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HEILBRONN

Most Famous People Born in Heilbronn, Germany

Notable people
564
Peak decade
1960s
Median birth year
1911
Most distinctive
Art Historian 7.5×
Through the Centuries

One face per century — the most globally famous figure born in Heilbronn during each.

What Heilbronn Is Known For

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Politician is Heilbronn's biggest profession — 21% of all notables (120).

Heilbronn over-indexes on art historian7.5× the global rate.

Heilbronn under-produces football — only 0.5× the global rate.

  1. Politician120
  2. Football28
  3. Painter22
  4. Writer22
  5. Actor19
  6. Academic17
  7. Author15
  8. Lawyer14
  1. Art Historian87.5×
  2. Entrepreneur115.7×
  3. Chemist73.6×
  4. Author153.1×
  5. Academic173.0×
  6. Theologian62.9×
  7. Architect122.4×
  8. Missing92.4×
  1. Football280.5×
  2. Actor190.6×

Profession Mix Over Time

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

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  • Politics & Law
  • Writing
  • Science
  • Sports
  • Art & Design
  • Film & TV
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Showing 35 of 564 notable people

0007 FILM

Walter Frentz

1907 - 2004

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0008 POLITICAL SCIENTIST

Otto Kirchheimer

1905 - 1965

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0027 THEOLOGIAN

Ernst Fuchs (theologian)

1903 - 1983

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0029 ARCHAEOLOGIST

Karl Schefold

1905 - 1999

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0042 SCREENWRITER

Victoria Wolff

1903 - 1992

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0062 ENTREPRENEUR

Erwin Sick

1909 - 1988

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0076 PAINTER

Fritz Dähn

1908 - 1980

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0078 COMPOSER

Rio Gebhardt

1907 - 1944

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0079 WRITER

Otto Rombach

1904 - 1984

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0091 ACADEMIC

Erwin Rosenthal

1904 - 1991

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0104 MAGIC

Emanuel Bronner

1908 - 1997

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0107 DESIGNER

Heinrich Löffelhardt

1901 - 1979

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0119 PHYSICIST

Erwin Schopper

1909 - 2009

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0127 ACADEMIC

Georg Schwarzenberger (Völkerrechtler)

1908 - 1991

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0166 POLITICIAN

Werner Plappert

1903 - 1970

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0183 MISSING

Friedrich Schwend

1906 - 1980

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0184 JOURNALIST

Will Schaber

1905 - 1996

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0209 BUSINESS

Walter Albert Bauer

1901 - 1968

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0214 PAINTER

Karl Kämpf (Maler)

1902 - 1987

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0233 DOCENT

Horst von Rom

1909 - 1991

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0269 POLITICIAN

Hans Cramer (SA-Mitglied)

1904 - 1945

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0281 PHYSICIAN

Walter Müller (SS-Mitglied)

1901 - 1933

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0302 WRITER

Hans Kinkel

1909 - 1991

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0325 POLITICIAN

Otto Haag

1906 - 1991

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0340 CERAMIST

Maria Fitzen-Wohnsiedler

1908 - 1989

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0358 WRITER

Werner Altpeter

1902 - 1985

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0384 POLITICIAN

Hellmut Riegraf

1909 - 1988

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0391 WRITER

Fritz Springer (Heimatdichter)

1906 - 1981

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0406 WRITER

Maximilian Rott

1903 - 1957

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0454 FOOTBALL

Emile Buhrer

Born 1908

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0479 ARTIST

Wolfgang Franke (Künstler)

1908 - 1982

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0481 KUNST

Wilhelm Klagholz

1905 - 1984

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0482 BUSINESS

Oskar Herrmann

1906 - 1999

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0511 TRADE UNION

Emil Gerlach

1902 - 1979

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0516 POLITICIAN

Hermann Schelle

1904 - 1977

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