Famous Residents
- Solomon Hanau, 17th century Hebrew-language linguistic master.
- The Brothers Grimm (Brüder Grimm) collected many German fairy tales and started work on the German Glossary.
- Ludwig Emil Grimm, painter, younger brother of Jacob and Wilhelm
- Paul Hindemith, composer
- Alois Kottmann, (*1929) violinist, was born in Großauheim
- Rudi Völler, football/soccer world champion 1990 and coach of the German national team, when it was runner-up in 2002.
- Wilhelm Wagenfeld, Designer (1900–1990)
- J. C. C. Devaranne was born in Hanau on March 8, 1784.
- Karl Storck, Romanian sculptor, born in Hanau on March 30, 1887.
- Louis Appia, surgeon, member of the Geneva "Committee of Five" (precursor to the International Committee of the Red Cross)
- Moritz Daniel Oppenheim, painter, often regarded as the first Jewish painter of the modern era.
- Hans Daniel Hassenpflug, German statesman
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“In most nineteenth-century cities, both large and small, more than 50 percent—and often up to 75 percent—of the residents in any given year were no longer there ten years later. People born in the twentieth century are much more likely to live near their birthplace than were people born in the nineteenth century.”
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