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WEIMAR

Most Famous People Born in Weimar, Germany

Notable people
536
Peak decade
1950s
Median birth year
1879
Most distinctive
Duke 48.6×
Through the Centuries

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

Notable Births by Decade

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What Weimar Is Known For

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Politician is Weimar's biggest profession — 10% of all notables (52).

Weimar over-indexes on duke — 48.6× the global rate.

Weimar under-produces football — only 0.1× the global rate.

  1. Politician52
  2. Actor44
  3. Painter36
  4. Writer33
  5. Author23
  6. Composer19
  7. Physician13
  8. Sculptor12
  1. Duke1048.6×
  2. Aristocrat1112.3×
  3. Publisher68.9×
  4. Philologist57.1×
  5. Soldier66.3×
  6. Author235.0×
  7. Physician133.5×
  8. Sculptor123.4×
  1. Football90.1×

Profession Mix Over Time

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

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0020 DUKE

William Ernest, Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach

1876 - 1923

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0050 SINGER

Marie Gutheil-Schoder

1874 - 1935

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0068 WRITER

Marcus Behmer

1879 - 1958

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0137 ILLUSTRATOR

Wilhelm Stumpf

1873 - 1926

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0169 ARCHITECT

Siegmund von Suchodolski

1875 - 1935

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0186 OFFICER

Friedrich von Esebeck

1870 - 1951

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0194 PRINCE

Prince Bernhard of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach (1878–1900)

1878 - 1900

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0212 SCULPTOR

Arnold Waldschmidt

1873 - 1958

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0250 POLITICIAN

Hermann Apelt

1876 - 1960

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0256 ART HISTORIAN

Hermann Uhde-Bernays

1873 - 1965

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0265 PAINTER

Karl Alexander Brendel

1877 - 1945

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0270 ARCHIVIST

Ernst Devrient

1873 - 1948

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0282 WRITER

Hanns Floerke

1875 - 1944

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0329 SCULPTOR

Arno Zauche

1875 - 1941

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0335 PAINTER

Paul Walter Ehrhardt

1872 - 1959

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0359 ACTOR

Conrad Cappi

1878 - 1944

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0370 AUTHOR

Eberhard Zschimmer

1873 - 1940

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0379 WRITER

Else Ernst

1874 - 1946

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0381 AUTHOR

Leonhard Schrickel

1876 - 1931

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0387 WRITER

Konrad Weichberger

1877 - 1948

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0405 LAWYER

Karl Linzen

1874 - 1939

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0417 LAWYER

Paul Geister

1874 - 1950

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0437 POLITICIAN

Carl Günther Ruland

1874 - 1962

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0461 ACTOR

Constanze Grobe

Born 1878

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0490 PAINTER

Wilhelm Danz

1873 - 1948

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0520 ARCHITECT

Bruno Röhr

1875 - 1926

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0525 LAWYER

Egon von Haber

1875 - 1939

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0526 POLITICIAN

Hermann Jöck

1873 - 1925

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0534 DIPLOMAT

Erhard Graf von Wedel

1879 - 1955

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