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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

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.

  1. Politician 979 1.2×
  2. Actor 725 1.9×
  3. Painter 335 1.8×
  4. Writer 277 1.2×
  5. Author 250 4.1×
  6. Football 241 0.3×
  7. Academic 239 3.4×
  8. Lawyer 170 1.4×
  1. Merchant 81 13.2×
  2. Author 250 4.1×
  3. Theologian 94 3.7×
  4. Academic 239 3.4×
  5. Judge 74 2.2×
  6. Actor 725 1.9×
  7. Painter 335 1.8×
  1. Football 241 0.3×
  2. Singer 101 0.7×

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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Showing 725 of 7,049 notable people

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Lotte Mende

1834 - 1891

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Achim Brock

Born 1958

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Gertrud Prey

Born 1920

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4489 ACTOR

Tim Braeutigam

Born 1989

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4493 ACTOR

Verner Arpe

1902 - 1979

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4506 ACTOR

Carl Heinrich Butenop (Schauspieler)

1752 - 1843

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4511 ACTOR

Felix Jordan

Born 1998

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4519 ACTOR

Heinz Roggenkamp

1891 - 1966

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4521 ACTOR

Tilman Borck

Born 1968

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4526 ACTOR

Hardy Tasso

Born 1950

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4536 ACTOR

Georg Pahl (Schauspieler)

1893 - 1957

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4597 ACTOR

Moritz Grabbe

Born 1981

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4610 ACTOR

Carl Jönsson

1870 - 1949

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4630 ACTOR

Timo Weisschnur

Born 1989

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4676 ACTOR

Margarethe Otto-Körner

1868 - 1937

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4702 ACTOR

Luis Kain

Born 2005

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4749 ACTOR

Siegfried Bühr

Born 1943

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4770 ACTOR

Kai Künstler

Born 1969

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4771 ACTOR

Ingeborg Christiansen

Born 1930

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4779 ACTOR

Kai Maahs

Born 1970

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Ralf Bregazzi

1925 - 1984

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4796 ACTOR

Frank Reidock

Born 1968

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4800 ACTOR

Jannik Nowak

Born 1985

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4824 ACTOR

Niklas Post

Born 2000

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4871 ACTOR

Judith Harms

1910 - 1958

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4890 ACTOR

Fabian Monasterios

Born 1977

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4970 ACTOR

Pia Koch

Born 1991

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4978 ACTOR

Matthias Luckey

Born 1982

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4987 ACTOR

Markus Prinz

Born 1976

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5005 ACTOR

Tilman Madaus

Born 1962

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5021 ACTOR

Hilke Flickenschildt

Born 1951

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5043 ACTOR

Hanne Tott

1771 - 1826

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5051 ACTOR

Lea Niako

1908 - 1945

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5065 ACTOR

Agnes Kaps

1856 - 1874

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5082 ACTOR

Eri Neumann

1897 - 1985

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5089 ACTOR

Jörg-Peter Hahn

1930 - 1996

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5116 ACTOR

Sophie Charlotte Conrad

Born 1992

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5151 ACTOR

Lilian Büchner

Born 1992

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5164 ACTOR

Ludwig Brahm

1862 - 1926

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5174 ACTOR

Loretta Wollenberg

Born 1959

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5191 ACTOR

Olaf Sveistrup

Born 1932

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5196 ACTOR

Harald Eggers (Schauspieler)

1927 - 1993

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5199 ACTOR

Ernst Drucker

1856 - 1918

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5201 ACTOR

Mariella Tiemann

Born 1984

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5208 ACTOR

Carl William Büller

1851 - 1923

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5213 ACTOR

Leonard Seyd

Born 2004

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5226 ACTOR

Sali Landricina

Born 1971

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5236 ACTOR

Carl Schultze (Schauspieler)

1829 - 1912

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5260 ACTOR

Hannelore Borns

Born 1940

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5268 ACTOR

Eike Domroes

1952 - 2018

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5272 ACTOR

Johann Christof Wehrs

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5289 ACTOR

Emil von Dollen

1884 - 1937

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5305 ACTOR

Caroline Steiger

1800 - 1886

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5310 ACTOR

Lore Schulz

Born 1938

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5320 ACTOR

Alexandra Reimer

Born 1972

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5366 ACTOR

Manuela Dahm

Born 1956

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5399 ACTOR

Friedrich Demmer (Sänger, 1803)

1803 - 1859

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5413 ACTOR

Jochen Sostmann

1938 - 2019

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5422 ACTOR

Antonie Baumeister

1842 - 1902

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5448 ACTOR

Yannik Raiss

Born 1989

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5465 ACTOR

Laura Maack

Born 1987

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5473 ACTOR

Edmund Saussen

1927 - 1975

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5477 ACTOR

Selina Böttcher

Born 1998

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5485 ACTOR

Karl-Heinz Fiege

Born 1928

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5497 ACTOR

Anna Gesa-Raija Lappe

Born 1991

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5513 ACTOR

Hans Freundt

1892 - 1953

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5517 ACTOR

Miriam Stahlke

Born 1977

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5521 ACTOR

Annette Bach

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5522 ACTOR

Rolf E. Schenker

Born 1927

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5548 ACTOR

Teymur Mokhtari

Born 1973

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5561 ACTOR

Simone Jaeger

Born 1981

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5566 ACTOR

Marianne Böheim

1759 - 1824

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5615 ACTOR

Nele Savita Woydt

Born 1971

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5670 ACTOR

Elsa Schünzel

1887 - 1960

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5690 ACTOR

Tanja Rübcke

Born 1969

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5695 ACTOR

Felix von Sassen

Born 1979

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5732 ACTOR

Josephine Martz

Born 2000

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5759 ACTOR

Tim Porath

Born 1975

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5765 ACTOR

Inge Schmidt

1909 - 1986

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5822 ACTOR

Wilhelm Hellmuth-Bräm (Schauspieler, 1864) – Wi

1864 - 1928

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5848 ACTOR

Kerstin Hilbig

Born 1961

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5889 ACTOR

Egon Reimers

1928 - 1989

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5953 ACTOR

Walther Bullerdiek

1901 - 1971

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5985 ACTOR

Sigmund Bollmann

1845 - 1918

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5987 ACTOR

Madeleine Sanders

Born 1977

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5995 ACTOR

Kirsten Nehberg

Born 1969

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6004 ACTOR

Amira Wirth

Born 1997

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6023 ACTOR

Wilhelm Dettmer (Schauspieler)

1860 - 1925

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6030 ACTOR

Jürgen Wulf

1923 - 1987

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6087 ACTOR

Solveig Krebs

Born 1971

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6096 ACTOR

Franz Schönemann (Schauspieler)

1880 - 1960

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6099 ACTOR

Carl Galster

1849 - 1864

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6104 ACTOR

Leona Steinhoff

Born 1998

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6146 ACTOR

Maximilian Nowka

Born 1978

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6148 ACTOR

Zoran Pingel

Born 1999

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6166 ACTOR

Caroline Zimdar

1779 - 1847

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6175 ACTOR

Seán McDonagh

Born 1982

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6194 ACTOR

Lidia Delgado Fortes

Born 1992

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6206 ACTOR

Luisa Taraz

Born 1978

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6237 ACTOR

Lucius Wolter

Born 1979

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6301 ACTOR

Robert Köhler

Born 1993

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6315 ACTOR

Erich Käding

1912 - 1976

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6329 ACTOR

Lea Sprick

Born 1998

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6334 ACTOR

Felix Hoeldtke

Born 1986

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6335 ACTOR

Paula Ballesteros Heichen

1889 - 1970

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6338 ACTOR

Horst Dieter Sievers

Born 1928

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6343 ACTOR

Adolf Jürgensen

1855 - 1925

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6386 ACTOR

Linda Holly

Born 1984

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6392 ACTOR

Anna-Isabel Hinz

Born 1996

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6506 ACTOR

Torben Miehle

Born 1973

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6511 ACTOR

Dennis Hamer

Born 1952

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6518 ACTOR

Georg Wörtge

1888 - 1977

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6581 ACTOR

Kelly Darboven

Born 1992

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6692 ACTOR

Lucie Matthias

1878 - 1954

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6726 ACTOR

Cord Hachmann

1848 - 1905

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6730 ACTOR

Markus Krüger

Born 1965

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6838 ACTOR

Georgine Galster

1848 - 1917

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6843 ACTOR

Claire Liesenberg

1873 - 1930

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6872 ACTOR

Friedrich Beckmann (Schauspieler, 1801)

1801 - 1874

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6897 ACTOR

Karl Wilke (Schauspieler)

1808 - 1862

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6914 ACTOR

Robert Guthery senior

1824 - 1903

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6918 ACTOR

Julie Herrmann

1823 - 1889

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6924 ACTOR

Wilhelm Henne

1842 - 1883

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Irmgard Olbrich

1870 - 1903

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Georg Albert Hübener

1865 - 1925

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