49.0159° N, 8.4031° E
KARLSRUHE
Most Famous People Born in Karlsruhe, Germany
- Notable people
- 1,427
- Peak decade
- 1960s
- Median birth year
- 1920
- Most distinctive
- Author 4.6×
A baroque grand-ducal city founded in 1715 around the fan-shaped palace of the Margraves of Baden-Durlach. Karlsruhe's distinctive professions are academic authors, chemists, engineers, judges, and architects — the trades of a Residenzstadt that grew into a 19th-century technical university town and never lost the official-document register. Karl Benz built the first automobile here in 1885, and Oliver Kahn and a deep column of other Bundesliga footballers came out of the local Karlsruher SC academy.
One face per decade — the most globally famous figure born in Karlsruhe during each.
Notable Births by Decade
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What Karlsruhe Is Known For
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Politician is Karlsruhe's biggest profession — 10% of all notables (136).
Karlsruhe over-indexes on author — 4.6× the global rate.
Karlsruhe under-produces singer — only 0.6× the global rate.
Profession Mix Over Time
Each band shows a profession family's share of Karlsruhe's notable births by decade. Hover the chart for the breakdown at any decade.
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Princess Cecilie of Baden
1839 - 1891
Princess Leopoldine of Baden
1837 - 1903
Heinrich Julius Holtzmann
1832 - 1910
Josef Durm
1837 - 1919
Adolph Hausrath
1837 - 1909
Princess Sophie of Baden
1834 - 1904
Wilhelm Fröhner
1835 - 1925
Princess Marie of Baden (1834–1899)
1834 - 1899
August Essenwein (Architekt)
1831 - 1892
William Robinson (Governor of Hong Kong)
1836 - 1912
Max Leichtlin
1831 - 1910
Karl von Baden (1832–1906)
1832 - 1906
Max Frommel
1830 - 1890
Pauline Elisabeth von Baden
1835 - 1891
Adolf Holtzmann der Jüngere
1838 - 1914
Karl Weysser
1833 - 1904
Ernst Wagner (Archäologe)
1832 - 1920
Emilie Kaulla
1833 - 1912
Amélie von Reichenbach-Lessonitz
1838 - 1912
Max Stromeyer
1830 - 1902
Wilhelm Klose
1830 - 1914
Adolf Williard
1832 - 1923
Max Barack
1832 - 1901
Adolf Schmidt (Geologe)
1836 - 1917
Ernst Göler von Ravensburg
1837 - 1912
Adrian Bingner
1830 - 1902
George Uhrl
1838 - 1911
Karl Ludwig Friedrich Wagner
1839 - 1923
Adolf Fuchs (Oberamtmann)
1833 - 1908
Karl Wielandt
1830 - 1914
Heinrich Voit
1834 - 1914
Karl von Grimm
1830 - 1898
Ludwig von Deimling
1833 - 1906
Franz Knauff
1835 - 1920
Max von Seubert
1837 - 1914
Ludwig Arnsperger (Beamter)
1837 - 1907
Friedrich Gutsch junior
1838 - 1897
Leopold Heinrich
1830 - 1891
Auguste Netz
1830 - 1885
August Raupp
1838 - 1891
Heinrich Raupp
1836 - 1914
Emich Karl zu Leiningen-Billigheim
1839 - 1925
Eduard Erxleben
1834 - 1890
Edward Rummel
1838 - 1894
Trupert Ortlieb
1839 - 1911