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.
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- Filtered to 1840s Clear ×
Ernest Augustus, Crown Prince of Hanover
1845 - 1923
Princess Frederica of Hanover
1848 - 1926
Carl Flügge
1847 - 1923
Hermann Grotefend
1845 - 1931
Count Erich Kielmansegg
1847 - 1923
Princess Marie of Hanover
1849 - 1904
Frederick Dielman
1847 - 1935
John Karl Hillers
1843 - 1925
George Niemann
1841 - 1912
Alexander Siemens
1847 - 1928
Karl Zeumer
1849 - 1914
Carl Lorenz (Ingenieur)
1844 - 1889
Theodore Schwan
1841 - 1926
Theodore Metz
1848 - 1936
Otto Wunder
1844 - 1921
Karl Friedrich Wunder
1849 - 1924
Wolfgang Schlüter (Germanist)
1848 - 1919
Iwan Friedrich Julius Oldekop
1844 - 1936
Maurice William Holtze
1840 - 1923
Hermann von Arnswaldt
1841 - 1910
Ernst Körting (Ingenieur)
1842 - 1921
August Pieper (architect)
1844 - 1891
Hermann Wohlenberg
1845 - 1906
Friedrich Bacmeister
1840 - 1886
Henry C. Koch
1841 - 1910
Georg Brokesch
1849 - 1896
Gustav Thies
1845 - 1918
Jacob Berliner
1849 - 1918
Georg Nollet
1842 - 1915
Ludolf Waldmann
1840 - 1919
Hermann Fiedeler
1844 - 1911
Conrad Beckmann (Maler)
1846 - 1902
August Werner (Fabrikant)
1843 - 1916
Adolf Schwiening
1847 - 1916
Heinrich Stamme
1846 - 1905
Henning Oldekop
1846 - 1923
Louis Eilers
1844 - 1917
Theodor Unger
1846 - 1912
Adolf Grahn
1841 - 1916
Bernhard Noeldechen
1843 - 1919
William H. Meyer (Colorado)
1847 - 1923
Georg Dehn
1843 - 1904
Justus Thorner
1848 - 1928
Adolf Narten
1842 - 1928
Wilhelm Garvens (Industrieller)
1841 - 1913
Friedrich Knust (Architekt)
1848 - 1889
A. H. Heisey
1842 - 1922
Otto Ewald
1848 - 1906
Ernst Ludolf Meyer
1848 - 1922
Carl Mathies
1849 - 1906
John H. Heitmann
1842 - 1894
Georg Hägemann
1844 - 1892
Ernst Bühring
1844 - 1928
Hermann Wilhelm Schlüter
1846 - 1900
Wilhelm Orgelmann
1849 - 1898
Hermann Sternheim
1849 - 1916
Karl Hantelmann
Born 1843
Heinrich Ahrens (Bildhauer)
1845 - 1904
Karl Georg Edmund von Alten-Linsingen
1843 - 1916
Georg Bokelberg
1842 - 1902
Wilhelm Stockmann
1848 - 1910
Ernst Friedrich Jahns
1844 - 1897
Friedrich Lahmeyer
Born 1845
Sigmund Meyer (Bankier)
1840 - 1911
August Bode (Ingenieur)
1846 - 1921
Ernst Wilke (Maler)
1846 - 1915
Emil Meyer (Bankier)
1841 - 1899
Carl Patschke
1844 - 1916
Albert Becké
1842 - 1920
Ferdinand Ludolf
1846 - 1906
Carl Busse (Schauspieler)
Born 1848
Theodor Sinram
1840 - 1896
Georg von Brandis (Landrat)
1847 - 1904