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.

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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1,896 notable people

1801 MUSIC

Hendrik Schwolow

Born 1961

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1802 POLITICIAN

Heinz Hinners

1912 - 1990

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1803 POLITICIAN

Annegret Pautzke

Born 1937

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1804 POLITICIAN

Burchard Fritsch

1883 - 1950

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1805 POLITICIAN

Karin Schnakenberg

Born 1961

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1806 POLITICIAN

Ewald Launspach

1931 - 2015

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1807 POLITICIAN

Friedrich Steffens

1905 - 1982

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1808 KAUFMAN

Daniel Diederich Knoop

1817 - 1893

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1809 PAINTER

Jürgen Landwehr

1580 - 1646

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1810 POLITICIAN

Jürgen Janke

Born 1948

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1811 POLITICIAN

Friedrich Klenke

1882 - 1959

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1812 POLITICIAN

Karl-Otto Hartjen

1920 - 1972

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1813 POLITICIAN

Friedrich Düßmann

1907 - 1974

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1814 PAINTER

Johann Landwehr

1600 - 1670

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1815 PUBLISHER

Nikolaus Ordemann

1826 - 1882

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1816 POLITICIAN

Paul Jackisch

1933 - 1999

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1817 ERMORDET

Rosa Katz (NS-Opfer)

1880 - 1940

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1818 JUDGE

Johann Michael Duntze

1779 - 1845

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1819 POLITICIAN

Wilhelm Schelter (Politiker, 1924)

1924 - 1987

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1820 POLITICIAN

Johann Voigt (Politiker)

1866 - 1947

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1821 ENGRAVER

Daniel Albert Albrecht Ernsting

1749 - 1820

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1822 POLITICIAN

Johannes Ihler

1899 - 1976

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1823 ARCHITECT

Richard Homann (Gartenarchitekt)

1900 - 1963

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1824 ABGEORDNETER

Wilhelm Blase (Politiker, 1876)

1876 - 1946

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1825 POLITICIAN

Peter Braun (Politiker, 1950)

Born 1950

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1826 PIANIST

Harald Kruse

1923 - 1988

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1827 POLITICIAN

Heinz-Georg Rehberg

1910 - 1992

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1828 POLITICIAN

Ernst Henrici (Senator)

1866 - 1926

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1829 POLITICIAN

Reinhard Ehlers

1928 - 2009

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1830 POLITICIAN

Gisela Howey

1939 - 2010

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1831 POLITICIAN

Heinrich Behrens (Politiker)

1924 - 2008

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1832 POLITICIAN

Karl Köster (Politiker)

1888 - 1965

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1833 PLASTERER

Gerhard Wegener

1870 - 1917

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1834 POLITICIAN

Hugo Gebert

1888 - 1944

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1835 POLITICIAN

Wilhelm Filzen

1915 - 1984

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1836 POLITICIAN

Udo Wnuck

Born 1954

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1837 POLITICIAN

Heinrich Christian Motz

1761 - 1832

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1838 POLITICIAN

Waltraud Hammerström

Born 1948

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1839 POLITICIAN

Albert Müller (Politiker, 1915)

1915 - 1991

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1840 BEAMTE

Albert Plate

1872 - 1908

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1841 POLITICIAN

Gustav Wilhelm Dreyer

1859 - 1911

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1842 POLITICIAN

Helmut Weikart

1917 - 1993

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1843 BUSINESS

Moritz Marwede

1851 - 1932

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1844 POLITICIAN

Marlis Stuchlik

Born 1938

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1845 POLITICIAN

Johann Ludewig (Politiker)

1882 - 1962

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1846 POLITICIAN

Ludwig Klatte

1893 - 1969

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1847 ACTOR

Willy Clodius

1874 - 1942

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1848 POLITICIAN

Otto Steengrafe

1877 - 1948

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1849 MISSING

Marie Eggers-Smidt

1844 - 1923

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1850 POLITICIAN

Rolf Gagelmann

Born 1939

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1851 POLITICIAN

Friedrich Henke

1878 - 1951

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1852 POLITICIAN

August Deppe

1869 - 1951

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1853 POLITICIAN

Christian Früchtenicht

1889 - 1971

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1854 POLITICIAN

Klara Schreyer

Born 1936

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1855 JUDGE

Gerhard Heinrich Kirchhoff

1854 - 1929

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1856 POLITICIAN

Georg Buckendahl

1899 - 1958

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1857 LANDRAT

Erik Hildebrandt

1886 - 1933

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1858 BANK

Reinhard Entholt

1921 - 2013

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1859 POLITICIAN

Karl Pfeifer (Politiker)

1911 - 2003

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1860 POLITICIAN

Friedrich Stöxen

1872 - 1939

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1861 POLITICIAN

Dierk Töbelmann

1888 - 1959

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1862 POLITICIAN

Andreas Pape (Politiker)

Born 1960

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1863 RATSHERR

Diedrich Hoyer der Jüngere

1568 - 1623

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1864 POLITICIAN

Werner Fischer (Politiker, 1929)

1929 - 2018

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1865 POLITISCH

Herbert Schnüll

1898 - 1943

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1866 POLITICIAN

Bernhard Rieke

1863 - 1940

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1867 POLITICIAN

Johann Dickhut

1912 - 1993

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1868 RATSHERR

Arnold Esich

1501 - 1547

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1869 JUDGE

Heinrich Meyer (Politiker, 1871)

1871 - 1917

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1870 POLITICIAN

Heinrich Stein (Politiker)

1896 - 1978

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1871 POLITICIAN

Johann Glade

1887 - 1945

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1872 POLITICIAN

Bernard Meyer (Politiker)

1874 - 1958

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1873 POLITICIAN

Agnes Lange

Born 1929

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1874 DECORATOR

Wilhelm Schröder (Politiker, 1865)

1865 - 1957

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1875 RATSHERR

Christine Graevaeus

1589 - 1675

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1876 RATSHERR

Dietrich Höling

1556 - 1617

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1877 POLITICIAN

Fritz Entholt

1874 - 1953

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1878 RATSHERR

Elert Esich

1508 - 1554

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1879 RATSHERR

Johann Kinkel

Died 1503

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1880 POLITICIAN

Torsten Felstehausen

Born 1965

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1881 POLITICIAN

Walter Drews

1917 - 2005

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1882 LAWYER

Ernst Ferdinand Plump

1839 - 1900

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1883 POLITICIAN

Karl-Wilhelm Busch

Born 1946

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1884 POLITICIAN

Franz Gerber (Politiker)

1902 - 1985

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1885 POLITICIAN

Friedrich Deppe

Born 1908

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1886 LITHOGRAPHER

Fritz Meyer

1839 - 1859

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1887 POLITICIAN

Uwe Voigt (Politiker, 1945)

Born 1945

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1888 POLITICIAN

Heinrich Schumacher (Politiker, 1922)

Born 1922

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1889 POLITICIAN

Paul Ziessler

Born 1909

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1890 STONEMASON

Didrik Blume

Died 1668

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1891 POLITICIAN

Ilse Mehrkens

1933 - 1999

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1892 SCULPTOR

Gert Blume

Died 1664

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1893 POLITICIAN

Heinrich Hartmann (Politiker, 1835)

1835 - 1909

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1894 MISSING

Heiko Jütte

Born 1941

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1895 AKTIVIST

René Marc Sepac

Born 1986

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1896 DRAUGHTSWOMAN

Henrik Stunz

1885 - 1966

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