50.9794° N, 11.0275° E

ERFURT

Most Famous People Born in Erfurt, Germany

Notable people
835
Peak decade
1940s
Median birth year
1925
Most distinctive
Skater 8.0×

Luther took his vows in the Augustinian monastery here, which helps explain a Theologian bench sitting next to a Composer line thick with Johann Gottfried Walther and a Bach or two. What nobody predicts is the Skater count — Thuringia's DDR-era speed and figure skating programs, still the town's loudest contemporary export alongside Clueso.

Through the Centuries

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

Notable Births by Decade

Click a decade to filter the list below. Peak: 1940s with 73 notable births.

What Erfurt Is Known For

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Politician is Erfurt's biggest profession — 10% of all notables (85).

Erfurt over-indexes on skater8.0× the global rate.

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

  1. Politician85
  2. Actor47
  3. Writer33
  4. Painter31
  5. Author28
  6. Football26
  7. Sport26
  8. Composer25
  1. Skater168.0×
  2. Theologian124.0×
  3. Author283.9×
  4. Botanist123.6×
  5. Chemist93.1×
  6. Judge92.3×
  7. Composer252.3×
  8. Historian202.3×
  1. Football260.3×
  2. Singer110.6×

Profession Mix Over Time

Each band shows a profession family's share of Erfurt's notable births by decade. Hover the chart for the breakdown at any decade.

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0101 PIANIST

Manfred Schmitz

1939 - 2014

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0120 FILM

Werner W. Wallroth

1930 - 2011

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0154 SPORT

Lothar Stäber

Born 1936

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0157 HISTORIAN

Johannes Wallmann (theologian)

Born 1930

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0158 SWIMMER

Jutta Langenau

1933 - 1982

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0181 POLITICIAN

Herbert Keddi

Born 1937

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0186 BUSINESS

Ulrich Cartellieri

Born 1937

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0204 POLITICIAN

Lothar Ahrendt

Born 1936

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0208 SPORT

Georg Stoltze

1931 - 2007

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0243 FOOTBALL

Gerhard Franke (Fußballspieler)

1933 - 1997

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0253 ACTOR

Johanna Clas

1931 - 2009

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0254 ACTOR

Bruno Thost

1936 - 2019

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0255 FOOTBALL

Harald Wehner

1938 - 2012

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0284 ECONOMIST

Jörg Baetge

Born 1937

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0286 LAWYER

Manfred Bulling

1930 - 2015

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0302 ARCHAEOLOGIST

Sigrid Dušek

1937 - 2009

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0304 WRITER

Gottfried Meinhold

Born 1936

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0315 CHESS

Lothar Zinn

1938 - 1980

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0324 POLITICIAN

Brunhilde Hanke

Born 1930

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0338 ESPERANTIST

Karl-Hermann Simon

1930 - 2011

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0348 PHILOSOPHER

Hans-Ulrich Hoche

Born 1932

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0350 PHYSICIST

Bernd Wilhelmi

1938 - 2018

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0351 PROFESSOR

Helga Haftendorn

Born 1933

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0382 THEOLOGE

Jürgen Wolter (Pfarrer)

1938 - 2013

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0390 AUTHOR

Peter Koch (Jurist)

1935 - 2015

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0391 SCULPTOR

Jörg Hoffmann (Bildhauer)

1936 - 1993

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0394 BUSINESS

Hinrich Bischoff

1936 - 2005

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0402 POLITICIAN

Günther Jahn

1930 - 2015

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0434 WRITER

Rainer Fabian

1935 - 2004

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0474 ECONOMIST

Hansgeorg Conert

1933 - 2004

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0505 POLITICAL SCIENTIST

Wolfgang Pfeiler

1931 - 2011

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0512 HISTORIAN

Klaus-Dieter Kaiser

1935 - 2015

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0517 WRITER

Gerd W. Heyse

1930 - 2020

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0541 ENTREPRENEUR

Wilhelm Lewicki

1935 - 2001

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0556 SCIENTIST

Sigfrid Gahse

Born 1938

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0558 PHILOLOGIST

Rudolf Bentzinger

Born 1936

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0563 NOTARY

Georg Greißinger

1934 - 2012

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0567 THEOLOGIAN

Raimund Hoenen

Born 1939

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0574 ARTIST

Christl Prange

Born 1937

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0576 COMPOSER

Lorenz Stolzenbach

Born 1934

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0596 LIBRARIAN

Helmut Sontag

1934 - 1988

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0602 PHARMACOLOGIST

Ute Quast

Born 1934

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0628 ACADEMIC

Eberhard Kernchen

Born 1935

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0633 SCENIC DESIGNER

Reinhart Zimmermann

1936 - 2011

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0663 ENGINEER

Horst Gundlach (Bauingenieur)

Born 1934

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0682 POLITICIAN

Manfred Eckstein

Born 1936

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0703 PUBLISHER

Christian Heise

Born 1936

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0706 PLAYER

Werner Rautenberg

Born 1935

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0709 POLICE

Hermann Lutz (Polizist)

Born 1938

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0718 PLAYER

Hella Riede

Born 1938

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0723 ENGINEER

Friedrich Standfuß

1935 - 2017

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0732 DIPLOMAT

Manfred Schmidt (Diplomat)

Born 1930

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0735 ORGANBUILDER

Wolfgang Nußbücker

Born 1936

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0751 FOOTBALL

Karl Trautmann (Fußballspieler)

Born 1932

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0767 PHARMACIST

Ernst Schubert (Apotheker)

Born 1937

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0803 SURGEON

Heinz-Jürgen Schröder

Born 1939

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0819 REDAKTEUR

Rolf Schablinski

1932 - 2009

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