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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 46 of 1,104 notable people

0023 OFFICER

Karl-Otto Koch

1897 - 1945

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0037 FATHER

George Mountbatten, 2nd Marquess of Milford Haven

1892 - 1938

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0043 OFFICER

Karl Plagge

1897 - 1957

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0046 WRITER

Kasimir Edschmid

1890 - 1966

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0050 DUKE

Princess Elisabeth of Hesse and by Rhine (1895–1903)

1895 - 1903

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0084 OFFICER

Gustav-Adolf von Zangen

1892 - 1964

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0162 SOCIOLOGIST

Arnold Bergstraesser

1896 - 1964

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0174 COMPOSER

Hermann Heiss

1897 - 1966

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0245 HISTORIAN

Karl Bittel

1892 - 1969

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0247 ACTOR

Martha Ziegler

1899 - 1957

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0260 LAWYER

Falk Zipperer

1899 - 1966

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0261 WRITER

Hans Schiebelhuth

1895 - 1944

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0280 ACTOR

Willy Stettner

1895 - 1961

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0329 PAINTER

Maria von Heider-Schweinitz

1894 - 1974

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0411 SCULPTOR

Marietta Merck

1895 - 1992

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0427 THEOLOGIAN

Wilhelm Michaelis

1896 - 1965

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0432 JOURNALIST

Hans Eckstein (Publizist)

1898 - 1985

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0452 PAINTER

Carl Gunschmann

1895 - 1984

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0453 ARCHITECT

Heinrich Otto Vogel

1898 - 1994

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0494 HISTORIAN

Ulrich Noack (Historiker)

1899 - 1974

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0502 LITERARY

Elisabeth Paul

1895 - 1991

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0503 ACADEMIC

Wilhelm Groh

1890 - 1964

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0540 THEOLOGIAN

Heinrich Frick

1893 - 1952

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0562 ACADEMIC

Ottilie Rady

1890 - 1987

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0576 COMPOSER

Hans Simon (Komponist)

1897 - 1982

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0648 ACADEMIC

Ernst Heinrich Brill

1892 - 1945

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0669 MANAGER

Arthur Tix

1897 - 1971

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0680 WRITER

Franz von Schmidt

1895 - 1960

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0689 POLITICIAN

Georg Ackermann (Politiker)

1897 - 1964

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0700 PAINTER

Robert Jakob Bock

1896 - 1943

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0737 POLITICIAN

Richard Hammer (Politiker)

1897 - 1969

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0741 LAWYER

Hermann Bach (Politiker)

1897 - 1966

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0742 FLYING ACE

Karl Christ

Born 1897

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0745 MILITAR

Horst Freiherr von Uckermann

1891 - 1980

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0766 LITERARY

Frank Warschauer

1892 - 1940

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0785 JUDGE

Walter Klaas (Jurist)

1895 - 1978

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0791 DIPLOMAT

Leopold von Plessen (Diplomat)

1894 - 1971

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0819 PHYSICIAN

Erwin Becker

1898 - 1978

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0832 POLITICIAN

Jakob Karl Maurer

1890 - 1975

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0860 ACTOR

Ernst Langheinz

1894 - 1972

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0886 PAINTER

Willi Hofferbert

1896 - 1972

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0954 LAWYER

Hermann Neuschäffer

1898 - 1984

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0982 POLITICIAN

Karl Wilhelm Altheim

1899 - 1961

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1057 AUTHOR

Friedrich Carl Lehr

1899 - 1922

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1066 THEOLOGIAN

Friedrich Buschtöns

1895 - 1962

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1068 DESIGNER

Meta Deutsch

1891 - 1989

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