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FRANKFURT AM MAIN

Most Famous People Born in Frankfurt am Main, Germany

Notable people
3,568
Peak decade
1960s
Median birth year
1924
Most distinctive
Bank 10.2×

A banking city with a medieval skeleton and an Enlightenment conscience. Frankfurt's most distinctive profession is banker at more than ten times the global rate — the Rothschild and Bundesbank shadow — alongside an unusually thick column of art historians, chemists, authors, and academics, the legacy of both the city's free imperial-city scholarly tradition and IG Farben. Goethe was born here in 1749, Anne Frank in 1929, and the 18th century already carries a surprisingly heavy share of the bench.

Through the Centuries

One face per century — the most globally famous figure born in Frankfurt am Main during each.

What Frankfurt am Main Is Known For

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Politician is Frankfurt am Main's biggest profession — 10% of all notables (374).

Frankfurt am Main over-indexes on bank10.2× the global rate.

Frankfurt am Main under-produces football — only 0.4× the global rate.

  1. Politician374
  2. Actor215
  3. Painter160
  4. Football154
  5. Writer139
  6. Author128
  7. Academic125
  8. Journalist80
  1. Bank5910.2×
  2. Art Historian385.6×
  3. Chemist564.5×
  4. Author1284.2×
  5. Academic1253.5×
  6. Physicist412.8×
  7. Economist382.6×
  8. Historian752.0×
  1. Football1540.4×
  2. Singer510.7×

Profession Mix Over Time

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

15001550160016501700175018001850190019502000
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  • Politics & Law
  • Sports
  • Film & TV
  • Art & Design
  • Other
All3,568
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Showing 8 of 3,568 notable people

0038 PAINTER

Adam Elsheimer

1578 - 1610

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1591 PAINTER

Georg Keller (Kupferstecher)

1576 - 1640

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2000 MILITAR

Johann Martin Baur von Eysseneck

1577 - 1634

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2071 PAINTER

Isaak Major

1576 - 1645

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2428 RABBI

Juspa Hahn

1570 - 1637

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3059 POLITICIAN

Nicolaus Weitz

Born 1579

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3274 BANK

Benedikt Goldschmidt

1575 - 1642

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3447 POLITICIAN

Nicolaus Greiff

1578 - 1618

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