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
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Kurt Schwitters
1887 - 1948
Dieter Roth
1930 - 1998
Ernst Oppler
1867 - 1929
August Ahlborn
1796 - 1857
Albert Christoph Dies
1755 - 1822
Johann Heinrich Ramberg
1763 - 1840
Carl Buchheister
1890 - 1964
Karl Diebitsch
1899 - 1985
Christoph Bernhard Francke
1660 - 1729
Heinrich Anton Dähling
1773 - 1850
Claus Meyer
1856 - 1919
Karl Jakob Hirsch
1892 - 1952
Frederick Dielman
1847 - 1935
William Unger
1837 - 1932
Andreas Schulze (artist)
Born 1955
Martel Schwichtenberg
1896 - 1945
John Höxter
1884 - 1938
Friedrich Rehberg
1758 - 1835
Willy Hanft
1888 - 1987
Harold Bengen
1879 - 1962
Eduard Frederich
1811 - 1864
Theodor Kotsch
1818 - 1884
Julius E. F. Gipkens
1883 - 1968
Marie von Malachowski-Nauen
1880 - 1943
Richard Scholz (Maler)
1860 - 1939
Hannes Malte Mahler
1968 - 2016
Julius Klingebiel
1904 - 1965
Bernhard Martin (Künstler)
Born 1966
Wilhelm Heckrott
1890 - 1964
WP Eberhard Eggers
1939 - 2004
Gerd Rokahr
Born 1942
Edward B. Gordon
Born 1966
Änne Koken
1885 - 1919
Edmund Koken
1814 - 1872
Ludwig Beckmann
1822 - 1902
Emmy Meyer
1866 - 1940
Gerhard Wendland (Maler)
1910 - 1986
Anton Kaulbach
1864 - 1934
Petra Maria Mühl
Born 1965
Annegret Leiner
Born 1941
Carl Wiederhold
1863 - 1961
Antonie Kaulbach
1876 - 1958
Gustav Koken
1850 - 1910
Rolf-Hermann Geller
Born 1945
Guillaume-Ernest Grève
1580 - 1639
Ernst Wolfhagen
1907 - 1992
Gertrud Bürgers-Laurenz
1874 - 1936
Paul Fischer (painter)
1786 - 1875
Heinz Knoke (Maler)
1922 - 1991
Paul Bollmann
1885 - 1944
Ludwig Adam Kelterborn
1811 - 1878
Wilhelm Metzig
1893 - 1989
Heimar Fischer-Gaaden
1923 - 2014
Ernst Jordan (Maler)
1858 - 1924
Udo Peters
1883 - 1964
Una H. Moehrke
Born 1953
Arnold Leissler
1939 - 2014
Johann Georg Geyger
1921 - 2004
Kurt von Unruh
1894 - 1986
Paul Koken
1853 - 1910
Auguste von Schulte
1800 - 1856
Bernhard Dörries (Maler)
1898 - 1978
Hans Müller-Dachau
1877 - 1924
Jürgen Reipka
1936 - 2013
Leonhard Gey
1838 - 1894
Giso Westing
Born 1955
Burchard Giesewell
1785 - 1856
Eduard Cohen (Maler)
1838 - 1910
Ilse Gottwald
Born 1936
Richard Schlösser
1879 - 1962
Heinz Keune
1881 - 1946
Georg W. Borsche
1922 - 1999
Friedrich Osten (Maler)
1816 - 1849
Helmi Ohlhagen
Born 1967
Conrad Beckmann (Maler)
1846 - 1902
Heinrich Schulz (Maler)
1797 - 1886
Johann Georg Taberger
1782 - 1854
Hans Mertens (Maler)
1906 - 1944
Georg von Boddien
1850 - 1926
Detlef Karsten
1958 - 2017
Ferdy Horrmeyer
1890 - 1978
Friedrich Hans Koken
1883 - 1946
Oscar Wichtendahl
1860 - 1933
Hans Nitzschke
1903 - 1944
Franz Peffer
1887 - 1937
Heinrich Mittag (Grafiker)
1859 - 1920
Georg Dieckmann
1863 - 1947
Rudolf Weber (Maler, 1877)
1877 - 1952
Paul Rademacher (Grafiker)
1901 - 1989
Carl Hans Schrader-Velgen
1876 - 1945
Ingrid M. Pawlowski
1940 - 2010
Justus Elias Kasten
1774 - 1855
Georg Dehn
1843 - 1904
Hilde Stock-Sylvester
1914 - 2006
Carl Plinke
Born 1867
Wilhelm Plünnecke
1894 - 1954
August Klemme
1830 - 1878
Gustav Laeverenz
1851 - 1909
Ulrich Wilhelm Röpke
Born 1959
Christian Ahrbeck
1774 - 1858
Karl Bostelmann
1825 - 1912
Ernst Ludolf Meyer
1848 - 1922
Ferdinand Liebsch
1816 - 1905
Anton Clemens Albrecht Evers
1802 - 1848
Jonas Dürchs
1730 - 1785
Friedrich Baumgarte
1807 - 1839
Georg Durand (Maler, 1811)
1811 - 1873
Paul Sauer (Maler)
1895 - 1980
Robert Blumenbach
1822 - 1914
Wolfgang Kessler (Maler)
Born 1962
Adolf Mühlhan
1886 - 1956
Hendrik Wittkopf
Born 1966
Andrej Wilhelms
Born 1984
Heinz Mühlenbein (Maler)
1883 - 1976
Wilhelm Redemann
1892 - 1953
Georg Kindermann (Maler)
1879 - 1946
Carl Friedrich Wilhelm Richard
1725 - 1770
Hermann Fischer-Roloff
1917 - 1988
Heia
1904 - 1956
Ernst Wilke (Maler)
1846 - 1915
Hans Völker (Maler)
1889 - 1960
Werner Brenneisen
1927 - 2005
Friedrich Molters
1779 - 1842
Otto Kurbadt
Born 1905
Johann August Bartels
1723 - 1805
Georg Heinrich Brauns
1808 - 1856
Anton Jürgens (Maler)
1823 - 1883
Otto Brenneisen
1890 - 1957
Friedrich A. Enders
Born 1896