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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.
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- Field: Painter Clear ×
Franz Marc
1880 - 1916
Carl Spitzweg
1808 - 1885
Walter Sickert
1860 - 1942
Karl von Piloty
1826 - 1886
Georg Schrimpf
1889 - 1938
Friedrich August von Kaulbach
1850 - 1920
Hans Rottenhammer
1564 - 1625
Louise Catherine Breslau
1856 - 1927
Johann Carl Loth
1632 - 1698
Hans Muelich
1516 - 1573
Heinrich Lossow
1843 - 1897
Emil Doepler
1855 - 1922
Christian Jank
1833 - 1888
Rupprecht Geiger
1908 - 2009
Januarius Zick
1730 - 1797
Domenico Quaglio the Younger
1787 - 1837
Benno Adam
1812 - 1892
Walter Dexel
1890 - 1973
Hermann von Kaulbach
1846 - 1909
Günter Fruhtrunk
1923 - 1982
Max Emanuel Ainmiller
1807 - 1870
Eugen Napoleon Neureuther
1806 - 1882
Emil Adam
1843 - 1924
Lothar Meggendorfer
1845 - 1925
Angelo Jank
1868 - 1940
Max Haushofer
1811 - 1866
Ludwig Thiersch
1825 - 1909
Christoph Schwarz
1545 - 1592
Julius Seyler
1873 - 1955
Adolf Eberle
1843 - 1914
Fritz Stuckenberg
1881 - 1944
Fritz Harnest
1905 - 1999
Johann Matthias Kager
1566 - 1634
Eugen Adam
1817 - 1880
Wilhelm Lindenschmit the Younger
1829 - 1895
Ferdinand von Piloty
1828 - 1895
Julius Adam
1852 - 1913
Joseph Ignaz Appiani
1706 - 1785
Theodor Horschelt
1829 - 1871
Anton Zwengauer
1810 - 1884
Jim Avignon
Born 1966
Eduard Ille
1823 - 1900
Simon Quaglio
1795 - 1878
Alexander Maximilian Seitz
1811 - 1888
Michael Neher
1798 - 1876
Maximilian Dasio
1865 - 1954
Otto Seitz
1846 - 1912
Andy Hope 1930
Born 1963
Ludwig von Hagn
1819 - 1898
Gabriel Schachinger
1850 - 1912
Joseph Wenglein
1845 - 1919
Rudolf von Seitz
1842 - 1910
Michael Echter
1812 - 1879
Theodor Baierl
1881 - 1932
Michael Zeno Diemer
1867 - 1939
Wilhelm Gail
1804 - 1890
Guillermo Wiedemann
1905 - 1969
Ernst Zimmermann (Maler)
1852 - 1901
August Löffler
1822 - 1866
Georg Arnold-Graboné
1896 - 1982
Florian Süssmayr
Born 1963
Richard Benno Adam
1873 - 1937
Joseph Flüggen
1842 - 1906
Franz Quaglio
1844 - 1920
Johann Georg de Hamilton
1672 - 1737
Anton Doll
1826 - 1887
Johann Nepomuk Hoechle
1790 - 1835
Karl Haider
1846 - 1912
Thomas Baumgartner
1892 - 1962
Max Thedy
1858 - 1924
Erwin Pfrang
Born 1951
Pol Cassel
1892 - 1945
Lorenzo Quaglio the Younger
1793 - 1869
Johann Jakob Dorner the Younger
1775 - 1852
Johann Ulrich Loth
1599 - 1662
Ernst Haider
1890 - 1988
Joseph Schlotthauer
1789 - 1869
Friedrich Gärtner
1824 - 1905
Wolfgang Zelmer
Born 1948
Angelo Quaglio the Younger
1829 - 1890
Paula Wimmer
1876 - 1971
Hermann Keimel
1899 - 1948
Hans Donauer
1521 - 1596
Nikolaus Gottfried Stuber
1688 - 1749
Carl Ernst Morgenstern
1847 - 1928
Anita Albus
Born 1942
Felix Klee
1907 - 1990
Alfred Zimmermann (Maler)
1854 - 1910
Joseph Petzl
1803 - 1871
Josef Scharl
1896 - 1954
Sabina Sakoh
Born 1968
Viktor Weisshaupt
1848 - 1905
Karl Schultheiss
1852 - 1944
Fritz Rehm
1871 - 1928
Anton Teichlein
1820 - 1879
Lorenz Max Rheude
1863 - 1939
Franz Naager
1870 - 1942
Anton Seder
1850 - 1916
Karl Knabl
1850 - 1904
Albert Singer
1869 - 1922
Julius Frank
1826 - 1908
Erna Dinklage
1895 - 1991
Karoline Wittmann
1913 - 1978
Paul Hey
1867 - 1952
Max Heilbronner
1902 - 1964
Louise Modersohn-Breling
1883 - 1950
Anton Auer
1778 - 1814
Anton Georg Zwengauer
1850 - 1928
Willy Moralt
1884 - 1947
Ilana Lewitan
Born 1961
Ludwig Gschossmann
1913 - 1988
Friedrich Wanderer
1840 - 1910
August Seidel (Maler)
1820 - 1904
Josef Steib
1898 - 1957
Paul Stollreither
1886 - 1973
Ludwig Correggio
1846 - 1920
Karl Josef Weinmair
1906 - 1944
Friedrich Bodenmüller
1845 - 1913
Josef Schmitzberger
1851 - 1936
Richard Hallgarten
1905 - 1932
Cella Thoma
1858 - 1901
Andreas Wolff (Maler)
1652 - 1716
Fritz Baer (Maler)
1850 - 1919
Franz Seidel
1818 - 1903
Martin Gensbaur
Born 1958
Fritz Splitgerber
1876 - 1914
Georg Conräder
1838 - 1911
Otto Scheuerer
1862 - 1934
Lambert Maria Wintersberger
1941 - 2013
August Spieß
1841 - 1923
Johanna von Destouches
1869 - 1956
Sigmund Sinding
1875 - 1936
Günther Graßmann
1900 - 1993
Marie von Miller
1861 - 1933
Bettina Sellmann
Born 1971
Adolf Stademann
1824 - 1895
Julius Scheuerer
1859 - 1913
Claus Arnold (Künstler)
1919 - 2014
Paul Eliasberg
1907 - 1983
Adolf Hartmann
1900 - 1972
Peter Baumgartner (Maler)
1834 - 1911
Erwin Broner
1898 - 1971
Ludwig Kainer
1885 - 1967
Marianne Kürzinger
1770 - 1809
Heinz Haberkorn
1943 - 2011
Bernhard Jäger
Born 1935
Hans Anetsberger
1870 - 1942
G.L. Gabriel-Thieler
Born 1958
Clemens Kaletsch
Born 1957
Gustav Bechler
1870 - 1959
Willibald Demmel
1914 - 1989
Nicolas Hogenberg
1500 - 1539
Constantin Gerhardinger
1888 - 1970
Max Adamo
1837 - 1901
Hans Gött
1883 - 1974
Rolf Niczky
1881 - 1950
Sarah McEneaney
Born 1955
Anne Marie Jauss
1902 - 1991
Karl Wolf (Maler)
1901 - 1993
Friedrich Lossow
1837 - 1872
Helmut Wimmer
1925 - 2006
Colombo Max
1877 - 1970
Adolf von Grundherr
1848 - 1908
Richard von Poschinger
1839 - 1915
Hansl Bock
1893 - 1973
Karl Bögler
1837 - 1866
Luise Niedermaier
1908 - 1997
Josef Steiner (Maler)
1899 - 1977
Josua von Gietl
1847 - 1922
Rupert Stöckl
1923 - 1999
Wilhelm Heinrich Nagel
1888 - 1967
Anneliese Bilger-Geigenberger
1914 - 2000
Friedrich Wilhelm Kalb
1889 - 1977
Ludwig Bock (Maler)
1886 - 1971
Josef Hawle
Born 1948
Joseph Resch
1819 - 1901
Hans Brunner (Maler)
1813 - 1888
Julius Noerr
1827 - 1897
Sebastian Habenschaden
1813 - 1868
Emil Scheibe
1914 - 2008
Max Mayrshofer
1875 - 1950
Ruprecht von Kaufmann
Born 1974
Alfred Haushofer
1872 - 1943
Josse Goossens
1876 - 1929
Anton Höchl
1820 - 1897
Paul Erbe
1894 - 1972
Eugen von Stieler
1845 - 1929
Richard Simon (painter)
1898 - 1993
Luitpold Adam
1888 - 1950
Rudolf Reschreiter
1868 - 1939
Julius Adam (Maler, 1821)
1821 - 1874
Sigmund Eggert
1839 - 1896
Friedrich Karl Thauer
1924 - 2009
Heinz Waldmüller (Künstler)
1887 - 1945
Karl Heilmayer
1829 - 1908
Joseph Stephan
1709 - 1786
Brigitte Doege-Schellinger
Born 1938
Johann Nepomuk Muxel
1790 - 1870
Albert Adamo
1849 - 1887
Otto Grassl
1891 - 1976
Adalbert Waagen
1833 - 1898
Adolf Büger
1885 - 1966
Franz Krombach
1853 - 1908
Hermann Arnold (Maler, 1846)
1846 - 1896
Theodor Recknagl
1865 - 1945
Corneille Max
1875 - 1924
Simon Theodor Rauecker
1854 - 1940
Carl-W. Röhrig
Born 1953
Josef Hahn (Maler)
1839 - 1906
Guido von Maffei
1838 - 1922
Karl Gebhardt (Maler)
1860 - 1917
Julius von Kaan-Albest
1874 - 1942
Hermann Kauffmann (der Jüngere)
1873 - 1953
Alexander Eibner
1862 - 1935
Otto Kopp (Maler)
1879 - 1947
Simon Warnberger
1769 - 1847
Klaus Clausmeyer
1887 - 1968
Ludwig Bolgiano
1866 - 1948
Franz Xaver von Hofstetten
1811 - 1883
Rudolf Huber-Wilkoff
Born 1936
Walter Förster
Born 1936
Else Gürleth-Hey
1869 - 1946
Gabriele Maria Deininger-Arnhard
1855 - 1945
Werner Maier (Maler)
Born 1956
Felix Weber (artist)
Born 1965
Gunna Schmidt
Born 1971
Theobald Schorn
1866 - 1913
Joseph Heigel
1780 - 1837
Claudius Schraudolph der Jüngere
1843 - 1902
Max Kuhn (Maler)
1838 - 1888
Bernhard Prinz (Karikaturist)
Born 1975
Franz Doll (Künstler)
1899 - 1982
Josef Dering
1910 - 1999
Martin Blumöhr
Born 1981
Fédor Löwenstein
1901 - 1946
Fritz Haid
1906 - 1985
Bernhard Sickert
1862 - 1932
Lukas Duwenhögger
Born 1956
Max Josef Becker
1890 - 1971
Lillian Mousli
Born 1960
Karl Albert von Baur
1851 - 1907
Adolf Christian Baumann
1829 - 1865
Josef W. Keller-Kühne
1902 - 1991
Johann Nepomuk Ott
1804 - 1870
Thomas Guggenberger
1815 - 1882
Josef Fottner
1909 - 1983
Johann Baptist Weißbrod
1834 - 1912
Helene von Frauendorfer-Mühlthaler
1853 - 1933
Joseph Loher
1907 - 2002
Franz Weiß (Maler, 1903)
1903 - 1982
Karl Gampenrieder
1860 - 1926
Ignaz Gebhardt
1869 - 1946
Otto von Kotzebue (Maler)
Born 1936
Karl Stuhlmüller
1859 - 1930
Ernst Maria Fischer
1907 - 1939
Bruno von Wahl
1868 - 1952
Max Kaltenmoser
1842 - 1887
Max Zettler (Maler)
1886 - 1926
Karin Ulrike Soika
Born 1966
Johannes Baptist Waas
1904 - 2002
Gisbert Palmié
1897 - 1986
Heinrich Eduard Winter
1788 - 1829
Carl Lossow
1835 - 1861
Fritz von Hellingrath
1866 - 1946
Heinrich Reich
1888 - 1961
Ludwig Hartmann (Maler)
1835 - 1902
Pancraz Körle
1823 - 1875
Walter Dolch
1894 - 1979
Hans August Zierngibl
1864 - 1906
Joseph Klotz
1785 - 1830
Manfred Lindemann-Frommel
1852 - 1939
Karl August Aerttinger
1803 - 1876
Thomas Dörfler
Born 1966
Max Stury
1869 - 1946
Josef Mariano Kitschker
1879 - 1929
Maximilian Joseph Auer
1805 - 1878
Helmut Berninger
1927 - 2011
Augustin Pacher
1863 - 1926
Hanno Rhomberg
1819 - 1864
Max Correggio
1854 - 1908
Egon Arno Bräunlich
1919 - 2001
August Schleich
1814 - 1865
Horst J. Beck
1909 - 2006
Egon von Poschinger
1894 - 1977
Franz Multerer
1864 - 1920
Ferdinand Feldhütter
1842 - 1898
August Fink (Maler)
1846 - 1916
Joseph Friedrich Lentner
1814 - 1852
Richard Throll
1880 - 1961
Max Fuhrmann der Ältere
1860 - 1908
Ferdinand Petzl
1819 - 1899
Hans Schellinger
1905 - 1990
Siegfried Massmann
1829 - 1853
Bruno Flashar
1887 - 1961
Susanne Stähli
Born 1959
Oskar Merté
1872 - 1938
Klaus Netzle
1926 - 2019
Wilhelm Rögge der Jüngere
1870 - 1946
Anton Weinberger
1843 - 1912
Max Pfaller
Born 1937