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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.

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  • Politics & Law
  • Sports
  • Film & TV
  • Art & Design
  • Other
All3,568
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Showing 11 of 3,568 notable people

0110 BOTANIST

Lorenz Heister

1683 - 1758

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0346 WRITER

Zacharias Conrad von Uffenbach

1683 - 1734

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0507 ARCHITECT

Johann Friedrich Armand von Uffenbach

1687 - 1769

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1008 HISTORIAN

Isaac Le Long

1683 - 1762

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1030 HISTORIAN

Jacques-Charles Spener

1684 - 1730

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1677 POLITICIAN

Christoph Martin von Degenfeld-Schonburg

1689 - 1762

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2255 LAWYER

Johann Hektor von Klettenberg

1684 - 1720

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2678 SCULPTOR

Cornelius Andreas Donett

1682 - 1748

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3107 RABBINER

Aaron Abrahams Beer

1685 - 1740

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3127 POLITICIAN

Johann Jacob von Bertram

1684 - 1742

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3167 SENATOR

Nikolaus von Uffenbach

1682 - 1744

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