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Carl Wilhelm Petersen
Carl Wilhelm Petersen (born 1 January 1868 in Hamburg; died 6 November 1933 in Hamburg) was a German lawyer, politician for the German Democratic Party (German abbr  DDP) and First Mayor of Hamburg (1924 – 29 and 1932 – 33).
Petersen, who in 1912 ranked among the 200 richest Hamburgers, was elected a member of the Hamburg Parliament in 1899. His grandfather Carl Friedrich Petersen had officiated as Hamburg's head of government (first burgomaster) until his death in
, Swedish military officer
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- Carl Petersen (Danish politician) (1894–1984), Danish politician of the Social Democratic Party
- Carl Petersen (neuroscientist), Denmark-born Swiss neuroscientist at EPFL
See also.
- Carl Peterson (disambiguation)
- Carl Pettersson (disambiguation)