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
- Filtered to 1890s Clear ×
Erwin Panofsky
1892 - 1968
Friedrich Georg Jünger
1898 - 1977
Gerhard von Schwerin
1899 - 1980
Hilde Hildebrand
1897 - 1976
Fritz Odemar
1890 - 1955
Maximilian von Herff
1893 - 1945
Walter Abendroth
1896 - 1973
Theodor Sparkuhl
1894 - 1946
Otto Schindewolf
1896 - 1971
Hanns Lilje
1899 - 1977
Carl Buchheister
1890 - 1964
Princess Feodora of Saxe-Meiningen (1890–1972)
1890 - 1972
Karl Diebitsch
1899 - 1985
Oskar Schröder
1891 - 1959
Gerrit Engelke
1890 - 1918
Cora Berliner
1890 - 1942
Grete Rosenberg
1896 - 1979
Irma von Cube
1899 - 1977
Felix Wolfes
1892 - 1971
Bernhard Sprengel
1899 - 1985
Hermann Flörke
1893 - 1979
Wilhelm Runge
1895 - 1987
Karl Jakob Hirsch
1892 - 1952
Carola Toelle
1892 - 1958
Christian Warlich
1890 - 1964
Käthe Vordtriede
1891 - 1964
Heinrich Bütefisch
1894 - 1969
Walter Scheller
1892 - 1944
Kurt Harald Isenstein
1898 - 1980
Sigfrido Burmann
1891 - 1980
Martel Schwichtenberg
1896 - 1945
Heinrich Wiepking-Jürgensmann
1891 - 1973
Esther Carena
1898 - 1972
Hanne Brinkmann
1895 - 1984
Hans Ferdinand Geisler
1891 - 1966
Horst von Mellenthin
1898 - 1977
Friedrich Fangohr
1899 - 1956
Otto Ernst Meyer
1897 - 1966
Karl Bähre
1899 - 1960
Felix Benzler
1891 - 1977
Kurt Haverbeck
1899 - 1988
Kurt von Behr
1890 - 1945
Heinz Hille
1891 - 1954
Wilhelm Röttger
1894 - 1946
Wilfried Basse
1899 - 1946
Gerhard Colm
1897 - 1968
Wilhelm Heckrott
1890 - 1964
Otto Wetzel (Paläontologe)
1891 - 1971
Arnold Agatz
1891 - 1980
Fritz Stamer
1897 - 1969
Fritz Rehbock
1896 - 1989
Georg Schnath
1898 - 1989
Ludolf Haase
1898 - 1972
Lina Maria Becker
1893 - 1976
Heinrich Götz
1896 - 1960
Rudolf Meyer (Anthroposoph)
1896 - 1985
Wilhelm Königswarter
1890 - 1966
Hans Gunther von Dincklage
1896 - 1974
Hans-Günther von Rost
1894 - 1945
Fritz Koenecke
1899 - 1979
Hans-Walter Heyne
1894 - 1967
Hans Imelmann
1897 - 1917
Wilhelm Tiedje
1898 - 1987
Adolf Halfeld
1898 - 1955
Heinz Brunotte
1896 - 1984
Adolf Katz
1899 - 1980
Wilhelm Metzig
1893 - 1989
Hans Frebold
1899 - 1983
Franz Johannes Weinrich
1897 - 1978
Richard Gerlach
1899 - 1973
Hermann Dörries
1895 - 1977
Alfred Roselieb
1891 - 1969
Kurt von Unruh
1894 - 1986
Hans Ahrbeck
1890 - 1981
Friedrich Busack
1899 - 1933
Bernhard Dörries (Maler)
1898 - 1978
Emmy Scholem
1896 - 1970
Ilse Knott-ter Meer
1899 - 1996
Karl Wiechert
1899 - 1971
Albert Behrens
1891 - 1976
Alwin Elling
1897 - 1973
Konrad Zucker
1893 - 1978
Christoph Hackethal
1899 - 1942
Fritz Giesecke
1896 - 1958
Josef Hofmann (Politiker, 1897)
1897 - 1973
Wilhelm Bluhm (Widerstandskämpfer)
1898 - 1942
Karl Brammer
1891 - 1964
Bogislav von Heyden-Linden (Schauspieler)
1898 - 1991
Fred Gravenhorst
1896 - 1977
Günther Schulze-Fielitz
1899 - 1972
Willi Göber
1899 - 1961
Paul Baethke
1895 - 1953
Paul Arendt (Erfinder)
1893 - 1968
Karl Sauke
1897 - 1958
Elisabeth Hunaeus
1893 - 1973
Christian Paulmann
1897 - 1970
Wilhelm Stichweh
1899 - 1979
Arthur von Fumetti
1890 - 1945
Franz Catzenstein
1898 - 1963
Georg Wieter
1896 - 1988
Heinrich Weidemann
1895 - 1976
Meta Eyl
1893 - 1952
Albert Hilscher
1892 - 1964
Otto Schumann (Musikwissenschaftler)
1897 - 1981
Kurt Fiege
1897 - 1983
Ferdy Horrmeyer
1890 - 1978
Anna Mosolf
1895 - 1974
Kurt Beindorff
1894 - 1968
Karl Fugger
1897 - 1966
Otto Winkelmüller (Architekt, 1895)
1895 - 1970
Friedrich Busch (Bibliothekar)
1891 - 1974
Edgar Scheibe
1899 - 1977
Elisabeth Boedeker
1893 - 1980
Otto Gakenholz
1890 - 1973
Thea Hucke
1893 - 1970
Otto Krone (Schauspieler)
1898 - 1974
Kurt Gumpel (Bankier)
1896 - 1972
Georg Frebold
1891 - 1948
Fritz Lohmeyer
1890 - 1945
Bernhard Almstadt
1897 - 1944
Wilhelm Plünnecke
1894 - 1954
Wilhelm Heese
1890 - 1933
Günther Joël (Ministerialbeamter)
1899 - 1986
Helmut Bojunga
1898 - 1958
Otto Benecke (Unternehmer)
1895 - 1970
Richard Stephanus
1898 - 1972
Erich Bockler
1899 - 1969
Oskar Suffert (Philologe)
1892 - 1974
Gustav Schwiebert
1894 - 1936
Fritz Platenau
1896 - 1981
Richard Dammann
1890 - 1939
Fridel Mumme
1898 - 1983
Walter Zimmermann (Diplomat)
1896 - 1973
Willy Gottfried
1896 - 1968
Wilhelm Klingenberg (Bauingenieur)
1899 - 1981
Alfred Emil Karl Schmidt
1894 - 1987
Johann Flegel
1898 - 1961
Walter Rheinhold
1897 - 1973
Frida Salzberg-Heins
1893 - 1993
August Bolte (Widerstandskämpfer)
1896 - 1981
Prince Eugen of Schaumburg-Lippe
1899 - 1929
August Kunze
1892 - 1959
Paul Sauer (Maler)
1895 - 1980
Heinz Matthes (Politiker, 1897)
1897 - 1976
Fritz Lossau
1897 - 1987
Wilhelm Garbe (Sportfunktionär)
1893 - 1967
Hans Voigt
1896 - 1969
Rudolf Albrecht (Politiker, 1891)
1891 - 1953
Ernst Haccius
1893 - 1943
Karl Schrader (Politiker, 1899)
1899 - 1971
Wilhelm Schüler (Politiker, 1899)
1899 - 1964
Karl Albin Becker
1894 - 1942
Wilhelm Redemann
1892 - 1953
Wilhelm Fahlbusch
1892 - 1916
Günther Graf von der Schulenburg-Wolfsburg – Wi
1891 - 1985
Hans Georg Kütemeyer
1895 - 1928
Johanna Harre
1899 - 1996
Gertrud Blank
1892 - 1981
Bernhard Skamper
1898 - 1964
Otto Brenneisen
1890 - 1957
Friedrich A. Enders
Born 1896
Fritz Wechsung
1898 - 1966
Dora Triem
1897 - 1973
Eduard Lissner
1891 - 1951