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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0012 PAINTER
Louis Gurlitt
1812 - 1897
0024 PAINTER
Rudolf Lehmann (artist)
1819 - 1905
0052 COMPOSER
Heinrich Ernst Kayser
1815 - 1888
0066 MILITAR
Valdemar Rudolph von Raasløff
1815 - 1883
0085 PAINTER
Theude Grönland
1817 - 1876
0125 AUTHOR
Ludwig Walesrode
1810 - 1889
0135 PAINTER
Friedrich Heimerdinger
1817 - 1882
0168 CARTOGRAPHER
Hermann Biernatzki
1818 - 1895
0184 WRITER
Karl Biernatzki
1815 - 1899
0193 ACTOR
Albert Peter Johann Krüger
1810 - 1883
0224 COLLECTOR
Pius Warburg
1816 - 1900
0250 SHIPBUILDER
Ernst Dreyer
1816 - 1899
0273 DIAKON
Emma Poel
1811 - 1891
0275 POLITICIAN
Christoph Anton Balzer
1818 - 1871
0287 ARZT
Friedrich von Aspern
1811 - 1890
0295 BANK
Moritz Warburg
1810 - 1886
0312 LAWYER
Friedrich Adamson von Moltke
1816 - 1885
0374 PAINTER
Hermann Ferdinand Brammer
1810 - 1860