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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Max Schmidt (Ethnologe)
1874 - 1950
Alma Wartenberg
1871 - 1928
Rudolf Schäfer (Kirchenmaler)
1878 - 1961
Wilhelm Heering
1876 - 1916
Ina von Grumbkow
1872 - 1942
August Trümper
1874 - 1956
August Kirch
1879 - 1959
Charly Wittong
1876 - 1943
Otto Stahmer
1879 - 1968
Emil Puls
1877 - 1941
Otto Kähler (Rechtsanwalt)
1875 - 1955
Wilhelm Mützelburg
1877 - 1959
Carl Linga
1877 - 1963
Ernst Glässel
1878 - 1950
Franz Soetbeer
1870 - 1943
Hans Piper (Physiologe)
1877 - 1915
Max Semper
1870 - 1954
Edgar Wedekind
1870 - 1938
Ida Salden
Born 1878
Walter Koch (Maler, 1875)
1875 - 1915
Kurt Siemers (Kaufmann)
1873 - 1944
Emil Heymann
1878 - 1936
Harald Bredow
1878 - 1934
Lely Kempin
1878 - 1971
Georg von Alten (Generalmajor, 1875)
1875 - 1950
Otto Schuldt
1877 - 1948
Paul Kaestner
1876 - 1936
Martha Kimmerling
1873 - 1956
Conrad Hinrich Donner (Gutsbesitzer)
1876 - 1937
Rudolf Schröder (Architekt)
1874 - 1929
Heinrich von Bünau (General, 1873)
1873 - 1943
Ernst Marwede
1873 - 1919