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

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0020 ENGINEER

Carl F. W. Borgward

1890 - 1963

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0022 HISTORIAN

Victor Ehrenberg (historian)

1891 - 1976

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0027 ARCHITECT

Carl Theodor Sørensen

1893 - 1979

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0055 POLITICIAN

John Schehr

1896 - 1934

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0060 WRITER

Ernst Johannsen

1898 - 1977

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0091 POLITICIAN

Heinrich Landahl

1895 - 1971

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0103 POLITICIAN

Werner Stephan

1895 - 1984

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0106 POLITICIAN

Berthold Maack

1898 - 1981

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0109 POLITICIAN

Wilhelm von Allwörden

1892 - 1955

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0119 POLITICIAN

Karl Raloff

1899 - 1976

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0124 PSYCHOLOGIST

Walter Jacobsen

1895 - 1986

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0128 FIGHTER

Walter Göttsch

1896 - 1918

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0143 MILITAR

Johannes de Boer

1897 - 1986

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0146 ILLUSTRATOR

Willy Thomsen

1898 - 1969

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0148 PAINTER

Otto Thämer

1892 - 1975

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0170 SCULPTOR

Siegfried Möller

1896 - 1970

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0212 WRITER

Bella Martens

1891 - 1959

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0223 MILITAR

Christian-Johannes Landau

1897 - 1952

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0240 MILITAR

Oswin Grolig

1894 - 1944

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0244 SCULPTOR

Anne-Marie Vogler

1892 - 1983

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0248 LEHRER

Friedrich Sparmann

1890 - 1969

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0255 THEOLOGIAN

Walter Bülck

1891 - 1952

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0279 POLITICIAN

Heinrich Wichelmann

1893 - 1974

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0285 AUTHOR

Benno Cohen (Rabbiner)

1895 - 1944

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0290 FORSCHER

Johannes Rickers

1893 - 1965

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0294 ACTOR

Richard Spethmann

1891 - 1960

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0310 POLITICIAN

Hans-Henning von Pressentin

1890 - 1952

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0316 POLIZEI

John Westphal

1895 - 1980

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0319 MILITAR

Hermann Harrendorf

1896 - 1966

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0326 LEUTNANT

Heinrich Jürs

1897 - 1945

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0336 POLITICIAN

Emil Wendt

1895 - 1944

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0353 PAINTER

Claus Wenskus

1891 - 1966

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0357 ASSESSOR

Ernst Adolf Döbereiner

1892 - 1945

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0358 PAINTER

Max Deiters

1892 - 1947

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0363 TRADE UNION

Bernhard Dowe

1890 - 1963

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0371 POLITICIAN

Hans Jakob Franzenburg

1894 - 1960

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0372 TAILOR

Meta Rötting

1895 - 1979

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