Freiburg im Breisgau
Freiburg im Breisgau ranks 570th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Troyes, Niigata (city), and Volgograd. 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 Martin Heidegger, Edmund Husserl, and Friedrich Hayek. Freiburg im Breisgau has been the birth place of many physicians and philosophers and the death place of many biologists and politicians. Freiburg im Breisgau is located in Germany.
Freiburg im Breisgau, usually called simply Freiburg, is an independent city in the state of Baden-Württemberg in south-western Germany. With a population of about 231,848, it is the fourth-largest city in that state 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
Between 1040 and 1994, Freiburg im Breisgau was the birth place of 21 globally memorable people, including Otto Heinrich Warburg, Wolfgang Schäuble, and Joseph Wirth. Additionaly, 29 globally memorable people have passed away in Freiburg im Breisgau including Martin Heidegger, Edmund Husserl, and Friedrich Hayek. 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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Otto Heinrich Warburg
1883 - 1970
HPI: 68.46
Rank: 1
Wolfgang Schäuble
1942 - 2023
HPI: 62.49
Rank: 2
Joseph Wirth
1879 - 1956
HPI: 62.19
Rank: 3
Karl Rahner
1904 - 1984
HPI: 61.26
Rank: 4
Waldemar Hoven
1903 - 1948
HPI: 60.77
Rank: 5
Til Schweiger
1963 - Present
HPI: 58.63
Rank: 6
Friedrich Pollock
1894 - 1970
HPI: 54.09
Rank: 7
Franz Joseph Emil Fischer
1877 - 1947
HPI: 52.60
Rank: 8
Herman I of Baden
1040 - 1074
HPI: 51.84
Rank: 9
Paul Pietsch
1911 - 2012
HPI: 47.44
Rank: 10
Franz Josef Ruprecht
1814 - 1870
HPI: 46.63
Rank: 11
Matthias Ginter
1994 - Present
HPI: 43.79
Rank: 12
Newly Added People Born in Freiburg im Breisgau
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1040 - 1074
HPI: 51.84
Rank: 9
Kurt Hoffmann
1910 - 2001
HPI: 43.51
Rank: 13
Tobias Santelmann
1980 - Present
HPI: 39.01
Rank: 15
Matthias Plachta
1991 - Present
HPI: 25.59
Rank: 20
People Deceased in Freiburg im Breisgau
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Martin Heidegger
1889 - 1976
HPI: 81.59
Rank: 1
Edmund Husserl
1859 - 1938
HPI: 77.74
Rank: 2
Friedrich Hayek
1899 - 1992
HPI: 74.75
Rank: 3
Nikos Kazantzakis
1883 - 1957
HPI: 71.62
Rank: 4
August Weismann
1834 - 1914
HPI: 65.87
Rank: 5
George de Hevesy
1885 - 1966
HPI: 65.78
Rank: 6
Hans Spemann
1869 - 1941
HPI: 65.53
Rank: 7
Hermann Staudinger
1881 - 1965
HPI: 65.29
Rank: 8
Joseph Wirth
1879 - 1956
HPI: 62.19
Rank: 9
Ernst Zermelo
1871 - 1953
HPI: 60.94
Rank: 10
Constantin Fehrenbach
1852 - 1926
HPI: 60.75
Rank: 11
Eugen Fink
1905 - 1975
HPI: 57.77
Rank: 12
Newly Added People Deceased in Freiburg im Breisgau
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Ludwig Aschoff
1866 - 1942
HPI: 48.25
Rank: 24
Gerhard Ritter
1888 - 1967
HPI: 47.78
Rank: 27
Hamed Bakayoko
1965 - 2021
HPI: 41.78
Rank: 29
Most individuals born in present day Freiburg im Breisgau were physicians (3), philosophers (3), actors (3), politicians (2), and soccer players (2), while most who died were biologists (5), politicians (5), philosophers (3), writers (3), and chemists (2).
Over the past 100 years, actors have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Freiburg im Breisgau, including Til Schweiger, Tobias Santelmann, and Johanna Wokalek. Whereas, throughout history, physicians have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Freiburg im Breisgau, including Otto Heinrich Warburg, Waldemar Hoven, and Franz Josef Ruprecht.
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 11 globally memorable people born in Freiburg im Breisgau since 1700.
