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.

  1. Politician56
  2. Painter40
  3. Writer22
  4. Actor20
  5. Architect10
  6. Academic10
  7. Author9
  8. Lawyer9
  1. Merchant824.5×
  2. Bank58.2×
  3. Painter404.1×
  4. Botanist53.3×
  5. Architect103.0×
  6. Author92.8×
  7. Academic102.6×
  8. Missing52.0×

Profession Mix Over Time

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0029 ZOOLOGIST

Carl Semper

1832 - 1893

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0037 ASTRONOMER

Georg Friedrich Wilhelm Rümker

1832 - 1900

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0039 ENTOMOLOGIST

Georg Semper

1837 - 1909

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0043 GEOGRAPHER

Albrecht Roscher

1836 - 1860

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0053 PAINTER

Christian Sell

1831 - 1883

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0069 ASTRONOMER

August Sonntag

1832 - 1860

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0122 PAINTER

Eugen Krüger

1832 - 1876

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0260 POLITICIAN

Heinrich Roscher (Politiker, 1838)

1838 - 1929

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0271 MALACOLOGIST

Otto Semper

1830 - 1907

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0321 POLITICIAN

Frederick William Matthiessen

1835 - 1918

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