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 Janowitz

First Name Hans
Last Name Janowitz
Died on May 25, 1954

Hans Janowitz was a German author.

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Hans Lassen Martensen

First Name Hans
Last Name Martensen
Born on August 19, 1808
Died on February 3, 1884 (aged 75)

Hans Lassen Martensen was a Danish bishop and academic. He was a professor at the University of Copenhagen and Bishop of the Diocese of Zealand.

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Hans Rott

First Name Hans
Last Name Rott
Born on August 1, 1858
Died on June 25, 1884 (aged 25)
Born in Austria, Vienna

Hans Rott was an Austrian composer and organist. His music is little-known today, though he received high praise in his time from Gustav Mahler and Anton Bruckner. He left a symphony and Lieder, among other works.

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Hans Egidi

First Name Hans
Last Name Egidi
Born on June 2, 1890
Died on December 3, 1970 (aged 80)
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Hans Schmeisser

First Name Hans
Last Name Schmeisser
Born on November 30, 1849
Died on January 1, 2000 (aged 150)

Hans Schmeisser is a German weapons technical designer. The son of Louis Schmeisser, who was also a famous weapons technical designer, his notable achievement is his contribution to the construction of the German "weapon city" of Suhl.

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Hans Vent

First Name Hans
Last Name Vent
Died on January 31, 2018 (aged 48)
Born in Germany, Thuringia
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Hans Hillmann

First Name Hans
Last Name Hillmann
Born on October 25, 1925
Died on May 4, 2014 (aged 88)
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Hans von Pechmann

First Name Hans
Last Name Pechmann
Born on January 1, 1850
Died on January 1, 1902 (aged 52)
Born in Germany, Bavaria

Hans von Pechmann was a German chemist, renowned for his discovery of diazomethane in 1894. Pechmann condensation and Pechmann pyrazole synthesis. He also first prepared 1,2-diketones, acetonedicarboxylic acid, methylglyoxal and diphenyltriketone; established the symmetrical structure of anthraquinone.

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Hans Kniep

First Name Hans
Last Name Kniep
Died on November 17, 1930
Born in Germany, Thuringia

Karl Johannes Kniep was a German botanist who was a native of Jena.

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Hans Helzer

First Name Hans
Last Name Helzer
Died on March 12, 2020 (aged 50)
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