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MANNHEIM

Most Famous People Born in Mannheim, Germany

Notable people
1,227
Peak decade
1960s
Median birth year
1917
Most distinctive
Academic 3.6×

The outsized Composer count is the fingerprint of the 18th-century Mannheim School, the court orchestra under the Elector Palatine that taught Mozart how to write a crescendo. The Physicist and Mathematician depth comes centuries later, from BASF across the river in Ludwigshafen and the postwar university, giving the grid-planned town an oddly bifurcated resume: rococo strings on one side, industrial labs on the other.

Through the Decades

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

Notable Births by Decade

Click a decade to filter the list below. Peak: 1960s with 120 notable births.

What Mannheim Is Known For

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Politician is Mannheim's biggest profession — 10% of all notables (122).

Mannheim over-indexes on academic3.6× the global rate.

Mannheim under-produces football — only 0.6× the global rate.

  1. Politician122
  2. Football86
  3. Actor67
  4. Painter49
  5. Writer45
  6. Academic45
  7. Composer39
  8. Lawyer27
  1. Academic453.6×
  2. Chemist122.8×
  3. Physicist142.7×
  4. Author272.5×
  5. Judge142.4×
  6. Composer392.4×
  7. Mathematician132.1×
  8. Historian262.0×
  1. Football860.6×

Profession Mix Over Time

Each band shows a profession family's share of Mannheim's notable births by decade. Hover the chart for the breakdown at any decade.

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Showing 122 of 1,227 notable people

0001 POLITICIAN

Albert Speer

1905 - 1981

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0007 POLITICIAN

Hermann Müller (politician)

1876 - 1931

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0020 POLITICIAN

Heinz Hoffmann

1910 - 1985

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0050 POLITICIAN

Reinhard Bütikofer

Born 1953

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0075 POLITICIAN

Gerhard Mayer-Vorfelder

1933 - 2015

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0079 POLITICIAN

Karl Blind

1826 - 1907

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0095 POLITICIAN

Herbert Mies

1929 - 2017

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0099 POLITICIAN

Lorenzo Brentano

1813 - 1891

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0100 POLITICIAN

Friedrich Daniel Bassermann

1811 - 1855

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0154 POLITICIAN

Ludwig Landmann

1868 - 1945

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0171 POLITICIAN

Paul Wandel

1905 - 1995

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0178 POLITICIAN

Peter Simon (politician)

Born 1967

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0182 POLITICIAN

Moshe Unna

1902 - 1989

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0186 POLITICIAN

Julius Jolly (politician)

1823 - 1891

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0194 POLITICIAN

Franz von Roggenbach

1825 - 1907

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0223 POLITICIAN

Helene Berg

1906 - 2006

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0259 POLITICIAN

Peter Kurz (Politiker, 1962)

Born 1962

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0276 POLITICIAN

Franz Wigard

1807 - 1885

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0283 POLITICIAN

Marion Caspers-Merk

Born 1955

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0310 POLITICIAN

Eugen Keidel

1909 - 1991

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0354 POLITICIAN

Alexander von Soiron

1806 - 1855

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0388 POLITICIAN

Stephan von Stengel

1750 - 1822

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0391 POLITICIAN

Manfred Ohrenstein

Born 1925

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0394 POLITICIAN

Christine Lambrecht

Born 1965

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0428 POLITICIAN

Egid von Kobell

1772 - 1847

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0439 POLITICIAN

Manfred Kern (Politiker)

Born 1958

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0457 POLITICIAN

Erwin Vetter

Born 1937

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0465 POLITICIAN

Gerhard Widder

Born 1940

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0471 POLITICIAN

Karl August von Malchus

1770 - 1840

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0489 POLITICIAN

Bruno Helmle

1911 - 1996

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0497 POLITICIAN

August Eisenlohr (Politiker)

1833 - 1916

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0540 POLITICIAN

Konrad Schön

Born 1930

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0541 POLITICIAN

Frank Mentrup

Born 1964

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0544 POLITICIAN

Stefan Heymann

1896 - 1967

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0549 POLITICIAN

Adelbert Düringer

1855 - 1924

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0564 POLITICIAN

Walter Spagerer

1918 - 2016

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0570 POLITICIAN

Fritz Cahn-Garnier

1889 - 1949

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0605 POLITICIAN

Hans-Otto Scholl

Born 1933

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0609 POLITICIAN

Stefan Fulst-Blei

Born 1986

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0610 POLITICIAN

Younes Ouaqasse

Born 1988

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0658 POLITICIAN

Wolfgang Pföhler

Born 1953

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0663 POLITICIAN

Franz Arnold Linck

1769 - 1838

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0684 POLITICIAN

Helen Heberer

Born 1950

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0686 POLITICIAN

Kurt Angstmann

1915 - 1978

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0696 POLITICIAN

John Gustav Weiss

1857 - 1943

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0716 POLITICIAN

Ernst-Christoph Brühler

1891 - 1961

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0728 POLITICIAN

Aenne Kundermann

1907 - 2000

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0751 POLITICIAN

Julius Lehlbach

1922 - 2001

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0753 POLITICIAN

Anton Bassermann

1821 - 1897

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0759 POLITICIAN

Fritz Salm

1913 - 1985

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0792 POLITICIAN

Nikolas Löbel

Born 1986

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0796 POLITICIAN

Matthias Güldner

Born 1960

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0800 POLITICIAN

Florian Mördes

1823 - 1850

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0801 POLITICIAN

Heinz Wieland

1907 - 1980

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0817 POLITICIAN

Philipp Diffené

1833 - 1903

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0828 POLITICIAN

Isaak Jolly

1785 - 1852

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0829 POLITICIAN

Peter Tremmel

1874 - 1941

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0837 POLITICIAN

Ferdinand Scipio

1837 - 1905

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0847 POLITICIAN

Dorothee Freudenberg

Born 1952

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0852 POLITICIAN

Hans Freudenberg (Politiker)

Born 1955

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0855 POLITICIAN

Joseph Hoffmann (Baumeister)

1810 - 1881

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0859 POLITICIAN

Alois Schnorr

1896 - 1962

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0865 POLITICIAN

Heinrich Christian Diffené

1804 - 1883

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0872 POLITICIAN

Otto Fischer (KPD, 1906)

1901 - 1974

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0882 POLITICIAN

Daniel Krebs

1827 - 1901

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0883 POLITICIAN

Walther Hensel (Jurist)

1899 - 1986

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0890 POLITICIAN

Carl Joseph von Wreden

1761 - 1829

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0894 POLITICIAN

Maria Scherer

1902 - 1981

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0895 POLITICIAN

Julie Bassermann

1860 - 1940

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0902 POLITICIAN

Mike Kiegerl

Born 1939

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0905 POLITICIAN

Karl-Heinz Weyrich

1925 - 2002

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0914 POLITICIAN

Gerhard Klippstein

1945 - 2009

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0932 POLITICIAN

Michael Himmelsbach

Born 1942

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0947 POLITICIAN

Emilie Hucht

1920 - 2014

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0950 POLITICIAN

Emil Mayer (Fabrikant)

1848 - 1910

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0952 POLITICIAN

Werner Nagel (Politiker)

1934 - 1993

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0963 POLITICIAN

Helmut Heene

Born 1936

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0966 POLITICIAN

Walter Braun (Senator)

1913 - 1989

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0970 POLITICIAN

Paul Kübler

1922 - 1969

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0976 POLITICIAN

Winfried Scheuermann

Born 1938

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0977 POLITICIAN

Karl Feuerstein

1940 - 1999

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0982 POLITICIAN

Georg Kenzler

1884 - 1959

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0998 POLITICIAN

Albert Neckenauer

1921 - 1998

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0999 POLITICIAN

Fritz Esser (Politiker, 1914)

1914 - 1978

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1001 POLITICIAN

Emil Engelhard

1854 - 1920

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1011 POLITICIAN

Karl Theodor Uhrig

1923 - 2000

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1025 POLITICIAN

Emil Michel

1891 - 1972

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1029 POLITICIAN

Hermann Merkel (Politiker)

1878 - 1938

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1044 POLITICIAN

Hans-Dieter Busch (Politiker)

1938 - 2009

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1046 POLITICIAN

Lorenz Harth

1913 - 2002

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1056 POLITICIAN

Julius Gilmer

1880 - 1959

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1062 POLITICIAN

Franziska Schmidt (Politikerin)

1899 - 1979

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1063 POLITICIAN

Franz Illner

1904 - 1988

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1066 POLITICIAN

Wendelin Hoffmann

1845 - 1891

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1084 POLITICIAN

Birgit Reinemund

Born 1959

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1089 POLITICIAN

Matthias Adrian

Born 1976

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1090 POLITICIAN

Johann Wesp

1886 - 1954

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1093 POLITICIAN

Peter Rosenberger

Born 1972

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1095 POLITICIAN

Rolf Seltenreich

Born 1948

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1102 POLITICIAN

Max Nagel (Politiker, 1949)

1949 - 2004

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1105 POLITICIAN

Christian Specht (Politiker)

Born 1966

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1111 POLITICIAN

Friedrich Koch (Politiker, 1870)

1870 - 1938

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1112 POLITICIAN

Wilhelm Wassung (Politiker)

1893 - 1971

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1124 POLITICIAN

Manfried Weber

Born 1937

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1125 POLITICIAN

Monika Böttcher (Politikerin)

Born 1968

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1140 POLITICIAN

Roland Weiß

Born 1956

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1141 POLITICIAN

Klaus Hecker

1929 - 2019

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1161 POLITICIAN

Jakob Ritter

1886 - 1951

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1167 POLITICIAN

Ludwig von Gemmingen-Hornberg (1901–1978) – Wi

1901 - 1978

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1169 POLITICIAN

Ludwig Achenbach

1812 - 1879

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1173 POLITICIAN

Ursula Krips

Born 1933

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1187 POLITICIAN

Heinrich Andriano

1774 - 1836

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1188 POLITICIAN

Paula Doell

1900 - 1983

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1201 POLITICIAN

Walter Rau (Politiker)

1909 - 1976

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1202 POLITICIAN

Hans Feit

1904 - 1933

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1211 POLITICIAN

Helga Korthaase

Born 1938

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1215 POLITICIAN

Volker Feick

Born 1939

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1218 POLITICIAN

Annemarie Schellenberg

1906 - 1995

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1219 POLITICIAN

Karl Helfenstein

1890 - 1958

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1224 POLITICIAN

Lucian Iltis

1903 - 1967

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1225 POLITICIAN

Otto Lebert

1911 - 1999

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1227 POLITICIAN

Klaus Dürr (Politiker, 1939)

1939 - 1997

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