51.3158° N, 9.4980° E
KASSEL
Most Famous People Born in Kassel, Germany
- Notable people
- 1,196
- Peak decade
- 1960s
- Median birth year
- 1904
- Most distinctive
- Aristocrat 7.0×
Kassel reads like a former princely seat that never quite stopped being one. The thick Aristocrat bench is the Landgraves of Hesse-Kassel and their sprawling extended family, the Art Historian depth is documenta and the museum culture it seeded after 1955, and the disproportionate Architect count belongs to the slow rebuilding of a city almost completely flattened in 1943.
One face per decade — the most globally famous figure born in Kassel during each.
Notable Births by Decade
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What Kassel Is Known For
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Politician is Kassel's biggest profession — 11% of all notables (131).
Kassel over-indexes on aristocrat — 7.0× the global rate.
Kassel under-produces football — only 0.3× the global rate.
Profession Mix Over Time
Each band shows a profession family's share of Kassel's notable births by decade. Hover the chart for the breakdown at any decade.
- Politics & Law
- Science
- Writing
- Art & Design
- Film & TV
- Sports
- Other
- Filtered to 1780s Clear ×
Friedrich Kalkbrenner
1784 - 1849
Friedrich Tiedemann
1781 - 1861
Julius Jacob von Haynau
1786 - 1853
Karl Ernst Wilhelm von Canitz und Dallwitz
1787 - 1850
Christoph Rommel
1781 - 1859
Paul Wigand
1786 - 1866
Carl Anton Henschel
1780 - 1861
Johann Werner Henschel
1782 - 1850
Johann Conrad Bromeis (Architekt)
1788 - 1855
August von der Embde
1780 - 1862
Daniel Engelhard (Architekt)
1788 - 1856
Karoline Engelhard
1781 - 1855
Wilhelm Sattler
1784 - 1859
Johann Karl Adam Murhard
1781 - 1863
Marianne von Rohden
1785 - 1866
Franz Christian Schaumburg
1788 - 1868
Christian Ludwig von Reissig
1784 - 1847
August Heinrich von Trott auf Solz
1783 - 1840
Carl Wilhelm Holdermann
1783 - 1852
Wilhem Asmus Doering
1789 - 1833
Wilhelm Gotthelf Engelhard
1785 - 1848
Ludwig Schwarzenberg
1787 - 1857
Karl Michael Eggena
1789 - 1840
Heinrich Schmidt (General)
1788 - 1850
Philipp von Lehrbach
1789 - 1857
Justus Krauskopf
1787 - 1869
Johannes Schornstein (Musiker)
1789 - 1853
Karl August Avenarius
1788 - 1831
Justus Heinrich Zusch
1783 - 1850
Georg von Stuckrad
1783 - 1876