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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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Oliver Kahn
Born 1969
Oliver Bierhoff
Born 1968
Mehmet Scholl
Born 1970
Sead Kolašinac
Born 1993
Dennis Aogo
Born 1987
Danny Williams (soccer, born 1989)
Born 1989
Renate Lingor
Born 1975
Timon Wellenreuther
Born 1995
Gottfried Fuchs
1889 - 1972
Daniel Brosinski
Born 1988
Sebastian Freis
Born 1985
Berkay Özcan
Born 1998
Kristinn Jónsson
Born 1990
Jérôme Gondorf
Born 1988
David Pisot
Born 1987
Fritz Förderer
1888 - 1952
Vincenzo Italiano
Born 1977
Kurt Sommerlatt
1928 - 2019
Max Breunig
1888 - 1961
Herbert Binkert
1923 - 2020
Markus Schroth
Born 1975
Pascal Borel
Born 1978
Kurt Ehrmann
1922 - 2013
Michael Sternkopf
Born 1970
Alper Balaban
1987 - 2010
Marvin Mehlem
Born 1997
Dietmar Roth
Born 1963
Sascha Traut
Born 1985
Emil Oberle
1889 - 1955
Rainer Scharinger
Born 1967
Emil Kutterer
1898 - 1974
Steffen Haas
Born 1988
Erwin Strempel
1924 - 1999
Michael Harforth
Born 1959
Karl Wegele
1887 - 1960
Ernst Hollstein
1886 - 1950
Matthias Cuntz
Born 1990
Marc Gallego
Born 1985
Patrick Huckle
Born 1983
Stefan Müller (footballer, born 1988)
Born 1988
Helmut Hermann
Born 1966
Filip Žderić
Born 1991
Robert Neumaier
1885 - 1959
Guido Streichsbier
Born 1969
Daniel Bernhardt (footballer)
Born 1985
Nicolai Groß
Born 1990
Oktay Kuday
Born 1979
Raimund Krauth
1952 - 2012
Wilhelm Gros
1892 - 1917
Tomislav Višević
Born 1980
Mathias Moritz
Born 1988
Valentino Vujinović
Born 1999
Jan-Ole Sievers
Born 1995
Otto Faist
1903 - 1946
Thomas Kies
Born 1975
Andreas Keim
Born 1962
Manfred Eglin
1935 - 2001
Hüseyin Kuday
Born 1987
Michael Nees
Born 1967
Axel Kahn (Fußballspieler)
Born 1965
Alessandro Caruso
Born 1980
Karoline Heinze
Born 1993
Horst Wild
Born 1943
Samuel Gutekunst
Born 1984
Alexi Pitu
Born 2002
Roland Vogel
Born 1951
Kristina Kober
Born 1989
Claire Savin
Born 1993
Türker Toptaş
Born 1984
Jens Bodemer
Born 1989
Ricarda Schaber
Born 1997
Siegfried Kessler (Fußballspieler)
1941 - 2013
Max Fischer (Fußballspieler, 1927)
Born 1927
Hans Merkle
1918 - 1993
Andre Meier
Born 1965
Wilhelm Noë
1890 - 1956
Annalena Krämer
Born 1997
Maximilian Mosch
Born 1989
Georg Reiser
Born 1962
Heinz Schmitt (Fußballspieler)
Born 1937
Charlotte Voll
Born 1999
Oswald Traub
1926 - 2020
Jürgen Ehrmann
Born 1961
Max Schwall (Fußballspieler)
Born 1932
Rudi Murmann
Born 1947
Hans-Peter Lamparth
Born 1946
Wilhelm Heiss
1913 - 1943
Emil Melcher
Born 1895
Otto Kamenzin
1909 - 1944
Arthur Beier
1880 - 1917
Helmut Hodel
1925 - 2016
Friederike Schaaf
Born 1993
Tanja Rastetter
Born 1971
Vanessa Giangrasso
Born 1990
Georg Seeburger
1919 - 2002
Dieter Klaußner
Born 1938
Hans Ruzek
1894 - 1914
Günter Zittel
Born 1952