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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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Friedrich Maximilian Klinger
1752 - 1831
Cornelia Schlosser
1750 - 1777
Princess Charlotte of Saxe-Meiningen
1751 - 1827
Karl Wilhelm, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen
1754 - 1782
Johann Philipp Gabler
1753 - 1826
Abraham Bing
1752 - 1841
Princess Louise of Saxe-Meiningen
1752 - 1805
Charles de Hesse-Rheinfels-Rotenbourg
1752 - 1821
Johann Georg Schütz
1755 - 1813
Gutle Rothschild
1753 - 1849
Franz Schütz (pittore)
1751 - 1781
Philipp Christoph Kayser
1755 - 1823
Johann Valentin Meidinger
1756 - 1822
Johann Jacob de Lose
1755 - 1813
Johann Wilhelm Metzler
1755 - 1837
Friedrich Maximilian von Günderrode
1753 - 1824
Adolph Carl von Humbracht
1753 - 1837
Georg Steitz
1756 - 1819
Jakob Ludwig Passavant
1751 - 1827
Abraham Naftali Hertz Scheuer
1755 - 1822
Johann Büchner
1756 - 1834
Franz Wilhelm von Wiesenhütten
1755 - 1836
Johann Nicolaus Olenschlager (1751–1820)
1751 - 1820
Johann Georg Neuburg (Mediziner)
1757 - 1830
Johann Isaac Hoffmann
1751 - 1834
Peter Clemens Müller
1755 - 1829
Philipp Carl Diehl
1751 - 1836
Johann Josua Lemme
1756 - 1824