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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.

Through the Decades

One face per decade — the most globally famous figure born in Magdeburg during each.

Notable Births by Decade

Click a decade to filter the list below. Peak: 1930s with 110 notable births.

What Magdeburg Is Known For

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Politician is Magdeburg's biggest profession — 14% of all notables (194).

Magdeburg over-indexes on generalmajor26.4× the global rate.

Magdeburg under-produces football — only 0.3× the global rate.

  1. Politician194
  2. Actor78
  3. Academic50
  4. Football44
  5. Author43
  6. Writer40
  7. Painter40
  8. Lawyer35
  1. Generalmajor2126.4×
  2. Handball276.3×
  3. Canoe145.6×
  4. Teacher144.3×
  5. Entrepreneur173.6×
  6. Author433.6×
  7. Academic503.6×
  8. Theologian153.0×
  1. Football440.3×

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.

1500155016001650170017501800185019001950
  • Politics & Law
  • Science
  • Writing
  • Sports
  • Film & TV
  • Art & Design
  • Other
Entrepreneur17
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Showing 17 of 1,379 notable people

0163 ENTREPRENEUR

Karl August Lingner

1861 - 1916

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Adelbert Delbrück

1822 - 1890

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0232 ENTREPRENEUR

Louis Victor Robert Schwartzkopff

1825 - 1892

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Rudolf Ernst Wolf

1831 - 1910

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Ernst Schiess

1840 - 1915

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Ferdinand Kaselowsky

1816 - 1877

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Martin Nathusius (Fabrikant)

1883 - 1941

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Gottlieb von Haeseler (Regierungsrat)

1701 - 1752

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Friedrich Adolph Brüggemann

1797 - 1878

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Paul Rohde

1878 - 1941

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Eduard Hoffmann (Industrieller)

1832 - 1894

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1008 ENTREPRENEUR

Julius Giesecke

1833 - 1881

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1137 ENTREPRENEUR

Gottfried Andreas Böckelmann

1802 - 1870

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1170 ENTREPRENEUR

Friedrich Carl Untucht

1870 - 1939

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1195 ENTREPRENEUR

Gottlob Moritz Nathusius

1876 - 1936

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Karl Maquet

1767 - 1823

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1286 ENTREPRENEUR

Günter Schulze (Unternehmer)

1933 - 2010

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