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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 33 of 354 notable people

0048 HISTORIAN

Rita Bake

Born 1952

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0050 FOOTBALL

Bernd Brexendorf

Born 1954

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0087 POLITICIAN

Hilde Adolf

1953 - 2002

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0089 MANUFACTURER

Ingo Kramer

Born 1953

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0118 ACTOR

André Pohl

Born 1956

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0124 JUDO

James Rohleder

Born 1955

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0130 ACTOR

Marina Busse

1956 - 2015

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0133 TRADE UNION

Berndt Koberstein

1956 - 1986

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0137 JUDGE

Uwe Lissau

Born 1952

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0144 SWIMMER

Gabriele Askamp

Born 1955

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0145 CHEMIST

Gisela Lück

Born 1957

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0154 WRITER

Peter Mathews

Born 1951

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0155 PHOTOGRAPHER

Max Regenberg

Born 1951

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0160 JUDGE

Wolfgang Golasowski

Born 1953

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0161 COACH

Horst Beer

Born 1958

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0200 PAINTER

Dirk Behrens

Born 1954

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0206 POLITICIAN

Ulrich Marseille

Born 1955

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0214 LINGUIST

Eckhard Eggers

Born 1957

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0219 POLITICIAN

Sybille Böschen

Born 1954

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0224 POLITICIAN

Ralph Saxe

Born 1959

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0259 REEDER

Bertram Rickmers

Born 1952

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0263 POLITICIAN

Holger Welt

Born 1958

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0274 POLITICIAN

Holger Matthews

Born 1951

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0285 POLITICIAN

Thomas Jürgewitz

Born 1959

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0286 POLITICIAN

Michael Teiser

Born 1951

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0296 PFARRER

Bernd Merz

Born 1956

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0302 POLITICIAN

Wolfgang Jägers

Born 1957

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0305 POLITICIAN

Doris Hoch

Born 1954

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0306 MINISTER

Wilfried Hoops

Born 1956

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0311 MUSIC

Jürgen Gronholz

1956 - 2019

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0315 POLITICIAN

Walter Müller (Politiker, 1959)

Born 1959

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0316 POLITICIAN

Hans Forster (Politiker)

Born 1956

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0318 POLITICIAN

Marlies Marken

Born 1950

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