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

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)
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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)
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Hans Cranach the Younger

First Name Hans
Last Name Younger
Died on October 9, 1537

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)
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Hans Stercken

First Name Hans
Last Name Stercken
Born on September 2, 1923
Died on June 26, 1999 (aged 75)
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Hans Frauenfelder

First Name Hans
Last Name Frauenfelder
Born on June 28, 1922 (age 104)

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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