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ALTONA

Most Famous People Born in Altona, Germany

Notable people
374
Peak decade
1900s
Median birth year
1873
Most distinctive
Merchant 24.5×

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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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0004 PAINTER

Carlos Schwabe

1866 - 1926

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0023 PHILOSOPHER

Constantin Brunner

1862 - 1937

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0033 WRITER

Otto Ernst (Schriftsteller)

1862 - 1926

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0057 POLITICIAN

Alfred Henke

1868 - 1946

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0062 PAINTER

Julius von Ehren

1864 - 1944

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0100 ACTOR

Georg Reimers

1860 - 1936

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0113 PAINTER

Franz Hein (Maler)

1863 - 1927

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0147 COMPOSER

Léonard Gautier

1866 - 1955

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0157 AUTHOR

Berthold Haendcke

1862 - 1951

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0174 MERCHANT

Henry P. Newman

1868 - 1917

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0197 ACTOR

Oskar Fuchs

1866 - 1927

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0200 JOURNALIST

Julius Bruhns

1860 - 1927

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0208 ACTOR

Margarete Tondeur

1865 - 1919

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0213 POLITICIAN

Gustav Garbe

1865 - 1935

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0234 POLITICIAN

Ferdinand Vieth

1869 - 1946

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0246 POLITICIAN

Minna Bahnson

1866 - 1947

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0272 POLITICIAN

Frieda Radel

1869 - 1958

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0283 AUTHOR

Carl Harz

1860 - 1943

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0286 POLITICIAN

Anton Spetzler (Politiker)

1869 - 1934

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0293 PAINTER

Johann Baptist Scherer

1869 - 1920

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0303 MERCHANT

Hermann Leube

1863 - 1928

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0305 PAINTER

Carl Appel (Maler)

1866 - 1937

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0308 ACTOR

Mathias Claudius (Schauspieler)

Born 1865

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0309 TRADE UNION

Johann Döring (Gewerkschafter)

1864 - 1951

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0355 POLITICIAN

Louis Franck (Politiker, Oktober 1868)

1868 - 1951

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