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.