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 1850s Clear ×
Josias von Heeringen
1850 - 1926
Adalbert Bezzenberger
1851 - 1922
August von Heeringen
1855 - 1927
Franz Curti
1854 - 1898
Carl Jatho
1851 - 1913
Ellen Lenneck
1851 - 1880
Adolf Lins
1856 - 1927
Anton Börsch
1854 - 1920
Heinrich Hoffmann (Kunstmaler)
1859 - 1933
Auguste Deter
1850 - 1906
Wilhelm Lotz (Theologe)
1853 - 1928
Paul Felix Aschrott
1856 - 1927
Christian Scherer
1859 - 1935
Eduard Niczky
1850 - 1919
Max Rothfels
1854 - 1935
Friedrich Oetker (Rechtswissenschaftler)
1854 - 1937
Albert Lotz
1858 - 1926
Ferdinand Orth
1856 - 1922
Emil Zimmermann (Maler)
1858 - 1898
Theodor Ebert (Geologe)
1857 - 1899
Hans Gelling
1858 - 1911
Hermann Rieß von Scheurnschloß
1854 - 1917
Kurt Schenk zu Schweinsberg
1858 - 1929
Carl Fromme (Physiker)
1852 - 1945
Gustav Hüpeden
1850 - 1937
Heinrich Stilling
1853 - 1911
Hugo Warlich
1856 - 1922
Georg Kegel
1857 - 1912
Karl Engelbrecht
1858 - 1902
Carl Schönemann
1854 - 1920
Eduard Harnier
1854 - 1936
Moritz von Hundelshausen
1856 - 1934
Friedrich Matthei
1853 - 1923
Oskar von Cornberg
1855 - 1928
Walter von Specht
1855 - 1923