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Wolfenbüttel (deu)

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Wolfenbüttel ranks 706th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Vitebsk, Iceland, and Montgomery, Alabama. Memorable people born in Wolfenbüttel include Charles William Ferdinand, Duke of Brunswick, Juliana Maria of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, and Duke Ferdinand of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel. Memorable people who died in Wolfenbüttel include Henry V, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Augustus William, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, and Christian the Younger of Brunswick. Wolfenbüttel has been the birth place of many noblemen, and politicians and the death place of many noblemen, and politicians. Wolfenbüttel is located in Germany.

Wolfenbüttel is a town in Lower Saxony, Germany, the administrative capital of Wolfenbüttel District. It is best known as the location of the internationally renowned Herzog August Library and for having the largest concentration of timber-framed buildings in Germany, around 1,000. It is an episcopal see of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Brunswick. It is also home to the Jägermeister distillery, houses a campus of the Ostfalia University of Applied Sciences, and the Landesmusikakademie of Lower Saxony. Read more on Wikipedia

People

Between 1489 and 1987, Wolfenbüttel was the birth place of 20 globally memorable people, including Charles William Ferdinand, Duke of Brunswick, Juliana Maria of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, and Duke Ferdinand of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel. Additionaly, 9 globally memorable people have passed away in Wolfenbüttel including Henry V, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Augustus William, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, and Christian the Younger of Brunswick.

People Born in Wolfenbüttel

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People Deceased in Wolfenbüttel

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Occupations

Most individuals born in present day Wolfenbüttel were noblemen (8), politicians (6), companions (2), military personnels (1), and mathematicians (1),  while most who died were noblemen (3), politicians (2), composers (2), writers (1), and extremists (1).

Over the past 100 years, athletes have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Wolfenbüttel, including Arnd Peiffer. Whereas, throughout history, noblemen have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Wolfenbüttel, including Louis Rudolph, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Duchess Anna Amalia of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, and Henry V, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg.

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Overlapping Lives

Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 9 globally memorable people born in Wolfenbüttel since 1700.