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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Karl Leberecht Immermann
1796 - 1840
Theodor Friedrich Klitsche de la Grange
1797 - 1868
Ludwig Benjamin Henz
1798 - 1860
Gebhard Karl Ludolf von Alvensleben
1798 - 1867
Ernst Ferdinand Yxem
1799 - 1867
Friedrich Albert Immanuel Mellin
1796 - 1859
Friedrich Adolph Brüggemann
1797 - 1878
Friedrich Wilhelm von Laue
1796 - 1862
Albert du Vignau
1795 - 1885
Justus du Vignau
1793 - 1866
Franz Hessenland
1798 - 1866
Ferdinand Weyhe
1795 - 1878
Louis Abraham Gruson
1793 - 1870
August Ferdinand Ribbeck
1790 - 1847
Johann Christian Ferdinand Aßmann
1792 - 1845
Friedrich Wilhelm Pax
1798 - 1867
Ernst August Gaertner
1794 - 1862
Karl von Fuchs
1791 - 1874
Friedrich von Stiehle
1791 - 1874
Johann Kühne
1791 - 1870
Karl Holfelder
1790 - 1861