgen Partenheimer *Jürgen Patocka *Jürgen Pezzi *Jürgen Pommerenke *Jürgen Ponto *Jürgen Prochnow

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*Jürgen Raab *Jürgen Reil *Jürgen Rieger *Jürgen Rijkers (born 1967), Dutch DJ, remixer, producer and artist DJ Jurgen *Jürgen Röber *Jürgen Rohwer *Jürgen Roland *Jürgen Rooste (born 1979), Estonian poet *Jürgen Rosenthal *Jürgen Rüttgers

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*Jürgen Säumel *Jürgen Schadeberg *Jürgen Schmidhuber *Jürgen Schmude *Jürgen Schreiber (journalist) (born 1947), German investigative journalist *Jürgen Schreiber (businessman) (born 1962), German business executive *Jürgen E. Schrempp *Jürgen Schröder (disambiguation) *Jürgen Schult *Jürgen Schütze *Jürgen Seeberger *Jürgen Seyfarth *Jürgen Sparwasser *Jürgen Stark *Jürgen Steinmetz (born 1957), Publisher eTurboNews, president International Coalition of Tourism Partners *Jürgen Stock *Jürgen Straub * Jürgen Stroop (1895–1952), German Nazi SS officer, executed for war crimes *Jürgen F. Strube *Jürgen Sundermann

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*Jürgen Thorwald *Jürgen Todenhöfer *Jürgen Tonkel (born 1962), German actor known for portraying Erich Kempka in the film ''Der Untergang'' *Jürgen Trittin *Jürgen Trumpf

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*Jürgen Untermann (1928–2013), German linguist, indoeuropeanist and epigraphist

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*Jurgen Verstrepen (born 1966), Belgian politician and former radio and television presenter *Jürgen Vollmer (born 1939), German photographer *Jürgen Vsych

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*Jurgen Van de Walle (born 1977), Belgian bicycle road racer *Jürgen Warnatz *Jürgen Warnke *Jürgen Werner (disambiguation) *Jürgen Wullenwever

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*Jürgen Zimmerling *Jürgen Zopp

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