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 1870s Clear ×
Wilhelm Pinder
1878 - 1947
Friedrich von Oppeln-Bronikowski
1873 - 1936
Ernst Neumann-Neander
1871 - 1954
Julius Jordan
1877 - 1945
Paul Scheffer
1877 - 1916
Carl Horn (Maler)
1874 - 1945
Felix Plaut
1877 - 1940
Bernard Schumacher
1872 - 1932
Peter Benedix (Schriftsteller)
1877 - 1954
Friedrich Fennel
1872 - 1926
Hans Neumann (Grafiker)
1873 - 1957
Georg Potente
1876 - 1945
Hans Meyer-Kassel
1872 - 1952
Austen Fox Riggs
1876 - 1940
Hans Hochapfel
1871 - 1930
Emil Leyde
1879 - 1924
Ernst Engel (Grafiker)
1879 - 1967
Karl Ludwig Pfeiffer (Bankier)
1874 - 1952
Philipp Daltrop
1876 - 1957
Rudolf Zahn
1875 - 1916
Arnold Latwesen
1870 - 1951
August Bode (Industrieller)
1875 - 1960
Paul Meißner (Mediziner)
1876 - 1962