Historical figures in Frankfurt am Main

The atlas holds 28 people and 43 moments here, from 794 to 1993. The most recorded lives are Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Arthur Schopenhauer and Anne Frank. Among them Writers, Philosophers and Educators, across the Cold War and the Space Age.

Notable people

1. Albrecht Dürer

   in 1520

   1 moment here

   German painter, printmaker, and theorist of the Northern Renaissance. Born and died in Nuremberg, Dürer trained there before traveling through the…

2. Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

   in 1974

   1 moment here

   Soviet and Russian novelist, essayist, historian, dissident, and Nobel laureate whose writings on Soviet political repression and the Gulag made him…

3. Anne Frank

   from 1929 to 1931

   3 moments here

   Anne Frank was a German-born Jewish diarist whose writing from hiding in Nazi-occupied Amsterdam became The Diary of a Young Girl.…

4. Arthur Schopenhauer

   from 1831 to 1860

   5 moments here

   German philosopher and writer, born in Danzig and dead in Frankfurt am Main. His documented movements included childhood residences in Hamburg and Le…

5. Charlemagne

   in 794

   1 moment here

   Frankish king, Lombard king, and Carolingian emperor who ruled from 768 to 814. His itinerant court moved across Francia, Saxony, Italy, Bavaria, the…

6. Chulalongkorn

   in 1907

   1 moment here

   Chulalongkorn (Rama V) was King of Siam from 1868 until 1910. His reign combined state centralization, legal and social reform, and diplomacy…

7. Dwight D. Eisenhower

   in 1945

   1 moment here

   Dwight D. Eisenhower was a United States Army officer, Supreme Allied Commander in Europe during World War II, and the 34th president of the United…

8. Freddie Mercury

   in 1984

   1 moment here

   Freddie Mercury (Farrokh Bulsara) was a British singer, songwriter, pianist, and lead vocalist of Queen.…

9. Fyodor Dostoyevsky

   from 1863 to 1867

   2 moments here

   Russian novelist, journalist, essayist, and former military engineer whose life moved between Moscow, Saint Petersburg, Siberian imprisonment and…

10. Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel

    in 1797

    1 moment here

    German philosopher and a central figure of German idealism. His documented movements include formative study in Stuttgart and Tübingen; tutoring…

11. Giordano Bruno

    from 1590 to 1591

    2 moments here

    Italian Renaissance philosopher, Dominican friar, writer, and cosmological theorist. Born at Nola, Bruno studied and lived in Italy, Switzerland,…

12. Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz

    in 1667

    1 moment here

    German polymath, philosopher, mathematician, jurist, diplomat, court councillor, historian, and librarian.…

13. Hans Christian Andersen

    in 1843

    1 moment here

    Danish writer renowned for literary fairy tales including “The Little Mermaid,” “The Emperor’s New Clothes,” “The Snow Queen,” and “The Ugly…

14. Heinrich Heine

    in 1815

    1 moment here

    German poet, essayist, journalist, and literary critic. Born in Düsseldorf, Heine studied in Bonn, Göttingen, and Berlin, traveled widely in Germany…

15. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

    from 1749 to 1775

    6 moments here

    German poet, dramatist, novelist, scientist, theatre director, and statesman. Born in Frankfurt, Goethe studied in Leipzig and Strasbourg, practiced…

16. John Eccles

    in 1993

    1 moment here

    Australian neurophysiologist and philosopher John Carew Eccles (1903–1997) was a Nobel laureate noted for research on synaptic transmission.…

17. Kenneth Kaunda

    in 1970

    1 moment here

    Zambian teacher, nationalist leader, and first president of independent Zambia, serving from 1964 to 1991.…

18. Leonhard Euler

    in 1727

    1 moment here

    Swiss mathematician, physicist, astronomer, engineer, and polymath. Euler’s documented life moved from Basel and nearby Riehen to Saint Petersburg,…

19. Maya Angelou

    in 1954

    1 moment here

    American memoirist, poet, performer, educator, and civil-rights activist. Her documented life moved from Missouri and Arkansas to California and New…

20. Muhammad Ali

    in 1966

    1 moment here

    Muhammad Ali (born Cassius Marcellus Clay Jr.) was an American boxer, activist, humanitarian, and global cultural figure.…

21. Otto von Bismarck

    in 1851

    1 moment here

    Otto von Bismarck was a Prussian and German statesman, diplomat, and the first chancellor of the German Empire.…

22. Pope Francis

    in 1986

    1 moment here

    Jorge Mario Bergoglio, Pope Francis, was an Argentine Jesuit priest, archbishop of Buenos Aires, cardinal, and head of the Catholic Church and…

23. Rosa Luxemburg

    from 1913 to 1914

    2 moments here

    Polish-born, naturalised-German Marxist theorist, socialist organiser, anti-war activist, and revolutionary.…

24. Thomas Mann

    in 1949

    1 moment here

    German novelist, essayist, public intellectual, and 1929 Nobel laureate. Born in Lübeck, he lived principally in Munich before exile from Nazi…

Moments

1. 794 Convened the Council of Frankfurt Charlemagne
2. 1520 Arrival in Frankfurt Albrecht Dürer
3. 1590 Carmelite-convent lodging in Frankfurt Giordano Bruno
4. 1591 Second Frankfurt stay Giordano Bruno
5. 1667 Frankfurt visit Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
6. 1727 Departure from Frankfurt am Main Leonhard Euler
7. 1749 Born at the Goethe family house Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
8. 1753 Arrives and is detained in Frankfurt Voltaire
9. 1763 Appears in Frankfurt concerts Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
10. 1768 Convalesces in Frankfurt Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
11. 1771 Returns to the Frankfurt family house Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
12. 1772 Hosts the Shakespeare Day gathering Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
13. 1775 Departs Frankfurt for Switzerland Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
14. 1775 Returns from first Swiss journey Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
15. 1790 Travels to Frankfurt for the coronation Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
16. 1797 Tutor position in Frankfurt Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
17. 1815 Commercial training in Frankfurt Heinrich Heine
18. 1831 Flight from cholera to Frankfurt Arthur Schopenhauer
19. 1833 Permanent move to Frankfurt Arthur Schopenhauer
20. 1843 Residence at Schöne Aussicht 17 Arthur Schopenhauer
21. 1843 Arrives in Frankfurt Hans Christian Andersen
22. 1848 Witness to the Frankfurt uprising Arthur Schopenhauer
23. 1851 Prussian envoy at the Federal Diet Otto von Bismarck
24. 1860 Death at Schöne Aussicht 16 Arthur Schopenhauer
25. 1863 Visited Homburg during the 1863 journey Fyodor Dostoyevsky
26. 1867 Stopped in Frankfurt Fyodor Dostoyevsky
27. 1907 Health stay in Bad Homburg Chulalongkorn
28. 1913 Anti-war meeting in Bockenheim Rosa Luxemburg
29. 1914 Frankfurt criminal-court trial Rosa Luxemburg
30. 1917 Stopped overnight in Frankfurt Vladimir Lenin
31. 1929 Birth at Maingau Red Cross Clinic Anne Frank
32. 1929 Early childhood home at Marbachweg 307 Anne Frank
33. 1931 Frank family home at Ganghoferstraße 24 Anne Frank
34. 1945 Military governor headquarters Dwight D. Eisenhower
35. 1949 Goethe bicentenary celebrations in Frankfurt Thomas Mann
36. 1954 Porgy and Bess European tour Maya Angelou
37. 1966 Mildenberger title defense Muhammad Ali
38. 1970 Visit to Frankfurt Kenneth Kaunda
39. 1974 Deportation to Frankfurt Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
40. 1984 Performed in Frankfurt Freddie Mercury
41. 1986 Research stay at Sankt Georgen Pope Francis
42. 1990 Hostage flight arrives at Frankfurt Airport Willy Brandt
43. 1993 Ninetieth-birthday symposium John Eccles

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