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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Showing 59 of 835 notable people

0058 FOOTBALL

Klaus Wunder

Born 1950

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0076 ARCHITECT

Jörg Friedrich (architect)

Born 1951

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0090 ACTRESS

Ute Lubosch

Born 1953

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0106 WRITER

Ulrich Holbein

Born 1953

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0135 PHOTOGRAPHER

Gundula Schulze Eldowy

Born 1954

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0151 JOURNALIST

Jürgen Cain Külbel

Born 1956

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0155 BOBSLED

Jochen Babock

Born 1953

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0156 MILITANT

Wolfgang Rüddenklau

Born 1953

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0166 SCULPTOR

Christian W. Staudinger

Born 1952

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0175 CHESS

Thomas Pähtz

Born 1956

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0183 WRITER

Mathias Wedel

Born 1953

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0191 ACTOR

Petra Barthel

Born 1951

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0214 LAWYER

Gerhard Strate

Born 1950

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0220 SINGER

Petra Zieger

Born 1959

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0227 AUTHOR

Joachim Werneburg

Born 1953

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0234 SWIMMER

Evelyn Stolze

Born 1954

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0249 MUSIC

Bernd Römer (Musiker)

Born 1952

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0256 ACTOR

Angelika Perdelwitz

Born 1954

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0261 ACTOR

Eva Weißenborn

Born 1954

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0281 POLITICIAN

Siegmar Mosdorf

Born 1952

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0328 ENTREPRENEUR

Egmont Hesse

Born 1959

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0336 SOCIOLOGIST

Hans-Peter Müller (Soziologe)

Born 1951

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0366 WRITER

Michaele Scherenberg

Born 1950

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0372 PAINTER

Monika Thiele

Born 1951

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0388 CONDUCTOR

Wolfgang Rögner

Born 1951

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0424 ARZT

Karl-Heinz Bomberg

Born 1955

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0435 ACTOR

Ralf-Günter Krolkiewicz

1955 - 2008

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0458 COMPOSER

Hans-Peter Müller (Sänger)

Born 1958

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0459 PROFESSOR

Hans Neumann (Altorientalist)

Born 1953

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0470 AUTHOR

Ulf Annel

Born 1955

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0477 WRITER

Hans-Peter Brachmanski

Born 1957

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0491 PROFESSOR

Petra Ewald

Born 1955

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0496 HISTORIAN

Bärbel Holtz

Born 1958

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0501 PHOTOGRAPHER

Edmund Nägele

Born 1950

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0523 THEOLOGE

Michael Gabel

Born 1953

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0535 POLITICIAN

Jörg Kellner

Born 1958

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0549 HISTORIAN

Frank Störzner

Born 1958

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0557 PAINTER

Jürgen Valdeig

Born 1951

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0580 BÜRGERRECHT

Jörg Drieselmann

Born 1955

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0582 WRITER

Ingrid Annel

Born 1955

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0588 PAINTER

Ralf Klement

Born 1950

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0592 ACTOR

Matthias Winde

Born 1952

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0612 PRINTMAKER

Johanna Bartl

Born 1956

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0613 LAWYER

Christian Matthias Schlaga

Born 1953

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0621 ACADEMIC

Michèle Mattusch

Born 1958

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0629 WRITER

Ulrich Walluhn

Born 1959

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0635 SCULPTOR

Reinhard Buch

Born 1954

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0668 MUSIC

Jörg Hindemith

Born 1956

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0685 POLITICIAN

Klaus-Peter Murawski

Born 1950

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0731 POLITICIAN

Klaus Schmotz

Born 1952

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0736 LAWYER

Marlis Grotheer-Hüneke

Born 1951

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0740 POLITICIAN

Harald Henning

Born 1957

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0747 POLITICIAN

Heinz-Jürgen Kronberg

Born 1959

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0772 HANDBALL

Dirk Schnell

Born 1959

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0778 LAWYER

Hartmut Krausser

Born 1950

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0791 POLITICIAN

Petra Faderl

1952 - 2007

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0804 POLITICIAN

Christoph Koch (Politiker)

Born 1954

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0818 POLITICIAN

Olaf Thees

Born 1958

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0828 RINGER

Günter Krombholz

Born 1952

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