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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Heinrich Mann
1871 - 1950
Peter Schneider (writer)
Born 1940
Bastian Sick
Born 1965
Erasmus Finx
1627 - 1694
Georg Philipp Schmidt von Lübeck
1766 - 1849
Kari Köster-Lösche
Born 1946
Günter Schmidt (arachnologist)
1926 - 2016
Karen-Susan Fessel
Born 1964
Cornelius Hartz
Born 1973
Rolf Winter
1927 - 2005
Oliver Henkel
Born 1973
Ferdinand Röse
1815 - 1859
Elisabeth Mann (Tony Buddenbrook)
1838 - 1917
Gerrit Confurius
Born 1946
Friedrich Bernhard von Wickede
1748 - 1825
Erich Wilts
Born 1942
Frank Lisson
Born 1970
Eva von Baudissin
1869 - 1943
Oskar Karstedt
1884 - 1945
Ferdinand Grautoff
1871 - 1935
Eva Kausche-Kongsbak
1918 - 2010
Martina Steinkühler
Born 1961
Frank Stieper
Born 1961
Hans-Heinz Hinzelmann
1889 - 1970
Jutta Rebmann
Born 1943
Stefanie Ross
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Martin Thoemmes
1955 - 2017
Bernhard Wolff (Entertainer)
Born 1966
Georg Dedeken
1564 - 1628
Maximilian Buddenbohm
Born 1966
Daniel Bartels
1818 - 1889
Wilhelm Fricke (Fotograf)
1843 - 1910
Johann Lüneburg († 1493)
1460 - 1493
Carl Petersen (Landwirt)
1835 - 1909
Gustav-Adolf Wolter
1906 - 1997
Karin Boldemann
Born 1928
Adolf Friedrich von Witzendorff (Kammerjunker) –
1737 - 1772
Theodericus Brandes
Died 1500
Johannes Scholvin
1590 - 1642
Wolfgang Joseph Krauss
1915 - 1970
Friedrich August Kloth
Born 1925
Wilhelm Beth
1855 - 1922