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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Dieter Grimm
Born 1937
Johannes-Wilhelm Rörig
Born 1959
Henry Ormond
1901 - 1973
Paul Felix Aschrott
1856 - 1927
Ernst Hauck
Born 1954
Joachim Rottmann
1925 - 2014
Burkhard Wilhelm Pfeiffer
1777 - 1852
Rudolf Weber-Lortsch
1908 - 1976
Karl Gustav von Goßler
1810 - 1885
Fritz Grau (Jurist)
1890 - 1975
Wolfgang Schier
1918 - 2005
Karl-Heinz Nieders
1922 - 1984
Philipp Daltrop
1876 - 1957
Heinrich Bernhardi
1848 - 1927
Otto Kretschmer (Politiker)
1940 - 2004
Johann Christoph Buch
1715 - 1774
Heinrich Goddaeus
1742 - 1819
Friedrich Fechner
1902 - 1964
Friedrich Schneider (Jurist)
1882 - 1945
Oskar von Cornberg
1855 - 1928
Ludwig Moeli
1817 - 1894
Wolfgang Mütze
Born 1943
Ludwig von Stiernberg
1835 - 1913
Karl von Specht
1822 - 1899