Berlin
Berlin ranks 9th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Rome, Chicago, and Vienna. The most famous people from Berlin are Frederick the Great, Marlene Dietrich, and Alexander von Humboldt. The most famous people who died in Berlin are Joseph Goebbels, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, and Rosa Luxemburg. Berlin has been the birth place of many politicians, and athletes and the death place of many politicians, and writers. Berlin is located in Germany.
People
Between 0 and 2008, Berlin was the birth place of 532 globally memorable people, including Frederick the Great, Marlene Dietrich, and Alexander von Humboldt. Additionaly, 519 globally memorable people have passed away in Berlin including Joseph Goebbels, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, and Rosa Luxemburg.
People Born in Berlin
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Frederick the Great
POLITICIAN
1712 - 1786
HPI: 85.80
Rank: 1
Marlene Dietrich
ACTOR
1901 - 1992
HPI: 83.42
Rank: 2
Alexander von Humboldt
GEOGRAPHER
1769 - 1859
HPI: 83.38
Rank: 3
Erich von Manstein
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1887 - 1973
HPI: 80.50
Rank: 4
Adolf Windaus
CHEMIST
1876 - 1959
HPI: 78.89
Rank: 5
Ernst Chain
CHEMIST
1906 - 1979
HPI: 78.79
Rank: 6
Walter Benjamin
PHILOSOPHER
1892 - 1940
HPI: 78.79
Rank: 7
Leni Riefenstahl
FILM DIRECTOR
1902 - 2003
HPI: 78.74
Rank: 8
Alfred Wegener
GEOLOGIST
1880 - 1930
HPI: 78.56
Rank: 9
Walter Gropius
ARCHITECT
1883 - 1969
HPI: 78.26
Rank: 10
Frederick William I of Prussia
POLITICIAN
1688 - 1740
HPI: 77.54
Rank: 11
Paul Heyse
WRITER
1830 - 1914
HPI: 77.29
Rank: 12
Newly Added People Born in Berlin
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Edda Göring
CELEBRITY
1938 - 2018
HPI: 65.54
Rank: 103
Carsten Bunk
ATHLETE
1960 - Present
HPI: 50.25
Rank: 416
Thomas Dörflein
CELEBRITY
1963 - 2008
HPI: 46.51
Rank: 428
Oliver Kegel
ATHLETE
1961 - Present
HPI: 46.31
Rank: 430
Anja Kluge
ATHLETE
1964 - Present
HPI: 45.44
Rank: 433
Birte Siech
ATHLETE
1967 - Present
HPI: 45.07
Rank: 437
Heiko Habermann
ATHLETE
1962 - Present
HPI: 44.67
Rank: 440
Peri Baumeister
ACTOR
1986 - Present
HPI: 42.22
Rank: 448
Fler
SINGER
1982 - Present
HPI: 40.68
Rank: 456
Thomas Ulrich
BOXER
1975 - Present
HPI: 40.25
Rank: 458
Nils Seethaler
POLITICIAN
HPI: 40.15
Rank: 459
Maike Nollen
ATHLETE
1977 - Present
HPI: 40.04
Rank: 460
People Deceased in Berlin
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Joseph Goebbels
POLITICIAN
1897 - 1945
HPI: 88.81
Rank: 1
Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
PHILOSOPHER
1770 - 1831
HPI: 88.27
Rank: 2
Rosa Luxemburg
SOCIAL ACTIVIST
1871 - 1919
HPI: 85.33
Rank: 3
Eva Braun
COMPANION
1912 - 1945
HPI: 82.22
Rank: 4
Johann Gottlieb Fichte
PHILOSOPHER
1762 - 1814
HPI: 81.40
Rank: 5
Emil Fischer
CHEMIST
1852 - 1919
HPI: 80.82
Rank: 6
Martin Bormann
POLITICIAN
1900 - 1945
HPI: 80.75
Rank: 7
E. T. A. Hoffmann
WRITER
1776 - 1822
HPI: 79.88
Rank: 8
Claus von Stauffenberg
SOCIAL ACTIVIST
1907 - 1944
HPI: 79.83
Rank: 9
Frederick William III of Prussia
POLITICIAN
1770 - 1840
HPI: 79.70
Rank: 10
Gustav Kirchhoff
PHYSICIST
1824 - 1887
HPI: 79.22
Rank: 11
Frederick I of Prussia
POLITICIAN
1657 - 1713
HPI: 78.32
Rank: 12
Newly Added People Deceased in Berlin
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CELEBRITY
1963 - 2008
HPI: 46.51
Rank: 514
Bakhtyar Khudojnazarov
FILM DIRECTOR
1965 - 2015
HPI: 45.06
Rank: 515
Markus Beyer
BOXER
1971 - 2018
HPI: 43.20
Rank: 518
Occupations
Most individuals born in present day Berlin were politicians (68), athletes (61), actors (49), writers (35), and soccer players (31), while most who died were politicians (92), writers (52), biologists (35), military personnels (32), and actors (29).
Occupational Trends
Over the past 100 years, athletes have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Berlin, including Karl-Friedrich Haas, Jörg Lucke, and Andreas Krieger. Whereas, throughout history, politicians have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Berlin, including Frederick the Great, Frederick William I of Prussia, and Baldur von Schirach.
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Overlapping Lives
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 25 globally memorable people born in Berlin since 1700.
