Altona, Hamburg
Altona, Hamburg ranks 1,587th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Okazaki, Aichi, Sopron, and Limerick. Memorable people born in Altona, Hamburg include Friedrich Georg Wilhelm von Struve, Gottfried Semper, and Carl Reinecke. Memorable people who died in Altona, Hamburg include Heinrich Christian Schumacher, and Cornelius Gurlitt. Altona, Hamburg has been the birth place of many composers, and painters and the death place of many astronomers, and composers. Altona, Hamburg is located in Germany.
Altona, also called Hamburg-Altona, is the westernmost urban borough (Bezirk) of the German city state of Hamburg. Located on the right bank of the Elbe river, Altona had a population of 270,263 in 2016. Read more on Wikipedia
People
Between 1774 and 1912, Altona, Hamburg was the birth place of 10 globally memorable people, including Friedrich Georg Wilhelm von Struve, Gottfried Semper, and Carl Reinecke. Additionaly, 2 globally memorable people have passed away in Altona, Hamburg including Heinrich Christian Schumacher, and Cornelius Gurlitt.
People Born in Altona, Hamburg
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Friedrich Georg Wilhelm von Struve
ASTRONOMER
1793 - 1864
HPI: 63.18
Rank: 1
Gottfried Semper
ARCHITECT
1803 - 1879
HPI: 62.67
Rank: 2
Carl Reinecke
COMPOSER
1824 - 1910
HPI: 61.03
Rank: 3
Axel Springer
BUSINESSPERSON
1912 - 1985
HPI: 58.24
Rank: 4
Carlos Schwabe
PAINTER
1866 - 1926
HPI: 53.44
Rank: 5
Cornelius Gurlitt
COMPOSER
1820 - 1901
HPI: 52.84
Rank: 6
Edgar Ende
PAINTER
1901 - 1965
HPI: 51.30
Rank: 7
Emil Warburg
PHYSICIST
1846 - 1931
HPI: 50.53
Rank: 8
Christoph Ernst Friedrich Weyse
COMPOSER
1774 - 1842
HPI: 49.95
Rank: 9
F. C. S. Schiller
PHILOSOPHER
1864 - 1937
HPI: 47.23
Rank: 10
Newly Added People Born in Altona, Hamburg
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Heinrich Christian Schumacher
ASTRONOMER
1780 - 1850
HPI: 54.82
Rank: 1
Cornelius Gurlitt
COMPOSER
1820 - 1901
HPI: 52.84
Rank: 2
Occupations
Most individuals born in present day Altona, Hamburg were composers (3), painters (2), astronomers (1), architects (1), and businesspeople (1), while most who died were astronomers (1), and composers (1).
Occupational Trends
Throughout history composers have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Altona, Hamburg, including Carl Reinecke, Cornelius Gurlitt, and Christoph Ernst Friedrich Weyse.
Places
Overlapping Lives
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 10 globally memorable people born in Altona, Hamburg since 1700.
