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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.
One face per century — the most globally famous figure born in Frankfurt am Main during each.
Notable Births by Decade
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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 bank — 10.2× the global rate.
Frankfurt am Main under-produces football — only 0.4× the global rate.
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
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Lorenz Heister
1683 - 1758
Zacharias Conrad von Uffenbach
1683 - 1734
Johann Friedrich Armand von Uffenbach
1687 - 1769
Isaac Le Long
1683 - 1762
Jacques-Charles Spener
1684 - 1730
Christoph Martin von Degenfeld-Schonburg
1689 - 1762
Johann Hektor von Klettenberg
1684 - 1720
Cornelius Andreas Donett
1682 - 1748
Aaron Abrahams Beer
1685 - 1740
Johann Jacob von Bertram
1684 - 1742
Nikolaus von Uffenbach
1682 - 1744