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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.

Through the Centuries

One face per century — the most globally famous figure born in Luebeck during each.

What Luebeck Is Known For

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Politician is Luebeck's biggest profession — 23% of all notables (341).

Luebeck over-indexes on ratsherr410.8× the global rate.

Luebeck under-produces actor — only 0.6× the global rate.

  1. Politician341
  2. Lawyer69
  3. Ratsherr55
  4. Actor49
  5. Painter46
  6. Author45
  7. Writer42
  8. Theologian39
  1. Ratsherr55410.8×
  2. Pastor2629.3×
  3. Merchant2620.3×
  4. Theologian397.3×
  5. Handball173.7×
  6. Author453.6×
  7. Missing282.8×
  8. Lawyer692.7×
  1. Actor490.6×

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.

15001550160016501700175018001850190019502000
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Showing 64 of 1,468 notable people

0043 ECONOMIST

Klaus Regling

Born 1950

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0088 POLITICIAN

Elisabeth Motschmann

Born 1952

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0125 FOOTBALL

Holger Willmer

Born 1958

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0141 ROWER

Peter Niehusen

Born 1951

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0165 POLITICIAN

Alexandra Dinges-Dierig

Born 1953

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0210 FOOTBALL

Rüdiger Wenzel

Born 1953

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0233 FILM

Bernd Schadewald

Born 1950

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0234 THEOLOGIAN

Thies Gundlach

Born 1956

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0235 AUTHOR

Wolfram Eicke

1955 - 2019

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0254 POLITICIAN

Gabriele Hiller-Ohm

Born 1953

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0283 CRIMINOLOGIST

Sebastian Scheerer

Born 1950

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0292 COMPOSER

Michael Reinecke

Born 1950

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0295 SOCIOLOGIST

Andreas Diekmann

Born 1951

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0308 ENGINEER

Wolfram König

Born 1958

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0310 AUTHOR

Wolfgang Jacobsen

Born 1953

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0312 ADMIRAL

Andreas Krause (admiral)

Born 1956

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0324 HISTORIAN

Thomas Schwark

Born 1956

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0331 HISTORIAN

Linda-Marie Günther

Born 1952

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0334 AUTHOR

Michael Augustin (Schriftsteller)

Born 1953

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0337 POLITICIAN

Hans-Jürgen Beerfeltz

1951 - 2016

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0347 ACTOR

Gernot Kunert

Born 1952

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0361 THEATRE

Peter Baumgardt

Born 1958

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0362 GUITAR

Axel Fischbacher

Born 1956

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0371 ACTOR

Wolfgang Finck

Born 1953

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0384 OFFICER

Aarne Kreuzinger-Janik

Born 1950

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0394 LAWYER

Marlehn Thieme

Born 1957

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0406 PHYSICIST

Olaf Dössel

Born 1954

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0408 HISTORIAN

Joachim Lege

Born 1957

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0412 ACADEMIC

Christian Floto

Born 1956

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0440 COMPOSER

Holger Hantke

Born 1951

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0462 LAWYER

Jens Michow

Born 1950

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0519 FOOTBALL

Michael Dahms

Born 1956

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0541 POLITICIAN

Elisabeth Ziemer

Born 1952

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0545 ART HISTORIAN

Hartmut Matthäus

Born 1950

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0561 ARTIST

Gabriele L. Berndt

Born 1954

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0588 SAILOR

Alexander Hagen

Born 1955

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0593 GERMANIST

Antje Peters-Hirt

Born 1953

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0606 ACTOR

Barbara Fenner

Born 1957

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0649 WRITER

Martin Thoemmes

1955 - 2017

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0667 DIPLOMAT

Dietrich Pohl

Born 1959

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0747 PROFESSOR

Georg Disterer

Born 1957

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0761 AUTHOR

Klaus Nothnagel

Born 1955

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0769 HISTORIAN

Ralf Dose

Born 1950

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0782 POLITICIAN

Thomas Rother (Politiker)

Born 1959

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0841 JOURNALIST

Axel Schnell

Born 1953

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0877 ECONOMIST

Georg Plate

Born 1950

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0893 ECOLOGIST

Olaf Ortmann

Born 1959

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0953 MUSIC

Peter Miklis

Born 1955

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1046 POLITICIAN

Helmut von Zech

Born 1955

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1056 ACTOR

Dirk Laasch

Born 1955

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1136 POLITICIAN

Hartmut Hamerich

Born 1955

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1303 ROWER

Birgit Kiesow

Born 1957

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1317 POLITICIAN

Wilfried Bernhardt

Born 1954

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1322 CHEMIST

René Deplanque

Born 1950

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1323 PRESENTER

Sabine Köhne

Born 1959

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1328 POLITICIAN

Andreas Katz (Politiker)

Born 1954

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1334 FOOTBALL

Harald Witt

Born 1952

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1336 POLITICIAN

Caroline Schwarz

Born 1954

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1362 BASKET

Peter Klingbiel

1954 - 2008

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1379 POLITICIAN

Ellen Streitbörger

Born 1951

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1389 JOURNALIST

Karl-Hermann Leukert

Born 1955

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1394 JOURNALIST

Wolfgang Franklin

Born 1953

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1408 POLITICIAN

Jutta Scheicht

Born 1953

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1416 POLITICIAN

Birgit Siegmund

Born 1950

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