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Gotha (deu)

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Gotha ranks 356th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Edmonton, Tampa, Florida, and Hampstead. Memorable people born in Gotha include Meister Eckhart, Princess Louise of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg, and Princess Augusta of Saxe-Gotha. Memorable people who died in Gotha include Adam Weishaupt, Ernest I, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, and Peter Andreas Hansen. Gotha has been the birth place of many politicians and noblemen and the death place of many politicians and noblemen. 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 1260 and 1958, Gotha was the birth place of 33 globally memorable people, including Meister Eckhart, Princess Louise of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg, and Princess Augusta of Saxe-Gotha. Additionaly, 17 globally memorable people have passed away in Gotha including Adam Weishaupt, Ernest I, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, and Peter Andreas Hansen.

People Born in Gotha

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Occupations

Most individuals born in present day Gotha were politicians (17), noblemen (4), writers (3), biologists (2), and philosophers (1),  while most who died were politicians (8), noblemen (2), writers (2), philosophers (1), and astronomers (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 Princess Louise of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg, Frederick II, Margrave of Meissen, and Ernest Louis, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt.

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Overlapping Lives

Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 13 globally memorable people born in Gotha since 1700.

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