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

Click a decade to filter the list below. Peak: 1950s with 36 notable births.

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 35 of 334 notable people

0007 ACTOR

Klaus J. Behrendt

Born 1960

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0009 FILM

Joachim Masannek

Born 1960

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0014 FOOTBALL

Ogün Temizkanoğlu

Born 1969

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0018 ACTOR

Uwe Kröger

Born 1964

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0025 GRAPHIC DESIGNER

Fons Hickmann

Born 1966

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0046 SCULPTOR

Ursula Neugebauer

Born 1960

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0052 PAINTER

Andreas Siekmann

Born 1961

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0055 POLO

Jürgen Schröder (water polo)

Born 1960

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0068 FOOTBALL

Michael Lusch

Born 1964

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0078 ACTOR

Martin Ontrop

Born 1963

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0087 POLO

Dirk Theismann

Born 1963

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0089 ECONOMIST

Richard Klophaus

Born 1965

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0091 MUSIC

Till Hoheneder

Born 1965

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0104 THEOLOGIAN

Georg Langenhorst

Born 1962

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0114 COMEDIAN

Andreas Obering

Born 1964

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0117 PIANIST

Martin Sasse (Pianist)

Born 1968

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0127 PRIEST

Rolf Lohmann

Born 1963

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0128 AUTHOR

Marion Gay

Born 1968

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0132 JOURNALIST

Birgit Schönau

Born 1966

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0141 PRIEST

Bernd Hagenkord

Born 1968

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0157 AUTHOR

Martin Baucks

Born 1961

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0163 LAWYER

Till Zech

Born 1966

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0174 PHYSICIST

Hartmut Löwen

Born 1963

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0184 FOOTBALL

Stephan Kuhlow

Born 1967

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0226 AUTHOR

Burkhard Voß

Born 1963

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0232 JUDGE

Ingo Kraft

Born 1961

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0234 WRITER

Sabine Schulze Gronover

Born 1969

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0240 ECONOMIST

Christian Nienhaus (Medienmanager)

Born 1960

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0242 SCREENWRITER

Christian Schumacher (Regisseur)

Born 1964

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0252 POLITICIAN

Birgit Beisheim

Born 1962

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0259 FILM

Christoph Oertel

Born 1960

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0274 ARTIST

Kirsten Kaiser

Born 1961

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0280 RADIO

Anke Genius

Born 1964

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0288 MISSING

Oğuz Üçüncü

Born 1969

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0298 POLITICIAN

Ulrich Reuter (Politiker, 1964)

Born 1964

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