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HAMBURG
Most Famous People Born in Hamburg, Germany
- Notable people
- 7,049
- Peak decade
- 1960s
- Median birth year
- 1927
- Most distinctive
- Merchant 13.2×
A merchant republic in everything but name. Hamburg's most distinctive profession is merchant at more than thirteen times the global rate — the officers of a Hanseatic free port that governed itself through its own Senate until the 19th century — alongside an unusually thick column of authors, theologians, judges, and academics. Politicians still account for almost a sixth of all notable births here, more than in any other German city, and the 1800s are unusually heavy.
Standouts
Notable Births by Decade
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What Hamburg Is Known For
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Politician is Hamburg's biggest profession — 14% of all notables (979).
Hamburg over-indexes on merchant — 13.2× the global rate.
Hamburg under-produces football — only 0.3× the global rate.
Profession Mix Over Time
Each band shows a profession family's share of Hamburg's notable births by decade. Hover the chart for the breakdown at any decade.
- Politics & Law
- Film & TV
- Writing
- Art & Design
- Music
- Sports
- Other
- Filtered to 1730s Clear ×
Georg Simon Klügel
1739 - 1812
Elise Reimarus
1735 - 1805
Johann Jacob Volkmann
1732 - 1803
Johann Hinrich Gossler
1738 - 1790
Johannes Schuback
1732 - 1817
Christian Wilhelm Alers
1737 - 1806
Jacob Mumssen
1737 - 1819
Theodor Friedrich Stein
1730 - 1788
Friedrich August Weiz
1739 - 1815
Dietrich Peter Scriba
1735 - 1774
Peter Hinrich Widow
1736 - 1802
Johann Christian Plath (Unternehmer)
1738 - 1817
Peter Texier
1738 - 1818
Johann Ludwig Schlosser (Theologe, 1738)
1738 - 1815
Johann Diederich Cordes
1730 - 1813
Issaschar-Beer Bloch
1730 - 1798
Johann Nikolaus Buek
1736 - 1812
Caspar Daniel Krohn
1736 - 1801
Ulrich Moller (Kaufmann)
1733 - 1807
Moses Melchior
1736 - 1817