51.0500° N, 13.7398° E
DRESDEN
Most Famous People Born in Dresden, Germany
- Notable people
- 3,353
- Peak decade
- 1930s
- Median birth year
- 1904
- Most distinctive
- Art Historian 5.8×
A Saxon court city whose distinctive shelves are art historians, sculptors, conductors, theologians, and painters — the trades of a baroque royal city whose Gemäldegalerie, Staatskapelle, and Frauenkirche have shared the same Altstadt for three centuries. The 18th century is unusually heavy here, the age of Augustus the Strong, and the modern bench is dominated by Gerhard Richter and a generation of artists who came of age between the Allied firebombing and the fall of the Wall.
One face per century — the most globally famous figure born in Dresden during each.
Notable Births by Decade
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What Dresden Is Known For
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Politician is Dresden's biggest profession — 10% of all notables (321).
Dresden over-indexes on art historian — 5.8× the global rate.
Dresden under-produces football — only 0.3× the global rate.
Profession Mix Over Time
Each band shows a profession family's share of Dresden's notable births by decade. Hover the chart for the breakdown at any decade.
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- Science
- Writing
- Politics & Law
- Sports
- Film & TV
- Other
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Christian Friedrich Zincke
1683 - 1767
Christian Frederick Boerner
1683 - 1753
Johann Gotthilf Ziegler
1688 - 1747
Christian Friedrich Erndel
1683 - 1767
Johann Gottfried Borlach
1687 - 1768
Johann Georg Maximilian von Fürstenhoff
1686 - 1753
Paul Christian Zink
1687 - 1770
Johann Gottfried Fehre
1685 - 1753
Johann Christian Crell
1689 - 1762
Ferdinand Anton Danneskiold-Laurvig
1688 - 1754
Adam Friedrich von Flemming
1687 - 1744
Johann Conrad Buchau
1682 - 1703
Adam Friedrich von Schönberg (1688–1751) – Wi
1688 - 1751
Philip Jacob Specken
1680 - 1762