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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Ludwig Mond
1839 - 1909
Wilhelm Körner
1839 - 1925
Georg von Welling
1652 - 1727
Adolf Karl Ludwig Claus
1838 - 1900
Ernst von Meyer (Chemiker)
1847 - 1916
Torsten Müller (agroscientist)
Born 1962
George André Lenoir
1825 - 1909
Wilhelm Bachmann (Chemiker)
1885 - 1933
Carl Friedrich Claus
1827 - 1900
Carl Aubel
1837 - 1882
Stefan Schmatz
Born 1968
Johann Conrad Bromeis (Chemiker)
1820 - 1862
Gerhard Schröder (Chemiker)
1929 - 2015
Carl Friedrich Gustav Vogt
1839 - 1886
Karl Kraushaar (Chemiker)
1845 - 1920