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.
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Balthasar Münter
1735 - 1793
Johann Bernhard Fischer
1685 - 1772
Friedrich Christian Avé-Lallemant
1809 - 1892
Adam Brand (explorer)
1692 - 1746
Johannes Tralow
1882 - 1968
Tönnies Fonne
1582 - 1627
Viktor Mann
1890 - 1949
Hermann Korner
1365 - 1438
Bettina Stangneth
Born 1966
Johann Hermann Zigra
1775 - 1857
Wolfram Eicke
1955 - 2019
Martin Klein (Autor)
Born 1962
Wolfgang Frank (Schriftsteller)
1909 - 1980
Anneliese Poppinga
1928 - 2015
Wolfgang Jacobsen
Born 1953
Olaf Fritsche
Born 1967
Ludwig Ewers
1870 - 1946
Michael Augustin (Schriftsteller)
Born 1953
Ursula Keller (Autorin)
Born 1964
Heinrich Christian Schnoor
1766 - 1828
Minna Rüdiger
1841 - 1920
Bettina Blumenberg (Schriftstellerin)
Born 1947
Dagrun Hintze
Born 1971
Svealena Kutschke
Born 1977
Julius Havemann
1866 - 1932
Maren Winter
Born 1961
Michael Gleich (Autor)
Born 1960
Hildegard Cornelsen
1905 - 1981
Helmut von der Lippe
1935 - 2010
Klaus Rainer Goll
Born 1945
Michael Siricius (Pastor)
1588 - 1648
Theodor Gaedertz
1815 - 1903
Jörn Gruber
Born 1940
Theodor Souchay
1833 - 1903
Gustav Kühl
1869 - 1906
Klaus Nothnagel
Born 1955
Christian Langhagen
Born 1974
Bernhard Mensing
1525 - 1567
Jacob Kockert
1596 - 1654
Bertha Riedel-Ahrens
1850 - 1900
Louise Tesdorpf
1835 - 1919
Wilhelm von Bippen (Mediziner)
1808 - 1865
Marc Ermisch
Born 1976
Friedrich Luger
1813 - 1890
Katrin Wiegand
Born 1968