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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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Karl Benz
1844 - 1929
Johann Gottfried Tulla
1770 - 1828
Georg Friedrich von Reichenbach
1771 - 1826
Robert Gerwig
1820 - 1885
Harry L. Ettlinger
1926 - 2018
Friedrich Bassler
1909 - 1992
Wolfgang Peukert
Born 1958
Adolf Ludin
1879 - 1968
Fritz Görnnert
1907 - 1984
Roland Gutsch
1925 - 2009
Hans Müller-Steinhagen
Born 1954
Heike Hanagarth
Born 1959
Alexander Cassinone
1866 - 1931
Max Becker (Ingenieur)
1817 - 1884
Friedrich Schwerd
1872 - 1953
Erich Windhab
Born 1956
Kurt Stengel
1907 - 2001
Oskar Herterich
1906 - 1978
Arthur Lämmlein
1899 - 1964
Karl Rümmele
1859 - 1942
August Raupp
1838 - 1891
Heinrich Raupp
1836 - 1914
Carl Göler von Ravensburg
1827 - 1889