Born in Leipzig
Leipzig
Largest city in Saxony, Germany
Leipzig as a birthplace has produced a number of famous personalities of various fields (e.g. German sculptor and politician (1909-1979), German electronic musician, German composer (1813–1883)): Walter Arnold, Paul Kalkbrenner, Richard Wagner and some more.
Celebrities from LeipzigCelebrities from Leipzig
69 Walter Arnold
German sculptor and politician (1909-1979)
*August 27th, 1909 †July 11th, 1979, Dresden
.jpg "Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz")
70 Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
German mathematician and philosopher (1646–1716)
*July 1st, 1646 †November 14th, 1716, Hanover
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Elisabeth Voigt
German lab technician and painter (1893-1977)
*August 5th, 1893 †November 8th, 1977, Leipzig 59
Kurt Nowak
German theologian and church historian
*October 28th, 1942 †December 31st, 2001, Leipzig
_by_Erling_Mandelmann.jpg "Jan Tschichold")
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Theodor Bergk
German classical philologist (1812–1881)
*May 22nd, 1812 †July 20th, 1881, Bad Ragaz 71
Hansheinrich Schmidt
German politician (1922-1994)
*September 6th, 1922 †March 12th, 1994, Grünwald
47 Karl Liebknecht
German socialist, editor, and co-founder of the Spartacus League (1871-1919)
*August 13th, 1871 †January 15th, 1919, Berlin
46 Johann Christian Bach
German composer (1735–1782)
*September 5th, 1735 †January 1st, 1782, London
.jpg "Clara Schumann")
_2014-09-10_1.jpg "Rosemarie Hein")
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Ruth Pfau
German-Pakistani physician and member of a religious order
*September 9th, 1929 †August 10th, 2017, Karachi
83 Manfred Gerlach
German jurist and politician (1928-2011)
*May 8th, 1928 †October 17th, 2011, Berlin.jpg "René Adler")
_2014-09-10_2.jpg "Thomas Feist")
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Roderich Benedix
German dramatist and librettist (1811-1873)
*January 21st, 1811 †September 26th, 1873, Leipzig 52
Johann Karl Burckhardt
French astronomer and mathematician
*April 30th, 1773 †June 22nd, 1825, Paris 29
Anita Berber
German actress, dancer and writer (1899–1928)
*June 10th, 1899 †November 10th, 1928, Berlin 65
Christian Hermann Weisse
German Protestant religious philosopher
*August 10th, 1801 †September 19th, 1866, Leipzig 85
Peter Kretzschmar
East German handball player
*September 17th, 1932 †September 9th, 2018, Rüdersdorf bei Berlin
66 Max Beckmann
German painter, draftsman, printmaker, sculptor and writer (1884-1950)
*February 27th, 1884 †December 27th, 1950, New York City 54
Kurt Kluge
German sculptor and author and printmaker (1886-1940)
*April 29th, 1886 †July 26th, 1940, Fort Eben-Emael
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Walter Ulbricht
Former leader of East Germany, First Secretary of the Socialist Unity Party
*June 30th, 1893 †August 1st, 1973, Groß Dölln
.jpg "Micaela Schäfer")
60 Johannes Popitz
Prussian politician (1884-1945)
*December 2nd, 1884 †February 2nd, 1945, Plötzensee Prison
_Landtagsprojekt_Sachsen_IMG_9279_LR10_by_Stepro.jpg "Andrea Dombois")
.jpg "Udo Quellmalz")
.jpg "Petra Rossner")
_Stephen_Coz.jpg "Uta Pippig")
68 Caspar Ziegler
German jurist, poet and composer (1621-1690)
*September 15th, 1621 †April 17th, 1690, Lutherstadt WittenbergBirthdays of famous people
.jpg "Melanie Martinez")
