Leipzig
Leipzig ranks 98th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Birmingham, New Orleans, and Queens. Memorable people born in Leipzig include Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz, Richard Wagner, and Clara Schumann. Memorable people who died in Leipzig include Johann Sebastian Bach, Felix Mendelssohn, and August Ferdinand Möbius. Leipzig has been the birth place of many athletes, and politicians and the death place of many composers, and politicians. Leipzig is located in Germany.
Leipzig is the most populous city in the German state of Saxony. The city has a population of 628,718 inhabitants as of 2023. It is the eighth-largest city in Germany and is part of the Central German Metropolitan Region. Leipzig is located about 150 km (90 mi) southwest of Berlin, in the southernmost part of the North German Plain, at the confluence of the White Elster and its tributaries Pleiße and Parthe. Read more on Wikipedia
People
Between 1000 and 2001, Leipzig was the birth place of 112 globally memorable people, including Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz, Richard Wagner, and Clara Schumann. Additionaly, 80 globally memorable people have passed away in Leipzig including Johann Sebastian Bach, Felix Mendelssohn, and August Ferdinand Möbius.
People Born in Leipzig
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Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
MATHEMATICIAN
1646 - 1716
HPI: 92.00
Rank: 95
Richard Wagner
COMPOSER
1813 - 1883
HPI: 88.15
Rank: 35
Clara Schumann
MUSICIAN
1819 - 1896
HPI: 80.48
Rank: 33
Johann Christian Bach
COMPOSER
1735 - 1782
HPI: 77.07
Rank: 31
Walter Ulbricht
POLITICIAN
1893 - 1973
HPI: 76.52
Rank: 91
Karl Liebknecht
POLITICIAN
1871 - 1919
HPI: 76.39
Rank: 75
Till Lindemann
MUSICIAN
1963 - Present
HPI: 71.29
Rank: 110
Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach
COMPOSER
1732 - 1795
HPI: 71.00
Rank: 50
Manfred Gerlach
POLITICIAN
1928 - 2011
HPI: 70.17
Rank: 13
Georg Jellinek
POLITICAL SCIENTIST
1851 - 1911
HPI: 69.49
Rank: 62
Max Beckmann
PAINTER
1884 - 1950
HPI: 69.09
Rank: 37
Bernard Katz
BIOLOGIST
1911 - 2003
HPI: 68.57
Rank: 47
People Deceased in Leipzig
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Johann Sebastian Bach
COMPOSER
1685 - 1750
HPI: 92.78
Rank: 12
Felix Mendelssohn
COMPOSER
1809 - 1847
HPI: 83.51
Rank: 25
August Ferdinand Möbius
MATHEMATICIAN
1790 - 1868
HPI: 75.81
Rank: 29
Gustav Fechner
PSYCHOLOGIST
1801 - 1887
HPI: 74.35
Rank: 59
Maria Theresa of Austria
POLITICIAN
1767 - 1827
HPI: 72.72
Rank: 20
Hermann Kolbe
CHEMIST
1818 - 1884
HPI: 71.52
Rank: 56
Max Reger
COMPOSER
1873 - 1916
HPI: 70.70
Rank: 27
Ernst Heinrich Weber
PSYCHOLOGIST
1795 - 1878
HPI: 69.82
Rank: 60
Karl Philipp, Prince of Schwarzenberg
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1771 - 1820
HPI: 69.54
Rank: 16
Johann Tetzel
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1460 - 1519
HPI: 69.37
Rank: 58
Marinus van der Lubbe
SOCIAL ACTIVIST
1909 - 1934
HPI: 69.05
Rank: 14
Carl Reinecke
COMPOSER
1824 - 1910
HPI: 68.95
Rank: 69
Occupations
Most individuals born in present day Leipzig were athletes (18), politicians (12), composers (8), musicians (6), and biologists (6), while most who died were composers (13), politicians (9), mathematicians (7), physicians (5), and biologists (4).
Occupational Trends
Over the past 100 years, athletes have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Leipzig, including Andreas Kunz, Bärbel Wöckel, and Rita Wilden. Whereas, throughout history, athletes have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Leipzig, including Luz Long, Andreas Kunz, and Bärbel Wöckel.
Places
Overlapping Lives
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 25 globally memorable people born in Leipzig since 1700.
