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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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0007 POLITICIAN

Max Brauer

1887 - 1973

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0014 POET

Hans-Friedrich Blunck

1888 - 1961

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0017 POLITICIAN

Louise Schroeder

1887 - 1957

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0021 THEOLOGIAN

Hans Ehrenberg

1883 - 1958

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0025 ACTOR

Ernst Pittschau

1883 - 1951

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0046 WRITER

Wilhelm Lamszus

1881 - 1965

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0059 POLITICIAN

Robert Neddermeyer

1887 - 1965

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0110 LEPIDOPTERIST

Georg Warnecke

1883 - 1962

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0127 ANATOMIST

Hans Petersen (Mediziner)

1885 - 1946

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0129 BOOKSELLER

Max Habermann

1885 - 1944

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0152 PASTOR

Hermann Raschke (Theologe)

1887 - 1970

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0159 AUTHOR

Heinrich Deiters (Schriftsteller)

1882 - 1971

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0161 POLITICIAN

Max Bock (Politiker, 1881)

1881 - 1946

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0163 PUBLISHER

Hinrich Springer

1880 - 1949

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0181 MUSIC

Wilhelm Heinitz

1883 - 1963

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0202 LITHOGRAPHER

John Dähmcke

1887 - 1980

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0204 PAINTER

Max Weiss (Maler)

1884 - 1994

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0214 PAINTER

Wilhelm Schodde

1883 - 1951

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0226 POLITICIAN

Fritz Meyer (Politiker, 1881)

1881 - 1953

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0239 POLITICIAN

Gerhard von Breitenbach

1886 - 1974

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0252 PAINTER

Walter Voltmer

1884 - 1972

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0258 EDUCATION

Wilhelm Voß (Blindenlehrer)

1882 - 1952

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0262 POLITICIAN

Wilhelm Petersen (Politiker)

1889 - 1968

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0266 PAINTER

Adolf Kreutzfeldt

1884 - 1970

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0269 SINGER

Carl Günther (Sänger, 1885)

1885 - 1958

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0278 SURGEON

Henning Brütt

1888 - 1979

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0288 TEACHER

Peter Meyer (Lehrer)

1888 - 1967

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0313 POLITICIAN

Brutus Molkenbuhr

1881 - 1959

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0317 BUSINESS

John Greve

1880 - 1967

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0346 POLITICIAN

Frieda Fiedler

1885 - 1965

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0360 CONSERVATIONIST

Carl Duve

1889 - 1984

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0364 POLITICIAN

Karl Bartosch

1880 - 1936

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