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<html> <head> <title>D黶seldorf, Germany</title> <meta name="googlebot" content="noodp"> <meta name="robots" content="noodp"> <link rel="apple-touch-icon-precomposed" href="/silly-nndb-icon.png" /><style type="text/css">  </style><script type="text/javascript" src="/sortable.js"></script> <link rel="stylesheet" href="/style.css" /> </head> <body bgcolor=#ffffff> <center> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr><td valign=top><table width=550 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0> <tr><td bgcolor=white><table width="100%" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" background="/nndb.gif"> <tr> <td rowspan="2" align="left" valign="top"><a href="http://www.nndb.com/"><img src="/title.gif" width="260" height="50" border=0 alt="NNDB"></a></td> <td><table width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="6"> <tr align="center"> <td width="25%" nowrap>This is a beta version of NNDB</td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="right" valign="middle"> <form action="http://search.nndb.com/search/nndb.cgi" method="get"> <input type="hidden" name="nndb" value="1"></input> Search: <select name="omenu"> <option value="unspecified" selected>All Names</option> <option value="living">Living people</option> <option value="dead">Dead people</option> <option value="bands">Band Names</option> <option value="books">Book Titles</option> <option value="movies">Movie Titles</option> <option value="fulltext">Full Text</option> </select> for <input name="query" value="" size=24 maxlength=96> <input type=submit value="Search"> </form></td> </tr> </table>        </td></tr> <tr><td bgcolor=red height=2></td></tr> <map name=fool><area coords="102,0,240,14" href="/geo/912/000069705/bibliography/" alt="bibliography"></map><tr bgcolor=F0F0F0><td bgcolor=F0F0F0 style="padding: 0px 15px 15px 15px;"><img src="/red-profile-2.gif" align="right" height=15 width=240 border=0 usemap=#fool> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 width=100%><tr><td bgcolor=F0F0F0> Düsseldorf, Germany LOCATION Official Website: <a href="http://www.duesseldorf.de/">http://www.duesseldorf.de/</a> Population: 571,150Founding Date: 14-Aug-1288 (city rights) SCHOOLS <table border=1 class="bordered"> <tr><th>School</th><th>Founded</th></tr> <tr><td><a href="/edu/360/000120997/">University of D黶seldorf</a></td><td><center>1965</center></td></tr></table> COMPANY HEADQUARTERS <table border=1 class="bordered"> <tr><th>Company</th><th>Founded</th></tr> <tr><td><a href="/company/151/000125773/">E.ON</a></td><td><center>2000</center></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/company/551/000127170/">Henkel</a></td><td><center>1876</center></td></tr></table> BIRTHS <table border=1 class="sortable bordered" id="sort_births"> <tr><th>Name</th><th>Occupation</th><th>Birth</th><th>Death</th><th>Known for</th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/692/000161209/">John Ericson</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>23-Sep-1926</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>The Return of Jack Slade</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/994/000095709/">Heinrich Heine</a></td> <td><center>Poet</center></td> <td align=right><tt>13-Dec-1797</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>17-Feb-1856</tt></td> <td>Buch der Lieder</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/265/000093983/">Friedrich Heinrich Jacobi</a></td> <td><center>Philosopher</center></td> <td align=right><tt>25-Jan-1743</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>18-Mar-1819</tt></td> <td>German Spinozist</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/680/000180140/">Vera Katz</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>3-Aug-1933</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Mayor of Portland Oregon, 1993-2005</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/552/000127171/">Ulrich Lehner</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>1-May-1946</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>CEO of Henkel</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/317/000105002/">Heike Makatsch</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>13-Aug-1971</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Love Actually</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/747/000050597/">Elisabeth Rohm</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>28-Apr-1973</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Serena Southerlyn on Law & Order</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/567/000202958/">Brother Theodore</a></td> <td><center>Comic</center></td> <td align=right><tt>11-Nov-1906</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>5-Apr-2001</tt></td> <td>Stand-up Tragedist</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/897/000061714/">Wim Wenders</a></td> <td><center>Film Director</center></td> <td align=right><tt>14-Aug-1945</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Wings of Desire</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/912/000279075/">Norman Wooland</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>16-Mar-1910</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>3-Apr-1989</tt></td> <td>Shakespearean stage actor</td> </tr> </table> DEATHS <table border=1 class="sortable bordered" id="sort_deaths"> 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