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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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- Filtered to 1690s Clear ×
Johann Michael von Loën
1694 - 1776
Johann Wolfgang Textor
1693 - 1771
Christian von Münch (Bankier, 1690)
1690 - 1757
Johann Daniel Hardt
1696 - 1763
Wilhelmina Maria Frederica of Rochlitz
1693 - 1729
Johann Philipp Orth (Jurist)
1698 - 1783
Johann Georg Albrecht
1694 - 1770
Elisabeth Catharina von Barckhaus
1696 - 1749