52.1311° N, 11.6394° E
MAGDEBURG
Most Famous People Born in Magdeburg, Germany
- Notable people
- 1,379
- Peak decade
- 1930s
- Median birth year
- 1902
- Most distinctive
- Generalmajor 26.4×
A Prussian garrison town turned East German industrial city, and both halves show up in the bench. Magdeburg's distinctive professions are Generalmajoren, handball players, canoeists, teachers, entrepreneurs, authors, academics, and theologians — the trades of an officer class, a GDR sport school, and a rebuilt postwar university. Otto von Guericke was born here (he of the Magdeburg hemispheres), Telemann was kapellmeister here, and the 10th-century bench reaches back to Otto I, who used the city as his imperial base.
One face per decade — the most globally famous figure born in Magdeburg during each.
Notable Births by Decade
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What Magdeburg Is Known For
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Politician is Magdeburg's biggest profession — 14% of all notables (194).
Magdeburg over-indexes on generalmajor — 26.4× the global rate.
Magdeburg under-produces football — only 0.3× the global rate.
Profession Mix Over Time
Each band shows a profession family's share of Magdeburg's notable births by decade. Hover the chart for the breakdown at any decade.
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Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben
1730 - 1794
Johann Hieronymus Chemnitz
1730 - 1800
Friedrich Wilhelm von Leysser
1731 - 1815
Friedrich Samuel Gottfried Sack
1738 - 1817
Johann August Hermes
1736 - 1822
Joachim Christoph Bracke
1738 - 1801
Frédéric Reclam
1734 - 1774
Antoinette Bamberger
1732 - 1805
August Christoph Heinrich von Legat
1732 - 1816
Georg Philipp Dohlhoff
1734 - 1794
Heinrich Wilhelm Bachmann
1737 - 1776