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DARMSTADT

Most Famous People Born in Darmstadt, Germany

Notable people
1,104
Peak decade
1960s
Median birth year
1902
Most distinctive
Chemist 6.5×

The thick Chemist bench is Justus von Liebig's long shadow and the Merck dynasty, which has been running the world's oldest pharmaceutical company out of Darmstadt since 1668 — element 110, darmstadtium, is literally named after the place. The Aristocrat signal is the Grand Ducal House of Hesse and its connections to the Russian and British thrones, while the Mathematician depth belongs to the old TH Darmstadt tradition.

Through the Decades

One face per decade — the most globally famous figure born in Darmstadt during each.

Notable Births by Decade

Click a decade to filter the list below. Peak: 1960s with 114 notable births.

What Darmstadt Is Known For

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Politician is Darmstadt's biggest profession — 14% of all notables (156).

Darmstadt over-indexes on chemist6.5× the global rate.

Darmstadt under-produces football — only 0.2× the global rate.

  1. Politician156
  2. Actor55
  3. Academic50
  4. Painter48
  5. Writer43
  6. Historian28
  7. Football26
  8. Chemist25
  1. Chemist256.5×
  2. Aristocrat126.5×
  3. Academic504.5×
  4. Theologian153.7×
  5. Mathematician183.3×
  6. Judge142.7×
  7. Historian282.4×
  8. Physicist112.4×
  1. Football260.2×
  2. Singer150.7×

Profession Mix Over Time

Each band shows a profession family's share of Darmstadt's notable births by decade. Hover the chart for the breakdown at any decade.

160016501700175018001850190019502000
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Showing 21 of 1,104 notable people

0113 JOURNALIST

Friedrich Wilhelm Schulz

1797 - 1860

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0143 LINGUIST

Johann Christian Felix Baehr

1798 - 1872

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0145 PRINCE

Émile de Hesse-Darmstadt

1790 - 1856

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0182 ANTHROPOLOGIST

Friedrich Eduard Schulz

1799 - 1829

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0187 PHARMACIST

Heinrich Emanuel Merck

1794 - 1855

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0207 THEOLOGIAN

Ernst Sartorius

1797 - 1859

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0279 ACADEMIC

Carl Heyer (Forstwissenschaftler)

1797 - 1856

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0422 VIOLIN

Wilhelm Mangold (Komponist)

1796 - 1875

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0589 PAINTER

Ernst August Schnittspahn

1795 - 1882

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0663 POLITICIAN

Andreas von Hesse

1793 - 1868

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0677 ENGRAVER

Ernst Rauch

1797 - 1877

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0678 LAWYER

Friedrich Küchler (Verwaltungsbeamter)

1799 - 1866

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0764 POLITICIAN

Friedrich Schenck (Politiker, 1790)

1790 - 1868

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0801 POLITICIAN

Carl von Bechtold

1791 - 1866

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0842 POLITICIAN

Friedrich Ludwig Klipstein

1799 - 1862

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0863 POLITICIAN

Karl Köhler (Theologe)

1799 - 1847

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0871 POLITICIAN

Georg Lerch

1792 - 1857

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0882 POLITICIAN

Christian Zöppritz

1796 - 1879

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0924 POLITICIAN

Georg Friedrich Brust

1790 - 1854

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1020 POLITICIAN

Johann Adam Fuchs

1795 - 1883

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1094 POLITICIAN

Georg Weber (Politiker, 1791)

1791 - 1862

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