Mainz
Mainz ranks 391st in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Jeddah, Tacoma, Washington, and Akron, Ohio. Memorable people born in Mainz include Johannes Gutenberg, Pope Joan, and Franz Bopp. Memorable people who died in Mainz include Severus Alexander, Julia Avita Mamaea, and Lucius Antonius Saturninus. Mainz has been the birth place of many athletes, and writers and the death place of many politicians, and religious figures. Mainz is located in Germany.
Mainz is the capital and largest city of the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate, and with around 223,000 inhabitants, it is Germany's 35th-largest city. It lies in the Rhine-Main Metropolitan Region—Germany's second-largest metropolitan region after Rhine-Ruhr—which also encompasses the cities of Frankfurt am Main, Wiesbaden, Darmstadt, Offenbach am Main, and Hanau. Read more on Wikipedia
People
Between 0 and 1999, Mainz was the birth place of 36 globally memorable people, including Johannes Gutenberg, Pope Joan, and Franz Bopp. Additionaly, 21 globally memorable people have passed away in Mainz including Severus Alexander, Julia Avita Mamaea, and Lucius Antonius Saturninus.
People Born in Mainz
Go to all RankingsJohannes Gutenberg
INVENTOR
1394 - 1468
HPI: 90.58
Rank: 23
Pope Joan
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
HPI: 80.19
Rank: 31
Franz Bopp
LINGUIST
1791 - 1867
HPI: 73.31
Rank: 26
Jochen Rindt
RACING DRIVER
1942 - 1970
HPI: 71.95
Rank: 18
Rabanus Maurus
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
780 - 856
HPI: 71.88
Rank: 4
Walter Hallstein
POLITICIAN
1901 - 1982
HPI: 70.48
Rank: 15
Anna Seghers
WRITER
1900 - 1983
HPI: 69.78
Rank: 28
Gerhard Ludwig Müller
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1947 - Present
HPI: 69.20
Rank: 35
Joseph Karl Stieler
PAINTER
1781 - 1858
HPI: 68.00
Rank: 19
Heinrich von Vietinghoff
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1887 - 1952
HPI: 67.38
Rank: 22
Peter Cornelius
COMPOSER
1824 - 1874
HPI: 65.35
Rank: 21
Otto Brunfels
BIOLOGIST
1488 - 1534
HPI: 63.89
Rank: 11
People Deceased in Mainz
Go to all RankingsSeverus Alexander
POLITICIAN
208 - 235
HPI: NaN
Rank: 1
Julia Avita Mamaea
POLITICIAN
180 - 235
HPI: NaN
Rank: 2
Lucius Antonius Saturninus
POLITICIAN
20 - 89
HPI: NaN
Rank: 3
Postumus
POLITICIAN
250 - 269
HPI: NaN
Rank: 4
Adriaan van Roomen
MATHEMATICIAN
1561 - 1615
HPI: NaN
Rank: 5
Frederick William, Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
POLITICIAN
1675 - 1713
HPI: NaN
Rank: 6
Peter Cornelius
COMPOSER
1824 - 1874
HPI: 65.35
Rank: 7
Fritz Strassmann
CHEMIST
1902 - 1980
HPI: NaN
Rank: 8
Hermann Volk
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1903 - 1988
HPI: NaN
Rank: 9
Johannes Gutenberg
INVENTOR
1394 - 1468
HPI: 90.58
Rank: 10
Willigis
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
940 - 1011
HPI: NaN
Rank: 11
Gershom ben Judah
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
960 - 1028
HPI: NaN
Rank: 12
Newly Added People Deceased in Mainz
Go to all RankingsSeverus Alexander
POLITICIAN
208 - 235
HPI: NaN
Rank: 1
Julia Avita Mamaea
POLITICIAN
180 - 235
HPI: NaN
Rank: 2
Lucius Antonius Saturninus
POLITICIAN
20 - 89
HPI: NaN
Rank: 3
Postumus
POLITICIAN
250 - 269
HPI: NaN
Rank: 4
Adriaan van Roomen
MATHEMATICIAN
1561 - 1615
HPI: NaN
Rank: 5
Frederick William, Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
POLITICIAN
1675 - 1713
HPI: NaN
Rank: 6
Fritz Strassmann
CHEMIST
1902 - 1980
HPI: NaN
Rank: 8
Hermann Volk
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1903 - 1988
HPI: NaN
Rank: 9
Willigis
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
940 - 1011
HPI: NaN
Rank: 11
Gershom ben Judah
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
960 - 1028
HPI: NaN
Rank: 12
Paul J. Crutzen
CHEMIST
1933 - 2021
HPI: NaN
Rank: 13
Bertha of Savoy
POLITICIAN
1051 - 1087
HPI: NaN
Rank: 14
Occupations
Most individuals born in present day Mainz were athletes (7), writers (4), religious figures (3), politicians (3), and soccer players (3), while most who died were politicians (9), religious figures (5), chemists (2), mathematicians (1), and composers (1).
Occupational Trends
Over the past 100 years, athletes have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Mainz, including Dorothee Schneider, Ulrike Holzner, and Marion Wagner. Whereas, throughout history, athletes have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Mainz, including Dorothee Schneider, Ulrike Holzner, and Marion Wagner.
Places
Overlapping Lives
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 12 globally memorable people born in Mainz since 1700.