tiin: 104 laureai ai premiului Nobel (n special n fizic, chimie, medicin)
Albert Einstein: teoria relativitii Johannes Gutenberg: inventatorul tiparniei Cultur: 38 de obiective UNESCO Muzic: Johann Sebastian Bach, Georg Friedrich Hndel, Ludwig van Beethoven, Franz Schubert, Carl Maria von Weber, Felix Mendelssohn, Richard Wagner, Richard Strauss.
Literature and philosophy: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Heinrich Heine,
Friedrich Schiller, Brothers Grimm. The Frankfurt Book Fair is the most important in the world for international deals and trading, with a tradition spanning over 500 years.