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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 1770s Clear ×
Juan Nicolás Böhl de Faber
1770 - 1836
Johann Diederich Gries
1776 - 1842
Johannes Flüggé
1775 - 1816
Georg Arnold Heise
1778 - 1851
Christian Mathias Schröder
1778 - 1860
Johann Joachim Faber
1778 - 1846
Betty Roose
1778 - 1808
Gerhard von Hosstrup
1771 - 1851
Johan Bernard Scheffer
1773 - 1809
Johannes Nicolaus Buek
1779 - 1856
Mathieu de Lesseps
1771 - 1832
Johann Hermann Clasing
1779 - 1829
David Parish
1778 - 1826
John Parish von Senftenberg
1774 - 1858
Henry Shultz
1776 - 1851
David Christopher Mettlerkamp
1774 - 1850
Amandus Eberhard Rodatz
1775 - 1836
Johann Heinrich de Chaufepié
1773 - 1855
Heinrich Joachim Herterich
1772 - 1852
Johann Ludwig Gries
1770 - 1828
Andreas Christian Wolters
1770 - 1827
Christine Reinhard
1771 - 1815
Wilhelm Brandt (Reeder)
1778 - 1832
Eduard Rentzel
1772 - 1832
Nikolaus Daniel Hinsche
1771 - 1848
Johann Michael Gries
1772 - 1827
Hanne Tott
1771 - 1826
Georg Ludwig Eckhardt
1770 - 1794
Georg Eimbke
1771 - 1843
Johann Thomas Hagemann
1771 - 1853
Johann Heinrich Wohlien
1779 - 1842
Johann Georg Lampe
1775 - 1813
Johann Christoph Franz Giere
1774 - 1825
Caroline Zimdar
1779 - 1847
Carl Friedrich Weidemann (Maler)
1770 - 1843
Emilie Heins
1776 - 1831
Johann Gottfried Eiffe
1773 - 1818
Anna Henriette Gossler
1771 - 1836
Hartwig Hesse
1778 - 1849
Jean Dauphin de Chapeaurouge
1770 - 1827
Anna Mathilda Nonnen
1776 - 1856