List of Famous people born in Free Hanseatic City of Bremen, Germany

Florian Wellbrock

Florian Wellbrock is a German swimmer. He competed in the men's 1500 metre freestyle event at the 2016 Summer Olympics. At the 2019 World Aquatics Championships, he became the first swimmer to win both the 1500m freestyle and the 10 km open-water race at an international competition. He qualified to represent Germany at the 2020 Summer Olympics.

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Johannes Kahrs

First Name Johannes
Last Name Kahrs
Born on September 15, 1963 (age 62)

Johannes Kahrs is a former German politician of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) who served as a member of the German parliament, Deutscher Bundestag, from 1998 until 2020.

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Manfred Zapatka

First Name Manfred
Last Name Zapatka
Born on October 2, 1942 (age 83)

Manfred Zapatka is a German actor.

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Hans-Joachim Kulenkampff

First Name Hans-Joachim
Born on April 27, 1921
Died on August 14, 1998 (aged 77)

Hans-Joachim Kulenkampff, nickname Kuli was a German actor and TV host, remembered mainly as host of Einer wird gewinnen, a quiz show that ran from 1964 to 1987.

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Walter Brune

First Name Walter
Last Name Brune
Born on February 14, 1926
Died on November 5, 2021 (aged 95)

Walter Brune was a German architect, urban planner and real estate entrepreneur.

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Lencke Wischhusen

First Name Lencke
Born on September 6, 1985 (age 40)

Lencke Wischhusen, formerly Lencke Steiner, is a German politician of the Free Democratic Party (FDP) and businessperson. She was the top candidate of the FDP Bremen at the 2015 and the 2019 Bremen state election.

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Bärbel Schäfer

First Name Bärbel
Born on December 16, 1963 (age 62)

Bärbel Schäfer is a German television presenter and talk show host.

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Gert Postel

First Name Gert
Last Name Postel
Born on June 18, 1958 (age 67)

Gert Postel is a German impostor, best known for successfully applying several times for public health positions as a medical doctor without ever having received medical education.

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Gesche Gottfried

First Name Gesche
Born on March 6, 1785
Died on April 21, 1831 (aged 46)

Gesche Margarethe Gottfried, born Gesche Margarethe Timm, was a serial killer who murdered 15 people by arsenic poisoning in Bremen and Hanover, Germany, between 1813 and 1827. She was the last person to be publicly executed in the city of Bremen.

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Sven Regener

First Name Sven
Born on January 1, 1961 (age 65)

Sven Regener is a German musician and writer living in Berlin. In 1982 he recorded his first LP with the band Zatopek and in 1984 he joined Neue Liebe. In 1985 he founded the Berlin band Element of Crime together with Jakob Friderichs. He writes almost all their lyrics as well as playing trumpet.

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