Halle (Saale)
Halle (Saale) ranks 304th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Hamamatsu, Tartu, and France. The most famous people from Halle (Saale) are George Frideric Handel, Reinhard Heydrich, and John Sigismund, Elector of Brandenburg. The most famous people who died in Halle (Saale) are Georg Cantor, Matthias Grünewald, and Christian Wolff. Halle (Saale) has been the birth place of many politicians, and athletes and the death place of many philosophers, and composers. Halle (Saale) is located in Germany.
Halle (Saale), or simply Halle (German pronunciation: [ˈhalə] ), is the second largest city of the German state of Saxony-Anhalt. It is the sixth-most populous city in the area of former East Germany after (East) Berlin, Leipzig, Dresden, Chemnitz and Magdeburg as well as the 31st-largest city of Germany. Read more on Wikipedia
People
Between 1555 and 1998, Halle (Saale) was the birth place of 47 globally memorable people, including George Frideric Handel, Reinhard Heydrich, and John Sigismund, Elector of Brandenburg. Additionaly, 36 globally memorable people have passed away in Halle (Saale) including Georg Cantor, Matthias Grünewald, and Christian Wolff.
People Born in Halle (Saale)
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George Frideric Handel
COMPOSER
1685 - 1759
HPI: 88.95
Rank: 1
Reinhard Heydrich
POLITICIAN
1904 - 1942
HPI: 81.74
Rank: 2
John Sigismund, Elector of Brandenburg
POLITICIAN
1572 - 1619
HPI: 71.87
Rank: 3
Johann Friedrich Struensee
POLITICIAN
1737 - 1772
HPI: 71.77
Rank: 4
Hans-Dietrich Genscher
POLITICIAN
1927 - 2016
HPI: 68.43
Rank: 5
Margot Honecker
POLITICIAN
1927 - 2016
HPI: 66.78
Rank: 6
Horst Schumann
PHYSICIAN
1906 - 1983
HPI: 66.69
Rank: 7
Samuel Scheidt
COMPOSER
1587 - 1654
HPI: 66.25
Rank: 8
Anne Catherine of Brandenburg
POLITICIAN
1575 - 1612
HPI: 66.04
Rank: 9
Fabian von Schlabrendorff
LAWYER
1907 - 1980
HPI: 65.57
Rank: 10
Andreas Libavius
CHEMIST
1555 - 1616
HPI: 65.31
Rank: 11
Magdalena Sibylla of Saxe-Weissenfels
POLITICIAN
1648 - 1681
HPI: 64.29
Rank: 12
Newly Added People Born in Halle (Saale)
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Andreas Stähle
ATHLETE
1965 - Present
HPI: 46.22
Rank: 35
Kerstin Müller
ATHLETE
1969 - Present
HPI: 44.06
Rank: 38
Stefan Pfannmöller
ATHLETE
1980 - Present
HPI: 37.78
Rank: 43
People Deceased in Halle (Saale)
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Georg Cantor
MATHEMATICIAN
1845 - 1918
HPI: 78.44
Rank: 1
Matthias Grünewald
PAINTER
1480 - 1528
HPI: 76.21
Rank: 2
Christian Wolff
PHILOSOPHER
1679 - 1754
HPI: 74.23
Rank: 3
Hermann Ebbinghaus
PSYCHOLOGIST
1850 - 1909
HPI: 74.08
Rank: 4
Christian Thomasius
PHILOSOPHER
1655 - 1728
HPI: 67.37
Rank: 5
Samuel Scheidt
COMPOSER
1587 - 1654
HPI: 66.25
Rank: 6
Eduard Heine
MATHEMATICIAN
1821 - 1881
HPI: 65.69
Rank: 7
Christoph Cellarius
HISTORIAN
1638 - 1707
HPI: 65.35
Rank: 8
Hans Vaihinger
PHILOSOPHER
1852 - 1933
HPI: 65.06
Rank: 9
Kurt Polycarp Joachim Sprengel
PHYSICIAN
1766 - 1833
HPI: 64.87
Rank: 10
Friedrich Ernst Dorn
PHYSICIST
1848 - 1916
HPI: 63.42
Rank: 11
Johann Reinhold Forster
BIOLOGIST
1729 - 1798
HPI: 63.20
Rank: 12
Occupations
Most individuals born in present day Halle (Saale) were politicians (11), athletes (8), composers (4), physicians (3), and noblemen (3), while most who died were philosophers (6), composers (4), biologists (4), mathematicians (3), and physicians (3).
Occupational Trends
Over the past 100 years, athletes have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Halle (Saale), including Marita Lange, Andreas Stähle, and Kerstin Müller. Whereas, throughout history, politicians have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Halle (Saale), including Reinhard Heydrich, John Sigismund, Elector of Brandenburg, and Johann Friedrich Struensee.
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Overlapping Lives
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 19 globally memorable people born in Halle (Saale) since 1700.
