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 Jenisch

First Name Hans

Last Name Jenisch

Born on October 19, 1913

Died on April 29, 1982 (aged 68)

Born in Russia, Kaliningrad Oblast

Hans Jenisch was a Kapitänleutnant in Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine during World War II and a Kapitän zur See in West Germany's Bundesmarine. He commanded the Type VIIA U-boat U-32, sinking seventeen ships on seven patrols, for a total of 110,139 gross register tons (GRT) of Allied shipping, to become the 26th highest scoring U-boat ace of World War II.

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Hans Meyer

First Name Hans

Last Name Meyer

Born on July 11, 1914

Died on August 5, 2007 (aged 93)

Born in Poland, Pomeranian Voivodeship

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Hans Daniels

First Name Hans

Last Name Daniels

Born on December 11, 1934 (age 91)

Born in Germany, North Rhine-Westphalia

Hans Daniels is a German politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and former member of the German Bundestag.

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Hans Kamp

First Name Hans

Last Name Kamp

Born on September 5, 1940 (age 85)

Born in Kingdom of the Netherlands, Netherlands, North Holland

Johan Anthony Willem "Hans" Kamp is a Dutch philosopher and linguist, responsible for introducing discourse representation theory (DRT) in 1981.

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Hans von Rokitansky

First Name Hans

Last Name Rokitansky

Born on March 8, 1835

Died on November 1, 1909 (aged 74)

Born in Austria

Baron Hans von Rokitansky was an Austrian operatic bass who sang for three decades at the Vienna Hofoper and in concerts and operas throughout Europe between 1856 and 1877.

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Hans Jura

First Name Hans

Last Name Jura

Born on March 21, 1921

Died on November 25, 1996 (aged 75)

Born in Austria

Hans Jura was an Austrian cinematographer, most famous for his collaborations with the erotic film director Radley Metzger.

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Hans Baschang

First Name Hans

Last Name Baschang

Born on April 15, 1937

Died on June 24, 2017 (aged 80)

Born in Germany, Baden-Württemberg

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Hans Frederick Blichfeldt

First Name Hans

Last Name Blichfeldt

Born on January 9, 1873

Died on November 16, 1945 (aged 72)

Born in Kingdom of Denmark, Denmark, Central Denmark Region

Hans Frederick Blichfeldt (1873–1945) was a Danish-American mathematician at Stanford University, known for his contributions to group theory, the representation theory of finite groups, the geometry of numbers, sphere packing, and quadratic forms. He is the namesake of Blichfeldt's theorem.

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