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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Heinrich Barth
1821 - 1865
Julius Oppert
1825 - 1905
Otto Goldschmidt
1829 - 1907
Jakob Bernays
1824 - 1881
Wilhelm von Hanno
1826 - 1882
Hermann Cohen (Carmelite)
1820 - 1871
Ludmilla Assing
1821 - 1880
Hermann Berens
1826 - 1880
Adolf Overweg
1822 - 1852
Zacharias Dase
1824 - 1861
Ferdinand Heilbuth
1826 - 1889
Friedrich Wilhelm Klatt
1825 - 1897
Julius Goltermann
1825 - 1876
Johann Anton Schmidt
1823 - 1905
Emil Bauch
1823 - 1874
Heinrich Scheel
1829 - 1909
Jacques Blumenthal
1829 - 1908
Theodor Hagen (music critic)
1823 - 1871
Gustav Spangenberg (Maler)
1828 - 1891
Louise Japha
1826 - 1910
Sir John Schroder, 1st Baronet
1825 - 1910
Jürgen Bona Meyer
1829 - 1897
Gustav Ferdinand Hertz
1827 - 1914
Valentin Ruths
1825 - 1905
Eduard Wilhelm Sievers
1820 - 1894
Johannes Versmann
1820 - 1899
Julius Duboc
1829 - 1903
Charles Edouard Duboc
1822 - 1910
Louis Spangenberg
1824 - 1893
Sisinio von Pretis-Cagnodo
1828 - 1890
Karl Treumann
1823 - 1877
Georg Heinrich Kaemmerer
1824 - 1875
Heinrich Amsinck
1824 - 1883
Adolph Sierich
1826 - 1889
Adolf Ebeling (Schriftsteller)
1827 - 1896
Heinrich Adolph Meyer
1822 - 1889
Hermann Steinfurth
1822 - 1880
Theodor Wachtel (Sänger, 1823)
1823 - 1893
Heinrich Matthias Sengelmann
1821 - 1899
Frederick Lehmann
1826 - 1891
Carl Laeisz
1828 - 1901
Otto von Königslöw
1824 - 1898
Wilhelm Ludwig Hertz
1822 - 1901
Ernst Gottfried Vivié
1823 - 1902
Carl Wilhelm Ludwig Westphal
1824 - 1900
Emil Gottlieb Schuback
1820 - 1902
Adolfo Alexander
1822 - 1881
Carl Friedrich Wilhelm Meister
1827 - 1895
Minna Heeren
1823 - 1898
Hugo Behrens
1820 - 1910
Max Michael
1823 - 1891
Arnold Otto Meyer
1825 - 1913
Johannes Christian Eugen Lehmann
1826 - 1901
August Danzel
1822 - 1889
Christian Förster
1825 - 1902
Joseph Puschkin
1827 - 1905
Franz Johann Wilhelm Hünten
1822 - 1887
Hermann Weiß (Kostümkundler)
1822 - 1897
Emil von Melle
1822 - 1891
Adolph Oberdörffer
1822 - 1887
Emil Richter (Kunstgärtner)
1823 - 1912
Erdwin Amsinck
1826 - 1897
Otto Heinrich Framhein
1823 - 1879
Emil Hartmeyer
1820 - 1902
Hermann Anthony Cornelius Weber
1822 - 1886
Julius Lippelt
1829 - 1864
Ferdinand Kunhardt
1824 - 1895
Carl Wilhelm Diehl
1824 - 1885
Hermann August Krogmann
1824 - 1894
Oskar Ferdinand von Walcke-Schuldt
1828 - 1908
Ludwig Mecklenburg
1820 - 1882
Heinrich Anton Rudolph Brandis
1821 - 1875
Eduard Dämel
1821 - 1900
Eduard Boye
1822 - 1891
Christian Lutteroth
1822 - 1896
Carl Ferdinand Steinhaus
1826 - 1899
Adolph Nikolaus von Düring
1820 - 1882
Carl Heinrich Martin Bauer
1829 - 1904
Rudolph Wilhelm Meyer
1826 - 1897
Christian Arning
1824 - 1909
Wilhelm Heinrich Kaemmerer
1820 - 1905
Heinrich Hudtwalcker
1829 - 1896
Carl Hermann Eberstein
1829 - 1885
Carl Schultze (Schauspieler)
1829 - 1912
Julius David Schlüter
1828 - 1900
Friedrich Schünemann-Pott
1826 - 1891
Hermann Libert Westphalen
1822 - 1846
Ernst August Otto Versmann
1823 - 1889
Auguste Jauch
1822 - 1902
Johann Heinrich Steinthal
1825 - 1911
Daniel Heinrich Jacobj
1820 - 1886
Carl Wilhelm Alfred Mauke
1824 - 1871
Octavio Schroeder
1822 - 1903
Wilhelm Amsinck (Bankier)
1821 - 1909
Carl Theodor Bandmann
1820 - 1902
Carl Johannes Koyemann
1828 - 1903
Rudolph Johns
1823 - 1889
Johannes Hermann Sieveking
1827 - 1884
Andreas Prell
1820 - 1881
Hermann Eduard Wilhelm Fellmer
1829 - 1864
Gustav Buek
1820 - 1874
Ferdinand Carl Heinrich Bakof
1828 - 1894
Hermann Jacubowsky
1821 - 1904
Emilie Jenisch
1828 - 1899
Franz Ferdinand Eiffe (Politiker, 1825)
1825 - 1875
Bernhard Hugo Lentz
1828 - 1903
Cäsar Wilhelm Stuhlmann
1822 - 1884
Conrad Rücker
1823 - 1875
Ludwig Wilhelm Gerhard Becker
1822 - 1896
Jean Edmond Lafargue
1823 - 1871
Heinrich Roscher (Politiker, 1825)
1825 - 1894
Marie Zacharias
1828 - 1907
Johannes Amsinck (Mediziner)
1823 - 1899
Carl August Schröder (Politiker, 1819)
1821 - 1902
Friedrich Theodor Müller (Politiker, 1821) – Wi
1821 - 1880
Johann Garben
1824 - 1876
Hermann Ludwig Behn
1820 - 1901
Gustav Schaumann
1825 - 1892
Jean Meyer
1822 - 1893
August Carl Libert Lentz
1827 - 1898
Robert Guthery senior
1824 - 1903
Julie Herrmann
1823 - 1889
Henry Busch
1826 - 1902
Salomon Meyer Sternberg
1824 - 1902