#1Famous people · Hamburg
7 famous people from Hamburg, many of them athletes
The best known is the American basketball player Scottie Pippen, with articles in 55 languages. The largest group, 3, was born in the age of mills and railroads. Births since 1970 account for 2 of the names. Per head, the list is long: 24.3 for every 10,000 residents, where the typical town in Arkansas has 3.8.
Born here
7
notable people
Best known
Scottie Pippen
in 55 Wikipedia languages
First
1876
William F. McCombs
Youngest
1996
Kavion Pippen
Most common field
Sports
5 people
What stands out about Hamburg’s famous people
★ What stands out · The best known
Born in Hamburg
First, Scottie Pippen (55 languages), then Myron Jackson (6) and Stevi Perry (6).
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#3Film, TV & Stage
Stevi Perry
born 1990American beauty pageant contestant
6 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
Known for
What Hamburg is known for
Compared with the usual town, athletes are the most over-represented field, at 2 times.
The usual town: the share across everyone born in the towns gathered so far. Tap a field to see its people.
Through the years
When Hamburg’s famous people were born
More were born in the 1960s than in any other decade: 2.
SportsFilm, TV & StagePolitics & Law
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Everyone else born in Hamburg
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Hamburg and whose English Wikipedia article agrees, ranked by how many Wikipedia languages cover each person. People known mainly for crimes, and adult performers, aren’t listed. “The usual town” = everyone born in the towns gathered so far.
Photo credits (3)
- Scottie Pippen: Sea Cow, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Stevi Perry: David Shankbone, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- William F. McCombs: Bain, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons