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.
- Politics & Law
- Film & TV
- Writing
- Art & Design
- Music
- Sports
- Other
- Field: Painter Clear ×
Eduard Arnthal
Born 1893
Johann Christoph Franz Giere
1774 - 1825
Constantin Schroeder
Born 1980
Gustav Schmid-Goertz
1889 - 1965
Carl Friedrich Weidemann (Maler)
1770 - 1843
Gerda Maria Raschke
Born 1944
Wilhelm Frahm-Pauli
1879 - 1960
Frank Rosenzweig
Born 1962
Barthold Conrath
1657 - 1719
Johann Gottfried Eiffe
1773 - 1818
Christian Friedrich Rautenberg
1906 - 1979
Harriet Wolf
1894 - 1987
Stefan Maskiewicz
Born 1959
Georg Hempel (Künstler)
1894 - 1969
Sophia Röntgen
1761 - 1826
Gerhard Dancker
1925 - 2006
Paul Wendt
1913 - 1995
Fanny Nonnen
1799 - 1889
Alfred Zeller
1909 - 1988
Ernst Matzke
Born 1938
Merete Thejll
1931 - 1991
Elisabeth Büttner (Malerin)
1853 - 1934
Carlotta Ida Popert
1848 - 1923
Hans Porwoll
1898 - 1984
Johann Georg Dramburg
1640 - 1700
Dagmar Ferle
Born 1949
Hermann Schlüschen
1904 - 1996
Hans Herbert Hartwieg
1922 - 2019
Fritz Beyle
1899 - 1997
August Carl Libert Lentz
1827 - 1898
Esther Denner
1720 - 1779
Kurt Schulz (Maler)
1927 - 1999
Erna Wichmann-Elmqvist
1869 - 1966
Anna Mathilda Nonnen
1776 - 1856
Helga Fejne
1913 - 1952