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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 108 of 1,896 notable people

0001 COMPOSER

James Last

1929 - 2015

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0016 FOOTBALL

Bert Trautmann

1923 - 2013

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0028 ACTOR

Hans-Joachim Kulenkampff

1921 - 1998

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0034 POLITICIAN

Hans Koschnick

1929 - 2016

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0037 ACTOR

Günter Meisner

1926 - 1994

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0067 FILM

Hilmar Hoffmann

1925 - 2018

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0077 RESISTANCE

Cato Bontjes van Beek

1920 - 1943

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0080 ACTOR

Gerry Wolff

1920 - 2005

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0093 MATHEMATICIAN

Hans-Joachim Bremermann

1926 - 1996

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0120 COMPOSER

Kai Warner

1926 - 1982

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0134 ARCHITECT

Walter Brune

Born 1926

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0153 COMPOSER

Karl-Ernst Sasse

1923 - 2006

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0244 BOTANIST

Otti Wilmanns

Born 1928

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0309 AUTHOR

Mietje Bontjes van Beek

1922 - 2012

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0313 CORRESPONDENT

Charles Wheeler (journalist)

1923 - 2008

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0324 PSYCHIATRIST

Wolfgang Blankenburg

1928 - 2002

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0351 PSYCHOLOGIST

William G. Roll

1926 - 2012

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0356 DRUMMER

Robert Last (drummer)

1923 - 1986

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0370 ROWER

Helmut Heinhold

1927 - 2008

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0407 ACTOR

Harald Halgardt

1927 - 2019

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0412 ACTOR

Marianne Christina Schilling

1928 - 2012

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0435 MARINE

Hans-Arend Feindt

1921 - 2002

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0494 ACTOR

Hans Dieter Zeidler

1926 - 1998

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0495 PAINTER

Gus Heinze

Born 1926

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0507 ACTOR

Verena Wiet

1925 - 2011

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0572 SCULPTOR

Georg Arfmann

1927 - 2015

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0593 POLITICIAN

Hans Stefan Seifriz

1927 - 2020

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0631 ACADEMIC

Bernd Schirrmacher

1921 - 2015

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0646 AUTHOR

Michael Wilke

1929 - 2017

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0685 POLITICIAN

Hermann Gautier

1920 - 2010

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0692 ARCHITECT

Carsten Schröck

1923 - 1973

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0701 ENTREPRENEUR

Peter Zinkann

Born 1928

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0715 PHARMACIST

Herbert Oelschläger

1921 - 2006

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0722 DANCER

Peter Van Dijk

1929 - 1997

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0765 ENTREPRENEUR

Hans-Bernhard Bolza-Schünemann

1926 - 2010

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0772 PAINTER

Hilde Sinapius

Born 1929

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0778 EDUCATION

Caspar Kuhlmann

1926 - 1990

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0789 ARCHAEOLOGIST

Claus Ahrens (Archäologe)

1925 - 1998

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0819 WRITER

Hans O. E. Gronau

1925 - 2001

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0827 WRITER

Otmar Leist

1921 - 2012

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0838 ENTREPRENEUR

Conrad Naber

1922 - 2018

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0851 ENTREPRENEUR

Egon Herbert Harms

1927 - 2006

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0876 BOTANIST

Helga Große-Brauckmann

1925 - 2007

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0892 WRITER

Werner Schrader (Autor)

1928 - 2007

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0896 COMPOSER

Georg Espitalier

1926 - 2010

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0898 ENTREPRENEUR

Detlef Hegemann

1927 - 2011

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0904 TRADE UNION

Hermann Brandt (Gewerkschafter)

1922 - 2018

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0906 POLITICIAN

Dieter Dieckhoff

Born 1929

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0909 AUTHOR

Walter Alexander Bauer

1921 - 2011

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0910 PAINTER

Heinz-Otto Müller-Erbach

1921 - 1984

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0916 CARDIOLOGIST

Joachim Stoermer

1924 - 2002

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0917 ART HISTORIAN

Detlef Heikamp

Born 1927

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0941 ACADEMIC

Gerhard Röbbelen

Born 1929

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0972 ETHNOLOGIST

Joachim Sterly

1926 - 2001

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0989 SCULPTOR

Peter Lehmann (Bildhauer)

1921 - 1995

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0998 AUTHOR

Horst Kalthoff

1926 - 2017

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1008 OPERA

Harro Heinz Theodor Fromme

1921 - 2008

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1023 MATHEMATICIAN

Günter Meinardus

1926 - 2007

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1035 ACADEMIC

Eberhard Finke

1920 - 2016

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1049 AUTHOR

Wilhelm Lührs

1928 - 1992

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1088 WRITER

Berthold Lindemann

1929 - 2014

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1130 SCHOLAR

Eugen Dietrich Graue

1922 - 2006

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1240 COMPOSER

Carl Theodor Hütterott

Born 1926

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1248 ACTOR

Helmut Stange (Schauspieler)

1929 - 2018

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1263 GÄRTNER

Klara Stoevesandt

1921 - 2014

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1265 DIPLOMAT

Carl Lahusen (Diplomat)

Born 1922

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1274 JOURNALIST

Karl-Heinz Cammann

1928 - 2011

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1306 FOOTBALL

Richard Ackerschott

1921 - 2002

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1308 ARCHITECT

Karl-August Welp

1926 - 2015

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1311 ACADEMIC

Rolf Dannenbring

1924 - 1998

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1332 PHYSICIST

Horst Tobias Witt

1922 - 2007

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1337 ACTOR

Hans Rolf Radula

1921 - 1987

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1354 DRAMA

Eberhard Freudenberg

1920 - 1977

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1378 ACADEMIC

Jörg Müller-Volbehr

1926 - 2010

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1385 PHYSICIAN

Rolf Schlögell

1921 - 1984

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1392 ENTREPRENEUR

Hans Henry Lamotte

1922 - 2003

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1433 GEWERKSCHAFT

Bruno Schnakenberg

1922 - 2013

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1478 ARTIST

Hans-Albrecht Schilling

Born 1929

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1484 POLITICIAN

Georg Urban (Politiker, 1925)

1925 - 2005

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1490 NEWS PRESENTER

Gerd Bollmann (Sprecher)

1928 - 2009

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1511 NOTARY

Wilfried Helling

1927 - 2003

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1524 POLITICIAN

Werner Schriever

1920 - 2013

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1548 ENGINEER

Doris Kuhlmann-Wilsdorf

1922 - 2010

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1562 POLITICIAN

Georg Rogge

Born 1929

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1565 PASTOR

Hartwig Ammann

1927 - 2007

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1585 WRITER

Helga Nordhausen

1929 - 2012

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1617 POLITICIAN

Friedrich Rebers

1929 - 2001

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1628 POLITICIAN

Henry O. Lampe

1927 - 2012

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1630 POLITICIAN

Reinhard Uhde

1929 - 2014

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1677 POLITICIAN

Heinz Bendig

1921 - 2016

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1684 LAWYER

Dieter Ahlers

1921 - 2009

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1685 SPORT

Heinz-Helmut Claußen

Born 1928

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1703 TRADE UNION

Adalbert Höhne

1928 - 1976

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1713 REEDER

Hermann Helms (Reeder, 1928)

1928 - 2005

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1738 WRESTLER

Hans Böse

1929 - 1978

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1750 POLITICIAN

Wolfgang Hinrichs (Politiker)

1922 - 2010

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1752 POLITICIAN

Anneliese Leinemann

1923 - 2013

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1763 POLITICIAN

Günter Stelljes

1926 - 2015

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1778 POLITICIAN

Dieter Brauns

1926 - 2005

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1812 POLITICIAN

Karl-Otto Hartjen

1920 - 1972

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1819 POLITICIAN

Wilhelm Schelter (Politiker, 1924)

1924 - 1987

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1826 PIANIST

Harald Kruse

1923 - 1988

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1829 POLITICIAN

Reinhard Ehlers

1928 - 2009

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1831 POLITICIAN

Heinrich Behrens (Politiker)

1924 - 2008

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1858 BANK

Reinhard Entholt

1921 - 2013

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1864 POLITICIAN

Werner Fischer (Politiker, 1929)

1929 - 2018

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1873 POLITICIAN

Agnes Lange

Born 1929

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1888 POLITICIAN

Heinrich Schumacher (Politiker, 1922)

Born 1922

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