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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

0167 ACADEMIC

William W. Hallo

1928 - 2015

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0187 ACADEMIC

Ulrich Friedrich Kopp

1762 - 1834

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0204 ACADEMIC

Jost Hermand

Born 1930

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0211 ACADEMIC

Alfred Kröner

1939 - 2019

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0252 ACADEMIC

Viktor von Meibom

1821 - 1892

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0320 ACADEMIC

Helmut Henne

Born 1936

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0326 ACADEMIC

Johann Christoph Ullmann

1771 - 1821

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0381 ACADEMIC

Christoph Hehl

1847 - 1911

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0383 ACADEMIC

Dirk Uffelmann

Born 1969

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0398 ACADEMIC

Helmut Martin (Sinologe)

1940 - 1999

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0407 ACADEMIC

Klaus Sames

Born 1939

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0427 ACADEMIC

Elisabeth Siegel

1901 - 2002

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0441 ACADEMIC

Gerhard Wagner (Jurist)

Born 1962

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0443 ACADEMIC

Angelika Hartmann (Islamwissenschaftlerin)

Born 1944

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0450 ACADEMIC

Carl Julius Caesar

1816 - 1886

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0462 ACADEMIC

Heinrich Köhler (Architekt)

1830 - 1903

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0474 ACADEMIC

Felix Semmelroth

Born 1949

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0487 ACADEMIC

Wilhelm Lotz (Theologe)

1853 - 1928

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0498 ACADEMIC

Hansjörg Melchior

Born 1938

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0499 ACADEMIC

Günter Lanczkowski

1917 - 1993

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0508 ACADEMIC

Wilhelm Maurer (Theologe)

1900 - 1982

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0510 ACADEMIC

Matthias Morgenstern

Born 1959

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0524 ACADEMIC

Reiner Bastine

Born 1939

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0534 ACADEMIC

Barbara Schaeffer-Hegel

Born 1936

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0537 ACADEMIC

Christoph Fasbender

Born 1966

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0549 ACADEMIC

Maria-Sibylla Lotter

Born 1961

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0584 ACADEMIC

Rolf Reichardt

Born 1940

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0585 ACADEMIC

Rolf Daniel

Born 1963

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0615 ACADEMIC

Johann Peter Bucher

1740 - 1820

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0628 ACADEMIC

Walther Hadding

Born 1934

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0663 ACADEMIC

Georg Koch (Maler, 1819)

1819 - 1899

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0666 ACADEMIC

Peter Römer

Born 1936

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0671 ACADEMIC

Wolrad Rommel

Born 1955

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0690 ACADEMIC

Johann Peter Waldeck

1751 - 1815

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0693 ACADEMIC

Klaus Peter Rippe

Born 1959

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0718 ACADEMIC

Martin Schüttler

Born 1974

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0749 ACADEMIC

Albert Lotz

1858 - 1926

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0756 ACADEMIC

Fritz H. Schröder

Born 1937

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0791 ACADEMIC

Klaus Ulich

Born 1943

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0803 ACADEMIC

Hans Theile

Born 1971

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0806 ACADEMIC

Johann Helfrich Chuno

1632 - 1686

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0819 ACADEMIC

Franz Bachér

1894 - 1987

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0824 ACADEMIC

Rudolf Wille (Ingenieur)

1911 - 1973

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0828 ACADEMIC

Karl Boekholt

1902 - 1983

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0831 ACADEMIC

Heinrich Fick (Rechtswissenschaftler)

1822 - 1895

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0837 ACADEMIC

Reinhard F. Werner

Born 1954

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0845 ACADEMIC

Bernd Nentwig

Born 1957

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0850 ACADEMIC

Heinrich Nicolaus Horstmann

1817 - 1884

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0857 ACADEMIC

Peter Burschel (Forstwissenschaftler)

1927 - 2013

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0870 ACADEMIC

Julius Grimm (Politiker)

1821 - 1911

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0882 ACADEMIC

Wolfgang Wischmeyer

Born 1944

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0901 ACADEMIC

Ernst Engel (Grafiker)

1879 - 1967

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0915 ACADEMIC

Georg Gliemeroth

1907 - 1982

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0974 ACADEMIC

Christian Jeremias Rollin

1703 - 1781

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1000 ACADEMIC

Josef Gerke

1909 - 1977

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1056 ACADEMIC

Werner Slenczka

Born 1934

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1156 ACADEMIC

Werner Jacobs (Theologe)

1913 - 2007

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