LOCATION

Official Website:
http://www.frankfurt.de/

Population:
650,000

SCHOOLS

School	Founded
University of Frankfurt	1914

COMPANY HEADQUARTERS

Company	Founded
European Central Bank	1998
Dresdner Bank	1872
Deutsche Bank	1870

BIRTHS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Theodor Adorno	Philosopher	11-Sep-1903	6-Aug-1969	Dialectic of Enlightenment
Robert J. Aumann	Economist	8-Jun-1930		Game theorist
Herman Bing	Actor	30-Mar-1889	9-Jan-1947	1930s character actor
Gerd Binnig	Physicist	20-Jul-1947		Co-Inventor, scanning tunneling microscope
Susan Blakely	Actor	7-Sep-1952		A Cry For Love
Heinrich Anton de Bary	Botanist	26-Jan-1831	19-Jan-1888	Founder of modern mycology
Walter A. Eberstadt	Business	?		Lazard Freres
Erik Erikson	Psychologist	15-Jun-1902	12-May-1994	Eight Stages of Childhood
Anne Frank	Victim	12-Jun-1929	Mar-1945	The Diary of Anne Frank
Otto Frank	Relative	12-May-1889	19-Aug-1980	Father of Anne Frank
Carl Remigius Fresenius	Chemist	28-Dec-1818	11-Jun-1897	Anleitung zur qualitativen chemischen Analyse
Erich Fromm	Psychologist	23-Mar-1900	18-Mar-1980	Psychoanalyst, Humanist
Goethe	Author	28-Aug-1749	22-Mar-1832	Most influential German writer
Otto Hahn	Chemist	8-Mar-1879	28-Jul-1968	Demonstrated fission
Geoffrey Hartman	Critic	11-Aug-1929		The Unmediated Vision
Friedrich Maximilian Klinger	Playwright	17-Feb-1752	9-Mar-1831	Sturm under Drang
Martin Lawrence	Comic	16-Apr-1965		Martin
Otto Loewi	Scientist	3-Jun-1873	25-Dec-1961	Acetylcholine as a neurotransmitter
Leo Lowenthal	Sociologist	3-Nov-1900	21-Jan-1993	Literature and the Image of Man
Keith McHenry	Activist	1957		Food Not Bombs
Henri Nestlé	Business	10-Aug-1814	7-Jul-1890	Invented infant formula
Marcel Ophüls	Film Director	1-Nov-1927		The Sorrow and the Pity
Karl Schwarzschild	Astronomer	9-Oct-1873	11-May-1916	Black holes, Schwarzschild radius
Nicole Brown Simpson	Victim	19-May-1959	12-Jun-1994	O.J.'s ex-wife (36C-24-35)
P. J. Soles	Actor	17-Jul-1950		Rock 'n' Roll High School
Horst L. Störmer	Physicist	6-Apr-1949		Fractional quantum Hall effect
Ruben Studdard	Musician	12-Sep-1978		Winner of 2003 American Idol
Peter Thiel	Business	1967		Co-Founder of PayPal
August Weismann	Biologist	17-Jan-1834	5-Nov-1914	Theory of Germ Plasm
Ruth Westheimer	Talk Show Host	4-Jun-1928		4'7" of concentrated sex
Hans Zimmer	Musician	12-Sep-1957		The Buggles

DEATHS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Theodor de Bry	Engraver	1528	27-Mar-1598	German book engraver
Paul Hindemith	Composer	16-Nov-1895	28-Dec-1963	Mathis der Maler
Rob Pilatus	Dancer	8-Jun-1965	2-Apr-1998	Milli Vanilli face turned to life of crime
Arthur Schopenhauer	Philosopher	22-Feb-1788	21-Sep-1860	Philosopher of Pessimism
Clara Schumann	Pianist	13-Sep-1819	20-May-1896	Romantic pianist and composer

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