53.5500° N, 10.0000° E
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.
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Johann Franz Encke
1791 - 1865
Johann Christian Poggendorff
1796 - 1877
Ami Boué
1794 - 1881
Adele Schopenhauer
1797 - 1849
Gustav Friedrich Waagen
1794 - 1868
Luis Vernet
1791 - 1871
Amalie Sieveking
1794 - 1859
Alexis de Chateauneuf
1799 - 1853
Johann Martin Lappenberg
1794 - 1865
Gustav Adolf Michaelis
1798 - 1848
Ernst Ferdinand Nolte
1791 - 1875
Johann Gustav Heckscher
1797 - 1865
Heimann Joseph Michael
1792 - 1846
Paul-Charles-Amable de Bourgoing
1791 - 1864
Friedrich Wilhelm Grund
1791 - 1874
Friedrich Bluhme
1797 - 1874
Martin Johann Jenisch (fils)
1793 - 1857
August Abendroth
1796 - 1867
Andreas Borum
1799 - 1853
Wilhelm Kunst
1799 - 1859
Joseph von Reventlow-Criminil
1797 - 1850
Nicolaus Hudtwalcker
1794 - 1863
Heinrich Wilhelm Buek
1796 - 1878
Johannes Amsinck
1792 - 1879
Ferdinand Johannes Wit von Dörring
1799 - 1863
Friedrich Sieveking
1798 - 1872
Franz Gustav Joachim Forsmann
1795 - 1878
Franz Georg Stammann
1799 - 1871
Heinrich Marr
1797 - 1871
Heinrich Kellinghusen
1796 - 1879
Friedrich Georg Buek
1795 - 1860
Nicolaus Adolf Westphalen
1793 - 1854
Johann Christoph Kröger
1792 - 1874
Otto Christian Gaedechens
1791 - 1856
August Encke
1794 - 1860
Moses M. Haarbleicher
1797 - 1869
Charles Auguste Lioult de Chênedollé
1797 - 1862
Heinrich Geffcken
1792 - 1861
Friedrich Wilhelm Oppenheim
1799 - 1852
Georg Wilhelm Bokelmann
1799 - 1847
Luis López de la Torre Ayllón y Kirsmacker
1799 - 1875
Siegmund Imanuel
1790 - 1847
Carl Heine (Bankier)
1799 - 1865
Karl Trummer
1792 - 1858
Wilhelm Plath
1795 - 1877
Carl Schwencke
1797 - 1870
Johann Christian Plath (Geistlicher)
1790 - 1852
Friedrich Danzel
1792 - 1847
Peter Franz Biancone
1797 - 1874
Sigismund Samuel Hahn
1791 - 1870
Christoph Adolph Crasemann
1797 - 1876
Johann Diedrich Bieber
1796 - 1875
Gustav Bülau
1799 - 1857
Otto Wolters (Theologe)
1796 - 1874
Carl von Graffen
1793 - 1852
Rudolf Reinecke
1795 - 1883
Eduard Gräfe
1799 - 1867
Georg Heinrich Ballheimer
1796 - 1874
Jakob Jochim Christian Bargsted
1797 - 1885
Johann John (Theologe)
1797 - 1865
Heinrich David Hertz
1797 - 1863
Heinrich Rasche
1794 - 1876
Hermann Christian Tobias Krogmann
1797 - 1866
Johann August Hermann Heylandt
1799 - 1865
Johann Peter Carl Luck
1797 - 1868
Georg Heinrich Berkhan (Jurist)
1794 - 1868
Benjamin Leja
1797 - 1870
Wilhelm Amsinck (Syndikus)
1793 - 1874
Edward Banks (Syndicus)
1796 - 1851
Johann Keetman
1793 - 1865
Fanny Nonnen
1799 - 1889
Johann Daniel Hillebrand
1795 - 1880
Georg Michael Gramlich
1795 - 1880
Adolph Jencquel
1792 - 1855
Hirsch Oppenheimer
1794 - 1870
Diedrich Philipp August Lamprecht
1796 - 1882
Eisik Berlin
1792 - 1865