Baden-Baden
Baden-Baden ranks 1,079th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Arlington County, Virginia, Fujisawa, Kanagawa, and Stamford, Connecticut. Memorable people born in Baden-Baden include Rudolf Höss, Prince Maximilian of Baden, and Louis II, Prince of Monaco. Memorable people who died in Baden-Baden include Robert Koch, Pierre Boulez, and Wilhelm Furtwängler. Baden-Baden has been the birth place of many politicians, and military personnels and the death place of many politicians, and writers. Baden-Baden is located in Germany.
Baden-Baden is a spa town in the state of Baden-Württemberg, south-western Germany, at the north-western border of the Black Forest mountain range on the small river Oos, ten kilometres east of the Rhine, the border with France, and forty kilometres north-east of Strasbourg, France. Read more on Wikipedia
People
Between 1428 and 1996, Baden-Baden was the birth place of 15 globally memorable people, including Rudolf Höss, Prince Maximilian of Baden, and Louis II, Prince of Monaco. Additionaly, 29 globally memorable people have passed away in Baden-Baden including Robert Koch, Pierre Boulez, and Wilhelm Furtwängler. Interestingly, more notably known people have passed away in Baden-Baden than were born there.
People Born in Baden-Baden
Go to all RankingsRudolf Höss
POLITICIAN
1901 - 1947
HPI: 80.26
Rank: 11
Prince Maximilian of Baden
POLITICIAN
1867 - 1929
HPI: 72.13
Rank: 10
Louis II, Prince of Monaco
POLITICIAN
1870 - 1949
HPI: 71.92
Rank: 3
Christoph I, Margrave of Baden-Baden
POLITICIAN
1453 - 1527
HPI: 64.01
Rank: 6
Wilhelm Brückner
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1884 - 1954
HPI: 61.18
Rank: 1
Marie of Baden-Sponheim
POLITICIAN
1507 - 1580
HPI: 61.01
Rank: 12
Christopher II, Margrave of Baden-Rodemachern
POLITICIAN
1537 - 1575
HPI: 60.34
Rank: 14
Frederick Lindemann, 1st Viscount Cherwell
PHYSICIST
1886 - 1957
HPI: 60.25
Rank: 4
William, Margrave of Baden-Baden
POLITICIAN
1593 - 1677
HPI: 60.19
Rank: 7
Bernhard II, Margrave of Baden-Baden
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1428 - 1458
HPI: 59.24
Rank: 2
Philip II, Margrave of Baden-Baden
POLITICIAN
1559 - 1588
HPI: 58.87
Rank: 8
Ferdinand Maximilian, Hereditary Prince of Baden-Baden
NOBLEMAN
1625 - 1669
HPI: 58.47
Rank: 5
People Deceased in Baden-Baden
Go to all RankingsRobert Koch
PHYSICIAN
1843 - 1910
HPI: 83.47
Rank: 10
Pierre Boulez
COMPOSER
1925 - 2016
HPI: 75.40
Rank: 5
Wilhelm Furtwängler
CONDUCTOR
1886 - 1954
HPI: 72.37
Rank: 14
Dietrich von Choltitz
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1894 - 1966
HPI: 72.02
Rank: 8
Princess Charlotte of Prussia
COMPANION
1860 - 1919
HPI: 71.81
Rank: 15
Princess Louise of Prussia
POLITICIAN
1838 - 1923
HPI: 69.52
Rank: 9
Vasily Zhukovsky
WRITER
1783 - 1852
HPI: 68.23
Rank: 6
Oskar Schlemmer
PAINTER
1888 - 1943
HPI: 67.66
Rank: 13
Christian Friedrich Schönbein
CHEMIST
1799 - 1868
HPI: 65.70
Rank: 12
Alexander Gorchakov
POLITICIAN
1798 - 1883
HPI: 64.89
Rank: 2
Princess Feodora of Leiningen
POLITICIAN
1807 - 1872
HPI: 64.37
Rank: 16
Christoph I, Margrave of Baden-Baden
POLITICIAN
1453 - 1527
HPI: 64.01
Rank: 19
Occupations
Most individuals born in present day Baden-Baden were politicians (9), military personnels (1), physicists (1), religious figures (1), and noblemen (1), while most who died were politicians (11), writers (4), chemists (3), military personnels (2), and painters (2).
Occupational Trends
Over the past 100 years, athletes have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Baden-Baden, including Nathaniel Seiler. Whereas, throughout history, politicians have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Baden-Baden, including Rudolf Höss, Prince Maximilian of Baden, and Louis II, Prince of Monaco.
Places
Overlapping Lives
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 6 globally memorable people born in Baden-Baden since 1700.