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 von Borsody

First Name Hans
Last Name Borsody
Born on September 20, 1929
Died on November 4, 2013 (aged 84)
Born in Austria

Hans von Borsody was a German film actor.

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Hans Nunoo Sarpei

First Name Hans
Last Name Sarpei
Born on August 22, 1998 (age 27)

Hans Nunoo Sarpei is a Ghanaian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for SpVgg Greuther Fürth.

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Hans Raj Hans

First Name Hans
Last Name Hans
Born on November 30, 1953 (age 72)

Hans Raj Hans is an Indian singer who later became a politician. He is a member of Bharatiya Janata Party and a recipient of the civilian honour of Padma Shri.

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Hans von Seeckt

First Name Hans
Last Name Seeckt
Born on April 22, 1866
Died on December 27, 1936 (aged 70)

Johannes "Hans" Friedrich Leopold von Seeckt was a German military officer who served as Chief of Staff to August von Mackensen and was a central figure in planning the victories Mackensen achieved for Germany in the east during the First World War.

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Hans Egede

First Name Hans
Last Name Egede
Died on November 5, 1758

Hans Poulsen Egede was a Dano-Norwegian Lutheran missionary who launched mission efforts to Greenland, which led him to be styled the Apostle of Greenland. He established a successful mission among the Inuit and is credited with revitalizing Dano-Norwegian interest in the island after contact had been broken for hundreds of years. He founded Greenland's capital Godthåb, now known as Nuuk.

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Hans Asperger

Johann Hans Friedrich Karl Asperger
First Name Hans
Last Name Asperger
Born on February 18, 1906
Died on October 21, 1980 (aged 74)
Born in Austria

Johann Friedrich Karl Asperger was an Austrian eugenicist, war criminal, pediatrician,, medical theorist, and medical professor for whom Asperger syndrome is named. He is best known for his early studies on mental disorders, specifically in children. His work was largely unnoticed during his lifetime except for a few accolades in Vienna, and his studies on psychological disorders acquired world renown only posthumously. He wrote over 300 publications, mostly concerning a condition he termed autistic psychopathy (AP).

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Hans Christian Heg

First Name Hans
Last Name Heg
Born on December 21, 1829
Died on September 19, 1863 (aged 33)
Born in Norway, Viken

Hans Christian Heg was a Norwegian American abolitionist, journalist, anti-slavery activist, politician and soldier, best known for leading the Scandinavian 15th Wisconsin Volunteer Regiment on the Union side in the American Civil War. He died of the wounds he received at the Battle of Chickamauga.

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Hans Hermann Junge

First Name Hans
Last Name Junge
Born on February 11, 1914
Died on August 13, 1944 (aged 30)

Hans Hermann Junge born in Preetz / Holstein was a German SS officer who served as aide-de-camp and valet to Adolf Hitler. He was married to Traudl Junge, Hitler's last private secretary. He was killed in combat during the latter stages of the Battle of Normandy in August 1944 and is buried in Champigny-Saint-André German war cemetery.

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Hans Bauer

First Name Hans
Last Name Bauer
Born on July 28, 1927
Died on October 31, 1997 (aged 70)
Born in Germany, Bavaria
Height 172 cm | 5'8

Hans Bauer was a German footballer. Most of his career was spent with Bayern Munich, where he played as a defender and won the DFB-Pokal in 1957.

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Hans Günter Winkler

First Name Hans
Last Name Winkler
Born on July 24, 1926
Died on July 9, 2018 (aged 91)
Height 174 cm | 5'9

Hans Günter Winkler was a German show jumper. He is the only show jumper to have won five Olympic gold medals and a total of seven Olympic medals, and to compete and win medals in six different Olympic Games. In the 1950s and 1960s Winkler was one of Germany's most popular athletes.

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