51.6553° N, 7.8132° E

HAMM

Most Famous People Born in Hamm, Germany

Notable people
334
Peak decade
1950s
Median birth year
1938
Most distinctive
Merchant 17.1×
Through the Decades

One face per decade — the most globally famous figure born in Hamm during each.

Notable Births by Decade

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What Hamm Is Known For

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Politician is Hamm's biggest profession — 13% of all notables (42).

Hamm over-indexes on merchant17.1× the global rate.

  1. Politician42
  2. Football30
  3. Actor15
  4. Author15
  5. Academic14
  6. Painter12
  7. Journalist11
  8. Lawyer10
  1. Merchant517.1×
  2. Author155.2×
  3. Academic144.1×
  4. Officer52.3×
  5. Journalist112.1×
  6. Lawyer101.7×
  7. Film71.7×

Profession Mix Over Time

Each band shows a profession family's share of Hamm's notable births by decade. Hover the chart for the breakdown at any decade.

16001650170017501800185019001950
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Showing 36 of 334 notable people

0003 FOOTBALL

Horst Hrubesch

Born 1951

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0015 ACTOR

Leonard Lansink

Born 1956

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0036 FOOTBALL

Josef Kaczor

Born 1953

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0040 SWIMMER

Jutta Weber

Born 1954

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0049 ACADEMIC

Hermann-Josef Blanke

Born 1957

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0056 AUTHOR

Werner Giesa

1954 - 2008

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0066 ECONOMIST

Ulrich van Suntum

Born 1954

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0081 PROFESSOR

Andreas Schulte (Forstwissenschaftler)

Born 1958

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0083 PHOTOGRAPHER

Brigitte Kraemer

Born 1954

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0096 AUTHOR

Ulrich Schödlbauer

Born 1951

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0097 PUBLISHER

Martin Schmitz

Born 1956

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0100 ASTROPHYSICIST

Wolfgang Baumjohann

Born 1950

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0103 FOOTBALL

Hermann Hummels

Born 1959

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0106 MATHEMATICIAN

Dirk Werner (Mathematiker)

Born 1955

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0107 POLITICIAN

Heiko Hessenkemper

Born 1956

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0108 PHYSICIST

Karlheinz Langanke

Born 1951

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0110 PAINTER

Erwin Hilbert

Born 1951

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0112 PRESENTER

Auwa Thiemann

1950 - 2014

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0113 MUSIC

Klaus Fiehe

Born 1957

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0119 POLITICIAN

Martin Gorholt

Born 1956

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0122 ARCHAEOLOGIST

Thomas Maria Weber

Born 1953

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0130 PAINTER

Markus Fräger

1959 - 2020

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0131 ACTOR

Norbert Ulfig

1959 - 2015

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0136 SCHOLAR

Martin Schulte

Born 1959

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0138 PHILOLOGIST

Meinolf Vielberg

Born 1958

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0150 ACADEMIC

Rainer Helmig

Born 1957

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0201 LAWYER

Lukas Siebenkotten

Born 1957

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0251 FOOTBALL

Helmut Reiners

Born 1951

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0260 HANDBALL

Renate Wolf

Born 1957

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0265 POLITICIAN

Thomas Hunsteger-Petermann

Born 1953

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0267 PLAYER

Ralf Wosik

Born 1958

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0281 FOOTBALL

Jürgen Welp (Fußballspieler)

Born 1959

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0283 SWIMMER

Edeltraud Koch

Born 1954

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0285 ACADEMIC

Ulrich Nellessen

Born 1952

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0308 POLITICIAN

Georg Scholz (Politiker, 1958)

Born 1958

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0312 POLITICIAN

Karl Dittmar

Born 1952

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