Augsburg
Augsburg ranks 268th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Calgary, Padua, and Richmond, Virginia. Memorable people born in Augsburg include Bertolt Brecht, Leopold Mozart, and Hans Holbein the Younger. Memorable people who died in Augsburg include Jakob Fugger, Johann Bayer, and Helmut Haller. Augsburg has been the birth place of many actors, and politicians and the death place of many painters, and politicians. Augsburg is located in Germany.
Augsburg is a city in the Bavarian part of Swabia, Germany, around 50 kilometres (31 mi) west of the Bavarian capital Munich. It is a university town and the regional seat of the Regierungsbezirk Swabia with a well preserved Altstadt. Augsburg is an urban district and home to the institutions of the Landkreis Augsburg. It is the third-largest city in Bavaria, with a population of 304,000 and 885,000 in its metropolitan area. Read more on Wikipedia
People
Between 0 and 1997, Augsburg was the birth place of 49 globally memorable people, including Bertolt Brecht, Leopold Mozart, and Hans Holbein the Younger. Additionaly, 23 globally memorable people have passed away in Augsburg including Jakob Fugger, Johann Bayer, and Helmut Haller.
People Born in Augsburg
Go to all RankingsBertolt Brecht
WRITER
1898 - 1956
HPI: 78.94
Rank: 1
Leopold Mozart
MUSICIAN
1719 - 1787
HPI: 72.21
Rank: 2
Hans Holbein the Younger
ARTIST
1497 - 1545
HPI: 71.99
Rank: 3
Jakob Fugger
BUSINESSPERSON
1459 - 1525
HPI: 66.73
Rank: 4
Hans von Euler-Chelpin
CHEMIST
1873 - 1964
HPI: 65.67
Rank: 5
Magda Schneider
ACTOR
1909 - 1996
HPI: 64.41
Rank: 6
Bernd Schuster
COACH
1959 - Present
HPI: 63.16
Rank: 7
Helmut Haller
SOCCER PLAYER
1939 - 2012
HPI: 60.45
Rank: 8
Hans Holbein the Elder
PAINTER
1465 - 1524
HPI: 60.02
Rank: 9
Saint Afra
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
300 - 304
HPI: 59.16
Rank: 10
Hans Burgkmair
PAINTER
1473 - 1531
HPI: 58.82
Rank: 11
Countess Marie Larisch von Moennich
ACTOR
1858 - 1940
HPI: 57.70
Rank: 12
Newly Added People Born in Augsburg
Go to all RankingsHans Loritz
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1895 - 1946
HPI: 55.86
Rank: 16
Konrad Peutinger
POLITICIAN
1465 - 1547
HPI: 55.63
Rank: 17
Philippine Welser
NOBLEMAN
1527 - 1580
HPI: 54.47
Rank: 19
Elmar Wepper
ACTOR
1944 - 2023
HPI: 53.22
Rank: 22
Jörg Breu the Elder
PAINTER
1475 - 1537
HPI: 52.75
Rank: 24
Julius Schiller
ASTRONOMER
1580 - 1627
HPI: 48.96
Rank: 29
Tilo Prückner
ACTOR
1940 - 2020
HPI: 48.25
Rank: 31
Elias Holl
ARCHITECT
1573 - 1646
HPI: 47.97
Rank: 33
Wilhelm Sulpiz Kurz
BIOLOGIST
1834 - 1878
HPI: 42.60
Rank: 38
Elisabeth Micheler-Jones
ATHLETE
1966 - Present
HPI: 33.82
Rank: 43
Leonie Beck
SWIMMER
1997 - Present
HPI: 0.00
Rank: 48
Aleksandr Kulikov
ATHLETE
HPI: 0.00
Rank: 49
People Deceased in Augsburg
Go to all RankingsJakob Fugger
BUSINESSPERSON
1459 - 1525
HPI: 66.73
Rank: 1
Johann Bayer
ASTRONOMER
1572 - 1625
HPI: 63.74
Rank: 2
Helmut Haller
SOCCER PLAYER
1939 - 2012
HPI: 60.45
Rank: 3
Saint Afra
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
300 - 304
HPI: 59.16
Rank: 4
Hans Burgkmair
PAINTER
1473 - 1531
HPI: 58.82
Rank: 5
Ulrich of Augsburg
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
890 - 973
HPI: 58.38
Rank: 6
Countess Marie Larisch von Moennich
ACTOR
1858 - 1940
HPI: 57.70
Rank: 7
John Frederick, Duke of Brunswick-Calenberg
NOBLEMAN
1625 - 1679
HPI: 56.85
Rank: 8
Hieronymus Wolf
HISTORIAN
1516 - 1580
HPI: 56.78
Rank: 9
Sylvester Stadler
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1910 - 1995
HPI: 56.47
Rank: 10
Konrad Peutinger
POLITICIAN
1465 - 1547
HPI: 55.63
Rank: 11
Johann Andreas Stein
COMPOSER
1728 - 1792
HPI: 54.11
Rank: 12
Newly Added People Deceased in Augsburg
Go to all RankingsKonrad Peutinger
POLITICIAN
1465 - 1547
HPI: 55.63
Rank: 11
Hans Rottenhammer
PAINTER
1564 - 1625
HPI: 53.55
Rank: 14
Jörg Breu the Elder
PAINTER
1475 - 1537
HPI: 52.75
Rank: 16
Julius Schiller
ASTRONOMER
1580 - 1627
HPI: 48.96
Rank: 20
Daniel Hopfer
ARTIST
1470 - 1536
HPI: 48.77
Rank: 21
Elias Holl
ARCHITECT
1573 - 1646
HPI: 47.97
Rank: 22
Occupations
Most individuals born in present day Augsburg were actors (6), politicians (6), athletes (6), soccer players (4), and painters (4), while most who died were painters (4), politicians (3), astronomers (2), soccer players (2), and religious figures (2).
Occupational Trends
Over the past 100 years, athletes have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Augsburg, including Erhard Wunderlich, Elisabeth Micheler-Jones, and Alexander Grimm. Whereas, throughout history, actors have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Augsburg, including Magda Schneider, Countess Marie Larisch von Moennich, and Elmar Wepper.
Places
Overlapping Lives
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 21 globally memorable people born in Augsburg since 1700.