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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.

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Showing 55 of 1,104 notable people

0004 ACTOR

Karlheinz Böhm

1928 - 2014

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0031 ACTOR

Günter Strack

1929 - 1999

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0047 SINGER

Erika Köth

1925 - 1989

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0108 JOURNALIST

Richard von Frankenberg

1922 - 1973

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0127 CHEMIST

Heinz Staab

1926 - 2012

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0147 MATHEMATICIAN

Christoph Scriba

1929 - 2013

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0159 SCREENWRITER

Fred Denger

1920 - 1983

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0166 COMPOSER

Hans Ulrich Engelmann

1921 - 2011

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0198 LINGUIST

Hellmut Geissner

1926 - 2012

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0214 ACTOR

Herbert Weicker

1921 - 1997

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0216 POLITICIAN

Hans Stark

1921 - 1991

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0220 MATHEMATICIAN

John Hajnal

1924 - 2008

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0221 ACTOR

Jochen Diestelmann

1922 - 1983

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0222 HISTORIAN

Karl Weintraub

1924 - 2004

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0273 PHYSICIST

Arthur Scharmann

1928 - 2012

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0287 ECONOMIST

Günter Menges (Ökonom)

1929 - 1983

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0298 FILM

Helga Keller

1921 - 2013

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0309 PRIEST

Klaus Mayer

Born 1923

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0311 SCIENTIST

Ralph Benjamin

1922 - 2019

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0325 PRIEST

Wolfgang Rolly

1927 - 2008

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0346 ENTREPRENEUR

Lotte Köhler

Born 1925

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0348 PHYSICIST

Helmut Ehrhardt

1927 - 2011

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0388 AUTHOR

Willi Erzgräber

1926 - 2001

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0394 WRITER

Georg Hensel

1923 - 1996

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0399 SCULPTOR

Wilhelm Loth

1920 - 1993

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0414 CHESS

Juliane Hund

1928 - 1999

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0433 DESIGNER

Helmut Lortz

1920 - 2007

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0441 PAINTER

Bernd Krimmel

Born 1926

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0446 BIOLOGIST

Klaus Sander

1929 - 2015

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0463 ACTOR

Karl-Heinz Walther

1929 - 1995

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0479 MUSIC

Günter Kehr

1920 - 1989

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0519 SINGER

Georg Stern (Sänger)

1921 - 1980

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0563 ROMANIST

Karl Maurer (Romanist)

Born 1926

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0574 ARCHAEOLOGIST

Peter Ihm

1926 - 2014

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0590 LAWYER

Ludwig Delp

1921 - 2010

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0599 ECONOMIST

Hans-Jacob Krümmel

1928 - 2016

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0614 WRITER

Michael Soeder

1921 - 2008

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0628 BUSINESS

Peter Merck

1927 - 2014

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0690 INTERNIST

August Wilhelm von Eiff

1921 - 1998

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0724 GEOLOGIST

Eckart Walger

1924 - 2003

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0768 WRITER

Wilhelm Wannemacher

Born 1927

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0798 ACADEMIC

Walter Beringer

1928 - 2016

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0808 JUDGE

Günter Zehner

1923 - 2002

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0811 PRESERVATIONIST

Bernhard Schlippe

1922 - 1998

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0814 CHEMIST

Jan Thesing

1924 - 2018

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0839 ARTIST

Käte Ledig-Schön

1926 - 2014

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0877 HISTORIAN

Gerhard Schmidt (Historiker)

Born 1920

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0894 POLITICIAN

Horst Seffrin

1921 - 2007

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0921 PHYSICIST

Ernst Becker (Physiker)

1929 - 1984

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0949 PHYSICIST

Otto Wolfskehl (Junior)

1920 - 1987

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0987 ENGINEER

Walter Schnell (Ingenieur)

1924 - 1999

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1014 POLITICIAN

Gustav Freiherr von Gemmingen-Hornberg

1925 - 2005

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1018 POLITICIAN

Kurt Steinbrecher

Born 1921

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1058 SOLDIER

Ludwig Fabricius

1921 - 2002

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1059 SOLDIER

Detlev Fritz

1921 - 1967

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