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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.