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 Christian Hagedorn

First Name Hans

Last Name Hagedorn

Born on March 6, 1888

Died on October 6, 1971 (aged 83)

Born in Kingdom of Denmark, Denmark, Capital Region of Denmark

Hans Christian Hagedorn was the creator of NPH insulin and the founder of Nordisk Insulinlaboratorium, which is known today as Novo Nordisk.

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Hans Lutz

First Name Hans

Last Name Lutz

Born on March 31, 1949 (age 77)

Born in Germany, Baden-Württemberg

Height 186 cm | 6'1

Hans Lutz is a retired track cyclist and road bicycle racer from Germany, who represented West Germany at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. There he won the gold medal in the Men's Team Pursuit, alongside Gregor Braun, Peter Vonhof and Günther Schumacher. Four years earlier, when Munich hosted the Summer Olympics, he won the bronze medal in the Men's 4.000m Individual Pursuit.

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Hans Hellmann

First Name Hans

Last Name Hellmann

Born on October 14, 1903

Died on May 29, 1938 (aged 34)

Born in Germany, Lower Saxony

Hans Gustav Adolf Hellmann was a German theoretical physicist.

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Hans Knappertsbusch

First Name Hans

Last Name Knappertsbusch

Born on March 12, 1888

Died on October 25, 1965 (aged 77)

Born in Germany, North Rhine-Westphalia, Wuppertal

Hans Knappertsbusch was a German conductor, best known for his performances of the music of Wagner, Bruckner and Richard Strauss.

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Hans Rademacher

First Name Hans

Last Name Rademacher

Born on April 3, 1892

Died on February 7, 1969 (aged 76)

Born in Germany, Hamburg

Hans Adolph Rademacher was a German-born American mathematician, known for work in mathematical analysis and number theory.

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Hans Pfitzner

First Name Hans

Last Name Pfitzner

Born on May 5, 1869

Died on May 22, 1949 (aged 80)

Born in Russia

Hans Erich Pfitzner was a German composer and self-described anti-modernist. His best known work is the post-Romantic opera Palestrina (1917), loosely based on the life of the sixteenth-century composer Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina.

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Hans Pum

First Name Hans

Last Name Pum

Born on July 4, 1954 (age 72)

Born in Austria, Upper Austria

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Hans Beiersdorf

First Name Hans

Last Name Beiersdorf

Born on February 21, 1875

Died on April 28, 1945 (aged 70)

Born in Poland, West Pomeranian Voivodeship

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Hans Putz

First Name Hans

Last Name Putz

Born on November 17, 1920

Died on January 31, 1990 (aged 69)

Born in Austria

Hans Putz was an Austrian actor. He had a stage career, including working at the Schauspielhaus Zürich and the Volkstheater in Vienna; he also appeared in a number of films.

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Hans Klein

First Name Hans

Last Name Klein

Born on January 17, 1891

Died on November 18, 1944 (aged 53)

Born in Poland, West Pomeranian Voivodeship

Hans Klein was a German World War I fighter ace credited with 22 aerial victories.

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