Mannheim
Mannheim ranks 184th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Accra, Nice, and Salvador, Bahia. Memorable people born in Mannheim include Wilhelm Wundt, Albert Speer, and Caroline Augusta of Bavaria. Memorable people who died in Mannheim include Johann Stamitz, August von Kotzebue, and Charles III Philip, Elector Palatine. Mannheim has been the birth place of many soccer players, and politicians and the death place of many composers, and politicians. Mannheim is located in Germany.
Mannheim, officially the University City of Mannheim, is the second-largest city in the German state of Baden-Württemberg, after the state capital of Stuttgart, and Germany's 21st-largest city, with a 2021 population of 311,831 inhabitants. The city is the cultural and economic centre of the Rhine-Neckar Metropolitan Region, Germany's seventh-largest metropolitan region with nearly 2.4 million inhabitants and over 900,000 employees. Read more on Wikipedia
People
Between 0 and 2000, Mannheim was the birth place of 69 globally memorable people, including Wilhelm Wundt, Albert Speer, and Caroline Augusta of Bavaria. Additionaly, 16 globally memorable people have passed away in Mannheim including Johann Stamitz, August von Kotzebue, and Charles III Philip, Elector Palatine.
People Born in Mannheim
Go to all RankingsWilhelm Wundt
PSYCHOLOGIST
1832 - 1920
HPI: 76.39
Rank: 1
Albert Speer
ARCHITECT
1905 - 1981
HPI: 74.54
Rank: 2
Caroline Augusta of Bavaria
COMPANION
1792 - 1873
HPI: 65.46
Rank: 3
Hermann Müller
POLITICIAN
1876 - 1931
HPI: 64.87
Rank: 4
Richard von Krafft-Ebing
PHYSICIAN
1840 - 1902
HPI: 63.22
Rank: 5
Steffi Graf
TENNIS PLAYER
1969 - Present
HPI: 62.12
Rank: 6
Carl Stamitz
COMPOSER
1745 - 1801
HPI: 61.00
Rank: 7
Karl Theodor Anton Maria von Dalberg
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1744 - 1817
HPI: 60.74
Rank: 8
Sepp Herberger
SOCCER PLAYER
1897 - 1977
HPI: 59.26
Rank: 9
Princess Josephine of Baden
POLITICIAN
1813 - 1900
HPI: 58.47
Rank: 10
August Hirt
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1898 - 1945
HPI: 58.13
Rank: 11
Heinz Hoffmann
POLITICIAN
1910 - 1985
HPI: 55.91
Rank: 12
Newly Added People Born in Mannheim
Go to all RankingsDaniel-Henry Kahnweiler
BUSINESSPERSON
1884 - 1979
HPI: 53.20
Rank: 20
Carl Raddatz
ACTOR
1912 - 2004
HPI: 46.20
Rank: 40
Edgar Basel
BOXER
1930 - 1977
HPI: 45.66
Rank: 42
Wilhelm Müller
HANDBALL PLAYER
1909 - 1984
HPI: 45.01
Rank: 44
Hugo Strauß
ATHLETE
1907 - 1941
HPI: 44.78
Rank: 45
Wilhelm Genazino
WRITER
1943 - 2018
HPI: 44.49
Rank: 47
Fritz Spengler
HANDBALL PLAYER
1908 - 2003
HPI: 42.19
Rank: 53
Reinhard Bütikofer
POLITICIAN
1953 - Present
HPI: 41.34
Rank: 56
Jochen Hecht
HOCKEY PLAYER
1977 - Present
HPI: 29.23
Rank: 60
Manuel Gulde
SOCCER PLAYER
1991 - Present
HPI: 25.66
Rank: 62
Philip Heintz
SWIMMER
1991 - Present
HPI: 0.00
Rank: 65
Katharina Häcker
SKATER
1986 - Present
HPI: 0.00
Rank: 66
People Deceased in Mannheim
Go to all RankingsJohann Stamitz
COMPOSER
1717 - 1757
HPI: 63.41
Rank: 1
August von Kotzebue
WRITER
1761 - 1819
HPI: 60.81
Rank: 2
Charles III Philip, Elector Palatine
POLITICIAN
1661 - 1742
HPI: 59.99
Rank: 3
Sepp Herberger
SOCCER PLAYER
1897 - 1977
HPI: 59.26
Rank: 4
Charles II August, Duke of Zweibrücken
POLITICIAN
1746 - 1795
HPI: 57.18
Rank: 5
Countess Palatine Elisabeth Auguste Sofie of Neuburg
NOBLEMAN
1693 - 1728
HPI: 56.54
Rank: 6
Ondrej Nepela
SKATER
1951 - 1989
HPI: 55.29
Rank: 7
Friedrich Kasimir Medikus
PHYSICIAN
1736 - 1808
HPI: 54.81
Rank: 8
Otto Ambros
CHEMIST
1901 - 1990
HPI: 52.62
Rank: 9
Karl Ludwig Sand
SOCIAL ACTIVIST
1795 - 1820
HPI: 52.04
Rank: 10
Noël Martin Joseph de Necker
PHYSICIAN
1730 - 1793
HPI: 51.30
Rank: 11
Ignaz Holzbauer
COMPOSER
1711 - 1783
HPI: 50.92
Rank: 12
Newly Added People Deceased in Mannheim
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Most individuals born in present day Mannheim were soccer players (13), politicians (8), athletes (5), composers (4), and singers (4), while most who died were composers (2), politicians (2), soccer players (2), physicians (2), and writers (1).
Occupational Trends
Over the past 100 years, soccer players have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Mannheim, including Hakan Çalhanoğlu, Uwe Rahn, and Ümit Davala. Whereas, throughout history, soccer players have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Mannheim, including Sepp Herberger, Hakan Çalhanoğlu, and Uwe Rahn.
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Overlapping Lives
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 25 globally memorable people born in Mannheim since 1700.