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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- Field: Merchant Clear ×
Carl Hagenbeck
1844 - 1913
Alfred Toepfer
1894 - 1993
Georg Heinrich Sieveking
1751 - 1799
Gustav Christian Schwabe
1813 - 1897
Martin Johann Jenisch (fils)
1793 - 1857
Martin Johann Jenisch (père)
1760 - 1827
Adolph Sierich
1826 - 1889
Gabriel Marselis
1609 - 1673
Johannes Amsinck
1792 - 1879
Carl Laeisz
1828 - 1901
Eduard Brinkama
1927 - 1978
Alexander von Witzleben
Born 1963
Jean Cesar Godeffroy
1742 - 1818
Leonard Lewisohn (philanthropist)
1847 - 1902
Hermann Fölsch
1845 - 1920
Otto Brüggemann (Kaufmann)
1600 - 1640
Johann Kletze
Died 1428
Hans E. B. Kruse
1891 - 1968
Hermann Rentzel (Oberalter, 1576)
1576 - 1657
Valentin Lorenz Meyer
1817 - 1901
August Joseph Schön
1802 - 1870
August Behn
1816 - 1886
Abraham Philipp Schuldt
1807 - 1892
Kurt Hartwig Siemers
1907 - 1988
Rudolf Amsinck
1577 - 1636
Wilhelm Brandt (Reeder)
1778 - 1832
Johann von Spreckelsen (Ratsherr)
1607 - 1684
Gustav Amsinck
1837 - 1909
Erdwin Amsinck
1826 - 1897
Georg Theodor Siemssen
1816 - 1886
Herbert Westerich
1904 - 1991
Johan Cesar Godeffroy (Kaufmann, 1781)
1781 - 1845
Johann Diederich Cordes
1730 - 1813
Joachim von Schinckel
1895 - 1976
Diederich Schrötteringk
1597 - 1678
Johannes Kiep
1847 - 1935
Adolph Hertz
1800 - 1866
Julius David Schlüter
1828 - 1900
Jürgen Schrötteringk (Oberalter, 1615)
1615 - 1667
Hermann Münchmeyer der Jüngere
1875 - 1950
Conrad Johann Matthiessen
1751 - 1822
Friedrich Wilhelm Klöpper
1812 - 1876
Friedrich Max Meyer
1819 - 1897
Johann Georg Schmilinsky
1789 - 1870
Wilhelm Amsinck (Bankier)
1821 - 1909
Ulrich Moller (Ratsherr)
1690 - 1761
Heinrich Edmund Bohlen
1851 - 1918
Matthias Mahlandt
1809 - 1873
Johann Jacob Köpcke
1809 - 1879
Heinrich Christian Friedrich Mählmann
1818 - 1866
Nicolaus Heinrich Lütgens
1804 - 1881
Carl August Wulff
1808 - 1897
Heinrich August Müller
1832 - 1903
Wilhelm Peltzer (Kaufmann)
1802 - 1864
Otto Hertling
1878 - 1947
Ulrich Moller (Kaufmann)
1733 - 1807
Jeppe Prætorius
1745 - 1823
Johann Jacob Paul Wirtz
1881 - 1946
Otto Blumenfeld
1883 - 1975
Heinrich Randad
1855 - 1938
Hinrich Sillem (Ratsherr)
1545 - 1615
Rudolph Heinrich Ruete
1839 - 1870
Johann Lütkens
1597 - 1652
Paul Pickenpack
1834 - 1903
Hartwig Hesse
1778 - 1849
Heinrich Gossler
1805 - 1879
Albert Schrötteringk
1649 - 1716
Ferdinand Rhode
1802 - 1872
Lucas Hinrich Eding
1717 - 1790
Hermann Frank (Unternehmer)
1871 - 1941
Johann Schulte (Ratsherr, 1662)
1662 - 1719
Georg Michael Gramlich
1795 - 1880
Eduard Bohlen
1847 - 1901
Jürgen Westphalen (Ratsherr)
1666 - 1735
Paul Amsinck (Kaufmann, 1758)
1758 - 1808
John Henry Gossler
1849 - 1914
Wilhelm Wachendorf
1877 - 1949
Jürgen Schrötteringk (Oberalter, 1622)
1622 - 1670
Samuel Lewisohn
1809 - 1872
Eibert Tiefbrunn
1644 - 1712
Christian Heinrich Alardus
1789 - 1866