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
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- Art & Design
- Film & TV
- Religion
- Other
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Thomas Mann
1875 - 1955
Heinrich Mann
1871 - 1950
Gustav Radbruch
1878 - 1949
Otto Grautoff
1876 - 1937
Karl Boy-Ed
1872 - 1930
Ephraim Carlebach
1879 - 1936
Siegfried Philippi
1871 - 1933
Hans Sternberg
1878 - 1948
Hermann Joachim Pagels
1876 - 1959
Ferdinand Fehling
1875 - 1945
Anna Gasteiger
1877 - 1954
Paul Theodor Range
1879 - 1952
Fritz Soldmann
1878 - 1945
Emanuel Carlebach
1874 - 1927
Ludwig Ewers
1870 - 1946
Karl Eschenburg (Politiker)
1877 - 1943
Ferdinand Grautoff
1871 - 1935
Hans Küstermann
1873 - 1915
Theodor Eschenburg (Seeoffizier)
1876 - 1968
Julia Löhr
1877 - 1927
Hugo Rahtgens
1872 - 1946
Wilhelm Bräck
1875 - 1968
Hermann Carl Vering
1879 - 1955
Hermann Eschenburg
1872 - 1954
Hermann Julius Hartwig
1876 - 1945
Andreas Hofmeier
1872 - 1963
Carl Heinsohn
1872 - 1962
Werner Krüger (Schrittmacher)
1878 - 1931
Friedrich Seemann (Politiker)
1875 - 1960
Clara Lenz (Malerin, 1874)
1874 - 1963
Heinrich Ambrosius
1879 - 1968
Gustav Ehlers
1873 - 1947
Ernst von Schoen
1877 - 1945
Otto Stange
1870 - 1941