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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- Writing
- Art & Design
- Film & TV
- Sports
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- Filtered to 1910s Clear ×
Peter Berglar
1919 - 1989
Annely Juda
1914 - 2006
Tilo von Berlepsch
1913 - 1991
Wilhelm Oxenius
1912 - 1979
Theodor Haltenorth
1910 - 1981
Wolfgang Schellmann
1911 - 1941
Heinrich Kling
1913 - 1951
Leo Mildenberg
1913 - 2001
Hans Schönberger
1916 - 2005
Karl Branner
1910 - 1997
Helmut E. Ehrhardt
1914 - 1997
Günter Lanczkowski
1917 - 1993
Karl-Heinz Otto (Prähistoriker)
1915 - 1989
Karl Wittrock
1917 - 2000
Hans-Joachim Wunderlich
1918 - 1998
Hans Hartleb
Born 1910
Julius Knierim
1919 - 1999
Heinrich Seewald
1918 - 1999
Carl Clobes
1912 - 1996
Fides von Gontard
1917 - 2007
Alfred Schöpffe
1917 - 1992
Karl Eugen Gass
1912 - 1944
Bernhard Opfermann
1913 - 1995
Heinrich von Trott zu Solz
1918 - 2009
Rudolf Wille (Ingenieur)
1911 - 1973
Heinz Brandt (Panzer)
1912 - 1996
Herbert Chiout
1910 - 2010
Ingeborg-Maria von Werthern
1913 - 1996
Horst-Günther von Fassong
1919 - 1945
Wolfgang Schier
1918 - 2005
Johann Diedrich Noltenius
1911 - 1979
Karl-Hermann Reccius
1916 - 2003
Albert Weber (Politiker)
1919 - 2008
Franz Reckert
1914 - 2004
Gerhard Merzyn
1918 - 1983
Wilhelm Imhoff
1910 - 1989
Bruno Freiherr von Brackel
1911 - 1941
Karl Bachmann (Politiker, 1911)
1911 - 1997
Ferdinand Schmidt (Politiker, 1918)
1918 - 1980
Erich Jordan
1912 - 1997
Paul Werner (Jurist)
1913 - 2003
Anna Hagemann
1919 - 2008
Arkadius Maria Wilhelm Spieker
1910 - 1945
Helmut Ellmenreich
1913 - 1943
Werner Jacobs (Theologe)
1913 - 2007
Hanns-Christoph Becker von Sothen
1916 - 1980