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 Diehl

First Name Hans
Last Name Diehl
Born on January 1, 1940 (age 86)
Born in Germany, Hesse
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Hans Benirschke

First Name Hans
Last Name Benirschke
Born on October 26, 1925
Died on November 4, 2011 (aged 86)
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Hans Weingartner

First Name Hans
Last Name Weingartner
Born on November 2, 1977 (age 48)
Born in Austria, Vorarlberg

Hans Weingartner is an author, director and producer of films. Born in Feldkirch, Vorarlberg, he attended the Austrian Association of Cinematography in Vienna and earned a diploma as a camera assistant. Later, he studied film at the Academy of Media Arts KHM in Cologne, Germany. He also has studied neuroscience at the University of Vienna and graduated from the neurosurgical department at the Free University of Berlin’s Steglitz Clinic.

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Hans Grauert

First Name Hans
Last Name Grauert
Born on February 8, 1930
Died on September 4, 2011 (aged 81)

Hans Grauert was a German mathematician. He is known for major works on several complex variables, complex manifolds and the application of sheaf theory in this area, which influenced later work in algebraic geometry. Together with Reinhold Remmert he established and developed the theory of complex-analytic spaces. He became Professor at the University of Göttingen in 1958, as successor to C. L. Siegel. The lineage of this chair traces back through an eminent line of mathematicians: Weyl, Hilbert, Riemann, and ultimately to Gauss. Until his death, he was professor emeritus at Göttingen.

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Hans Curschmann

First Name Hans
Last Name Curschmann
Born on August 14, 1875
Died on January 1, 1950 (aged 74)
Born in Germany

Hans Heinrich Curschmann was a German physician and neurologist remembered for Curschmann-Batten-Steinert syndrome.

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Hans Baur

First Name Hans
Last Name Baur
Born on August 8, 1910
Died on December 21, 1986 (aged 76)
Born in Germany, Bavaria
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Hans Christoph Buch

First Name Hans
Last Name Buch
Born on April 13, 1944 (age 82)
Born in Germany, Hesse
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Hans Christian Rudolph

First Name Hans
Last Name Rudolph
Born on December 14, 1943
Died on January 23, 2014 (aged 70)
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Hans Thomas Fell White

First Name Hans
Last Name White
Born on November 16, 1821
Died on May 17, 1876 (aged 54)
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Hans H. von Celsing

First Name Hans
Last Name Celsing
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