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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 92 of 1,896 notable people

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Hans-Joachim Kulenkampff

1921 - 1998

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Günter Meisner

1926 - 1994

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0041 ACTOR

Manfred Zapatka

Born 1942

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0058 ACTOR

Mirko Lang

Born 1978

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0074 ACTOR

Volker Spengler

1939 - 2020

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0076 ACTOR

Gerd Baltus

1932 - 2019

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Gerry Wolff

1920 - 2005

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Jane Baxter

1909 - 1996

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Karl Dannemann

1896 - 1945

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Christa Tordy

1904 - 1945

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Andreas Kunze

1952 - 2010

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Julia Bremermann

Born 1967

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0162 ACTOR

Otto Kurth

1912 - 1996

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0170 ACTOR

Carla Rust

1908 - 1977

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Violetta (performer)

Born 1906

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0186 ACTOR

Gustav Botz

1857 - 1932

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Max Nemetz

1886 - 1971

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Norman Kalle

Born 1973

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Carl Kuhlmann

1899 - 1962

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Anna-Lena Schwing

Born 1996

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Julia Engelmann

Born 1992

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Lara Trautmann

Born 1988

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Peter Weis

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Inge Birkmann

1915 - 2004

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Harald Halgardt

1927 - 2019

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Marianne Christina Schilling

1928 - 2012

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Friedel Nowack

1901 - 1988

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Lennard Bertzbach

Born 1988

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0426 ACTOR

Susanne Szell

Born 1965

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Christiane Bachschmidt

Born 1958

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Sven Walser

Born 1963

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Julia Grimpe

Born 1969

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Ralf Gregan

Born 1933

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Christoph Hagen Dittmann

Born 1965

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0464 ACTOR

Stephan Meyer-Kohlhoff

Born 1962

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0489 ACTOR

Hela Gruel

1902 - 1991

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0490 ACTOR

Nico Santos (singer)

Born 1993

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Hans Dieter Zeidler

1926 - 1998

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Yorck Dippe

Born 1969

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Jörg Ratjen

Born 1963

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Verena Wiet

1925 - 2011

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0529 ACTOR

Katharina Voß

1967 - 2018

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Werner Bokelberg

Born 1937

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0542 ACTOR

Rebecca Lina

Born 1980

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0559 ACTOR

Moritz Zielke

Born 1973

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0565 ACTOR

Peter Lakenmacher

Born 1942

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0567 ACTOR

Janne Drücker

Born 1981

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0573 ACTOR

Peter Parten

Born 1938

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0574 ACTOR

Charlotte Asendorf

1919 - 2007

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0581 ACTOR

Sandra Quadflieg

Born 1979

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0582 ACTOR

Friedrich Forster

1895 - 1958

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0585 ACTOR

Alana Bock

Born 1969

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Christian Ahlers

Born 1974

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Anne Düe

Born 1982

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0636 ACTOR

Hans Helge Ott

Born 1951

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Therese Ringelhardt

1819 - 1892

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0651 ACTOR

Karla Sengteller

Born 1990

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0655 ACTOR

Stefan Maaß

Born 1965

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0673 ACTOR

Marcantonio Moschettini

Born 1972

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0674 ACTOR

Edda Loges

Born 1942

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Annemarie Cordes

1918 - 1998

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Andreas Köss

1961 - 2019

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0688 ACTOR

Katalyn Bohn

Born 1975

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Richard Handwerk

Born 1894

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Otto Nebelthau

1894 - 1943

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0723 ACTOR

Lotte Meyer

1909 - 1991

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Lia Perez

Born 1982

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Lutz Schwiers

1904 - 1983

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0776 ACTOR

Thomas Schiestl

1935 - 2017

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Juliette Greco (Schauspielerin)

Born 1981

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Jan Aust

Born 1941

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Kim Adler

Born 1979

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Rudolf Koch-Riehl

1900 - 1956

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0859 ACTOR

Ercan Altun

Born 1968

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Ingo Günther (Musiker)

Born 1965

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Roman Schomburg

Born 1992

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Elisabeth Kuhlmann

Born 1907

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0946 ACTOR

Ingeborg Heydorn

1930 - 2016

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0960 ACTOR

Christian Bummerstedt

1891 - 1932

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1031 ACTOR

Horst W. Blome

Born 1937

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Feline Lang

-

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1170 ACTOR

Julia Hentschel

Born 1968

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1197 ACTOR

Kathrin Lindner

Born 1976

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Helmut Stange (Schauspieler)

1929 - 2018

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Andreas Erfurth

Born 1965

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1261 ACTOR

Vanessa Glinka

Born 1977

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Hans Rolf Radula

1921 - 1987

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1489 ACTOR

Maurice Walter

Born 1998

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1591 ACTOR

Lilly Barshy

Born 2002

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Victor Tacik

1912 - 1975

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Gordon Murphy Kirchmeyer

Born 1974

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Willy Clodius

1874 - 1942

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