53.8697° N, 10.6864° E
LUEBECK
Most Famous People Born in Luebeck, Germany
- Notable people
- 1,468
- Peak decade
- 1960s
- Median birth year
- 1850
- Most distinctive
- Ratsherr 410.8×
The capital of the Hanseatic League, and the numbers still show it. Lübeck's most distinctive profession, at more than four hundred times the global rate, is Ratsherr — councillor of the old free city — with pastors, merchants, and notaries close behind. The 17th century accounts for more than a tenth of the entire bench, a share no modern city approaches. Thomas Mann set Buddenbrooks here and Willy Brandt grew up on the opposite side of the same harbour.
One face per century — the most globally famous figure born in Luebeck during each.
Notable Births by Decade
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What Luebeck Is Known For
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Politician is Luebeck's biggest profession — 23% of all notables (341).
Luebeck over-indexes on ratsherr — 410.8× the global rate.
Luebeck under-produces actor — only 0.6× the global rate.
Profession Mix Over Time
Each band shows a profession family's share of Luebeck's notable births by decade. Hover the chart for the breakdown at any decade.
- Politics & Law
- Writing
- Science
- Art & Design
- Film & TV
- Religion
- Other
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Mauritz Posse
1712 - 1787
Joachim Peters
1712 - 1788
Friedrich Joachim Schnobel
1718 - 1765
Adde Bernhard Burghardi
1710 - 1787
Christoph Anton Erasmi
1711 - 1750
Christian Friedrich von Heespen
1717 - 1776
Joachim Matthias Lütkens
1713 - 1780
Johann Friedrich Schaevius
1715 - 1766
Nikolaus Barward Mentze
1719 - 1766
Peter Hinrich Tesdorpf (Kaufmann, 1712)
1712 - 1778
Joachim Hinrich Dreyer
1712 - 1749
Anton Diedrich Wilken
1715 - 1792
Bernhard Lorenz Groot
1717 - 1776
Johann Friedrich Brandt
1714 - 1777
Jürgen Hindrich Donner
1718 - 1751