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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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Showing 40 of 374 notable people

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Carlos Schwabe

1866 - 1926

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Edgar Ende

1901 - 1965

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Louis Gurlitt

1812 - 1897

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Rudolf Lehmann (artist)

1819 - 1905

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Ernst Meyer (painter)

1797 - 1861

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Georg Hainz

1630 - 1700

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Oswald Sickert

1828 - 1885

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Wilhelm Claudius

1854 - 1942

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Christian Sell

1831 - 1883

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Johann August Krafft (Maler)

1798 - 1829

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Julius von Ehren

1864 - 1944

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Jacob Cats (painter)

1741 - 1799

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Theude Grönland

1817 - 1876

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Rudolf Schäfer (Kirchenmaler)

1878 - 1961

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Johan Bravo

1797 - 1876

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Dominicus van der Smissen

1704 - 1760

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August Trümper

1874 - 1956

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Franz Hein (Maler)

1863 - 1927

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August Blunck

1858 - 1946

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Eugen Krüger

1832 - 1876

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Friedrich Heimerdinger

1817 - 1882

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Otto Thämer

1892 - 1975

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Hartlib Rex

1936 - 2009

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Hermann de Bruycker

1858 - 1950

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Max Weiss (Maler)

1884 - 1994

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Wilhelm Schodde

1883 - 1951

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Oskar Kehr-Steiner

1904 - 1990

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Walter Voltmer

1884 - 1972

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Wilhelm Kümpel (Maler)

1843 - 1880

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Adolf Kreutzfeldt

1884 - 1970

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Anton Carl Dusch

1760 - 1829

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Christian Heinrich Hanson

1790 - 1863

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Johann Baptist Scherer

1869 - 1920

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Carl Appel (Maler)

1866 - 1937

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Peter Hagenah (Maler)

1928 - 2015

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Alfred Dunkel

1901 - 1988

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Rudolf Mahler

1905 - 1995

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Claus Wenskus

1891 - 1966

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Max Deiters

1892 - 1947

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Hermann Ferdinand Brammer

1810 - 1860

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