Chemnitz
Chemnitz ranks 456th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Bern, Haifa, and Ufa. Memorable people born in Chemnitz include Johannes Frießner, Christian Gottlob Neefe, and Karl Schmidt-Rottluff. Memorable people who died in Chemnitz include Georgius Agricola. Chemnitz has been the birth place of many soccer players and athletes and the death place of many physicians. Chemnitz is located in Germany.
Chemnitz is the third-largest city in the German state of Saxony after Leipzig and Dresden. Chemnitz is the third-largest city in the Thuringian-Upper Saxon dialect area after Leipzig and Dresden. It is the fifth largest city in the area of former East Germany after (East) Berlin, Leipzig, Dresden and Halle. The city is part of the Central German Metropolitan Region, and lies in the middle of a string of cities sitting in the densely populated northern foreland of the Elster and Ore Mountains, stretching from Plauen in the southwest via Zwickau, Chemnitz and Freiberg to Dresden in the northeast. Read more on Wikipedia
Between 1729 and 1997, Chemnitz was the birth place of 27 globally memorable people, including Johannes Frießner, Christian Gottlob Neefe, and Karl Schmidt-Rottluff. Additionaly, 1 globally memorable people have passed away in Chemnitz including Georgius Agricola.
People Born in Chemnitz
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Johannes Frießner
1892 - 1971
HPI: 61.05
Rank: 1
Christian Gottlob Neefe
1748 - 1798
HPI: 59.82
Rank: 2
Karl Schmidt-Rottluff
1884 - 1976
HPI: 59.54
Rank: 3
Alexander Gauland
1941 - Present
HPI: 55.58
Rank: 4
Marianne Brandt
1893 - 1983
HPI: 55.19
Rank: 5
Stefan Heym
1913 - 2001
HPI: 52.90
Rank: 6
Christian Gottlob Heyne
1729 - 1812
HPI: 52.12
Rank: 7
Wolfgang Nordwig
1943 - Present
HPI: 48.38
Rank: 8
Gabriele Seyfert
1948 - Present
HPI: 48.02
Rank: 9
Peter Härtling
1933 - 2017
HPI: 46.97
Rank: 10
Dorothea Köring
1880 - 1945
HPI: 44.30
Rank: 11
Anett Pötzsch
1960 - Present
HPI: 43.31
Rank: 12
Newly Added People Born in Chemnitz
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Irmtraud Morgner
1933 - 1990
HPI: 42.56
Rank: 13
Brigitte Wujak
1955 - Present
HPI: 37.42
Rank: 18
Ulrike Tauber
1958 - Present
HPI: 37.26
Rank: 19
People Deceased in Chemnitz
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Most individuals born in present day Chemnitz were soccer players (5), athletes (4), swimmers (4), writers (3), and politicians (2), while most who died were physicians (1).
Over the past 100 years, soccer players have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Chemnitz, including Frank Rost, Ralf Fährmann, and Dirk Schuster. Whereas, throughout history, soccer players have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Chemnitz, including Frank Rost, Ralf Fährmann, and Dirk Schuster.
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 9 globally memorable people born in Chemnitz since 1700.
