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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- Business
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- Filtered to 1840s Clear ×
0011 PHYSICIST
Emil Warburg
1846 - 1931
0026 MATHEMATICIAN
Ludwig Burmester
1840 - 1927
0042 MATHEMATICIAN
Aurel Voss
1845 - 1931
0048 ASTRONOMER
Wilhelm Schur
1846 - 1901
0056 BOTANIST
Richard Helms (naturalist)
1842 - 1914
0063 PUBLISHER
Gustav Fischer (éditeur)
1845 - 1910
0086 ROMANIST
Hugo Andresen
1844 - 1918
0145 PHOTOGRAPHER
Leonard Berlin-Bieber
1841 - 1931
0219 POLITICIAN
Julius Reincke
1842 - 1906
0220 CERAMIST
Hermann Mutz
1845 - 1913
0245 ORGANBUILDER
Johann Friedrich Eduard Wohlien
1843 - 1871
0249 BUSINESS
Conrad Hinrich Donner (Bankier, 1844)
1844 - 1911
0265 PAINTER
Wilhelm Kümpel (Maler)
1843 - 1880
0289 RABBI
Jakob Hollander
1844 - 1880
0299 ENGINEER
Heinrich Ranafier
1846 - 1930
0301 POLITICIAN
Max Cohen (Anwalt)
1842 - 1918
0320 JUDGE
Eugen Meyn
1849 - 1926
0323 LAWYER
Johann Georg Max Schmidt
1840 - 1925
0337 BUSINESS
Philipp Zadig
1848 - 1927