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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Max Cohen (Anwalt)
1842 - 1918
Joseph de Mose Piza
1824 - 1879
Hermann Leube
1863 - 1928
Rolf Schwartau
Born 1944
Carl Appel (Maler)
1866 - 1937
Wilhelm Moritz (Luftwaffe officer)
1913 - 2010
Charlotte Norrie
1855 - 1940
Mathias Claudius (Schauspieler)
Born 1865
Johann Döring (Gewerkschafter)
1864 - 1951
Hans-Henning von Pressentin
1890 - 1952
Werner Erb
1932 - 2017
Friedrich Adamson von Moltke
1816 - 1885
Brutus Molkenbuhr
1881 - 1959
Ernst-August Fricke
1911 - 1943
Johann Heinrich Baur
1730 - 1819
John Westphal
1895 - 1980
John Greve
1880 - 1967
Ulrich Rüdiger (Archäologe)
1934 - 1970
Hermann Harrendorf
1896 - 1966
Eugen Meyn
1849 - 1926
Frederick William Matthiessen
1835 - 1918
Martha Kimmerling
1873 - 1956
Johann Georg Max Schmidt
1840 - 1925
Conrad Hinrich Donner (Gutsbesitzer)
1876 - 1937
Horst Höltring
1913 - 1943
Heinrich Jürs
1897 - 1945
Georg Lehmann (Politiker, 1900)
1900 - 1958
Peter Hagenah (Maler)
1928 - 2015
Jean Jacques Cuny
1795 - 1843
Alfred Dunkel
1901 - 1988
Rudolf Schröder (Architekt)
1874 - 1929
Günther Ludwig Stuhlmann
1797 - 1872
Richard Becker (Kapitänleutnant)
Born 1911
Berend I Roosen
1705 - 1788
Fernando Ernesto Nebel
1809 - 1889
Emil Wendt
1895 - 1944
Philipp Zadig
1848 - 1927
Peter Zamory
Born 1952
Heinrich von Bünau (General, 1873)
1873 - 1943
Wulff Salomon Warburg
1778 - 1854
Wilhelm Roloff (Widerstand)
1900 - 1979
Theodor Gayen
1824 - 1900
Ernst Hansch
1914 - 1970
Rudolf Mahler
1905 - 1995
Ernst von Schimmelmann
1820 - 1885
Frieda Fiedler
1885 - 1965
Rolf Geisler
1925 - 2012
Jürgen Oldenburg
1926 - 1991
Hinrich Ladiges
1731 - 1805
Albert Winkler (Architekt)
1854 - 1901
Heinz-Ehler Brüllau
Born 1917
Anni Partzsch
1905 - 1973
Claus Wenskus
1891 - 1966
Werner Lange (Unternehmer)
1917 - 1979
Louis Franck (Politiker, Oktober 1868)
1868 - 1951
Albrecht Ludwig Joachim Friedrich von Levetzow –
1809 - 1889
Ernst Adolf Döbereiner
1892 - 1945
Max Deiters
1892 - 1947
Jesaja Hollander
1806 - 1872
Carl Duve
1889 - 1984
Otto Friedrich Alsen
1805 - 1872
Theodor Hinrich Elmenhorst
1801 - 1876
Bernhard Dowe
1890 - 1963
Karl Bartosch
1880 - 1936
Willfried Lahrs
1913 - 2006
Alfred Schulz (Politiker)
1928 - 2011
Ernst Marwede
1873 - 1919
Ernst Poel
1796 - 1867
Adolf Ruppelt
1912 - 1988
Joachim Christian Daniel Dreyer
1783 - 1875
Hans Jakob Franzenburg
1894 - 1960
Meta Rötting
1895 - 1979
Ernst Heinrich (Politiker)
1901 - 1980
Hermann Ferdinand Brammer
1810 - 1860