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 May

First Name Hans

Last Name May

Died on December 31, 1958

Born in Austria

Hans May was an Austrian-born film composer who went into exile in Britain after the Nazis came to power in his homeland, being of Jewish descent. May composed over a hundred film scores. He wrote a musical Wedding in Paris in 1954.

Know him/her

Don't know him/her

Hans Wertinger

First Name Hans

Last Name Wertinger

Born on January 1, 1465

Died on January 1, 1533 (aged 68)

Born in Germany, Bavaria

Hans Wertinger, was a German painter.

Know him/her

Don't know him/her

Hans James Hamilton

First Name Hans

Last Name Hamilton

Born on September 21, 1835

Died on November 8, 1862 (aged 27)

Know him/her

Don't know him/her

Hans Musgrave

First Name Hans

Last Name Musgrave

Know him/her

Don't know him/her

Hans Georg Finsler

First Name Hans

Last Name Finsler

Born on May 23, 1748

Died on March 29, 1821 (aged 72)

Born in Switzerland, canton of Zürich

Know him/her

Don't know him/her

Hans Pössenbacher

First Name Hans

Last Name Pössenbacher

Died on January 1, 1979 (aged 9)

Born in Austria, Styria

Hans Pössenbacher was an Austrian-born German actor.

Know him/her

Don't know him/her

Hans Waldmann

First Name Hans

Last Name Waldmann

Born on January 1, 1430

Died on April 15, 1489 (aged 59)

Born in Switzerland, Canton of Zug

Hans Waldmann was mayor of Zurich and a Swiss military leader. Born in Blickensdorf near Zug, he married well and became Squire of Dubelstein. He served as Mayor of Zurich between 1483-1489 and was beheaded on the 6 April 1489 following a peasant revolt.

Know him/her

Don't know him/her

Hans Michael Moll

First Name Hans

Last Name Moll

Born on January 1, 1935

Died on April 12, 1986 (aged 51)

Know him/her

Don't know him/her

Hans Adalbert Schlettow

First Name Hans

Last Name Schlettow

Died on January 1, 1945

Born in Germany, Hesse

Actor

Hans Adalbert Schlettow was a German film actor. Schlettow appeared in around a hundred and sixty films during his career, the majority during the silent era. Among his best-known film roles was Hagen von Tronje in Fritz Lang's film classic Die Nibelungen (1924). In 1929 he starred in the British director Anthony Asquith's film A Cottage on Dartmoor.

Know him/her

Don't know him/her

Hans Lobbes

First Name Hans

Last Name Lobbes

Born on January 1, 1896

Died on January 1, 2000 (aged 104)

Born in Germany, Brandenburg

Know him/her

Don't know him/her

< Previous Next >