List of Famous people named Otto

Name Otto is among the most common names in Germany, Austria, Switzerland. Similar names: Ota, Otho, Otti, Oti, Ott, Otte, Otoya. Here are some famous Ottos:

Otto, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel

First Name Otto,
Last Name Hesse-Kassel
Born on December 24, 1594
Died on August 7, 1617 (aged 22)
Born in Germany, Hesse

Landgrave Otto of Hessen-Kassel, was hereditary prince of Hesse-Kassel and administrator of Hersfeld Abbey.

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Otto Hermann Kahn

First Name Otto
Last Name Kahn
Born on February 21, 1867
Died on March 29, 1934 (aged 67)

Otto Hermann Kahn was a German-born American investment banker, collector, philanthropist, and patron of the arts.

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Otto of Freising

First Name Otto
Last Name Freising
Died on September 22, 1158

Otto of Freising was a German churchman and chronicler. He was Otto I Bishop of Freising as from 1138.

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Otto I, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg

First Name Otto
Born on January 1, 1204
Died on June 9, 1252 (aged 48)

Otto I of Brunswick-Lüneburg, a member of the House of Welf, was the first duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg from 1235 until his death. He is called Otto the Child to distinguish him from his uncle, Emperor Otto IV.

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Otto III, Margrave of Brandenburg

First Name Otto
Last Name Brandenburg
Born on January 1, 1215
Died on October 9, 1267 (aged 52)

Otto III, nicknamed the pious was Margrave of Brandenburg jointly with his elder brother John I until John died in 1266. Otto III then ruled alone, until his death, the following year.

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Otto I, Duke of Brunswick-Harburg

First Name Otto
Last Name Brunswick-Harburg
Born on August 24, 1495
Died on August 11, 1549 (aged 53)

Otto, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg was the Prince of Lüneburg from 1520 to 1527 and Baron of Harburg from 1527 to 1549.

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Otto Kumm

First Name Otto
Last Name Kumm
Died on March 23, 2004 (aged 34)
Born in Germany

Otto Kumm was a German divisional commander in the Waffen-SS during World War II and a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords. After the war, he became one of the founders of HIAG, a lobby group and a revisionist organization of former Waffen-SS members.

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Otto I, Landgrave of Hesse

First Name Otto
Last Name Hesse
Born on January 1, 1272
Died on January 17, 1328 (aged 56)
Born in Germany, Hesse

Otto I of Hesse was Landgrave of Hesse from 1308 until his death.

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Otto of Stolberg-Wernigerode

First Name Otto
Born on October 30, 1837
Died on November 19, 1896 (aged 59)
Born in Germany, Hesse

Otto Graf zu Stolberg-Wernigerode was an Imperial German politician and the first Vice-Chancellor of Germany.

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Otto Georg Thierack

First Name Otto
Last Name Thierack
Born on April 19, 1889
Died on November 22, 1946 (aged 57)
Born in Germany, Saxony

Otto Georg Thierack was a German Nazi jurist and politician.

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