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BREMERHAVEN

Most Famous People Born in Bremerhaven, Germany

Notable people
354
Peak decade
1960s
Median birth year
1938
Most distinctive
Manager 21.8×
Through the Decades

One face per decade — the most globally famous figure born in Bremerhaven during each.

Notable Births by Decade

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What Bremerhaven Is Known For

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Politician is Bremerhaven's biggest profession — 28% of all notables (99).

Bremerhaven over-indexes on manager21.8× the global rate.

Bremerhaven under-produces football — only 0.4× the global rate.

  1. Politician99
  2. Actor17
  3. Football16
  4. Writer13
  5. Painter13
  6. Academic12
  7. Author9
  8. Historian8
  1. Manager721.8×
  2. Education512.9×
  3. Theologian53.9×
  4. Academic123.4×
  5. Judge53.0×
  6. Author93.0×
  7. Politician992.4×
  8. Historian82.1×
  1. Football160.4×

Profession Mix Over Time

Each band shows a profession family's share of Bremerhaven's notable births by decade. Hover the chart for the breakdown at any decade.

16001650170017501800185019001950
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0013 POLITICIAN

Norman Paech

Born 1938

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0024 FOOTBALL

Walter Schmidt (footballer)

Born 1937

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0033 POLITICIAN

Roger Asmussen

1936 - 2015

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0069 ACTOR

Marlen Diekhoff

Born 1938

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0075 AUTHOR

Hermann Gutmann

1930 - 2013

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0084 POLITICAL SCIENTIST

Hartmut Jäckel

Born 1930

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0101 ACADEMIC

Artur Simon

Born 1938

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0112 PHILOSOPHER

Dieter Wandschneider

Born 1938

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0114 FOOTBALL

Uwe Klimaschefski

Born 1938

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0117 GERMANIST

Ulrich Scheuermann

Born 1937

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0123 PHILOLOGIST

Rolf Heine

1937 - 2018

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0135 MANAGER

Manfred Schneider (Manager)

Born 1938

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0138 KAUFMAN

Friedrich Dieckell

1931 - 2013

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0142 THEOLOGIAN

Hein Spreckelsen

Born 1935

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0143 ACADEMIC

Gernot Graefe

1937 - 1994

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0170 ACADEMIC

Peter Böger

1935 - 2015

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0175 NOTARY

Hans Ganten

Born 1937

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0204 ACTOR

Lore Tappe

1934 - 2014

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0218 WRITER

Klaus Steinhaußen

1931 - 2015

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0249 POLITICIAN

Karl Willms

1934 - 2006

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0267 POLITICIAN

Dieter Tiedemann

Born 1935

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0273 POLITICIAN

Harald Neujahr

Born 1937

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0301 POLITICIAN

Artur Beneken

Born 1939

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0320 MANAGER

Werner Lüken

Born 1939

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0321 POLITICIAN

Heinz Wenke

1936 - 2009

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0326 POLITICIAN

Lydia Bohling

Born 1931

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0344 POLITICIAN

Ernst-Wilhelm Stuckert

Born 1939

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