Leipzig
Leipzig ranks 98th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Birmingham, New Orleans, and Queens. Memorable people born in Leipzig include Richard Wagner, Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz, and Clara Schumann. Memorable people who died in Leipzig include Johann Sebastian Bach, Felix Mendelssohn, and Gustav Fechner. Leipzig has been the birth place of many athletes, and politicians and the death place of many composers, and politicians. Leipzig is located in Germany.
Leipzig is the most populous city in the German state of Saxony. The city has a population of 628,718 inhabitants as of 2023. It is the eighth-largest city in Germany and is part of the Central German Metropolitan Region. The name of the city is usually interpreted as a Slavic term meaning place of linden trees, in line with many other Slavic placenames in the region. Read more on Wikipedia
People
Between 1000 and 2001, Leipzig was the birth place of 112 globally memorable people, including Richard Wagner, Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz, and Clara Schumann. Additionaly, 80 globally memorable people have passed away in Leipzig including Johann Sebastian Bach, Felix Mendelssohn, and Gustav Fechner.
People Born in Leipzig
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Richard Wagner
COMPOSER
1813 - 1883
HPI: 84.82
Rank: 1
Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
MATHEMATICIAN
1646 - 1716
HPI: 84.74
Rank: 2
Clara Schumann
MUSICIAN
1819 - 1896
HPI: 76.49
Rank: 3
Johann Christian Bach
COMPOSER
1735 - 1782
HPI: 72.25
Rank: 4
Karl Liebknecht
POLITICIAN
1871 - 1919
HPI: 71.20
Rank: 5
Walter Ulbricht
POLITICIAN
1893 - 1973
HPI: 70.99
Rank: 6
Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach
COMPOSER
1732 - 1795
HPI: 67.53
Rank: 7
Till Lindemann
MUSICIAN
1963 - Present
HPI: 66.95
Rank: 8
Georg Jellinek
POLITICAL SCIENTIST
1851 - 1911
HPI: 64.96
Rank: 9
Manfred Gerlach
POLITICIAN
1928 - 2011
HPI: 64.51
Rank: 10
Bernard Katz
BIOLOGIST
1911 - 2003
HPI: 63.96
Rank: 11
Max Beckmann
PAINTER
1884 - 1950
HPI: 63.59
Rank: 12
Newly Added People Born in Leipzig
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Fritz Honka
EXTREMIST
1935 - 1998
HPI: 58.43
Rank: 23
Friedrich Kirchner
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1885 - 1960
HPI: 52.89
Rank: 42
Paul Julius Möbius
PHYSICIAN
1853 - 1907
HPI: 52.86
Rank: 44
Carl Joachim Friedrich
POLITICAL SCIENTIST
1901 - 1984
HPI: 51.61
Rank: 49
Ruth Fischer
POLITICIAN
1895 - 1961
HPI: 51.04
Rank: 53
Christian Gottfried Körner
LAWYER
1756 - 1831
HPI: 45.58
Rank: 77
Rudolf Lippert
ATHLETE
1900 - 1945
HPI: 45.17
Rank: 79
Neo Rauch
PAINTER
1960 - Present
HPI: 43.61
Rank: 81
Helmut Berthold
ATHLETE
1911 - 2000
HPI: 43.33
Rank: 82
Andreas Kunz
ATHLETE
1946 - 2022
HPI: 41.33
Rank: 84
Stefan Junge
ATHLETE
1950 - Present
HPI: 40.39
Rank: 88
Dieter Kühn
SOCCER PLAYER
1956 - Present
HPI: 40.23
Rank: 89
People Deceased in Leipzig
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Johann Sebastian Bach
COMPOSER
1685 - 1750
HPI: 91.37
Rank: 1
Felix Mendelssohn
COMPOSER
1809 - 1847
HPI: 79.13
Rank: 2
Gustav Fechner
PSYCHOLOGIST
1801 - 1887
HPI: 69.17
Rank: 3
August Ferdinand Möbius
MATHEMATICIAN
1790 - 1868
HPI: 68.90
Rank: 4
Anna Magdalena Bach
SINGER
1701 - 1760
HPI: 67.44
Rank: 5
Max Reger
COMPOSER
1873 - 1916
HPI: 64.98
Rank: 6
Karl Philipp, Prince of Schwarzenberg
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1771 - 1820
HPI: 64.51
Rank: 7
Marinus van der Lubbe
SOCIAL ACTIVIST
1909 - 1934
HPI: 64.05
Rank: 8
Johann Tetzel
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1460 - 1519
HPI: 63.90
Rank: 9
Frederick II, Elector of Saxony
POLITICIAN
1412 - 1464
HPI: 62.04
Rank: 10
Ernst Heinrich Weber
PSYCHOLOGIST
1795 - 1878
HPI: 61.85
Rank: 11
Maria Theresa of Austria
POLITICIAN
1767 - 1827
HPI: 61.59
Rank: 12
Newly Added People Deceased in Leipzig
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Bernhard Windscheid
LAWYER
1817 - 1892
HPI: 54.31
Rank: 39
Paul Julius Möbius
PHYSICIAN
1853 - 1907
HPI: 52.86
Rank: 44
Peter Schenk the Elder
GEOGRAPHER
1660 - 1711
HPI: 50.35
Rank: 60
Joachim Camerarius
PHILOSOPHER
1500 - 1574
HPI: 50.07
Rank: 62
Wilhelm His Sr.
PHYSICIAN
1831 - 1904
HPI: 49.65
Rank: 65
Salomon Jadassohn
COMPOSER
1831 - 1902
HPI: 49.59
Rank: 66
Eduard Sievers
LINGUIST
1850 - 1932
HPI: 46.33
Rank: 75
Carl Hindenburg
MATHEMATICIAN
1741 - 1808
HPI: 46.25
Rank: 76
Paul Koebe
MATHEMATICIAN
1882 - 1945
HPI: 44.23
Rank: 78
Klaus Köste
GYMNAST
1943 - 2012
HPI: 44.09
Rank: 79
Johanna Lüttge
ATHLETE
1936 - 2022
HPI: 42.81
Rank: 80
Occupations
Most individuals born in present day Leipzig were athletes (18), politicians (12), composers (8), musicians (6), and biologists (6), while most who died were composers (13), politicians (9), mathematicians (7), physicians (5), and biologists (4).
Occupational Trends
Over the past 100 years, athletes have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Leipzig, including Bärbel Wöckel, Kristin Otto, and Martina Hellmann. Whereas, throughout history, athletes have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Leipzig, including Luz Long, Bärbel Wöckel, and Kristin Otto.
Places
Overlapping Lives
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 25 globally memorable people born in Leipzig since 1700.
