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 Asplund

First Name Hans
Last Name Asplund
Born on August 16, 1921
Died on January 8, 1994 (aged 72)

Hans Asplund was a Swedish architect. His work was part of the architecture event in the art competition at the 1948 Summer Olympics.

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Hans Hirschmüller

First Name Hans
Last Name Hirschmüller
Born on March 15, 1940 (age 86)
Born in Romania
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Hans Hugo Klein

First Name Hans
Last Name Klein
Born on August 5, 1936 (age 89)

Hans Hugo Klein is a German politician. He was a representative of the German Christian Democratic Union from 1983 to 1996 and he was judge at the Constitutional Court.

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Hans Merbach

First Name Hans
Last Name Merbach
Born on May 10, 1910
Died on January 14, 1949 (aged 38)
Born in Germany, Thuringia
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Hans Lachmann-Mosse

First Name Hans
Last Name Lachmann-Mosse
Born on August 9, 1885
Died on April 18, 1944 (aged 58)
Born in Germany

Hans Lachmann-Mosse, till 1911 Hans Lachmann was a German publisher, director during the Weimar years of the Rudolf Mosse media empire whose titles included the Berliner Morgenpost and the Berliner Tageblatt.

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Hans Olde

First Name Hans
Last Name Olde
Born on April 27, 1855
Died on October 25, 1917 (aged 62)

Johannes Wilhelm (Hans) Olde was a German painter and art school administrator.

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Hans Wehberg

First Name Hans
Last Name Wehberg
Born on January 1, 1885
Died on January 1, 1962 (aged 77)
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Hans Jacoby

First Name Hans
Last Name Jacoby
Born on October 23, 1904
Died on October 31, 1963 (aged 59)

Hans Jacoby (1904–1963) was a German screenwriter. Jacoby was of Jewish background and was forced to go into exile when the Nazi Party took power in 1933. Jacoby settled in the United States for many years, working on the screenplays of a number of Hollywood productions. He returned to Germany in the mid-1950s, and worked in the West German film industry until his death.

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Hans Böckler

First Name Hans
Last Name Böckler
Born on February 26, 1875
Died on February 16, 1951 (aged 75)
Born in Germany, Bavaria

Hans Böckler was a German politician and trade union leader. He was the most influential re-founder of the unions in post-war Germany and became the first president of the German Trade Union Confederation.

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Hans Dragendorff

First Name Hans
Last Name Dragendorff
Born on October 15, 1870
Died on January 29, 1941 (aged 70)

Hans Dragendorff was a Baltic German scholar who introduced the first classification system for the type of Ancient Roman pottery known as Samian ware or Terra sigillata, in 1896, using type numbers. His scheme was based on the varying forms the vessels took and although it has since been augmented and refined by others, it is still common to refer to 'Dragendorff type 37' bowls for example.

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