Historical figures in Hamburg
The atlas holds 22 people and 36 moments here, from 1703 to 2017. The most recorded lives are Heinrich Heine, Johannes Brahms and Arthur Schopenhauer. Among them Political Leaders, Educators and Musicians and Composers, across the Space Age and the Enlightenment.
Notable people
Ada Yonath
in 1986
1 moment here
Israeli crystallographer whose work on ribosome structure and function earned her a share of the 2009 Nobel Prize in Chemistry.…
Adolf Hitler
in 1939
1 moment here
Adolf Hitler (1889–1945) was an Austrian-born German politician who led the National Socialist German Workers’ Party (NSDAP), became German…
Arthur Schopenhauer
from 1793 to 1805
3 moments here
German philosopher and writer, born in Danzig and dead in Frankfurt am Main. His documented movements included childhood residences in Hamburg and Le…
B. J. Habibie
in 1965
1 moment here
Indonesian aerospace engineer, technocrat, vice president, and third president of Indonesia.…
Carl Linnaeus
in 1735
1 moment here
Swedish botanist, physician, and naturalist who formalized binomial nomenclature and devised an influential system for classifying organisms.…
David Hilbert
from 1921 to 1923
2 moments here
German mathematician and philosopher of mathematics whose career began in Königsberg and was centered at the University of Göttingen from 1895 until…
George Frideric Handel
in 1703
1 moment here
German-British Baroque composer. Born in Halle, he worked in Hamburg, travelled in Italy, served as Kapellmeister at Hanover, and settled in England.…
Hans Christian Andersen
from 1831 to 1843
2 moments here
Danish writer renowned for literary fairy tales including “The Little Mermaid,” “The Emperor’s New Clothes,” “The Snow Queen,” and “The Ugly…
Heinrich Heine
from 1816 to 1844
6 moments here
German poet, essayist, journalist, and literary critic. Born in Düsseldorf, Heine studied in Bonn, Göttingen, and Berlin, traveled widely in Germany…
Hideki Yukawa
in 1939
1 moment here
Japanese theoretical physicist and the first Japanese Nobel laureate, awarded the 1949 Nobel Prize in Physics for predicting mesons.…
Johannes Brahms
from 1833 to 1859
4 moments here
German composer, pianist, and conductor of the Romantic period. Born in Hamburg, Brahms developed as a performer there before touring Central Europe,…
Johann Sebastian Bach
in 1720
1 moment here
German Baroque composer, organist, violinist, keyboard virtuoso, and musical director. Born in Eisenach, Bach was educated in Ohrdruf and Lüneburg…
John Lennon
in 1960
1 moment here
English musician, songwriter, artist and peace activist; co-founder of the Beatles. This chronology records documented physical presence at…
Karl Marx
from 1867 to 1874
2 moments here
German philosopher, economist, journalist, and revolutionary socialist. Born in Trier, Marx studied in Bonn and Berlin, worked in Cologne, and…
Mercedes Sosa
in 1986
1 moment here
Argentine folk singer and leading exponent of the nuevo cancionero movement, internationally known for interpreting Latin American popular song and…
Niels Bohr
in 1925
1 moment here
Danish theoretical physicist whose work on atomic structure and quantum theory earned the 1922 Nobel Prize in Physics.…
Peter the Great
from 1713 to 1716
2 moments here
Peter I of Russia, known as Peter the Great, was tsar from 1682 and emperor from 1721 until 1725.…
Shinzo Abe
in 2017
1 moment here
Japanese politician who served as Prime Minister of Japan from 2006 to 2007 and from 2012 to 2020.…
Simón Bolívar
in 1806
1 moment here
Venezuelan military and political leader known as El Libertador. Bolívar led revolutionary campaigns that helped secure the independence of…
Tina Turner
in 1972
1 moment here
Tina Turner (Anna Mae Bullock) was an American-born Swiss singer, songwriter, actress, and author.…
T. S. Eliot
in 1955
1 moment here
Thomas Stearns Eliot was a St. Louis-born poet, critic, editor, and playwright who studied in Massachusetts, Paris, Germany, and Oxford before making…
Whitney Houston
in 2004
1 moment here
American singer, actress, producer, and cultural icon known for recordings including “I Will Always Love You,” major world tours, film roles, and…
Moments
- 1703 Opera orchestra post George Frideric Handel
- 1713 Visit to Hamburg Peter the Great
- 1716 Meeting with Danish diplomats at Altona Peter the Great
- 1720 Auditioned in Hamburg Johann Sebastian Bach
- 1735 Stop in Hamburg en route to the Dutch Republic Carl Linnaeus
- 1793 Family relocation to Hamburg Arthur Schopenhauer
- 1799 Return to Hamburg and Runge school Arthur Schopenhauer
- 1805 Hamburg merchant apprenticeship Arthur Schopenhauer
- 1806 Embarks from Hamburg Simón Bolívar
- 1816 Bank apprenticeship in Hamburg Heinrich Heine
- 1825 Return to Hamburg Heinrich Heine
- 1829 Arrival in Hamburg Heinrich Heine
- 1830 Residence in Wandsbek Heinrich Heine
- 1831 Reaches Hamburg on first foreign journey Hans Christian Andersen
- 1833 Birth in Hamburg Johannes Brahms
- 1843 Stays with Count Holck in Hamburg Hans Christian Andersen
- 1843 Hamburg visit to mother and publisher Heinrich Heine
- 1844 Final Hamburg visit Heinrich Heine
- 1847 First public solo appearance Johannes Brahms
- 1849 Second piano recital Johannes Brahms
- 1859 First Piano Concerto premiere Johannes Brahms
- 1867 Delivers Capital manuscript in Hamburg Karl Marx
- 1874 Stops in Hamburg en route to London Karl Marx
- 1921 Foundational talks in Hamburg David Hilbert
- 1923 Lectures on modern physics David Hilbert
- 1925 Hamburg stopover Niels Bohr
- 1939 Attends launch of Bismarck Adolf Hitler
- 1939 Boarding at Hamburg Hideki Yukawa
- 1955 Hanseatic Goethe Prize address T. S. Eliot
- 1960 Hamburg residency John Lennon
- 1965 Engineering career in Hamburg B. J. Habibie
- 1972 Performance in Hamburg Tina Turner
- 1986 Headed ribosome-structure unit at DESY Ada Yonath
- 1986 Performance in Hamburg Mercedes Sosa
- 2004 Women’s World Awards appearance Whitney Houston
- 2017 G20 summit in Hamburg Shinzo Abe