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 Moser

Hans Mosher Jr.
First Name Hans
Last Name Moser
Born on September 30, 1944
Died on July 2, 2016 (aged 71)

Hans Moser was prominent as a pornographic-film director and producer, photographer and magazine publisher. He is also known as Sascha Alexander.

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Hans van Agt

Johannes Andreas Maria van Agt
First Name Hans
Last Name Agt
Born on August 2, 1943 (age 82)
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Hans Mengelberg

First Name Hans
Last Name Mengelberg
Born on February 3, 1885
Died on March 7, 1945 (aged 60)
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Hans Bernd von Haeften

First Name Hans
Last Name Haeften
Born on December 18, 1905
Died on August 15, 1944 (aged 38)
Born in Germany, Berlin

Hans Bernd von Haeften was a German jurist during the Nazi era. A member of the German Resistance against Adolf Hitler, he was arrested and executed in the aftermath of the failed 20 July plot.

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Hans Stieber

Hans Oskar Albert Stieber
First Name Hans
Last Name Stieber
Born on March 1, 1886
Died on October 18, 1969 (aged 83)

Hans Albert Oskar Stieber was a German conductor, composer and violinist. He was the founding director of the Hochschule für Theater und Musik in Halle an der Saale.

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Hans von Blixen-Finecke

First Name Hans
Last Name Blixen-Finecke
Born on July 25, 1886
Died on September 26, 1917 (aged 31)

Baron Hans Gustaf von Blixen-Finecke was a Swedish officer and equestrian who won a bronze medal in dressage at the 1912 Summer Olympics. He died in an aeroplane crash in 1917.

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Hans Poelzig

First Name Hans
Last Name Poelzig
Died on June 14, 1936
Born in Germany

Hans Poelzig was a German architect, painter and set designer.

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Hans Hildebrand

First Name Hans
Last Name Hildebrand
Born on April 5, 1842
Died on February 2, 1913 (aged 70)

Hans Olof Hildebrand Hildebrand was a Swedish archeologist. He is internationally known as one of the pioneers of the archaeological technique of typology.

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Hans Freudenthal

First Name Hans
Last Name Freudenthal
Born on September 17, 1905
Died on October 13, 1990 (aged 85)
Born in Germany, Brandenburg

Hans Freudenthal was a Jewish-German-born Dutch mathematician. He made substantial contributions to algebraic topology and also took an interest in literature, philosophy, history and mathematics education.

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Hans Droysen

First Name Hans
Last Name Droysen
Born on April 4, 1851
Died on September 4, 1918 (aged 67)
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