Tübingen
Tübingen ranks 953rd in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Landshut, Banská Bystrica, and Doncaster. Memorable people born in Tübingen include Johann Friedrich Gmelin, Ludwig Uhland, and Johann Georg Gmelin. Memorable people who died in Tübingen include Friedrich Hölderlin, Kurt Georg Kiesinger, and Julius Lothar Meyer. Tübingen has been the birth place of many biologists, and physicians and the death place of many politicians, and philosophers. Tübingen is located in Germany.
Tübingen is a traditional university city in central Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is situated 30 km (19 mi) south of the state capital, Stuttgart, and developed on both sides of the Neckar and Ammer rivers. As of 2014 about one in three of the 90,000 people living in Tübingen is a student. As of the 2018/2019 winter semester, 27,665 students attend the Eberhard Karl University of Tübingen. The city has the lowest median age in Germany, in part due to its status as a university city. As of December 31, 2015, the average age of a citizen of Tübingen is 39.1 years. Read more on Wikipedia
People
Between 1665 and 1996, Tübingen was the birth place of 16 globally memorable people, including Johann Friedrich Gmelin, Ludwig Uhland, and Johann Georg Gmelin. Additionaly, 38 globally memorable people have passed away in Tübingen including Friedrich Hölderlin, Kurt Georg Kiesinger, and Julius Lothar Meyer. Interestingly, more notably known people have passed away in Tübingen than were born there.
People Born in Tübingen
Go to all RankingsJohann Friedrich Gmelin
BIOLOGIST
1748 - 1804
HPI: 62.00
Rank: 1
Ludwig Uhland
WRITER
1787 - 1862
HPI: 55.96
Rank: 2
Johann Georg Gmelin
GEOGRAPHER
1709 - 1755
HPI: 55.57
Rank: 3
Rudolf Jakob Camerarius
BIOLOGIST
1665 - 1721
HPI: 54.20
Rank: 4
Samuel Gottlieb Gmelin
PHYSICIAN
1744 - 1774
HPI: 53.62
Rank: 5
Friedrich von Huene
PHYSICIAN
1875 - 1969
HPI: 51.10
Rank: 6
Despina Vandi
SINGER
1969 - Present
HPI: 49.64
Rank: 7
Christian Gmelin
CHEMIST
1792 - 1860
HPI: 48.05
Rank: 8
Johann Ludwig Krapf
EXPLORER
1810 - 1881
HPI: 45.62
Rank: 9
Rudolf Haag
PHYSICIST
1922 - 2016
HPI: 45.51
Rank: 10
Sung Yu-ri
ACTOR
1981 - Present
HPI: 42.39
Rank: 11
Thilo Kehrer
SOCCER PLAYER
1996 - Present
HPI: 41.01
Rank: 12
Newly Added People Born in Tübingen
Go to all RankingsPeople Deceased in Tübingen
Go to all RankingsFriedrich Hölderlin
WRITER
1770 - 1843
HPI: 72.85
Rank: 1
Kurt Georg Kiesinger
POLITICIAN
1904 - 1988
HPI: 67.24
Rank: 2
Julius Lothar Meyer
CHEMIST
1830 - 1895
HPI: 66.80
Rank: 3
Wilhelm Schickard
ASTRONOMER
1592 - 1635
HPI: 66.60
Rank: 4
Ernst Bloch
PHILOSOPHER
1885 - 1977
HPI: 66.50
Rank: 5
Hans Küng
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1928 - 2021
HPI: 65.04
Rank: 6
Ernst Kretschmer
PSYCHOLOGIST
1888 - 1964
HPI: 62.14
Rank: 7
John George III, Elector of Saxony
POLITICIAN
1647 - 1691
HPI: 62.12
Rank: 8
Leonhart Fuchs
PHYSICIAN
1501 - 1566
HPI: 59.76
Rank: 9
John George II, Elector of Saxony
POLITICIAN
1613 - 1680
HPI: 59.75
Rank: 10
Primož Trubar
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1508 - 1586
HPI: 59.46
Rank: 11
Eduard Spranger
PHILOSOPHER
1882 - 1963
HPI: 59.24
Rank: 12
Newly Added People Deceased in Tübingen
Go to all RankingsKarl Groos
PHILOSOPHER
1861 - 1946
HPI: 52.52
Rank: 25
Christian Gmelin
CHEMIST
1792 - 1860
HPI: 48.05
Rank: 34
Hans von Pechmann
CHEMIST
1850 - 1902
HPI: 45.77
Rank: 36
Hellmuth Kneser
MATHEMATICIAN
1898 - 1973
HPI: 43.89
Rank: 38
Occupations
Most individuals born in present day Tübingen were biologists (2), physicians (2), soccer players (2), writers (1), and geographers (1), while most who died were politicians (5), philosophers (5), chemists (4), biologists (4), and religious figures (3).
Occupational Trends
Over the past 100 years, soccer players have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Tübingen, including Thilo Kehrer, and Marvin Compper. Whereas, throughout history, biologists have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Tübingen, including Johann Friedrich Gmelin, and Rudolf Jakob Camerarius.
Places
Overlapping Lives
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 9 globally memorable people born in Tübingen since 1700.