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 Grässel

First Name Hans
Last Name Grässel
Born on August 18, 1860
Died on March 10, 1939 (aged 78)
Born in Germany, Bavaria

Hans Grässel was a German architect. Grässel studied and performed almost his entire career in Munich, and as the council architect of the city he created a series of cemeteries of which Munich Waldfriedhof, opened in 1907, is well known for being the first woodland cemetery. Grässel also wrote a pamphlet on cemetery design, Über Friedhofanlagen und Grabdenkmale (1913). In 1914, he was given the order Pour le Mérite.

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Hans Hysing

First Name Hans
Last Name Hysing
Born on January 1, 1678
Died on November 30, 1751 (aged 73)

Hans Huyssing or Hans Hysing was a Swedish- born portrait-painter.

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Hans Blum

First Name Hans
Last Name Blum
Born on June 8, 1841
Died on February 1, 1910 (aged 68)
Born in Germany, Saxony

Hans Blum was a German journalist and writer.

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Hans Steinbrenner

First Name Hans
Last Name Steinbrenner
Died on June 18, 2008 (aged 38)
Born in Germany, Hesse

Hans Steinbrenner was a German painter and sculptor, who was born and died in Frankfurt am Main

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Hans Gugelot

First Name Hans
Last Name Gugelot
Born on April 1, 1920
Died on September 10, 1965 (aged 45)

Hans Gugelot was an Indonesian-born, German engineer and industrial designer known for his modernist consumer products.

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Hans Cloos

First Name Hans
Last Name Cloos
Born on November 8, 1885
Died on September 26, 1951 (aged 65)

Hans Cloos was a prominent German structural geologist.

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Hans Stevenson Blackwood

First Name Hans
Last Name Blackwood
Born on November 28, 1833
Died on August 25, 1897 (aged 63)
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Hans Peter Jørgen Julius Thomsen

First Name Hans
Last Name Thomsen
Born on February 16, 1826
Died on February 13, 1909 (aged 82)

Hans Peter Jørgen Julius Thomsen was a Danish chemist noted in thermochemistry for the Thomsen–Berthelot principle.

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Hans Swarowsky

First Name Hans
Last Name Swarowsky
Born on September 16, 1899
Died on September 10, 1975 (aged 75)
Born in Hungary

Hans Swarowsky was an Austrian conductor of Hungarian birth.

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Hans Sedlmayr

First Name Hans
Last Name Sedlmayr
Born on January 18, 1896
Died on July 9, 1984 (aged 88)
Born in Austria, Burgenland

Hans Sedlmayr was an Austrian art historian. From 1931 to 1932 and from 1938 onwards, he was a member of the Nazi Party.

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