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 Lüderitz
1834 - 1886
Hermann Ottomar Herzog
1832 - 1932
Wilhelm Olbers Focke
1834 - 1922
Friedrich Stohmann
1832 - 1897
Johann Poppe
1837 - 1915
Friedrich Nobbe
1830 - 1922
Ernst Christian Achelis
1838 - 1912
Henry Timken
1831 - 1909
Ottilie Hoffmann
1835 - 1925
Edward C. Hegeler
1835 - 1910
Elard Hugo Meyer
1837 - 1908
Albert Hermann Post
1839 - 1895
Carl Justus Fedeler
1837 - 1897
Frederick Halterman
1831 - 1907
Carl Ludwig Frischen
1830 - 1890
Heini Holtenbeen
1835 - 1909
Johann Georg Lohmann
1830 - 1892
Gustav von der Heyde
1836 - 1891
Franz Ernst Schütte
1836 - 1911
Johann Friedrich Hennings
1838 - 1899
Doris Groth
1830 - 1878
Hermann Albert Schumacher
1839 - 1890
August Lüderitz
1838 - 1922
Johannes C. Achelis
1836 - 1913
Ferdinand Heye
1838 - 1889
Diederich Volkmann
1838 - 1903
Johannes Rösing (Diplomat)
1833 - 1909
Albert Gröning (Politiker, 1839)
1839 - 1903
Johann Smidt (Kaufmann)
1839 - 1910
Johann Friedrich Iken
1837 - 1902
Christoph Hellwig Papendieck
1839 - 1891
Hermann Stürcke
1832 - 1911
Hermann Voget
1838 - 1883
Carl Schütte
1839 - 1917
Diedrich Ehmck
1836 - 1908
Heinrich Wilhelm Schaefer
1835 - 1892
Christoffer Wessel Debbe
1837 - 1912
Friedrich Grelle
1835 - 1878
Frederick Charles Winkler
1838 - 1921
Johann Depken
1837 - 1909
Johannes Rippe
1838 - 1908
Johann Matthias Gildemeister
1833 - 1918
Eberhard Thulesius
1839 - 1913
Bernhard Loose
1836 - 1902
Johann Eggers
1830 - 1881
Friedrich Adolph Meyer
1833 - 1924
Ernst Ferdinand Plump
1839 - 1900
Fritz Meyer
1839 - 1859
Heinrich Hartmann (Politiker, 1835)
1835 - 1909