LOCATION

Official Website:
http://www.heidelberg.de/

Population:
140,000 (2005)

SCHOOLS

School	Founded
University of Heidelberg	1386

BIRTHS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Jackson Browne	Singer/Songwriter	9-Oct-1948		Running on Empty
Jürgen Dormann	Business	12-Jan-1940		Chairman of ABB
Friedrich Ebert	Head of State	4-Feb-1871	28-Feb-1925	German Chancellor, 1918-19
Michael Fassbender	Actor	2-Apr-1977		Centurion
Hanna Holborn Gray	Educator	25-Oct-1930		President, University of Chicago, 1978-93
Theodor W. Hänsch	Physicist	30-Oct-1941		Quantum optics
Wolfgang Ketterle	Physicist	21-Oct-1957		Bose-Einstein condensates
Susan McDougal	Criminal	1955		Whitewater scandal
Ernst Ruska	Physicist	25-Dec-1906	27-May-1988	Inventor of the electron microscope
Leah Ward Sears	Judge	13-Jun-1955		Georgia Chief Justice
Gerhard Johann Vossius	Scholar	1577	19-Mar-1649	Dutch classical scholar
Cress Williams	Actor	26-Jul-1970		Lavon Hayes on Hart of Dixie
Necar Zadegan	Actor	20-Jun-1982		Girlfriends' Guide to Divorce
John Ziegler	Radio Personality	28-Mar-1967		Right-wing talk radio host

DEATHS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Carl Bosch	Chemist	27-Aug-1874	26-Apr-1940	Chairman of I. G. Farben
Walther Bothe	Physicist	8-Jan-1891	8-Feb-1957	Coincidence method
Robert Wilhelm Bunsen	Chemist	31-Mar-1811	16-Aug-1899	Spectrum analysis, bunsen burner
Daniel H. Burnham	Architect	4-Sep-1846	1-Jun-1912	Built skyscrapers and planned cities
Hans-Georg Gadamer	Philosopher	11-Feb-1900	13-Mar-2002	Truth and Method
J. Hans D. Jensen	Physicist	25-Jun-1907	11-Feb-1973	Shell nuclear model
Albrecht Kossel	Scientist	16-Sep-1853	5-Jul-1927	Chemistry of tissues and cells
Richard Kuhn	Chemist	3-Dec-1900	1-Aug-1967	Carotenoids, and vitamins B2 and B6
George S. Patton	Military	11-Nov-1885	21-Dec-1945	American WWII Army commander
Georg Wittig	Chemist	16-Jun-1897	26-Aug-1987	Wittig Reaction
Ivan Osipovich Yarkovsky	Physicist	24-May-1844	22-Jan-1902	Yarkovsky effect

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