Bonn
Bonn ranks 377th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Yekaterinburg, Versailles, Yvelines, and Fez, Morocco. Memorable people born in Bonn include Ludwig van Beethoven, Moses Hess, and Johann van Beethoven. Memorable people who died in Bonn include Robert Schumann, Heinrich Hertz, and Ludwig Erhard. Bonn has been the birth place of many composers, and politicians and the death place of many politicians, and physicists. Bonn is located in Germany.
Bonn is a federal city in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia, located on the banks of the Rhine. With a population exceeding 300,000, it lies about 24 km (15 mi) south-southeast of Cologne, in the southernmost part of the Rhine-Ruhr region. This metropolitan area, Germany's largest, is also the second largest in the European Union by GDP, with over 11 million residents. Read more on Wikipedia
People
Between 1740 and 1997, Bonn was the birth place of 36 globally memorable people, including Ludwig van Beethoven, Moses Hess, and Johann van Beethoven. Additionaly, 64 globally memorable people have passed away in Bonn including Robert Schumann, Heinrich Hertz, and Ludwig Erhard. Interestingly, more notably known people have passed away in Bonn than were born there.
People Born in Bonn
Go to all RankingsLudwig van Beethoven
COMPOSER
1770 - 1827
HPI: 96.04
Rank: 1
Moses Hess
PHILOSOPHER
1812 - 1875
HPI: 69.05
Rank: 2
Johann van Beethoven
COMPOSER
1740 - 1792
HPI: 66.15
Rank: 3
Paul Schäfer
SOCIAL ACTIVIST
1921 - 2010
HPI: 65.74
Rank: 4
Ferdinand Ries
COMPOSER
1784 - 1838
HPI: 63.83
Rank: 5
Johann Wilhelm Hittorf
PHYSICIST
1824 - 1914
HPI: 63.23
Rank: 6
Hans Riegel
BUSINESSPERSON
1923 - 2013
HPI: 61.16
Rank: 7
Walter Gotell
ACTOR
1924 - 1997
HPI: 60.69
Rank: 8
Julius von Haast
GEOLOGIST
1822 - 1887
HPI: 59.88
Rank: 9
E. F. Schumacher
ECONOMIST
1911 - 1977
HPI: 59.50
Rank: 10
Juan José Linz
SOCIOLOGIST
1926 - 2013
HPI: 59.31
Rank: 11
Thomas de Maizière
POLITICIAN
1954 - Present
HPI: 58.24
Rank: 12
Newly Added People Born in Bonn
Go to all RankingsJohann Peter Salomon
MUSICIAN
1745 - 1815
HPI: 57.12
Rank: 13
Klaus Ludwig
RACING DRIVER
1949 - Present
HPI: 55.14
Rank: 18
Johanna Kinkel
COMPOSER
1810 - 1858
HPI: 54.29
Rank: 19
Heide Simonis
POLITICIAN
1943 - 2023
HPI: 53.81
Rank: 20
Hans Bongartz
SOCCER PLAYER
1951 - Present
HPI: 49.13
Rank: 23
Max Rendschmidt
ATHLETE
1993 - Present
HPI: 34.69
Rank: 34
Benedikt Wagner
FENCER
1990 - Present
HPI: 34.32
Rank: 35
Malte Jakschik
ATHLETE
1993 - Present
HPI: 31.01
Rank: 36
People Deceased in Bonn
Go to all RankingsRobert Schumann
COMPOSER
1810 - 1856
HPI: 85.70
Rank: 1
Heinrich Hertz
PHYSICIST
1857 - 1894
HPI: 79.76
Rank: 2
Ludwig Erhard
BUSINESSPERSON
1897 - 1977
HPI: 75.32
Rank: 3
Rudolf Clausius
PHYSICIST
1822 - 1888
HPI: 75.06
Rank: 4
August Kekulé
CHEMIST
1829 - 1896
HPI: 73.20
Rank: 5
Maximilian von Weichs
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1881 - 1954
HPI: 71.20
Rank: 6
Wilhelm Marx
POLITICIAN
1863 - 1946
HPI: 70.66
Rank: 7
August Wilhelm Schlegel
WRITER
1767 - 1845
HPI: 70.26
Rank: 8
Heinrich Lübke
POLITICIAN
1894 - 1972
HPI: 69.72
Rank: 9
Wolfgang Paul
PHYSICIST
1913 - 1993
HPI: 69.70
Rank: 10
Andrea Luchesi
COMPOSER
1741 - 1801
HPI: 68.78
Rank: 11
Friedrich Wilhelm Argelander
ASTRONOMER
1799 - 1875
HPI: 68.06
Rank: 12
Newly Added People Deceased in Bonn
Go to all RankingsOtto Lasch
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1893 - 1971
HPI: 60.11
Rank: 36
Georg Leibbrandt
POLITICIAN
1899 - 1982
HPI: 59.97
Rank: 37
Theodor Oberländer
POLITICIAN
1905 - 1998
HPI: 59.36
Rank: 40
Hermann Usener
PHILOSOPHER
1834 - 1905
HPI: 57.26
Rank: 44
Murad Wilfried Hofmann
WRITER
1931 - 2020
HPI: 55.87
Rank: 51
Theodor Blank
POLITICIAN
1905 - 1972
HPI: 54.51
Rank: 55
Wolfgang Krull
MATHEMATICIAN
1899 - 1971
HPI: 53.57
Rank: 58
Christian Lassen
WRITER
1800 - 1876
HPI: 53.27
Rank: 60
Benno von Arent
FILM DIRECTOR
1898 - 1956
HPI: 50.93
Rank: 61
Ernst Loof
RACING DRIVER
1907 - 1956
HPI: 48.92
Rank: 62
Robert Elsie
WRITER
1950 - 2017
HPI: 48.91
Rank: 63
Occupations
Most individuals born in present day Bonn were composers (4), politicians (3), musicians (3), athletes (3), and businesspeople (2), while most who died were politicians (20), physicists (6), mathematicians (6), military personnels (5), and writers (4).
Occupational Trends
Over the past 100 years, politicians have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Bonn, including Thomas de Maizière, Heide Simonis, and Julia Reda. Whereas, throughout history, composers have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Bonn, including Ludwig van Beethoven, Johann van Beethoven, and Ferdinand Ries.
Places
Overlapping Lives
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 18 globally memorable people born in Bonn since 1700.