Gotha
Gotha ranks 420th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Schwerin, Uruguay, and Palma de Mallorca. Memorable people born in Gotha include Johann Friedrich Blumenbach, Princess Augusta of Saxe-Gotha, and Hannah Höch. Memorable people who died in Gotha include Adam Weishaupt, Ernest I, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, and Friedrich Melchior, Baron von Grimm. Gotha has been the birth place of many politicians, and noblemen and the death place of many politicians, and writers. Gotha is located in Germany.
Gotha is the fifth-largest city in Thuringia, Germany, 20 kilometres west of Erfurt and 25 km east of Eisenach with a population of 44,000. The city is the capital of the district of Gotha and was also a residence of the Ernestine Wettins from 1640 until the end of monarchy in Germany in 1918. The House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha originating here spawned many European rulers, including the royal houses of the United Kingdom, Belgium, Portugal and Bulgaria. Read more on Wikipedia
People
Between 1310 and 1958, Gotha was the birth place of 33 globally memorable people, including Johann Friedrich Blumenbach, Princess Augusta of Saxe-Gotha, and Hannah Höch. Additionaly, 18 globally memorable people have passed away in Gotha including Adam Weishaupt, Ernest I, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, and Friedrich Melchior, Baron von Grimm.
People Born in Gotha
Go to all RankingsJohann Friedrich Blumenbach
ARCHAEOLOGIST
1752 - 1840
HPI: 62.45
Rank: 1
Princess Augusta of Saxe-Gotha
NOBLEMAN
1719 - 1772
HPI: 61.22
Rank: 2
Hannah Höch
PAINTER
1889 - 1978
HPI: 59.91
Rank: 3
John Ernest IV, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld
POLITICIAN
1658 - 1729
HPI: 58.81
Rank: 4
Johann Matthäus Bechstein
BIOLOGIST
1757 - 1822
HPI: 58.58
Rank: 5
Princess Louise of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg
POLITICIAN
1800 - 1831
HPI: 58.48
Rank: 6
Frederick II, Margrave of Meissen
POLITICIAN
1310 - 1349
HPI: 58.09
Rank: 7
Johann Ludwig Bach
COMPOSER
1677 - 1731
HPI: 57.54
Rank: 8
Hugo Schuchardt
LINGUIST
1842 - 1927
HPI: 57.22
Rank: 9
Ernest II, Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg
POLITICIAN
1745 - 1804
HPI: 56.62
Rank: 10
Ernest Louis, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt
POLITICIAN
1667 - 1739
HPI: 55.67
Rank: 11
Albert V, Duke of Saxe-Coburg
POLITICIAN
1648 - 1699
HPI: 53.67
Rank: 12
Newly Added People Born in Gotha
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Go to all RankingsAdam Weishaupt
PHILOSOPHER
1748 - 1830
HPI: 68.43
Rank: 1
Ernest I, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
POLITICIAN
1784 - 1844
HPI: 63.82
Rank: 2
Friedrich Melchior, Baron von Grimm
WRITER
1723 - 1807
HPI: 57.18
Rank: 3
Hermann I, Landgrave of Thuringia
POLITICIAN
1155 - 1217
HPI: 56.88
Rank: 4
Ernest II, Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg
POLITICIAN
1745 - 1804
HPI: 56.62
Rank: 5
Princess Elisabeth Sophie of Saxe-Altenburg
NOBLEMAN
1619 - 1680
HPI: 56.34
Rank: 6
Duke Alexander of Württemberg
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1771 - 1833
HPI: 56.13
Rank: 7
Duchess Louise Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
POLITICIAN
1779 - 1801
HPI: 55.82
Rank: 8
Peter Andreas Hansen
ASTRONOMER
1795 - 1874
HPI: 55.72
Rank: 9
Princess Luise Dorothea of Saxe-Meiningen
POLITICIAN
1710 - 1767
HPI: 54.00
Rank: 10
Magdalena Sibylla of Saxe-Weissenfels
POLITICIAN
1648 - 1681
HPI: 53.17
Rank: 11
Gottfried Heinrich Stölzel
COMPOSER
1690 - 1749
HPI: 52.86
Rank: 12
Newly Added People Deceased in Gotha
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Most individuals born in present day Gotha were politicians (17), noblemen (4), writers (3), biologists (2), and archaeologists (1), while most who died were politicians (8), writers (2), noblemen (2), geographers (2), and philosophers (1).
Occupational Trends
Over the past 100 years, writers have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Gotha, including Kathrin Schmidt. Whereas, throughout history, politicians have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Gotha, including John Ernest IV, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, Princess Louise of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg, and Frederick II, Margrave of Meissen.
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Overlapping Lives
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 14 globally memorable people born in Gotha since 1700.