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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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  • Writing
  • Art & Design
  • Film & TV
  • Sports
  • Other
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Showing 19 of 1,896 notable people

0318 EDUCATION

Heinrich Scharrelmann

1871 - 1940

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0713 EDUCATION

Gert-Ulrich Buurman

1936 - 2013

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0778 EDUCATION

Caspar Kuhlmann

1926 - 1990

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0969 EDUCATION

Agnes Heineken

1872 - 1954

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1050 EDUCATION

Elisabeth Forck

1900 - 1988

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1096 EDUCATION

Johannes Wiegand

1874 - 1940

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1191 EDUCATION

Anna Vietor

1860 - 1929

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1244 EDUCATION

Adolf Friedrich Furchau (Pädagoge)

1752 - 1819

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1254 EDUCATION

Friedrich Kühlken

1898 - 1973

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1273 EDUCATION

Christoffer Wessel Debbe

1837 - 1912

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1367 EDUCATION

Friedrich Entholt

1823 - 1916

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1371 EDUCATION

Jakob Blendermann

1783 - 1862

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1396 EDUCATION

Carsten Karkmeyer

1873 - 1951

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1407 EDUCATION

Heinrich Rump

1768 - 1837

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1427 EDUCATION

Magda Böttner

1858 - 1937

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1435 EDUCATION

Anna Schomburg

1875 - 1955

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1442 EDUCATION

Bernhard Ahlers

1874 - 1955

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1495 EDUCATION

Hans Ernst Christian Lüdeking

1864 - 1945

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1634 EDUCATION

Rudolph Feuß

1862 - 1945

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