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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- Art & Design
- Film & TV
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- Filtered to 1840s Clear ×
Carl Schäfer
1844 - 1908
Jakob Stilling
1842 - 1915
Fritz Luckhardt
1843 - 1894
Sophie Junghans
1845 - 1907
Carl Friedrich Echtermeier
1845 - 1910
Carl Moeli
1849 - 1919
Ernst von Meyer (Chemiker)
1847 - 1916
Heinrich I. von Hanau-Hořovice
1842 - 1917
Christoph Hehl
1847 - 1911
Wilhelm Pfannkuch
1841 - 1923
Wilhelm Breithaupt (Erfinder)
1841 - 1931
Hugo Schneider
1841 - 1925
Ernst August Roßteuscher
1849 - 1914
Moritz Alsberg
1840 - 1920
Philipp von Hanau-Hořovice
1844 - 1914
Carl Nordmann
1849 - 1922
Karl Brandau
1849 - 1917
Heinrich Bernhardi
1848 - 1927
Carl von Altenbockum
1842 - 1910
Marie Quanter
1840 - 1918
Karl von Hanau-Hořovice
1840 - 1905
Ida Janson
1847 - 1923
Ferdinand Schorbach
1846 - 1912
Jean Berlit
1848 - 1937
Karl Kraushaar (Chemiker)
1845 - 1920
Wilhelm Ruhl
1848 - 1926
Carl Pfeiffer (Bankier)
1844 - 1912
Karl Schraub
1847 - 1917