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Munich (deu)

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Munich ranks 26th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Boston, Rio de Janeiro, and Montevideo. The most famous people from Munich are Empress Elisabeth of Austria, Heinrich Himmler, and Franz Beckenbauer. The most famous people who died in Munich are Max Weber, Wilhelm Röntgen, and Werner Heisenberg. Munich has been the birth place of many politicians, and soccer players and the death place of many politicians, and actors. Munich is located in Germany.

Munich is the capital and most populous city of Bavaria, Germany. As of 30 November 2024, its population was 1,604,384, making it the third-largest city in Germany after Berlin and Hamburg. Munich is the largest city in Germany that is not a state of its own, and it ranks as the 11th-largest city in the European Union. The metropolitan area has around 3 million inhabitants, and the broader Munich Metropolitan Region is home to about 6.2 million people. It is the third largest metropolitan region by GDP in the European Union. Munich is located on the river Isar north of the Alps. It is the seat of the Upper Bavarian administrative region. With 4,500 people per km2, Munich is Germany's most densely populated municipality. It is also the second-largest city in the Bavarian dialect area after Vienna. Read more on Wikipedia

People

Between 0 and 2005, Munich was the birth place of 305 globally memorable people, including Empress Elisabeth of Austria, Heinrich Himmler, and Franz Beckenbauer. Additionaly, 350 globally memorable people have passed away in Munich including Max Weber, Wilhelm Röntgen, and Werner Heisenberg. Interestingly, more notably known people have passed away in Munich than were born there.

People Born in Munich

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Occupations

Most individuals born in present day Munich were politicians (59), soccer players (40), actors (30), athletes (21), and writers (17),  while most who died were politicians (60), actors (32), writers (29), military personnels (24), and painters (21).

Over the past 100 years, soccer players have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Munich, including Franz Beckenbauer, Hans-Georg Schwarzenbeck, and Philipp Lahm. Whereas, throughout history, politicians have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Munich, including Heinrich Himmler, Princess Ludovika of Bavaria, and Louis IV, Holy Roman Emperor.

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Overlapping Lives

Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 25 globally memorable people born in Munich since 1700.