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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Mietje Bontjes van Beek
1922 - 2012
Magdalene Pauli
1875 - 1970
Wolfgang Müller-Funk
Born 1952
Berndt W. Wessling
1935 - 2000
Thomas Otto Achelis
1887 - 1967
Sabine Schiffner
Born 1965
Betty Gleim
1781 - 1827
Ernst Roselius
1904 - 1941
Marie Mindermann
1808 - 1882
Kai Luehrs-Kaiser
Born 1961
Ulrich Schneider (Historiker)
Born 1954
Thomas Klees
Born 1966
Heinrich Eildermann
1879 - 1955
Johann-Günther König
Born 1952
Andreas Rumler
Born 1955
Bernhardine Schulze-Smidt
1846 - 1920
Michael Wilke
1929 - 2017
Jan Lauts
1908 - 1993
Jan Fischer (Autor)
Born 1983
Mechthild Podzeit-Lütjen
Born 1955
Birgit Corinna Lange
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Hella Eckert
Born 1948
Minna Popken
1866 - 1939
Andreas Gloge
Born 1975
Walter Alexander Bauer
1921 - 2011
Albert Karl Burmester
1908 - 1974
Stephanie Madea
Born 1977
Heinrich Kraeger
1870 - 1945
Herbord Schene
1330 - 1413
Wilko Jäger
Born 1939
Horst Kalthoff
1926 - 2017
Silke Brand
Born 1971
Wilhelm Lührs
1928 - 1992
Johann Friedrich Iken
1837 - 1902
Nepomuk Ullmann
Born 1943
Ludwig Plate (Ingenieur)
1883 - 1967
Heinz Holtgrefe
Born 1949
Tanja Wenz
Born 1972
Susann Rosemann
Born 1969
Carl Erling
1857 - 1934
Peter Ulrich (Theologe)
Born 1953
Elise Reindahl
1779 - 1825
Jutta Hübinger
1912 - 1991
Johann Beyer (Dichter)
1861 - 1923
Meta Schmidt
1878 - 1941
Fisch-Luzie
1850 - 1921