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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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Frederick William
elector of Hesse-Kassel
Hassenpflug
Hans Daniel Hassenpflug
German politician
Reinhard Gehlen
German general
Hans Eysenck
German-born British psychologist
Anton Fugger
German merchant
Rolf Hochhuth
German writer
Jakob Fugger II the Rich
German merchant
Oskar Minkowski
German physiologist
Henry Melchior Mühlenberg
American clergyman
Marcel Schlumberger
German geophysicist
Friedrich William Heinrich Benda
German musician
Johann Christoph Blumhardt
German theologian
Barthel Beham
German engraver
Pina Bausch
German ballet dancer and choreographer
August Boeckh
German scholar
Johann Friedrich Cotta, Freiherr von Cottendorf
German publisher
Johann Georg Cotta, Baron von Cottendorf
German publisher [1796–1863]
Johann Georg Cotta
German publisher [1631–1692]
Bernard II
German duke
Johann Heinrich Alsted
German logician