List of Famous people named Hans

Name Hans is among the most common names in Germany, Switzerland, Austria. Often it's a shorthand for Johannes. Similar names: Johannes, Hanns, Hansi, Hansa. Here are some famous Hanses:

Hans Heinrich XV

First Name Hans

Last Name XV

Died on January 31, 1938

Born in Poland, Silesian Voivodeship

Hans Heinrich XV von Hochberg was Prince of Pless (Pszczyna), Count von Hochberg and Baron of Fürstenstein (Książ). He was the husband (1891–1923) of Mary Theresa Olivia Hochberg von Pless, also known as Princess Daisy.

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Hans Watzke

First Name Hans

Last Name Watzke

Born on March 4, 1932

Died on August 29, 2014 (aged 82)

Born in Germany, North Rhine-Westphalia

Hans Watzke was a German politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU). From 1975 to 1990 he was a member of the Landtag of North Rhine-Westphalia.

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Hans van Mierlo

Henricus Antonius Franciscus Maria Oliva van Mierlo

First Name Hans

Last Name Mierlo

Born on August 18, 1931

Died on March 11, 2010 (aged 78)

Born in Kingdom of the Netherlands, Netherlands, North Brabant

Henricus Antonius Franciscus Maria Oliva "Hans" van Mierlo was a Dutch politician and co-founder of the Democrats 66 (D66) party and journalist.

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Hans Brase

First Name Hans

Last Name Brase

Born on September 15, 1993 (age 32)

Born in United States of America, Virginia

Basketball Player

Sportsperson

Hans-George Brase (Hans) is an American-German basketball player for Hamburg Towers of the Basketball Bundesliga. He stands 6’9’’ (205 cm) tall and plays the forward position.

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Hans Hamilton

First Name Hans

Last Name Hamilton

Born on November 30, 1535

Died on May 30, 1608 (aged 72)

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Hans Liebherr

First Name Hans

Last Name Liebherr

Born on April 1, 1915

Died on October 7, 1993 (aged 78)

Born in Germany, Bavaria

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Hans Heinrich XI. von Hochberg

First Name Hans

Last Name Hochberg

Born on January 1, 1833

Died on January 1, 1907 (aged 74)

Born in Germany

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Hans Caulfeild

First Name Hans

Last Name Caulfeild

Born on January 1, 1814

Died on January 1, 1863 (aged 49)

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Hans Holbein the Elder

First Name Hans

Last Name Elder

Born on January 1, 1465

Died on January 1, 1524 (aged 59)

Born in Germany, Bavaria

Hans Holbein the Elder was a German painter.

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Hans von Euler-Chelpin

First Name Hans

Last Name Euler-Chelpin

Born on February 15, 1873

Died on November 6, 1964 (aged 91)

Born in Germany, Bavaria

Hans Karl August Simon von Euler-Chelpin was a German-born Swedish biochemist. He won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1929 with Arthur Harden for their investigations on the fermentation of sugar and enzymes. He was a professor of general and organic chemistry at Stockholm University (1906–1941) and the director of its Institute for organic-chemical research (1938–1948). Euler-Chelpin married Astrid Cleve, the daughter of the Uppsala chemist Per Teodor Cleve and was distantly related to Leonhard Euler. In 1970, his son Ulf von Euler, was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.

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