Erfurt
Erfurt ranks 461st in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Omsk, Chemnitz, and Wimbledon, London. Memorable people born in Erfurt include Max Weber, Reinhard Gehlen, and Johann Ambrosius Bach. Memorable people who died in Erfurt include Arminius, Albert II, Margrave of Meissen, and Johann Jakob Bernhardi. Erfurt has been the birth place of many athletes, and composers and the death place of many military personnels, and politicians. Erfurt is located in Germany.
Erfurt (German pronunciation: [ˈɛʁfʊʁt] ) is the capital and largest city of the Central German state of Thuringia. It lies in the wide valley of the River Gera, in the southern part of the Thuringian Basin, north of the Thuringian Forest, and in the middle of a line of the six largest Thuringian cities, stretching from Eisenach in the west, via Gotha, Erfurt, Weimar and Jena, to Gera in the east, close to the geographic centre of Germany. Erfurt is 100 km (62 mi) south-west of Leipzig, 250 km (155 mi) north-east of Frankfurt, 300 km (186 mi) south-west of Berlin and 400 km (249 mi) north of Munich. Read more on Wikipedia
People
Between 518 and 1997, Erfurt was the birth place of 30 globally memorable people, including Max Weber, Reinhard Gehlen, and Johann Ambrosius Bach. Additionaly, 4 globally memorable people have passed away in Erfurt including Arminius, Albert II, Margrave of Meissen, and Johann Jakob Bernhardi.
People Born in Erfurt
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Max Weber
SOCIOLOGIST
1864 - 1920
HPI: 84.47
Rank: 1
Reinhard Gehlen
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1902 - 1979
HPI: 63.43
Rank: 2
Johann Ambrosius Bach
COMPOSER
1645 - 1695
HPI: 62.41
Rank: 3
Alfred Weber
ECONOMIST
1868 - 1958
HPI: 61.82
Rank: 4
Radegund
WRITER
518 - 587
HPI: 60.45
Rank: 5
Annemarie Schimmel
PHILOSOPHER
1922 - 2003
HPI: 59.39
Rank: 6
Johann Gottfried Walther
COMPOSER
1684 - 1748
HPI: 57.37
Rank: 7
Johann Christoph Bach
COMPOSER
1671 - 1721
HPI: 56.47
Rank: 8
Johann Hieronymus Schröter
ASTRONOMER
1745 - 1816
HPI: 56.01
Rank: 9
Willi Münzenberg
POLITICIAN
1889 - 1940
HPI: 55.86
Rank: 10
Johannes Franz Hartmann
PHYSICIST
1865 - 1936
HPI: 54.57
Rank: 11
Oskar von Hutier
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1857 - 1934
HPI: 54.54
Rank: 12
Newly Added People Born in Erfurt
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Klaus Wunder
SOCCER PLAYER
1950 - 2024
HPI: 49.71
Rank: 15
Wolfgang Scheidel
ATHLETE
1943 - Present
HPI: 41.12
Rank: 20
Nils Dunkel
ATHLETE
1997 - Present
HPI: 0.00
Rank: 30
People Deceased in Erfurt
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Arminius
MILITARY PERSONNEL
17 BC - 21
HPI: 76.05
Rank: 1
Albert II, Margrave of Meissen
POLITICIAN
1240 - 1314
HPI: 59.20
Rank: 2
Johann Jakob Bernhardi
BIOLOGIST
1774 - 1850
HPI: 46.50
Rank: 3
Hartwig Gauder
ATHLETE
1954 - 2020
HPI: 44.50
Rank: 4
Occupations
Most individuals born in present day Erfurt were athletes (5), composers (3), military personnels (2), politicians (2), and biologists (2), while most who died were military personnels (1), politicians (1), biologists (1), and athletes (1).
Occupational Trends
Over the past 100 years, athletes have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Erfurt, including Sabine Busch, Wolfgang Scheidel, and Katrin Apel. Whereas, throughout history, athletes have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Erfurt, including Sabine Busch, Wolfgang Scheidel, and Katrin Apel.
Places
Overlapping Lives
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 12 globally memorable people born in Erfurt since 1700.
