Bremen
Bremen ranks 221st in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Heidelberg, Bogotá, and Sweden. Memorable people born in Bremen include James Last, Karl Carstens, and Karl Abraham. Memorable people who died in Bremen include Heinrich Wilhelm Matthias Olbers, Ansgar, and Ivan Illich. 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 Free Hanseatic City of Bremen, a two-city-state consisting of the cities of Bremen and Bremerhaven. With about 570,000 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
Between 1603 and 1997, Bremen was the birth place of 50 globally memorable people, including James Last, Karl Carstens, and Karl Abraham. Additionaly, 27 globally memorable people have passed away in Bremen including Heinrich Wilhelm Matthias Olbers, Ansgar, and Ivan Illich.
People Born in Bremen
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James Last
1929 - 2015
HPI: 63.82
Rank: 1
Karl Carstens
1914 - 1992
HPI: 63.47
Rank: 2
Karl Abraham
1877 - 1925
HPI: 61.19
Rank: 3
Heinrich Lehmann-Willenbrock
1911 - 1986
HPI: 59.46
Rank: 4
Heinz Linge
1913 - 1980
HPI: 59.16
Rank: 5
Ludwig Quidde
1858 - 1941
HPI: 58.98
Rank: 6
Hans Scharoun
1893 - 1972
HPI: 58.80
Rank: 7
Bert Trautmann
1923 - 2013
HPI: 58.56
Rank: 8
Friedrich Ebert Jr.
1894 - 1979
HPI: 57.66
Rank: 9
Adolf Bastian
1826 - 1905
HPI: 56.62
Rank: 10
Dora Ratjen
1918 - 2008
HPI: 55.51
Rank: 11
Barbara Sukowa
1950 - Present
HPI: 55.49
Rank: 12
Newly Added People Born in Bremen
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Adolf Ziegler
1892 - 1959
HPI: 53.60
Rank: 16
Conrad Albrecht
1880 - 1969
HPI: 48.20
Rank: 28
Georg Ferdinand Duckwitz
1904 - 1973
HPI: 43.69
Rank: 35
Leni Schmidt
1906 - 1985
HPI: 43.40
Rank: 37
Marga Petersen
1919 - 2002
HPI: 39.73
Rank: 42
Florian Wellbrock
1997 - Present
HPI: 30.94
Rank: 45
People Deceased in Bremen
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Heinrich Wilhelm Matthias Olbers
1758 - 1840
HPI: 66.95
Rank: 1
Ansgar
801 - 865
HPI: 66.89
Rank: 2
Ivan Illich
1926 - 2002
HPI: 66.09
Rank: 3
Louis Ferdinand, Prince of Prussia
1907 - 1994
HPI: 65.01
Rank: 4
Heinrich Lehmann-Willenbrock
1911 - 1986
HPI: 59.46
Rank: 5
Walther von Seydlitz-Kurzbach
1888 - 1976
HPI: 58.72
Rank: 6
Adolph Freiherr Knigge
1752 - 1796
HPI: 56.70
Rank: 7
Rimbert
830 - 888
HPI: 56.50
Rank: 8
Dora Ratjen
1918 - 2008
HPI: 55.51
Rank: 9
Wilhelm Souchon
1864 - 1946
HPI: 55.41
Rank: 10
Joachim Neander
1650 - 1680
HPI: 54.92
Rank: 11
Gottfried Reinhold Treviranus
1776 - 1837
HPI: 54.00
Rank: 12
Newly Added People Deceased in Bremen
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Hans Hellmut Kirst
1914 - 1989
HPI: 53.85
Rank: 13
Arno Peters
1916 - 2002
HPI: 53.48
Rank: 14
Georg Ferdinand Duckwitz
1904 - 1973
HPI: 43.69
Rank: 24
Leni Schmidt
1906 - 1985
HPI: 43.40
Rank: 25
Heinrich Albertz
1915 - 1993
HPI: 43.05
Rank: 26
Maryna Bazanova
1962 - 2020
HPI: 36.07
Rank: 27
Most individuals born in present day Bremen were politicians (12), soccer players (6), military personnels (3), athletes (3), and psychologists (2), while most who died were politicians (4), military personnels (4), writers (4), religious figures (2), and athletes (2).
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..
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 25 globally memorable people born in Bremen since 1700.
