Germany ranks 450th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Recife, Guatemala City, and Paterson, New Jersey. Memorable people born in Germany include Juana Bormann, Siegfried Lenz, and Hartmann Schedel. Memorable people who died in Germany include Helmut Schmidt, Traudl Junge, and Erich Mielke. Germany has been the birth place of many politicians and soccer players and the death place of many politicians and soccer players. Germany is located in Germany.
Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Russia, and the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany is situated between the Baltic and North seas to the north, and the Alps to the south; it covers an area of 357,022 square kilometres (137,847 sq mi), with a population of over 83 million within its 16 constituent states. Germany borders Denmark to the north, Poland and the Czech Republic to the east, Austria and Switzerland to the south, and France, Luxembourg, Belgium, and the Netherlands to the west. The nation's capital and largest city is Berlin, and its financial centre is Frankfurt; the largest urban area is the Ruhr. Read more on Wikipedia
Between 1129 and 1983, Germany was the birth place of 23 globally memorable people, including Juana Bormann, Siegfried Lenz, and Hartmann Schedel. Additionaly, 19 globally memorable people have passed away in Germany including Helmut Schmidt, Traudl Junge, and Erich Mielke.
1893 - 1945
HPI: 71.18
Rank: 1
1926 - 2014
HPI: 68.69
Rank: 2
1440 - 1514
HPI: 68.65
Rank: 3
1779 - 1801
HPI: 65.02
Rank: 4
1948 - Present
HPI: 65.01
Rank: 5
1236 - 1271
HPI: 64.77
Rank: 6
1202 - 1248
HPI: 64.75
Rank: 7
1230 - 1282
HPI: 64.58
Rank: 8
1129 - 1164
HPI: 64.37
Rank: 9
1931 - 2015
HPI: 62.82
Rank: 10
1852 - 1937
HPI: 61.24
Rank: 11
1912 - 1939
HPI: 60.51
Rank: 12
1948 - Present
HPI: 65.01
Rank: 5
1907 - 1982
HPI: 58.11
Rank: 16
1913 - 1991
HPI: 57.95
Rank: 17
1929 - 2003
HPI: 57.10
Rank: 19
1935 - Present
HPI: 55.59
Rank: 20
1983 - Present
HPI: 55.50
Rank: 21
1918 - 2015
HPI: 75.62
Rank: 1
1920 - 2002
HPI: 75.33
Rank: 2
1907 - 2000
HPI: 71.33
Rank: 3
1918 - 2007
HPI: 71.23
Rank: 4
1929 - 2018
HPI: 71.22
Rank: 5
1909 - 2004
HPI: 68.83
Rank: 6
1938 - 2020
HPI: 67.62
Rank: 7
1947 - 2020
HPI: 63.45
Rank: 8
1930 - 2007
HPI: 62.65
Rank: 9
735 - 789
HPI: 62.22
Rank: 10
1909 - 1998
HPI: 60.67
Rank: 11
1824 - 1877
HPI: 60.42
Rank: 12
1909 - 1998
HPI: 60.67
Rank: 11
1919 - 2004
HPI: 60.39
Rank: 13
1906 - 1996
HPI: 60.06
Rank: 15
1935 - 2020
HPI: 58.85
Rank: 16
1821 - 1891
HPI: 58.32
Rank: 17
1913 - 1991
HPI: 57.95
Rank: 18
1952 - 2018
HPI: 54.18
Rank: 19
Most individuals born in present day Germany were politicians (7), soccer players (5), writers (4), historians (1), and biologists (1), while most who died were politicians (4), soccer players (3), writers (2), military personnels (2), and biologists (2).
Over the past 100 years, writers have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Germany, including Siegfried Lenz and Erik Möller. Whereas, throughout history, politicians have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Germany, including Juana Bormann, Duchess Louise Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, and Yaakov Litzman.
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 10 globally memorable people born in Germany since 1700.