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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.

Through the Centuries

One face per century — the most globally famous figure born in Dresden during each.

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 historian5.8× the global rate.

Dresden under-produces football — only 0.3× the global rate.

  1. Politician321
  2. Painter242
  3. Actor214
  4. Academic134
  5. Writer117
  6. Author96
  7. Football92
  8. Sculptor87
  1. Art Historian375.8×
  2. Sculptor874.0×
  3. Conductor344.0×
  4. Academic1344.0×
  5. Author963.3×
  6. Physicist423.0×
  7. Theologian352.9×
  8. Painter2422.8×
  1. Football920.3×
  2. Singer410.6×
  3. Lawyer410.7×

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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  • Art & Design
  • Science
  • Writing
  • Politics & Law
  • Sports
  • Film & TV
  • Other
All3,353
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Showing 32 of 3,353 notable people

0019 ARISTOCRAT

Maria Josepha of Saxony, Dauphine of France

1731 - 1767

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0074 REGENT

Prince Francis Xavier of Saxony

1730 - 1806

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0114 PRINCE

Charles of Saxony, Duke of Courland

1733 - 1796

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0178 ARCHITECT

Friedrich Wilhelm von Erdmannsdorff

1736 - 1800

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0227 POLITICIAN

Karl von Zinzendorf

1739 - 1813

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0334 AUTHOR

Alois Friedrich von Brühl

1739 - 1793

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0335 SECRETARY

Fryderyk Józef Moszyński

1738 - 1817

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0339 ARCHITECT

August Fryderyk Moszyński

1731 - 1786

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0349 ACTOR

Friederike Sophie Seyler

1737 - 1789

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0505 ACADEMIC

Johann Friedrich Wilhelm Toussaint von Charpentier

1738 - 1805

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0904 OFFICER

Friedrich Ludwig Aster

1732 - 1804

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0923 NOBLE

Maria Amalia Mniszchowa

1736 - 1772

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0972 POLITICIAN

Gotthelf Adolphe de Hoym

1731 - 1783

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1125 PAINTER

Sophie Dinglinger

1739 - 1791

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1338 POLITICIAN

Detlev Carl von Einsiedel

1737 - 1810

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1468 POLITICIAN

Johann Georg Friedrich von Einsiedel

1730 - 1811

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1532 MISSING

Carl Wilhelm Benno von Heynitz

1738 - 1801

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1578 STAATSMANN

Jakob Friedrich von Fritsch

1731 - 1814

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1620 WRITER

Christiane Karoline Schlegel

1739 - 1833

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1771 STAATSMANN

Friedrich Wilhelm von Ferber

1732 - 1800

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1833 ARCHITECT

Christian Traugott Weinlig

1739 - 1799

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1957 TRANSLATOR

Johann Gottfried Gellius

1732 - 1781

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2045 CHAMBERLAIN

Christian Adolf Friedrich Gottlieb zu Castell-Reml

1736 - 1762

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2046 PAINTER

Christian Gottlob Fechhelm

1732 - 1816

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2206 PFARRER

Christian Heinrich Hecht

1735 - 1801

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2301 SCULPTOR

Johann Christof Rombrich

1731 - 1794

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2312 CIVIL SERVICE

Christoph Gottlob von Burgsdorff

1735 - 1807

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2500 KURFÜRST

Johann Friedrich Wacker

1730 - 1795

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2595 POLITICIAN

Janez Friderik Egger

1735 - 1799

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2654 SCULPTOR

Johann Ferdinand Feige der Ältere

1733 - 1783

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2695 LAWYER

August Gottlieb von Gärtner

1738 - 1807

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3157 POINTAGE

Christian Heinrich Eigenwillig

1732 - 1808

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