50.2587° N, 10.9580° E
COBURG
Most Famous People Born in Coburg, Germany
- Notable people
- 321
- Peak decade
- 1960s
- Median birth year
- 1901
- Most distinctive
- Princess 37.5×
One face per decade — the most globally famous figure born in Coburg during each.
Notable Births by Decade
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What Coburg Is Known For
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Politician is Coburg's biggest profession — 10% of all notables (31).
Coburg over-indexes on princess — 37.5× the global rate.
Coburg under-produces football — only 0.2× the global rate.
Profession Mix Over Time
Each band shows a profession family's share of Coburg's notable births by decade. Hover the chart for the breakdown at any decade.
- Science
- Politics & Law
- Writing
- Art & Design
- Music
- Royalty
- Other
Leopold I of Belgium
1790 - 1865
Ernest II, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
1818 - 1893
Hans Morgenthau
1904 - 1980
Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld
1786 - 1861
Hans Berger
1873 - 1941
Ernest I, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
1784 - 1844
Felix Draeseke
1835 - 1913
Louise Lehzen
1784 - 1870
Prince Josias of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld
1737 - 1815
Princess Alexandra of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
1878 - 1942
Princess Antoinette of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld
1779 - 1824
Christian Friedrich, Baron Stockmar
1787 - 1863
Princess Amalie of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
1848 - 1894
Prince Ferdinand of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
1785 - 1851
Klaus Janson
Born 1952
Princess Juliane of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld
1781 - 1860
Princess Luise Dorothea of Saxe-Meiningen
1710 - 1767
Marius Wolf
Born 1995
Grand Duchess Maria Kirillovna of Russia
1907 - 1951
Eduard Study
1862 - 1930
Alexander von Mensdorff-Pouilly, Prince Dietrichstein von Nicolsburg
1813 - 1871
Duchess Marie of Württemberg
1799 - 1860
Anton Schweitzer
1735 - 1787
Elisabeth Dorothea of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg
1640 - 1709
Cedric Teuchert
Born 1997
John Ernest, Duke of Saxe-Coburg
1521 - 1553
Princess Sophie of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld
1778 - 1835
Julia Stoschek
Born 1975
Heinrich XIV, Prince Reuss Younger Line
1832 - 1913
Princess Frederica Caroline of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld
1735 - 1791
Yvonne Desportes
1907 - 1993
Princess Charlotte Sophie of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld
1731 - 1810
Bernd Friedmann
Born 1965
Wilhelm Popp
1828 - 1903
Otto Appel
1867 - 1952
Ernst Ludwig II, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen
1709 - 1729
Martin May (actor)
Born 1961
Wolfgang Stammberger
1920 - 1982
Heinrich Rückert
1823 - 1875
Claudia Porwik
Born 1968
Vassily Brandt
1869 - 1923
Johann Christian August Clarus
1774 - 1854
Eva Ahnert-Rohlfs
1912 - 1954
Günther Weißenborn
1911 - 2001
Infante Alvaro, Duke of Galliera
1910 - 1997
Kevin Krawietz
Born 1992
Klaus Volk
Born 1944
Ferdinand Lepcke
1866 - 1909
Cevat Yerli
Born 1978
Johann Friedrich Christ
1701 - 1756
Heinrich Freiherr von Stein
1857 - 1887
Gustav König (Maler)
1808 - 1869
Selmar Bagge
1823 - 1896
Anna Ritter
1865 - 1921
Ernst Faber
1839 - 1899
Princess Charlotte Wilhelmine of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld
1685 - 1767
Werner Scheler
1923 - 2018
Maria Uhden
1892 - 1918
Friedrich Wilhelm von Raison
1726 - 1791
Ernst Freiherr von Althaus
1890 - 1946
Karl-Heinz Hoffmann
Born 1939
Karl-Heinz Schwab
1920 - 2008
Tatunca Nara
Born 1941
Frank Greiner
Born 1966
Louis Oppenheim
1879 - 1936
Max Hess (gymnast)
1877 - 1969
Bernhard Fischer
1852 - 1915
Friedrich Hofmann (Schriftsteller)
1813 - 1888
Martin Forkel
Born 1979
Princess Caroline Mathilde of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
1912 - 1983
Andreas Hackethal
Born 1971
Fred Immler
1880 - 1965
Curt Liebmann
1881 - 1960
Kurt Eccarius
Born 1905
Ernst Kupfer
1907 - 1943
Johann Friedrich Fischer
1726 - 1799
Hermann Meusel
1909 - 1997
Ruth Baumgarte
1923 - 2013
Johann Wilhelm von Sachsen-Coburg-Saalfeld
1726 - 1745
Hermann Löhlein
1847 - 1910
Eduard Hermann (linguist)
1869 - 1950
Wolfgang Blendinger
Born 1955
Michael Stoschek
Born 1947
Caroline Ulrike Amalie von Sachsen-Coburg-Saalfeld
1753 - 1829
Achim Wagner
Born 1967
Walter-Jörg Langbein
Born 1954
Alfred Wertheimer
1929 - 2014
Michael Dreyer
Born 1953
Prince Adrian of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
1955 - 2011
Georg Karl Frommann
1814 - 1887
Jan Sibbersen
Born 1975
Eckart Conze
Born 1963
Max Brückner
1836 - 1919
Richard Leutheußer
1867 - 1945
Jo Schöpfer
Born 1951
Michael Wagner
Born 1981
Friedrich Hartmann Barisien
1724 - 1796
Reinhart Probst
Born 1957
Alexander Pelz
Born 1953
Johann Friedrich Facius
1750 - 1825
Till Nassif
Born 1971
Sabine Friedrich
Born 1958
Annette Hopfenmüller
Born 1959
Friederike Schmöe
Born 1967
Christian Franz von Sachsen-Coburg-Saalfeld – Wi
1730 - 1797
Wilhelm Pertsch
1832 - 1899
Henry Eyring (Mormon pioneer)
1835 - 1902
Doris Nauer
Born 1962
Felicitas Then
Born 1986
Johann Stegner
1866 - 1954
Ernst Francke
1852 - 1921
Michael Rutz
Born 1951
Carl Otto Müller (Maler)
1901 - 1970
Carl-Christian Dressel
Born 1970
Rolf Schieder
Born 1953
William Frishmuth
1830 - 1893
Sabine Demel
Born 1962
Johanna Schoenfelder
1945 - 2011
Karl Fichtner (Schauspieler)
1805 - 1873
Prince Karl of Leiningen
1928 - 1990
Klaus-Peter Göpfert
Born 1948
Justus H. Ulbricht
Born 1954
Johann Friedrich Gruner
1723 - 1778
Jürgen Kloosterhuis
Born 1950
Heinrich Weidt
1824 - 1901
Louise von Meyern-Hohenberg
1815 - 1865
Anna Bernhardine Eckstein
1868 - 1947
Roland Sauerbrey
Born 1952
Fritz Mollwitz
1890 - 1967
Alexandra von der Weth
Born 1968
Silke Wickel-Kirsch
Born 1967
Johann et Ernst Ayrer
1732 - 1817
Otto von Dungern-Oberau
1873 - 1969
Emich Kyrill, Prince of Leiningen
1926 - 1991
Stefan Liebig
Born 1962
Hermann Nonnenmacher
1892 - 1988
Torsten Schwede
Born 1967
Steffen Vogel
Born 1974
Princess Margarita of Leiningen
1932 - 1996
Ingo Bechmann
Born 1968
Dieter Sadowski
Born 1946
Stefan Unterberger
Born 1974
Michael Laube
Born 1955
Jürgen Diestelmann
1928 - 2014
Alexander Zinn
1880 - 1941
Ernst Marlier
1875 - 1948
Herbert Zeitner
1900 - 1988
Ernst Popp
1819 - 1883
Heinz-Wolfgang Kuhn
Born 1934
Eukarius Binder
Died 1527
Carl-Hubertus von Butler
Born 1950
Markus Kotzur
Born 1968
Klaus Hock (Religionswissenschaftler)
Born 1955
Heinz Ruppenstein
Born 1930
Johann Konrad Schwarz
1676 - 1747
Carl Hohnbaum
1780 - 1855
Uwe Nestmann
Born 1967
Alex Anasuya
Born 1984
Cornelius Pleier
1595 - 1646
Guido von Gillhaußen
1870 - 1918
Jens Feddersen
1928 - 1996
Bernd Müller-Röber
Born 1964
Stephan Günzel
Born 1971
August Sommer
1839 - 1921
Thomas Hofmann (Lebensmittelchemiker)
Born 1968
Johann Christoph Florschütz
1794 - 1882
Andreas Kesler
1595 - 1643
Tilmann Breuer
Born 1931
Gottlieb Anton Gruner
1778 - 1844
Johannes Rosenstein
Born 1973
Johann Ludwig von Eckardt
1737 - 1800
Johann Balthasar Kehl
1725 - 1778
Edward Schramm
Born 1965
Albert Koch (Musikjournalist)
Born 1962
Heinrich Justus Schneider
1811 - 1884
Ella Danz
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Norbert Mutzbauer
Born 1957
Carl Leonhardt
1886 - 1969
Lena Meyer-Bergner
1906 - 1981
Kerstin Hack
Born 1967
Marga Lindt
1888 - 1969
Winfried Berger
1954 - 2010
Johann Andreas Frommann
1626 - 1690
Hugo Kreyssig
1873 - 1939
Mathias F. Müller
Born 1968
Carl Friedrich Wilhelm Streib
1822 - 1888
Wolfgang Kiessling (Biologe)
Born 1965
Walter Lorenz (Historiker)
1921 - 2007
Nicolaus Zech
1559 - 1607
Ottokar Lorenz (Wirtschaftshistoriker)
1905 - 1943
Jutta Czurda
Born 1955
Christian Schmidt (Bühnenbildner)
Born 1966
Rüdiger von der Weth
Born 1960
Katja Röder
Born 1975
Heinrich Strecker (Mathematiker)
1922 - 2013
Hermann Quarck
1873 - 1932
Uwe Hiksch
Born 1964
Isa Strasser
1891 - 1970
Christian Rose (Handballspieler)
Born 1977
Gert Klingenschmitt
Born 1940
Natalie Gutgesell
Born 1972
Otto Kindler
1905 - 1962
Andreas Wolf (Handballspieler)
Born 1990
Florian Don-Schauen
Born 1964
Georg Schnurer
Born 1960
Kuno Popp
1893 - 1973
Joachim Borneff
1920 - 2001
Fritz von Zehmen
1860 - 1942
Paul Crusius
1525 - 1572
Michael Welder
1944 - 1996
Maximilian Grünewald (Schauspieler)
Born 1989
Philipp Heinisch
Born 1945
Moriz Adolph Briegleb
1809 - 1872
Herbert Schumann
1935 - 2010
Hanns Carl Wilhelm Haubold von Speßhardt
1797 - 1860
Brigitte Schuller
1934 - 2016
Constant Griebel
1876 - 1965
Michael Kortstock
Born 1954
Louis Wöhner
1888 - 1958
Andreas Krämmer (Bildhauer)
Born 1959
Clara Möller-Coburg
1869 - 1918
Heinrich Sebastian von Reppert
1718 - 1800
Norbert Kastner
Born 1959
Alfred Streck
1896 - 1972
Otto Waldrich
1923 - 2017
Richard Teufel
1897 - 1958
Sigismund Heusner von Wandersleben
1592 - 1645
Johann Sebastian Albrecht
1695 - 1774
Hermann Fischer (Mediziner)
1883 - 1955
Dietrich von Haeften
Born 1940
Michael Sachs (Politiker)
Born 1947
Ernst Friedrich Eberhard
1809 - 1868
Max Adolf Wagenführer
1919 - 2010
Hans-Joachim Büttner
1900 - 1973
Friedrich Forkel
1822 - 1890
Johann Christian Wilhelm Verpoorten
1721 - 1792
Jürgen Kratzenberg
Born 1944
Georg Schneider (Politiker, 1902)
1902 - 1972
Horst Schörshusen
Born 1951
Richard Ludloff
1860 - 1913
Günter Dührkop
1925 - 2002
Michael Ludovici
1602 - 1680
Ruprecht Horst von Butler
Born 1967
Sabrina Lang
Born 1989
Hans Rothbart
1846 - 1904
Johann Christian Herchenhahn
1754 - 1795
Jacob Lindner
1810 - 1889
Karl-Heinz Höhn
1920 - 2005
Dieter Neubauer (Archäologe)
Born 1963
Helene Gerl
1847 - 1905
Auguste Döbbelin
1803 - 1842
Horst Siegel (Offizier)
1922 - 2006
Alexander Rudolf Grünenwald
1849 - 1890
Johann Wilhelm Zollmann
1697 - 1749
Johann Gerhard Gruner
1734 - 1790
Rowley Flynne
1913 - 2003
Heinrich Brückner (Maler)
1805 - 1892
Michael Waitz
Born 1964
Aykut Civelek
Born 1994
Heinrich Beck (Mediziner)
1928 - 2006
Anneliese Hübner
Born 1946
Carl Dietz (Politiker)
1870 - 1943
Johann Lukas Rhiem
1656 - 1729
Heinrich Höllein
1874 - 1947
Hans Hauptmann (Schriftsteller)
1865 - 1946
Marcus Köhler
Born 1967
Betina Kern
Born 1947
Ernst Weiß (Sänger)
1828 - 1871
Walter Hamel (Ingenieur)
1923 - 2009
Edmund Beck (Sänger)
1840 - 1901
Peter Gerlach
1938 - 2007
Burkhardt Quarck
1843 - 1909
Johann Christian Mack
1634 - 1701
Holger Aurel Jung
Born 1972
Peter Jacobi (Politiker)
Born 1945
Johann Sebastian Brumhard
1706 - 1742
Michael C. Busch
Born 1957
Sebastian Grünewald
Born 1984
Ehrhard Johann Brumhard
1692 - 1732
Johann Daniel Gihnlein
1663 - 1735
Walter Muth
1900 - 1973
Martin Böhm (Politiker)
Born 1964
Norbert Tessmer
Born 1953
Paul Römhild (Politiker)
1885 - 1953
Martin Mittag
Born 1982
Christian Bögle
Born 1979
Thorsten Köhler
Born 1978
Max Fischer (Manager)
1857 - 1930
Marion Reinhardt
Born 1963
Peter von Butler (Diplomat)
1940 - 2014
Otto von Stein zu Nord- und Ostheim
1854 - 1915
Sabrina Anderlik
Born 1989
Karl Hansen (Offizier)
1876 - 1965
Alexander von Gabain
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Eduard Scheler
1883 - 1964
Alfred Seidler
1901 - 1976
Andreas Saller
Born 1982
Heinrich Anton Carl Berger
1796 - 1867
Helmut Knauer
1924 - 2010
Georg Meyer (Architekt)
1834 - 1907