Bremen
Bremen ranks 236th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Salt Lake City, San Antonio, and Verona. Memorable people born in Bremen include Karl Carstens, James Last, and Ludwig Quidde. Memorable people who died in Bremen include Adolph Freiherr Knigge, Georg Ferdinand Duckwitz, and Maryna Bazanova. Bremen has been the birth place of many politicians, and soccer players and the death place of many writers, and politicians. 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 Karl Carstens, James Last, and Ludwig Quidde. Additionaly, 28 globally memorable people have passed away in Bremen including Adolph Freiherr Knigge, Georg Ferdinand Duckwitz, and Maryna Bazanova.
People Born in Bremen
Go to all RankingsKarl Carstens
POLITICIAN
1914 - 1992
HPI: 71.84
Rank: 4
James Last
MUSICIAN
1929 - 2015
HPI: 69.50
Rank: 11
Ludwig Quidde
POLITICIAN
1858 - 1941
HPI: 69.33
Rank: 27
Carl David Tolmé Runge
MATHEMATICIAN
1856 - 1927
HPI: 68.53
Rank: 13
Karl Abraham
PSYCHOLOGIST
1877 - 1925
HPI: 68.34
Rank: 26
Bert Trautmann
SOCCER PLAYER
1923 - 2013
HPI: 67.88
Rank: 6
Heinz Linge
PAINTER
1913 - 1980
HPI: 66.99
Rank: 14
Hans Scharoun
ARCHITECT
1893 - 1972
HPI: 65.32
Rank: 12
Heinrich Lehmann-Willenbrock
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1911 - 1986
HPI: 65.12
Rank: 33
Adolf Bastian
PSYCHOLOGIST
1826 - 1905
HPI: 65.11
Rank: 15
Barbara Sukowa
ACTOR
1950 - Present
HPI: 64.67
Rank: 39
Friedrich Ebert Jr.
POLITICIAN
1894 - 1979
HPI: 64.43
Rank: 19
People Deceased in Bremen
Go to all RankingsAdolph Freiherr Knigge
WRITER
1752 - 1796
HPI: NaN
Rank: 1
Georg Ferdinand Duckwitz
DIPLOMAT
1904 - 1973
HPI: 54.65
Rank: 2
Maryna Bazanova
POLITICIAN
1962 - 2020
HPI: NaN
Rank: 3
Arno Peters
HISTORIAN
1916 - 2002
HPI: NaN
Rank: 4
Louis Ferdinand, Prince of Prussia
POLITICIAN
1907 - 1994
HPI: NaN
Rank: 5
Dora Ratjen
ATHLETE
1918 - 2008
HPI: 63.46
Rank: 12
Joachim Neander
WRITER
1650 - 1680
HPI: 63.19
Rank: 7
Reinhard Hardegen
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1913 - 2018
HPI: 56.67
Rank: 6
Leni Schmidt
ATHLETE
1906 - 1985
HPI: 53.01
Rank: 8
Horst-Dieter Höttges
SOCCER PLAYER
1943 - 2023
HPI: NaN
Rank: 9
Rimbert
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
830 - 888
HPI: NaN
Rank: 10
Gottfried Reinhold Treviranus
PHYSICIAN
1776 - 1837
HPI: 61.29
Rank: 11
Newly Added People Deceased in Bremen
Go to all RankingsAdolph Freiherr Knigge
WRITER
1752 - 1796
HPI: NaN
Rank: 1
Maryna Bazanova
POLITICIAN
1962 - 2020
HPI: NaN
Rank: 3
Arno Peters
HISTORIAN
1916 - 2002
HPI: NaN
Rank: 4
Louis Ferdinand, Prince of Prussia
POLITICIAN
1907 - 1994
HPI: NaN
Rank: 5
Horst-Dieter Höttges
SOCCER PLAYER
1943 - 2023
HPI: NaN
Rank: 9
Rimbert
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
830 - 888
HPI: NaN
Rank: 10
Adolf Brudes
RACING DRIVER
1899 - 1986
HPI: NaN
Rank: 13
Wilhelm Souchon
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1864 - 1946
HPI: NaN
Rank: 15
Hans Hellmut Kirst
WRITER
1914 - 1989
HPI: NaN
Rank: 16
Heinrich Albertz
POLITICIAN
1915 - 1993
HPI: NaN
Rank: 17
Ivan Illich
PHILOSOPHER
1926 - 2002
HPI: NaN
Rank: 18
Carl Jonas Love Almqvist
WRITER
1793 - 1866
HPI: NaN
Rank: 22
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 writers (4), politicians (4), military personnels (4), athletes (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..
Places
Overlapping Lives
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 25 globally memorable people born in Bremen since 1700.