53.5497° N, 9.9319° E
ALTONA
Most Famous People Born in Altona, Germany
- Notable people
- 374
- Peak decade
- 1900s
- Median birth year
- 1873
- Most distinctive
- Merchant 24.5×
Standouts
Notable Births by Decade
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What Altona Is Known For
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Politician is Altona's biggest profession — 15% of all notables (56).
Altona over-indexes on merchant — 24.5× the global rate.
Profession Mix Over Time
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- Filtered to 1790s Clear ×
0001 ASTRONOMER
Friedrich Georg Wilhelm von Struve
1793 - 1864
0019 MUSIC
Siegfried Dehn
1799 - 1858
0028 PAINTER
Ernst Meyer (painter)
1797 - 1861
0038 INDÉPENDANCE
George Jarvis (Philhellene)
1797 - 1828
0054 WRITER
Heinrich Smidt
1798 - 1867
0061 PAINTER
Johann August Krafft (Maler)
1798 - 1829
0064 WRITER
Oskar Ludwig Bernhard Wolff
1799 - 1851
0087 PHYSICIAN
Ludwig August Struve
1795 - 1828
0104 PAINTER
Johan Bravo
1797 - 1876
0108 SOZIALREFORM
Charlotte Paulsen
1797 - 1862
0121 WRITER
Heinrich Witt (Kaufmann)
1799 - 1892
0136 JOURNALIST
Carl Wilhelm Asher
1798 - 1864
0153 KAUFMAN
Georg Ernst Harzen
1790 - 1863
0160 STARB
George Hempleman
1799 - 1880
0189 POLITICIAN
Wilhelm Hirschfeld
1795 - 1874
0270 JUDGE
Karl Benedict von Schirach
1790 - 1864
0277 PAINTER
Christian Heinrich Hanson
1790 - 1863
0280 SINGER
Wilhelm Bröckelmann (Schauspieler, 1797)
1797 - 1854
0329 KAUFMAN
Jean Jacques Cuny
1795 - 1843
0332 BUSINESS
Günther Ludwig Stuhlmann
1797 - 1872
0368 LAWYER
Ernst Poel
1796 - 1867