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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Showing 39 of 374 notable people

0009 PAINTER

Edgar Ende

1901 - 1965

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0034 POLITICIAN

Willi Dehnkamp

1903 - 1985

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0035 ACTOR

Wera Liessem

1909 - 1991

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0051 ACTOR

Rudolf Beiswanger

1903 - 1984

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0073 MATHEMATICIAN

Bruno Schoeneberg

1906 - 1995

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0080 ARCHITECT

Werner Kallmorgen

1902 - 1979

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0093 GEOLOGIST

Wolfgang Schott

1905 - 1989

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0095 KAYAK

Oskar Speck

1907 - 1995

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0096 ARCHITECT

Oscar Nitzchke

1900 - 1991

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0105 ARCHITECT

Rudolf Lodders

1901 - 1978

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0116 POLITICIAN

Irma Blohm

1909 - 1997

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0123 LAWYER

Wilhelm Drexelius

1906 - 1974

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0132 MUSIC

Lola Rogge

1908 - 1990

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0139 ACTOR

Kai Möller

1903 - 1983

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0140 WRITER

Hans Eggert Schröder

1905 - 1985

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0142 PLAYER

Anita Felguth

1909 - 2003

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0150 DRAMA

Käthe Starke-Goldschmidt

1905 - 1990

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0155 ARCHITECT

Titus Taeschner

1905 - 1997

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0156 ARCHITECT

Rudolf Jäger (Architekt)

1903 - 1978

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0173 WRITER

Heinrich Christian Meier

1905 - 1987

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0180 POLITICIAN

Karl Fischer (Autor)

1900 - 1972

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0191 ACADEMIC

Hartwig Fiege

1901 - 1997

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0199 MISSING

Etta Gräfin von Waldersee

1902 - 1978

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0201 THEOLOGIAN

Alfred Petersen (Theologe)

1909 - 2004

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0215 TEACHER

Richard Frankenberg (Historiker)

1902 - 1988

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0225 PAINTER

Oskar Kehr-Steiner

1904 - 1990

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0230 SURGEON

Otto Voss (Neurochirurg)

1902 - 1968

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0231 ACADEMIC

Horand Schacht

1908 - 1972

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0232 ACADEMIC

René du Mesnil de Rochemont

1901 - 1984

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0237 JUDGE

Ulrich Weiss (Richter)

1901 - 1989

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0254 POLITICIAN

Georg Raloff

1902 - 1965

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0257 POLITICIAN

Bruno Stamer

1900 - 1988

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0292 TEACHER

Hans Wolff (Politiker)

1902 - 1943

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0327 POLITICIAN

Georg Lehmann (Politiker, 1900)

1900 - 1958

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0330 PAINTER

Alfred Dunkel

1901 - 1988

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0341 WIDERSTAND

Wilhelm Roloff (Widerstand)

1900 - 1979

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0344 PAINTER

Rudolf Mahler

1905 - 1995

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0352 POLITICIAN

Anni Partzsch

1905 - 1973

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0373 POLITICIAN

Ernst Heinrich (Politiker)

1901 - 1980

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