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 1900s Clear ×
Wilhelm Wagenfeld
1900 - 1990
Georg Ferdinand Duckwitz
1904 - 1973
Grete Hermann
1901 - 1984
Alexander Gode
1906 - 1970
Hans Biebow
1902 - 1947
Jane Baxter
1909 - 1996
Karin Magnussen
1908 - 1997
Christa Tordy
1904 - 1945
Alexander Piorkowski
1904 - 1948
Albert Hoffmann (Nazi)
1907 - 1972
Leni Schmidt
1906 - 1985
Robert Dorsay
1904 - 1943
Harald Damsleth
1906 - 1971
Carla Rust
1908 - 1977
Violetta (performer)
Born 1906
Rudolf Mentzel
1900 - 1987
Eleonore Staimer
1906 - 1998
Käthe Lübeck
1907 - 1984
Günther Rienäcker
1904 - 1989
Eduard Hundt
1909 - 2002
John Newmark
1904 - 1991
Fritz Goro
1901 - 1986
Diedrich Wattenberg
1909 - 1996
Karl-Heinz Irmer
1903 - 1975
Karol Marian Pospieszalski
1909 - 2007
Friedel Nowack
1901 - 1988
Sammy Byrd
1906 - 1981
Gertraud Herzger von Harlessem
1908 - 1989
Hela Gruel
1902 - 1991
Hermann Heemsoth
1909 - 2006
Ernst Roselius
1904 - 1941
Wilhelm Melchers
1900 - 1971
Hans Schwalm (Geograph)
1900 - 1992
Carl Albrecht (Mediziner)
1902 - 1965
Werner Rohde (Fotograf)
1906 - 1990
Walther J. Jacobs
1907 - 1998
Jan Lauts
1908 - 1993
Gottlieb Pot d’Or
1905 - 1978
Hermann Krages
1909 - 1992
Lotte Meyer
1909 - 1991
Carl Degener
1900 - 1960
Jules Eberhard Noltenius
1908 - 1976
Lutz Schwiers
1904 - 1983
Ernst Homann-Wedeking
1908 - 2002
Gottfried Hasenkamp
1902 - 1990
Charlotte Fera
1905 - 1998
Christian Degn
1909 - 2004
Elisabeth Steineke
1909 - 2003
Rudolf Koch-Riehl
1900 - 1956
Kurt Entholt
1909 - 1996
Juan Ehlert
1901 - 1982
Elisabeth Kuhlmann
Born 1907
Albert Karl Burmester
1908 - 1974
Adolf Wolfard
1901 - 1951
Hermann Prüser
1903 - 1991
Wolfgang Ritter (Unternehmer)
1905 - 1993
Hanni Erxleben
1903 - 2001
Hermann Langerbeck
1908 - 1964
Hanns Müller (Maler)
1901 - 1999
Elisabeth Forck
1900 - 1988
Friedrich Schumacher (Architekt)
1905 - 1993
George Löning
1900 - 1946
Hanna Kunath
1909 - 1994
Fritz Rettig
1901 - 1981
Heinrich Nipper
1901 - 1968
Johannes Kulenkampff
1901 - 1987
Werner Knothe
1900 - 1967
Reinhold Schulze
1905 - 1993
Friedrich Lienhoop
1908 - 1995
Gustav Adolf Salander
1900 - 1996
Heinrich Maas
1908 - 1981
Paul Goosmann
1906 - 1992
Hermann Rudolf Meyer
1902 - 1979
Otto Schlißke
1906 - 1975
Theodor Winter
1902 - 1944
Wilhelm Evers (Organist)
1902 - 1975
Karl Bruck (Kaufmann)
1907 - 1970
Armin Hörmann
1907 - 1979
Paul Schwartz (Politiker)
1904 - 1963
Franz Löbert
1906 - 1975
Friedrich Lorent
1905 - 1988
Anni Lange
1904 - 1977
William Ahlemeyer
Born 1907
Hans Lübeck
1908 - 1992
Heinrich Wilhelm Ahrens
1903 - 2002
Klaus Bücking
1908 - 1980
Johanne Lohmann
1902 - 2000
Marie Luise Scherer
1903 - 1980
Martin Zill
1907 - 1978
Wilhelm Knigge
1906 - 1995
Albrecht Schackow
1907 - 1994
Andrée Bölken
1901 - 1965
Wilhelm Blase (Politiker, 1909)
1909 - 1994
Eduard Waetjen
1907 - 1994
Bernhard Wessel (Architekt)
1904 - 1976
Johann Wempe
1906 - 1980
Heinrich Ahlers
1905 - 1980
Hermann Borchers
1903 - 1973
Otto Volkmann (Widerstandskämpfer)
1909 - 1936
Karl Hoffmann (Politiker, 1901)
1901 - 1981
Fritz Thiele (Unternehmer)
1903 - 1981
Clara Hocke
1901 - 1981
Wilhelm Bolte (Politiker)
1902 - 1974
Ernst Buchholz (Politiker)
1905 - 1974
Ludwig Hackerott
1906 - 1997
Ernst Gabriel
1902 - 1974
Christian Mahlstedt
1901 - 1976
Friedrich Steffens
1905 - 1982
Friedrich Düßmann
1907 - 1974
Richard Homann (Gartenarchitekt)
1900 - 1963
Franz Gerber (Politiker)
1902 - 1985
Friedrich Deppe
Born 1908
Paul Ziessler
Born 1909