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Also Known As Wilhelm der Weise • William the Wise
Born June 24, 1532 • Kassel • Germany
Died August 25, 1592 (aged 60) • Kassel • Germany

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Hans Daniel Hassenpflug
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Frederick William
elector of Hesse-Kassel
Rolf Hochhuth
German writer
Anton Fugger
German merchant
Jakob Fugger II the Rich
German merchant
Reinhard Gehlen
German general
Hans Eysenck
German-born British psychologist
Oskar Minkowski
German physiologist
Henry Melchior Mühlenberg
American clergyman
Joseph Weizenbaum
American computer scientist
Robert Wiene
German film director
Konrad Zuse
German engineer
Christoph von Dohnányi
German conductor
Peter Vischer, the Elder
German artist
Friedrich William Heinrich Benda
German musician
Johann Georg Cotta
German publisher [1631–1692]
Johann Heinrich Alsted
German logician
Johann Friedrich Cotta, Freiherr von Cottendorf
German publisher
Pina Bausch
German ballet dancer and choreographer