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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Adolf Eugen Fick
1829 - 1901
Herman Grimm
1828 - 1901
Salomon Hermann Mosenthal
1821 - 1877
Heinrich Heppe
1820 - 1879
August von Wille
1829 - 1887
Adolf Ebert
1820 - 1890
Ludwig des Coudres
1820 - 1878
Jean Joseph Bott
1826 - 1895
Johann August Kaupert
1822 - 1899
Viktor von Meibom
1821 - 1892
Max Büdinger
1828 - 1902
Karl Hassenpflug
1824 - 1890
Otto Philipp Braun (journalist)
1824 - 1900
Wilhelm Mangold (Theologe)
1825 - 1890
Wilhelm Lotz
1829 - 1879
George André Lenoir
1825 - 1909
Wilhelm Seelig
1821 - 1906
Emil Heinrich Otto Müller
1826 - 1914
Adam Pfaff
1820 - 1886
Karl Grimm
1826 - 1893
Carl Friedrich Claus
1827 - 1900
Karl Preser
1828 - 1910
Lina Fuhr
1828 - 1906
Louis Katzenstein
1824 - 1907
Louis von Hesberg
1824 - 1909
Carl Johann Arnold
1829 - 1916
Eduard Handwerck
1824 - 1883
Heinrich Fick (Rechtswissenschaftler)
1822 - 1895
Hermann Weigel
1828 - 1887
Richard Harnier
1820 - 1885
Julius Grimm (Politiker)
1821 - 1911
Karl Lyncker
1823 - 1855
Franz Lotz
1822 - 1906
Johann Conrad Bromeis (Chemiker)
1820 - 1862
Leo Strippelmann
1826 - 1882
Konrad Butterweck
1825 - 1899
Heinrich Gerhardt
1823 - 1915
Alexandre Henne
1821 - 1896
Julius von Schmidt
1827 - 1908
Heinrich Ely senior
1820 - 1886
Karl von Specht
1822 - 1899