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.
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- Writing
- Art & Design
- Film & TV
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- Filtered to 1790s Clear ×
Princess Augusta of Hesse-Kassel
1797 - 1889
Otto Philipp Braun
1798 - 1869
Christian Julius Wilhelm Schiede
1798 - 1836
Wilhelm Hentze
1793 - 1874
Ludwig Sigismund Ruhl
1794 - 1887
Julius Eugen Ruhl
1796 - 1871
Carl Heinrich Arnold
1793 - 1874
Josef Spitzeder
1796 - 1832
Johann Heinrich Wolff
1792 - 1869
Jeremias David Alexander Fiorino
1797 - 1847
Karl Waitz von Eschen
1795 - 1873
Karl Christian Aubel
1796 - 1882
Friedrich Ferdinand Wilhelm von Schäffer-Bernstei
1790 - 1861
Wilhelm von Steuber
1790 - 1845
Hermann Pinhas
1795 - 1844
Emil Rabe von Pappenheim
1798 - 1849
Theodor von Rommel
1793 - 1868
Johann Hermann Koch
1795 - 1862
Friedrich Ludovici
1792 - 1862
Eduard Brauer (Maler)
1798 - 1867
Ludwig Bibyxt (Maler)
Born 1794