Frankfurt ranks 83rd in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Kyoto, Japan, and San Diego. Memorable people born in Frankfurt include Anne Frank, Erich Fromm, and Charles the Bald. Memorable people who died in Frankfurt include Clara Schumann, Louis the German, and Max Scheler. Frankfurt has been the birth place of many soccer players and politicians and the death place of many politicians and writers. Frankfurt is located in Germany.
Frankfurt, officially Frankfurt am Main, is the most populous city in the German state of Hesse. Its 791,000 inhabitants as of 2022 make it the fifth-most populous city in Germany, and it is the only city in the country rated as an "alpha world city" according to GaWC. Located in the foreland of the Taunus on its namesake Main River, it forms a continuous conurbation with the neighboring city of Offenbach am Main and its urban area has a population of over 2.3 million. The city is the heart of the larger Rhine-Main metropolitan region, which has a population of more than 5.8 million and is Germany's second-largest metropolitan region after the Rhine-Ruhr region. Frankfurt's central business district lies about 90 km (56 mi) northwest of the geographic center of the EU at Gadheim in Lower Franconia. Like France and Franconia, the city is named after the Franks. Frankfurt is the largest city in the Rhenish Franconian dialect area. Read more on Wikipedia
Between 823 and 1998, Frankfurt was the birth place of 112 globally memorable people, including Anne Frank, Erich Fromm, and Charles the Bald. Additionaly, 58 globally memorable people have passed away in Frankfurt including Clara Schumann, Louis the German, and Max Scheler.
1929 - 1945
HPI: 83.42
Rank: 1
1900 - 1980
HPI: 77.25
Rank: 2
823 - 877
HPI: 76.53
Rank: 3
1902 - 1994
HPI: 75.72
Rank: 4
1903 - 1969
HPI: 74.11
Rank: 5
1879 - 1968
HPI: 72.06
Rank: 6
1957 - Present
HPI: 70.74
Rank: 7
1779 - 1861
HPI: 68.56
Rank: 8
1889 - 1980
HPI: 68.30
Rank: 9
1814 - 1890
HPI: 66.23
Rank: 10
1834 - 1914
HPI: 65.87
Rank: 11
1898 - 1978
HPI: 65.47
Rank: 12
1330 - 1389
HPI: 56.08
Rank: 32
1909 - 1982
HPI: 54.68
Rank: 37
1968 - Present
HPI: 51.51
Rank: 53
1943 - Present
HPI: 46.16
Rank: 69
1899 - 1998
HPI: 45.60
Rank: 71
1957 - Present
HPI: 39.80
Rank: 87
1960 - Present
HPI: 38.46
Rank: 90
1974 - 2015
HPI: 35.68
Rank: 93
1998 - Present
HPI: 30.42
Rank: 102
1987 - Present
HPI: 28.66
Rank: 105
1962 - Present
HPI: 26.05
Rank: 107
1980 - Present
HPI: 20.88
Rank: 111
1819 - 1896
HPI: 75.19
Rank: 1
806 - 876
HPI: 72.95
Rank: 2
1874 - 1928
HPI: 69.65
Rank: 3
1895 - 1963
HPI: 68.91
Rank: 4
1744 - 1812
HPI: 68.74
Rank: 5
893 - 911
HPI: 65.97
Rank: 6
1912 - 1979
HPI: 65.87
Rank: 7
1804 - 1881
HPI: 65.79
Rank: 8
1805 - 1873
HPI: 63.72
Rank: 9
835 - 882
HPI: 63.47
Rank: 10
1911 - 1963
HPI: 62.60
Rank: 11
1931 - 2008
HPI: 61.72
Rank: 12
1909 - 1982
HPI: 54.68
Rank: 35
1896 - 1989
HPI: 50.62
Rank: 48
1528 - 1586
HPI: 49.31
Rank: 50
1756 - 1821
HPI: 49.24
Rank: 51
1786 - 1845
HPI: 46.10
Rank: 56
Most individuals born in present day Frankfurt were soccer players (19), politicians (11), writers (7), biologists (6), and actors (6), while most who died were politicians (17), writers (11), composers (7), philosophers (3), and biologists (3).
Over the past 100 years, soccer players have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Frankfurt, including Andreas Möller, Niklas Süle, and Emre Can. Whereas, throughout history, soccer players have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Frankfurt, including Andreas Möller, Niklas Süle, and Emre Can.
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 25 globally memorable people born in Frankfurt since 1700.