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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

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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.

  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
  • Science
  • Politics & Law
  • Writing
  • Sports
  • Art & Design
  • Film & TV
  • Other
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Ingo Wellenreuther

Born 1959

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0216 JUDGE

Ulrich Seibert

Born 1954

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0224 JUDGE

Hans Hugo Klein

Born 1936

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0396 JUDGE

Barbara Salesch

Born 1950

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0781 JUDGE

Michael Hund

Born 1946

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0816 JUDGE

Eduard Dietz

1866 - 1940

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0865 JUDGE

Georg Ernst Ludwig von Preuschen von und zu Lieben

1764 - 1849

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0891 JUDGE

Rainer Griesbaum

Born 1948

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0895 JUDGE

August von Preuschen von und zu Liebenstein – Wi

1766 - 1846

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0949 JUDGE

Bernd Schütze

Born 1958

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0966 JUDGE

Wolfgang Kraneck

1900 - 1943

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0989 JUDGE

Adrian Bingner

1830 - 1902

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1044 JUDGE

Adolf Sander (Baden)

1801 - 1845

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1077 JUDGE

Adolf Fuchs (Oberamtmann)

1833 - 1908

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1103 JUDGE

Karl Wielandt

1830 - 1914

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1185 JUDGE

Karl Wielandt (Oberamtmann)

1820 - 1884

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1189 JUDGE

Karl Lauck

1840 - 1906

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1257 JUDGE

Karl Schneider (Jurist, 1870)

1870 - 1941

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1368 JUDGE

Christoph Eisenlohr

1775 - 1852

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1372 JUDGE

Claus Grimm (Richter)

1923 - 2008

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1384 JUDGE

Karl Schörlin

1882 - 1955

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1403 JUDGE

Wilhelm Ludwig Friedrich Lang

1821 - 1884

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1412 JUDGE

Adolf Schrickel

1805 - 1885

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