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Saskia Rosendahl was born on 9 July 1993 in Halle, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. She is an actress, known for Lore (2012), Never Look Away (2018) and Fabian: Going to the Dogs (2021).

Allen Greene was born on 29 December 1952 in White Hall, Illinois, USA. Allen died on 11 August 1989 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

Tony Hancock was born in Birmingham, England, the son of John and Lillian Hancock. He was educated at Durlston Court, Swanage, and Bradfield College, Reading. He served in the R.A.F. (ground crew) during the war. In 1942 he was in the R.A.F. Gang Show. He was de-mobbed in 1946. He appeared at the Windmill Theatre, London in 1948. His radio show "Hancock's Half Hour" ran from 1954 - 1959, written by Ray Galton and Alan Simpson with co-stars Hattie Jacques, Kenneth Williams, Sidney James and Bill Kerr. This popular show was adopted by TV and the shows were re-recorded and broadcast 1956-1960.

Cordelia Wege was born on 2 May 1976 in Halle, German Democratic Republic. She is an actress, known for Hamlet_X (2003), Dark (2017) and Mätressen - Die geheime Macht der Frauen (2005). She is married to Sebastian Hartmann. They have four children.

Wouter Hendrickx was born in 1975 in Halle, Belgium. He is an actor, known for De infiltrant (2018), Cordon (2014) and The Misfortunates (2009).

Karoline Teska was born on 20 May 1988 in Halle, German Democratic Republic. She is an actress, known for The Wave (2008), Sources of Life (2013) and Mutants (2002).

Urs Rechn was born in the former GDR, on January 18. 1978, in Halle/Saale, (Saxony - Anhalt, Germany,) to Günther Rechn (a renowned painter and graphic artist from Eastern Germany, GDR) and Beate Rechn, and was the second of their three children.

From 1987 onwards, Urs Rechn attended the Special Grammar School for Music "Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy" in Halle, where he excelled in Violoncello, French Horn and Singing. After the Fall of the Berlin Wall, the family relocated to Cottbus, Brandenburg, where Urs Rechn attended the 1. Academic High School for Music and Fine Arts "Heinrich Heine" and the Konservatorium Cottbus, where he protrude from the classes as the Junior Conductor of the youth symphony orchestra and brass band.

Despite having received no formal previous teaching in acting, Urs Rechn segued into an acting career, encouraged by the honoured and renowned East German Director and Impresario Christoph Schroth. He appeared on the stage plays "Hamlet" (1995), "The Beaver Coat" (1996) and "Steig' in das Traumboot der Liebe" (1996)and as a chorister in the Opera "The Magic Flute" (1995) on the State Theater Cottbus.

In 1997, owing to conscription , Urs Rechn went to the German paratroops and later to the German special forces. In the meantime, he played in several TV episodes thanks to an agreement with his Colonel. Upon completion of the active service in 2002, Urs Rechn attended the University of Music and Theater "Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy" and graduated in 2004. He became then - and still is - a visiting scholar at this very institution.

Urs Rechn has been performing most of his acting time on stage: 2003-2005 Staatsschauspiel Dresden, 2005-2007 Landestheater Tübingen, 2008-2013 Theater Chemnitz, e.g.: "The Seagull" - Treblev / "A Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" - Brick / "The Merchant of Venice" - Antonio / "Julius Caesar" - Marcus Antonius / "Caligula" - Caligula / "A Streetcar Named Desire" - Stanley Kowalski / "The Threepenny Opera" - Jonathan Peachum.

Born February 23 1685 in Halle, Germany, he was christened "Georg Friederich Händel" but always signed his name "Georg Friedrich Händel". His father intended for him to go into law, but Händel studied music clandestinely and was eventually allowed to study under an organist. He achieved some success early on, and toured Italy in 1706. He briefly worked in Hannover before departing for London in 1711. While in England Händel composed a number of anthems, operas, and church music, and in 1723 he became a British citizen. He premiered "Messiah" in Ireland as a charity aid, and this quickly became his most famous work. He died early in the morning on 14 April 1759, and was buried in Westminster Abbey under a monument that reads: "George Frederic Handel". 3,000 people attended his funeral.

Reinhard Heydrich began his career as an officer in the post-World War I German navy. He was dishonorably discharged after becoming involved in an illicit love affair. The young woman became pregnant, but instead of marrying her, Heydrich met and soon got engaged to Lina von Osten. In 1930 Heydrich, now unemployed, was persuaded by his wife to join Adolf Hitler's National Socialist (Nazi) party, which he did the next year; he also became a member of the SS at that same time. As one of its first officers, Heydrich was tasked by Heinrich Himmler to expand the small organization into an internal security force to monitor the Nazi party. The result was the creation of the SD (Sicherheistdienst [Security Service]), which was combined, in 1934, with the Gestapo (Gestaatspolizei, or state secret police) to form the much feared SS Security Police, which Heydrich--now an SS Brigadier General--commanded. He played a major role in the destruction of the SA, known as the "storm troopers", which was an internal security service set up by Hitler but which he now suspected of plotting against him; the organization was destroyed and many of its officers, including its leader, Ernst Röhm, were murdered in June of 1934. For his services Heydrich was made a Lieutenant-General in the SS.

At the start of World War II Heydrich became commander of the consolidated Reich security forces, which he formed into the Reich Security Central Office of the SS. Also, by this time, Heydrich had become a major figure in the rounding up and planned extermination of Europe's Jews. On his orders, the SS-Einsatzgruppen--Special Groups--were created for the purpose of hunting down, rounding up and exterminating Jews in Poland and Russia. Three years later, in 1942, he chaired the infamous Wannsee Conference, where the decision was made to exterminate all the Jews of Europe. Promoted to SS-General (Obergruppenfuhrer), Heydrich was made the Reich Governor of Czechoslovakia at the start of 1942. Aware of how powerful, cunning and dangerous Heydrich was, British intelligence agents put together an operation designed to kill him, and trained and dispatched three Czech exiles to Prague. The assassination was carried out in May of 1942. Heydrich died a short while later, on June 4th, the same day of the historic Battle of Midway in the Pacific.

If ever a truly monstrous and evil man existed, it was Reinhard Heydrich, one of the masterminds of the Holocaust. In a horrific act of revenge, called "Operation Reinhard," Hitler had the entire village of Lidice, Czechoslovakia--near where Heydrich was killed--exterminated. All male inhabitants above the age of 15 were shot; all other residents were sent to concentration camps, and the village itself was physically wiped off the face of the earth. Heydrich was buried with full honors. His grave on the Invalidenfriedhof in Berlin is now anonymous in order to prevent any form of remembrance.

Friederike Linke was born in 1981 in Halle, German Democratic Republic. She is an actress, known for Ein Sommer auf Kreta (2023), Ameisen gehen andere Wege (2011) and Tatort (1970). She is married to Takao Baba. They have two children.

Wright Esser was born on 20 October 1907 in North Hall, Buckinghamshire, England. He was an actor, known for The Great Lover (1949) and Hawaii Five-O (1968). He died on 12 August 1976 in Honolulu, Hawaii, USA.

Winnie Böwe was born on 8 November 1973 in Halle, German Democratic Republic. She is an actress, known for Bibi & Tina (2014), Bibi & Tina: Perfect Pandemonium (2017) and Bibi & Tina: Mädchen gegen Jungs (2016). She is married to Jörg Bittner. They have two children.

Christoph Letkowski was born on 16 June 1982 in Halle an der Saale, German Democratic Republic. He is an actor and director, known for Parkour (2009), Nachtschicht (2003) and Blochin: Die Lebenden und die Toten (2015).

Walther Reyer was born on 4 September 1922 in Hall, Tyrol, Austria. He was an actor, known for Sissi - Die junge Kaiserin (1956), The Tiger of Eschnapur (1959) and Journey to the Lost City (1960). He was married to Angela, Erika Remberg, Gretl Elb and Claudia. He died on 5 September 1999 in Innsbruck, Austria.

Gerd Nefzer was born on 5 July 1965 in Schwäbisch Hall, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. He is known for Dune: Part One (2021), Blade Runner 2049 (2017) and John Wick: Chapter 4 (2023).

Ash Stymest was born on 31 July 1991 in Coney Hall, Bromley, London, England, UK. He is an actor, known for Sex Doll (2016), Phobias (2021) and Marlhy: R.I.P. (2020).

Robert Edward Lee was a Confederate general who served the Confederate States of America in the American Civil War, during which he was appointed the overall commander of the Confederate States Army. He led the Army of Northern Virginia, the Confederacy's most powerful army, from 1862 until its surrender in 1865. During the war, Lee earned a solid reputation as a skilled tactician, for which he was revered by his officers and men as well as respected and feared by his adversaries in the Union Army.

Kai Pflaume was born on 27 May 1967 in Halle, German Democratic Republic [now Saxony-Anhalt, Federal Republic of Germany]. He is an actor and producer, known for Nur die Liebe zählt (1993), Buschow (2015) and Klein gegen Groß - Das unglaubliche Duell (2011). He has been married to Ilke Pflaume since 10 August 1996. They have two children.

Henning Peker was born on 1 September 1966 in Halle an der Saale, German Democratic Republic. He is an actor, known for In the Fade (2017), Dark (2017) and Das Feuerschiff (2008).

Susanne Daubner was born in 1962 in Halle, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. She is an actress, known for Gags - Comedy Deluxe (2024), Verkauftes Land (2003) and Browser Ballett - Satire in Serie (2021).

Natascha Paulick was born in 1970 in Halle, German Democratic Republic. She is an actress, known for The Wave (2008), Dark (2017) and Antibodies (2005).

Michael Kind was born on 23 July 1953 in Halle, German Democratic Republic. He is an actor, known for Downfall (2004), Coast Guard (1997) and Die Wolke (2006). He is married to Ursula Andermatt.

Heinrich Schmieder was born on 14 February 1970 in Schwäbisch Hall, Germany. He was an actor, known for Downfall (2004), Extreme Ops (2002) and Tatort (1970). He was married to Antje Schmieder. He died on 21 July 2010 in Livigno, Sondrio, Lombardy, Italy.

Ben Wallace is an American retired professional basketball player.

A native of Alabama, Wallace attended Cuyahoga Community College and Virginia Union University and signed with the Washington Bullets (later Wizards) as an undrafted free agent in 1996. In his NBA career, Wallace played with the Washington Bullets/Wizards, Orlando Magic, Detroit Pistons, Chicago Bulls and Cleveland Cavaliers.

He won the NBA Defensive Player of the Year Award four times, a record he shares with Dikembe Mutombo. In nine seasons with the Pistons (2000-2006; 2009-2012), Wallace made two NBA Finals appearances (2004 and 2005) and won a championship with the Pistons in 2004.

He is the only player in NBA history to record 1,000 rebounds, 100 blocks, and 100 steals in 4 consecutive seasons (2001-2004).

Georg Listing was born on 31 March 1987 in Halle, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. He is an actor, known for Tokio Hotel: Durch den Monsun (2005), Tokio Hotel: Schrei (2005) and Tokio Hotel: Rette mich (2006).