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Marburg ranks 978th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Bryansk, Warrington, and Changsha. Memorable people born in Marburg include Hans-Georg Gadamer, Philip I, Landgrave of Hesse, and Ernst-Günther Schenck. Memorable people who died in Marburg include Elizabeth of Hungary, Emil von Behring, and Rudolf Bultmann. Marburg has been the birth place of many politicians, and philosophers and the death place of many philosophers, and politicians. Marburg is located in Germany.

Marburg is a university town in the German federal state of Hesse, capital of the Marburg-Biedenkopf district. The town area spreads along the valley of the river Lahn and has a population of approximately 76,000. Read more on Wikipedia

People

Between 1224 and 1988, Marburg was the birth place of 15 globally memorable people, including Hans-Georg Gadamer, Philip I, Landgrave of Hesse, and Ernst-Günther Schenck. Additionaly, 17 globally memorable people have passed away in Marburg including Elizabeth of Hungary, Emil von Behring, and Rudolf Bultmann. Interestingly, more notably known people have passed away in Marburg than were born there.

People Born in Marburg

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People Deceased in Marburg

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Occupations

Most individuals born in present day Marburg were politicians (6), philosophers (2), religious figures (2), physicians (1), and sculptors (1),  while most who died were philosophers (5), politicians (2), biologists (2), physicists (2), and religious figures (1).

Over the past 100 years, religious figures have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Marburg, including Ludwig Schick, and Margot Käßmann. Whereas, throughout history, politicians have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Marburg, including Philip I, Landgrave of Hesse, Sophie of Thuringia, Duchess of Brabant, and Agnes of Hesse.

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Overlapping Lives

Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 6 globally memorable people born in Marburg since 1700.