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FURTH

Most Famous People Born in Furth, Germany

Notable people
314
Peak decade
1920s
Median birth year
1913
Most distinctive
Philologist 14.6×
Through the Decades

One face per decade — the most globally famous figure born in Furth during each.

Notable Births by Decade

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What Furth Is Known For

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Politician is Furth's biggest profession — 14% of all notables (45).

Furth over-indexes on philologist14.6× the global rate.

  1. Politician45
  2. Football30
  3. Painter11
  4. Writer9
  5. Lawyer9
  6. Chemist9
  7. Author9
  8. Historian8
  1. Philologist614.6×
  2. Chemist98.3×
  3. Missing83.8×
  4. Sculptor73.4×
  5. Author93.3×
  6. Academic82.5×
  7. Historian82.4×
  8. Lawyer91.6×

Profession Mix Over Time

Each band shows a profession family's share of Furth's notable births by decade. Hover the chart for the breakdown at any decade.

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Showing 22 of 314 notable people

0033 LINGUIST

Gunther Kress

1940 - 2019

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0034 AUTHOR

Natascha Wodin

Born 1945

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0066 COMPUTER SCIENTIST

Joachim Hagenauer

Born 1941

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0069 AUTHOR

Günther Deschner

Born 1941

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0083 MEDIEVALIST

Folker Reichert

Born 1949

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0085 LAWYER

Jürgen Mossack

Born 1948

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0087 AUTHOR

Joachim Sartorius

Born 1946

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0113 ETHNOLOGIST

Karl-Heinz Kohl

Born 1948

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0114 PHILOLOGIST

Wolfgang Wildgen

Born 1944

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0148 ARCHAEOLOGIST

Klaus S. Freyberger

Born 1948

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0177 ACADEMIC

Karl Hausberger

Born 1944

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0182 MUSIC

Vera C. Koin

Born 1946

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0184 ACADEMIC

Helmut Giegler

1947 - 2017

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0208 CHEMIST

Rolf Saalfrank

Born 1940

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0215 WRITER

Friedrich Ach

Born 1948

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0221 POLITICIAN

Christel Beslmeisl

Born 1940

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0228 LINGUIST

Rosemarie Lühr

Born 1946

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0242 POLITICIAN

Dieter E. Appelt

1947 - 2016

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0251 POLITICIAN

Günter Hefele

1940 - 1990

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0273 BUSINESS

Herbert Mederer

Born 1946

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0286 POLITICIAN

Winfried Krauß

1946 - 2004

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0292 PAINTER

Jürgen Dressel

Born 1946

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