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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×

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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374 notable people

0301 POLITICIAN

Max Cohen (Anwalt)

1842 - 1918

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0302 JOURNALIST

Joseph de Mose Piza

1824 - 1879

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0303 MERCHANT

Hermann Leube

1863 - 1928

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0304 FOOTBALL

Rolf Schwartau

Born 1944

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0305 PAINTER

Carl Appel (Maler)

1866 - 1937

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0306 WORLD WAR

Wilhelm Moritz (Luftwaffe officer)

1913 - 2010

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0307 NURSE

Charlotte Norrie

1855 - 1940

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0308 ACTOR

Mathias Claudius (Schauspieler)

Born 1865

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0309 TRADE UNION

Johann Döring (Gewerkschafter)

1864 - 1951

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0310 POLITICIAN

Hans-Henning von Pressentin

1890 - 1952

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0311 FOOTBALL

Werner Erb

1932 - 2017

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0312 LAWYER

Friedrich Adamson von Moltke

1816 - 1885

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0313 POLITICIAN

Brutus Molkenbuhr

1881 - 1959

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0314 OFFICER

Ernst-August Fricke

1911 - 1943

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0315 MERCHANT

Johann Heinrich Baur

1730 - 1819

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0316 POLIZEI

John Westphal

1895 - 1980

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0317 BUSINESS

John Greve

1880 - 1967

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0318 ARCHAEOLOGIST

Ulrich Rüdiger (Archäologe)

1934 - 1970

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0319 MILITAR

Hermann Harrendorf

1896 - 1966

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0320 JUDGE

Eugen Meyn

1849 - 1926

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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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0323 LAWYER

Johann Georg Max Schmidt

1840 - 1925

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0324 MISSING

Conrad Hinrich Donner (Gutsbesitzer)

1876 - 1937

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0325 COMMANDER

Horst Höltring

1913 - 1943

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0326 LEUTNANT

Heinrich Jürs

1897 - 1945

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0327 POLITICIAN

Georg Lehmann (Politiker, 1900)

1900 - 1958

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0328 PAINTER

Peter Hagenah (Maler)

1928 - 2015

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0329 KAUFMAN

Jean Jacques Cuny

1795 - 1843

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0330 PAINTER

Alfred Dunkel

1901 - 1988

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0331 ARCHITECT

Rudolf Schröder (Architekt)

1874 - 1929

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0332 BUSINESS

Günther Ludwig Stuhlmann

1797 - 1872

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0333 COMANDANTE

Richard Becker (Kapitänleutnant)

Born 1911

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0334 DIAKON

Berend I Roosen

1705 - 1788

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0335 ENTREPRENEUR

Fernando Ernesto Nebel

1809 - 1889

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0336 POLITICIAN

Emil Wendt

1895 - 1944

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0337 BUSINESS

Philipp Zadig

1848 - 1927

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0338 POLITICIAN

Peter Zamory

Born 1952

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0339 OFFICER

Heinrich von Bünau (General, 1873)

1873 - 1943

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0340 BANK

Wulff Salomon Warburg

1778 - 1854

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0341 WIDERSTAND

Wilhelm Roloff (Widerstand)

1900 - 1979

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0342 MANUFACTURER

Theodor Gayen

1824 - 1900

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0343 POLITICIAN

Ernst Hansch

1914 - 1970

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0344 PAINTER

Rudolf Mahler

1905 - 1995

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0345 FARMER

Ernst von Schimmelmann

1820 - 1885

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0346 POLITICIAN

Frieda Fiedler

1885 - 1965

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0347 ACADEMIC

Rolf Geisler

1925 - 2012

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0348 POLITICIAN

Jürgen Oldenburg

1926 - 1991

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0349 BUSINESS

Hinrich Ladiges

1731 - 1805

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0350 ARCHITECT

Albert Winkler (Architekt)

1854 - 1901

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0351 SOLDIER

Heinz-Ehler Brüllau

Born 1917

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0352 POLITICIAN

Anni Partzsch

1905 - 1973

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0353 PAINTER

Claus Wenskus

1891 - 1966

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0354 MILLER

Werner Lange (Unternehmer)

1917 - 1979

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0355 POLITICIAN

Louis Franck (Politiker, Oktober 1868)

1868 - 1951

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0356 VERSAMMLUNG

Albrecht Ludwig Joachim Friedrich von Levetzow –

1809 - 1889

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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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0359 RABBI

Jesaja Hollander

1806 - 1872

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0360 CONSERVATIONIST

Carl Duve

1889 - 1984

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0361 MANUFACTURER

Otto Friedrich Alsen

1805 - 1872

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0362 MERCHANT

Theodor Hinrich Elmenhorst

1801 - 1876

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0363 TRADE UNION

Bernhard Dowe

1890 - 1963

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0364 POLITICIAN

Karl Bartosch

1880 - 1936

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0365 TURNER

Willfried Lahrs

1913 - 2006

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0366 POLITICIAN

Alfred Schulz (Politiker)

1928 - 2011

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0367 MANAGER

Ernst Marwede

1873 - 1919

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0368 LAWYER

Ernst Poel

1796 - 1867

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0369 MISSING

Adolf Ruppelt

1912 - 1988

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0370 MERCHANT

Joachim Christian Daniel Dreyer

1783 - 1875

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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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0373 POLITICIAN

Ernst Heinrich (Politiker)

1901 - 1980

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0374 PAINTER

Hermann Ferdinand Brammer

1810 - 1860

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