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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Gabriel Riesser
1806 - 1863
Ronald Schill
Born 1958
Friedrich Heinrich Geffcken
1830 - 1896
Werner von Melle
1853 - 1937
Marion Freisler
1910 - 1997
Johann Oldendorp
1488 - 1567
Hans Kutscher
1911 - 1993
Wolfgang Zeidler
1924 - 1987
Brun-Otto Bryde
Born 1943
Lore Maria Peschel-Gutzeit
Born 1932
Heinz Voigt
Born 1913
Hermann Baumeister (Politiker)
1806 - 1877
Hartmuth Horstkotte
1931 - 2015
Hermann Popert
1871 - 1932
Martin Hieronymus Schrötteringk
1768 - 1835
Johannes Winckelmann (Jurist)
1900 - 1985
Hartwig von Spreckelsen
1624 - 1680
Fritz Lindenmaier
1881 - 1960
Wilhelm Röhl
1922 - 2014
Herbert Ruscheweyh
1892 - 1965
Sabine Knickrehm
Born 1959
Hieronymus Hartwig Moller (Richter)
1711 - 1780
Felix Weyreuther
1928 - 1997
Monika Nöhre
Born 1950
Joachim von Spreckelsen
1636 - 1707
Margret Diwell
Born 1951
Rudolf Schlesinger (Richter)
1831 - 1912
Felix Fischer
Born 1947
Manfred Engelschall
1921 - 2008
Hans Gramm
1906 - 1967
Thomas Clemens (Jurist)
Born 1948
Günther Schroeder-Printzen
1924 - 2011
Johann Friedrich Voigt (Jurist)
1806 - 1886
Ascan Lutteroth (Genealoge)
1874 - 1960
Edmund de Chapeaurouge
1817 - 1893
Claus Zeng
Born 1964
Dietrich Katzenstein
1923 - 2008
Ulrich Seelemann
Born 1951
Alfred Bertram
1890 - 1937
Johann Carl Knauth
1800 - 1876
Johann Michael Gries
1772 - 1827
Friedrich Schlanbusch
1884 - 1964
Siegfried Albrecht
1819 - 1885
Jörn Feddersen
Born 1968
Christian Arning
1824 - 1909
Gustav Theodor Tesdorpf
1851 - 1933
Johann Peter von Spreckelsen
1722 - 1795
Peter von Spreckelsen (Oberalter)
1613 - 1665
Johannes Birckholtz
1903 - 1994
Friedrich Philippi (Richter)
1859 - 1938
August Sillem
1896 - 1980
Rudolf Martin (Richter)
1834 - 1916
Wilhelm Mohrmann
1815 - 1891
Georg Heinrich Berkhan (Jurist)
1794 - 1868
Eduard Pietzcker
1862 - 1930
Wilhelm Amsinck (Syndikus)
1793 - 1874
Gustav Carl Framhein
1864 - 1938
Erwin Marcus
1925 - 2010
Manfred Jäger (Politiker)
Born 1965
Andrea Franke
Born 1958
Kurt Zimmer
1885 - 1941
Carola von Paczensky
Born 1958
Hans Joachim Berker
1924 - 1992
Bernhard Velthuysen
1881 - 1969
Harm Beyer
1936 - 2018
Wolfgang Engelhard
Born 1956
Fritz Valentin
1897 - 1984
Christoph Zülch
Born 1935
Arnold Wilckens
1691 - 1730
Lucas von Spreckelsen (Ratsherr)
1602 - 1659
Nicolaus Wilckens (Ratsherr)
1649 - 1725
Olaf Rademacker
Born 1963
Paul Asten
1861 - 1925
Heinrich Delius (Richter)
1877 - 1947