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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 113 of 1,896 notable people

0019 DESIGNER

Wilhelm Wagenfeld

1900 - 1990

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0031 DIPLOMAT

Georg Ferdinand Duckwitz

1904 - 1973

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0033 MATHEMATICIAN

Grete Hermann

1901 - 1984

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0045 LINGUIST

Alexander Gode

1906 - 1970

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0083 POLITICIAN

Hans Biebow

1902 - 1947

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0091 ACTOR

Jane Baxter

1909 - 1996

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0098 BIOLOGIST

Karin Magnussen

1908 - 1997

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0101 ACTOR

Christa Tordy

1904 - 1945

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0117 SOLDIER

Alexander Piorkowski

1904 - 1948

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0142 POLITICIAN

Albert Hoffmann (Nazi)

1907 - 1972

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0154 ATHLETIC

Leni Schmidt

1906 - 1985

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0165 SINGER

Robert Dorsay

1904 - 1943

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0166 ILLUSTRATOR

Harald Damsleth

1906 - 1971

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0170 ACTOR

Carla Rust

1908 - 1977

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0185 ACTOR

Violetta (performer)

Born 1906

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0221 CHEMIST

Rudolf Mentzel

1900 - 1987

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0224 POLITICIAN

Eleonore Staimer

1906 - 1998

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0261 POLITICIAN

Käthe Lübeck

1907 - 1984

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0325 CHEMIST

Günther Rienäcker

1904 - 1989

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0326 FOOTBALL

Eduard Hundt

1909 - 2002

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0339 PIANIST

John Newmark

1904 - 1991

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0341 PHOTOGRAPHER

Fritz Goro

1901 - 1986

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0354 ASTRONOMER

Diedrich Wattenberg

1909 - 1996

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0390 HOCKEY

Karl-Heinz Irmer

1903 - 1975

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0405 HISTORIAN

Karol Marian Pospieszalski

1909 - 2007

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0423 ACTOR

Friedel Nowack

1901 - 1988

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0451 BASEBALL

Sammy Byrd

1906 - 1981

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0460 PAINTER

Gertraud Herzger von Harlessem

1908 - 1989

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0489 ACTOR

Hela Gruel

1902 - 1991

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0496 CHESS

Hermann Heemsoth

1909 - 2006

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0506 AUTHOR

Ernst Roselius

1904 - 1941

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0527 LAWYER

Wilhelm Melchers

1900 - 1971

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0531 ACADEMIC

Hans Schwalm (Geograph)

1900 - 1992

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0626 PHYSICIAN

Carl Albrecht (Mediziner)

1902 - 1965

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0664 ARTIST

Werner Rohde (Fotograf)

1906 - 1990

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0669 RENNSPORT

Walther J. Jacobs

1907 - 1998

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0677 AUTHOR

Jan Lauts

1908 - 1993

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0680 PAINTER

Gottlieb Pot d’Or

1905 - 1978

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0683 ENTREPRENEUR

Hermann Krages

1909 - 1992

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0723 ACTOR

Lotte Meyer

1909 - 1991

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0734 LAWYER

Carl Degener

1900 - 1960

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0738 POLITICIAN

Jules Eberhard Noltenius

1908 - 1976

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0753 ACTOR

Lutz Schwiers

1904 - 1983

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0774 ART HISTORIAN

Ernst Homann-Wedeking

1908 - 2002

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0818 WRITER

Gottfried Hasenkamp

1902 - 1990

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0822 POLITICIAN

Charlotte Fera

1905 - 1998

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0835 HISTORIAN

Christian Degn

1909 - 2004

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0841 PAINTER

Elisabeth Steineke

1909 - 2003

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0858 ACTOR

Rudolf Koch-Riehl

1900 - 1956

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0897 PLAYER

Kurt Entholt

1909 - 1996

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0908 COMPOSER

Juan Ehlert

1901 - 1982

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0912 ACTOR

Elisabeth Kuhlmann

Born 1907

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0932 AUTHOR

Albert Karl Burmester

1908 - 1974

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0974 EDITOR

Adolf Wolfard

1901 - 1951

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1005 POLITICIAN

Hermann Prüser

1903 - 1991

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1020 ENTREPRENEUR

Wolfgang Ritter (Unternehmer)

1905 - 1993

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1022 CHEMIST

Hanni Erxleben

1903 - 2001

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1036 PHILOLOGIST

Hermann Langerbeck

1908 - 1964

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1037 PAINTER

Hanns Müller (Maler)

1901 - 1999

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1050 EDUCATION

Elisabeth Forck

1900 - 1988

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1053 ARCHITECT

Friedrich Schumacher (Architekt)

1905 - 1993

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1065 HISTORIAN

George Löning

1900 - 1946

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1075 ACADEMIA

Hanna Kunath

1909 - 1994

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1113 GEWERKSCHAFT

Fritz Rettig

1901 - 1981

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1125 METALLURGIST

Heinrich Nipper

1901 - 1968

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1181 REEDER

Johannes Kulenkampff

1901 - 1987

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1209 PHYSICIAN

Werner Knothe

1900 - 1967

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1214 POLITICIAN

Reinhold Schulze

1905 - 1993

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1217 POLITICIAN

Friedrich Lienhoop

1908 - 1995

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1225 LAWYER

Gustav Adolf Salander

1900 - 1996

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1264 LAWYER

Heinrich Maas

1908 - 1981

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1276 ACADEMIC

Paul Goosmann

1906 - 1992

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1282 PUBLISHER

Hermann Rudolf Meyer

1902 - 1979

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1297 PFARRER

Otto Schlißke

1906 - 1975

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1445 JOINER

Theodor Winter

1902 - 1944

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1447 ORGANIST

Wilhelm Evers (Organist)

1902 - 1975

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1453 MERCHANT

Karl Bruck (Kaufmann)

1907 - 1970

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1458 POLITICIAN

Armin Hörmann

1907 - 1979

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1485 POLITICIAN

Paul Schwartz (Politiker)

1904 - 1963

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1501 POLITICIAN

Franz Löbert

1906 - 1975

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1547 MISSING

Friedrich Lorent

1905 - 1988

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1553 POLITICIAN

Anni Lange

1904 - 1977

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1569 HANDBALL

William Ahlemeyer

Born 1907

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1571 JOURNALIST

Hans Lübeck

1908 - 1992

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1581 MANAGER

Heinrich Wilhelm Ahrens

1903 - 2002

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1598 SCULPTOR

Klaus Bücking

1908 - 1980

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1599 POLITICIAN

Johanne Lohmann

1902 - 2000

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1631 PAINTER

Marie Luise Scherer

1903 - 1980

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1633 ARCHITECT

Martin Zill

1907 - 1978

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1636 POLITICIAN

Wilhelm Knigge

1906 - 1995

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1637 LAWYER

Albrecht Schackow

1907 - 1994

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1641 POLITICIAN

Andrée Bölken

1901 - 1965

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1649 POLITICIAN

Wilhelm Blase (Politiker, 1909)

1909 - 1994

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1666 MITARBEITER

Eduard Waetjen

1907 - 1994

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1670 ARCHITECT

Bernhard Wessel (Architekt)

1904 - 1976

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1682 ASTRONOMER

Johann Wempe

1906 - 1980

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1705 POLITICIAN

Heinrich Ahlers

1905 - 1980

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1714 FARMER

Hermann Borchers

1903 - 1973

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1716 WIDERSTAND

Otto Volkmann (Widerstandskämpfer)

1909 - 1936

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1727 POLITICIAN

Karl Hoffmann (Politiker, 1901)

1901 - 1981

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1731 BUSINESS

Fritz Thiele (Unternehmer)

1903 - 1981

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1735 MISSING

Clara Hocke

1901 - 1981

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1743 POLITICIAN

Wilhelm Bolte (Politiker)

1902 - 1974

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1767 POLITICIAN

Ernst Buchholz (Politiker)

1905 - 1974

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1775 WRITER

Ludwig Hackerott

1906 - 1997

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1785 POLITICIAN

Ernst Gabriel

1902 - 1974

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1786 POLITICIAN

Christian Mahlstedt

1901 - 1976

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1807 POLITICIAN

Friedrich Steffens

1905 - 1982

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1813 POLITICIAN

Friedrich Düßmann

1907 - 1974

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1823 ARCHITECT

Richard Homann (Gartenarchitekt)

1900 - 1963

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1884 POLITICIAN

Franz Gerber (Politiker)

1902 - 1985

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1885 POLITICIAN

Friedrich Deppe

Born 1908

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1889 POLITICIAN

Paul Ziessler

Born 1909

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