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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Duke Charles of Mecklenburg
1785 - 1837
Johann Friedrich Ludwig Hausmann
1782 - 1859
Wilhelm Albert (engineer)
1787 - 1846
Georg Friedrich Wilhelm Meyer
1782 - 1856
Wilhelm Blumenhagen
1781 - 1839
Karl Ludwig Struve
1785 - 1838
Wilhelmine Sostmann
1788 - 1864
Georg Heinrich von Ramberg
1786 - 1855
Wilhelm von Scharnhorst
1786 - 1854
Georg Friedrich Falcke
1783 - 1850
Paul Fischer (painter)
1786 - 1875
Georg Harrys
1780 - 1838
Bernhard Hausmann
1784 - 1873
Burchard Giesewell
1785 - 1856
Friedrich Krancke
1782 - 1852
Georg Christian von Wangenheim
1780 - 1851
Wilhelm August von Rudloff
1780 - 1854
Johann Georg Taberger
1782 - 1854
Johann Christian Gerber
1785 - 1850
August von Wehrs
1788 - 1830
Carl Wilhelm Runde
1785 - 1859
Christian Friedrich Hornemann
1783 - 1861
Friedrich Wilhelm Alexander von Linsingen
1786 - 1861
Wilhelm von Grote
1785 - 1850
Heinrich Kohlrausch
1780 - 1826
Gottfried Heinrich Böttcher
Born 1785
Christoph von Kaufmann
1788 - 1867
Georg Ludwig von Wedemeyer
1781 - 1867
Carl Ludwig Paulmann
1789 - 1832
Johann Heinrich Friedrich Schlotheuber
1789 - 1866
August Heinrich Rumann
1788 - 1873
Heinrich Conrad Haspelmath
1787 - 1870