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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 72 of 1,104 notable people

0089 ACTOR

Paul Frielinghaus

Born 1959

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0103 CHESS

Barbara Hund

Born 1959

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0137 CONDUCTOR

Michael Boder

Born 1958

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0169 MATHEMATICIAN

Axel Börsch-Supan

Born 1954

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0176 POLITICIAN

Karin Wolff

Born 1959

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0189 POLITICAL SCIENTIST

Thomas Lutz

Born 1957

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0197 ATHLETIC

Lothar Krieg

Born 1955

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0239 PRESENTER

Christoph Lanz

Born 1959

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0256 ACTOR

Sven-Eric Bechtolf

Born 1957

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0258 PFARRER

Frank Otfried July

Born 1954

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0268 WRITER

Susanne Röckel

Born 1953

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0299 ECONOMIST

Rainer Klump

Born 1958

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0331 SPORT

Volker Weicker

Born 1957

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0332 PHYSICIAN

Thomas Lenarz

Born 1956

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0334 DERMATOLOGIST

Gerhard Sattler

Born 1955

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0337 WRITER

Friedrich Kröhnke

Born 1956

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0360 MEDIEVALIST

Rüdiger Krüger

Born 1951

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0390 POLITICAL SCIENTIST

Klaus-Dieter Frankenberger

Born 1955

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0397 ATHLETIC

Volker Ohl

Born 1950

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0402 POLITICIAN

Daniela Wagner

Born 1957

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0404 WRITER

Michael-Alexander Beisecker

Born 1959

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0428 ACADEMIC

Klaus Roth (Sportwissenschaftler)

Born 1951

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0435 AUTHOR

Rainer Wieczorek

Born 1956

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0442 ACADEMIC

Peter Berlit

Born 1950

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0449 ART HISTORIAN

Sigrid Schade

Born 1954

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0460 ACADEMIC

Wolfgang Härdle

Born 1953

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0469 AUTHOR

Wolfgang Fienhold

1950 - 2011

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0478 ARTIST

Charly Steiger

Born 1958

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0488 THEOLOGIAN

Renate Jost

Born 1955

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0496 ECONOMIST

Gertraude Krell

1952 - 2016

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0505 ART HISTORIAN

Michael Nungesser

Born 1950

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0511 PHILOSOPHER

Achim Stephan

Born 1955

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0514 HERALDIST

Dieter Krieger

Born 1957

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0551 FOOTBALL

Heinz Traser

Born 1953

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0555 WRITER

Barbara Maria Kloos

Born 1958

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0561 ACTOR

Petra Maria Grühn

Born 1950

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0569 POLITICIAN

Rafael Reißer

Born 1958

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0596 MATHEMATICIAN

Thomas Ihringer

1953 - 2015

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0607 CHEMIST

Wolfram Koch (Chemiker)

Born 1959

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0611 SCREENWRITER

Martina Brand

Born 1957

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0613 MUSIC

Klaus Staffa

Born 1953

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0616 ACADEMIC

Frank Rieg

Born 1955

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0633 SCULPTOR

Bettina Lüdicke

Born 1958

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0635 ARTIST

Ritula Fränkel

1952 - 2015

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0640 ACTOR

Jürgen Morche

Born 1955

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0662 ACADEMIC

Harry Niemann (Publizist)

Born 1951

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0671 HISTORIAN

Volker Stamm

Born 1953

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0673 PAINTER

Rainer Lind

Born 1954

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0691 PAINTER

Rolf Simon-Weidner

Born 1951

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0701 THEOLOGIN

Gabriele Wulz

Born 1959

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0714 SINGER

Matthias Widmaier

Born 1958

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0723 MUSIC

Manfred Häder

Born 1954

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0782 ACADEMIC

Ulrich Falk

Born 1957

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0827 AUTHOR

Hans-Peter Vogt

Born 1950

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0843 WRITER

Hans Ludwig Herder

Born 1956

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0848 ENTREPRENEUR

Manfred Schmitt (Unternehmer)

1950 - 2017

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0872 POLITICIAN

Gerald Kummer (Politiker)

Born 1958

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0879 LEITER

Albrecht Broemme

Born 1953

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0889 POLITICIAN

Alfred Jakoubek

Born 1950

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0939 HANDBALL

Peter Meisinger

Born 1954

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0945 ENGINEER

Jürgen Schnell (Ingenieur)

Born 1953

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0956 LAWYER

Sebastian Schuster

Born 1956

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0968 JOURNALIST

Klaus Walther (Redakteur)

Born 1955

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0980 MANAGER

Andreas von Arnim

1958 - 2005

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0994 POLITICIAN

Ingrid Haasis-Blank

Born 1954

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1012 FOOTBALL

Ernst Traser

Born 1953

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1016 ENTREPRENEUR

Georg Wagner (Unternehmer)

Born 1954

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1022 POLITICIAN

Wilhelm Speckhardt

Born 1959

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1029 DIPLOMAT

Walter Stechel

Born 1953

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1050 PRESENTER

Diethelm Straube

Born 1957

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1054 POLITICIAN

Michael Weiss (Politiker)

Born 1956

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1079 POLITICIAN

Wolfgang Glenz

Born 1952

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