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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
- Filtered to 1910s Clear ×
Eva Braun
1912 - 1945
Franz Josef Strauss
1915 - 1988
Marie-Louise von Franz
1915 - 1998
Alfred Andersch
1914 - 1980
Robert Havemann
1910 - 1982
Feodor Lynen
1911 - 1979
Elisabeth Mann Borgese
1918 - 2002
Ernst von Glasersfeld
1917 - 2010
Monika Mann
1910 - 1992
Gisela Mauermayer
1913 - 1995
Michael Mann (scholar)
1919 - 1977
Josef Greindl
1912 - 1993
Franz Peter Wirth
1919 - 1999
Helmut Gernsheim
1913 - 1995
Heli Finkenzeller
1911 - 1991
Schalom Ben-Chorin
1913 - 1999
Josef Oberhauser
1915 - 1979
Ernst Kitzinger
1912 - 2003
Gretl Braun
1915 - 1987
Henriette von Schirach
1913 - 1992
Ludwig Stumpfegger
1910 - 1945
Susi Nicoletti
1918 - 2005
Peter Pasetti
1916 - 1996
Siegfried Fehmer
1911 - 1948
Albrecht Fröhlich
1916 - 2001
Heinrich Hollreiser
1913 - 2006
Ulrich Beiger
1918 - 1996
Robert Lembke
1913 - 1989
Joseph Rovan
1918 - 2004
Alexander von Branca
1919 - 2011
Aloys Fleischmann
1910 - 1992
Hans Reiser (actor)
1919 - 1992
Fritz Knoechlein
1911 - 1949
Wolfgang Heinrich Johannes Fuchs
1915 - 1997
Walter Trampler
1915 - 1997
Walter Eytan
1910 - 2001
Friedrich Guggenberger
1915 - 1988
Wolf Mittler
1918 - 2002
Wilhelm Simetsreiter
1915 - 2001
Hanfried Lenz
1916 - 2013
Roland von Hößlin
1915 - 1944
Ludwig Vörg
1911 - 1941
Siegfried Sommer
1914 - 1996
Anton Spitaler
1910 - 2003
Ludwig Hörmann
1918 - 2001
Peter Selz
1919 - 2019
Gerhart Friedlander
1916 - 2009
Else von Möllendorff
1913 - 1982
Josef Schleinkofer
1910 - 1984
Wolfgang Ehrl
1912 - 1980
Rosa Kellner
1910 - 1984
Anton Schelkopf
1914 - 1975
Alfred Seidl
1911 - 1993
Olaf Andreas Gulbransson
1916 - 1961
Georg Strobl
1910 - 1991
Walter Franz
1911 - 1992
Princess Elisabeth Maria of Bavaria
1913 - 2005
Ludwig Lachner
1910 - 2003
Jola Jobst
1915 - 1952
Hugo Steurer
1914 - 2004
Leonhard Goppelt
1911 - 1973
Rolf Rodenstock
1917 - 1997
Waltrude Schleyer
1916 - 2008
Anton Neuhäusler
1919 - 1997
Fritz-Rudolf Schultz
1917 - 2002
Erna Baumbauer
1919 - 2010
Georg Brauchle
1915 - 1968
Karl Seebach
1912 - 2007
Helmut Niedermayr
1915 - 1985
Franz Pöschl
1917 - 2011
Hans Rösch
Born 1914
Matthias Defregger
1915 - 1995
Fritz Straßner
1919 - 1993
Maximilian List
1910 - 1980
Kurt Harz
1915 - 1996
Walter Landor
1913 - 1995
Anton Donhauser
1913 - 1987
Ralph Maria Siegel
1911 - 1972
Leonie Mann
1916 - 1986
Heinz Ritter (Kameramann)
1912 - 1958
Maximilian Renner
1919 - 1990
Knut von Kühlmann-Stumm
1916 - 1977
Konrad Kölbl
1912 - 1994
Betty Söderberg
1910 - 1993
Ernst Kutzer (Komponist)
1918 - 2008
Karoline Wittmann
1913 - 1978
Georg Bayerer
1915 - 1998
Friedl Hardt
1919 - 1991
Yrsa von Leistner
1917 - 2008
Helmut Sündermann
1911 - 1972
Will Richter
1910 - 1984
Josef Wiedemann
1910 - 2001
Fides Krause-Brewer
1919 - 2018
Otto Gritschneder
1914 - 2005
Bernhard Steinberger
1917 - 1990
Kadidja Wedekind
1911 - 1994
Max Blau
1918 - 1984
Ludwig Gschossmann
1913 - 1988
Karl Tischlinger
1910 - 1983
Giorgio Buchner
1914 - 2005
Anton von Aretin
1918 - 1981
Helmut Alimonta
1915 - 2004
Isabella Nadolny
1917 - 2004
Hannes Kaetner
1912 - 2002
Andreas Lommel
1912 - 2005
Gertrud Orff
1914 - 2000
Wenzel Lüdecke
1917 - 1989
Raimund Rosenberger
1917 - 1990
Wolfgang Braunfels
1911 - 1987
Theodor Wieland
1913 - 1995
Walter Krause (Politiker)
1912 - 2000
Franz Hart
1910 - 1996
Hans K. Ziegler
1911 - 1999
Albi Rosenthal
1914 - 2004
Rolf Honold
1919 - 1979
Hans Tisdall
1910 - 1997
Philipp Schenk
Born 1914
Hans Lamm
1913 - 1985
Claus Arnold (Künstler)
1919 - 2014
Rudolf Mühlfenzl
1919 - 2000
Maximilian Volke
1915 - 1944
Bernhard Horstmann
1919 - 2008
Olf Fischer
1917 - 1998
Heinz Maria Lins
Born 1916
Paul Schallweg
1914 - 1998
Herbert Riehl
1915 - 1997
Franz Krapf
1911 - 2004
Blasius Spreng
1913 - 1987
Martha Näbauer
1914 - 1970
Rüdiger von Reichert
1917 - 2007
Klaus Piper
1911 - 2000
Sybille Schloß
1910 - 2007
Willibald Demmel
1914 - 1989
Elmar Albrecht
1915 - 1997
Michael Braunfels
1917 - 2015
Adalbert Freiherr von Poschinger-Bray
1912 - 2001
Franz von Tattenbach (Jesuit)
1910 - 1992
Anton Fingerle
1912 - 1976
Simon Schott
1917 - 2010
Reinhard Riemerschmid
1914 - 1996
Anneliese Bilger-Geigenberger
1914 - 2000
Gerhard Reischl
1918 - 1998
Rudi Knabl
1912 - 2001
Hans-Joachim Kißling
1912 - 1985
Fritz Peyer
1919 - 2001
Otto Kohlhofer
1915 - 1988
Claus Hansmann
Born 1918
Rudolf Hartung (Schriftsteller)
1914 - 1985
Johanna Lenz
1915 - 2010
Emil Scheibe
1914 - 2008
Sigmund Rehm
1911 - 2001
Rudolf von Moreau
1910 - 1939
Franz Xaver Eder (Physiker)
1914 - 2009
Walter Lütgehetmann
1914 - 1967
August Riehl
1914 - 2002
Max Proebstl
1913 - 1979
Albrecht Struppler
1919 - 2009
Klaus Betke
1914 - 2011
Elisabeth Biebl (Schauspielerin)
1915 - 1989
Felix Hoerburger
1916 - 1997
Hans Löscher (Schauspieler)
1911 - 1999
Hansjakob Lill
1913 - 1967
Armin-Gerd Kuckhoff
1912 - 2002
Fritz Lutz
1917 - 1995
Elena Luber
Born 1914
Friedrich Ferdinand Haindl
1910 - 2002
Tobias Pagel
1915 - 1984
Ludwig Spitaler
Born 1913
Herman Schaalman
1916 - 2017
Otto Hofner
1915 - 2006
Fritz Stippel
1915 - 1974
Hellmut Schöner
1918 - 2003
Albrecht Knaus
1913 - 2007
Sebastian Hering
1910 - 1978
Irmgard Gylstorff
1912 - 1990
Ernst Emmerig (Verwaltungsjurist)
1916 - 1999
Guido Nenninger
1918 - 2003
Max Degenhart
1910 - 1974
Hans Weber (Archäologe)
1913 - 1981
Eleonore Freifrau von Tucher
1916 - 2007
Josef Dering
1910 - 1999
Otto Peisl
1916 - 1997
Hermann Weitnauer
1910 - 1999
Jula Kerschensteiner
1917 - 1996
Christoph Seitz
1914 - 1985
Käte Merk
1914 - 1997
Alfred Einhellinger
1913 - 1999
Walther Brüx
1917 - 2006
Ruth Lotmar
1910 - 1998
Karl von Brentano-Hommeyer
1913 - 2005
Franz Trenner
1915 - 1992
Anton Ernstberger (Bankier)
1910 - 1978
Franz Wipplinger (NS-Opfer)
1915 - 1944
Willy Heide
1919 - 2011
Friedrich von Rummel (Diplomat)
1910 - 2002
Otto Seemüller
1911 - 1987
Simon Weinhuber
1918 - 1995
Hans Weiß (Politiker, 1919)
1919 - 2008
Otto Eidenschink
1911 - 2004
Edmund Johannes Lutz
1913 - 2004
Kurt Plapperer
1916 - 2003
Erich Scheibmayr
1918 - 2009
Adolf Max Obermayer
1911 - 1976
Adolf Martin Däumling
1917 - 2011
Pierre Kamnitzer
1915 - 1975
Max Michel (Schauspieler)
1910 - 1988
Hanns Martin Schmidramsl
1917 - 1991
Gustl Müller-Dechent
1915 - 2016
Rudolf Pikola
1916 - 1970
Dora Schindel
1915 - 2018
Christine Mylius
1913 - 1982
Ludwig Hollweck
1915 - 1990
Hans Utz
1912 - 1974
Harry Maòr
1914 - 1982
Franz Gleissner
1911 - 1992
Egon Arno Bräunlich
1919 - 2001
Georg Paucker
1910 - 1979
Toni Martl
1916 - 1999
Friedrich-Ernst Stieve
1915 - 2012
Heinrich Junker (Politiker, 1911)
1911 - 1993
Hermann Aumer (Politiker)
1915 - 1955
Franz Wendler
1913 - 2007
Georg Apfelbeck
1914 - 1982
Carl Kaeser
1914 - 2009
Hanns Vogel
1912 - 2005
Hannes Bertle
1910 - 1978
Helmut Vidal
1919 - 2002
Hermann Hilber
1910 - 1979
Rosa Hillebrand
1919 - 2013
Hans Heß (Mediziner)
1918 - 2011
Liselotte Nold
1912 - 1978
Antonio W. Goldbrunner
1914 - 2005
Rudolf Peters (Bergsteiger)
1913 - 2008
Michael Baldauf
1918 - 1997
Georg Schönberger
1911 - 1943
Harald Roth (Architekt)
1910 - 1991
Ferdinand Leis
Born 1910
Barbara Lüdecke
Born 1913
Heinz Gibian
1916 - 1995
Rudolf Felzmann (Heimatforscher)
1915 - 2011
Paul Becker (Journalist)
1910 - 1984
Karl Dirnagl
1917 - 2004
Berta Konrad
1913 - 1992
Karl Cornides
1911 - 1989
Karl Dressel
1918 - 2004
Martina Eginhart
Born 1910
Clementine zu Castell-Rüdenhausen
1912 - 2008
Aldo Schön
1912 - 2014
Hermann Haage
1912 - 1970
Renate Kaffl
1918 - 2003
Fritz Vogt
1918 - 1945
Hans Rau (Politiker, 1916)
1916 - 1986
Martin Stachl
1914 - 1997
Hermann Kegel
1913 - 2004
Georg Berlinger (Architekt, 1910)
1910 - 1992
Hans Schaumann
1913 - 1999
Anton Schmaus (Widerstandskämpfer)
1910 - 1934
Franz Leonhard Schadt
1910 - 2009
Karl-Heinz Baader
1916 - 1966
Konstantin Müller (Senator)
1919 - 2008
Alexandre Livchitz
1911 - 1944
Max Zaha
1913 - 1997
Hermann Eberlein
1917 - 2010
Erich von Loeffelholz
1914 - 1984
Ludwig Jaud
1919 - 1998
Margit Zinke
1914 - 1945
Heinrich Albrecht (Politiker, 1918)
1918 - 1978
Frank Sieder
1919 - 1997
Richard Modlinger
1911 - 2000
Hans Schiefele (Journalist)
1919 - 2005
Josef Böck (Ringer)
1913 - 1999
Karl-Heinrich Wirschinger
1911 - 2003
Kurt Preussler
1919 - 2006
Klaus Haniel
1916 - 2006
Hans-Rupert Villechner
Born 1915
Max Diamand
1910 - 1974
Till Burger
1912 - 1971
Hans Weiß (Journalist)
1912 - 1992
Mirjam David
1917 - 1975
Eduard Brunner
1918 - 2006
Alexander Siebenhärl
1919 - 2008
Wilhelm Sandner
1911 - 1984
Ernst Ruch
1919 - 2015
Hans Gilardone
1912 - 1942
F. W. Friederich
1912 - 1993
Adolf Weiss
1917 - 1996
Friedrich Braeucker
Born 1919
Hans Schürer
1911 - 1996
Heinrich Maerkl
1912 - 1983
Imme Hoefer-Purkhold
1919 - 2008
Hans Heps
1915 - 1994
Karl Althoff
1914 - 1966
Martin Strell (Chemiker, 1912)
1912 - 1999
Christoph Sulzbach
1919 - 2010