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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Jan Harlan
Born 1937
Dieter Seebach
Born 1937
Dieter Haack
Born 1934
Hermann Becht
1939 - 2009
Norbert Lechner
1939 - 2004
Lothar Knörzer
Born 1933
Hans Hugo Klein
Born 1936
Klaus J. Kohler
Born 1935
Nils Wiberg
1934 - 2007
Joseph F. Traub
1932 - 2015
Matthias Kuntzsch
Born 1935
Frank R. Pfetsch
Born 1936
Peter Corterier
1936 - 2017
Günter Dietz
1930 - 2017
Maria Machado
Born 1937
Gerhard Bohner
1936 - 1992
Gerold Ungeheuer
1930 - 1982
Ursula Laquay-Ihm
Born 1932
Reinhold Ganz
Born 1939
Hans Baschang
1937 - 2017
Horst Rehberger
Born 1938
Manfred Lautenschläger
Born 1938
Jürgen Wittdorf
1932 - 2018
Gerhard Sauder
Born 1938
Gerhard Mantel
1930 - 2012
Volker Heyn
Born 1938
Lothar Roos
Born 1935
Gerhard Seiler
Born 1930
Adolf Theis
1933 - 2013
Manfred Eglin
1935 - 2001
Volker Schupp
Born 1934
Peter Sulzer
1932 - 2019
Jürgen Breest
Born 1936
Friedhelm Weick
1936 - 2017
Dieter Farny
1934 - 2013
Reinhard Bentmann
Born 1939
Gerhard Liedke
Born 1937
Winfried Brohm
1932 - 2012
Horst Meister
Born 1937
Uwe Lohrmann
1936 - 2018
Wolfram Angerbauer
1938 - 2011
Dieter Heß
Born 1933
Hans Reichenbach (Mikrobiologe)
1936 - 2018
Folker Wittmann
Born 1936
Horst Heine
1930 - 2015
Barbara Bredow
Born 1937
Norbert Ruf
1933 - 2012
Volkmar Würtz
Born 1938
Peter Siegele
Born 1938
Rainer Hess (Romanist)
1936 - 2004
Gisbert Winnewisser
1936 - 2011
Horst F. Pampel
1934 - 2010
Michael Münzer
1936 - 2012
Bernd Michael Fischer
Born 1939
Wolfgang Maßberg
Born 1932
Siegfried Müller (Prediger)
Born 1935
Romy Schurhammer
1936 - 2019
Rolf Gentz
Born 1939
Jörg Schadt
Born 1937
Eberhard Raetz
Born 1938
Horst Krautter
1933 - 1996
Rüdiger Beile
Born 1932
Gerhard Bloemecke
1936 - 2013
Peter Schmidt (Journalist)
Born 1938
Gunther Granget
1932 - 2010
Wolfram Meyer
1931 - 2000
Erwin Sack
1935 - 1999
Heinz Schmitt (Fußballspieler)
Born 1937
Dieter Stoltz
Born 1938
Max Schwall (Fußballspieler)
Born 1932
Eugen Daub
Born 1939
Udo Fink (Musiker)
Born 1936
Helgo Bran
Born 1937
Dieter Klaußner
Born 1938
Volker Jürgens
1936 - 2013
Rolf Hodapp
1930 - 1991
Bruno Waltert
1937 - 2017