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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 57 of 1,196 notable people

0062 EDUCATOR

Arno Stern

Born 1924

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0063 FOOTBALL

Karl-Heinz Metzner

1923 - 1994

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0068 POLITICIAN

Gerhard Jahn

1927 - 1998

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0094 SCULPTOR

Erwin Heerich

1922 - 2004

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0149 JOURNALIST

Richard Baier

Born 1926

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0166 HISTORIAN

Ernst Schulin

1929 - 2017

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0167 ACADEMIC

William W. Hallo

1928 - 2015

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0185 LAWYER

Rudolf Bernhardt

Born 1925

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0283 ACTOR

Jochen Thomas

1925 - 1995

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0285 HISTORIAN

Albrecht Dihle

1923 - 2020

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0294 BIOLOGIST

Norbert Pfennig

1925 - 2008

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0322 POLITICIAN

Jürgen Girgensohn

1924 - 2007

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0334 PAINTER

Max Weinberg (Maler)

1928 - 2018

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0370 BUSINESS

Sigi Ziering

1928 - 2000

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0382 THERAPIST

Benyamin Maoz

1929 - 2014

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0394 THEOLOGIAN

Hannelore Erhart

1927 - 2013

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0431 WRITER

Christa Slezak-Schindler

Born 1926

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0468 POLITICIAN

Karl-Heinz Koch

1924 - 2007

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0476 POLITICIAN

Richard Wurbs

1920 - 2018

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0492 PHARMACIST

Hans-Joachim Schweitzer

1928 - 2007

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0501 PHYSICIAN

Werner Hunstein

1928 - 2012

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0544 PAINTER

Yargo De Lucca

1925 - 2008

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0548 MANAGER

Albert Vietor

1922 - 1984

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0555 THEOLOGIAN

Hartmut Sierig

1925 - 1968

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0579 ORNITHOLOGIST

Dieter Blume

1920 - 2004

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0590 PRODUCER

Addi Hellwig

1922 - 1996

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0604 JUDGE

Joachim Rottmann

1925 - 2014

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0629 AUTHOR

Johannes Jourdan

1923 - 2020

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0631 ENGINEER

Wilhelm von der Emde

1922 - 2020

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0645 LAWYER

Günter Wetzel

1922 - 2018

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0652 FOOTBALL

Walter Müller (Fußballspieler, 1928)

1928 - 1995

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0681 POLITICIAN

Egon Höhmann

1926 - 1979

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0684 ACTOR

Rüdiger Lichti

1927 - 2002

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0700 PHOTOGRAPHER

Hans Germandi

1925 - 2014

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0722 JOURNALIST

Wolf J. Bell

1924 - 2014

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0750 LIBRARIAN

Otto Klapp

1922 - 1986

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0759 POLITICIAN

Wolf von Zworowsky

1924 - 2015

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0786 THEATRE

Horst Müller (Pädagoge)

1929 - 2020

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0788 PHYSICIAN

Horst Joachim Rheindorf

1922 - 2018

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0800 POLITICIAN

Rudi Walther

1928 - 2010

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0810 REDAKTEUR

Ilse Werder

Born 1925

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0813 PALAEONTOLOGIST

Wolfgang Struve (Paläontologe)

1924 - 1997

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0832 POLITICIAN

Lothar Haase

1923 - 2013

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0834 POLITICIAN

Ekkehard Stuhldreher

Born 1924

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0836 AUTHOR

Herbert Bräuning

1921 - 2014

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0857 ACADEMIC

Peter Burschel (Forstwissenschaftler)

1927 - 2013

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0922 POLITICIAN

Ellen Lauterbach

1923 - 2011

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0950 JUDGE

Karl-Heinz Nieders

1922 - 1984

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0961 CHEMIST

Gerhard Schröder (Chemiker)

1929 - 2015

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0987 ARCHITECT

Hans Georg Heimel

1927 - 2015

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0996 POLITICIAN

Walther Ludewig

1923 - 2012

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1001 PHOTOGRAPHER

Ingeborg Hoppe

1920 - 1983

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1004 POLITICIAN

Gerhard Sprenger

1929 - 1997

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1034 FARMER

Leopold Graf von Rothkirch und Trach

1923 - 2009

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1080 POLITICIAN

Wilhelm Bachmann (Politiker, 1924)

1924 - 1987

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1095 INTERNIST

Günther Simon (Internist)

1921 - 2015

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1140 OFFICER

Karl-Heinz Becker (Jäger)

1920 - 2016

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