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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.

Through the Decades

One face per decade — the most globally famous figure born in Bremen during each.

What Bremen Is Known For

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Politician is Bremen's biggest profession — 21% of all notables (405).

Bremen over-indexes on merchant21.7× the global rate.

Bremen under-produces football — only 0.3× the global rate.

  1. Politician405
  2. Actor92
  3. Painter89
  4. Academic71
  5. Writer56
  6. Lawyer55
  7. Football53
  8. Author46
  1. Merchant3621.7×
  2. Education199.1×
  3. Academic713.7×
  4. Theologian213.0×
  5. Entrepreneur193.0×
  6. Author462.8×
  7. Judge242.7×
  8. Architect432.6×
  1. Football530.3×

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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Showing 32 of 1,896 notable people

0086 GEOGRAPHER

Johann Georg Kohl

1808 - 1878

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0208 POLITICIAN

Arnold Duckwitz

1802 - 1881

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0332 SCULPTOR

Arnold Hermann Lossow

1805 - 1874

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0509 AUTHOR

Marie Mindermann

1808 - 1882

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0549 MERCHANT

Hermann Henrich Meier

1809 - 1898

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0588 LAWYER

Karl Ludwig Neubourg

1808 - 1894

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0829 INVENTOR

Johann Wilhelm Wendt (Kapitän)

1802 - 1847

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0842 TRANSLATOR

Adolf Laun

1808 - 1881

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0895 PHOTOGRAPHER

August Wilhelm Wedeking

1807 - 1875

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0929 PAINTER

Ernst Heinrich Wilhelm Hampe

1806 - 1862

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0931 LAWYER

Johann Daniel Thulesius

1800 - 1850

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1014 OFFICER

August von Oelrichs

1801 - 1868

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1127 PHYSICIAN

Carl Anton Eduard Lorent

1809 - 1886

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1131 KAUFMAN

Franz Tecklenborg

1807 - 1886

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1140 PFARRER

Johann Georg Wermelskirch

1803 - 1872

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1155 OPERA

Henriette Grabau-Bünau

1805 - 1852

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1183 LAWYER

Ferdinand Donandt (Politiker)

1803 - 1872

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1258 BANK

Daniel Meinertzhagen (Bankier)

1801 - 1869

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1295 POLITICIAN

Heinrich Smidt (Senator)

1806 - 1878

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1318 POLITICIAN

Carl Friedrich Gottfried Mohr

1803 - 1888

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1341 LAWYER

Karl Theodor Oelrichs

1804 - 1871

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1397 CARTOGRAPHER

Johann Heinrich Thätjenhorst

1803 - 1859

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1523 POLITICIAN

Maximilian von Vrints zu Falkenstein

1802 - 1896

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1533 THEOLOGE

Jakob Frerichs

1805 - 1870

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1536 THEOLOGIAN

Hermann Garlichs

1807 - 1865

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1605 SHIPBUILDER

Hermann Friedrich Ulrichs

1809 - 1865

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1645 REEDER

Friedrich Wilhelm Wencke

1806 - 1859

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1658 REEDER

Johann Höpken

1801 - 1877

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1710 KAUFMAN

Friedrich Carl Ferdinand Nielsen (1803–1882) –

1803 - 1882

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1740 THEOLOGIAN

Johann Heinrich Volkmann (Theologe)

1804 - 1865

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1754 MERCHANT

Johann Christoph Dubbers

1804 - 1877

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1771 KONSUL

Albert Schumacher (Konsul)

1802 - 1871

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