51.1524° N, 14.9867° E
GOERLITZ
Most Famous People Born in Goerlitz, Germany
- Notable people
- 341
- Peak decade
- 1940s
- Median birth year
- 1923
- Most distinctive
- Soldier 8.2×
One face per decade — the most globally famous figure born in Goerlitz during each.
Notable Births by Decade
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What Goerlitz Is Known For
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Politician is Goerlitz's biggest profession — 14% of all notables (49).
Goerlitz over-indexes on soldier — 8.2× the global rate.
Goerlitz under-produces football — only 0.3× the global rate.
Profession Mix Over Time
Each band shows a profession family's share of Goerlitz's notable births by decade. Hover the chart for the breakdown at any decade.
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- Science
- Writing
- Film & TV
- Art & Design
- Sports
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Michael Ballack
Born 1976
Reinhart Koselleck
1923 - 2006
Oskar Morgenstern
1902 - 1977
Hans Georg Dehmelt
1922 - 2017
Hans-Jürgen Dörner
Born 1951
Jens Jeremies
Born 1974
Werner Finck
1902 - 1978
Paul Cassirer
1871 - 1926
Mira Lobe
1913 - 1995
Benno von Arent
1898 - 1956
Hildegard Burjan
1883 - 1933
Karl Moritz Schumann
1851 - 1904
Torsten Gütschow
Born 1962
Günther Bornkamm
1905 - 1990
Alfred Junge
1886 - 1964
Michael Kretschmer
Born 1975
Ulrike Richter
Born 1959
Heiko Scholz
Born 1966
Pavle Jurišić Šturm
1848 - 1922
Johannes Nucius
1556 - 1620
Bartholomäus Scultetus
1540 - 1614
Johann Christoph Brotze
1742 - 1823
Richard Foerster (classical scholar)
1843 - 1922
Hans Naumann
1886 - 1951
Thomas Ritter
Born 1967
Maria Nordman
Born 1943
Paul Haupt
1858 - 1926
Sebastian von Hoerner
1919 - 2003
Marcus Gross
Born 1989
Jürgen Hentsch
1936 - 2011
Johann Gottlob Harrer
1703 - 1755
Friedrich Siegmund-Schultze
1885 - 1969
Lars Kaufmann
Born 1982
Reinhold Ebertin
1901 - 1988
George Hurdalek
1908 - 1980
Alfred Wagenknecht
1881 - 1956
Jonas Cohn
1869 - 1947
Helma Orosz
Born 1953
André Schulze
Born 1974
Julia Schwarzbach
Born 1989
Gudrun Wegner
1955 - 2005
Karl Friedrich Küstner
1856 - 1936
Elsbeth Ebertin
1880 - 1944
Christian Möller (Theologe)
Born 1940
Walter Werner
1883 - 1956
Eberhard Knobloch
Born 1943
Enrico Poitschke
Born 1969
Johann Carl Gehler
1732 - 1796
Herbert Hirche
1910 - 2002
Lothar Vogt
Born 1952
Arthur Pohl
1900 - 1970
Elias Hutter
1553 - 1605
Fritz Schröder-Jahn
1908 - 1980
Gunther Scholz
Born 1944
Jochen Blume
1910 - 1980
Sven Hüber
Born 1964
Kurt Eimann
1899 - 1980
Wilhelm von Debschitz
1871 - 1948
Johann Samuel Traugott Gehler
1751 - 1795
Robert Kampka
Born 1982
Giorgio Zur
1930 - 2019
Klaus Bittner
Born 1938
Matthias Domaschk
1957 - 1981
Thomas Jurk
Born 1962
Wendel Roskopf
1480 - 1549
Hans Kannengiesser
1868 - 1945
Martin Jente
1909 - 1996
André Bauer (Schauspieler)
Born 1968
Axel Noack
Born 1961
Ulrich Strunz
Born 1943
Carl-Albert Brüll
1902 - 1989
Wolfgang Winkler (Schauspieler)
1943 - 2019
Sven Ratke
Born 1972
Matthias Kahle
Born 1969
Wilhelm Schubert
1879 - 1972
Friedrich von Uechtritz
1800 - 1875
Frank Nitsche (Maler)
Born 1964
Erich Bischoff
1865 - 1936
Joachim Kaps
Born 1952
Hermann Eduard Anton
1794 - 1872
Erich Lassota von Steblau
1550 - 1616
Thomas Richter (footballer, born 1980)
Born 1980
Wolfgang Tutschke
Born 1934
Hanna von Hoerner
1942 - 2014
Peter Hirche
1923 - 2003
Alexander May (Schauspieler)
1927 - 2008
Hansgeorg Model
1927 - 2016
Hermann Adolph Köhler
1834 - 1879
Max Reich (Physiker)
1874 - 1941
Wolfgang Jöhling
Born 1944
Alfred Klose (Mathematiker)
1895 - 1953
Mark-Ulrich von Schweinitz
1940 - 2009
Horst Haider Munske
Born 1935
Günter Kootz
Born 1929
Friederike Aust
Born 1943
Ingeborg Naß
1925 - 1998
Gotthart A. Eichhorn
Born 1941
Siegfried Seibt
1920 - 1982
Juana-Maria von Jascheroff
Born 1961
Olaf Holzapfel
Born 1969
Peer-Uwe Teska
Born 1955
Klaus Trumpf
Born 1940
Dietmar Geilich
Born 1954
Jochen Brauer
1929 - 2018
René Obst
Born 1977
Ernst Ruge
1878 - 1953
Christian Knauthe
1706 - 1784
Wolfgang Marcus
1927 - 2016
Veit Lindau
Born 1969
Walther Meienreis
1877 - 1943
Wilhelm Ohnesorge (Historiker)
1855 - 1943
Christa-Louise Riedel
Born 1943
Dettmar Cramer (Journalist)
Born 1929
Arnold Ruge (Philosoph)
1881 - 1945
Erika Wisselinck
1926 - 2001
Robert Oettel
1798 - 1884
Walter Düvert
1893 - 1972
Heidemarie Schneider
Born 1944
Stephan Winkler
Born 1967
Theodor Thorer
1828 - 1894
Michael Veith (Chemiker)
Born 1944
Thomas Fritsch (Komponist)
1563 - 1619
Walter Thomas Heyn
Born 1953
Tobias Moser
Born 1968
Michael Bittner (Autor)
Born 1980
Wolf-Ruthart Born
Born 1944
Udo Nagel
Born 1951
Karl Czok
1926 - 2013
Dieter Schubert (Schriftsteller)
1929 - 2008
Christa Cremer
1921 - 2010
Evelyn Schmidt (Regisseurin)
Born 1949
Klaus Henkes
1929 - 2003
Bruno Krusch
1857 - 1940
Gerhard Röhr
1859 - 1930
Christian Gottlieb Geyser
1742 - 1803
Frank Köbe
Born 1961
Marie Elise Kayser
1885 - 1950
Gert Schmidt
Born 1943
Harald Herrmann
Born 1944
Gottfried Niedhart
Born 1940
Wolfgang Jungandreas
1894 - 1991
Hartmut Jatzko
Born 1938
Manfred Thiel
1917 - 2014
Axel Noack (Theologe)
Born 1949
Werner Trillmich
1914 - 1985
Hans Georg Thümmel
Born 1932
Kurt Steffelbauer
1890 - 1942
Kurt Heinz Sieger
1917 - 2002
Christian Lietzmann
1955 - 2006
Gerhard Grümmer
1926 - 1995
Karl Friedrich Borée
1886 - 1964
Holger Szymanski
Born 1972
Horst Neubauer (Richter)
1897 - 1981
Peter Schicketanz
1931 - 2018
Ronny Kabus
Born 1947
Lore Friedrich-Gronau
1908 - 2002
Klaus-Peter Schwarz
Born 1955
Eduard Gustav Eberty
1840 - 1894
Hanns-Gero von Lindeiner
1912 - 1984
Michaela Lindner
Born 1958
Arno Henschel
1897 - 1945
Malte Mienert
Born 1975
Gerlinde Kuppe
Born 1945
Arne-Bernd Rhaue
Born 1954
Frank-Immo Zichner
Born 1962
Ewald Hoinkis
1897 - 1960
Axel Vater
1949 - 2014
Alfred Ludwig Wieruszowski
1857 - 1945
Wolfram Weniger
Born 1940
Horst Jecht
1901 - 1965
Alfred Cassirer
1875 - 1932
Reinhard Griebner
Born 1952
Wolfgang Zeiske
1920 - 1975
Else Levi-Mühsam
1910 - 2004
Ingrid Häußler
Born 1944
Horst Benno Adolf von Minckwitz
1877 - 1956
Eberhard Kittler
Born 1955
Wolfgang Siegfried Herrmann
Born 1944
Friedrich Gondolatsch
1904 - 2003
Ursula Naumann
Born 1945
Sylvia Kabus
Born 1952
Hans-Christian Ueberschaer
Born 1936
Sebastian Wippel
Born 1982
Dieter Hartmann
Born 1938
Horst Braunert
1922 - 1976
Gisela Rubbel
1929 - 2015
Gregor Richter (Oberpfarrer)
1560 - 1624
Siegfried Berndt
1880 - 1946
Walter Heck
1910 - 1987
Gero Gandert
1929 - 2019
Fritz Geisler
1890 - 1945
Axel Bänsch
Born 1941
Gösta Knothe
Born 1948
Charles W. Arnade
1927 - 2008
Heinz Johannes
1901 - 1945
Nick Schwarz
Born 1997
Daniel Sambo-Richter
Born 1966
Helmut Anders
1928 - 1985
Paul Thorer
1858 - 1920
Werner Sonntag (Journalist)
Born 1926
Johannes Bauermann
1900 - 1987
Juro Kubicek
1906 - 1970
Herbert Mochalski
1910 - 1992
Walter Roelcke
1928 - 2005
Günter Möbus
1923 - 2009
Paul Krusch
1869 - 1939
Markus Draper
Born 1969
Hans Bellée
1889 - 1960
Johann Gottfried Schultz
1734 - 1819
Peter Adalbert Silbermann
1878 - 1944
Samuel Gottfried Geyser
1740 - 1808
Uta-Verena Meiwald
Born 1966
Fritz Bernhard (Physiker)
1913 - 1993
Paul Rehme
1867 - 1941
Dietrich Oehler
1915 - 2005
Waldemar Hecker (Regisseur)
1873 - 1958
Hanns-Kristian Rjosk
1943 - 2007
Otto Theuner
1900 - 1980
Reinhard Walter
Born 1940
Theodor Thieme
1823 - 1901
Arthur Ullrich
1894 - 1969
Werner Gregor
1896 - 1971
Eva Berthold
Born 1937
Friedrich Lose
1776 - 1833
Rudolf Heyn
1835 - 1916
Horst Wenzel (Autor)
1927 - 2009
Andre Rohde
Born 1975
Christian Sevenheck
Born 1974
Gustav Adolph Rösler
1818 - 1855
Rolf Dammann (Pastor)
1924 - 2014
Thomas R. Elßner
Born 1961
Johann Carl Rößler
1775 - 1845
Peter Hohberger
Born 1939
Ludwig Kunz
1900 - 1976
Torsten Hofmann
Born 1966
Wolf-Arno Kropat
1932 - 2004
Samuel August Sohr
1751 - 1838
Gerhard Schumann (Komponist)
1914 - 1976
Maximilian Adam
Born 1998
Heinz Loßnitzer
1904 - 1964
Heinrich Cerrini de Monte Varchi (1801–1870) –
1801 - 1870
Thomas Barth (Musikproduzent)
Born 1977
Ermentrude Bäcker von Ranke
1892 - 1931
Georg Foertsch
1872 - 1932
Karin Zachmann
Born 1956
Paul Jannasch
1841 - 1921
Johann Carl Otto Jancke
1804 - 1870
Johann August Lehninger
1730 - 1786
Gustav Adolf von Tzschoppe
1794 - 1842
Georg von Haslingen
1852 - 1928
Wilfried Arlt
Born 1936
Wilhelm Klingenberg (Architekt)
1850 - 1910
Siegfried Besser
Born 1941
Albrecht Eitner
1903 - 1944
Horst Zahlten
1922 - 1978
Rolf Karbaum
Born 1940
Gottfried Geyser
1699 - 1764
Theodor Neumann
1823 - 1856
Simon Beeck
Born 1980
Gerd Seifert (Fußballspieler)
Born 1962
Erich Henschel
1907 - 1984
Horst Krantz
Born 1927
Annemarie Hahn
Born 1922
Felix Bräuer
Born 1988
Walter Fiedler (Politiker)
Born 1944
Friedrich von Gregory
1900 - 1986
Reinhard Peck
1823 - 1895
Maria Karch
1877 - 1958
Doris Herrmann
Born 1938
Georg Paul Max Dittrich
1864 - 1913
Otto Klopsch
1886 - 1941
Horst Lenz
1913 - 1985
Matthäus Friderich
Died 1559
Eberhard Knospe
1958 - 1982
Johann Friedrich Dietrich
1753 - 1833
Otto Klöden
1895 - 1986
Paul-Hermann Opitz
1917 - 2014
Samuel Traugott Neumann
1759 - 1831
Albrecht Kittler
Born 1968
Volker Bandmann
Born 1951
Erwin Lüders
1832 - 1909
Mirko Schultze
Born 1974
Dieter Erich Meyer
1926 - 1982
Georg Elsner
1887 - 1949
Stephan Rauhut (Politiker, 1974)
Born 1974
Hans Kretschmer
1887 - 1976
Constantin Richter
1827 - 1910
Christian Müller (Politiker, 1947)
Born 1947
Stefan Kießling (Organist)
Born 1979
Uli Rudel
Born 1943
Gustav Hartmann (Politiker, 1861)
1861 - 1940
Olaf Raschke
Born 1963
Anna Quilling
1867 - 1912
Frank Türkowsky
Born 1959
Joachim Paulick
Born 1958
Ulrich Noack
Born 1942
Daniel Scholz (Schauspieler)
Born 1975
Hans von Brandenstein (Offizier)
1870 - 1950
Erich Flatau
1879 - 1946
Frank Stelzer
1934 - 2007