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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- Writing
- Science
- Art & Design
- Film & TV
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Reinhold Rudenberg
1883 - 1961
Klaus Traube
1928 - 2016
Henning von Berg
Born 1961
Michael Howard Kay
Born 1951
Wilhelm Runge
1895 - 1987
Alexander Siemens
1847 - 1928
Johann Culemeyer
1883 - 1951
Christian Edward Detmold
1810 - 1887
Matthias N. Forney
1835 - 1908
Friedrich Witte (Ingenieur)
1900 - 1977
Ernst Körting (Ingenieur)
1842 - 1921
Georg Rothgießer
1858 - 1943
Ilse Knott-ter Meer
1899 - 1996
Rudolf Franke
1870 - 1962
Ernst Grahn
1836 - 1906
Kurt Beindorff
1894 - 1968
Jean Joseph La Croix
1737 - 1828
Hans Drape
1876 - 1947
Ulrich Homburg
Born 1955
Theodor Krancke (Baurat)
1820 - 1897
Achim Uhlenhut
Born 1965
Wilhelm Klingenberg (Bauingenieur)
1899 - 1981
Georg Bokelberg
1842 - 1902
Werner Kümmel (Bauingenieur)
1834 - 1893
Rudolf Barbré
1907 - 1997
Ernest L. Daman
Born 1923
August Bode (Ingenieur)
1846 - 1921
Emil Garvens
1853 - 1921
Harald Rosemann
Born 1937
Alfred Götzl
1877 - 1956
August Bensen
1825 - 1907
Gustav Glunz
1910 - 1982