48.1375° N, 11.5749° E
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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Richard Riemerschmid
1868 - 1957
Gabriel von Seidl
1848 - 1913
Sep Ruf
1908 - 1982
Otto Haesler
1880 - 1962
Alexander von Branca
1919 - 2011
Alwin Seifert
1890 - 1972
François Cuvilliés le Jeune
1731 - 1777
Ferdinand-Sigismond Delamonce
1678 - 1753
Emanuel von Seidl
1856 - 1919
Otto Meitinger
1927 - 2017
Olaf Andreas Gulbransson
1916 - 1961
Lois Welzenbacher
1889 - 1955
Leonhard Gall
1884 - 1952
Thomas Georg Driendl
1849 - 1916
Franz Eirenschmalz
Born 1901
Conrad Roland
1934 - 2020
Herta Hammerbacher
1900 - 1985
Herman J. Schwarzmann
1846 - 1891
Max Kolb (paysagiste)
1829 - 1915
Lorenz Gedon
1843 - 1883
Albert Heilmann
1886 - 1949
Karl Meitinger
1882 - 1970
Maximilian List
1910 - 1980
Franz Zell
1866 - 1961
Richard Berndl
1875 - 1955
Robert S. Roeschlaub
1843 - 1923
Karl Badberger
Born 1888
Carl Albert von Lespilliez
1723 - 1796
Josef Wiedemann
1910 - 2001
Paul Thiersch
1879 - 1928
Rupert von Miller
1879 - 1951
Franz Rank
1870 - 1949
Matthias Berger (Architekt)
1825 - 1897
Heinrich Hauberrisser
1872 - 1945
Gustav Gsaenger
1900 - 1989
Erwin Schleich
1925 - 1992
Christoph Sattler
Born 1936
Adolf Voll
1881 - 1965
Reinhard Riemerschmid
1914 - 1996
Peter C. von Seidlein
1925 - 2014
Hansjakob Lill
1913 - 1967
Karl Klühspies
Born 1928
Joseph Thürmer
1789 - 1833
Volfango Frankl
1907 - 1994
Friedrich Ferdinand Haindl
1910 - 2002
Herbert Groethuysen
Born 1921
Wilhelm Kröger (Architekt)
Born 1881
Joseph Elsner junior
1879 - 1970
Constantin Pader
1610 - 1681
Richard Johann Dietrich
1938 - 2019
Axel Oestreich
Born 1954
Nana von Hugo
1936 - 2001
Rudolf Rohrer (Architekt)
1900 - 1968
Eduard Brill
1877 - 1968
Philipp Tolziner
1906 - 1996
Francis C. Schroen
1857 - 1924
Joseph Koch (Architekt)
1873 - 1934
Max Ostenrieder
1870 - 1917
Helmut Magg
1927 - 2013
Theodor Brannekämper
1900 - 1989
Felix von Courten
1877 - 1959
Wilhelm Bertsch
1865 - 1916
Franz Ruf (Architekt)
1909 - 1997
Michael Steinbrecher (Architekt)
1887 - 1976
Claus Winkler (Architekt)
Born 1929
Georg Graf (Architekt)
1869 - 1942
Heinz Moll (Architekt)
1899 - 1987
Johann Nepomuk Bürkel
1864 - 1951
Harald Roth (Architekt)
1910 - 1991
Christoph Miller
1902 - 1988
Hanna Löv
1901 - 1989
Franz Holzhammer
1893 - 1958
Georg Berlinger (Architekt, 1882)
1882 - 1946
Adolfo Büttner
1849 - 1912
Georg Berlinger (Architekt, 1910)
1910 - 1992
Hans Willich
1869 - 1943
Norbert Schlesinger
1908 - 1980
Herbert Landauer
1904 - 1984
Karl Kergl
1897 - 1956
Hans List (Architekt)
1880 - 1941
Franz Defregger (Architekt)
1906 - 1950
Anton Recknagel
1906 - 1980
Paul Gedon
1896 - 1945
Hans Heps
1915 - 1994
Karl Kagerer
1930 - 2015