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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Johann von Thielmann
1765 - 1824
August Friedrich Ferdinand von der Goltz
1765 - 1832
Friedrich Gustav Schilling
1766 - 1839
Christian Gottlieb Haubold
1766 - 1824
Franz Anton Schubert
1768 - 1824
Friedrich Albert Lessel
1767 - 1822
Carl Adolph Heinrich Heß
1769 - 1849
Johann Gottfried von Hoyer
1767 - 1848
Moritz von Prasse
1769 - 1814
Mathias Charles Thomas Marie de Hemricourt de Grun
1769 - 1853
Karl August Engelhardt
1768 - 1834
Johann Heinrich Carl von Bernewitz
1760 - 1821
Philipp Veith
1768 - 1837
Philipp Ferdinand von Grünne
1762 - 1854
Joseph Seconda
1761 - 1820
Peter Ludwig Heinrich von Block
1764 - 1818
Friedrich August Röber
1765 - 1827
Traugott Leberecht Pochmann
1762 - 1830
Karl Christian Kohlschütter
1763 - 1837
Johann David Schubert
1761 - 1822
Johann Georg August Hacker
1762 - 1823
Johann Gottfried Klinsky
1765 - 1828
Christoph Eusebius Raschig
1766 - 1827
Heinrich Gottlieb Schmieder
1763 - 1815
Friedrich Wilhelm Haffner
1760 - 1828
Friedrich August von Lawrence
1761 - 1810
Carl August Andrée
1762 - 1809
Karl August Brummer
1769 - 1803
Carl August Wizani
1767 - 1818
Friedrich Wilhelm Curt von Leipziger
1761 - 1824
Wolf Heinrich Wurmb von Zinck
1765 - 1838
Johann Ferdinand Feige der Jüngere
1766 - 1827
Johanne Justine Renner
1763 - 1856
Karl Anton Xaver Thaddäus von Schlichten
1764 - 1841
Johann Otto Damm
1765 - 1837
August Leberecht Schönberg
1761 - 1825
Friedrich August Vitzthum von Eckstädt
1765 - 1803
Carl Sigismund Gelhaar
1767 - 1814