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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Richard Cassels
1690 - 1751
Carl Schäfer
1844 - 1908
Simon Louis du Ry
1726 - 1799
Albrecht Rosengarten
1810 - 1893
Otto Voelckers
1888 - 1957
Johann Conrad Bromeis (Architekt)
1788 - 1855
Jürgen Sawade
1937 - 2015
Heinrich Christoph Jussow
1754 - 1825
Julius Eugen Ruhl
1796 - 1871
Heinrich Wiethase
1833 - 1893
August Carl Lange
1834 - 1884
Paul Bode (Architekt)
1903 - 1978
Gottlob Engelhard
1812 - 1876
Daniel Engelhard (Architekt)
1788 - 1856
Maximilian Emil Hehl
1861 - 1916
Georg Steinmetz
1882 - 1936
Wolfgang Deurer
Born 1934
Johann Christian Ruhl
1764 - 1842
Sturm Kegel
1892 - 1979
Hugo Schneider
1841 - 1925
Ernst August Roßteuscher
1849 - 1914
Johann Heinrich Wolff
1792 - 1869
Carl Nordmann
1849 - 1922
Georg Kegel
1857 - 1912
Rudolf Zahn
1875 - 1916
Hans Georg Heimel
1927 - 2015
Albert Grau
1837 - 1900
Ferdinand Schorbach
1846 - 1912
Max Loeb
1901 - 1962