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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- Field: Merchant Clear ×
Adolf Lüderitz
1834 - 1886
Ludwig Roselius
1874 - 1943
Johann Baring
1697 - 1748
Hermann Henrich Meier
1809 - 1898
Christian Heinrich Wätjen
1813 - 1887
Henrik König
1642 - 1720
Johann Georg Lohmann
1830 - 1892
Franz Ernst Schütte
1836 - 1911
August Lüderitz
1838 - 1922
Christian Lahusen (Kaufmann)
1820 - 1898
Philipp Heineken (Kaufmann)
1860 - 1947
Hermann Marwede (Kaufmann)
1878 - 1959
Karl Vietor
1861 - 1934
Gustav Kulenkampff
1811 - 1878
Johann Smidt (Kaufmann)
1839 - 1910
Louis Krages (Unternehmer)
1875 - 1955
Johann Hermann Holler
1818 - 1868
Julius Focke
1882 - 1937
Friedrich Schröder (Kaufmann)
1775 - 1835
Gustav Brandt (Kaufmann)
1847 - 1918
Alfred Lohmann
1870 - 1919
Johann Heinrich Albers
1774 - 1855
Eduard Tecklenborg
1849 - 1926
Carl Schütte
1839 - 1917
Friedrich Roselius
1876 - 1941
Laurenz Heinrich Carl Melchers
1812 - 1888
Georg Heinrich Claussen
1828 - 1912
Michael Höft (Unternehmer)
Born 1952
Johann Heinrich Theodor Claussen
1825 - 1908
Karl Bruck (Kaufmann)
1907 - 1970
Gerhard Meyer (Kaufmann, 1774)
1774 - 1855
Otto Lamotte
Born 1951
Friedrich Grösser
1844 - 1915
Johann Christoph Albers (Kaufmann)
1741 - 1800
Johann Christoph Dubbers
1804 - 1877
Burchard Lösekanne
1604 - 1654