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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Carlos Schwabe
1866 - 1926
Edgar Ende
1901 - 1965
Louis Gurlitt
1812 - 1897
Rudolf Lehmann (artist)
1819 - 1905
Ernst Meyer (painter)
1797 - 1861
Georg Hainz
1630 - 1700
Oswald Sickert
1828 - 1885
Wilhelm Claudius
1854 - 1942
Christian Sell
1831 - 1883
Johann August Krafft (Maler)
1798 - 1829
Julius von Ehren
1864 - 1944
Jacob Cats (painter)
1741 - 1799
Theude Grönland
1817 - 1876
Rudolf Schäfer (Kirchenmaler)
1878 - 1961
Johan Bravo
1797 - 1876
Dominicus van der Smissen
1704 - 1760
August Trümper
1874 - 1956
Franz Hein (Maler)
1863 - 1927
August Blunck
1858 - 1946
Eugen Krüger
1832 - 1876
Friedrich Heimerdinger
1817 - 1882
Otto Thämer
1892 - 1975
Hartlib Rex
1936 - 2009
Hermann de Bruycker
1858 - 1950
Max Weiss (Maler)
1884 - 1994
Wilhelm Schodde
1883 - 1951
Oskar Kehr-Steiner
1904 - 1990
Walter Voltmer
1884 - 1972
Wilhelm Kümpel (Maler)
1843 - 1880
Adolf Kreutzfeldt
1884 - 1970
Anton Carl Dusch
1760 - 1829
Christian Heinrich Hanson
1790 - 1863
Johann Baptist Scherer
1869 - 1920
Carl Appel (Maler)
1866 - 1937
Peter Hagenah (Maler)
1928 - 2015
Alfred Dunkel
1901 - 1988
Rudolf Mahler
1905 - 1995
Claus Wenskus
1891 - 1966
Max Deiters
1892 - 1947
Hermann Ferdinand Brammer
1810 - 1860