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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 42 of 1,896 notable people

0006 MEDIEVALIST

Ludwig Quidde

1858 - 1941

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0012 MATHEMATICIAN

Carl David Tolmé Runge

1856 - 1927

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0104 ANARCHIST

Adolph Fischer

1858 - 1887

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0158 ACADEMIC

Hermann Gollancz

1852 - 1930

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0186 ACTOR

Gustav Botz

1857 - 1932

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0200 LAWYER

Johann Heinrich Burchard

1852 - 1912

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0232 LAWYER

Heinrich Wiegand

1855 - 1909

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0237 BOTANIST

Heinrich Klebahn

1859 - 1942

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0273 BOTANIST

Christian Rutenberg

1851 - 1878

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0292 MINERALOGIST

Heinrich Vater

1859 - 1930

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0294 CORNETIST

Herman Bellstedt

1858 - 1926

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0365 WRITER

Friedrich J. Pajeken

1855 - 1920

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0374 PHOTOGRAPHER

Henry Buehman

1851 - 1912

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0392 ORNITHOLOGIST

Friedrich Brüggemann

1850 - 1878

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0421 POLITICIAN

Hedwig Heyl

1850 - 1934

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0639 POLITICIAN

Martin Donandt

1852 - 1937

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0642 LAWYER

Clemens Carl Buff

1853 - 1940

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0768 ARCHITECT

Albert Dunkel

1856 - 1905

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0804 ARCHITECT

Friedrich Wilhelm Rauschenberg

1853 - 1935

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0843 PAINTER

Carl Rathjen

1855 - 1919

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0874 ENTREPRENEUR

Carl Lahusen (Unternehmer)

1858 - 1921

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0889 PHOTOGRAPHER

Christian Colberg (Fotograf)

1859 - 1911

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0918 PAINTER

Carl Johann Spielter

1851 - 1922

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0977 JUDGE

Alfred Hagens

1856 - 1934

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1141 ACADEMIC

Otto Bollweg

1857 - 1927

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1174 KAUFMAN

Gustav Lahusen

1854 - 1939

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1190 CHEMIST

Theodor Pfeiffer (Agrikulturchemiker)

1856 - 1923

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1243 ENGINEER

Eduard Suling

1856 - 1922

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1319 JUDGE

Diedrich Lahusen

1852 - 1927

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1395 POLITICIAN

Hermann Colshorn

1853 - 1931

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1398 AUTHOR

Carl Erling

1857 - 1934

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1427 EDUCATION

Magda Böttner

1858 - 1937

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1465 KAUFMAN

Wilhelm Wolters

1855 - 1918

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1519 MISSING

Carl Eduard Schünemann

1855 - 1921

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1521 PAINTER

Richard Nagel (Ornithologe)

1857 - 1941

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1564 AUTHOR

Fisch-Luzie

1850 - 1921

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1568 ENTREPRENEUR

Geraldo Dannemann

1851 - 1921

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1610 GEHEIMRAT

Albert Dyes

1857 - 1938

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1656 BUSINESS

John Volkmann

1855 - 1928

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1841 POLITICIAN

Gustav Wilhelm Dreyer

1859 - 1911

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1843 BUSINESS

Moritz Marwede

1851 - 1932

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1855 JUDGE

Gerhard Heinrich Kirchhoff

1854 - 1929

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