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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.
One face per century — the most globally famous figure born in Munich during each.
Notable Births by Decade
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What Munich Is Known For
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Actor is Munich's biggest profession — 13% of all notables (853).
Munich over-indexes on author — 3.7× the global rate.
Munich under-produces football — only 0.3× the global rate.
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.
- Film & TV
- Writing
- Science
- Art & Design
- Politics & Law
- Sports
- Other
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Maximilian von Montgelas
1759 - 1838
Johann Nepomuk von Triva
1755 - 1827
Sigmund Christoph von Waldburg-Zeil-Trauchburg
1754 - 1814
Joseph August von Toerring
1753 - 1826
Maximilian von Waldburg-Zeil
1750 - 1818
Hans Heinrich von Ecker und Eckhoffen
1750 - 1790
Joseph Milbiller
1753 - 1816
Hans Karl von Ecker und Eckhoffen
1754 - 1809
Franz Joseph von Samet
1758 - 1828
Johann Nepomuk Gottfried von Krenner
1759 - 1812
Maximilian Blaimhofer
1759 - 1835
Johannes Evangelist Elger
1756 - 1828
Max Graf von Lodron
1757 - 1823
Josepha Hellmuth
1757 - 1798