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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Henry Oldenburg
1619 - 1677
Johannes Cocceius
1603 - 1669
Ernst Christian Achelis
1838 - 1912
Constantine L'Empereur
1591 - 1648
Daniel Gerdes
1698 - 1765
Frank Crüsemann
Born 1938
Helmut Hesse (Pfarrer)
1916 - 1943
Gerhard Gäde
Born 1950
Renke Brahms
Born 1956
Rudolf Clenck
1528 - 1578
Heinrich Muhlius
1666 - 1733
Karl Stoevesandt
1882 - 1977
Albert Voget
1695 - 1771
Johann Hermann Schacht
1725 - 1805
Heinrich Rodewald
1869 - 1939
Heinrich Pape (Theologe)
1745 - 1805
Meinhard Plesken
1696 - 1757
Johann Esich (Historiker)
1557 - 1602
Johann Melchior Kohlmann
1795 - 1864
Hermann Garlichs
1807 - 1865
Johann Heinrich Volkmann (Theologe)
1804 - 1865