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Hamburg (deu)

Hamburg ranks 45th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Belgrade, Tbilisi, and Constantinople. The most famous people from Hamburg are Johannes Brahms, Felix Mendelssohn, and Heinrich Hertz. The most famous people who died in Hamburg are Georg Philipp Telemann, Stuart Sutcliffe, and Otto von Guericke. Hamburg has been the birth place of many athletes, and soccer players and the death place of many actors, and writers. Hamburg is located in Germany.

Between 0 and 2007, Hamburg was the birth place of 236 globally memorable people, including Johannes Brahms, Felix Mendelssohn, and Heinrich Hertz. Additionaly, 127 globally memorable people have passed away in Hamburg including Georg Philipp Telemann, Stuart Sutcliffe, and Otto von Guericke.

Georg Philipp Telemann
COMPOSER
1681 - 1767
HPI: 79.39
Rank: 1
Stuart Sutcliffe
MUSICIAN
1940 - 1962
HPI: 76.65
Rank: 2
Otto von Guericke
PHYSICIST
1602 - 1686
HPI: 76.40
Rank: 3
Walther von Brauchitsch
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1881 - 1948
HPI: 75.62
Rank: 4
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
COMPOSER
1714 - 1788
HPI: 75.02
Rank: 5
Helmut Schmidt
POLITICIAN
1918 - 2015
HPI: 74.94
Rank: 6
Frederick VIII of Denmark
POLITICIAN
1843 - 1912
HPI: 74.60
Rank: 7
Pope Benedict V
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
930 - 965
HPI: 74.02
Rank: 8
Aby Warburg
HISTORIAN
1866 - 1929
HPI: 71.01
Rank: 9
Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock
WRITER
1724 - 1803
HPI: 69.65
Rank: 10
Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1870 - 1964
HPI: 68.51
Rank: 11
Philipp Otto Runge
PAINTER
1777 - 1810
HPI: 68.49
Rank: 12

Over the past 100 years, soccer players have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Hamburg, including Uwe Seeler, Andreas Brehme, and Stefan Effenberg. Whereas, throughout history, athletes have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Hamburg, including Karl Hein, Oscar Goßler, and Carl Goßler.

Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 25 globally memorable people born in Hamburg since 1700.