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Lüneburg ranks 4,558th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Tauranga, Lee, London, and Surakarta. The most famous people from Lüneburg are Niklas Luhmann, Henry the Middle, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, and Curt Backeberg. The most famous people who died in Lüneburg are Heinrich Himmler, Georg Böhm, and Klaus Schulze. Lüneburg has been the birth place of many sociologists, and noblemen and the death place of many politicians, and composers. Lüneburg is located in Germany.

Between 1468 and 1980, Lüneburg was the birth place of 5 globally memorable people, including Niklas Luhmann, Henry the Middle, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, and Curt Backeberg. Additionaly, 10 globally memorable people have passed away in Lüneburg including Heinrich Himmler, Georg Böhm, and Klaus Schulze. Interestingly, more notably known people have passed away in Lüneburg than were born there.

Niklas Luhmann
SOCIOLOGIST
1927 - 1998
HPI: 70.91
Rank: 1
Henry the Middle, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg
NOBLEMAN
1468 - 1532
HPI: 66.71
Rank: 2
Curt Backeberg
BIOLOGIST
1894 - 1966
HPI: 53.88
Rank: 3
Katarina Waters
WRESTLER
1980 - Present
HPI: 47.87
Rank: 4
Bahne Rabe
ATHLETE
1963 - 2001
HPI: 44.40
Rank: 5

Heinrich Himmler
POLITICIAN
1900 - 1945
HPI: 84.86
Rank: 1
Georg Böhm
COMPOSER
1661 - 1733
HPI: 67.44
Rank: 2
Klaus Schulze
COMPOSER
1947 - 2022
HPI: 66.66
Rank: 3
William of Winchester, Lord of Lunenburg
NOBLEMAN
1184 - 1213
HPI: 65.88
Rank: 4
Kurt von Tippelskirch
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1891 - 1957
HPI: 65.01
Rank: 5
Otto I, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg
NOBLEMAN
1204 - 1252
HPI: 64.04
Rank: 6
Duchess Elisabeth Sophie of Mecklenburg
WRITER
1613 - 1676
HPI: 62.53
Rank: 7
Pribislav of Mecklenburg
POLITICIAN
1200 - 1178
HPI: 60.54
Rank: 8
William II, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg
POLITICIAN
1300 - 1369
HPI: 58.96
Rank: 9
Helena of Denmark
POLITICIAN
1180 - 1233
HPI: 58.17
Rank: 10