Mainz
Mainz ranks 391st in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Jeddah, Tacoma, Washington, and Akron, Ohio. Memorable people born in Mainz include Johannes Gutenberg, Pope Joan, and Franz Bopp. Memorable people who died in Mainz include Johannes Gutenberg, Severus Alexander, and Frederick V of the Palatinate. Mainz has been the birth place of many athletes, and writers and the death place of many politicians, and religious figures. Mainz is located in Germany.
Mainz is the capital and largest city of the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate, and with around 223,000 inhabitants, it is Germany's 35th-largest city. It lies in the Rhine-Main Metropolitan Region—Germany's second-largest metropolitan region after Rhine-Ruhr—which also encompasses the cities of Frankfurt am Main, Wiesbaden, Darmstadt, Offenbach am Main, and Hanau. Read more on Wikipedia
People
Between 0 and 1999, Mainz was the birth place of 36 globally memorable people, including Johannes Gutenberg, Pope Joan, and Franz Bopp. Additionaly, 21 globally memorable people have passed away in Mainz including Johannes Gutenberg, Severus Alexander, and Frederick V of the Palatinate.
People Born in Mainz
Go to all RankingsJohannes Gutenberg
INVENTOR
1394 - 1468
HPI: 87.67
Rank: 1
Pope Joan
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
HPI: 72.92
Rank: 2
Franz Bopp
LINGUIST
1791 - 1867
HPI: 67.64
Rank: 3
Rabanus Maurus
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
780 - 856
HPI: 66.26
Rank: 4
Jochen Rindt
RACING DRIVER
1942 - 1970
HPI: 65.81
Rank: 5
Walter Hallstein
POLITICIAN
1901 - 1982
HPI: 62.96
Rank: 6
Anna Seghers
WRITER
1900 - 1983
HPI: 62.53
Rank: 7
Heinrich von Vietinghoff
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1887 - 1952
HPI: 61.86
Rank: 8
Joseph Karl Stieler
PAINTER
1781 - 1858
HPI: 61.81
Rank: 9
Gerhard Ludwig Müller
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1947 - Present
HPI: 59.74
Rank: 10
Basil Valentine
WRITER
1394 - 1450
HPI: 57.55
Rank: 11
Peter Cornelius
COMPOSER
1824 - 1874
HPI: 56.64
Rank: 12
Newly Added People Born in Mainz
Go to all RankingsBasil Valentine
WRITER
1394 - 1450
HPI: 57.55
Rank: 11
Jean Malaurie
ANTHROPOLOGIST
1922 - 2024
HPI: 54.02
Rank: 16
Georg Jacoby
FILM DIRECTOR
1882 - 1964
HPI: 46.79
Rank: 23
Julian Weber
ATHLETE
1994 - Present
HPI: 27.48
Rank: 32
Christian Mathenia
SOCCER PLAYER
1992 - Present
HPI: 23.42
Rank: 34
Laura Tomlinson
ATHLETE
1985 - Present
HPI: 21.30
Rank: 35
Shalysa Wray
ATHLETE
1999 - Present
HPI: 0.00
Rank: 36
People Deceased in Mainz
Go to all RankingsJohannes Gutenberg
INVENTOR
1394 - 1468
HPI: 87.67
Rank: 1
Severus Alexander
POLITICIAN
208 - 235
HPI: 74.10
Rank: 2
Frederick V of the Palatinate
POLITICIAN
1596 - 1632
HPI: 69.69
Rank: 3
Paul J. Crutzen
CHEMIST
1933 - 2021
HPI: 66.87
Rank: 4
Fritz Strassmann
CHEMIST
1902 - 1980
HPI: 64.85
Rank: 5
Julia Avita Mamaea
POLITICIAN
180 - 235
HPI: 64.71
Rank: 6
Postumus
POLITICIAN
250 - 269
HPI: 62.67
Rank: 7
Lucius Antonius Saturninus
POLITICIAN
20 - 89
HPI: 59.65
Rank: 8
Bertha of Savoy
POLITICIAN
1051 - 1087
HPI: 58.91
Rank: 9
Philipp Veit
PAINTER
1793 - 1877
HPI: 56.77
Rank: 10
Peter Cornelius
COMPOSER
1824 - 1874
HPI: 56.64
Rank: 11
Laelianus
POLITICIAN
250 - 269
HPI: 55.92
Rank: 12
Newly Added People Deceased in Mainz
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Most individuals born in present day Mainz were athletes (7), writers (4), religious figures (3), politicians (3), and soccer players (3), while most who died were politicians (9), religious figures (5), chemists (2), inventors (1), and painters (1).
Occupational Trends
Over the past 100 years, athletes have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Mainz, including Dorothee Schneider, Ulrike Holzner, and Marion Wagner. Whereas, throughout history, athletes have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Mainz, including Dorothee Schneider, Ulrike Holzner, and Marion Wagner.
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Overlapping Lives
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 12 globally memorable people born in Mainz since 1700.