49.0169° N, 12.0836° E
REGENSBURG
Most Famous People Born in Regensburg, Germany
- Notable people
- 618
- Peak decade
- 1960s
- Median birth year
- 1924
- Most distinctive
- Prince 20.9×
A Danube river-crossing that spent centuries hosting the Holy Roman Diet and then, when the Diet moved on, became the private seat of the Thurn und Taxis — which is why the Prince bench runs at better than twenty times the global rate despite a town population nowhere near imperial scale. The thick Academic and Composer presences behind it still carry a court-patronage flavor that more industrial German cities shed a century ago, and the Sculptor and Author benches trace the same ecclesiastical-to-scholarly arc down through the Regensburg academy.
One face per century — the most globally famous figure born in Regensburg during each.
Notable Births by Decade
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What Regensburg Is Known For
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Politician is Regensburg's biggest profession — 11% of all notables (68).
Regensburg over-indexes on prince — 20.9× the global rate.
Regensburg under-produces football — only 0.3× the global rate.
Profession Mix Over Time
Each band shows a profession family's share of Regensburg's notable births by decade. Hover the chart for the breakdown at any decade.
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- Field: Academic Clear ×
Richard Korherr
1903 - 1989
Sigrid Pawelke
Born 1971
Dieter Blumenwitz
1939 - 2005
Gerd E. Schäfer (Pädagoge)
Born 1942
Reinhard Hüttl
Born 1957
Hermann Kaspar
1904 - 1986
Johann Auer (Theologe)
1910 - 1989
Fritz Nüßlein
1899 - 1984
Michael Stumpf
Born 1970
Franz Dünzl
1960 - 2018
Ulrike von Luxburg
Born 1975
Brigitte Groneberg
Born 1945
Wernhard Möschel
Born 1941
Heinz Decker
1950 - 2018
Florian Faust
Born 1964
Rainer Greger
1946 - 2007
Carl Lang (Meteorologe)
1849 - 1893
Lothar Bily
Born 1952
Gerhard Waldherr (Historiker)
Born 1956
Walter Bongartz
Born 1946
Hermann Fischer (Anglist)
1922 - 2009
Jeffrey Wimmer
Born 1972
Hans Hauner
Born 1955
Albrecht Stauffer
1860 - 1909
Johann Peter Schiltenberger
1684 - 1759
Margarete Wagner-Braun
Born 1957
Wolfgang Aigner (Benediktiner)
1745 - 1801
Wolfgang Mangold
Born 1931
Hermann Steinmetz (Mineraloge)
1879 - 1964
Therese Hallinger
1909 - 2001