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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.

Through the Decades

One face per decade — the most globally famous figure born in Karlsruhe during each.

Notable Births by Decade

Click a decade to filter the list below. Peak: 1960s with 165 notable births.

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.

  1. Politician136
  2. Football98
  3. Actor69
  4. Painter63
  5. Author56
  6. Academic56
  7. Writer44
  8. Lawyer38
  1. Author564.6×
  2. Academic563.9×
  3. Chemist173.4×
  4. Judge233.4×
  5. Engineer232.6×
  6. Historian372.5×
  7. Architect312.5×
  8. Officer212.2×
  1. Singer170.6×
  2. Football980.6×

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.

160016501700175018001850190019502000
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  • Writing
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  • Art & Design
  • Film & TV
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Otto Bartning

1883 - 1959

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Ludwig Hilberseimer

1885 - 1967

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Friedrich Weinbrenner

1766 - 1826

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Ole Scheeren

Born 1971

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Antoine Ignace Melling

1763 - 1831

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Hermann Billing

1867 - 1946

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Josef Durm

1837 - 1919

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August Essenwein (Architekt)

1831 - 1892

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Thekla Schild

1890 - 1991

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Luzia Hartsuyker-Curjel

1926 - 2011

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Charles Bartberger

1824 - 1896

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Jakob Hochstetter

1812 - 1880

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Friedrich Theodor Fischer

1803 - 1867

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Richard Jörg

1908 - 1992

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Gustav Ziegler (Architekt)

1847 - 1908

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Karl Joseph Berckmüller

1800 - 1879

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Christoph Arnold (Architekt)

1779 - 1844

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Julius Graebner

1858 - 1917

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Eberhard Brandl

1916 - 1971

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Friedrich Arnold (Baumeister)

1786 - 1854

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Jacob Haish

1826 - 1926

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Johann Ludwig Weinbrenner

1790 - 1858

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Adolf Williard

1832 - 1923

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Franz Baer

1850 - 1891

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Conrad Hengst

1796 - 1877

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Rudolf Burckhardt (Baumeister)

1851 - 1914

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Hans Rolli

1903 - 1982

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Manfred Faber

1879 - 1944

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Ludwig Lendorff

1808 - 1853

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Albert Lehr

1874 - 1960

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Hugo Slevogt

1858 - 1927

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