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
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Ludwig Karl Georg Pfeiffer
1805 - 1877
Princess Marie Frederica of Hesse-Kassel
1804 - 1888
Johann Heinrich Jakob Müller
1809 - 1875
Friedrich Armand Strubberg
1806 - 1889
Franz Ferdinand Benary
1805 - 1880
Agathon Benary
1807 - 1860
Wilhelm von Breithaupt
1809 - 1889
Rudolf von Buttlar
1802 - 1875
Amalie Hassenpflug
1800 - 1871
Georg Landau
1807 - 1865
Jérôme von Schlotheim
1809 - 1882
Friedrich Nebelthau (Politiker, 1806)
1806 - 1875
Dorothea Devrient
1805 - 1882
Friedrich Wilhelm von Gilsa
1808 - 1886
Carl Theodor Giller
1805 - 1879
Karoline Christine Böhler
1800 - 1860
Werner Friedrich Julius Stephan von Spiegel – Wi
1802 - 1877
Franziska Cornet
1808 - 1870
Adolph Cnyrim
1800 - 1876
Johann Wilhelm Nahl
1803 - 1880
Christian Heinrich Siebold
1806 - 1876
Emil Rausch (Theologe)
1804 - 1874
Friedrich Georg Lebrecht Strippelmann
1804 - 1889
Ludewig Johann von Slicher
1809 - 1896
Christian Thielemann (Schauspieler)
1809 - 1871
Ferdinand von Meyerfeld
1808 - 1882