53.0769° N, 8.8090° E
BREMEN
Most Famous People Born in Bremen, Germany
- Notable people
- 1,896
- Peak decade
- 1960s
- Median birth year
- 1912
- Most distinctive
- Merchant 21.7×
A Hanseatic free city whose most distinctive profession, at more than twenty times the global rate, is merchant — the officers of a self-governing trading republic that ran its own Senate until the 19th century. Bremen's other distinctive shelves are theologians, entrepreneurs, judges, and academic authors, and the 1800s are unusually heavy here. The modern half is held down by James Last, Angelique Kerber, and a Werder Bremen footballing tradition that the city's industrial families bankrolled.
One face per decade — the most globally famous figure born in Bremen during each.
Notable Births by Decade
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What Bremen Is Known For
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Politician is Bremen's biggest profession — 21% of all notables (405).
Bremen over-indexes on merchant — 21.7× the global rate.
Bremen under-produces football — only 0.3× the global rate.
Profession Mix Over Time
Each band shows a profession family's share of Bremen's notable births by decade. Hover the chart for the breakdown at any decade.
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Georg Gröning
1745 - 1825
John Frederick Amelung
1741 - 1798
Daniel Klugkist
1748 - 1814
Heinrich Lampe (Politiker, 1746)
1746 - 1817
Heinrich Pape (Theologe)
1745 - 1805
Arnold Wienholt (Mediziner)
1749 - 1804
Diederich Meier (1748–1802)
1748 - 1802
Johann Christoph Albers (Kaufmann)
1741 - 1800
Daniel Albert Albrecht Ernsting
1749 - 1820