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Wittenberg ranks 1,088th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind City of San Marino, Hamadan, and Ogden, Utah. Memorable people born in Wittenberg include Wilhelm Eduard Weber, Lucas Cranach the Younger, and Ernst Heinrich Weber. Memorable people who died in Wittenberg include Lucas Cranach the Younger, Johann Daniel Titius, and Rudolf II, Duke of Saxe-Wittenberg. Wittenberg has been the birth place of many politicians, and physicists and the death place of many politicians, and painters. Wittenberg is located in Germany.

Wittenberg, officially Lutherstadt Wittenberg, is the fourth-largest town in the state of Saxony-Anhalt, in the Federal Republic of Germany. It is situated on the River Elbe, 60 kilometers (37 mi) north of Leipzig and 90 kilometers (56 mi) south-west of the reunified German federal capital city of Berlin, and has a population of 46,008 (2018). Read more on Wikipedia

People

Between 1250 and 1989, Wittenberg was the birth place of 15 globally memorable people, including Wilhelm Eduard Weber, Lucas Cranach the Younger, and Ernst Heinrich Weber. Additionaly, 8 globally memorable people have passed away in Wittenberg including Lucas Cranach the Younger, Johann Daniel Titius, and Rudolf II, Duke of Saxe-Wittenberg.

People Born in Wittenberg

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Occupations

Most individuals born in present day Wittenberg were politicians (5), physicists (2), biologists (2), painters (1), and psychologists (1),  while most who died were politicians (3), painters (1), astronomers (1), religious figures (1), and philosophers (1).

Over the past 100 years, cyclists have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Wittenberg, including Bert Grabsch. Whereas, throughout history, politicians have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Wittenberg, including Wenceslaus I, Duke of Saxe-Wittenberg, Albert II, Duke of Saxony, and Rudolf II, Duke of Saxe-Wittenberg.

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Overlapping Lives

Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 6 globally memorable people born in Wittenberg since 1700.