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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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Showing 37 of 354 notable people

0011 WRITER

Hans Joachim Alpers

1943 - 2011

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0012 FOOTBALL

Egon Coordes

Born 1944

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0016 HISTORIAN

Wolfgang Wippermann

Born 1945

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0021 JOURNALIST

Jeanne Córdova

1948 - 2016

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0025 POLITICIAN

Uwe Beckmeyer

Born 1949

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0037 FOOTBALL

Horst Bertl

Born 1947

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0054 AUTHOR

Angelika Kutsch

Born 1941

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0057 ACTOR

Peter Rühring

Born 1942

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0067 ARCHITECT

Sigrid Lorenzen Rupp

1943 - 2004

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0071 HISTORIAN

Bernd-Rüdiger Kern

Born 1949

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0073 HISTORIAN

Peter Raap

Born 1948

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0085 ACADEMIC

Gerd Lehmkuhl

Born 1948

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0086 POLITICIAN

Jürgen Reents

Born 1949

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0090 WRITER

Heiko Postma

Born 1946

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0127 ACTOR

Hartmut Kollakowsky

1944 - 2003

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0128 HISTORIAN

Gerold Ambrosius

Born 1949

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0146 ART HISTORIAN

Jörn Merkert

Born 1946

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0151 PHYSICIAN

Heiko Waller

Born 1943

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0153 ECONOMIST

Leonhard Hajen

Born 1948

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0173 LAWYER

Manfred Ernst

Born 1943

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0178 ARCHITECT

Wolfgang Neß

Born 1949

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0186 FOOTBALL

Eckhard Deterding

Born 1948

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0188 ENGINEER

Peter Scharf (Ingenieur)

Born 1942

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0194 PAINTER

Michael Wolff (Maler)

Born 1946

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0229 POLITICIAN

Werner Kirschstein

Born 1947

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0251 POLITICIAN

Dörthe Weddige-Degenhard

Born 1949

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0269 ROWER

Bernd Krause (rower, born 1947)

Born 1947

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0278 POLITICIAN

Gisela Schwarz (Politiker, 1943)

Born 1943

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0319 POLITICIAN

Harry Nestler

Born 1943

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0325 POLITICIAN

Karin Tuczek

Born 1944

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0331 POLITICIAN

Wolfgang Pfahl

Born 1947

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0333 POLITICIAN

Wilfried Töpfer

Born 1945

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0336 POLITICIAN

Horst Szychowiak

Born 1949

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0338 POLITICIAN

Fred Jungclaus

1949 - 1992

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0342 POLITICIAN

Edith Wilts

Born 1949

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0350 POLITICIAN

Manfred Schramm (Politiker)

Born 1949

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0353 BUSINESS

Karl Ehlerding

Born 1942

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