49.6331° N, 8.3648° E
WORMS
Most Famous People Born in Worms, Germany
- Notable people
- 336
- Peak decade
- 1960s
- Median birth year
- 1916
- Most distinctive
- Rabbi 13.3×
One face per century — the most globally famous figure born in Worms during each.
Notable Births by Decade
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What Worms Is Known For
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Politician is Worms's biggest profession — 16% of all notables (53).
Worms over-indexes on rabbi — 13.3× the global rate.
Profession Mix Over Time
Each band shows a profession family's share of Worms's notable births by decade. Hover the chart for the breakdown at any decade.
- Politics & Law
- Science
- Sports
- Writing
- Art & Design
- Film & TV
- Other
Hermann Staudinger
1881 - 1965
Timo Hildebrand
Born 1979
Andreas Cellarius
1596 - 1665
Curtis Bernhardt
1899 - 1981
Rudolf Kargus
Born 1952
Rupert of Salzburg
660 - 718
Alexander Esswein
Born 1990
Hanya Holm
1893 - 1992
Friedrich Gernsheim
1839 - 1916
Rudi Stephan
1887 - 1915
Meir of Rothenburg
1215 - 1293
Beatrice of Swabia
1198 - 1212
Heribert of Cologne
970 - 1021
Ludwig Edinger
1855 - 1918
Ida Straus
1849 - 1912
Hans Hinkel
1901 - 1960
Conrad Meit
1470 - 1550
Richard Hildebrandt
1897 - 1952
Johann Nikolaus Götz
1721 - 1781
Samson Wertheimer
1658 - 1724
Wilhelm von Schoen
1851 - 1933
Hans Folz
1435 - 1513
David Oppenheim (rabbi)
1664 - 1736
Albrecht Glaser
Born 1942
Carl Muth
1867 - 1944
Louis Blenker
1812 - 1863
Saint Erentrude
650 - 718
Michael Bach (musician)
Born 1958
Niels Ruf
Born 1973
Werner Daehn
Born 1967
Anne Cibis
Born 1985
Anton Woensam
1492 - 1541
Solomon Loeb
1828 - 1903
Lothar Leder
Born 1971
Ulrich Neymeyr
Born 1957
Hugo Sinzheimer
1875 - 1945
Samuel Adler (rabbi)
1809 - 1891
Theodore Haak
1605 - 1690
Wolfgang Heribert von Dalberg
1750 - 1806
Hans Staudinger
1889 - 1980
Jakob Schlesinger
1792 - 1855
Walter Buschhoff
1923 - 2010
Vladimir Kagan
1927 - 2016
Guido Koçer
Born 1988
Petra Gerster
Born 1955
Florian Gerster
Born 1949
Patrick Baum (table tennis)
Born 1987
Rolf Wilhelm Brednich
Born 1935
Jan Metzler
Born 1981
Bertram Huppert
Born 1927
Guillaume de Weimar-Orlamünde
1112 - 1140
Marcel Ziemer
Born 1985
Christa Lehmann
Born 1922
Hans-Walter Müller
Born 1935
Hans Diller
1905 - 1977
Hans Werner Kilz
Born 1943
Monika Stolz
Born 1951
Heinrich Keimig
1913 - 1966
Thomas Gerstner
Born 1966
Hans Ruprecht Hoffmann
1540 - 1616
Karlheinz Oswald
Born 1958
Cornelius Wilhelm von Heyl zu Herrnsheim
1843 - 1923
Emanuel Günther
Born 1954
Siegfried Guggenheim
1873 - 1961
Josef Fath
1911 - 1985
Ernst Eduard Wiltheiss
1855 - 1900
Jennifer Meier
Born 1981
Joseph Abenheim
1804 - 1891
Alfons Rissberger
Born 1948
Nicklas Shipnoski
Born 1998
Eckart Berkes
1949 - 2014
Nassim Banouas
Born 1986
Nadja Schaus
Born 1984
Jakob Eckert
1916 - 1940
Hermann Güntert
1886 - 1948
André Eisermann
Born 1967
Pedro Lisperguer
1530 - 1604
Christoph Engel (Schauspieler)
1925 - 2011
Friedrich Maria Illert
1892 - 1966
Marco Stark (German footballer)
Born 1981
Jürgen Rose (Publizist)
Born 1958
Willi Winkler
1903 - 1967
Sepp Strubel
1939 - 2018
Rudolph Eberstadt
1856 - 1922
Jürgen Kaube
Born 1962
Boris Böhmann
Born 1964
Peter Uhrig
Born 1965
Ludwig G. Strauss
1949 - 2013
Philipp Stiller
Born 1990
Philip Delaporte
1868 - 1928
Volker Lösch
Born 1963
Hans-Michael Kissel
Born 1942
Daniel Pareus
1605 - 1635
Heinrich Klotz
1935 - 1999
Maximilian Mehring
Born 1986
Thorben Stadler
Born 1990
Harald Christ
Born 1972
Fabius von Gugel
1910 - 2000
Christian Filips
Born 1981
Friedrich Wilhelm Schoen
1810 - 1868
Ulrike Arnold (Schauspielerin)
Born 1965
Tobias Frank
Born 1958
Otto Bardong
1935 - 2003
Karl Holl (Musikschriftsteller)
1892 - 1975
Doris von Schönthan
1905 - 1961
Paul Hertz
1888 - 1961
Henry Mayer
1868 - 1954
Erwin Ditzner
Born 1960
Marie-Elisabeth Klee
1922 - 2018
Burkhard Hess
Born 1961
Tevin Ihrig
Born 1995
Annalena Schmidt
Born 1951
Johann Andreas Schmidt
1652 - 1726
Heinrich Hoffmann (pilot)
1913 - 1941
Markus Weinmann
Born 1974
Hans-Jörg Neuschäfer
Born 1933
Ferdinand Werner (Verleger)
Born 1950
Stefan Gertel
Born 1960
Frank R. Werner
Born 1944
Maximilien-Georges-Joseph Neumayer
1789 - 1866
Ferdinand Eberstadt
1808 - 1888
Maria Moog-Grünewald
Born 1947
Georg Bluen
1878 - 1941
Richard Wisser
1927 - 2019
Otto Böcher
1935 - 2020
Michael Gundlach (Musiker, 1963)
Born 1963
Heinrich Müller-Erkelenz
1878 - 1945
Marvin Dienst
Born 1997
Walter Hotz
1912 - 1996
Ralf Gauck
Born 1965
Siegfried Englert
Born 1947
Heinrich Zinnkann
1885 - 1973
Frédéric Magnus de Leiningen-Dagsbourg-Hartenbou
1703 - 1756
Erkenbert von Frankenthal
1079 - 1132
Andreas Dittmann
Born 1959
Michael Kissel
Born 1955
Iris Blaul
Born 1955
Sebastian Dietz
Born 1985
Werner Fröhlich
Born 1953
Oliver Stoll (Althistoriker)
Born 1964
Johanna Steiner
Born 1983
Fritz Holl
1883 - 1942
Thomas Nisslmüller
Born 1964
Stephan Sturm
Born 1963
Stanislas Laczny
Born 1911
Torsten Laux
Born 1965
Fritz Becker (Architekt)
1882 - 1973
Kathrin Anklam-Trapp
Born 1968
Karl Anton (Theologe)
1887 - 1956
August Gallinger
1871 - 1959
Volker-Johannes Trieb
Born 1966
Richard Kirn (Journalist)
1905 - 1979
Jakob Vetter
1872 - 1918
Ernst Fuhry
1903 - 1976
Heinz Becher
Born 1933
Gerhard Hofmann (Grafiker)
Born 1960
Adam Antes
1891 - 1984
Christian Frommert
Born 1967
Karl Kehrer
1849 - 1924
Rüdiger Schaper
Born 1959
Morand de Cluny
1075 - 1115
Ernst Meyer (Pädagoge)
1920 - 2007
Natascha Hopkins
Born 1978
Hildegard Kurt
Born 1958
Heinz-Dieter Neef
Born 1955
Manfred Schiedhelm
1934 - 2011
Yull-Win Mak
Born 1962
Othmar Wickenheiser
Born 1962
Rainer Dimmler
1951 - 2018
Walter Perron (Jurist)
Born 1956
Walter Schembs
Born 1956
Klaus Baranenko
1941 - 2011
Dennis Hefter
1993 - 2015
Jens Guth
Born 1966
Moritz Heidenheim
1824 - 1898
Karl Matthäus Winter
1932 - 2012
Otto Maria Reis
1862 - 1934
Birgit Bessin
Born 1978
Werner Zager
Born 1959
Benedikt Levi
1806 - 1899
Cornelius Heyl
1792 - 1858
Elisabeth Groß
1899 - 1944
Josef Schork
Born 1934
Christian Adam (Fußballspieler)
Born 1983
Ulrich Sitzinger
1525 - 1574
Marie-Luise Heller
1918 - 2009
Hermann Schlösser
Born 1953
Annika Strebel
Born 1987
Stephanie Neigel
Born 1986
Friedrich Meinertz
1919 - 1964
Julius Grünewald
Born 1965
Henri Sengre
1632 - 1712
Peter Englert
Born 1990
Stefan Frey (Badminton)
Born 1959
Franz Heger (Architekt)
1792 - 1836
Denni Strich
Born 1966
Igor Eberhard
Born 1973
Heiko Sippel
Born 1964
Maximilian von Heyl
1844 - 1925
Jörg Strehlow
Born 1970
Karl Winkler (Fußballspieler)
1899 - 1960
Hans Rectanus
Born 1935
Theodor Spira
1885 - 1961
Cornelius Wilhelm Karl von Heyl zu Herrnsheim –
1874 - 1954
Walter Baier (Journalist)
1929 - 2000
Simone Huth-Haage
Born 1966
Bernhard Neundörfer
Born 1937
Heinrich Fulda
1860 - 1943
Willi Zinnkann
1915 - 1997
Johann Jacob von Zwierlein
1699 - 1772
Richard Stumm
1900 - 1971
Ulrich Schroth
Born 1946
Philipp Burckhardt
1627 - 1688
Johann Friedrich Eich (Politiker)
1812 - 1879
Wolfgang Herr (Mediziner)
Born 1965
Uwe Loos (Manager)
Born 1946
Luise Federn-Staudinger
1879 - 1967
Jakob Friedrich Rühle
1630 - 1708
Edmund Külp
1801 - 1862
Gernot Fischer
Born 1937
Johann Jakob Joseph Kirschbaum
1721 - 1804
Henny Trundt
1897 - 1998
Christian Bonath
Born 1979
Johann Gottfried Misler (Theologe)
1679 - 1748
Ernst Hintz
1854 - 1934
Ludwig Feil
1910 - 1980
Andreas Ferbert
Born 1951
Georg Christof Reinhart
1838 - 1899
Wilhelm Valckenberg (Politiker, 1790)
1790 - 1847
Fritz Muth
1865 - 1943
Hermann Schaus
Born 1955
Harald Braner
Born 1943
Horst Rettig
Born 1959
Willibald Martenstein
1903 - 1998
Georg Friedrich Renz
1806 - 1864
Wilhelm Rahn (Politiker, 1880)
1880 - 1966
Emil Dister
Born 1949
August Lufft
1801 - 1887
Rudolf Hess (Mediziner)
1886 - 1962
Marcus Edinger
1820 - 1879
Karl Emil Markel
1860 - 1932
Reginald Dehoff
1947 - 2006
Lucie Kölsch
1919 - 1997
Reinhold Schäfer
Born 1945
Christoph Kappesser
1960 - 2020
Friedrich Wilhelm von Schoen
1849 - 1941
Hans Hoffmann (Politiker, 1880)
1880 - 1949
Rudolf Geil
1899 - 1962
Anne Meiwald
Born 1995
Patrick Schimanski
Born 1964
Georg Zink
1879 - 1962
Theodor Salzer
1833 - 1900
Jürgen Kessing
Born 1957
Bertha Hirsch
1850 - 1913
Wolfram Freiherr von Gugel
1904 - 1970
Lucie Jacobi
1886 - 1968
Philipp Held (Maueropfer)
1942 - 1962
Leonhard Heyl
1814 - 1877
Klaus Mümpfer
Born 1942
Friedrich Schönwandt
1901 - 1973
Hans Rüdiger Vogel
Born 1935
Ludwig von Heyl zu Herrnsheim (Industrieller, 1886
1886 - 1962
Hans-Jörg Seeberger
1943 - 2007
Isidor Kiefer
1871 - 1962
Eugen Kranzbühler
1870 - 1928
Ludwig von Heyl zu Herrnsheim (Industrieller, 1920
1920 - 2010
Ingo Hamm
Born 1971
Willy Buschhoff
1888 - 1943
Steffen Schlösser
Born 1984
Konrad Karl Glaser
1876 - 1956
Heinrich Wenseler
1891 - 1943
Fritz Baldauf
1898 - 1962
Georg Beringer
1879 - 1944
Georg Benjamin Gloxin
Born 1660
Hans Mechnig
1929 - 2016
Nikolaus Andreas Reinhart (Unternehmer, 1841) –
1841 - 1910
Ehrhard Hütz
Born 1949
Tobias Ihle
1924 - 2008
Heinrich Bardong
1917 - 2015
Philipp Hangen (Bibliothekar)
1836 - 1915
Alfred Truschel
1910 - 1990
Johann Daniel Hofacker
1788 - 1828
Hugo Bros
1904 - 1976
Elvira Bickel
Born 1930
Wilhelm Kunkel
1886 - 1965
Silke Beickert
Born 1980
Johann Anton Moritz
1758 - 1820
Nathan Stein (Wirtschaftswissenschaftler)
1881 - 1966
Hans-Jürgen Eberhardt (Prälat)
Born 1958
Peter Joseph Schraut
1791 - 1854
Karin Kratt
Born 1985
Georg Berg (Politiker, 1910)
1910 - 1985
Athina Lexutt
Born 1966
Franz Euler
1804 - 1873
Hermann Knispel
1855 - 1919
Anton Johann Ernst Lautz
1749 - 1833
Christoph Julius Johannes Grünewald
Born 1939
Friedrich-Carl Hanesse
1892 - 1975
Adam Joseph Betz
1795 - 1880
Boris C. Motzki
Born 1980