Bremen - Notable People

Notable People

  • Kersten Artus — journalist and politician
  • Heinrich Averbeck — physiotherapist
  • Adolf Bastian — polymath
  • Ben Becker and Meret Becker — actors
  • Henry Bohlen — American Civil War Union Brigadier General
  • Karl Carstens — politician
  • André Erkau — Film director and screenplay writer
  • Henrich Focke — aviation pioneer and co-founder of Focke-Wulf
  • Friedemann Friese — Designer of Power Grid and other board games.
  • Harald Genzmer — composer of contemporary classical music
  • Reinhard Hardegen — Member of Bremen Parliament and former U-boat commander of submarine U-123.
  • Klaus Kleinfeld — former chief executive officer (CEO) of Siemens AG
  • Johann Georg Kohl — travel writer, historian and geographer
  • Louis Krages — racing driver and businessman
  • Georg Kulenkampff — violinist
  • Hans-Joachim Kulenkampff — actor and TV host
  • Angelique Kerber - Professional Tennis Player
  • Murat Kurnaz — Guantanamo Bay prisoner for four years
  • James Last — composer and big band leader
  • Franz Adolf Eduard Lüderitz — merchant and colonist
  • Joachim Neander — hymn song writer
  • Charles Henry Nimitz (1826–1911) Born in Bremen. In 1852, built the Nimitz Hotel in Fredericksburg, Texas, which now houses the National Museum of the Pacific War. Grandfather of United States Fleet Admiral Chester Nimitz. Elected to the Texas Legislature 1890.
  • Juergen Nogai — Architectural Photographer & Filmmaker
  • Wilhelm Olbers — physician and astronomer
  • Henry Oldenburg - Secretary of the Royal Society
  • Hans Otte — composer
  • Ludwig Quidde — pacifist politician and Nobel Peace Prize laureate
  • Sven Regener — musician and writer
  • Gottfried Reinhold Treviranus — naturalist
  • Friedrich Gerhard Rohlfs — geographer, explorer, author and adventurer
  • Bert Trautmann — football goalkeeper
  • Jürgen Trittin — Green politician
  • Edward Voigt — U.S. Representative from Wisconsin
  • Wilhelm Wagenfeld — industrial designer of the 20th century
  • Kai Warner — pop musician
  • Frederick Charles Winkler — American Civil War Union Brigadier General
  • Hermann Uhde — Wagnerian baritone
  • New Days Delay — Gothic/Indie Band
  • Revolverheld — Rock Band
  • Ludwig Roselius — Businessman and patron of the arts
  • Halmus Wilhelm— Chat legend

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