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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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Bettina von Arnim
1785 - 1859
Ludwig Börne
1786 - 1837
Franz Pforr
1788 - 1812
Carl Mayer von Rothschild
1788 - 1855
Jakob Alt
1789 - 1872
Johann David Passavant
1787 - 1861
Georg Kloss
1787 - 1854
Georg Wilhelm Freyreiss
1789 - 1825
Johann Friedrich Heinrich Schlosser
1780 - 1851
Christian Brentano
1784 - 1851
Jeanette Wohl
1783 - 1861
Dorothea von Ertmann
1781 - 1849
Maria Belli-Gontard
1788 - 1883
Franziska Sontag
1788 - 1865
Christian Ernst Neeff
1782 - 1849
Johann Konrad Friederich
1789 - 1858
Ludovica des Bordes
1787 - 1854
Johann Gerhard Christian Thomas
1785 - 1838
Siegmund Leopold Beyfus
1786 - 1845
Christian Friedrich Schlosser
1782 - 1829
Johann Andreas Kelchner
1789 - 1865
Friedrich Philipp Wilhelm von Malapert
1784 - 1852
Alexander Stein (Pfarrer)
1789 - 1833
Johann David Sauerländer (Verleger)
1789 - 1869
Adolph von Malapert-Neufville
1787 - 1862
Conrad Adolf Bansa
1788 - 1843
Christian Heinrich Grasemann
1783 - 1838
Philipp Jakob Passavant (Politiker)
1782 - 1856
Dagobert Sigismond Laurent de Wimpffen
1782 - 1852
Dorothea Chandelle
1784 - 1866
Carl Leopold Goldschmidt
1787 - 1858
Ludwig Carl Emil Coester
1787 - 1853
Samuel Passavant
1787 - 1855
Johann Friedrich Metzler
1780 - 1864
Gottfried Scharff
1782 - 1855
Johannes Fässy
1781 - 1871
Ferdinand Ludwig Streng
1786 - 1857
Philipp Jacob Frieß
1784 - 1864
Georg Finger
1787 - 1874
Bernhard Pensa
Born 1782
Georg Philipp Cronberger
1788 - 1861