52.3744° N, 9.7378° E
HANNOVER
Most Famous People Born in Hannover, Germany
- Notable people
- 2,767
- Peak decade
- 1960s
- Median birth year
- 1908
- Most distinctive
- Author 4.5×
A Lower Saxon court city whose most famous descendants sat on the British throne. Hannover's distinctive professions are authors, theologians, academics, and chemists — the trades of an old Welf residence and a Lutheran university town — and its most famous daughter is Hannah Arendt. George I and George II were both born here, and the 18th-century bench still carries the courtly shape of the personal union with Britain.
One face per decade — the most globally famous figure born in Hannover during each.
Notable Births by Decade
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What Hannover Is Known For
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Politician is Hannover's biggest profession — 12% of all notables (320).
Hannover over-indexes on author — 4.5× the global rate.
Hannover under-produces football — only 0.3× the global rate.
Profession Mix Over Time
Each band shows a profession family's share of Hannover's notable births by decade. Hover the chart for the breakdown at any decade.
- Politics & Law
- Writing
- Science
- Art & Design
- Film & TV
- Sports
- Other
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John Lewis Gervais
1741 - 1798
Christoph August von Wangenheim
1741 - 1830
Philipp Karl von Alvensleben
1745 - 1802
Ernst Ludwig Julius von Lenthe
1744 - 1814
John Francis Moore (sculptor)
1745 - 1809
Johann Ernst Wichmann
1740 - 1802
Luise Mejer
1746 - 1786
Christian Ludewig von Hake
1745 - 1818
Christian Ludwig Albrecht Patje
1748 - 1817
Georg Ernst von Rüling
1748 - 1807
August Karl Holsche
1749 - 1830
Adolf von Hake
1747 - 1825
Andreas Ludolf Jacobi
1746 - 1825
Wilhelm Gottfried von Werlhof
1744 - 1832
Johann Friedrich Ludwig Sievers
1742 - 1806
Gotthard Christoph Müller
1740 - 1803
Heinrich Bösenberg
1745 - 1828
Georg Broeckel
1744 - 1788
Georg August Ebell
1745 - 1824
Georg Christian Ludolph Meyer
1742 - 1812