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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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Anne Frank
1929 - 1945
Ernest Mandel
1923 - 1995
Marcel Ophüls
Born 1927
Albert Mangelsdorff
1928 - 2005
Buddy Elias
1925 - 2015
Margot Frank
1926 - 1945
Wolfdietrich Schnurre
1920 - 1989
Samson François
1924 - 1970
Alfred Grosser
Born 1925
Charlotte Kerr
1927 - 2011
Herbert Freudenberger
1926 - 1999
Ernst B. Haas
1924 - 2003
Liselott Linsenhoff
1927 - 1999
Hans Heinz Holz
1927 - 2011
Geoffrey Hartman
1929 - 2016
Emil Mangelsdorff
Born 1925
Heinz Gietz
1924 - 1989
Hermann Schweppenhäuser
1928 - 2015
Wolfgang Spier
1920 - 2011
Laureen Nussbaum
Born 1927
Frederick Mayer
1921 - 2006
Günter Lumer
1929 - 2005
Hans Steinbrenner (sculptor)
1928 - 2008
Lothar Zenetti
1926 - 2019
Jürgen Jürgens
1925 - 1994
Hans Giese
1920 - 1970
Wieland Schmied
1929 - 2014
Herbert Walter Levi
1921 - 2014
Norbert Lohfink
Born 1928
Gaby Rodgers
Born 1928
Heinz-Herbert Karry
1920 - 1981
Silvia Tennenbaum
1928 - 2016
Walter Eric Spear
1921 - 2008
Hans Herrman Strupp
1921 - 2006
R.J. Zwi Werblowsky
1924 - 2015
Henry Jaeger
1927 - 2000
Kurt Halbritter
1924 - 1978
Karl H. Timmermann
1922 - 1951
Werner Dies
1928 - 2003
Vera Molnar (actress)
1923 - 1986
Carlrichard Brühl
1925 - 1997
Marianne Beuchert
1924 - 2007
Ralph Baruch
1923 - 2016
Herbert Freeman
Born 1925
Klaus Emmerich (journalist)
Born 1928
Paul Hatry
1929 - 2010
Ferdinand Freudenstein
1926 - 2006
Peter Rafael Bloch
1921 - 2008
Dirk Bernard Joseph Schouten
1923 - 2018
Sigbert Prais
1928 - 2014
Gerhard Wohlgemuth
1920 - 2001
Hans Nagel (Künstler)
1926 - 1978
Peter Cahn (Musiker)
1927 - 2016
Peter von Oertzen
1924 - 2008
Franz Mon
Born 1926
Tilde Michels
1920 - 2012
André Emmerich
1924 - 2007
Wilhelm Ringelband
1921 - 1981
Heinz Schönberger (Musiker)
1926 - 2011
Ferry Ahrlé
1924 - 2018
Robert Steigerwald
1925 - 2016
Heinz Kreutz
1923 - 2016
Klaus Humpert
1929 - 2020
Hans-Jürgen Peiper
Born 1925
Ameli, Duchess of Oldenburg
1923 - 2016
Trudi Birger
1927 - 2002
Erwin Scherschel
1922 - 1997
Peter Brang (Slawist)
1924 - 2019
Ingeborg Bayer
1927 - 2017
Reiner Wiehl
1929 - 2010
Adolf Moxter
1929 - 2018
Antje Ruge
1921 - 2006
Rudolf Fischer (Puppenspieler)
1920 - 1998
Gerd Brand (Philosoph)
1921 - 1979
Peter Schermuly
1927 - 2007
Klaus Schultze
Born 1927
Else Kröner
1925 - 1988
Johann Philipp von Bethmann
1924 - 2007
Ruth Rosenfeld
1920 - 1991
Rudolf Müller (pilot)
1920 - 1943
Louis Freichel
1921 - 1997
Erwin Braun (Industrieller)
1921 - 1992
Bernd Naumann (Journalist)
1922 - 1971
Irmgard Kärner
1927 - 2014
Rüdiger Altmann
1922 - 2000
Fritz Reuter (Historiker)
Born 1929
Ellinor Jensen
Born 1929
Werner Goez
1929 - 2003
Reinhard Dachlauer
1922 - 1995
Erich Becht
1926 - 2017
Ruth Adler Schnee
Born 1923
Georg Piltz
1925 - 2011
Rolf Kissel
Born 1929
Robert Huttenback
1928 - 2012
Adolf Bechtold
1926 - 2012
Marlies Flesch-Thebesius
1920 - 2018
Gerald J. Oppenheimer
1922 - 2016
Otto Rudolf Kissel
Born 1929
Erwin Fahlbusch
1926 - 2007
Helmer Boelsen
1925 - 2015
Otfried Madelung
1922 - 2017
Erwin Theodor Rosenthal
Born 1926
Marilene von Bethmann
1925 - 1996
Gisela Zülch
1927 - 2003
Ernst-Friedrich Pfeiffer
1922 - 1997
Karl Rolf Seufert
1923 - 1992
Rafael N. Rosenzweig
1922 - 2001
Wolfgang Lehr
1921 - 2012
Johannes Piron
1923 - 1993
Gerhard Brandt (Soziologe)
1929 - 1987
Lieselotte Quilling
1921 - 1997
Joseph Engelmajer
1920 - 2007
Horst Gehann
1928 - 2007
Günter Freund
1922 - 2010
Walter Hamm
1922 - 2017
Harold H. Greene
1923 - 2000
Otto Betz (Religionspädagoge)
Born 1927
Walter Bräutigam
1920 - 2010
Heinz Beneking
1924 - 1996
Alice Kaluza
1920 - 2017
Helmut Coper
1925 - 2013
Herbert Schlitt
1929 - 2019
Dieter Fertsch-Röver
1924 - 2007
Hans Messer
1925 - 1997
Carl-Ludwig Furck
1923 - 2011
Horst Friedrich List
1924 - 1976
Annegrit Schmitt
Born 1929
Gert Preiser
Born 1928
Roland Köster (Chemiker)
1924 - 2009
Richard zur Strassen
1926 - 2013
Walter Möller (Politiker, 1920)
1920 - 1971
Hilde Nissen
1921 - 2015
Georg Völker (Sänger)
1923 - 2006
Ernst Steindorff (Jurist)
1920 - 2018
René Bloch
1923 - 2016
Ludwig Bertsch
1929 - 2006
Henry Ludwig Michel
1925 - 2001
Udo Klug
1928 - 2000
Hans Podehl
1924 - 1979
Wolfgang Jacobi (Physiker)
1928 - 2015
Ekkehard Kaufmann
1923 - 2010
Erich Bärmeier
1928 - 2015
Tassilo Sittmann
Born 1928
Edmund Georg Pielmann
1923 - 1985
Kurt Werner (Unternehmer)
1925 - 2005
Heinz Saalig
1922 - 2007
Karl Krömmelbein
1920 - 1979
Walter Ried
1920 - 2008
Horst Kalbhenn
1929 - 2012
Karl Aurand
1923 - 2007
Margrit Rustow
Born 1925
Walter Wolfgang
1923 - 2019
Herbert J. Kaufmann
1924 - 2010
Hans Ludwig Schläfer
1923 - 1969
Rudolf Affemann
1928 - 2018
Gustav Heinzmann
1920 - 2006
Hanns Hofmann (Chemiker)
1923 - 2006
Horst Abt
1927 - 2015
Jan Reifenberg
1923 - 2014
Hans Hauck
1920 - 2003
Valentin Jost
1920 - 2007
Eva Sopher
1923 - 2018
Franz K. Goerlich
1922 - 2016
Hans Schweitzer
1920 - 1988
Friedemann Goßlau
1929 - 2018
Otto Rudolf Pulch
1921 - 2006
Alfred Härtl (Verwaltungsjurist)
1925 - 2009
Wendelin Leweke
1927 - 1996
Max Leichter
1920 - 1981
Helga Pfeil-Braun
1925 - 2016
Helmut Weglinski
1925 - 1996
Arnulf Borsche
1928 - 2011
Gustav Geisel
1923 - 1985
Gerard E. Caspary
1929 - 2008
Paul Fredi de Quervain
1926 - 1992
Rudolf Achenbach
1928 - 2015
Rudolf Scharp
1925 - 2013
Helmut Fingerhut
1921 - 2016
Eve Poole
1924 - 1992
Ernst Kutsch
1921 - 2009
Else Stock-Hug
1920 - 2012
Karlheinz Roik
1924 - 2009
Ata Berk
1923 - 1988
Gisela Eckhardt
1926 - 2020
Rudolf Wolf (Mediziner)
1929 - 2010
Rudi Schmitt (Politiker)
Born 1928
Wilhelm Stabernack
1923 - 1999
Artur Braun
1925 - 2013
Ruth Pappenheimer
1925 - 1944
Helmut Link
1927 - 2009
Ernest Fleischmann
1924 - 2010
Friedrich Franz Sackenheim
1926 - 2011
Cilly Levitus-Peiser
1925 - 2010
Sofie Engelke
1927 - 2000
Wolfgang Bechtoldt
1922 - 1986
Alexander Loulakis
1924 - 2011
Erhard Schnell
1927 - 2020
Willi Kraus (Fußballspieler, 1926)
1926 - 1993
Hubert Beck (Ingenieur)
1926 - 1972
Otto Ritz
1920 - 1945
Rolf Enders
1924 - 2010
Kurt Ruths
1927 - 1997
Gerhard Paulmann
1926 - 2012
Georg Holfelder
Born 1929
Werner Franz (Hindenburg)
1922 - 2014
Peter Harry Fuld
1921 - 1962
Ulrich Hagen
1925 - 2007
Irmgard Schmelzer
1921 - 2002
Helmut Redies
1927 - 1998
Karl Hofmann (Rennfahrer)
1927 - 1978
Günter Beer
1926 - 2012
Irene Nauckhoff
Born 1920
Sydney Smith (Autor)
1927 - 2011
Helmut Caspary
1927 - 1985
Erich Thomas
1922 - 2011
Ernst Windisch (Richter)
1922 - 2011
Fritz Gömöri
Born 1920
Franz Rabe
1929 - 1996