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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Adolf Bastian
1826 - 1905
Wilhelm Paul Corssen
1820 - 1875
Ludwig Knoop
1821 - 1894
Otto Gildemeister
1823 - 1902
Eduard Mohr (Afrikaforscher)
1828 - 1876
Eduard Ortgies
1829 - 1916
Karl Gildemeister
1820 - 1869
August von Kaven
1827 - 1891
Gustav Runge
1822 - 1900
Amalie Murtfeldt
1828 - 1888
Diedrich Samuel Kropp
1824 - 1913
Christian Lahusen (Kaufmann)
1820 - 1898
Adolf Torstrik
1821 - 1877
Alexander Georg Mosle
1827 - 1882
Johannes Duntze (Maler)
1825 - 1895
Charles Henry Nimitz
1826 - 1911
August Lürman
1820 - 1902
Henny Sattler
1829 - 1913
Marie Hackfeld
1829 - 1917
Johann Heinrich von Lengerke
1825 - 1906
Hermann von Gröning
1823 - 1898
Johann Carl Tecklenborg
1820 - 1873
Georg Heinrich Claussen
1828 - 1912
Friedrich Entholt
1823 - 1916
Johann Heinrich Theodor Claussen
1825 - 1908
Johann Eberhard Ludewig Pavenstedt
1827 - 1889
Wilhelm Schorcht
1826 - 1885
Frederick L. Schmersahl
1825 - 1905
Jeremias Theodor Boisselier
1826 - 1912
Nikolaus Ordemann
1826 - 1882