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Altona, Hamburg (deu)

Germany

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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, Carl Reinecke, and Gottfried Semper. Memorable people who died in Altona, Hamburg include Cornelius Gurlitt, and Heinrich Christian Schumacher. Altona, Hamburg has been the birth place of many composers, and painters and the death place of many composers, and astronomers. 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 0 and 1912, Altona, Hamburg was the birth place of 11 globally memorable people, including Friedrich Georg Wilhelm von Struve, Carl Reinecke, and Gottfried Semper. Additionaly, 2 globally memorable people have passed away in Altona, Hamburg including Cornelius Gurlitt, and Heinrich Christian Schumacher.

People Born in Altona, Hamburg

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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 composers (1), and astronomers (1).

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.

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Overlapping Lives

Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 10 globally memorable people born in Altona, Hamburg since 1700.