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- Birth nameUta Johanna Ingrid Heinemann
- Uta Ranke-Heinemann was born on October 2, 1927 in Essen, Germany. She was married to Edmund Ranke. She died on March 25, 2021 in Essen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
- SpouseEdmund Ranke(December 30, 1954 - September 11, 2001) (his death, 2 children)
- Daughter of Gustav Heinemann (German Federal President 1969 - 1974)
- Was a fellow student of Josef Ratzinger, the current Pope Benedict XVI and became the first female professor for theology in the world.
- Was stripped of her departmental chair by the Cardinal of Essen after she publicly had doubted Mary's virginity (1987).
- Defeated candidate to become Germany's president (Bundespräsident) in 1999. She ran against Johannes Rau, who ironically was the husband of her niece Christina.
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