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Freiburg im Breisgau (deu)

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Freiburg im Breisgau ranks 434th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Gyumri, Brighton, and Chang'an. Memorable people born in Freiburg im Breisgau include Otto Heinrich Warburg, Wolfgang Schäuble, and Joseph Wirth. Memorable people who died in Freiburg im Breisgau include Edmund Husserl, Friedrich Hayek, and Nikos Kazantzakis. Freiburg im Breisgau has been the birth place of many actors, and physicians and the death place of many biologists, and politicians. Freiburg im Breisgau is located in Germany.

Freiburg im Breisgau is the fourth-largest city of the German state of Baden-Württemberg after Stuttgart, Mannheim and Karlsruhe. Its built-up area has a population of about 355,000 (2021), while the greater Freiburg metropolitan area ("Einzugsgebiet") has about 660,000 (2018). Read more on Wikipedia

People

Between 1040 and 1996, Freiburg im Breisgau was the birth place of 32 globally memorable people, including Otto Heinrich Warburg, Wolfgang Schäuble, and Joseph Wirth. Additionaly, 39 globally memorable people have passed away in Freiburg im Breisgau including Edmund Husserl, Friedrich Hayek, and Nikos Kazantzakis. Interestingly, more notably known people have passed away in Freiburg im Breisgau than were born there.

People Born in Freiburg im Breisgau

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Occupations

Most individuals born in present day Freiburg im Breisgau were actors (6), physicians (4), philosophers (3), soccer players (3), and politicians (2),  while most who died were biologists (7), politicians (6), writers (4), philosophers (3), and chemists (3).

Over the past 100 years, actors have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Freiburg im Breisgau, including Til Schweiger, Johanna Wokalek, and Tobias Santelmann. Whereas, throughout history, actors have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Freiburg im Breisgau, including Til Schweiger, Charles Régnier, and Johanna Wokalek.

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Overlapping Lives

Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 15 globally memorable people born in Freiburg im Breisgau since 1700.