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.

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 136 of 1,896 notable people

0005 SINGER

Barbara Sukowa

Born 1950

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0039 CINEMA

Karl Walter Lindenlaub

Born 1957

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0049 ENTREPRENEUR

Klaus Kleinfeld

Born 1957

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0068 FOOTBALL

Dieter Burdenski

Born 1950

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0069 SONGWRITER

Ed Kuepper

Born 1955

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0095 MEDICAL

Gert Postel

Born 1958

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0109 HANDBALL

Uwe Schwenker

Born 1959

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0112 ACTOR

Andreas Kunze

1952 - 2010

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0125 ART HISTORIAN

Frank Zöllner

Born 1956

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0143 POLITICIAN

Matthias Bartke

Born 1959

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0178 DESIGNER

Michael Kiesling

Born 1957

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0223 COMPUTER SCIENTIST

Dietmar Saupe

Born 1954

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0227 ECONOMIST

Lüder Gerken

Born 1958

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0229 THEORIST

Bernhard Siegert

Born 1959

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0262 FOOTBALL

Uwe Bracht

1953 - 2016

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0304 ACADEMIC

Arndt von Haeseler

Born 1959

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0322 JOURNALIST

Christoph Hörstel

Born 1956

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0350 ACADEMIC

Andreas Roloff

Born 1955

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0368 POLITICIAN

Monika Brüning

Born 1951

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0384 JOURNALIST

Matthias von Hellfeld

Born 1954

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0396 ACADEMIC

Bettina Hannover

Born 1959

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0418 JOURNALIST

Egmont R. Koch

Born 1950

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0419 WRESTLER

Eddy Steinblock

1955 - 2017

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0431 ACTOR

Christiane Bachschmidt

Born 1958

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0439 VERURTEILT

Gerhard Gribkowsky

Born 1958

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0444 ARTIST

Klaus Karl Mehrkens

Born 1955

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0447 ARTIST

Hubert Kiecol

Born 1950

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0469 POLITICIAN

Ingelore Rosenkötter

Born 1953

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0474 ECONOMIST

Torsten J. Gerpott

Born 1958

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0478 PHOTOGRAPHER

Reinhard Matz

Born 1952

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0484 AUTHOR

Wolfgang Müller-Funk

Born 1952

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0508 PAINTER

Constantin Jaxy

Born 1957

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0525 POLITICIAN

Patrick Wendisch

Born 1957

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0526 MILITAR

Jörg Vollmer

Born 1957

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0537 AUTHOR

Ulrich Schneider (Historiker)

Born 1954

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0541 MUSIC

Thomas Albert

Born 1953

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0547 THEOLOGIAN

Gerhard Gäde

Born 1950

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0548 PSYCHOLOGIST

Gerhard Meyer (Psychologe)

Born 1952

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0558 AUTHOR

Johann-Günther König

Born 1952

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0562 AUTHOR

Andreas Rumler

Born 1955

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0597 POLITICIAN

Heike Wilms-Kegel

Born 1952

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0601 PRESENTER

Irmela Hannover

Born 1954

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0617 JOURNALIST

Claudia Guderian

Born 1952

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0620 WRITER

Peter Kurze

Born 1955

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0621 MISSING

Wolfgang Apel

1951 - 2017

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0632 THEOLOGIAN

Renke Brahms

Born 1956

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0633 TRUMPET

Klaus Osterloh

Born 1952

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0636 ACTOR

Hans Helge Ott

Born 1951

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0659 ACADEMIC

Ingo Mose

Born 1957

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0660 ACADEMIC

Barbara Thomaß

Born 1957

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0684 ENTREPRENEUR

Hans Strothoff

1950 - 2020

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0698 HISTORIAN

Günther Oestmann

Born 1959

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0700 AUTHOR

Mechthild Podzeit-Lütjen

Born 1955

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0719 POLITICIAN

Michael Voges (Politiker)

Born 1952

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0728 BIOLOGIST

Volkmar Wolters

Born 1953

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0729 BUSINESS

Norbert Braun (Unternehmer)

Born 1950

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0749 PAINTER

Fred Schierenbeck

Born 1952

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0761 POLITICIAN

Horst Frehe

Born 1951

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0785 COMPOSER

Michael Töpel

Born 1958

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0795 ACADEMIC

Erika Brinkmann

Born 1952

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0796 FOOTBALL

Rolf Meyer (Fußballspieler)

Born 1955

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0853 POLITICIAN

Klaus Möhle

Born 1952

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0868 SCHOLAR

Susanne Regener

Born 1957

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0873 POLITICIAN

Ulrike Alex

Born 1956

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0881 PROFESSOR

Sibylle Rahm

Born 1952

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0901 HISTORIAN

Ulrich Kubisch

Born 1951

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0930 SCULPTOR

Bernd Stöcker

Born 1952

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0950 MUSIC

Karsten Dehning-Busse

Born 1956

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0971 THEATRE

Matthias Kaiser (Dramaturg)

Born 1956

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0973 LAWYER

Detlev Gross

Born 1957

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0983 POLITICIAN

Manfred Oppermann (Politiker)

Born 1951

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0988 ACADEMIC

Heiner Minssen

Born 1951

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0990 ACADEMIC

Thomas Hoppe (Theologe)

Born 1956

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1033 POLITICIAN

Peter Bollhagen

Born 1959

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1055 TEACHER

Thomas Franke (Historiker)

Born 1957

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1086 POLITICIAN

Petra Krümpfer

Born 1959

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1093 PHYSICIAN

Wolfgang Titius

Born 1952

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1134 POLITICIAN

Silvia Schön

Born 1959

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1136 MANAGER

Dieter Ammer

Born 1950

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1160 ENGINEER

Jürgen Leohold

Born 1954

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1186 PIANIST

Christian von der Goltz

Born 1959

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1194 ENGINEER

Stephan Kabelac

Born 1958

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1198 DRUMMER

Jörn Schipper

Born 1955

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1268 WRITER

Sabine Hildebrandt-Woeckel

Born 1959

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1290 LAWYER

Matthias Seeger

Born 1955

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1292 POLITICIAN

Robert Bücking

Born 1952

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1309 PAINTER

Almut Glinin

Born 1954

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1370 MERCHANT

Michael Höft (Unternehmer)

Born 1952

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1375 POLITICIAN

Ulrike Hövelmann

Born 1954

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1382 ARTIST

Manfred Schmid (Künstler)

Born 1958

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1399 MUSIC

Jürgen Happe

Born 1952

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1410 PAINTER

Ralph Kull

Born 1954

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1419 AUTHOR

Peter Ulrich (Theologe)

Born 1953

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1424 POLITICIAN

Jürgen Pohlmann

Born 1953

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1434 POLITICIAN

Reimund Kasper

Born 1957

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1456 WRITER

Joe Schlosser

Born 1958

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1459 POLITICIAN

Lutz H. Peper

Born 1953

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1510 ACADEMIC

Michael Has

Born 1958

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1517 ROWER

Sabine Reuter

Born 1956

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1530 ROWER

Otmar Kaufhold

1952 - 2001

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1540 MERCHANT

Otto Lamotte

Born 1951

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1554 DIPLOMAT

Jutta Frasch

Born 1957

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1567 POLITICIAN

Friedhelm Boginski

Born 1955

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1574 POLITICIAN

Karin Röpke

Born 1955

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1602 JOURNALIST

Hans-Otto Weidenbach

1952 - 2011

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1604 POLITICIAN

Uwe Woltemath

Born 1956

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1607 POLITICIAN

Gerd-Rüdiger Kück

Born 1953

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1614 WISSENSCHAFTLER

Volker Wulff

Born 1957

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1629 ENTREPRENEUR

Kurt Zech

Born 1957

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1638 DIPLOMAT

Peter-Christof Blomeyer

Born 1959

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1640 POLITICIAN

Claus Dittbrenner

1952 - 2013

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1643 DIPLOMAT

Onno Hückmann

Born 1950

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1650 ARCHITECT

Hartmut Wagner

Born 1950

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1651 BASKET

Anke Schröder

Born 1957

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1653 DENTIST

Jürgen Fedderwitz

Born 1950

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1654 JOURNALIST

Thomas Lubowski

Born 1952

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1661 ENGINEER

Torsten Conradi

Born 1956

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1671 POLITICIAN

Dieter Focke

Born 1955

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1679 POLITICIAN

Birgit Busch

Born 1956

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1686 LAWYER

Peter Härtl

Born 1950

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1688 POLITICIAN

Karin Bohle-Lawrenz

Born 1957

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1693 POLITICIAN

Barbara Wulff

Born 1952

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1699 ACADEMIC

Susanne Schwarz-Raacke

Born 1958

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1719 SCULPTOR

Jürgen Cominotto

Born 1952

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1722 POLITICIAN

Dagmar Pelzer

Born 1952

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1724 FOOTBALL

Werner Nickel

Born 1951

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1732 POLITICIAN

Heinfried Schumacher

Born 1953

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1739 POLITICIAN

Annedore Windler

Born 1956

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1741 POLITICIAN

Jens Görtz

Born 1957

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1764 POLITICIAN

Ingrid Brand-Hückstädt

Born 1954

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1769 POLITICAL

Jürgen Buchwald

Born 1959

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1772 POLITICIAN

Katharina Krieger

Born 1959

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1782 JUDGE

Praxedis Möhring

Born 1959

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1798 POLITICIAN

Ingrid Reichert

Born 1950

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1825 POLITICIAN

Peter Braun (Politiker, 1950)

Born 1950

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1836 POLITICIAN

Udo Wnuck

Born 1954

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