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LEIPZIG
Most Famous People Born in Leipzig, Germany
- Notable people
- 3,200
- Peak decade
- 1930s
- Median birth year
- 1908
- Most distinctive
- Publisher 8.9×
For two centuries the publishing capital of the German-speaking world, and the numbers still show it. Leipzig's most distinctive profession is publisher at nearly nine times the global rate, alongside an unusually heavy bench of theologians, art historians, and academic authors — the shape of a city whose book fair, Reclam editions, and university library set what German readers read for two centuries. Bach worked at the Thomaskirche, Leibniz was born here, and Clara Schumann grew up in its salons.
One face per century — the most globally famous figure born in Leipzig during each.
Notable Births by Decade
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What Leipzig Is Known For
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Politician is Leipzig's biggest profession — 10% of all notables (334).
Leipzig over-indexes on publisher — 8.9× the global rate.
Leipzig under-produces football — only 0.2× the global rate.
Profession Mix Over Time
Each band shows a profession family's share of Leipzig's notable births by decade. Hover the chart for the breakdown at any decade.
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- Art & Design
- Sports
- Film & TV
- Other
- Filtered to 1880s Clear ×
Max Beckmann
1884 - 1950
Wilhelm Backhaus
1884 - 1969
Johannes Popitz
1884 - 1945
Hans Freyer
1887 - 1969
Hans Leibelt
1885 - 1974
Hans Reiter (physician)
1881 - 1969
Oskar Becker
1889 - 1964
Frieda Hempel
1885 - 1955
Paul Frölich
1884 - 1953
Hans Reimann (writer)
1889 - 1969
Max Lingner
1888 - 1959
Elena Gerhardt
1883 - 1961
Johanna Beyer
1888 - 1944
Walter Cramer
1886 - 1944
Camillo Ugi
1884 - 1970
Wilhelm Klemm
1881 - 1968
Gustav Peter Bucky
1880 - 1963
Heinrich Schomburgk
1885 - 1965
Georg Schumann (resistance fighter)
1886 - 1945
Karl Zuchardt
1887 - 1968
Otto Klemm
1884 - 1939
Fritz Baumgarten (illustrator)
1883 - 1966
Kurt Kluge
1886 - 1940
Ludwig Föppl
1887 - 1976
Hermann Kees
1886 - 1964
Walter Brugmann
1887 - 1944
Georg Grimpe
1889 - 1936
Gertrude Förstel
1880 - 1950
Katharina Behrend
1888 - 1973
Heinrich Riso
1882 - 1952
Erich Trefftz
1888 - 1937
Georg Wiegner
1883 - 1936
Max Blümich
1886 - 1942
Otto Lummitzsch
1886 - 1962
Walter Hempel
1887 - 1940
Erich Albrecht (footballer)
1889 - 1942
Kurt Heinig
1886 - 1956
Erika Nymgau-Odemar
1889 - 1981
Johannes Schneider
1887 - 1914
Karl Uhle
1887 - 1969
Alfred Thiele
1886 - 1957
Adalbert Friedrich
1884 - 1962
Hans Finkelstein
1885 - 1938
Georg Walter Rössner
1885 - 1972
Leo Rauth
1884 - 1913
Otto Föppl
1885 - 1963
Hans Riso
Born 1889
Alfred Kästner
1882 - 1945
Richard Engländer (Musiker)
1889 - 1966
Gerhard Wülker
1885 - 1930
Hans Kroch
1887 - 1970
Rudolf Dix
1884 - 1952
Siegwart Ehrlich
1881 - 1941
Otto Reislant
1883 - 1968
Erich Gruner (Grafiker)
1881 - 1966
Hadrian Maria Netto
1885 - 1948
Reinhold Backmann
1884 - 1947
Wolfgang Goetz
1885 - 1955
Friedrich Oertel
1884 - 1975
Arthur Philipp Nikisch
1888 - 1968
Curt Piorkowski
1888 - 1939
Carl Arthur Richter
1883 - 1957
Ernst Rokosch
1889 - 1914
Wilhelm Schomburgk
1882 - 1958
Bruno Eyermann
1888 - 1961
Karl Hermann Jacob-Friesen
1886 - 1960
Karl Lilienfeld
1885 - 1966
Hodo von Hodenberg
1887 - 1962
Albrecht Leistner
1887 - 1950
Carl Weickert
1885 - 1975
Carla Witte
1889 - 1943
Max Ariowitsch
1880 - 1969
Fritz Rotter (Theaterunternehmer)
1888 - 1939
Gottfried Ewald
1888 - 1963
Otto Rauth (Autor)
1881 - 1967
Charlotte Benkner
1889 - 2004
Alfred Rotter
1886 - 1933
Kurt Herrmann (Unternehmer)
1888 - 1959
Wilhelm Andreas
1882 - 1951
Walther Brügmann
1884 - 1945
Hans Windisch (Theologe)
1881 - 1935
Walter Bachmann (Denkmalpfleger)
1883 - 1958
Hedwig Burgheim
1887 - 1943
Hans Franke (Komponist)
1882 - 1971
Paul Lange (Politiker)
1880 - 1951
Robert Paul Oszwald
1883 - 1945
Karl Meister (Philologe)
1880 - 1963
Lili Pollatz
1883 - 1946
Johannes Prüfer
1882 - 1947
Hans Lewald
1883 - 1963
Rüdiger Berlit
1883 - 1939
Robert Böker (Ingenieur)
1885 - 1980
Else Winkler von Roeder Bostelmann
1882 - 1961
Otto Wilhelm Barth
Born 1882
Hans Friedrich (Kunstmaler, 1887)
1887 - 1967
Constanze Hallgarten
1881 - 1969
Fritz Körner (Glaskünstler)
1888 - 1955
Max Seeburg
1884 - 1972
Otto Hermann Fritzsche
1882 - 1908
Carl Sonntag jun.
1884 - 1930
Arno Glockauer
1888 - 1966
Willy Hoffmann (Jurist)
1888 - 1942
Otto Droge
1885 - 1970
Arthur Preil
1887 - 1954
Woldemar Oskar Döring
1880 - 1948
Alice Fliegel
Born 1887
Herbert Schöffler
1888 - 1946
Emil Block
1884 - 1966
Karl Michel (Maler)
1885 - 1966
Hans Schmidt-Leonhardt
1886 - 1945
Hubert Plaut
1889 - 1978
Charlotte Dietrich (Sozialpädagogin)
1887 - 1976
Karl Pönitz
1888 - 1973
Erich Schilling (Gewerkschaftsfunktionär)
1882 - 1962
Heinrich Sulze
1888 - 1958
Hans Nachod (Archäologe)
1885 - 1958
Gustav Wilke (Jurist)
1889 - 1938
Eugen Urban
1886 - 1929
Theodor Plaut (Wirtschaftswissenschaftler)
1888 - 1948
Karl Julius Fritzsche
1883 - 1954
Curt Schiemichen
1889 - 1957
Arthur Krause (Lehrer)
1882 - 1972
Fritz Behr
1881 - 1974
Walter Bochow
1889 - 1946
Ludwig Wülker
1881 - 1953
Hugo Saupe
1883 - 1957
Hans Mayer Heuberger
Born 1882
Elise Hofmann-Bosse
1880 - 1954
Friedrich A. Bäßler
1884 - 1956
Rudolf Grahmann
1888 - 1962
Karl Knochenhauer
1888 - 1965
Doris Hertwig-Bünger
1882 - 1968
Kurt Delitzsch
1885 - 1945
Georg Kretzschmar
1889 - 1970
Felix Schloemp
1880 - 1916
Louis Hugo Frank
1886 - 1973
Kurt Opitz (Maler)
1887 - 1960
Robert Deumer
1882 - 1956
Paul Roth (Medienwissenschaftler)
1885 - 1964
Hans Rudolphi
1885 - 1955
Kurt Poppe
1880 - 1960
Hans Garte
1882 - 1960
Carl Cichorius
1888 - 1944
Hermann Dreßler
Born 1882
Friedrich Otto Armin Loofs
1886 - 1930
Bruno Arnold
1884 - 1933
Arno Bruchardt
1883 - 1935
Alfred Jahn (Verleger)
1886 - 1976
Johannes Koppe
1883 - 1959
Magdalene Seebe
1881 - 1928
Erich Zieger (Admiral)
1889 - 1945
Max Hellmann
1884 - 1939
Hans Brockhaus
1888 - 1965
Richard Krüger (Politiker)
1880 - 1965
Karl Echte
1885 - 1960
Max Gerbig
1884 - 1941
Jenny Ritzhaupt
1889 - 1970
Bruno Schäfer
1883 - 1957
Franz Arnholdt
1885 - 1951
Heinrich Treplin
1884 - 1970
Richard Ellrodt
1883 - 1933
Wilhelm Schöne
1887 - 1957
Bruno Schönfeld
1885 - 1981
Bruno Fugmann
1883 - 1969
Willy Donau
1885 - 1959
Karl Pabst (Maler)
1884 - 1971
Lotte Garnich
1881 - 1939
Erich Lasse
1887 - 1948
Heinrich Wichmann (Kunsthistoriker)
1889 - 1968
Hellmuth Götze
1886 - 1942
Edwin Meister
1884 - 1970
Elisabeth Behrend (Schriftstellerin)
Born 1887
Eduard Chambon
1884 - 1965
Margarete Kühn (Unternehmerin)
1888 - 1977
Oskar Quarg
1887 - 1969
Dietrich Wortmann
1884 - 1952
Marie Bock (Politikerin)
1881 - 1959
Hans Blüthgen
1885 - 1966
Fritz Thate
1889 - 1968
Willi Langrock
1889 - 1962
Ernst Baumgarten
1886 - 1976
Theodor Görner
1884 - 1971
Arthur Holke
1883 - 1940
Arthur Schille
1883 - 1936
Arno Roßberg
1880 - 1950
Ludwig Sinsel
1884 - 1968
Fred Proessdorf
1882 - 1925