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 Wimmer

First Name Hans

Last Name Wimmer

Born on March 19, 1907

Died on August 31, 1992 (aged 85)

Born in Germany, Bavaria

Hans Wimmer was a German sculptor.

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Hans Edvard Nørregård-Nielsen

First Name Hans

Last Name Nørregård-Nielsen

Born on January 2, 1945 (age 81)

Born in Kingdom of Denmark, Denmark, Central Denmark Region

Hans Edvard Nørregård-Nielsen is a Danish art historian.

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Hans Schmidt

First Name Hans

Last Name Schmidt

Died on June 18, 1972 (aged 2)

Born in Switzerland, Basel-Stadt

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Hans Blömer

First Name Hans

Last Name Blömer

Born on May 29, 1923

Died on April 23, 2020 (aged 96)

Born in Germany, Bavaria

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Hans Elsässer

First Name Hans

Last Name Elsässer

Born on March 29, 1929

Died on June 10, 2003 (aged 74)

Born in Germany, Baden-Württemberg

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Hans Cranach the Younger

First Name Hans

Last Name Younger

Died on October 9, 1537

Born in Germany, Saxony-Anhalt

Hans Cranach, also known as Johann Lucas Cranach, was a German painter, the oldest son of Lucas Cranach the Elder. German art historian Johann Christian Schuchardt, who discovered his existence, credits him with an altar-piece at Weimar, signed with the monogram "H. C.", and dated 1537. He died at Bologna in 1537. Luther mentions his death in his Table Talk, and Johann Stigel, a contemporary poet, celebrates him as a painter.

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Hans Toussaint

First Name Hans

Last Name Toussaint

Born on February 2, 1902

Died on June 12, 1977 (aged 75)

Born in Germany, North Rhine-Westphalia

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Hans Stercken

First Name Hans

Last Name Stercken

Born on September 2, 1923

Died on June 26, 1999 (aged 75)

Born in Germany, North Rhine-Westphalia

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Hans Frauenfelder

First Name Hans

Last Name Frauenfelder

Born on June 28, 1922 (age 103)

Born in Switzerland, Canton of Schaffhausen

Hans Frauenfelder is a physicist and biophysicist notable for his discovery of perturbed angular correlation (PAC) in 1951. In the modern day, PAC spectroscopy is widely used in the study of condensed matter physics. Within biophysics, he is known for experiment and theory in understanding the dynamical behavior of protein tertiary structure.

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Hans Hahn

First Name Hans

Last Name Hahn

Born on September 27, 1879

Died on July 24, 1934 (aged 54)

Born in Austria

Hans Hahn was an Austrian mathematician who made contributions to functional analysis, topology, set theory, the calculus of variations, real analysis, and order theory.

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