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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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Sead Kolašinac
Born 1993
Timon Wellenreuther
Born 1995
Moon Ga-young
Born 1996
Pietro Lombardi (singer)
Born 1992
Berkay Özcan
Born 1998
Kristinn Jónsson
Born 1990
Yannick Hanfmann
Born 1991
Vincent Feigenbutz
Born 1995
Marvin Mehlem
Born 1997
Annika Bruhn
Born 1992
Luisa Niemesch
Born 1995
Matthias Cuntz
Born 1990
Filip Žderić
Born 1991
Sabine Kusterer
Born 1991
Marius Steinhauser
Born 1993
Rico Seith
Born 1994
Nicolai Groß
Born 1990
Christa Riffel
Born 1998
Fabian Roth
Born 1995
Vivien Wulf
Born 1994
Valentino Vujinović
Born 1999
Jannik Herm
Born 1991
Jan-Ole Sievers
Born 1995
Dominic Foos
Born 1997
Joshua Stritzinger
Born 1995
Rouven Israel
Born 1994
Tobias Eisenbauer
Born 1991
Karoline Heinze
Born 1993
Nina Brandt
Born 1993
Pamela Reif
Born 1996
Claire Savin
Born 1993
David Schmidt
Born 1993
Nimo (Rapper)
Born 1995
Ricarda Schaber
Born 1997
Jan Prax
Born 1992
Sappho Çoban
Born 1994
Verena Kaiser (Boxerin)
Born 1992
Annalena Krämer
Born 1997
Sascha Pfattheicher
Born 1997
Charlotte Voll
Born 1999
Jasmin Huber
Born 1995
Niklas Ruß
Born 1990
Tom Alte
Born 1995
Michael Baumer
Born 1990
Friederike Schaaf
Born 1993
Vanessa Giangrasso
Born 1990
Stephanie Wagner
Born 1990