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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- Filtered to 1890s Clear ×
Helmut Hasse
1898 - 1979
Hans Rothfels
1891 - 1976
Manfred Hausmann
1898 - 1986
Elisabeth Selbert
1896 - 1986
Georg, Prince of Saxe-Meiningen
1892 - 1946
Princess Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen
1891 - 1971
Artur Mahraun
1890 - 1950
Bernard Etté
1898 - 1973
Ernst Metz
1892 - 1973
Rolf Wuthmann
1893 - 1977
Herman Lamm
1890 - 1930
Konrad Kaletsch
1898 - 1978
Friedrich Wilhelm Eckhardt
1892 - 1961
Kurt Kersten (Autor)
1891 - 1962
Gertrud Wasserzug
1894 - 1992
August Christian Riekel
1897 - 1967
Konrad Gorges
1898 - 1968
Herbert Lewandowski
1896 - 1996
Wilhelm Struve (SA-Mitglied)
1895 - 1971
Basilius Ebel
1896 - 1968
Kurt Volkmann
1897 - 1958
Sturm Kegel
1892 - 1979
Hilde Wörner
1895 - 1963
Werner von Fichte
1896 - 1955
Wilhelm Schott (Maler)
1893 - 1990
Walter Poppe
1892 - 1968
Georg Müller (Historiker)
1893 - 1978
Hedwig Jochmus
1899 - 1993
Fritz Reinhardt (membre SS)
1898 - 1965
Heinrich Lauber
1899 - 1979
Fritz Wentzell
1899 - 1948
Walther Seidler
1897 - 1951
Rudolf Vaupel
1894 - 1945
Fritz Grau (Jurist)
1890 - 1975
Franz Bachér
1894 - 1987
Fritz Lengemann
1892 - 1934
Will Scheller
1890 - 1937
Kurt Sellnick
1894 - 1975
Ludolf von Wedel-Parlow
1890 - 1970
Josef Menke (Politiker)
1899 - 1975
Ernst Kribben
1898 - 1976
Dankmar Zergiebel
1895 - 1983
Kurt Katzenstein
1895 - 1984
Josef Grünewald
1897 - 1984
Heinrich Burhenne
1892 - 1945
Anna Zinke
1892 - 1958
Willi Wittrock
1898 - 1966
Rudolf Genschel
1891 - 1972
Ernst Röttger
1899 - 1967
Götz Kilian
1892 - 1940
Ernst Tegethoff
1890 - 1955
Friedrich Quanz
1892 - 1968
Eduard Trabert
1890 - 1969
Karl Pfannkuch
1898 - 1965
Dela E. Gotthelft
1895 - 1970
Heinrich Reinhardt (Politiker)
1894 - 1959
Detlef Bock von Wülfingen
1895 - 1984
Heinrich Ohlwein
1898 - 1969
Fritz Mißmahl
1897 - 1945
Georg Korth
1896 - 1985
Christoph Kalb
1895 - 1980
Heinrich Schneider (NS-Funktionär)
1894 - 1964
Konrad Verne
1899 - 1962