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 Hass

First Name Hans
Last Name Hass
Born on January 23, 1919
Died on June 16, 2013 (aged 94)
Born in Austria

Hans Hass was an Austrian biologist and underwater diving pioneer. He was known mainly for being among the first scientists to popularise coral reefs, stingrays and sharks. He pioneered the making of documentaries filmed underwater and led the development of a type of rebreather. He is also known for his energon theory and his commitment to protecting the environment.

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Hans Korte

First Name Hans
Last Name Korte
Born on April 8, 1929
Died on September 25, 2016 (aged 87)

Hans Korte was a German actor.

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Hans Lauda

First Name Hans
Last Name Lauda
Born on March 25, 1896
Died on January 21, 1974 (aged 77)
Born in Austria

Hans Lauda was an Austrian industrialist who co-founded the Federation of Austrian Industries and served as president from 1946 to 1960. He was the paternal grandfather of Formula One World Champion Niki Lauda.

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Hans Klok

First Name Hans
Last Name Klok
Born on February 22, 1969 (age 57)

Johannes Franciscus Catharinus "Hans" Klok is a Dutch magician, illusionist and actor.

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Hans Rausing

Hans Kristian Rausing
First Name Hans
Last Name Rausing
Born on March 25, 1926
Died on August 30, 2019 (aged 93)

Hans Anders Rausing, KBE was a Swedish industrialist and philanthropist based in the United Kingdom. He made his fortune from his co-inheritance of Tetra Pak, a company founded by his father Ruben Rausing, and the largest food packaging company in the world. In the early 1980s Rausing moved to the United Kingdom to avoid Swedish taxes, in 1995 he sold his share of the company to his brother, Gad. In the Forbes world fortune ranking, Rausing was placed at number 83 with an estimated fortune of US$10 billion in 2011. According to Forbes, he was the second richest Swedish billionaire in 2013. By the time of his death in August 2019, Forbes estimated the net worth of Rausing and his family to be $12 billion.

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Hans Meyer

First Name Hans
Last Name Meyer
Born on November 3, 1942 (age 83)

Hans Meyer is a German former football player and manager. Meyer was featured on the cover of EA Sports' video game FUSSBALL MANAGER 08.

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Hans Speidel

First Name Hans
Last Name Speidel
Died on November 28, 1984 (aged 14)

Hans Speidel was a German general and diplomat, who was one of the major military leaders of West Germany during the early Cold War. The first full General in West Germany, he was a principal founder of the Bundeswehr and a major figure in German rearmament, integration into NATO and international negotiations on European and Western defence cooperation in the 1950s. He served as Commander-in-Chief of the NATO ground forces in Central Europe from 1957 to 1963 and then as President of the German Institute for International and Security Affairs from 1964.

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Hans Richter

First Name Hans
Last Name Richter
Born on January 12, 1919
Died on October 5, 2008 (aged 89)

Hans Richter was a German film actor. He appeared in more than 130 films between 1931 and 1984, mostly in supporting roles. He was born in Brandenburg, Germany and died in Heppenheim, Germany.

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Hans Staininger

First Name Hans
Last Name Staininger
Born on January 1, 1508
Died on September 28, 1567 (aged 59)
Born in Germany, Bavaria

This list of unusual deaths includes unique or extremely rare circumstances of death recorded throughout history, noted as being unusual by multiple sources.

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Hans Fallada

First Name Hans
Last Name Fallada
Born on July 21, 1893
Died on February 5, 1947 (aged 53)

Hans Fallada was a German writer of the first half of the 20th century. Some of his better known novels include Little Man, What Now? (1932) and Every Man Dies Alone (1947). His works belong predominantly to the New Objectivity literary style, a style associated with an emotionless reportage approach, with precision of detail, and a veneration for 'the fact'. Fallada's pseudonym derives from a combination of characters found in the Grimm's Fairy Tales: The titular protagonist of Hans in Luck, and Falada the magical talking horse in The Goose Girl.

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