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Altenburg ranks 1,333rd in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Kurashiki, Kōchi, Kōchi, and Kitchener, Ontario. Memorable people born in Altenburg include Princess Alexandra of Saxe-Altenburg, Ernest I, Duke of Saxe-Gotha, and Hermann Schlegel. Memorable people who died in Altenburg include Frederick I, Elector of Saxony, Władysław II the Exile, and Frederick III, Landgrave of Thuringia. Altenburg has been the birth place of many politicians, and biologists and the death place of many politicians, and noblemen. Altenburg is located in Germany.

Altenburg is a city in Thuringia, Germany, located 40 kilometres south of Leipzig, 90 kilometres west of Dresden and 100 kilometres east of Erfurt. It is the capital of the Altenburger Land district and part of a polycentric old-industrial textile and metal production region between Gera, Zwickau and Chemnitz with more than 1 million inhabitants, while the city itself has a population of 33,000. Today, the city and its rural county is part of the Central German Metropolitan Region. Read more on Wikipedia

People

Between 1594 and 1968, Altenburg was the birth place of 11 globally memorable people, including Princess Alexandra of Saxe-Altenburg, Ernest I, Duke of Saxe-Gotha, and Hermann Schlegel. Additionaly, 19 globally memorable people have passed away in Altenburg including Frederick I, Elector of Saxony, Władysław II the Exile, and Frederick III, Landgrave of Thuringia. Interestingly, more notably known people have passed away in Altenburg than were born there.

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People Deceased in Altenburg

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Occupations

Most individuals born in present day Altenburg were politicians (8), biologists (1), noblemen (1), and soccer players (1),  while most who died were politicians (11), noblemen (6), composers (1), and companions (1).

Over the past 100 years, soccer players have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Altenburg, including Uwe Rösler. Whereas, throughout history, politicians have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Altenburg, including Princess Alexandra of Saxe-Altenburg, Ernest I, Duke of Saxe-Gotha, and William, Duke of Saxe-Weimar.

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Overlapping Lives

Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 5 globally memorable people born in Altenburg since 1700.