51.8341° N, 12.2460° E
DESSAU
Most Famous People Born in Dessau, Germany
- Notable people
- 429
- Peak decade
- 1930s
- Median birth year
- 1897
- Most distinctive
- Princess 61.7×
One face per decade — the most globally famous figure born in Dessau during each.
Notable Births by Decade
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What Dessau Is Known For
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Politician is Dessau's biggest profession — 10% of all notables (42).
Dessau over-indexes on princess — 61.7× the global rate.
Dessau under-produces football — only 0.2× the global rate.
Profession Mix Over Time
Each band shows a profession family's share of Dessau's notable births by decade. Hover the chart for the breakdown at any decade.
- Writing
- Politics & Law
- Science
- Royalty
- Art & Design
- Music
- Other
Kurt Schwarze (Politiker)
1888 - 1949
Klaus Eichenberg
Born 1936
Johann August Eyserbeck
1762 - 1801
Friedrich Lippmann (Musikwissenschaftler)
1932 - 2019
Friedrich Amadeus Gottlieb von Raumer
1643 - 1728
Gustav Philippson
1814 - 1880
Ernst Jäger (Journalist)
1896 - 1975
Otto Polysius
1863 - 1933
Henriette Spitzeder
1800 - 1828
Dieter Strützel
1935 - 1999
Leopold Schönberg von Brenkenhoff
1750 - 1799
Renate Krauspe
Born 1939
Wilhelm Hosäus
1827 - 1900
Ferdinand Siebigk
1823 - 1886
Karl Heinrich Friedrich von Raumer
1757 - 1831
Marek Ulrich
Born 1997
August von Loën
1828 - 1887
Michael Flade
Born 1975
Bruno Fritsch
1842 - 1933
Hermann Cohn (Politiker)
1869 - 1933
Heinrich Sommerfeld
1884 - 1950
Constanze Janda
Born 1976
Theodor Christian Raumer
1644 - 1707
Hans-Otto Göricke
1919 - 2009
Kurt Suchy
1926 - 2013
Jens Kolze
Born 1967
Ewald Kaiser
1905 - 1992
Wolfgang Hesse (Politiker)
1913 - 1999
Anne-Kathrin Elbe
Born 1987
Alfred Formey
1844 - 1901
Carl Strätz
Born 1875
Ursula Hörig
Born 1932
Martin Müller (Theologe)
1903 - 1989
Georg Bernhard Leopold Zeller
1728 - 1803
Walter Steinthal
1887 - 1951
Tilo Kummer
Born 1968
Franz Kindscher
1824 - 1905
Falk Cohn
1833 - 1901
Arthur Rosenhammer
1910 - 1985
Hans Harksen
1897 - 1985
Andrea Johlige
Born 1977
Joachim Hietzig
1919 - 2012
August Köppe
1818 - 1888
Adolf Emge
1874 - 1951
Susanne Giesa
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Bernhard Hornfeck
1929 - 2006
Johann Heinrich von Börstel
1644 - 1711
Emil Evers
1897 - 1945
Emma Isler
1816 - 1886
Max Polysius
1870 - 1932
Gustav Ziegler (Politiker)
1827 - 1890
Jörg Kuhbier
Born 1940
Klaus Brodersen
1926 - 1997
Rudi Huhn
1919 - 2010
Friedrich von Pfannenberg
1787 - 1841
Paul Breitmann
1923 - 2013
Theodor Schneider (Musiker)
1827 - 1909
Paul Steindorff
1864 - 1927
Tom Schildhauer
Born 1988
Ludwig Carl Heinrich Streiber
1767 - 1828
Leopold Gerlach
1834 - 1917
Axel Willig
1938 - 1998
Eberhard Natho
Born 1932
Ulrich Kessler (Musiker)
1905 - 1984
Giovanna Dorotea di Anhalt-Dessau
1612 - 1695
Peter Herfert
1935 - 2017
Dieter Röck
Born 1933
Ernst Tillich (Pädagoge, 1809)
1809 - 1852
Lutz Bachmann (Musikwissenschaftler)
Born 1948
Frank Reimann
Born 1967
Fritz Klocke (Heimatforscher)
1898 - 1978
Jean-Ernest d'Anhalt
1578 - 1601
Horst Sommerlatte
Born 1940
Johanne Sophie Herre
1706 - 1796
Louis Kindscher
1800 - 1875
Walter Sommer (Politiker, 1903)
1903 - 1942
Peter Kuras
Born 1958
Andreas Stockmann
Born 1962
Klemens Koschig
Born 1957
Helmut Klapproth
1928 - 2011
Max Arnhold
1845 - 1908
Alfred Richter (Politiker, Juni 1895)
1895 - 1959
Matthias Kunze
Born 1952
Hobusch
1819 - 1866
Detlev Mohr
Born 1954
Claudia Schulz
Born 1977
Lothar Alisch
1951 - 2000
Regina Jäger
Born 1960
Hanne-Martje Münther
Born 1940
Max Sabersky
1840 - 1887
Otto Gehre
1894 - 1976
Casper Hight
Born 1986
Carl-Dieter von Reichmeister
1912 - 2001
Werner Fritz
1932 - 2020
Eberhard Kögler
Born 1947
Franz Becker (Maler)
1907 - 1990
Carl Gustav Kämmerer
1833 - 1888
Iris Kloppich
Born 1953
Hans-Joachim Sopart
Born 1950
Ingmar Knop
Born 1975
Joachim Prag
1937 - 2012
Gottfried Heinrich Schmidt
1744 - 1796
Nicole Krieger
Born 1975
Leberecht Friedrich von Brösigke
1720 - 1790
Werner Wagener
Born 1894
Bodo von Bodenhausen (Landrat)
1860 - 1911
Hans-Christian Sachse
Born 1947
Frank Hoffmann (Politiker)
Born 1959
Erwin Busse
1902 - 1984
Karl Salomon
1896 - 1977
Erich Köckert
1900 - 1943
Mario Göbert
Born 1967
Richard Heller (Widerstandskämpfer)
1908 - 1944
Winfried Hampel
1935 - 2010
Joachim Ringel
Born 1942
Friedrich von Basedow
1797 - 1864
Torsten Koch (Politiker)
Born 1963
Karl Friedrich Wilhelm Albrecht
1819 - 1904
Paul Richter (Richter)
1856 - 1939
Louis von Marées
1787 - 1864
Ruth Erika Brand
1928 - 2014
Gerhard Mitschke
Born 1948
Louis Schwabe
1798 - 1845
Christiane Weise
1796 - 1844
Gerhard Harmel
Born 1898
Joachim Friedrich Resen
1680 - 1764
Hanns-Georg Kilian
1925 - 2017
Peter Hoffmann (Politiker, 1953)
Born 1953
Rudolf Thomas Siegfried
1830 - 1863