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 merchant24.5× 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

Each band shows a profession family's share of Altona's notable births by decade. Hover the chart for the breakdown at any decade.

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  • Writing
  • Science
  • Business
  • Film & TV
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Showing 19 of 374 notable people

0011 PHYSICIST

Emil Warburg

1846 - 1931

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0026 MATHEMATICIAN

Ludwig Burmester

1840 - 1927

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0042 MATHEMATICIAN

Aurel Voss

1845 - 1931

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0048 ASTRONOMER

Wilhelm Schur

1846 - 1901

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0056 BOTANIST

Richard Helms (naturalist)

1842 - 1914

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0063 PUBLISHER

Gustav Fischer (éditeur)

1845 - 1910

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0086 ROMANIST

Hugo Andresen

1844 - 1918

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0145 PHOTOGRAPHER

Leonard Berlin-Bieber

1841 - 1931

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0219 POLITICIAN

Julius Reincke

1842 - 1906

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0220 CERAMIST

Hermann Mutz

1845 - 1913

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0245 ORGANBUILDER

Johann Friedrich Eduard Wohlien

1843 - 1871

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0249 BUSINESS

Conrad Hinrich Donner (Bankier, 1844)

1844 - 1911

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0265 PAINTER

Wilhelm Kümpel (Maler)

1843 - 1880

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0289 RABBI

Jakob Hollander

1844 - 1880

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0299 ENGINEER

Heinrich Ranafier

1846 - 1930

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0301 POLITICIAN

Max Cohen (Anwalt)

1842 - 1918

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0320 JUDGE

Eugen Meyn

1849 - 1926

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0323 LAWYER

Johann Georg Max Schmidt

1840 - 1925

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0337 BUSINESS

Philipp Zadig

1848 - 1927

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