LOCATION

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

Population:
1,402,000 (2004)

Founding Date:
1158 AD

SCHOOLS

School	Founded
University of Munich

ORCHESTRA

Orchestra	Founded
Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra	1949
Munich Philharmonic	1893
Bavarian State Orchestra

OPERA

Opera	Founded
Bavarian State Opera	1653

COMPANY HEADQUARTERS

Company	Founded
HypoVereinsbank	1998
BMW	1910
Allianz	1890
Munich Re	1880
Siemens	1847

BIRTHS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Percy Adlon	Film Director	1-Jun-1935		Bagdad Café
Moritz Bleibtreu	Actor	13-Aug-1971		Run Lola Run
Eva Braun	First Lady	6-Feb-1912	30-Apr-1945	Adolf Hitler's mistress, then wife
Harold Faltermeyer	Electronic Musician	5-Oct-1952		Axel F
Ernst Otto Fischer	Chemist	10-Nov-1918	23-Jul-2007	Organometallic "sandwich" compounds
Michael Haneke	Film Director	23-Mar-1942		Funny Games
Werner Herzog	Film Director	5-Sep-1942		Fitzcarraldo
Robert Huber	Chemist	20-Feb-1937		Proteins of photosynthesis
Denis Johnson	Novelist	1-Jul-1949		Jesus' Son
A. Elizabeth Jones	Diplomat	1948		US Ambassador to Kazakhstan, 1995-98
Marianne Koch	Actor	19-Aug-1931		A Fistful of Dollars
Georges J.F. Köhler	Scientist	17-Apr-1946	1-Mar-1995	Hybridoma technique (monoclonal antibodies)
Feodor Lynen	Scientist	6-Apr-1911	6-Aug-1979	Cholesterol and fatty acid metabolism
Erika Mann	Journalist	9-Nov-1905	27-Aug-1969	Daughter of Thomas Mann
Rudolf Mössbauer	Physicist	31-Jan-1929	14-Sep-2011	Discovered Mössbauer effect
Rosemary Murphy	Actor	13-Jan-1927	5-Jul-2014	Eleanor and Franklin
Carl Orff	Composer	10-Jul-1895	29-Mar-1982	Carmina Burana
Wolfgang Reitherman	Film Director	26-Jun-1909	22-May-1985	Jungle Book
Josef Anton Riedl	Composer	11-Jun-1929		Glas-Spiele
Ernst Roehm	Government	28-Nov-1887	1-Jul-1934	Organizer of Hitler's Brownshirts, the SA
Wolfgang Sawallisch	Conductor	26-Aug-1923	22-Feb-2013	Director, Philadelphia Orchestra, 1993-2003
Frank Shorter	Track and Field	31-Oct-1947		Marathon runner
Walter Sickert	Painter	31-May-1860	22-Jan-1942	The Camden Town Murder
Ari Up	Singer	1-Jan-1962	20-Oct-2010	The Slits
C. David Welch	Diplomat	1953		US Ambassador to Egypt, 2001-05

DEATHS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Rainer Barzel	Politician	20-Jun-1924	26-Aug-2006	CDU Chairman, 1971-73
Hugh Beaumont	Actor	16-Feb-1909	14-May-1982	Ward Cleaver on Leave It To Beaver
Adolf Butenandt	Chemist	24-Mar-1903	18-Jan-1995	Research in sex hormones
Lil Dagover	Actor	30-Sep-1887	24-Jan-1980	The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari
Rainer Werner Fassbinder	Film Director	31-May-1945	10-Jun-1982	The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant
Ernst Otto Fischer	Chemist	10-Nov-1918	23-Jul-2007	Organometallic "sandwich" compounds
Helmut Griem	Actor	6-Apr-1932	19-Nov-2004	Cabaret
Romano Guardini	Religion	17-Feb-1885	1-Oct-1968	Roman Catholic theologian
Werner Heisenberg	Physicist	5-Dec-1901	1-Feb-1976	Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle
Paul von Heyse	Author	15-Mar-1830	2-Apr-1914	L'Arrabbiata
Walter Hieber	Chemist	18-Dec-1895	29-Nov-1976	Metal carbonyl chemistry
Friedrich Heinrich Jacobi	Philosopher	25-Jan-1743	18-Mar-1819	German Spinozist
Fritz Kortner	Actor	12-May-1892	22-Jul-1970	Pandora's Box
Emil Kraepelin	Psychiatrist	15-Feb-1856	7-Oct-1926	Manic depression and schizophrenia
Orlando di Lasso	Composer	1530	14-Jun-1594	Psalmi Davidis Poenitentiales
Justus Liebig	Chemist	12-May-1803	18-Apr-1873	Reformed pedagogy of chemistry
Karl von Linde	Engineer	11-Jun-1842	16-Nov-1934	Inventor of refrigeration
Feodor Lynen	Scientist	6-Apr-1911	6-Aug-1979	Cholesterol and fatty acid metabolism
Alistair MacLean	Novelist	28-Apr-1922	2-Feb-1987	The Guns of Navarone
Willy Messerschmitt	Engineer	26-Jun-1898	17-Sep-1978	Designer of Nazi fighter planes
William of Ockham	Philosopher	c. 1285	9-Apr-1348	Occam's Razor
Georg Simon Ohm	Physicist	16-Mar-1789	6-Jul-1854	Ohm's Law
Carl Orff	Composer	10-Jul-1895	29-Mar-1982	Carmina Burana
Gustav Otto	Business	12-Jan-1883	28-Feb-1926	Founder of BMW and Flottweg AG
Talcott Parsons	Sociologist	13-Dec-1902	8-May-1979	The Structure of Social Action
Herbert C. Pell	Diplomat	16-Feb-1884	17-Jul-1961	US Ambassador to Portugal, 1937-41
Maya Plisetskaya	Dancer	20-Nov-1925	2-May-2015	Iconic star of the Bolshoi Ballet
Geli Raubal	Relative	4-Jun-1908	18-Sep-1931	Hitler's niece
Theodor Reuss	Religion	28-Jun-1855	28-Oct-1923	Founded the Ordo Templi Orientis
Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen	Physicist	27-Mar-1845	10-Feb-1923	Discovered X-Rays
Hjalmar Schacht	Government	22-Jan-1877	3-Jun-1970	Reich Minister of Economics
Max Schreck	Actor	6-Sep-1879	20-Feb-1936	Nosferatu
Arnold Sommerfeld	Physicist	5-Dec-1868	26-Apr-1951	Fine-structure constant
Oswald Spengler	Historian	29-May-1880	8-May-1936	The Decline of the West
Astrid Varnay	Singer	25-Apr-1918	4-Sep-2006	Wagnerian soprano
Max Weber	Sociologist	21-Apr-1864	14-Jun-1920	The Protestant Ethic
Frank Wedekind	Playwright	24-Jul-1864	9-Mar-1918	Playwright born before his time
Wilhelm Wien	Physicist	13-Jan-1864	30-Aug-1928	Blackbody radiation

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