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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.

Through the Decades

One face per decade — the most globally famous figure born in Kassel during each.

What Kassel Is Known For

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Politician is Kassel's biggest profession — 11% of all notables (131).

Kassel over-indexes on aristocrat7.0× the global rate.

Kassel under-produces football — only 0.3× the global rate.

  1. Politician131
  2. Painter61
  3. Academic57
  4. Author53
  5. Actor46
  6. Writer40
  7. Lawyer39
  8. Football34
  1. Aristocrat147.0×
  2. Art Historian125.3×
  3. Author535.1×
  4. Academic574.7×
  5. Judge244.3×
  6. Chemist153.6×
  7. Theologian133.0×
  8. Architect292.7×
  1. Football340.3×
  2. Singer160.6×

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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Showing 64 of 1,196 notable people

0032 PAINTER

Arnold Bode

1900 - 1977

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0058 THEORIST

Walter Gross (politician)

1904 - 1945

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0088 SINGER

Ferdinand Frantz

1906 - 1959

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0112 NAZI

Eberhard Taubert

1907 - 1976

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0130 ATHLETIC

Leni Junker

1905 - 1997

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0168 LAWYER

Karl Lasch

1904 - 1942

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0197 POLITICIAN

August-Martin Euler

1908 - 1966

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0199 SOCIOLOGIST

Hans Heinrich Gerth

1908 - 1978

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0226 PHYSICIAN

Kurt Reuber

1906 - 1944

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0229 COMPOSER

Heinz Friedrich Hartig

1907 - 1969

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0245 AUTHOR

Lucien Scheler

1902 - 1999

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0263 HOCKEY

Erich Zander

1905 - 1991

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0269 ATHLETIC

Max Danz

1908 - 2000

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0308 AUTHOR

Horst Rocholl

1908 - 2004

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0317 OFFICER

Horst Freiherr Treusch von Buttlar-Brandenfels

1900 - 1990

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0353 PAINTER

Henri Pfeiffer

1907 - 1994

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0363 DIPLOMAT

Franz Nüßlein

1909 - 2003

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0371 JUDGE

Henry Ormond

1901 - 1973

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0412 GERMANIST

Karl Brethauer

1906 - 1992

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0424 SOLDIER

Hans-Gerrit von Stockhausen

1907 - 1943

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0427 ACADEMIC

Elisabeth Siegel

1901 - 2002

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0459 ARCHITECT

Paul Bode (Architekt)

1903 - 1978

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0467 ART HISTORIAN

Harald Keller (Kunsthistoriker)

1903 - 1989

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0473 JOURNALIST

Carl Mertens

1902 - 1932

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0475 WRITER

Clara von Arnim

1909 - 2009

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0477 POLITICIAN

Georg Strickrodt

1902 - 1989

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0508 ACADEMIC

Wilhelm Maurer (Theologe)

1900 - 1982

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0521 POLICE

Ludwig Ramdohr

1909 - 1947

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0562 ACTOR

Adolf Gerstung

1909 - 1991

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0571 ZOOLOGIST

Willy Nolte

1906 - 2004

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0608 COMPOSER

Eugen Bodart

1905 - 1981

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0612 CONDUCTOR

Ludwig Roselius (Komponist)

1902 - 1977

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0617 POLICE

Heinrich Bergmann (SS-Mitglied)

1902 - 1980

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0648 PUPPETEER

Harro Siegel

1900 - 1985

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0656 ARCHAEOLOGIST

Werner Jorns

1909 - 1990

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0658 GEOLOGIST

Gerhard Richter-Bernburg

1907 - 1990

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0667 LAWYER

Günther Joël

1903 - 1978

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0678 PHYSICIST

Kurt Lion

1904 - 1980

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0725 JUDGE

Rudolf Weber-Lortsch

1908 - 1976

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0730 POLITICIAN

Ernst Melis

1909 - 2007

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0735 DENTIST

Ernst J. Martin

1900 - 1967

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0748 PAEDIATRICIAN

Heinz Hungerland

1905 - 1987

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0755 ECOLOGIST

Robert Ganse

1909 - 1972

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0828 ACADEMIC

Karl Boekholt

1902 - 1983

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0830 BISCHOF

Adolf Wüstemann

1901 - 1966

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0844 PHYSICIAN

Robert Hördemann

1900 - 1991

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0852 SURGEON

Heinrich Gißel

1902 - 1944

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0881 MANAGER

Heinrich Plett

1908 - 1963

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0915 ACADEMIC

Georg Gliemeroth

1907 - 1982

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0928 POLITICIAN

Herbert Hausmann

1902 - 1980

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0958 POLITICIAN

Willi Köhler (Journalist)

1907 - 1977

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0977 AUTHOR

Walter Schinzer

1906 - 1991

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0998 PAINTER

Carl Döbel

1903 - 1959

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1000 ACADEMIC

Josef Gerke

1909 - 1977

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1008 LEITER

Hans-Joachim Becker

1909 - 1974

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1039 TYPOGRAPHER

Fritz Lometsch

1900 - 1992

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1060 LANDRAT

Walter Möhring

1900 - 1964

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1061 ARCHITECT

Max Loeb

1901 - 1962

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1086 MITARBEITER

Hildegard Jacoby

1903 - 1944

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1118 JUDGE

Friedrich Fechner

1902 - 1964

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1133 POLITICIAN

Fritz Dettner

1905 - 1937

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1142 PAINTER

Meta Muscat

1903 - 1978

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1149 BEAMTE

Adolf Häser

Born 1903

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1183 TEACHER

Ilse Demme

1909 - 1969

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