Bremen
Bremen ranks 236th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Salt Lake City, San Antonio, and Verona. Memorable people born in Bremen include Bert Trautmann, Karl Carstens, and James Last. Memorable people who died in Bremen include Heinrich Wilhelm Matthias Olbers, Ivan Illich, and Ansgar. Bremen has been the birth place of many politicians, and soccer players and the death place of many politicians, and military personnels. Bremen is located in Germany.
Bremen, officially the City Municipality of Bremen, is the capital of the German state of the Free Hanseatic City of Bremen, a two-city-state consisting of the cities of Bremen and Bremerhaven. With about 577,000 inhabitants, the Hanseatic city is the 11th-largest city of Germany and the second-largest city in Northern Germany after Hamburg. Read more on Wikipedia
People
Between 1603 and 1997, Bremen was the birth place of 53 globally memorable people, including Bert Trautmann, Karl Carstens, and James Last. Additionaly, 28 globally memorable people have passed away in Bremen including Heinrich Wilhelm Matthias Olbers, Ivan Illich, and Ansgar.
People Born in Bremen
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Bert Trautmann
SOCCER PLAYER
1923 - 2013
HPI: 69.93
Rank: 1
Karl Carstens
POLITICIAN
1914 - 1992
HPI: 69.35
Rank: 2
James Last
MUSICIAN
1929 - 2015
HPI: 68.49
Rank: 3
Ludwig Quidde
POLITICIAN
1858 - 1941
HPI: 68.35
Rank: 4
Karl Abraham
PSYCHOLOGIST
1877 - 1925
HPI: 67.88
Rank: 5
Heinz Linge
PAINTER
1913 - 1980
HPI: 65.19
Rank: 6
Hans Scharoun
ARCHITECT
1893 - 1972
HPI: 64.81
Rank: 7
Heinrich Lehmann-Willenbrock
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1911 - 1986
HPI: 64.01
Rank: 8
Carl David Tolmé Runge
MATHEMATICIAN
1856 - 1927
HPI: 63.32
Rank: 9
Adolf Bastian
PSYCHOLOGIST
1826 - 1905
HPI: 63.27
Rank: 10
Barbara Sukowa
ACTOR
1950 - Present
HPI: 62.88
Rank: 11
Friedrich Ebert Jr.
POLITICIAN
1894 - 1979
HPI: 62.87
Rank: 12
Newly Added People Born in Bremen
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Clara Westhoff
SCULPTOR
1878 - 1954
HPI: 59.39
Rank: 20
Georg Kulenkampff
MUSICIAN
1898 - 1948
HPI: 54.43
Rank: 35
Jan Böhmermann
WRITER
1981 - Present
HPI: 43.39
Rank: 46
Paul Kohlhoff
ATHLETE
1995 - Present
HPI: 28.20
Rank: 53
People Deceased in Bremen
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Heinrich Wilhelm Matthias Olbers
ASTRONOMER
1758 - 1840
HPI: 74.20
Rank: 1
Ivan Illich
PHILOSOPHER
1926 - 2002
HPI: 71.33
Rank: 2
Ansgar
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
801 - 865
HPI: 70.92
Rank: 3
Louis Ferdinand, Prince of Prussia
POLITICIAN
1907 - 1994
HPI: 68.81
Rank: 4
Walther von Seydlitz-Kurzbach
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1888 - 1976
HPI: 64.47
Rank: 5
Adolph Freiherr Knigge
WRITER
1752 - 1796
HPI: 64.11
Rank: 6
Heinrich Lehmann-Willenbrock
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1911 - 1986
HPI: 64.01
Rank: 7
Rimbert
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
830 - 888
HPI: 62.59
Rank: 8
Horst-Dieter Höttges
SOCCER PLAYER
1943 - 2023
HPI: 62.19
Rank: 9
Henrich Focke
INVENTOR
1890 - 1979
HPI: 62.18
Rank: 10
Joachim Neander
WRITER
1650 - 1680
HPI: 62.09
Rank: 11
Wilhelm Souchon
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1864 - 1946
HPI: 61.81
Rank: 12
Occupations
Most individuals born in present day Bremen were politicians (12), soccer players (5), athletes (4), military personnels (3), and writers (3), while most who died were politicians (4), military personnels (4), writers (4), religious figures (2), and soccer players (2).
Occupational Trends
Over the past 100 years, politicians have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Bremen, including Jens Böhrnsen, Georg Friedrich, Prince of Prussia, and Jürgen Trittin. Whereas, throughout history, politicians have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Bremen, including Karl Carstens, Ludwig Quidde, and Friedrich Ebert Jr..
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Overlapping Lives
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 25 globally memorable people born in Bremen since 1700.
