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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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Mayer Amschel Rothschild
1744 - 1812
Nathan Mayer Rothschild
1777 - 1836
Jacob Schiff
1847 - 1920
James Mayer de Rothschild
1792 - 1868
Salomon Mayer von Rothschild
1774 - 1855
Amschel Mayer Rothschild
1773 - 1855
Carl Mayer von Rothschild
1788 - 1855
Anselm Salomon von Rothschild
1803 - 1874
Wilhelm Carl von Rothschild
1828 - 1901
George Blumenthal (banker)
1858 - 1941
Frédéric Émile d'Erlanger
1832 - 1911
Jacques de Reinach
1840 - 1892
Johann Friedrich Staedel
1728 - 1816
Jonas von Königswarter
1807 - 1871
Moritz von Bethmann
1811 - 1877
Arthur von Gwinner
1856 - 1931
Johann Philipp Bethmann
1715 - 1793
Johann Christian Gerning
1745 - 1802
Julius Beer
1836 - 1880
David de Stern
1807 - 1877
Simon Moritz von Bethmann
1768 - 1826
Georg Speyer
1835 - 1902
Adolphe Goldschmidt
1838 - 1918
Carl Goetz (Bankmanager)
1885 - 1965
Daniel Weisweiller
1814 - 1892
Johann Jakob Bethmann-Hollweg
1748 - 1808
Christian von Münch (Bankier, 1690)
1690 - 1757
Albert von Metzler (Bankier, 1898)
1898 - 1989
Fritz Andreae
1873 - 1950
Wilhelm Bonn
1843 - 1910
Hermann de Stern
1815 - 1887
Viktor Alexander von Erlanger
1840 - 1894
Siegmund Leopold Beyfus
1786 - 1845
Emil Sulzbach
1855 - 1932
Gustav von Metzler
1908 - 1984
Albert von Metzler (Bankier, 1839)
1839 - 1918
Isaac Löw Königswarter
1818 - 1877
Willy Dreyfus
1885 - 1977
Joachim Andreas Grunelius
1776 - 1852
Paul Baerwald
1871 - 1961
Rudolf Sulzbach
1827 - 1904
Albert Andreae de Neufville
1854 - 1940
Albert Ellissen
1838 - 1923
Antoine Jacob Stern
1805 - 1886
Siegmund Sulzbach
1813 - 1876
Otto Schiff
1875 - 1952
Rudolf Winterwerb
1863 - 1941
Alfons Kassel
1902 - 1975
Philipp Christian Wilhelm Donner
1799 - 1887
Jacob Carl de Bary
1795 - 1878
Ludwig Gottlieb Friedrich von Erlanger
1836 - 1898
Mardochai Schloß
1672 - 1747
Benedikt Goldschmidt
1575 - 1642
Henry Oppenheim
1835 - 1912
Hermann Schilling
1893 - 1961
Karl Sulzbach
1859 - 1931
Wilhelm Hermann Carl von Erlanger
1834 - 1909
Johann Friedrich Metzler
1780 - 1864
Abraham Chiron
1746 - 1822