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.
One face per decade — the most globally famous figure born in Bremen during each.
Notable Births by Decade
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What Bremen Is Known For
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Politician is Bremen's biggest profession — 21% of all notables (405).
Bremen over-indexes on merchant — 21.7× the global rate.
Bremen under-produces football — only 0.3× the global rate.
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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Hans Scharoun
1893 - 1972
Fritz Schumacher (architect)
1869 - 1947
Bodo Ebhardt
1865 - 1945
Walter Brune
Born 1926
Johann Poppe
1837 - 1915
Julius Schulte-Frohlinde
1894 - 1968
Eduard Scotland
1885 - 1945
August Abbehusen
1875 - 1941
Eberhard Gildemeister
1897 - 1978
Karl Gildemeister
1820 - 1869
Carl Eeg
1876 - 1956
Otto Blendermann
1879 - 1944
Wilhelm Wortmann
1897 - 1995
Heinrich Müller (Architekt, 1819)
1819 - 1890
Carl Weidemeyer
1882 - 1976
Gert Schulze
Born 1935
Gustav Runge
1822 - 1900
Lüder Rutenberg
1816 - 1890
Carsten Schröck
1923 - 1973
Isaak Altmann
1777 - 1837
Eduard Gildemeister
1848 - 1946
Simon Loschen
1818 - 1902
Hermann Gildemeister
1891 - 1984
Albert Dunkel
1856 - 1905
Friedrich Wilhelm Rauschenberg
1853 - 1935
Heinrich Wilhelm Behrens
1873 - 1956
Friedrich Neumark
1876 - 1957
Friedrich Schumacher (Architekt)
1905 - 1993
Carl Gerhard Poppe
1813 - 1891
Karl-August Welp
1926 - 2015
Johann Wetzel (Baumeister)
1798 - 1880
Christian Roselius
1871 - 1945
Wendelin Seebacher
Born 1938
Johannes Rippe
1838 - 1908
Hans Eilers
1917 - 2009
Magnus Kaminiarz
1964 - 2019
Carl Rotermund
1889 - 1976
Carl Krahn
1881 - 1956
Martin Zill
1907 - 1978
Hartmut Wagner
Born 1950
Bernhard Wessel (Architekt)
1904 - 1976
Werner Glade
1934 - 1990
Richard Homann (Gartenarchitekt)
1900 - 1963