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

Each band shows a profession family's share of Altona's notable births by decade. Hover the chart for the breakdown at any decade.

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  • Politics & Law
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  • Writing
  • Science
  • Business
  • Film & TV
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Showing 56 of 374 notable people

0007 POLITICIAN

Max Brauer

1887 - 1973

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0017 POLITICIAN

Louise Schroeder

1887 - 1957

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0034 POLITICIAN

Willi Dehnkamp

1903 - 1985

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0044 POLITICIAN

Diderik Hegermann

1763 - 1835

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0055 POLITICIAN

John Schehr

1896 - 1934

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0057 POLITICIAN

Alfred Henke

1868 - 1946

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0059 POLITICIAN

Robert Neddermeyer

1887 - 1965

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0076 POLITICIAN

Alma Wartenberg

1871 - 1928

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0081 POLITICIAN

Helga Mucke-Wittbrodt

1910 - 1999

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0082 POLITICIAN

Heinz-Joachim Heydorn

1916 - 1974

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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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0115 POLITICIAN

August Kirch

1879 - 1959

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0116 POLITICIAN

Irma Blohm

1909 - 1997

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0118 POLITICIAN

Emanuel Gurlitt

1826 - 1896

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0119 POLITICIAN

Karl Raloff

1899 - 1976

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0161 POLITICIAN

Max Bock (Politiker, 1881)

1881 - 1946

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0178 POLITICIAN

Wilhelm Mützelburg

1877 - 1959

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0180 POLITICIAN

Karl Fischer (Autor)

1900 - 1972

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0189 POLITICIAN

Wilhelm Hirschfeld

1795 - 1874

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0213 POLITICIAN

Gustav Garbe

1865 - 1935

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0219 POLITICIAN

Julius Reincke

1842 - 1906

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0226 POLITICIAN

Fritz Meyer (Politiker, 1881)

1881 - 1953

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0234 POLITICIAN

Ferdinand Vieth

1869 - 1946

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0239 POLITICIAN

Gerhard von Breitenbach

1886 - 1974

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0246 POLITICIAN

Minna Bahnson

1866 - 1947

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0254 POLITICIAN

Georg Raloff

1902 - 1965

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0257 POLITICIAN

Bruno Stamer

1900 - 1988

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0260 POLITICIAN

Heinrich Roscher (Politiker, 1838)

1838 - 1929

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0262 POLITICIAN

Wilhelm Petersen (Politiker)

1889 - 1968

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0272 POLITICIAN

Frieda Radel

1869 - 1958

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0275 POLITICIAN

Christoph Anton Balzer

1818 - 1871

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0279 POLITICIAN

Heinrich Wichelmann

1893 - 1974

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0281 POLITICIAN

Otto Schuldt

1877 - 1948

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0282 POLITICIAN

Margareta Hunck-Jastram

1913 - 1998

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0284 POLITICIAN

Friedrich Wilhelm Christian Marburg

1803 - 1867

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0286 POLITICIAN

Anton Spetzler (Politiker)

1869 - 1934

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0301 POLITICIAN

Max Cohen (Anwalt)

1842 - 1918

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0310 POLITICIAN

Hans-Henning von Pressentin

1890 - 1952

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0313 POLITICIAN

Brutus Molkenbuhr

1881 - 1959

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0321 POLITICIAN

Frederick William Matthiessen

1835 - 1918

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0322 POLITICIAN

Martha Kimmerling

1873 - 1956

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0327 POLITICIAN

Georg Lehmann (Politiker, 1900)

1900 - 1958

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0336 POLITICIAN

Emil Wendt

1895 - 1944

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0338 POLITICIAN

Peter Zamory

Born 1952

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0343 POLITICIAN

Ernst Hansch

1914 - 1970

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0346 POLITICIAN

Frieda Fiedler

1885 - 1965

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0348 POLITICIAN

Jürgen Oldenburg

1926 - 1991

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0352 POLITICIAN

Anni Partzsch

1905 - 1973

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0355 POLITICIAN

Louis Franck (Politiker, Oktober 1868)

1868 - 1951

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0364 POLITICIAN

Karl Bartosch

1880 - 1936

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0366 POLITICIAN

Alfred Schulz (Politiker)

1928 - 2011

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0371 POLITICIAN

Hans Jakob Franzenburg

1894 - 1960

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0373 POLITICIAN

Ernst Heinrich (Politiker)

1901 - 1980

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