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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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0158 ACADEMIC

Hermann Gollancz

1852 - 1930

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Dietz-Otto Edzard

1930 - 2004

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Gustav Becking

1894 - 1945

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0239 ACADEMIC

Hermann August Korff

1882 - 1963

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0268 ACADEMIC

Otto Franzius

1877 - 1936

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0274 ACADEMIC

Mattias Kumm

Born 1967

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0304 ACADEMIC

Arndt von Haeseler

Born 1959

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Elard Hugo Meyer

1837 - 1908

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Andreas Roloff

Born 1955

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August von Kaven

1827 - 1891

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Bettina Hannover

Born 1959

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Gerhard Müller-Menckens

1917 - 2007

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Enno Bahrs

Born 1967

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Uwe Pape

Born 1936

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Dag Nikolaus Hasse

Born 1969

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Arnoldus Clapmarius

1574 - 1604

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Hans Schwalm (Geograph)

1900 - 1992

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0569 ACADEMIC

Herbert Scheithauer

Born 1970

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Marie Luise Gansberg

1933 - 2003

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0584 ACADEMIC

Maria Grevesmühl

1936 - 1996

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Jürgen Freyschmidt

Born 1940

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0631 ACADEMIC

Bernd Schirrmacher

1921 - 2015

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0659 ACADEMIC

Ingo Mose

Born 1957

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Barbara Thomaß

Born 1957

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0759 ACADEMIC

Heinrich Tocke

1390 - 1454

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Katja Boehme

Born 1961

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Horst Schröder (Jurist)

1913 - 1973

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0794 ACADEMIC

Volker Ahrens

Born 1963

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Erika Brinkmann

Born 1952

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Arnold Sommernat

1410 - 1466

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Wolfram Malte Fues

Born 1944

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Peter Dauelsberg

Born 1933

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0821 ACADEMIC

Diemut Schilling

Born 1965

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0826 ACADEMIC

Ulrich G. Schroeter

Born 1971

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0869 ACADEMIC

Herwig Roggemann

Born 1935

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0890 ACADEMIC

Ralph Michael Wrobel

Born 1968

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0894 ACADEMIC

Arnold Wesenfeld

1664 - 1727

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Gudrun Scholz (Kunstwissenschaftlerin)

Born 1947

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Peter Kuckuk

1938 - 2018

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0921 ACADEMIC

Ralf Bochert

Born 1961

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0924 ACADEMIC

Wilfried Ehlers

1939 - 2016

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0935 ACADEMIC

August Wolkenhauer

1877 - 1915

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0941 ACADEMIC

Gerhard Röbbelen

Born 1929

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0984 ACADEMIC

Ayelt Komus

Born 1968

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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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1002 ACADEMIC

Horst Irretier

1949 - 2016

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Rüdiger Weißbach

Born 1962

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1019 ACADEMIC

Joachim Pfannschmidt

Born 1960

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1025 ACADEMIC

Insa Fooken

Born 1947

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1035 ACADEMIC

Eberhard Finke

1920 - 2016

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1083 ACADEMIC

Carsten Momsen

Born 1966

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1090 ACADEMIC

Dieter Burdorf

Born 1960

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1098 ACADEMIC

Dirk Ehnts

Born 1977

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1104 ACADEMIC

Barbara Fegebank

Born 1946

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Malte Rolf

Born 1970

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1141 ACADEMIC

Otto Bollweg

1857 - 1927

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1166 ACADEMIC

Rudolf Hamann

Born 1937

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1193 ACADEMIC

Engelbert Wippermann

1630 - 1687

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Hans-Ulrich Meier

Born 1938

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1276 ACADEMIC

Paul Goosmann

1906 - 1992

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Johannes Kruse (Rektor)

Died 1531

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Rolf Dannenbring

1924 - 1998

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Sandra Günter

Born 1970

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1378 ACADEMIC

Jörg Müller-Volbehr

1926 - 2010

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1510 ACADEMIC

Michael Has

Born 1958

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1532 ACADEMIC

Christoph Plass

Born 1961

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1546 ACADEMIC

Oskar Wagener

1878 - 1942

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1664 ACADEMIC

Andreas Mühlenberend

Born 1967

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1699 ACADEMIC

Susanne Schwarz-Raacke

Born 1958

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1789 ACADEMIC

Thomas Buts

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