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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
  • Sports
  • Art & Design
  • Film & TV
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0003 ENGINEER

Karl Benz

1844 - 1929

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Johann Gottfried Tulla

1770 - 1828

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0094 ENGINEER

Georg Friedrich von Reichenbach

1771 - 1826

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0134 ENGINEER

Robert Gerwig

1820 - 1885

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0263 ENGINEER

Harry L. Ettlinger

1926 - 2018

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0267 ENGINEER

Friedrich Bassler

1909 - 1992

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Wolfgang Peukert

Born 1958

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Adolf Ludin

1879 - 1968

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0406 ENGINEER

Fritz Görnnert

1907 - 1984

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Roland Gutsch

1925 - 2009

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0433 ENGINEER

Hans Müller-Steinhagen

Born 1954

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0499 ENGINEER

Heike Hanagarth

Born 1959

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0719 ENGINEER

Alexander Cassinone

1866 - 1931

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0849 ENGINEER

Max Becker (Ingenieur)

1817 - 1884

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Friedrich Schwerd

1872 - 1953

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0960 ENGINEER

Erich Windhab

Born 1956

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1178 ENGINEER

Kurt Stengel

1907 - 2001

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1220 ENGINEER

Oskar Herterich

1906 - 1978

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1299 ENGINEER

Arthur Lämmlein

1899 - 1964

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1314 ENGINEER

Karl Rümmele

1859 - 1942

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1330 ENGINEER

August Raupp

1838 - 1891

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1331 ENGINEER

Heinrich Raupp

1836 - 1914

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1402 ENGINEER

Carl Göler von Ravensburg

1827 - 1889

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