Gotha
Gotha ranks 420th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Schwerin, Uruguay, and Palma de Mallorca. The most famous people from Gotha are John Ernest IV, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, Johann Friedrich Blumenbach, and Princess Louise of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg. The most famous people who died in Gotha are Adam Weishaupt, Ernest I, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, and Magdalena Sibylla of Saxe-Weissenfels. Gotha has been the birth place of many politicians, and noblemen and the death place of many politicians, and noblemen. Gotha is located in Germany.
People
Between 1310 and 1958, Gotha was the birth place of 33 globally memorable people, including John Ernest IV, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, Johann Friedrich Blumenbach, and Princess Louise of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg. Additionaly, 18 globally memorable people have passed away in Gotha including Adam Weishaupt, Ernest I, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, and Magdalena Sibylla of Saxe-Weissenfels.
People Born in Gotha
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John Ernest IV, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld
POLITICIAN
1658 - 1729
HPI: 70.11
Rank: 1
Johann Friedrich Blumenbach
ARCHAEOLOGIST
1752 - 1840
HPI: 69.86
Rank: 2
Princess Louise of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg
POLITICIAN
1800 - 1831
HPI: 69.14
Rank: 3
Hannah Höch
PAINTER
1889 - 1978
HPI: 67.02
Rank: 4
Johann Matthäus Bechstein
BIOLOGIST
1757 - 1822
HPI: 66.39
Rank: 5
Princess Augusta of Saxe-Gotha
NOBLEMAN
1719 - 1772
HPI: 66.04
Rank: 6
Hugo Schuchardt
LINGUIST
1842 - 1927
HPI: 64.18
Rank: 7
Frederick II, Margrave of Meissen
POLITICIAN
1310 - 1349
HPI: 63.93
Rank: 8
Johann Ludwig Bach
COMPOSER
1677 - 1731
HPI: 63.76
Rank: 9
Ernest II, Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg
POLITICIAN
1745 - 1804
HPI: 63.13
Rank: 10
Ernest Louis, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt
POLITICIAN
1667 - 1739
HPI: 62.70
Rank: 11
Ernst Ludwig I, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen
POLITICIAN
1672 - 1724
HPI: 62.57
Rank: 12
People Deceased in Gotha
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Adam Weishaupt
PHILOSOPHER
1748 - 1830
HPI: 72.25
Rank: 1
Ernest I, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
POLITICIAN
1784 - 1844
HPI: 69.76
Rank: 2
Magdalena Sibylla of Saxe-Weissenfels
POLITICIAN
1648 - 1681
HPI: 64.29
Rank: 3
Princess Elisabeth Sophie of Saxe-Altenburg
NOBLEMAN
1619 - 1680
HPI: 64.12
Rank: 4
Friedrich Melchior, Baron von Grimm
WRITER
1723 - 1807
HPI: 63.14
Rank: 5
Ernest II, Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg
POLITICIAN
1745 - 1804
HPI: 63.13
Rank: 6
Duchess Louise Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
POLITICIAN
1779 - 1801
HPI: 62.81
Rank: 7
Peter Andreas Hansen
ASTRONOMER
1795 - 1874
HPI: 62.71
Rank: 8
Hermann I, Landgrave of Thuringia
POLITICIAN
1155 - 1217
HPI: 62.70
Rank: 9
Duke Alexander of Württemberg
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1771 - 1833
HPI: 62.24
Rank: 10
Gottfried Heinrich Stölzel
COMPOSER
1690 - 1749
HPI: 61.00
Rank: 11
Princess Luise Dorothea of Saxe-Meiningen
POLITICIAN
1710 - 1767
HPI: 60.25
Rank: 12
Occupations
Most individuals born in present day Gotha were politicians (17), noblemen (4), writers (3), biologists (2), and archaeologists (1), while most who died were politicians (8), noblemen (2), writers (2), geographers (2), and philosophers (1).
Occupational Trends
Over the past 100 years, writers have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Gotha, including Kathrin Schmidt. Whereas, throughout history, politicians have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Gotha, including John Ernest IV, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, Princess Louise of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg, and Frederick II, Margrave of Meissen.
Places
Overlapping Lives
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 14 globally memorable people born in Gotha since 1700.
