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This list contains notable people both born in Frankfurt and residents of the city, ordered chronologically.


Born in Frankfurt


9th to 17th centuries

* Charles the Bald (823–877), King of West Francia, King of Italy and Holy Roman Emperor * William I, Duke of Bavaria (1330–1389), also known as William V, Count of Holland, as William III, Count of Hainaut and as William IV, Count of Zeeland *
Jakob Heller Jakob Heller (c. 1460 — 28 January 1522) was a German patrician, politician, and merchant. He was born and died in Frankfurt am Main, and served as Senior Bürgermeister of the Free City of Frankfurt in 1501 and 1513. Heller is best remembered ...
(c. 1460—1522), patrician, politician, and merchant *
Johann Dietenberger Johann Dietenberger (c. 1475 – September 4, 1537) was a German people, German Catholic Scholasticism, Scholastic theologian. Education Born at Frankfurt-am-Main, he was educated in his native city, and joined the Dominican Order. On 3 June 1 ...
(c. 1475–1537), Catholic Scholastic theologian *
Konrad Gobel Konrad Gobel (ca. 14981557) was a German master craftsman of bells and other metal castings during the sixteenth century. Life Gobel was born in Frankfurt am Main around 1498. The son of Niklas Gobel, a metal potter (german: Kannengießer) and j ...
(c. 1498–1557), craftsman of bells and other metal castings *
Sebastian von Heusenstamm Sebastian of Heusenstamm (german: Sebastian von Heusenstamm) (16 March 1508 – 18 March 1555) was the Archbishop-Elector of Mainz from 1545 to 1555. Biography Sebastian of Heusenstamm was born in Frankfurt on March 16, 1508. He was ordained ...
(1508–1555), Archbishop-Elector of Mainz * Elijah Loans (1555–1636), rabbi and Kabbalist *
Philipp Uffenbach Philipp Uffenbach (15 January 1566 – 6 April 1636) was a German painter and etcher. He was born in Frankfurt, and trained under Hans Grimmer. One of his pupils was Adam Elsheimer. His interests included mechanics, geometry alchemy, and a ...
(1566–1636), painter and etcher * Adam Elsheimer (1578–1610), artist * Hendrik van Steenwijk II (c.1580–1649), Baroque painter * Lucas Jennis (1590–1630), engraver * Joachim von Sandrart (1606–1688), Baroque art-historian and painter *
Johannes Lingelbach Johannes (or Johann) Lingelbach (1622–1674) was a Dutch Golden Age painter, associated with the second generation of Bambocciate, a group of genre painters working in Rome from 1625–1700. Biography Lingelbach was born in Frankfurt, ...
(1622–1674), Dutch Golden Age painter *
Jacob von Sandrart Jacob von Sandrart (3 May 1630, Frankfurt am Main — 15 August 1708, Nuremberg) was a German engraver primarily active in Nuremberg. At age ten Sandrart obtained his artistic training from his better-known uncle Joachim von Sandrart in Amsterda ...
(1630–1708), engraver * Abraham Mignon (1640–1679), Dutch golden age painter *
Johann Jacob Schütz Johann Jakob Schütz (7 September 1640, Frankfurt – 22 May 1690, Frankfurt) was a German lawyer and hymnwriter. One of his hymns was reworked by Johann Sebastian Bach Johann Sebastian Bach (28 July 1750) was a German composer and mu ...
(1640–1690), lawyer and hymnwriter * Philipp von Hörnigk (1640–1714), civil servant and supporter of the economic theory of mercantilism * Maria Sibylla Merian (1647–1717), naturalist and scientific illustrator *
Philipp Peter Roos Philipp Peter Roos (later surnamed Rosa di Tivoli; 1655–1706) was a German Baroque painter, active in and near Rome from 1677 onward. Biography He was born in Frankfurt am Main and learned to paint from his father, the landscape painter Joha ...
(1655–1706), Baroque painter * Jacob Christoph Le Blon (1667–1741), painter and engraver * Lorenz Heister (1683–1758), anatomist, surgeon and botanist


18th century

* Alexander Ferdinand (1704–1773), 3rd Prince of Thurn and Taxis, Postmaster General of the Imperial Reichspost, and Head of the Princely House of Thurn and Taxis *
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(1706–1756), Regent of Württemberg *
Johann Christian Senckenberg Johann Christian Senckenberg (28 February 1707 – 15 November 1772) was a German physician A physician (American English), medical practitioner (Commonwealth English), medical doctor, or simply doctor, is a health professional ...
(1707–1772), physician, naturalist and collector *
Susanne von Klettenberg Susanne Katharina Seiffart von Klettenberg (19 December 1723 – 16 December 1774) was a German abbess and writer. She was a friend of Catharina Elisabeth Goethe, the mother of writer Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. Klettenberg corresponded with Goe ...
(1723–1774), abbess and writer * Louis Eugene (1731–1795), Duke of Württemberg *
Catharina Elisabeth Goethe Catharina Elisabeth Goethe, born Catharina Elisabeth Textor, (19 February 1731 – 13 September 1808) was the mother of German playwright and poet Johann Wolfgang von Goethe and his sister Cornelia Schlosser. She was also known by the nickname Fra ...
(1731–1808), mother of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe * Karl Anselm (1733–1805), 4th Prince of Thurn and Taxis, Postmaster General of the Imperial Reichspost, and Head of the Princely House of Thurn and Taxis *
Johann Zoffany Johan Joseph Zoffany (born Johannes Josephus Zaufallij; 13 March 1733 – 11 November 1810) was a German neoclassical painter who was active mainly in England, Italy and India. His works appear in many prominent British collections, includin ...
(1733–1810), neoclassical painter *
Georg Melchior Kraus Georg Melchior Kraus (26 July 1737, in Frankfurt am Main – 5 November 1806, in Weimar) was a German painter. He was a co-founder of the Weimar Princely Free Drawing School, together with Friedrich Justin Bertuch, in 1776. Life He was the ...
(1737–1806), painter * Nathan Adler (1741–1800), kabbalist and rabbi *
Mayer Amschel Rothschild Mayer Amschel Rothschild (23 February 1744 – 19 September 1812; also spelled ''Anschel'') was a German-Jewish banker and the founder of the Rothschild banking dynasty. Referred to as a "founding father of international finance", Rothschild w ...
(1744–1812), banker and founder of the Rothschild banking dynasty * Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749–1832), writer and statesman * Cornelia Schlosser (1750–1777), sister of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe * Princess Charlotte of Saxe-Meiningen (1751–1827), Princess of Saxe-Meiningen and Duchess consort of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg *
Princess Louise of Saxe-Meiningen , title = Landgravine of Hesse-Philippsthal-Barchfeld , image = Wilhelmine Luise Christiane, Landgräfin von Hessen-Philippsthal-Barchfeld.jpg , caption = , house = Saxe-Meiningen , father = Anton Ulrich, Duke o ...
(1752–1805), Duchess of Saxe-Meiningen * Abraham Bing (1752–1841), rabbi * Friedrich Maximilian Klinger (1752–1831), dramatist and novelist *
Johann Philipp Gabler Johann Philipp Gabler (4 June 1753 – 17 February 1826) was a German Protestant Christian theologian of the school of Johann Jakob Griesbach and Johann Gottfried Eichhorn. Gabler was born at Frankfurt-am-Main. In 1772 he entered the University ...
(1753–1826), Protestant Christian theologian * Karl Wilhelm (1754–1782), Duke of Saxe-Meiningen *
Anton Dereser Anton Dereser (also known as Thaddaeus a Sancto Adamo, OCD) (3 February 1757, Fahr, Franconia –15 or 16 June 1827, Breslau) was a Discalced Carmelite professor of hermeneutics and Oriental languages. Dereser was a Catholic representative ...
(1757–1827), Discalced Carmelite professor of hermeneutics and Oriental languages * Georg I (1761–1803), Duke of Saxe-Meiningen *
Moses Sofer Moses Schreiber (1762–1839), known to his own community and Jewish posterity in the Hebrew translation as Moshe Sofer, also known by his main work ''Chatam Sofer'', ''Chasam Sofer'', or ''Hatam Sofer'' ( trans. ''Seal of the Scribe'', and acron ...
(1762–1839), rabbi *
Philipp Karl Buttmann Philipp Karl Buttmann (5 December 1764 – 21 June 1829) was a German philologist of French Huguenot ancestry (original family name "Boudemont"), born in Frankfurt am Main. He was educated in his native town and at the University of Göttingen, ...
(1764–1829), philologist of French Huguenot ancestry *
Margarethe Danzi Maria Margarethe Danzi ( Marchand; 1768 – 11 June 1800) was a German composer and soprano. Maria Margarethe Marchand was born in Germany. Some sources give her birthplace as Munich and others Mannheim, and it was possible that the family was on ...
(1768–1800), composer and soprano *
Johann Friedrich von Meyer Johann Friedrich von Meyer (12 September 1772 – 28 January 1849) was a German translator, politician, and senator of Frankfurt, who published a translation of the Bible in 1819 (''Die heilige Schrift in berichtigter Übersetzung mit kurzen Anmerk ...
(1772–1849), senator of Frankfurt *
Amschel Mayer von Rothschild Amschel is a given name. Notable people with the name include: *Amschel Mayer Rothschild (1773–1855), German Jewish banker of the Rothschild family financial dynasty *Amschel Mayor James Rothschild (1955–1996), youngest child of Victor Rothschi ...
(1773–1855), banker of the Rothschild family financial dynasty *
Salomon Rothschild Salomon Mayer von Rothschild (9 September 1774 – 28 July 1855) was a German-born banker in the Austrian Empire and the founder of the Austrian branch of the prominent Mayer Amschel Rothschild family. Family He was born at Frankfurt am Main ...
(1774–1855), banker in the Austrian Empire and founder of the Austrian branch of the Mayer Amschel Rothschild family *
Elisabeth von Adlerflycht Susanna Maria Rebecca Elisabeth von Adlerflycht (born von Riese; September 23, 1775 – March 15, 1846) was a Germans, German painter known for her cartographic illustration of the Rhine, Rhine Valley, the first in a genre of tourist maps known a ...
(1775–1846), painter *
Nathan Mayer Rothschild Nathan Mayer Rothschild (16 September 1777 – 28 July 1836) was an English-German banker, businessman and financier. Born in Frankfurt am Main in Germany, he was the third of the five sons of Gutle (Schnapper) and Mayer Amschel Rothschild, an ...
(1777–1836), London-based banker and financier and one of five sons of the second generation of the Rothschild banking dynasty * Friedrich Carl von Savigny (1779–1861), jurist and historian * Johann Friedrich Heinrich Schlosser (1780–1851), jurist, writer and translator *
Dorothea von Ertmann Dorothea von Ertmann (born Dorothea Graumann; 3 May 1781 – 16 March 1849) was a German pianist. Biography Dorothea Graumann was born in Frankfurt and married Stephan von Ertmann, an Austrian infantry officer, in 1798. The couple moved to Vienna ...
(1781–1849), pianist *
Jeanette Wohl Jeanette Wohl (October 16, 1783 in Frankfurt am Main – November 27, 1861 in Paris) was a longtime friend and correspondent of Ludwig Börne. She inherited the rights to his literary works after his death and edited his works. She is buried at P ...
(1783–1961), friend and correspondent of Ludwig Börne *
Christian Brentano Christian Brentano (24 January 1784, Frankfurt – 27 October 1851, Frankfurt) was a German writer and Catholic publicist. He was the brother of Clemens Brentano and Bettina von Arnim, famous German writers of the Romantic school, and the father ...
(1784–1851), writer and Catholic publicist * Bettina von Arnim (1785–1859), writer and novelist * Ludwig Börne (1786–1837), political writer and satirist * Johann David Passavant (1787–1861), painter, curator and artist * Franz Pforr (1788–1812), painter *
Carl Mayer von Rothschild Carl Mayer ''Freiherr'' von Rothschild (24 April 1788 – 10 March 1855) was a German-born banker in the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies and the founder of the Rothschild banking family of Naples. Biography Born Kalman Mayer Rothschild in Frankfur ...
(1788–1855), banker in the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies and founder of the Rothschild banking family of Naples *
Jakob Alt Jakob Alt (27 September 1789 – 30 September 1872) was a German painter and lithographer. Life Alt was the son of Barbara Alt, nee Horst, and Frankfurt carpenter Johann Leonhart Alt. He was born at Frankfurt am Main in 1789, where he received ...
(1789–1872), painter and lithographer * James Mayer de Rothschild (1792–1868 ), banker and founder of the French branch of the Rothschild family *
Carl von Heyden Carl Heinrich Georg(es) von Heyden (20 January 1793 Frankfurt – 7 July 1866) was a German senator and entomologist. He collected insects in all orders but was especially interested in Coleoptera Beetles are insects that form the order Co ...
(1793–1866), senator and entomologist *
Eduard Rüppell Wilhelm Peter Eduard Simon Rüppell (20 November 1794 – 10 December 1884) was a German Natural history, naturalist and List of explorers, explorer. Rüppell is occasionally transliterated to "Rueppell" for the English alphabet, due to german ort ...
(1794–1884), naturalist and explorer * August von Bethmann-Hollweg (1795–1877), jurist and politician *
Johann Friedrich Böhmer Johann Friedrich Böhmer (22 April 179522 October 1863) was a German historian. His historical work was chiefly concerned with collecting and tabulating charters and other imperial documents of the Middle Ages. This work in turn cites: * Johannes ...
(1795–1863), historian *
Heinrich Christian Macklot Heinrich Christian Macklot (20 October 1799, Frankfurt am Main – 12 May 1832) was a German naturalist. He studied medicine at the University of Heidelberg, earning his doctorate in 1822. Later that year, he found employment at the Rijksm ...
(1799–1832), naturalist * Ferdinand Fellner (1799–1859), painter *
Friedrich Wöhler Friedrich Wöhler () FRS(For) HonFRSE (31 July 180023 September 1882) was a German chemist known for his work in inorganic chemistry, being the first to isolate the chemical elements beryllium and yttrium in pure metallic form. He was the firs ...
(1800–1882), chemist


19th century


1801–1820

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Joseph Aschbach Joseph Ritter von Aschbach (29 April 1801 – 25 April 1882) was a German historian who studied the Visigoths, writing "''Geschichte der Westgoten''" ("History of the Visigoths") in 1827. Aschbach was born in Höchst (Frankfurt am Main). ...
(1801–1882), historian *
Ferdinand Lindheimer Ferdinand Jacob Lindheimer (May 21, 1801 – December 2, 1879) was a German Texan botanist who spent his working life on the American frontier. In 1936, Recorded Texas Historic Landmark number 1590 was placed on Lindheimer's grave. Biography Ear ...
(1801–1879), German Texan botanist * Hermann von Meyer (1801–1869), palaeontologist *
Frédéric Jules Sichel Frédéric Jules Sichel (14 May 1802 – 11 November 1868) was a German-born, French physician and entomologist. Sichel was born in Frankfurt am Main. From 1820 he studied medicine at the universities of Würzburg, Tübingen and Berlin, then from ...
(1802–1868), French physician and entomologist *
Anselm von Rothschild Anselm Salomon von Rothschild, baron (29 January 1803 – 27 July 1874) was an Austrian banker, founder of the Creditanstalt, and a member of the Vienna branch of the Rothschild family. Family He was born in the Imperial City of Frankfurt, the ...
(1803–1874), Austrian banker and member of the Vienna branch of the Rothschild family *
Karl Friedrich Hermann Karl Friedrich Hermann (4 August 1804 – 31 December 1855) was a German classical scholar and antiquary. Biography He was born at Frankfurt-am-Main. Having studied philosophy at the universities of Heidelberg and Leipzig (and taking a degree ...
(1804–1855), classical scholar and antiquary *
Marie d'Agoult Marie Cathérine Sophie, Comtesse d'Agoult (née de Flavigny; 31 December 18055 March 1876), was a Franco-German romantic author and historian, known also by her pen name, Daniel Stern. Life Marie was born in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, with th ...
(1805–1876), French author *
Moritz Abraham Stern Moritz Abraham Stern (29 June 1807 – 30 January 1894) was a German mathematician. Stern became ''Ordinarius'' (full professor) at Göttingen University in 1858, succeeding Carl Friedrich Gauss. Stern was the first Jewish full professor at a Germ ...
(1807–1894), mathematician * Georg Fresenius (1808–1866), physician and botanist * Johann Benedict Listing (1808–1882), mathematician *
Ernst Ludwig von Leutsch Ernst Ludwig von Leutsch (August 16, 1808 – July 28, 1887) was a German classical philologist born in Frankfurt am Main. He studied classical philology at the University of Göttingen, where he had as instructors Georg Ludolf Dissen, Chris ...
(1808–1887), classical philologist *
George Engelmann George Engelmann, also known as Georg Engelmann, (2 February 1809 – 4 February 1884) was a German-American botanist. He was instrumental in describing the flora of the west of North America, then very poorly known to Europeans; he was particu ...
(1809–1884), German-American botanist *
Jakob Fürchtegott Dielmann Jakob Fürchtegott Dielmann (9 September 1809, Frankfurt - 30 May 1885, Frankfurt) was a German illustrator, genre and landscape painter. He was also one of the co-founders of the Artists' Colony at Kronberg. Life He was the son of a garde ...
(1809–1885), illustrator, genre and landscape painter *
Heinrich Hoffmann Heinrich Hoffmann or Hoffman may refer to: Hoffmann * Heinrich Hoffmann (photographer) (1885–1957), German photographer *Heinrich Hoffmann (author) (1809–1894), German psychiatrist and author * Heinrich Hoffmann (sport shooter) (1869–?), Germ ...
(1809–1894), psychiatrist and author *
Gustav Koerner Gustav Philipp Koerner, also spelled Gustave or Gustavus Koerner (20 November 1809 – 9 April 1896), was a German-American revolutionary, journalist, lawyer, politician, judge and statesman in Illinois and Germany, and a Colonel of the U.S. Arm ...
(1809–1896), revolutionary, journalist, lawyer, politician, judge, statesman in Illinois and Germany and Colonel of the U.S. Army * Abraham Geiger (1810–1874 ), leader of Reform Judaism * Johann Georg von Hahn (1811–1869), Austrian diplomat, philologist and specialist in Albanian history, language and culture *
Moritz von Bethmann image:Moritz von bethmann.jpg, Moritz von Bethmann as seen by a caricaturist.The picture was accompanied by a verse,''Moritz Herr von Bethmann heißt er,'dem Vater gleicht er von Gesicht;'doch im übrigen beweist er,'der alte Bethmann ist ...
(1811–1877), banker * Ferdinand Hiller (1811–1885), composer, conductor, writer and music-director * Henri Nestlé (1814–1890), Swiss confectioner and founder of Nestlé, the world's largest food and beverage company *
Joseph Hoch Joseph Paul Johannes Hoch (3 May 1815 – 19 September 1874) was a German lawyer and benefactor. He willed his fortune to the Hoch Conservatory Foundation, founded in 1878 in Frankfurt. It is, after Leipzig and Berlin, the seventh oldest music con ...
(1815–1874), lawyer and benefactor *
August Weber Johann Baptist Wilhelm August Weber (10 January 1817, in Frankfurt am Main – 11 September 1873, in Düsseldorf) was a German painter; associated with the Düsseldorfer Malerschule. Life and work He began studying landscape painting in his ...
(1817–1873), painter *
Carl Remigius Fresenius Carl Remigius Fresenius (28 December 1818 – 11 June 1897), was a German chemist, known for his studies in analytical chemistry. Biography Fresenius was born on 28 December 1818, in Frankfurt, Germany. After working for some time for a pharmac ...
(1818–1897), chemist *
Henri Weil Henri Weil (August 27, 1818 – November 5, 1909) was a French philologist. Biography Born to a Jewish family in Frankfurt, he was educated at the universities of Bonn, Berlin, and Leipzig. He went to France, and continued his studies at Paris, ...
(1818–1909), philologist *
Heinrich Bernhard Oppenheim __NOTOC__ Heinrich Bernhard Oppenheim (July 20, 1819 in Frankfurt – March 29, 1880 in Berlin) was a German publicist and philosopher concerned with the ideas of liberalism, free trade and international law. Oppenheim was son of a Jewish fam ...
(1819–1880), publicist and philosopher * Mayer Carl von Rothschild (1820–1886), banker and politician *
Carl Theodor Reiffenstein Carl Theodor Reiffenstein (12 January 1820, Frankfurt am Main - 6 December 1893, Frankfurt am Main) was a German landscape and architecture painter who created an invaluable historical record of Frankfurt am Main. Life Education His father ...
(1820–1893), landscape and architecture painter


1821–1840

* Mathilde Marchesi (1821–1913), mezzo-soprano, teacher of singing, and proponent of the bel canto vocal method * Heinrich Frey (1822–1890), Swiss entomologist *
Georg Heinrich Mettenius Georg Heinrich Mettenius (24 November 1823 – 18 August 1866) was a German botanist born in Frankfurt am Main. He was son-in-law to botanist Alexander Braun (1805–1877). In 1845 he received his medical doctorate from the University of Heidelb ...
(1823–1866), botanist *
Moritz Schiff Moritz Schiff (28 January 1823, Frankfurt – 6 October 1896, Geneva) was a German physiologist and the elder brother of the chemist Hugo Schiff (1834-1915), particularly known for his staining technique. He made major contributions to human physio ...
(1823–1896), physiologist *
Willibald Beyschlag Johann Heinrich Christoph Willibald Beyschlag (5 September 1823 – 25 November 1900 in Halle an der Saale) was a German theologian from Frankfurt am Main. Biography He studied theology at the Universities of Bonn and Berlin, afterwards ser ...
(1823–1900), theologian *
Peter Burnitz Carl Peter Burnitz (14 January 1824, Frankfurt - 18 August 1886, Frankfurt) was a German landscape painter who began as a lawyer. Life and work He became an orphan at the age of nine and was placed under the care of his uncle, the architect R ...
(1824–1886), lawyer and landscape painter *
Anton Burger Anton "Toni" Burger (19 November 1911 – 25 December 1991) was a (Captain) in the German Nazi SS, in Greece (1944) and of Theresienstadt concentration camp. Military career Anton Burger was born in Neunkirchen, Austria, the son of a station ...
(1824–1905), painter, draftsman and etcher *
Karl Otto Weber Karl Otto Weber (29 December 1827 – 11 June 1867) was a German surgeon and pathologist born in Frankfurt am Main. Biography He received his early education in the gymnasium at Bremen which his father directed. There Weber showed a special ...
(1827–1867), surgeon and pathologist *
Adolf Schreyer Adolf Schreyer (9 July 1828, Frankfurt-am-Main29 July 1899, Kronberg im Taunus) was a German painter, associated with the Düsseldorf school of painting. Biography He studied art first at the Städel Institute in his native town, and then at ...
(1828–1899), painter * Wilhelm Carl von Rothschild (1828–1901), banker and financier of the Frankfurt House of Rothschild *
Lazarus Geiger Lazarus Geiger (21 May 1829 – 29 August 1870) was a German-Jewish philosopher and philologist. Life He was born at Frankfurt-on-Main, was destined to commerce, but soon gave himself up to scholarship and studied at Marburg, Bonn and Heidelberg. ...
(1829–1870), philologist and philosopher *
Victor Müller Victor Müller (29 March 1829 – 21 December 1871 was a German painter. Biography Müller was born in the Free City of Frankfurt. Beginning his artistic studies under Steinle at the Frankfurt art school, he continued them at Antwerp and u ...
(1829–1871), painter * Heinrich Anton de Bary (1831–1888), surgeon, botanist, microbiologist, and mycologist *
Frédéric Émile d'Erlanger Frédéric Émile, Baron d'Erlanger (June 19, 1832 in Frankfurt am Main – May 22, 1911 in Versailles), born as Friedrich Emil Erlanger, was a German-French banker and Consul. He founded the French branch of the Erlanger banking businesses, Emi ...
(1832–1911), banker and Consul *
Mathilde Hannah von Rothschild Hannah Mathilde von Rothschild (5 March 1832 – 8 March 1924) was a German-Jewish baroness, composer and patron. Life and career Mathilde von Rothschild was born in Frankfurt, the second oldest daughter of Charlotte and Anselm von Rothschild, ...
(1832–1924), baroness, composer and patron of the Jewish faith *
Jean Baptista von Schweitzer Jean Baptista von Schweitzer (July 12, 1833 – July 28, 1875) was a German politician and dramatic poet and playwright. Life and political career Schweitzer was born at Frankfurt am Main, of an old aristocratic Catholic family. He studied law in ...
(1833–1875), politician and dramatic poet *
Otto Scholderer Otto Franz Scholderer (25 January 1834 – 22 January 1902) was a German painter. Life He was born in Frankfurt am Main. On completing his schooling, Scholderer went to the Städel academy of arts in 1849, where he remained until 1851. Amo ...
(1834–1902), painter *
Wilhelm von Scherff Wilhelm von Scherff (6 February 1834 – 1911) was a German general and military writer.Hughes, Daniel J., and DiNardo, R. L.. Imperial Germany and War, 1871-1918'. United States, University Press of Kansas, 2018. 150. Originally f ...
(1834–1911), general and military writer * Ernst Georg Ravenstein (1834–1913), geographer cartographer and promoter of physical exercise *
Giorgio Sommer Giorgio Sommer (1834–1914) was one of Europe’s most important and prolific photographers of the 19th century. Active from 1857 to 1888, he produced thousands of images of archeological ruins, landscapes, art objects and portraits. He was bor ...
(1834–1914), photographer * August Weismann (1834–1914), biologist *
Hugo Schiff Hugo (Ugo) Schiff (26 April 1834 – 8 September 1915) was an Italian naturalized chemist. The son of a Jewish businessman and brother of the physiologist Moritz Schiff was German by nationality. He discovered Schiff bases and other imines, ...
(1834–1915), chemist * Nathaniel Meyer von Rothschild (1836–1905), member of the Rothschild banking family of Austria * Joseph Maria von Radowitz, Jr. (1839–1912), diplomat *
Alexander Riese Alexander Riese (2 June 1840, Frankfurt – 8 October 1924, Frankfurt) was a German classical scholar. An ''R'', after his surname, indicates the canonical numeration for poems surviving in the Anthologia Latina, of which he edited into a more cri ...
(1840–1924), classical scholar


1841–1860

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Karl Binding Karl Ludwig Lorenz Binding (4 June 1841 – 7 April 1920) was a German jurist known as a promoter of the theory of retributive justice. His influential book, ''Die Freigabe der Vernichtung lebensunwerten Lebens'' ("Allowing the Destruction of Life ...
(1841–1920), jurist *
Carl Gräbe Carl Gräbe (; 24 February 1841 – 19 January 1927) was a German industrial and academic chemist from Frankfurt am Main who held professorships in his field at Leipzig, Königsberg, and Geneva. He is known for the first synthesis of the ec ...
(1841–1927), industrial and academic chemist *
Karl Lentzner Karl Lentzner (1842–1905) was a German-born linguist who published works pertaining to Australian English vocabulary in the late 19th century. His ''Colonial English: A Glossary of Australian, Anglo-Indian, Pidgin English, West Indian, and South ...
(1842–1905), linguist *
Maximilian von Goldschmidt-Rothschild Maximilian von Goldschmidt-Rothschild (20 June 1843 – 18 February 1940) was a German banker and art collector. The son of Benedict Hayum Salomon Goldschmidt, he was the co-inheritor of the Goldschmidt family bank along with his brother Adolphe ...
(1843–1940), banker and art collector *
Michael Flürscheim Michael Flürscheim (January 27, 1844, Frankfurt/Main – April 24, 1912) was a German economist and Georgist. He was born in Frankfurt to a wealthy family. He was prominent in the town of Gaggenau where in 1873 found a factory. He had 6 childre ...
(1844–1912), economist and
Georgist Georgism, also called in modern times Geoism, and known historically as the single tax movement, is an economic ideology holding that, although people should own the value they produce themselves, the economic rent derived from land—including ...
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Emil Ponfick Emil Ponfick (3 November 1844 – 3 November 1913) was a German pathologist born in Frankfurt am Main. In 1867 he received his medical doctorate from the University of Heidelberg, and later was an assistant to Friedrich Daniel von Recklinghausen ...
(1844–1913), pathologist * Hans von Zwiedineck-Südenhorst (1845–1906), historian *
Otto Böhler Otto Böhler (11 November 1847 – 5 April 1913) was an Austrian silhouette artist who specialized in portraits of many great conductors, composers, and pianists of his time. Life Otto Boehler was the fifth son of the merchant Georg Friedric ...
(1847–1913), silhouette artist * Jacob Schiff (1847–1920), American banker, businessman, and philanthropist * Alice Charlotte von Rothschild (1847–1922), socialite and member of the Rothschild banking family of Austria *
William Ralph Merton Wilhelm Ralph Merton (14 May 1848, in Frankfurt – 15 December 1916, in Berlin) was a prominent and influential German entrepreneur, social democrat, and philanthropist. Among his most notable accomplishments, he was a founder of the Univers ...
(1848–1916), entrepreneur, social democrat and philanthropist *
Otto Bütschli Johann Adam Otto Bütschli (3 May 1848 – 2 February 1920) was a German zoologist and professor at the University of Heidelberg. He specialized in invertebrates and insect development. Many of the groups of protists were first recognized by him. ...
(1848–1920), zoologist * Heinrich Bassermann (1849–1909), Lutheran theologian * Anton Urspruch (1850–1907), composer and pedagogue * Wilhelm Creizenach (1851–1919), historian and librarian * Arthur Schuster (1851–1934), British physicist *
Wilhelm von Bismarck Count Wilhelm Otto Albrecht von Bismarck-Schönhausen (1 August 1852 – 30 May 1901) was a German counselor, civil servant and politician, who served as a member of the Reichstag from 1880 to 1881 and president of the Regency of Hanover from ...
(1852–1901), counselor, civil servant and politician * Carl L. Nippert (1852–1904), engineer and politician *
Carl Chun Carl Chun (1 October 1852 – 11 April 1914) was a German marine biologist. Chun was born in Höchst, today a part of Frankfurt, and studied zoology at the University of Leipzig, where from 1878 to 1883 he was privat-docent of zoology and an a ...
(1852–1914), marine biologist *
Goby Eberhardt Goby Eberhardt (Frankfurt, 29 March 1852 – Lübeck, 13 September 1926) was a German violin The violin, sometimes known as a ''fiddle'', is a wooden chordophone (string instrument) in the violin family. Most violins have a hollow ...
(1852–1926), violinist and composer *
Karl Höchberg Karl Höchberg (8 September 1853 – 21 June 1885) was a German social-reformist writer, publisher and economist, of Jewish family background, who acted under the pseudonyms Dr. Ludwig Richter and R.F. Seifert. In 1876, he became a member of th ...
(1853–1885), social-reformist writer, publisher and economist *
Karl Sudhoff Karl Sudhoff (26 November 1853, Frankfurt am Main – 8 October 1938, Salzwedel) was a German historian of medicine, helping establish that field as a legitimate discipline for research and teaching within faculties of medicine. Sudhoff taught f ...
(1853–1938), historian of medicine *
Moritz von Leonhardi Moritz Freiherr von Leonhardi (9 March 1856 – 27 October 1910) was a German anthropologist. Life and work Leonhardi was the son of the Minister Plenipotentiary Ludwig (Louis) Freiherr von Leonhardi and Luise, née Bennigsen. He grew up in ...
(1856–1910), anthropologist *
Hermann Dessau Hermann Dessau (6 April 1856, Frankfurt am Main – 12 April 1931, Berlin) was a German ancient historian and epigrapher. He is noted for a key work of textual criticism published in 1889 on the ''Historia Augusta'', which uncovered reasons to ...
(1856–1931), ancient historian and epigrapher *
Siegfried Ochs Siegfried Ochs (19 April 1858 – 6 February 1929) was a German choral conductor and composer. Life Born in Frankfurt, Ochs first studied medicine and chemistry at the Polytechnikum Darmstadt (today the Technische Universität Darmstadt) and at ...
(1858–1929), choir-leader and composer *
Otto Böckel Otto Böckel (2 July 1859, Frankfurt am Main – 17 September 1923, Michendorf) was a German populist politician who became one of the first to successfully exploit anti-Semitism as a political issue in the country. Path to politics A native of t ...
(1859–1923), populist politician * Alfons Mumm von Schwarzenstein (1859–1924), diplomat *
Philipp Franck Johann Heinrich Philipp Franck (9 April 1860, Frankfurt am Main - 13 March 1944, Berlin) was a German Impressionist painter, graphic artist and illustrator. Biography With his father's support, and insistence, he began by studying architectu ...
(1860–1944), Impressionist painter * Arthur von Weinberg (1860–1943), chemist and industrialist


1861–1880

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Franz Joseph von Bülow Franz Vollrath Carl Wilhelm Joseph von Bülow (11 September 1861 – 18 October 1915) was a German author, soldier and homosexual activist. Life Franz Vollrath Carl Wilhelm Joseph von Bülow was born on 11 September 1861 in Frankfurt am Main ...
(1861–1915), German writer *
Ludwig Fulda Ludwig Anton Salomon Fulda (July 7, 1862 – March 7, 1939) was a German playwright and poet, with a strong social commitment. He lived with Moritz Moszkowski's first wife Henriette, née Chaminade, younger sister of pianist and composer Cécile ...
(1862–1939), playwright and a poet *
Theodor Ziehen Georg Theodor Ziehen (12 November 1862 – 29 December 1950) was a German neurologist and psychiatrist born in Frankfurt am Main. He was the son of noted author, Eduard Ziehen (1819–1884). Education and career As a gymnasium student, Ziehen s ...
(1862–1950), neurologist and psychiatrist *
Karl Wilhelm von Meister Karl Wilhelm von Meister (3 February 1863 – 14 February 1935) was a German politician and diplomat. Life and career Meister was born as the eldest son of Carl Friedrich Wilhelm Meister, one of the co-founders of Hoechst AG, and his wife Marie ...
(1863–1935), politician and diplomat *
Karl Schaum Ferdinand Karl Franz Schaum (14 July 1870, Frankfurt am Main – 30 January 1947, Gießen) was a German chemist who specialized in the field of photochemistry. He studied mathematics and sciences at the Universities of Basel, Berlin, Leipzig and M ...
(1870–1947), chemist *
Rahel Hirsch Rahel Hirsch (15 September 1870 – 6 October 1953) was a German physician and professor at the Charité medical school in Berlin. In 1913 she became the first woman in the Kingdom of Prussia to be appointed a professor of medicine. Biography ...
(1870–1953), doctor and professor * Fritz Klimsch (1870–1960), sculptor *
Paul Epstein Paul Epstein (July 24, 1871 – August 11, 1939) was a German mathematician. He was known for his contributions to number theory, in particular the Epstein zeta function. Epstein was born and brought up in Frankfurt, where his father was a p ...
(1871–1939), mathematician *
Bernhard Sekles Bernhard Sekles (20 March 1872 – 8 December 1934) was a German composer, conductor, pianist and pedagogue. Life and career Bernhard Sekles was born in Frankfurt am Main, the son of Maximilian Seckeles and Anna (née Bischheim). The fami ...
(1872–1934), composer, conductor, pianist and pedagogue *
Alfred Hertz Alfred Hertz (15 July 1872 – 17 April 1942) was a Prussian-born conductor. Early life He was born in Frankfurt, Province of Hesse-Nassau, Prussia (in present-day Germany). As a child, he contracted infantile paralysis and walked with a ca ...
(1872–1942), American conductor * Karl Schwarzschild (1873–1916), astronomer and physicist * Otto Loewi (1873–1961), pharmacologist *
Eduard Fresenius Eduard Fresenius (November 17 1874, Frankfurt am Main – February 10, 1946, Bad Homburg) was a German entrepreneur and pharmacist. In 1912, Eduard Fresenius founded German company Fresenius. Eduard Fresenius was married. Else Fernau, Eduard's ...
(1874–1946), pharmacist and entrepreneur * Gerhard Hessenberg (1874–1925), mathematician *
Marcel Sulzberger Johann Heinrich Samuel "Marcel" Sulzberger (24 December 1876–1941) was a Swiss composer, pianist, and music author. Life There are few certain dates concerning his life, since Sulzberger himself contributed to keeping some facts unclear (for exam ...
(1876–1941), Swiss composer, pianist and music author * Otto Blumenthal (1876–1944), mathematician and professor * Willy Kaiser-Heyl (1876–1953), film actor *
Isaac Heinemann Isaac Heinemann (Hebrew: יצחק היינמן) (born 5 June 1876; died 28 July 1957) was an Israeli rabbinical scholar and a professor of classical literature, Hellenistic literature and philology. Biography Heinemann was born in Frankfurt, Ge ...
(1876–1957), rabbinical scholar and professor of classical literature, Hellenistic literature and philology * Hermann Fellner (1877–1936), screenwriter and film producer * Arthur Scherbius (1878–1929), electrical engineer *
Ottilie Metzger-Lattermann Ottilie Metzger-Lattermann also formerly Ottilie Metzger-Froitzheim (15 July 1878 – February 1943) was a German contralto who was a famous performer of works by Wagner during the 1910s, and who after her retirement was murdered in Auschwitz. C ...
(1878–1943), contralto *
Richard Goldschmidt Richard Benedict Goldschmidt (April 12, 1878 – April 24, 1958) was a German-born American geneticist. He is considered the first to attempt to integrate genetics, development, and evolution. He pioneered understanding of reaction norms, gen ...
(1878–1958), geneticist *
Harry Fuld Harry Fuld (born 3 February 1879 in Frankfurt am Main; died 26 January 1932 in Zurich) was a German Jewish entrepreneur whose art collection was looted by Nazis after his death. Fuld founded a company for renting in-house telephones, which develope ...
(1879–1932), entrepreneur whose art collection was looted by Nazis * Hugo Merton (1879–1940), zoologist * F.W. Schröder-Schrom (1879–1956), actor * Otto Hahn (1879–1968), chemist and pioneer in the fields of radioactivity and radiochemistry * Moritz Geiger (1880–1937), philosopher * Karl von Roques (1880–1949), general and war criminal during World War II * Paul Maas (1880–1964), classical scholar


1881–1900

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Hermann Zilcher Hermann Zilcher (18 August 1881 – 1 January 1948) was a German composer, pianist, conductor, and music teacher. His compositional oeuvre includes orchestral and choral works, two operas, chamber music and songs, études, piano works, and nume ...
(1881–1948), composer and conductor *
Wilhelm Dörr Wilhelm "Willy" Dörr (7 August 1881 – 5 April 1955) was a German track and field athlete and tug of war competitor who competed in the 1906 Intercalated Games. He was born and died in Frankfurt am Main Frankfurt, officially Frankfurt a ...
(1881–1955), track and field athlete and tug of war competitor *
Hans Fischer Hans Fischer (; 27 July 1881 – 31 March 1945) was a German organic chemist and the recipient of the 1930 Nobel Prize for Chemistry "for his researches into the constitution of haemin and chlorophyll and especially for his synthesis of haem ...
(1881–1945), organic chemist * Walter Braunfels (1882–1954), composer, pianist, and music educator *
Georg von Neufville __NOTOC__ Georg von Neufville (27 October 1883 – 3 November 1941) was an SA and Nazi functionary who served as an officer in the Wehrmacht during World War II. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross. Neufville was wounded dur ...
(1883–1941), Wehrmacht general during World War II *
Else Gentner-Fischer Else Gentner-Fischer (5 September 1883 – 26 April 1943) was a German operatic soprano. Although she appeared in operas internationally, her career was mainly centered at the Oper Frankfurt where she was a resident artist from 1907-1935. She exce ...
(1883–1943), operatic soprano * Hermann Abendroth (1883–1956), conductor *
Ludwig Schunk Ludwig Schunk (May 1, 1884, in Frankfurt – May 10, 1947, in Heuchelheim near Giessen) was a German manufacturer and cofounder of the firm of Schunk und Ebe oHG. Biography Schunk und Ebe oHG was founded in 1913 as a factory for production of ca ...
(1884–1947), manufacturer and cofounder of the firm of Schunk und Ebe oHG * Ida Wüst (1884–1958), stage and film actress * Gus Wickie (1885-1947), German-American bass singer and voice actor *
Erich Schönfelder Erich Schönfelder (1885–1933) was a German screenwriter, actor, and film director of the silent film, silent and early sound film, sound eras. Early in his career he worked frequently with Ernst Lubitsch. Selected filmography Writer * ''Shoe ...
(1885–1933), screenwriter, actor and film director * Walther Davisson (1885–1973), violinist and conductor * Ernst May (1886—1970), architect and city planner * Walter Ruttmann (1887–1941), film director and early practitioner of experimental film *
Hans Adalbert Schlettow Hans Adalbert Schlettow (11 June 1888 – 30 April 1945) was a German film actor. Schlettow appeared in around a hundred and sixty films during his career, the majority during the silent era. Among his best-known film roles was ''Hagen von Tronje' ...
(1887–1945), film actor *
Otto Maull Otto Maull (8 May 1887 – 16 December 1957) was a German geographer and geopolitician. He taught human geography at University of Graz, in Austria, and was the author of several books, including ''("Political geography"'' 1925, ''"Introduction in ...
(1887–1957), geographer and geopolitician *
Oscar Kreuzer Oscar Kreuzer (; 14 June 1887 – 3 May 1968) was a male tennis and rugby player from Germany. Biography Kreuzer was born at Frankfurt am Main on 14 June 1887. He played at the 1908 Summer Olympics and at the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockho ...
(1887–1968), tennis and rugby player *
Wilhelm Lenz Wilhelm Lenz (February 8, 1888 in Frankfurt am Main – April 30, 1957 in Hamburg) was a German physicist, most notable for his invention of the Ising model and for his application of the Laplace–Runge–Lenz vector to the old quantum mechanical ...
(1888–1957), physicist *
Fritz Becker Fritz Becker (13 September 1888 – 22 February 1963) was a German professional footballer who played as a forward. Biography He played for FC Germania 1894 Frankfurt before moving to FC Frankfurter Kickers (later to be known as Eintracht Frank ...
(1888–1963), football player * Gussy Holl (1888–1966), actress and singer * Caesar Rudolf Boettger (1888–1976), zoologist * Herman Bing (1889–1947), actor * Johanna Kirchner (1889–1944), opponent of the Nazi régime * Ernst Schwarz (1889–1962), zoologist, mammalogist, and herpetologist *
Heinrich Jacoby Heinrich Jacoby (1889–1964), originally a musician, was a German educator whose teaching was based on developing sensitivity and awareness. His collaboration with his colleague Elsa Gindler (1885–1961), whom he met in 1924 in Berlin, pl ...
(1889–1964), musician and educator * Siegfried Kracauer (1889–1966), writer, journalist, sociologist, film theorist, and cultural critic * Otto Frank (1889–1980), businessman * Martin Weber (1890–1941), architect * Otto Schmöle (1890–1968), actor *
Martha Wertheimer Martha Wertheimer (22 October 1890 – June 1942) was a German journalist, writer and rescuer who came from a Jewish family. Before World War II, she oversaw the operation of the Kindertransport from south and southwest Germany. She died in the Ho ...
(1890–1942), journalist, writer, and rescuer *
Leopold Schwarzschild Leopold Schwarzschild (8 December 1891, in Frankfurt am Main, Germany – 2 October 1950, in Santa Margherita Ligure, Italy) was a German author. Writings His book ''World in Trance'' (1943) is a history of international relations during the ...
(1891–1950), author *
Karl Ludwig Schmidt Karl Ludwig Schmidt (Frankfurt am Main 5 February 1891 – Basel, 10 January 1956) was a German Protestant theologian and professor of New Testament studies at the University of Basel. He taught that the accounts of the New Testament were to be rega ...
(1891–1956), theologian and professor *
Felix Schlag Felix Oscar Schlag (September 4, 1891 – March 9, 1974) was a German born American sculptor who was the designer of the United States five cent coin in use from 1938 to 2004. He was born to Karl and Teresa Schlag in Frankfurt, Germany wher ...
(1891–1974), designer of the United States five cent coin in use from 1938 to 2004 *
Erwin Straus Erwin Walter Maximilian Straus (11 November 1891, Frankfurt am Main – 20 May 1975, Lexington, Kentucky) was a German-American phenomenologist and neurologist who helped to pioneer anthropological medicine and psychiatry, a holistic approach to ...
(1891–1975), German-American phenomenologist and neurologist *
Hans Leybold Hans Leybold (2 April 1892 – 8 September 1914) was a German expressionist poet, whose small body of work was a major inspiration behind much of the Dada movement, in particular the works of his close friend Hugo Ball. Although Leybold died two y ...
(1892–1914), poet *
Jakob Weiseborn Jakob Weiseborn (22 March 1892 in Frankfurt – 20 January 1939 in Flossenbürg) was a German SS-''Sturmbannführer'' (major) and the first commandant of Flossenbürg concentration camp. Life Jakob Weiseborn served in the navy for 18 years. He joi ...
(1892–1939), SS-''Sturmbannführer'' (major) and commandant of Flossenbürg concentration camp * Friedrich Weber (1892–1955), instructor in veterinary medicine *
Eugen Kaufmann Eugen Carl Kaufmann or Eugene Charles Kent (8 January 1892 in Frankfurt am Main – 21 June 1984 in London) was German-born English Jewish architect. From 1925, he was engaged at the New Frankfurt project under the leadership of Ernst May. ...
(1892–1984), architect * Gus Meins (1893–1940), German-American film director *
Ilse Friedleben Ilse Friedleben (, née Weihermann; 2 September 1893 – December 1963) was a German female tennis player who was active until the beginning of the 1930s. Biography Friedleben was born under her maiden name Weihermann in Frankfurt am Main on 2 ...
(1893–1963), tennis player *
Ludwig Hirschfeld Mack Ludwig Hirschfeld Mack (11 July 1893, in Frankfurt-am-Main – 7 January 1965, in Allambie Heights, in Sydney) was a German-born Australian artist. His formative education was 1912–1914 at Debschitz art school in Munich. He studied at the ...
(1893–1965), artist *
Johann Fück Johann Wilhelm Fück (born in Frankfurt; died in Halle) was a German Orientalist. Starting in 1913, Fück studied classical and Semitic philology at Martin Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg and Goethe University Frankfurt. From 1919 to 19 ...
(1894–1974), orientalist * Karl Reinhardt (1895–1941), mathematician * Wilhelm Süss (1895–1958), mathematician *
Ernst Udet Ernst Udet (26 April 1896 – 17 November 1941) was a German pilot during World War I and a ''Luftwaffe'' Colonel-General (''Generaloberst'') during World War II. Udet joined the Imperial German Air Service at the age of 19, and eventually ...
(1896–1941), German flying ace of World War I * Theodor Haubach (1896–1945), journalist, SPD politician, and resistance fighter against the Nazi régime *
Walter Peterhans Walter Peterhans (12 June 1897 – 12 April 1960) was a German photographer best known as a teacher and course leader of photography at the Bauhaus from 1929 until 1933, and at the Reimann School in Berlin under Hugo Häring. In the 1930s Peterh ...
(1897–1960), photographer *
Tilly Edinger Johanna Gabrielle Ottilie "Tilly" Edinger (13 November 1897 – 27 May 1967) was a German-American paleontologist and the founder of paleoneurology. Personal life Early life Tilly Edinger was born to a wealthy Jewish family in 1897. Her fath ...
(1897–1967), paleontologist * Karl Freiherr von Lersner (1898–1943), Wehrmacht general during World War II *
Karl Menninger Karl Augustus Menninger (July 22, 1893 – July 18, 1990) was an American psychiatrist and a member of the Menninger family of psychiatrists who founded the Menninger Foundation and the Menninger Clinic in Topeka, Kansas. Biography Menn ...
(1898–1963), mathematician * Franz Altheim (1898–1976), historian *
Hans Feibusch Hans Nathan FeibuschFeibusch, Hans Nathan< ...
(1898–1998), painter and sculptor *
Willy Messerschmitt Wilhelm Emil "Willy" Messerschmitt (; 26 June 1898 – 15 September 1978) was a German aircraft designer and manufacturer. In 1934, in collaboration with Walter Rethel, he designed the Messerschmitt Bf 109, which became the most importan ...
(1898–1978), aircraft designer and manufacturer *
Ferdinand Kramer Ferdinand Kramer (22 January 1898, Frankfurt, Germany – 4 November 1985, Frankfurt) was a German architect and functionalist designer. Biography Kramer's father was owner of the most well-known of Frankfurt hat shops. In 1916, immediately ...
(1898–1985), architect and functionalist designer *
Nelly Neppach Nelly Neppach (née Bamberger; ; 16 September 1898 – 7 May 1933) was a German female tennis player. Neppach was the first German female to establish an international reputation. Some weeks after Hitler had become Reichskanzler (30 January 1933), ...
(née Bamberger; 1898–1933), female tennis player * Irnfried Freiherr von Wechmar (1899–1959), Oberst in the Wehrmacht during World War II and an Oberst der Reserve in the Bundeswehr *
Ilse Bing Ilse Bing (23 March 1899 – 10 March 1998) was a German avant-garde and commercial photographer who produced pioneering monochrome images during the inter-war era. Biography Background and early life Bing was born to a wealthy Jewish famil ...
(1899–1998), avant-garde and commercial photographer *
Paul Leser Paul Leser (February 23, 1899, in Frankfurt (Main) – December 22, 1984, in Hartford (Connecticut), Hartford, Connecticut, United States) was a German-American ethnologist. Life Paul Leser came from a well-to-do Jewish family in Frankfurt. His ...
(1899–1984), ethnologist * Ernst Friedrich Löhndorff (1899–1976), sailor, adventurer, and writer *
Erich Fromm Erich Seligmann Fromm (; ; March 23, 1900 – March 18, 1980) was a German social psychologist, psychoanalyst, sociologist, humanistic philosopher, and democratic socialist. He was a German Jew who fled the Nazi regime and settled in the U ...
(1900–1980), social psychologist, psychoanalyst, sociologist, humanistic philosopher, and democratic socialist *
Otto Kahn-Freund Sir Otto Kahn-Freund QC (17 November 1900 – 16 August 1979) was a scholar of labour law and comparative law. He was a professor at the London School of Economics and the University of Oxford. Biography Kahn-Freund was born in Frankfurt am M ...
(1900–1979), professor of comparative law and scholar in labour law *
Erich Klibansky Erich Klibansky (28 November 1900 in Frankfurt am Main – 24 July 1942 near Minsk) was headmaster and teacher of Jawne, the first Jewish Gymnasium of Rhineland in Cologne. Life Klibansky, who came from a family of rabbis originally located in Li ...
(1900–1942), headmaster and teacher of the first Jewish Gymnasium of Rhineland in Cologne * Leo Löwenthal (1900–1993), sociologist


20th century


1901–1910

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Georg August Zinn Georg August Zinn (27 May 1901 – 27 March 1976) was a German lawyer and a politician of the SPD. He was a member of the Bundestag from 1949 to 1951 representing Kassel, the 2nd Minister-President of Hesse from 1950 to 1969 and served as ...
(1901–1976), lawyer and politician *
Elisabeth Schwarzhaupt Elisabeth Schwarzhaupt (7 January 1901 – 30 October 1986) was a German politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU). She was Federal Minister of Health in the German Cabinet from 1961 to 1966, the first woman to hold a Ministerial po ...
(1901–1986), politician *
Adolf Weidmann Adolf Weidmann (8 October 1901 in Frankfurt am Main – 26 June 1997) was a German athlete and sports official. He is best known for his numerous age-group records in the ultra-marathon. Life General He was the first of five sons of Adolf Weidmann ...
(1901–1997), athlete and sports official *
Otto Bayer Otto Bayer (4 November 1902 – 1 August 1982) was a German industrial chemist at IG Farben who was head of the research group that in 1937 discovered the polyaddition for the synthesis of polyurethanes out of poly-isocyanate and polyol. Bay ...
(1902–1982), industrial chemist * Fritz Bamberger (1902–1984), scholar and editor *
Hugo Schrader Hugo Friedrich Schrader (26 July 1902 – 22 February 1993) was a German television and film actor. Selected filmography * ''How Do I Become Rich and Happy?'' (1930) * ''The Champion Shot'' (1932) * ''Wedding at Lake Wolfgang'' (1933) * '' The Ro ...
(1902–1993), television and film actor * Max Rudolf (1902–1995), conductor * Theodor W. Adorno (1903–1969), sociologist, philosopher and musicologist *
Julius Eisenecker Julius Eisenecker (21 March 1903 – 12 October 1981) was a German fencer. He won two bronze medals at the 1936 Summer Olympics The 1936 Summer Olympics (German: ''Olympische Sommerspiele 1936''), officially known as the Games of the XI ...
(1903–1981), fencer *
Karl Chmielewski Karl Chmielewski (16 July 1903 – 1 December 1991) was a German ''Schutzstaffel, SS'' officer and concentration camp commandant. Such was his cruelty, he was dubbed ''Teufel von Gusen concentration camp, Gusen'' or the Devil of Gusen."Sagel-Gran ...
(1903–1991), SS officer and Herzogenbusch concentration camp commandant *
Otto Mainzer Otto Mainzer (26 November 1903 in Frankfurt am Main – 28 June 1995 in New York City) was a German-American writer. He was unconventional, and wrote about issues such as free love. Mainzer was the son of Bertha Loeb. He graduated in Law in 19 ...
(1903–1995), writer * Camilla Horn (1903–1996), dancer and film star *
Fritz Weitzel Fritz Weitzel (27 April 1904 – 19 June 1940) was a German SS commander during the Nazi era. Weitzel became a member of the Nazi Party in 1925 and of SS in 1926. In 1930 he was promoted leader of the SS in the Rheinland and Ruhr. He became '' ...
(1904–1940), SS soldier *
Karl Hessenberg Karl Adolf Hessenberg (September 8, 1904 – February 22, 1959) was a German mathematician and engineer. The Hessenberg matrix form is named after him. Education From 1925 to 1930 he studied electrical engineering at the Technische Hochschule ...
(1904–1959), engineer and mathematician *
Milly Reuter Mathilde ("Milly") Emilie Reuter (1 October 1904 in Rödelheim - 30 April 1976 in Frankfurt am Main) was a German track and field athlete who competed in the 1928 Summer Olympics The 1928 Summer Olympics ( nl, Olympische Zomerspelen 1928), off ...
(1904–1976), track and field athlete *
Richard Ettinghausen Richard Ettinghausen (February 5, 1906 – April 2, 1979) Princeton, New Jersey was a German-American historian of Islamic art and chief curator of the Freer Gallery. Education Ettinghausen was born in Frankfurt am Main, Germany. He received his ...
(1906–1979), art historian *
Wolfgang Gentner Wolfgang Gentner (23 July 1906 in Frankfurt am Main – 4 September 1980 in Heidelberg) was a German experimental nuclear physicist. Gentner received his doctorate in 1930 from the University of Frankfurt. From 1932 to 1935 he had a fellowship whi ...
(1906–1980), experimental nuclear physicist * Helmut Landsberg (1906–1985), climatologist *
Willibald Kreß Willibald Kreß (13 November 1906 – 27 January 1989) was a German footballer who participated at the 1934 FIFA World Cup. Club career Kreß played club football with Rot-Weiß Frankfurt and Dresdner SC. In 1932, he was signed by FC Mulhouse ...
(1906–1989), footballer *
Ott-Heinrich Keller Eduard Ott-Heinrich Keller (22 June 1906 in Frankfurt – 5 December 1990 in Halle) was a German mathematician who worked in the fields of geometry, topology and algebraic geometry. He formulated the celebrated problem which is now called the J ...
(1906–1990), mathematician *
Karl Holzamer Johannes Karl Holzamer (October 13, 1906 – April 22, 2007) was a German philosopher, pedagogue and former director general of the German television station ZDF. Life Karl Holzamer was born in Frankfurt am Main and after the abitur in 19 ...
(1906–2007), philosopher, pedagogue and former director general of German television station ZDF *
Franka Rasmussen Franziska Paula Konstante Rasmussen née Duden (1907–1994) was a German-born textile artist and painter who moved to Denmark in 1930. Initially influenced by the minimalist Bauhaus style, she soon developed her own distinctive Structuralist app ...
(1907–1994), textile artist *
Herman Geiger-Torel Herman Geiger-Torel, (July 13, 1907 – October 6, 1976) was a Canadian opera director. In 1969, he was made an Officer of the Order of Canada. References External links Herman Geiger-Torelat Encyclopedia of Music in Canada ''The Can ...
(1907–1976), Canadian opera director *
Eugen Weidmann Eugen Weidmann (5 February 1908 - 17 June 1939) was a German criminal and serial-killer who was executed by guillotine in France in June 1939, the last public execution in France. Early life Weidmann was born in Frankfurt am Main to the family ...
(1908–1939), career criminal *
Kurt H. Debus Kurt Heinrich Debus (November 29, 1908 – October 10, 1983) was a Nazi party member, rocket engineer, and NASA director. Born in Germany, he was a member of the Schutzstaffel (SS) during World War II, where he served as a V-weapons flight test d ...
(1908–1983), spaceflight scientist *
Rudolf Gramlich Rudolf "Rudi" Gramlich (6 June 1908 – 14 March 1988) was a former SS officer, German football player and football club chairman. After the Second World War he was arrested and investigated for war crimes in Poland but was released without c ...
(1908–1988), football player and chairman * Arthur Dreifuss (1908–1993), film director and occasional producer and screenwriter * Kurt Hessenberg (1908–1994), composer and professor * John Slade (1908–2005), American Olympic field hockey player and Wall Street broker * Edgar Weil (1908–1941), Germanist, dramaturge, and merchant * Ernst vom Rath (1909–1938), diplomat * Andrew Thorndike (1909–1979), documentary film director *
Georg Konrad Morgen Georg Konrad Morgen (8 June 1909 – 4 February 1982) was an SS judge and lawyer who investigated crimes committed in Nazi concentration camps. He rose to the rank of SS-''Sturmbannführer'' (major). After the war, Morgen served as witness at s ...
(1909–1982), SS judge and lawyer * Friedrich Bopp (1909–1987), theoretical physicist * Helm Glöckler (1909–1993), racing driver *
Kurt Lipstein Kurt Lipstein QC (19 March 1909 – 2 December 2006) was a German-born legal scholar. Of Jewish descent, Lipstein emigrated after the Machtergreifung. Lipstein was a renowned specialist in Roman law and conflict of laws within private internationa ...
(1909–2006), legal scholar and professor *
Walter Löber Walter Löber (born 29 June 1909, date of death unknown) was a German racing cyclist Cycle sport is competitive physical activity using bicycles. There are several categories of bicycle racing including road bicycle racing, cyclo-cro ...
(1909–?), racing cyclist *
Tatjana Sais Tatjana Sais, Lady Greene (28 January 1910 – 26 February 1981) was a German film actress. She appeared in 20 films between 1937 and 1967 and was a member of the jury at the 1st Berlin International Film Festival. She was married to Günte ...
(1910–1981), film actress *
Barys Kit Boris Uladzimiravich Kit ( be, Бары́с Уладзіміравіч Кіт, russian: Бори́с Влади́мирович Кит; April 6, 1910 – February 1, 2018) was a Belarusian-American rocket scientist. Biography Kit was born on Ap ...
(1910–2018), Belarusian-American rocket scientist *
Fritz Tillmann Fritz Tillmann (December 13, 1910 – October 30, 1986) was a German actor. Selected filmography * ''Hoegler's Mission'' (1950) - Fritz Rottmann * '' The Council of the Gods'' (1950) - Dr. Hans Scholz * '' Master of Life and Death'' (1955) - Dr ...
(1910–1986), actor *
Erwin Walter Palm Erwin Walter Palm (28 August 1910 – 7 July 1988) was a German Latin American scholar, historian, and writer. Early years Palm was born 28 August 1910 in Frankfurt am Main, in a house that was located near today's Suhrkamp house. He is the only ...
(1910–1988), scholar, historian, and writer * Richard Plant (1910–1998), writer *
Robert H. Goetz Robert Hans Goetz (17 April 1910, Frankfurt – 15 December 2000, Scarsdale, New York) was the surgeon who performed the first successful clinical (i.e., human) coronary artery bypass graft surgery. The surgery was performed May 2, 1960 using the ...
(1910–2000), surgeon * Erika Fromm (1910–2003), psychologist


1911–1920

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Karl Heinz Bremer Karl Heinz Bremer (16 November 1911 – 2 May 1942) was a German historian who died during the Second World War. He had taught German at the Sorbonne and the Ecole Normale before the Second World War. He joined the Nazi Party (NSDAP) 1 May 19 ...
(1911–1942), historian * Theodor Schneider (1911–1988), mathematician * Bruno Roth (1911–1998), racing cyclist * Tilly Fleischer (1911–2005), athlete * Bruno Beger (1911–2009), racial anthropologist *
Hermann Flohn Hermann Flohn (19 February 1912 – 23 June 1997) was a climatologist. Flohn was professor at the University of Bonn and head of the department at the Institute of Meteorology of Bonn University. He produced about 360 publications. Flohn was member ...
(1912–1997), climatologist *
Theo Helfrich Theodor Helfrich (13 May 1913 in Frankfurt am Main – 29 April 1978 in Ludwigshafen am Rhein) was a racing driver from Germany. He participated in three World Championship Grands Prix, debuting on 3 August 1952, but scored no championship poin ...
(1913–1978), racing driver * Manfred Kersch (1913–1995), athlete * Karl Dröse (1913–1996), field hockey player *
Bernhard Frank Obersturmbannführer (Lieutenant Colonel) Bernhard Frank (15 July 1913 – 29 June 2011) was an SS Commander of the Obersalzberg complex who arrested Hermann Göring on April 25, 1945, by order of Adolf Hitler, who had been manipulated by Reichsle ...
(1913–2011), Nazi leader *
Emil Carlebach Emil Carlebach (10 July 1914, Frankfurt, Hesse-Nassau - 9 April 2001) was a Hessian Landtag member, a writer, and a journalist. He was born and died in Frankfurt am Main. Life Emil Carlebach was descended from a family of rabbis who had practiced ...
(1914–2001), writer, dissident, and journalist * Herbert Cahn (1915–2002), classical archaeologist, numismatist, coin-dealer and antiquities-dealer *
Werner Grothmann Werner Grothmann (23 August 1915 – 26 February 2002) was a mid-ranking commander in the Waffen-SS of Nazi Germany and '' aide-de-camp'' to the head of the SS, Heinrich Himmler, from 1940 until Himmler's death in 1945. Biography Grothmann was b ...
(1915–2002), SS leader * Wolf Kaiser (1916–1992), theatre and film actor *
Karl Wald Karl Wald (17 February 1916 in Frankfurt am Main – 26 July 2011 in Penzberg) was a German football referee . Life In 2006, Deutsche Presse-Agentur reported a claim by former football referee Karl Wald, from Frankfurt am Main, that he ha ...
(1916–2011), football referee *
Bernd T. Matthias Bernd Theodor Matthias (June 8, 1918 – October 27, 1980) was a German-born American physicist credited with discoveries of hundreds of elements and alloys with superconducting properties. He was said to have discovered more elements and compoun ...
(1918–1980), American physicist * Toby E. Rodes (1919–2013), business consultant, design-critic, journalist, and lecturer *
Eric Koch Eric Otto Koch (31 August 1919 – 28 April 2018) was a German-born Canadian author, broadcaster and academic. Life Koch was born in 1919 into a prominent assimilated German Jewish family. His grandfather was a court jeweller and his father, O ...
(1919–2018), Canadian author, broadcaster and professor *
Wolfdietrich Schnurre Wolfdietrich Schnurre (22 August 19209 June 1989) was a German writer. Best known for his short stories, he also wrote tales, diaries, poems, radio plays, and children's books. Born in Frankfurt am Main, and later raised in Berlin-Weißensee, ...
(1920–1989), writer


1921–1930

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Wilhelm Ringelband Wilhelm Ringelband (1921–1981) was a German theater critic and endower of the Gertrud-Eysoldt-Ring. The actress Gertrud Eysoldt was a close friend and adviser to him. When Ringelband died, he left extensive archives of German film- and theatre hi ...
(1921–1981), theater critic *
Frederick Mayer Frederick Mayer (11 August 1921, Frankfurt, Germany – 26 June 2006, Vienna, Austria) was an educational scientist and philosopher of the University of Redlands, California and one of the leading creativity experts. One of his most important a ...
(1921–2006), educational scientist, philosopher, and creativity expert *
Hans Herrman Strupp Hans Hermann Strupp (August 25, 1921 – October 5, 2006) was born in Frankfurt, Germany and died in the U.S. He moved from Nazi Germany to the U.S. and he pursued a PhD in Psychology at George Washington University in Washington, D.C. where the Dep ...
(1921–2006), American expert in psychotherapy research * Ernest Mandel (1923–1995), revolutionary Marxist theorist * Samson François (1924–1970), French pianist and composer *
Ernst B. Haas Ernst Bernard Haas (1924 – March 6, 2003) was a German-American political scientist who made numerous contributions to theoretical discussions in the field of international relations. He was a leading authority on international relations the ...
(1924–2003), political scientist * Marianne Beuchert (1924–2007), florist, gardener, and writer *
Jürgen Jürgens Jürgen Jürgens (5 October 1925 – 4 August 1994) was a German choral conductor and academic teacher. He founded and directed the Monteverdi-Chor Hamburg, a pioneering ensemble for Monteverdi's music. Biography Born in Frankfurt am Main, Jür ...
(1925–1994), choral conductor and academic teacher *
Carlrichard Brühl Carlrichard Brühl (25 February 1925 – 25 January 1997) was a German historian of medieval history and philatelist who, in 1986, was awarded the Crawford Medal by the Royal Philatelic Society London for his ''Geschichte der Philatelie''. His m ...
(1925–1997), historian of medieval history and philatelist * Alfred Grosser (born 1925), German-French writer, sociologist, and political scientist *
Emil Mangelsdorff Emil Mangelsdorff (; 11 April 1925 – 20 January 2022) was a German jazz musician who played alto saxophone, soprano saxophone, clarinet and flute. He was a jazz pioneer under the Nazi regime which led to his imprisonment. After World War II ...
(1925–2022), jazz musician * Margot Frank (1926–1945), sister of Anne Frank *
Herbert Freudenberger Herbert J. Freudenberger (1926–1999) was a German-born American psychologist. Though Freudenberger had many jobs during his life, including practitioner, editor, theoretician, and author, his most significant contribution is in the underst ...
(1926–1999), psychologist * Liselott Linsenhoff (1927–1999), equestrian and Olympic champion *
Hans Heinz Holz Hans Heinz Holz (26 February 1927 – 11 December 2011) was a German Marxist philosopher. Born in Frankfurt am Main, he was professor of philosophy at the University of Marburg (from 1971 to 1979) and from 1979 to 1993 at the University o ...
(1927–2011), Marxist philosopher *
Charlotte Kerr Charlotte Kerr (29 May 1927 – 28 December 2011) was a German director, film producer, actress, writer and journalist. She first performed on stage in Fritz Kortner’s version of Schiller’s ''Don Carlos'' in 1951. She became well known fo ...
(1927–2011), director, film producer, actress, writer, and journalist * Marcel Ophüls (born 1927), documentary film maker and former actor *
Albert Mangelsdorff Albert Mangelsdorff (September 5, 1928 – July 25, 2005) was a German jazz trombonist. Working mainly in free jazz, he was an innovator in multiphonics. Early life Mangelsdorff was born in Frankfurt on September 5, 1928, as the son of the book ...
(1928–2005), jazz trombonist * Anne Frank (1929–1945), diarist and writer * Erich Böhme (1930–2009), journalist and television host * Robert Aumann (born 1930), Israeli-American mathematician * Ursula Lehr (1930–2022), academic, age researcher, and politician * Michael Rossmann (1930–2019), German-American physicist, microbiologist, and professor


1931–1940

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Imanuel Geiss Imanuel Geiss (9 February 1931 – 20 February 2012) was a German historian. Life Imanuel Geiss was born in Frankfurt am Main, the youngest of the five children of a working-class family affected by the economic crisis. His unemployed fathe ...
(1931–2012), historian *
August Hobl August Hobl (born 13 April 1931) is a German former professional Grand Prix motorcycle road racer. His best year was in 1956 when he rode a DKW motorcycle to finish the season ranked third in the 350cc world championship behind the Moto Guzzi te ...
(born 1931), former motorcycle road racer *
Lis Verhoeven Lis Verhoeven (also spelled Liz Verhoeven) (11 March 1931 in Frankfurt am Main, Germany – 2 July 2019) was a German actress and theatre director. Biography Verhoeven was the daughter of Paul Verhoeven Paul Verhoeven (; born 18 July 1938) i ...
(1931–2019), actress and theatre director *
Rainer K. Sachs Rainer Kurt "Ray" Sachs (born June 13, 1932) is a German-American mathematical physicist, with interests in general relativistic cosmology and astrophysics, as well as a computational radiation biologist. He is professor emeritus of Mathematics an ...
(born 1932), German-American computational radiation biologist and astronomer *
Hans Krieger Hans Krieger (13 March 1933 – 9 January 2023) was a German writer, essayist, journalist of influential weekly papers such as Die Zeit, broadcaster and poet. Life Born in Frankfurt, Krieger studied German and Romance studies in Frankfurt, Mun ...
(1933–2023), writer, essayist, journalist of influential weekly papers, broadcaster, and poet *
Mary Bauermeister Mary Hilde Ruth Bauermeister (born 7 September 1934) is a German artist who works in sculpture, drawing, installation, performance, and music. Influenced by Fluxus artists and Nouveau Réalisme, her work addresses esoteric issues of how informati ...
(1934–2023), artist *
Erwin Conradi Erwin Conradi (* February 12, 1935, Frankfurt am Main) was as head of Metro AG one of the most important managers in trade business. He studied industrial engineering, then worked from 1959 at IBM and from 1963 at Metro. From 1996 until 2000 h ...
(born 1935), manager in trade business * Michael Horovitz (1935–2021), German-born British poet, editor, visual artist, and translator *
Gisela Kessler Gisela Kessler (June 3, 1935 – May 14, 2014) was a German trade unionist. Life Kessler was born in Frankfurt am Main. She worked as a Clerk for Deutsche Bundespost, studied at the Akademie der Arbeit in Frankfurt and worked for the German ...
(1935–2014), trade unionist * Heinz Riesenhuber (born 1935), politician * Ulrich Schindel (born 1935), classical philologist *
Susanne Cramer Susanne Cramer (3 December 1936 – 7 January 1969) was a German film and television actress. She was born in Frankfurt, Germany, and died in Hollywood, California, of pneumonia, at age 32. Biography At the age of 20, Cramer married the 37-year- ...
(1936–1969), film and television actress * Klaus Heymann (born 1936), entrepreneur *
Franz Ningel Franz Ningel (born 18 October 1936 in Frankfurt am Main, Hessen) is a former German Pair skating, pair skater and roller skater. Ningel became World and European champion as a single roller figure skater in 1956 and 1957. He also won the German ...
(born 1936), pair skater and roller skater *
Klaus Rajewsky Klaus Rajewsky (born 12 November 1936 in Frankfurt am Main) is a German immunologist, renowned for his work on B cells. He studied medicine in Frankfurt, Munich and at the Pasteur Institute, Paris. In 1964 he started working at the Institute ...
(born 1936), immunologist *
Dieter Schenk Dieter Schenk (born March 14, 1937) is a German author, former high police officer of the Bundeskriminalamt, and a member of Amnesty International. He is best known for his work and activism which led the German court in Lübeck to overturn a 193 ...
(born 1937), author, former high police officer, and activist * Wolfgang Zapf (1937–2018), sociologist *
Günter Lenz Günter Lenz (born 25 July 1938) is a German jazz bassist and composer. Activities Lenz was born in Frankfurt am Main. He first taught himself guitar and studied with Carlo Bohländer, playing jazz in the clubs of the U.S. Army from 1954 onw ...
(born 1938), jazz bassist and composer *
Fritz-Albert Popp Fritz-Albert Popp (11 May 1938 – 4 August 2018) was a German researcher in biophysics, particularly in the study of biophotons. Biography Popp was born in 1938 in Frankfurt. He has a diploma in Experimental Physics (1966, University Würzbur ...
(1938–2018), biophysicist * Gerhard Waibel (born 1938), engineer * Gerhard Amendt (born 1939), sociologist and former professor *
Gerd Kehrer Gerd Kehrer (born 7 April 1939) is a German painter. Gallery James Dean (09).jpg Orson Welles, 1985.jpg Pegasus, 2001.jpg Wüstentraum, 2005.jpg Barranco, 2005.jpg References External links Official website {{DEFAULTSORT:Kehrer, Gerd Li ...
(born 1939), painter *
Wolfram Saenger Wolfram Saenger (born 1939) is a German biochemist and protein crystallographer. In his research career spanning over 30 years he has worked at the Max Planck Institute for Experimental Medicine, Harvard University (Harvard Medical School) and th ...
(born 1939), biochemist and protein crystallographer *
Bernhard Sinkel Bernhard Sinkel (born 19 January 1940) is a German film director and screenwriter. He directed seven films between 1975 and 1993. He co-shared the Special Recognition award at the 28th Berlin International Film Festival for the film ''Germany in ...
(born 1940), film director and screenwriter *
Wolfgang Solz Wolfgang Solz (12 February 1940 – 24 March 2017) was a German professional footballer who played as a winger. Club career Eintracht Frankfurt The youth internationalist moved from Union Niederrad to Eintracht Frankfurt in 1958. The first se ...
(1940–2017), former professional football winger *
Klaus Zehelein Klaus Zehelein (born September 5, 1940) is a German dramaturge. He was president of the Munich Bayerische Theaterakademie August Everding. Zehelein is also president of the association of German theatres, Deutscher Bühnenverein. For fifteen year ...
(born 1940), dramaturge and professor


1941–1950

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Brigitte Heinrich Brigitte Heinrich (born 29 June 1941, Frankfurt am Main – 29 December 1987) was a German journalist, and an Alliance '90/The Greens politician. Biography In 1966, she became a press spokesperson for the Socialist German Student Union (''"So ...
(1941–1987), journalist and politician *
Ernst-Ludwig Winnacker Ernst-Ludwig Winnacker (born 26 July 1941 in Frankfurt) is a German geneticist, biochemist and research manager. His main fields of research are virus/cell interaction, the mechanisms of gene expression in higher cells and prion diseases. He was Pr ...
(born 1941), geneticist, biochemist, and research manager * Ernst Klee (1942–2013), journalist and author * Heidemarie Wieczorek-Zeul (born 1942), politician *
Marika Kilius Marika Kilius (; born 24 March 1943) is a German former pair skater. With Hans-Jürgen Bäumler, she is a two-time Olympic silver medalist, a two-time World champion, and a six-time European champion. Earlier in her career, she competed with Fra ...
(born 1943), pair skater * Ursula G.T. Müller (born 1944), sociologist specializing in gender studies *
Jürgen Roth Jürgen Roth (4 November 1945 – 28 September 2017) was a German publicist and investigative journalist. Life Roth was born in 1945 at Frankfurt am Main. After completing his secondary school education, Roth completed an apprenticeship as ...
(1945–2017), publicist and investigative journalist * Gerhard Welz (born 1945), former professional footballer *
Gerd Binnig Gerd Binnig (; born 20 July 1947) is a German physicist. He is most famous for having won the Nobel Prize in Physics jointly with Heinrich Rohrer in 1986 for the invention of the scanning tunneling microscope. Early life and education Binnig wa ...
(born 1947), physicist and Nobel laureate * Wolfgang Flür (born 1947), musician *
Hans-Joachim Klein Hans-Joachim Klein (; 21 December 1947 – 9 November 2022) was a German left-wing militant and a member of the Revolutionary Cells group. His '' nom de guerre'' was "Angie". In 1975, Klein participated in an attack on OPEC headquarters in Vie ...
(1947–2022), terrorist * Minka Pradelski (born 1947), sociologist and documentary filmmaker * Susan Blakely (born 1948), American film actress * Diethelm Sack (born 1948), financial officer * Rolf Birkhölzer (born 1949), footballer * Horst Dröse (born 1949), former field hockey player *
Margot Glockshuber Margot Glockshuber (born 26 June 1949) is a former West German pair skater. With partner Wolfgang Danne, she is the 1968 Winter Olympics bronze medalist. They are also the 1967 World and European silver medalists. Results (with Wolfgang Da ...
(born 1949), former pair skater * Horst Ludwig Störmer (born 1949), physicist and Nobel laureate *
Gert Trinklein Gert Trinklein (19 June 1949 – 11 July 2017) was a German football player. Between 1969 and 1978 Trinklein appeared in 230 matches for Eintracht Frankfurt. In 1979, he moved to the USA, becoming the third German soccer pro besides Franz Beck ...
(1949–2017), former professional football player *
P. J. Soles Pamela Jayne Soles (née Hardon; born July 17, 1950) is a German-born American actress. She made her film debut in 1976 as Norma Watson in Brian De Palma's '' Carrie'' (1976) before portraying Lynda van der Klok in John Carpenter's ''Halloween'' ...
(born 1950), American film and television actress


1951–1960

* Hubert Buchberger (born 1951), violinist, conductor, and music university teacher *
Roman Bunka Roman Bunka (2 December 1951 – 12 June 2022) was a German guitarist, oud player and composer, active in world music and jazz fusion bands. He lived most of his life in Munich, Bavaria, where he was involved in various musical crossover proj ...
(1951–2022), guitarist and composer * Martin Mosebach (born 1951), writer *
Peter Ammon Peter Ammon (born in Frankfurt/Main on 23 February 1952) is a German diplomat and was Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany to the United Kingdom from May 2014 until 31 January 2018. Education and career Ammon studied Mathematics and ho ...
(born 1952), diplomat * Cornelia Hanisch (born 1952), former fencer * Johanna Lindsey (1952–2019), American writer of historical romance novels *
Susanne Porsche Susanne Porsche (née Bresser, born 4 June 1952 in Frankfurt) is a German film producer and investor. Porsche began moderating TV shows for children on ZDF in 1979, but later decided to work behind the camera, directing and writing screenplays. F ...
(born 1952), film producer * Horst Stöcker (born 1952), theoretical physicist *
Lutz Kirchhof Lutz Kirchhof (born 1953, Frankfurt am Main) is a German lutenist. He often performs with his wife Marina as the Kirchhof duo. In 1996 he founded the Deutsche Lautengesellschaft (German Association for Lute). He performs in festivals all over the ...
(born 1953), lutenist *
Stephan W. Koch Stephan W. Koch (23 May 1953 in Frankfurt am Main – 12 September 2022 in FronhausenMenschen, Verstorbene. In: Physik Journal 21 (2022), Nr. 11, S. 45.) was a German theoretical physicist. He was a professor at the University of Marburg and wo ...
(1953–2022), theoretical physicist *
Wolfgang Kraus Wolfgang Kraus (born 20 August 1953) is a former German football player. The son of the former Frankfurt footballer Willi 'Scheppe' Kraus (born 3 December 1926, died 1993) appeared in 326 Bundesliga matches for Eintracht Frankfurt and Bayern Mu ...
(born 1953), former professional football player *
Dagmar Roth-Behrendt Dagmar Roth-Behrendt (born 21 February 1953, in Frankfurt am Main) is a German lawyer who served as Member of the European Parliament. She was elected on the SPD ticket and sat with the Party of European Socialists group. Political career Roth-Beh ...
(born 1953), lawyer and politician *
Jan Zweyer Jan Zweyer (born December 12, 1953, in Frankfurt (Main)) * Dietrich Thurau (born 1954), retired professional road bicycle racer * Ellen von Unwerth (born 1954), photographer *
Uwe Benter Uwe Benter (born 1 December 1955) is a German coxswain who competed for West Germany in the 1972 Summer Olympics. He was born in Frankfurt am Main in 1955 and is the younger brother of Lutz Benter (born 1945), also an Olympic rower. He won a ...
(born 1955), rower *
Uli Lenz Uli Lenz (born March 10, 1955) is a German jazz composer, pianist, and music producer. Background Born in Frankfurt am Main, he began taking piano lessons at the age of four. In the seventies he studied music composition for classical Piano ...
(born 1955), composer, pianist, and producer creating music in the modern jazz genre *
Michael Obst Michael Obst may refer to: * Michael Obst (rower) * Michael Obst (composer) Michael Obst (born 30 November 1955) is a German composer and pianist. Life Obst was born in Frankfurt am Main. He studied music education from 1973 to 1978 in Main ...
(born 1955), composer and pianist * Ulrike Meyfarth (born 1956), former high jumper * Ronny Borchers (born 1957), former footballer * Juliane Kokott (born 1957), Advocate General and professor *
Gerhard Weikum Gerhard Weikum is a Research Director at the Max Planck Institute for Informatics in Saarbrücken, Germany, where he is leading the databases and information systems department. His current research interests include transactional and distributed ...
(born 1957), database researcher * Hans Zimmer (born 1957), film composer and music producer * Rainer Zitelmann (born 1957), historian, journalist, and management consultant * Peter Becker (born 1958), molecular biologist *
Thomas Duis Thomas Duis (born 1958, in Frankfurt) is a German pianist. Duis studied with Kurt Gerecke in Wiesbaden, Karl-Heinz Kämmerling in Hannover and Fanny Waterman in Leeds. He was the top-ranking pianist at the 1986 Artur Rubinstein Competition in Te ...
(born 1958), pianist * Peter Kloeppel (born 1958), journalist and news anchor * Roland Koch (born 1958), jurist and former conservative politician * Thomas Metzinger (born 1958), philosopher and professor * Thomas Reiter (born 1958), retired astronaut and test pilot *
Michael Scheffel Michael Scheffel (born 27 February 1958, Frankfurt) is a professor for the history of modern German literature and more generally of Literary sciences at Wuppertal University. He is also a co-editor of Text+Kritik. Life After successful complet ...
(born 1958), Germanist *
Nicole Brown Simpson Nicole Brown Simpson (née Brown; May 19, 1959 – June 12, 1994) was the ex-wife of the former professional American football player, O. J. Simpson, to whom she was married from 1985 to 1992. She was the mother of their two children, Sydney an ...
(1959–1994), ex-wife of professional football player O. J. Simpson * Martina Hallmen (born 1959), former field hockey player *
Michael Sagmeister Michael Sagmeister (born 27 July 1959 in Frankfurt, West Germany) is a German jazz guitarist. Sagmeister gained first prominence when he performed in 1975 at the ''Frankfurt Jazz Festival''. The following year he founded the ''Michael Sagmeister T ...
(born 1959), Jazz guitarist *
Pete Namlook Pete Namlook (born 25 November 1960 as Peter Kuhlmann in Frankfurt, West Germany, died on 8 November 2012) was an ambient and electronic music producer and composer. In 1992, he founded the German record label FAX +49-69/450464, which he oversaw ...
(1960–2012), ambient and electronic-music producer and composer *
Christoph Franz Christoph Franz (born 2 May 1960 in Frankfurt) is a German engineer and manager who served as chief executive officer of Lufthansa from 2011 until 2014. Early life and education Franz studied industrial engineering at the Technical University o ...
(born 1960), former Chief Executive Officer of Lufthansa *
Michael Gahler Michael Gahler (born 22 April 1960) is a German diplomat and politician who has been serving as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) since 1999. He is a member of the Christian Democratic Union (Germany), Christian Democratic Union, part of t ...
(born 1960), politician and Member of the European Parliament * Hannes Jaenicke (born 1960), actor *
Gabriele Lesser Gabriele Alexandra Lesser (born 16 May 1960 in Frankfurt am Main) is a historian and journalist, who specializes in the history of World War II and the occupation of Poland, the Baltic countries, and Ukraine 1939–1945. As Warsaw-based correspond ...
(born 1960), historian and journalist *
Patricia Ott Patricia "Patsy" Ott (born 15 May 1960 in Frankfurt) is a German former field hockey player who competed in the 1984 Summer Olympics The 1984 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXIII Olympiad and also known as Los Angeles 1984) w ...
(born 1960), former field hockey player


1961–1970

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Jens Geier Jens Geier (born 22 June 1961) is a German politician who has been serving as a member of the European Parliament since 2009. He is a member of the Social Democratic Party of Germany, part of the Party of European Socialists. Early life and caree ...
(born 1961), politician *
Esther Schapira Esther Schapira (born January 23, 1961, in Frankfurt) is a German journalist and filmmaker, currently politics and society editor at the German public television network, the Hessischer Rundfunk. Schapira is co-author of ''The Act of Alois Brunn ...
(born 1961), journalist and filmmaker * Peter Blank (born 1962), javelin thrower *
Matthias Röhr Matthias "Gonzo" Röhr (born 16 April 1962) is a German musician who has been the guitarist of the rock band Böhse Onkelz since 1981. His stage name derives from ''Double Live Gonzo!'', an album by Ted Nugent. When Böhse Onkelz split up betwe ...
(born 1962), guitarist *
Inaara Aga Khan Inaara Aga Khan, formerly Begum Inaara Aga Khan (born Gabriele Renate Homey; formerly Thyssen; 1 April 1963), also previously known as Princess Inaara Aga Khan, was the second wife of the Aga Khan IV, the 49th Imam of the Nizari branch of the Shi ...
(born 1963), second wife of the Aga Khan IV * Ralf Falkenmayer (born 1963), former footballer *
Thor Kunkel Thor Kunkel, a German author, was born in Frankfurt am Main on 2 September 1963. Kunkel claims to have spent his youth associating with drug friends and American soldiers stationed in the then West Germany. In 1981, on a scholarship to the United S ...
(born 1963), author *
Charlotte Link Charlotte Link (born 5 October 1963 in Frankfurt am Main) is a German writer. She is among the most successful contemporary authors writing in German. Life Charlotte Link is the daughter of well-known German writer and journalist Almuth Link. ...
(born 1963), writer * Marcus Nispel (born 1963), film director and producer * Valentin Schiedermair (born 1963), concert pianist *
Jakob Arjouni Jakob Bothe (born Jakob Michelsen; 8 October 1964 – 17 January 2013), better known by his pen name Jakob Arjouni, was a German author. He received the 1992 Deutscher Krimi Preis, German Crime Fiction Prize for ''One Man, One Murder''. Life J ...
(1964–2013), author * Beate Deininger (born 1964), former field hockey player * Michael Gross (born 1964), swimmer * Manfred Binz (born 1965), footballer *
Armin Kraaz Armin Kraaz (born 3 February 1965) is a German football manager and former player. The former defender played for Viktoria Preußen until 1979 and then moved to Eintracht Frankfurt Eintracht Frankfurt e.V. () is a professional sports clu ...
(born 1965), football manager and former player * Martin Lawrence (born 1965), American actor, comedian, and filmmaker * Oliver Reck (born 1965), former footballer *
Christine Schäfer Christine Schäfer (born 3 March 1965) is a German operatic soprano. Biography Schäfer was born in Frankfurt. She studied from 1984 until 1991 at the Hochschule der Künste Berlin, where her teachers were Ingrid Figur, Aribert Reimann and D ...
(born 1965), soprano *
Torsten de Winkel Torsten de Winkel (born 6 January 1965) is a German musician, composer, and philosopher primarily active in the jazz, world music, fusion and electronic music genres. He is known as an electric and acoustic guitarist but also records and perfor ...
(born 1965), musician, composer, and philosopher * Markus Löffel (1966–2006), disc jockey, musician, and record producer *
Eckhart Nickel Eckhart Nickel (born 1966) is a German author and journalist. Nickel was born in Frankfurt am Main.Stefan Quandt Stefan Quandt (born 9 May 1966) is a German billionaire heir, engineer and industrialist. As of October 2021, his net worth is estimated at US$23.2 billion and ranked at number 89 on Bloomberg Billionaires Index. Early life Quandt was born in B ...
(born 1966), engineer and industrialist *
Sven Rothenberger Sven Günther Rothenberger (born 1 June 1966 in Frankfurt am Main) is an equestrian from Germany, who competed for the Netherlands ) , anthem = ( en, "William of Nassau") , image_map = , map_caption = , subdivi ...
(born 1966), equestrian * Klaus Badelt (born 1967), composer *
Jens Beckert Jens Beckert (born 21 July 1967, in Frankfurt am Main) is a German sociologist with a strong interest in economic sociology. The author of books on inherited wealth and the social foundations of economic efficiency, he focuses on the role of the ...
(born 1967), sociologist * Antje Boetius (born 1967), marine biologist and professor of geomicrobiology *
Johannes Brandrup Johannes Brandrup (born 7 January 1967) is a German actor. Career Born in Frankfurt am Main, Brandrup was the first detective in the TV series Alarm für Cobra 11 – Die Autobahnpolizei. After the first season Brandrup moved on to other project ...
(born 1967), actor *
Katharina Hacker Katharina Hacker (born 11 January 1967) is a German author best known for her award-winning novel ''Die Habenichtse'' (''The Have-Nots''). Hacker studied philosophy, history and Jewish studies at the University of Freiburg and the University of J ...
(born 1967), novelist * Eckart von Hirschhausen (born 1967), physician and comedian *
Annette Huber-Klawitter Annette Huber-Klawitter (née Huber, born 23 May 1967) is a German mathematician at the University of Freiburg. Her research interests includes algebraic geometry, in particular the Bloch–Kato conjectures. A native of Frankfurt am Main, Huber- ...
(born 1967), mathematician *
Peter Oliver Loew Peter Oliver Loew (born 1967) is a German historian, translator, and scholar, specializing in the History of Poland. Biography Loew was born in Frankfurt am Main and studied Eastern European history, Slavistics and economics at the University ...
(born 1967), historian, translator, and scholar * Stefan Mohr (born 1967), chess grandmaster * Andreas Möller (born 1967), former internationalist association footballer *
Inka Parei Inka Parei (born 1967 in Frankfurt) is a German writer who lives in Berlin. She studied sociology, political science, sinology and German studies. Parei won the 2003 Ingeborg Bachmann Prize for excerpts from her book ''Was Dunkelheit war''. ...
(born 1967), writer * Peter Thiel (born 1967), American entrepreneur, venture capitalist, and hedge fund manager *
Andreas Paulus Andreas L. Paulus (born 30 August 1968) is a German jurist who has been serving as a Judge on the Federal Constitutional Court of Germany since 2010. He held the chair of general international law at the University of Göttingen. His research int ...
(born 1968), jurist *
Uwe Schmidt Uwe H. Schmidt (born 27 August 1968), also known as Atom™, Atom Heart, or Señor Coconut, is a German composer, musician and producer of electronic music. He is often regarded as the father of electrolatino, electrogospel, and aciton musi ...
(born 1968), composer, musician, and producer of electronic music *
Shantel Stefan Hantel, better known by his stage name Shantel (born 2 March 1968), is a German DJ and producer based in Frankfurt. He is known for his work with Romani brass orchestras, DJing and remixing traditional Balkan music with electronic beat ...
(born 1968), DJ and producer *
Carsten Arriens Carsten Arriens (born 11 April 1969) is a former professional tennis player from Germany. Career Arriens played his first tournament on the ATP Tour in 1991, at the Geneva Open, where he upset world number 33 Omar Camporese. In 1992 he won the ...
(born 1969), former professional tennis player * Giorgos Donis (born 1969), former professional football player * Oliver Lieb (born 1969), electronic music producer and DJ *
Sarah Sorge Sarah Sorge (born 26 August 1969 in Frankfurt) is a German politician. She is a member of Alliance 90 a member of the German green party Alliance 90/The Greens (german: Bündnis 90/Die Grünen, ), often simply referred to as the Greens ( ), i ...
(born 1969), politician * Marc Trauner (born 1969), DJ and producer * Thomas Zampach (born 1969), former professional footballer * Jo Jo English (born 1970), American NBA basketball player, top scorer in the 1999–2000 Israel Basketball League *
Ronald Reng Ronald Reng is a German sports journalist and author. A number of his books have been translated into English, including ''The Keeper of Dreams'', '' A Life too Short: The Tragedy of Robert Enke'', and ''Matchdays: The Hidden Story of the Bundesli ...
(born 1970), sports journalist and author * Markus Rill (born 1970), singer-songwriter *
J. Peter Schwalm J. Peter Schwalm (born 1970, Frankfurt am Main) is a German composer and music producer, active in the fields of electronic music, ambient, radio drama, film, theatre and ballet. He is best known for his work with musician Brian Eno. He ...
(born 1970), composer and music producer *
Simone Thomaschinski Simone Heike Tomaschinski-Gräßer (born 4 April 1970 in Frankfurt am Main, Hessen) is a former field hockey defender from Germany. She was a member of the Germany women's national field hockey team, Women's National Team that won the silver med ...
(born 1970), former professional field hockey defender


1971–1980

* Jochen Hippel (born 1971), musician *
Holger Kleinbub Holger Kleinbub (born 28 August 1971 in Frankfurt am Main, Hesse) is a retired volleyball player from Germany Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous coun ...
(born 1971), former professional volleyball player * Slobodan Komljenović (born 1971), former Serbian footballer * Moses Pelham (born 1971), rapper and musician * Tony Richardson (born 1971), former American football fullback * Alexander Schur (born 1971), former professional footballer * Tré Cool (born 1972), American drummer * Wilhelm Fischer (born 1972), boxer * Steffi Jones (born 1972), former professional football defender *
Anthony Rother Anthony Rother (born 29 April 1972) is an electronic music composer, producer and label owner living in Frankfurt, Germany. Rother's electro sound ("Sex With the Machines", "Simulationszeitalter", "Hacker") is characterized by repetitive machi ...
(born 1972), electronic music composer, producer, and label owner *
Kai Tracid Kai Tracid (born as Kai Franz on 17 January 1972) is a trance DJ and producer. The name ''Tracid'' originates from the combination of the two electronic music styles trance and acid. Career In Germany he became famous with his first single, " ...
(born 1972), trance DJ and producer *
Tilo Wolff Tilo Wolff (born 10 July 1972) is a German musician and artist. He was born in Frankfurt am Main and currently lives in Switzerland. His longest-running project is the band Lacrimosa, which since its debut in 1990 has produced 11 albums. The b ...
(born 1972), musician * Anna Carlsson (born 1973), actress and voice actress * Klark Kent (born 1973), graffiti artist and music producer *
Sonya Kraus Sonya Kraus (born 22 June 1973) is a German television presenter and former model. Biography Aged 4, Kraus started ballet school which eventually led her to music school in Frankfurt. She ended her ballet career in 1987 when she grew too tal ...
(born 1973), television presenter and former model *
Christopher Reitz Christopher Reitz (born 3 April 1973 in Frankfurt am Main, Hessen) is a German field hockey goalkeeper, who represented Germany in the 1992, 1996 and 2000 Summer Olympics. He is now an orthopaedic surgeon in Sydney, Australia. International Seni ...
(born 1973), professional field hockey goalkeeper * Kaya Yanar (born 1973), comedian * Michael Aničić (born 1974), former professional football player *
Matthias Becker Matthias Becker (born 19 April 1974 in Frankfurt am Main) is a German former professional footballer who played as a forward Forward is a relative direction, the opposite of backward. Forward may also refer to: People * Forward (surname) ...
(born 1974), former professional football player *
Magnus Gäfgen The murder of Jakob von Metzler was a German murder case. In 2002 11-year old Jakob von Metzler was kidnapped and murdered by the law student Magnus Gäfgen in Frankfurt. The following year, Gäfgen was convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment. ...
(born 1974), child murderer *
Sinan Şamil Sam Sinan Şamil Sam (23 June 1974 – 30 October 2015) was a Turkish heavyweight professional boxer( Azerbaijani origin). As a professional boxer, Sam won the EBU,WBC international and WBC Mediterranean titles in the heavyweight division. Accordi ...
(born 1974), Turkish heavyweight professional boxer *
Sabrina Setlur Sabrina Setlur (born 10 January 1974), formerly known as Schwester S., is a German singer, rapper, songwriter and occasional actress. Her debut was in 1995 under the guidance of 3p Records executive and mentor Moses Pelham, producer of her breakt ...
(born 1974), singer, rapper, songwriter and occasional actress * Julia Voss (born 1974), journalist and scientific historian * Mandala Tayde (born 1975), award-winning actress and model * Alexander Waske (born 1975), former professional tennis player * Daniel Dölschner (born 1976), poet and Haiku-writer *
Tamara Milosevic Tamara Milosevic (born 1976) is a German documentary filmmaker of Serbian descent. Life and work Tamara Milosevic was born in Frankfurt am Main. In 2000, she began studying at the Film Academy Baden-Wuerttemberg. At first she focused on animation ...
(born 1976), documentary filmer * Michael Thurk (born 1976), professional football player * Sascha Amstätter (born 1977), professional football player * Birgit Prinz (born 1977), former female professional association football player * Sandra Smisek (born 1977), former female professional football player * Edwin Thomas (born 1977), English historical novelist *
Jo Weil Johannes "Jo" Hermann Bruno Anton Weil (born 29 August 1977) is a German actor and television host, best known for his portrayals of Oliver Sabel on the long-running German serial ''Verbotene Liebe'' and titular bodyguard, Frank Farmer, in multi ...
(born 1977), actor *
Daniel Hartwich Daniel Hartwich (born 18 August 1978) is a German TV presenter. Biography Hartwich's mother is a nurse. After completing his ''Abitur'' in 1998, he studied German and political science at Goethe University in Frankfurt. During his studies, he b ...
(born 1978), actor * Hartmut Honka (born 1978), conservative politician *
Susanne Keil Susanne Keil (born 18 May 1978 in Frankfurt am Main) is a female hammer thrower from Germany. Her personal best throw is 72.74 metres, achieved in July 2005 in Nikiti. This ranks her third among German hammer throwers, behind Betty Heidler and Kath ...
(born 1978), female hammer thrower *
Mark Medlock Mark Leon Medlock (born 9 July 1978) is a German singer and the winner of the season 4 of '' Deutschland sucht den Superstar'' (DSDS), the German version of ''Pop Idol''. Early life Medlock is the elder of two siblings, born to an African-Americ ...
(born 1978), singer * Souad Mekhennet (born 1978), journalist * Heinz Müller (born 1978), professional footballer * Silke Müller (born 1978), award-winning field hockey midfielder * Ruben Studdard (born 1978), American R&B, pop, and gospel singer *
Meike Freitag Meike Freitag (born 7 February 1979) is a German former swimmer specialised in the freestyle Freestyle may refer to: Brands * Reebok Freestyle, a women's athletic shoe * Ford Freestyle, an SUV automobile * Coca-Cola Freestyle, a vending machi ...
(born 1979), former female swimmer * Senna Gammour (born 1979), singer-songwriter and entertainer * Jonesmann (born 1979), rapper *
Cha Du-ri Cha Du-ri (; or ; born 25 July 1980) is a South Korean former professional footballer. He played as a right back, right winger, or striker. He is the first Korean player who was born outside of Korea to have played in a FIFA World Cup. Dur ...
(born 1980), South Korean professional footballer *
Bakary Diakité Bakary Diakité (born 9 November 1980) is a German-Malian former professional footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association footbal ...
(born 1980), German-Malian professional footballer *
Patrick Falk Patrick Falk (born 8 February 1980) is a German football manager and former player. He made his debut on the professional league level in the Bundesliga for Eintracht Frankfurt Eintracht Frankfurt e.V. () is a professional sports club bas ...
(born 1980), professional footballer *
Daniel Gunkel Daniel Gunkel (born 7 June 1980) is a German former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. Career Gunkel was born in Frankfurt. He made his debut on the professional league level in the 2. Bundesliga for Energie Cottbus on 8 Augus ...
(born 1980), professional footballer *
Giorgos Theodoridis Giorgos Theodoridis ( el, Γιώργος Θεοδωρίδης; born 3 July 1980) is a Greek former professional footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types ...
(born 1980), Greek international footballer *
Zaytoven Xavier Lamar Dotson (born January 12, 1980), professionally known as Zaytoven, is an American trap music record producer, disc jockey, and keyboardist from Atlanta, Georgia. He has released collaborative projects with artists including Gucci Ma ...
(born 1980), American hip hop DJ and producer


1981–1990

* Giuseppe Gemiti (born 1981), professional footballer *
Jermaine Jones Jermaine Junior Jones (born November 3, 1981) is an American former professional soccer player who played as a defensive midfielder. Born in Germany to an American father and German mother, he came up through the German club system and represe ...
(born 1981), German-American professional soccer player *
Saskia Bartusiak Saskia Bartusiak (born 9 September 1982) is a German retired Association football, footballer. She played as a Defender (association football), centre back. Career Club Bartusiak began her career at FV 09 Eschersheim. In 1996, she left the clu ...
(born 1982), professional footballer *
Nadja Benaissa Nadja Benaissa (born 26 April 1982) is a German singer and television personality. She rose to fame in late 2000 when she auditioned for the German adaption of the reality television show ''Popstars'' and became a member of the girl group No An ...
(born 1982), recording artist, television personality, and occasional actress *
Marijana Marković Marijana Marković (born 3 February 1982 in Frankfurt am Main) is a German épée fencer. Marković won the bronze medal in the épée team event at the 2006 World Fencing Championships after beating Romania in the bronze medal match. ...
(born 1982), épée fencer * Carlos Nevado (born 1982), professional field hockey player * Patric Klandt (born 1983), professional footballer * Madeleine Sandig (born 1983), professional road and track racing cyclist * Pia Eidmann (born 1984), professional field hockey player *
Patrick Ochs Patrick Ochs (born 14 May 1984) is a German former footballer who played as a right-back or right winger. Ochs spent the majority of his professional career with Eintracht Frankfurt. Club career In the 2009–10 season, Eintracht Frankfurt mana ...
(born 1984), professional footballer *
Fouad Brighache Fouad Brighache (born May 10, 1982) is a German footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian f ...
(born 1985), German-Moroccan professional footballer *
J. Cole Jermaine Lamarr Cole (born January 28, 1985) is an American rapper and record producer. Born on a military base in Germany and raised in Fayetteville, North Carolina, Cole initially gained recognition as a rapper following the release of his d ...
(born 1985), American hip hop recording artist, songwriter, and record producer * Fikri El Haj Ali (born 1985), professional footballer *
Christian Kum Christian Kum (; born 13 September 1985) is a Dutch former professional footballer. He formerly played eight years for ADO Den Haag, where he started his career, and two seasons for SC Heerenveen. Club career Kum was born in Frankfurt, West Ge ...
(born 1985), German-Dutch professional footballer *
Mounir Chaftar Mounir Chaftar (born 29 January 1986 in Frankfurt am Main) is a German football defender of Tunisian descent. Career Wacker Nordhausen Chaftar joined FSV Wacker 90 Nordhausen FSV Wacker 90 Nordhausen is a German association football club ...
(born 1986), professional football defender *
Tim Kister Tim Kister (born 30 December 1986) is a German former professional footballer who played as a centre-back. Career Kister played with various amateur clubs in his hometown of Frankfurt, before joining Dynamo Dresden in 2010. He made his 3. Liga ...
(born 1986), professional footballer * Moritz Müller (born 1986), professional ice hockey defenceman *
Jan-André Sievers Jan-André Sievers (born 5 August 1987) is a German footballer who plays for TuS Hartenholm. Career Born in Frankfurt am Main, Sievers began his career with MTV Treubund Lünerburg, later signing with Lüneburger SV. He joined the Hamburger S ...
(born 1987), professional football player *
Uğur Albayrak Uğur Albayrak (born 8 June 1988) is a German footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian f ...
(born 1988), Turkish professional footballer *
Niklas Andersen Niklas Andersen (born 4 August 1988) is a German former professional footballer who played as a left-back. He is the son of Jørn Andersen. Career Andersen played in the youth system of Hamburger SV, Eintracht Frankfurt and Schalke 04. He moved ...
(born 1988), professional football defender *
Lisa Bund Lisa Bund (born Anna-Lisa Bund; 31 May 1988, in Frankfurt am Main, West Germany) is a German pop singer, songwriter, radio host, actor, and reality television star. She is best known for achieving third place in the fifth season of German castin ...
(born 1988), pop singer, songwriter, radio host, actor, and reality television star * Stefan Hickl (born 1988), professional footballer * Timm Klose (born 1988), German-Swiss professional footballer *
Björn Thurau Björn Thurau (born 23 July 1988) is a German former professional road racing cyclist, who competed professionally between 2007 and 2019. He is the son of former cyclist Dietrich Thurau. After retiring, Thurau was a presenter for Global Cycling N ...
(born 1988), professional cyclist * Richard Weil (born 1988), professional footballer *
Semih Aydilek Semih Aydilek (born 16 January 1989) is a former professional footballer who played as a forward. Internationally, Aydilek represented Turkey, the country of his parents, at under-17 and under-18 level, but later chose to represent the country o ...
(born 1989), German-Turkish professional footballer *
Kevin Pezzoni Kevin Pezzoni (born 22 March 1989) is a German professional footballer who plays as a defender for German club SG Bad Soden. He was capped by various German youth national teams including the Germany U21. His normal position is defense, althou ...
(born 1989), professional footballer *
Marcel Titsch-Rivero Marcel Titsch-Rivero (born 2 November 1989) is a German professional footballer who plays as a midfielder. Career Titsch-Rivero debuted in the Bundesliga for Eintracht Frankfurt in a match at 1899 Hoffenheim Turn- und Sportgemeinschaft 1899 ...
(born 1989), professional footballer *
Timothy Chandler Timothy Chandler (born March 29, 1990) is a professional Association football, soccer player who plays as a right-back for Bundesliga club Eintracht Frankfurt. Born in Germany, he represented the United States men's national soccer team, United ...
(born 1990), German-American professional soccer player * Steffen Fäth (born 1990), professional handball player *
Jan Kirchhoff Jan Tilman Kirchhoff (born 1 October 1990) is a German former professional footballer who played as a centre-back or defensive midfielder. Club career Mainz 05 Born in Frankfurt, West Germany, Kirchhoff began his football career at SpVgg Ki ...
(born 1990), professional footballer *
Romero Osby Romero Osby (born May 7, 1990) is an American former professional basketball player who last played for Maccabi Kiryat Gat of the Israeli Premier League. He played college basketball for Mississippi State University and the University of Oklahom ...
(born 1990), American professional basketball player for
Maccabi Kiryat Gat Maccabi Kiryat Gat F.C. ( he, מכבי קריית גת) was an Israeli football team based in the southern city of Kiryat Gat. The club's best achievement has been promotion to the Premier League as Liga Leumit runners-up in 2001, after beating ...
of the
Israeli Basketball Premier League Ligat HaAl ( he, ליגת העל, lit., ''Supreme League or Premier League''), or the Israeli Basketball Premier League, is the top-tier level league of professional sports, professional competition in Israeli sports club, club basketball, making ...


1991–2000

* Daniel Döringer (born 1991), professional footballer *
Daniel Henrich Daniel Henrich (born 29 September 1991) is a German footballer who plays for Türk Gücü Friedberg in the Hessenliga The Hessenliga (until 2008 ''Oberliga Hessen'') is the highest football league in the state of Hesse and the Hessian football ...
(born 1991), professional footballer *
Namika Namika (given name, Hanan Hamdi, ar, حنان حمادي), also known by the stage name Hän Violett, is a German singer and rapper. Biography Namika grew up in Frankfurt. Her grandparents are Berber Moroccan, from the coastal city of Nador. ...
(born 1991), German-Moroccan singer and rapper * Leon Bunn (born 1992), boxer *
Max Ehmer Maximilian Andreas Ehmer (born 3 February 1992) is a German professional footballer who plays as a defender for Gillingham. A product of Queens Park Rangers' youth academy, Ehmer signed his first professional contract at the age of 17 in 2009 ...
(born 1992), professional footballer * Markus Hofmeier (born 1993), professional footballer *
Alice Merton Alice Florence Clarissa Merton (born 13 September 1993) is a German-Canadian singer and songwriter. Merton achieved mainstream success with her debut single, " No Roots". In 2017, she released her first EP of the same name and in 2018, she rele ...
(born 1993), singer * Emre Can (born 1994), professional footballer


Notable residents of Frankfurt


8th to 17th centuries

* Charlemagne (born between 742 and 748; died 814), King of the Franks who united most of Western Europe during the Middle Ages and laid the foundations for modern France and Germany * Fastrada (765–794), East Frankish noblewoman * Louis the German (c. 810–876), grandson of Charlemagne and third son of the succeeding Frankish Emperor Louis the Pious and his first wife, Ermengarde of Hesbaye * Louis the Younger (born between 830 and 835; died 882), second eldest son of Louis the German and Emma who succeeded his father as King of Saxony and his elder brother Carloman as King of Bavaria *
Johannes von Soest Johannes Steinwert von Soest (''Johannes de Susato'') (1448 – 2 May 1506) was a German composer, theorist and poet. Most biographical details about his life survive in Johannes' verse autobiography, which was printed in 1811 (although the manus ...
(1448–1506), composer, theorist, and poet *
Conrad Faber von Kreuznach Conrad Faber von Kreuznach (c. 1500 in Kreuznach, Germany – between 10 September 1552 and 15 May 1553 in Frankfurt am Main) was a German painter and woodcuts designer formerly known as Master of Holzhausen-portraits.Brücker, Wolfgang, ...
(born c. 1500; died between 1552 and 1553), painter and woodcuts designer * Jacob Micyllus (1503–1558), Renaissance humanist and teacher *
Adam Lonicer Adam Lonicer, Adam Lonitzer or Adamus Lonicerus (10 October 1528 – 29 May 1586) was a German botanist, noted for his 1557 revised version of Eucharius Rösslin's herbal. Lonicer was born in Marburg, the son of a theologian and philologist. He ...
(1528–1586), botanist *
Giordano Bruno Giordano Bruno (; ; la, Iordanus Brunus Nolanus; born Filippo Bruno, January or February 1548 – 17 February 1600) was an Italian philosopher, mathematician, poet, cosmological theorist, and Hermetic occultist. He is known for his cosmologic ...
(1548–1600), Italian Dominican friar, philosopher, mathematician, poet, and astrologer * Matthäus Merian (1593–1650), Swiss-born engraver and publisher *
Johann Schröder Johann Schröder may refer to: * Johann Schröder (physician) (1600–1664), German physician and pharmacologist, recognised that arsenic was an element * Johann Heinrich Schröder Johann Heinrich Schröder (12 December 1784 – 28 June 1883 ...
(1600–1664), physician and pharmacologist *
Jacob Joshua Falk Jacob Joshua Falk ( he, יעקב יהושע פלק) (also Yaakov Yehoshua ben Tzvi Hirsch, or Yaakov Yehoshua Falk — see Note on the name "Joshua Falk") 1680 – January 16, 1756) was a Polish and German rabbi and Talmudist, known as the Pnei ...
(1680–1756), Talmudist, served as chief rabbi of Frankfurt * Georg Philipp Telemann (1681–1767), Baroque composer and multi-instrumentalist


18th century

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Johann Philipp Bethmann Johann Philipp Bethmann (30 November 1715 in Nassau, northwest of Frankfurt am Main – 27 November 1793 in Frankfurt am Main) was a German merchant and banker. Life Bethmann was the oldest son of the Nassovian administrator ''Simon Moritz Be ...
(1715–1793), merchant and banker *
Simon Moritz Bethmann Simon Moritz Bethmann (1721–1782) was a German merchant and banker. Life Simon Moritz was born in Nassau, northwest of Frankfurt am Main, the youngest son of the identically named Nassovian administrator ''Simon Moritz Bethmann'' (1687–172 ...
(1721–1782), merchant and banker *
Pinchas Horowitz Rabbi Pinchas HaLevi Horowitz (c. 1731, Chortkiv – July 1, 1805, Frankfort-on-the-Main), also known as the Baal Hafla'ah, was a rabbi and Talmudist. Life The descendant of a long line of rabbinical ancestors and the son of Rabbi Zvi Hirsc ...
(1731–1805), rabbi *
Johann Christian Friedrich Hæffner Johann Christian Friedrich Hæffner (2 March 1759 in Oberschönau – 28 May 1833 in Uppsala) was a German-born Swedish composer. Hæffner received his first musical education with the Schmalkalden organist Johann Gottfried Vierling. He st ...
(1759–1833), composer * Sekl Loeb Wormser (1768–1846), rabbi * Clemens Brentano (1778–1842), poet, novelist, and major figure of German Romanticism *
Karoline von Günderrode Karoline Friederike Louise Maximiliane von Günderrode (11 February 1780 – 26 July 1806) was a German Romantic poet. She used the pen name Tian. Life Günderrode was born as the eldest of six children to and Louise Sophie Victorine Auguste. ...
(1780–1806), Romantic poet *
Arthur Schopenhauer Arthur Schopenhauer ( , ; 22 February 1788 – 21 September 1860) was a German philosopher. He is best known for his 1818 work ''The World as Will and Representation'' (expanded in 1844), which characterizes the phenomenal world as the prod ...
(1788–1860), philosopher


19th century

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Rudolf Christian Böttger Rudolf Christian Böttger (28 April 1806 – 29 April 1881) was a German inorganic chemist. He conducted most of his research at the University of Frankfurt am Main. He is credited with discovery of nitrocellulose in 1846, independently to Schönbe ...
(1806–1881), inorganic chemist * Samson Raphael Hirsch (1808–1888), rabbi *
Johann von Miquel Johannes von Miquel (19 February 1828 – 8 September 1901) was a German statesman. Biography Born Johannes Franz Miquel at Neuenhaus, Kingdom of Hanover on 19 February 1828 as a descendant from a French family that had emigrated during the Fre ...
(1828–1901), statesman *
Leopold Sonnemann Leopold Sonnemann (29 October 1831 – 30 October 1909) was a journalist, newspaper publisher, and political party leader in Germany during the periods of the North German Confederation and the German Empire. Publisher and editor of the ''Frankfurte ...
(1831–1909), journalist, newspaper publisher, and political party leader *
Charles Hallgarten Charles Hallgarten, or Charles/Karl Lazarus Hallgarten (18 November 1838, Mainz – 19 April 1908, Frankfurt/Main) was a German banker and philanthropist. His father was Lazarus Hallgarten, founder of Hallgarten & Company, and his mother was El ...
(1838–1908), banker and philanthropist * Paul Ehrlich (1854–1915), physician and scientist who worked in the fields of hematology, immunology, and chemotherapy * Engelbert Humperdinck (1854–1921), composer *
Bertha Pappenheim Bertha Pappenheim (27 February 1859 – 28 May 1936) was an Austrian-Jewish feminist, a social pioneer, and the founder of the Jewish Women's Association (''). Under the pseudonym Anna O., she was also one of Josef Breuer's best-documented pat ...
(1859–1936), Austrian-Jewish feminist, social pioneer, and founder of the ''Jüdischer Frauenbund'' (League of Jewish Women) * Adolf Bartels (1862–1945), journalist and poet * Alois Alzheimer (1864–1915), Bavarian-born psychiatrist and neuropathologist credited with identifying the first published case of "presenile dementia", later identified as Alzheimer's disease *
Georg Voigt Georg Voigt was a German historian who was born in 1827 in Königsberg in East Prussia. He died in Leipzig in 1891. Voigt was the son of the historian Johannes Voigt. Voigt belonged to the founders of modern research into the Italian Renaissance ...
(1866–1927), politician *
Ludwig Landmann Ludwig Landmann (18 May 1868 – 5 March 1945) was a liberal German politician of the Weimar Republic. Landmann belonged first to the National Social party, then the Progressive People's Party, and finally, after the German revolution of 1918, ...
(1868–1945), liberal politician *
Oskar Ursinus Carl Oskar Ursinus (11 March 1877 – 6 July 1952) was a pioneer of German aviation and is remembered mainly for his contributions to sailplane designs and the sport of gliding. He has been nicknamed the ''Rhönvater'' ("Rhön father") because ...
(1877–1952), aerospace engineer * Max Beckmann (1884–1950), painter, draftsman, printmaker, sculptor, and writer *
Magda Spiegel Magda Spiegel (1887–1944) was a German contralto who was a member of the Frankfurt Opera ensemble and was murdered in the Auschwitz concentration camp. The baritone Richard Breitenfeld, also of the Frankfurt Opera, shared the same fate. Peter ...
(1887–1944), contralto *
Oswald von Nell-Breuning Oswald von Nell-Breuning (8 March 1890 – 21 August 1991) was a Roman Catholic theologian and sociologist. Born in Trier, Germany into an aristocratic family, Nell-Breuning was ordained in 1921 and appointed Professor of Ethics at the Sa ...
(1890–1991), Roman Catholic theologian and sociologist *
Franz Bronstert Franz Bronstert (18 February 1895 – 29 October 1967)exactly in the village Rauenberg; nowadays belonging to the city of Freudenberg was a German engineer and painter. Life and art Franz Bronstert was born to the teacher for arts and musi ...
(1895–1967), engineer and painter * Max Horkheimer (1895–1973), philosopher and sociologist * Paul Hindemith (1895–1963), composer, violist, violinist, teacher, and conductor *
Ludwig Erhard Ludwig Wilhelm Erhard (; 4 February 1897 – 5 May 1977) was a German politician affiliated with the Christian Democratic Union (CDU), and chancellor of West Germany from 1963 until 1966. He is known for leading the West German postwar economic ...
(1897–1977), politician affiliated with the CDU and Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany (West Germany) from 1963 until 1966 * Margarete Schütte-Lihotzky (1897–2000), first female Austrian architect and an activist in the Nazi resistance movement


20th century


1901–1910

* Kurt Thomas (1904–1973), composer, conductor, and music educator * Hans Bethe (1906–2005), German–American nuclear physicist * Oskar Schindler (1908–1974), industrialist, spy, and member of the Nazi Party who is credited with saving the lives of 1,200 Jews during the Holocaust * Alexander Mitscherlich (1908–1982), psychologist *
Bernhard Grzimek Bernhard Klemens Maria Grzimek (; 24 April 1909 – 13 March 1987) was a German zoo director, zoologist, book author, editor, and animal conservationist in postwar West Germany. Biography Early years and education Grzimek was born in Neisse (N ...
(1909–1987), Silesian-German zoo director, zoologist, book author, editor, and animal conservationist


1911–1920

* Josef Neckermann (1912–1992), equestrian and Olympic champion * Margarete Mitscherlich-Nielsen (1917–2012), psychoanalyst *
Horst Krüger Horst Krüger (September 17, 1919 Magdeburg – October 21, 1999 Frankfurt am Main) was a German novelist. His autobiographical debut novel, ''A Crack in the Wall: Growing Up Under Hitler'' (original title ''Das Zerbrochene Haus. Eine Jugen ...
(1919–1999), novelist * Marcel Reich-Ranicki (1920–2013), Polish-born literary critic and member of the literary group Gruppe 47


1921–1930

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Reinhard Goerdeler Reinhard Goerdeler (26 May 1922 – 3 January 1996) was a German accountant who was instrumental in founding KPMG, the leading international firm of accountants. Career Goerdeler was born in Königsberg, East Prussia (today Kaliningrad) as the son ...
(1922–1996), accountant instrumental in founding KPMG, a leading international firm of accountants *
Arno Lustiger Arno Lustiger (May 7, 1924 – May 15, 2012) was a German historian and author of Jewish origin. Lustiger made significant contributions to research and document the history of Jewish resistance under Nazi rule. He was the father of the author ...
(1924–2012), historian and author * Horst Heinrich Streckenbach (1925–2001), tattoo artist and historian of the medium *
Hilmar Hoffmann Hilmar Hoffmann (25 August 1925 – 1 June 2018) was a German stage and film director, cultural politician and academic lecturer. He founded the International Short Film Festival Oberhausen. He was for decades an influential city councillor in Fr ...
(1925–2018), cultural functionary and director * Ignatz Bubis (1927–1999), chairman (and later president) of the Central Council of Jews in Germany (Zentralrat der Juden in Deutschland) * Ruth Westheimer (born Karola Siegel, 1928), German-American sex therapist, talk show host, author, Doctor of Education, Holocaust survivor, and former
Haganah Haganah ( he, הַהֲגָנָה, lit. ''The Defence'') was the main Zionist paramilitary organization of the Jewish population ("Yishuv") in Mandatory Palestine between 1920 and its disestablishment in 1948, when it became the core of the ...
sniper A sniper is a military/paramilitary marksman who engages targets from positions of concealment or at distances exceeding the target's detection capabilities. Snipers generally have specialized training and are equipped with high-precision r ...
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Karl-Hermann Flach Karl-Hermann Flach (October 17, 1929 – August 25, 1973) was a German journalist of the '' Frankfurter Rundschau'' and a politician of the liberal Free Democrats (FDP). Flach was born in Königsberg. He became a member of the liberal LDP (in t ...
(1929–1973), journalist of the ''Frankfurter Rundschau'', and a politician of the liberal Free Democrats (FDP) *
Jürgen Habermas Jürgen Habermas (, ; ; born 18 June 1929) is a German social theorist in the tradition of critical theory and pragmatism. His work addresses communicative rationality and the public sphere. Associated with the Frankfurt School, Habermas's wor ...
(born 1929), sociologist and philosopher in the tradition of critical theory and pragmatism * Helmut Kohl (1930–2017), conservative politician and statesman


1931–1940

* Alfred Schmidt (1931–2012), philosopher *
Walter Wallmann Walter Wallmann (24 September 1932 – 21 September 2013) was a German lawyer politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU). He served as the Mayor of Frankfurt between 1977 and 1986, and as Minister-president of Hesse from 1987 to 1991. ...
(1932–2013), politician *
Rosemarie Nitribitt Maria Rosalia Auguste Nitribitt (February 1, 1933 – October 29, 1957The exact time of day of her death was found to be unsatisfactorily determined during the trial for her murder. See Guido Golla: ''Rosemarie Nitribitt. Recherchen und Theo ...
(1933–1957), luxury call girl whose violent death caused a scandal in the ''Wirtschaftswunder'' years * Michael Grzimek (1934–1959), zoologist, conservationist, and filmmaker *
Albert Speer Jr. Albert Speer (; 29 July 1934 – 15 September 2017) was a German architect and urban planner. He was the son of Albert Speer (1905–1981), Adolf Hitler's chief architect before assuming the office of Minister of Armaments and War Production for G ...
(1934–2017), architect and urban planner * Pope Francis (born Jorge Mario Bergoglio, 1936), pope of the Catholic Church, spent several months at the Sankt Georgen Graduate School of Philosophy and Theology in Frankfurt *
F. K. Waechter Friedrich Karl Waechter (3 November 1937 in Danzig – 16 September 2005 in Frankfurt) was a renowned German cartoonist, author, and playwright. Life Waechter was born in Danzig as a son of a teacher. His family fled over the Baltic Sea af ...
(1937–2005), cartoonist, author, and playwright * Robert Gernhardt (1937–2006), writer, painter, caricaturist, and poet *
Barbara Klemm Barbara Klemm (born 27 December 1939 in Münster) is a German press photographer. She worked for ''Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung'' for 45 years. She photographed many of the most important events in recent German history and has received honors, ...
(born 1939), photographer, worked for ''Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung'' for 45 years


1941–1950

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Jürgen Grabowski Jürgen Grabowski (7 July 1944 – 10 March 2022) was a German footballer. He played for Eintracht Frankfurt. He became European champion in 1972 and world champion in 1974. Grabowski is considered the greatest Eintracht Frankfurt player ever. ...
(born 1944), former football player *
Petra Roth Petra Roth (born 9 May 1944 in Bremen) is a German politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU). She was the Mayor of Frankfurt from 1995 to 2012. In addition she twice served as president of the Deutscher Städtetag, resuming her previous ...
(born 1944), mayor of Frankfurt from 1995 to 2012 * Daniel Cohn-Bendit (born 1945), politician * Bernd Hölzenbein (born 1946), former football player *
Johannes Weinrich Johannes Weinrich (born 21 July 1947) is a German left-wing terrorist and a founder of the Revolutionary Cells (RZ). He later became a close aide to Carlos the Jackal. He is currently serving a life sentence for murder. Biography Early life W ...
(born 1947), left-wing political militant and terrorist * Josef Ackermann (born 1948), Swiss banker and former chief executive officer of Deutsche Bank * Joschka Fischer (born 1948), politician *
Alfred 23 Harth Alfred Harth, now known as Alfred 23 Harth or A23H, is a German multimedia artist, band leader, multi-instrumentalist musician, and composer who creatively mixes genres. Career Harth founded a free improvisation band, Just Music (1967 to 1972) ...
(born 1949), multimedia artist, band leader, multi-instrumentalist musician, and composer


1951–2000

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Armin S. Armin S. (complete name unknown, born ) is a German independent securities trader. He achieved international recognition in 2017 when he filed a lawsuit against BNP Paribas for its continued refusal to deliver €163 million in securities he had ...
, independent securities trader *
Ahron Daum Ahron Daum ( he, אהרן דאום; January 6, 1951 – June 27, 2018) was an Israeli-born Modern-Orthodox rabbi, educator, author, and former chief rabbi of Frankfurt am Main from 1987 to 1993. From 1995 until his death in 2018, he was a lecture ...
(born 1951), rabbi, professor, author, and educator * Cha Bum-kun (born 1953), South Korean football manager and former player *
Michel Friedman Julien Michel Friedman (; born 25 February 1956 in Paris) is a German author, former CDU politician and talk show host. From 2000 to 2003 Friedman was vice president of the Central Council of Jews in Germany, and president of the European Jewish ...
(born 1956), lawyer, former CDU politician, and talk show host * Wolfgang Herold (born 1961), film producer and sound supervisor *
Luca Anzilotti Snap! is a German Eurodance group formed in 1989 by producers Michael Münzing and Luca Anzilotti. The act has been through a number of line-up changes over the years, including American singers, songwriters and rappers Thea Austin, Turbo B ...
(born 1963), Italian DJ/producer of electronic music *
Stephan Weidner Stephan Weidner (born 29 May 1963), also known as Der W, is a German musician, songwriter and producer. From 1980 to 2005, he was the bassist, songwriter and leader of the German rock band Böhse Onkelz. He was also a singer with Nordend Antis ...
(born 1963), musician and music producer * Heike Matthiesen (born 1964), classical guitarist * Sven Väth (born 1964), DJ/producer in electronic music * Dave McClain (born 1965), drummer *
D-Flame Daniel Kretschmer (born 19 September 1971), better known by his stage-name D-Flame, is a German hip hop and reggae musician. He was also previously part of the hip hop formation Asiatic Warriors. Discography Albums * 2000 - ''Basstard'' * 200 ...
(born 1971), hip hop and reggae musician * Azad (born 1974), rapper * Renate Lingor (born 1975), female former international football player * Pia Wunderlich (born 1975), football midfielder *
Aslı Bayram Aslı Bayram (born 1 April 1981) is a German people, German actress and writer of Turkish people, Turkish descent. Since 2010, she is an Ambassador for Crime Prevention by the Justice Ministry Hessen, Germany. Life and career Bayram was born i ...
(born 1981), actress and writer


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See also

{{Portal, Biography, Germany, Lists * Frankfurt School * List of mayors of Frankfurt *
List of Eintracht Frankfurt players This is a list of former and current Eintracht Frankfurt players. Note:Career dates include first team years only. Appearances and goals also include league, national cup and European matches and goals. Current players are in bold typeface. ...
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