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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- Filtered to 1850s Clear ×
Ludwig Quidde
1858 - 1941
Carl David Tolmé Runge
1856 - 1927
Adolph Fischer
1858 - 1887
Hermann Gollancz
1852 - 1930
Gustav Botz
1857 - 1932
Johann Heinrich Burchard
1852 - 1912
Heinrich Wiegand
1855 - 1909
Heinrich Klebahn
1859 - 1942
Christian Rutenberg
1851 - 1878
Heinrich Vater
1859 - 1930
Herman Bellstedt
1858 - 1926
Friedrich J. Pajeken
1855 - 1920
Henry Buehman
1851 - 1912
Friedrich Brüggemann
1850 - 1878
Hedwig Heyl
1850 - 1934
Martin Donandt
1852 - 1937
Clemens Carl Buff
1853 - 1940
Albert Dunkel
1856 - 1905
Friedrich Wilhelm Rauschenberg
1853 - 1935
Carl Rathjen
1855 - 1919
Carl Lahusen (Unternehmer)
1858 - 1921
Christian Colberg (Fotograf)
1859 - 1911
Carl Johann Spielter
1851 - 1922
Alfred Hagens
1856 - 1934
Otto Bollweg
1857 - 1927
Gustav Lahusen
1854 - 1939
Theodor Pfeiffer (Agrikulturchemiker)
1856 - 1923
Eduard Suling
1856 - 1922
Diedrich Lahusen
1852 - 1927
Hermann Colshorn
1853 - 1931
Carl Erling
1857 - 1934
Magda Böttner
1858 - 1937
Wilhelm Wolters
1855 - 1918
Carl Eduard Schünemann
1855 - 1921
Richard Nagel (Ornithologe)
1857 - 1941
Fisch-Luzie
1850 - 1921
Geraldo Dannemann
1851 - 1921
Albert Dyes
1857 - 1938
John Volkmann
1855 - 1928
Gustav Wilhelm Dreyer
1859 - 1911
Moritz Marwede
1851 - 1932
Gerhard Heinrich Kirchhoff
1854 - 1929