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
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Klaus Kleinfeld
Born 1957
Klaus Johann Jacobs
1936 - 2008
Ludwig Knoop
1821 - 1894
Lencke Steiner
Born 1985
Hermann Krages
1909 - 1992
Hans Strothoff
1950 - 2020
Henrike von Platen
Born 1971
Peter Zinkann
Born 1928
Hans-Bernhard Bolza-Schünemann
1926 - 2010
Ferdinand Heye
1838 - 1889
Conrad Naber
1922 - 2018
Egon Herbert Harms
1927 - 2006
Carl Lahusen (Unternehmer)
1858 - 1921
Detlef Hegemann
1927 - 2011
Wolfgang Ritter (Unternehmer)
1905 - 1993
Wilhelm Franz
1913 - 1971
Hans Henry Lamotte
1922 - 2003
Geraldo Dannemann
1851 - 1921
Kurt Zech
Born 1957