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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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0022 WRITER

Marita Lorenz

1939 - 2019

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0030 THEATRE

Claus Peymann

Born 1937

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0043 POLITICIAN

Henning Scherf

Born 1938

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0055 FOOTBALL

Max Lorenz (footballer)

Born 1939

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0073 ENTREPRENEUR

Klaus Johann Jacobs

1936 - 2008

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0074 ACTOR

Volker Spengler

1939 - 2020

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0076 ACTOR

Gerd Baltus

1932 - 2019

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0123 PHYSICIST

Harald Rose

Born 1935

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0137 WRITER

Hanna Johansen

Born 1939

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0161 COMPOSER

Ronny (Schlagersänger)

1930 - 2011

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0184 ACADEMIC

Dietz-Otto Edzard

1930 - 2004

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0217 FOOTBALL

Arnold Schütz

1935 - 2015

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0301 PALAEONTOLOGIST

Jens Lorenz Franzen

1937 - 2018

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0349 PAINTER

Wilfried Sätty

1939 - 1982

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0359 COXSWAIN

Helmut Noll

1934 - 2018

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0383 SINGER

Helmut König (Musikherausgeber)

Born 1930

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0385 WRITER

Adolf Schröder

1938 - 2008

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0387 HANDBALL

Hinrich Schwenker

1934 - 2005

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0395 THEOLOGIAN

Frank Crüsemann

Born 1938

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0399 SCULPTOR

Louis Niebuhr

Born 1936

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0437 ROWER

Heinz Manchen

1931 - 1978

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0443 ACTOR

Ralf Gregan

Born 1933

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0449 PAINTER

Ana Peters

1932 - 2012

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0477 POLITICIAN

Uwe Hollweg

Born 1937

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0480 ACADEMIC

Uwe Pape

Born 1936

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0487 AUTHOR

Berndt W. Wessling

1935 - 2000

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0514 WRITER

Helmut Stelljes

Born 1933

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0530 ACTOR

Werner Bokelberg

Born 1937

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0555 ARCHITECT

Gert Schulze

Born 1935

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0573 ACTOR

Peter Parten

Born 1938

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0575 CONDUCTOR

Thilo Krasmann

1933 - 2004

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0577 ACADEMIC

Marie Luise Gansberg

1933 - 2003

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0580 POLITICIAN

Bernd Hockemeyer

1935 - 2020

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0584 ACADEMIC

Maria Grevesmühl

1936 - 1996

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0640 ART HISTORIAN

Cord Meckseper

Born 1934

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0643 PHYSICIST

Gerhard Schwarz (Physiker)

1930 - 2015

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0654 SWIMMER

Horst Bleeker

Born 1938

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0697 POLITICIAN

Gerd Löffler (Politiker, 1939)

Born 1939

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0702 PHYSICIAN

Manfred Straßburg

1930 - 2014

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0713 EDUCATION

Gert-Ulrich Buurman

1936 - 2013

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0725 CHESS

Egon Ditt

1931 - 2005

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0766 GERMANIST

Christian Wagenknecht

1935 - 2020

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0776 ACTOR

Thomas Schiestl

1935 - 2017

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0780 LAWYER

Herwig Bartels

1934 - 2003

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0800 BOTANIST

Hermann Cordes

1931 - 2014

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0801 PHYSICIAN

Karsten Vilmar

Born 1930

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0813 ACADEMIC

Peter Dauelsberg

Born 1933

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0820 HISTORIAN

Jürgen Schmädeke

1937 - 2012

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0845 POLITICIAN

Peter Willers

Born 1935

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0848 WRITER

Karl Grobe-Hagel

Born 1936

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0856 VORSITZENDE

Sara-Ruth Schumann

1938 - 2014

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0857 POLITICIAN

Claus Grobecker

1935 - 2018

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0869 ACADEMIC

Herwig Roggemann

Born 1935

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0875 COMPOSER

Fritz Bultmann

Born 1937

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0920 ACADEMIC

Peter Kuckuk

1938 - 2018

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0922 GERMANIST

Horst Turk

1935 - 2008

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0924 ACADEMIC

Wilfried Ehlers

1939 - 2016

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0925 CHEMIST

Brigitte Mühlenbruch

Born 1936

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0928 POLITICIAN

Ursel Kerstein

1931 - 2013

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0946 ACTOR

Ingeborg Heydorn

1930 - 2016

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0966 POLITICIAN

Uwe Brauns

1938 - 2005

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0994 JOURNALIST

Peter Jochen Winters

Born 1934

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0995 AUTHOR

Wilko Jäger

Born 1939

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1031 ACTOR

Horst W. Blome

Born 1937

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1034 CHEMIST

Boy Cornils

Born 1938

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1038 PHYSICIAN

Thomas Röpke

Born 1934

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1094 ART HISTORIAN

Ursula Knigge

1930 - 2010

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1142 POLITICIAN

Günther Czichon

Born 1930

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1166 ACADEMIC

Rudolf Hamann

Born 1937

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1196 ACADEMIC

Hans-Ulrich Meier

Born 1938

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1271 POLITICIAN

Jürgen Thölke

Born 1934

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1350 KUNST

Renate Puvogel

Born 1935

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1351 POLITICIAN

Ilse Lübben

1936 - 1998

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1369 FILM

Jan Franksen

1937 - 2004

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1381 COMPOSER

Ursula Görsch

Born 1932

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1387 ARCHITECT

Wendelin Seebacher

Born 1938

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1437 POLITICIAN

Werner Gifhorn

Born 1938

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1448 SCULPTOR

Claus Homfeld

1933 - 2019

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1454 PHYSICIST

Guenter Ahlers

Born 1934

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1460 POLITICIAN

Marion Poppen

Born 1932

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1470 TEACHER

Kurt Selle

1932 - 2007

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1473 POLITICIAN

Ulrich Hartmann (Politiker)

1938 - 2011

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1479 ROWER

Albrecht Wehselau

Born 1937

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1529 BOXER

Franz Szüzina

Born 1930

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1531 LAWYER

Wolfgang Kahrs

Born 1933

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1541 GOLF

Barbara Grobien

Born 1938

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1543 ROWER

Georg Niermann

Born 1937

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1595 CHEMIST

Manfred Weidenbruch

1937 - 2016

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1626 POLITICIAN

Horst Isola

Born 1939

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1647 ASTRONOMER

Christian de Vegt

1936 - 2002

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1668 NOTARY

Rudolf Monnerjahn

Born 1934

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1689 POLITICIAN

Hede Lütjen

1938 - 1983

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1696 POLITICIAN

Axel Gerlach

Born 1939

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1697 POLITICIAN

Ludwig Hettling

1938 - 2007

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1728 POLITICIAN

Tölke Borchers

1934 - 2009

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1745 ARCHITECT

Werner Glade

1934 - 1990

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1753 POLITICIAN

Horst Stäcker

1931 - 2015

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1759 POLITICIAN

Wolfgang Erfurth

Born 1937

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1773 POLITICIAN

Jürgen Busack

Born 1935

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1776 POLITICIAN

Marianne Hänecke

Born 1930

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1781 POLITICIAN

Heinz Janssen (Politiker)

1932 - 2019

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1783 NOTARY

Karin Stieringer

Born 1930

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1795 POLITICIAN

Ingrid Busboom

Born 1931

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1803 POLITICIAN

Annegret Pautzke

Born 1937

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1806 POLITICIAN

Ewald Launspach

1931 - 2015

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1816 POLITICIAN

Paul Jackisch

1933 - 1999

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1830 POLITICIAN

Gisela Howey

1939 - 2010

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1844 POLITICIAN

Marlis Stuchlik

Born 1938

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1850 POLITICIAN

Rolf Gagelmann

Born 1939

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1854 POLITICIAN

Klara Schreyer

Born 1936

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1891 POLITICIAN

Ilse Mehrkens

1933 - 1999

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