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MUNICH

Most Famous People Born in Munich, Germany

Notable people
6,340
Peak decade
1960s
Median birth year
1937
Most distinctive
Author 3.7×

Bavaria's salon, with a long academic and curatorial streak. Munich's distinctive professions are authors, academics, sculptors, painters, and film directors — the trades of a city where the Akademie, the Residenz library, and the Bavaria Film studios all share the same payroll. Painters dominate the 19th-century half, when the Munich Academy was one of the most important art schools in Europe, and the actor share is among the highest in the German-speaking world.

Through the Centuries

One face per century — the most globally famous figure born in Munich during each.

Notable Births by Decade

Click a decade to filter the list below. Peak: 1960s with 842 notable births.

What Munich Is Known For

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Actor is Munich's biggest profession — 13% of all notables (853).

Munich over-indexes on author3.7× the global rate.

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

  1. Actor853
  2. Politician475
  3. Painter377
  4. Writer269
  5. Football239
  6. Academic208
  7. Author200
  8. Film166
  1. Author2003.7×
  2. Academic2083.2×
  3. Actor8532.5×
  4. Sculptor942.3×
  5. Painter3772.3×
  6. Film1662.1×
  7. Composer1291.5×
  8. Architect851.5×
  1. Football2390.3×
  2. Politician4750.6×

Profession Mix Over Time

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

15001550160016501700175018001850190019502000
  • Film & TV
  • Writing
  • Science
  • Art & Design
  • Politics & Law
  • Sports
  • Other
All6,340
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Showing 7 of 6,340 notable people

0031 RULER

Maximilian II Emanuel, Elector of Bavaria

1662 - 1726

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0126 ARISTOCRAT

Maria Anna Victoria of Bavaria

1660 - 1690

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0606 COMPOSER

Johann Christoph Pez

1664 - 1716

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2726 ORGANBUILDER

Johann Christoph Egedacher

1666 - 1747

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4322 CIVIL SERVICE

Johann Joseph Öttlinger

1662 - 1724

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4437 KURFÜRST

Franz Bernhard von Prielmayr

1668 - 1733

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6277 MISSING

Ferdinand Joseph von Herwarth

1663 - 1731

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