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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Karl Lasch
1904 - 1942
Rudolf Bernhardt
Born 1925
Kurt Magnus
1887 - 1962
Hermann Zoll
1643 - 1725
Christopher Posch
Born 1976
Karl von Starck
1867 - 1937
Ralph Guise-Rübe
Born 1966
Kurt Volkmann
1897 - 1958
Johannes Eisenberg
Born 1955
Regnerus Engelhard
1717 - 1777
Johannes Werthauer
1866 - 1938
Christian Ludwig Runde
1773 - 1849
Günter Wetzel
1922 - 2018
Günther Joël
1903 - 1978
Max Rothfels
1854 - 1935
Karl Grimm
1826 - 1893
Burghard Vilmar
1933 - 2020
Friedrich Oetker (Rechtswissenschaftler)
1854 - 1937
Johann Philipp Engelhard
1753 - 1818
August Heinrich von Trott auf Solz
1783 - 1840
Wilhelm Burchard Sixtinus
1572 - 1652
Hugo Swart
1885 - 1952
Wilhelm Gotthelf Engelhard
1785 - 1848
Johann Franz Kunckell
1739 - 1814
Hermann Weigel
1828 - 1887
Richard Harnier
1820 - 1885
Ludwig Schwarzenberg
1787 - 1857
Karl Michael Eggena
1789 - 1840
Friedrich Pfeiffer (Jurist)
1815 - 1879
Johann Balthasar von Hoffmann
1639 - 1705
Philipp Schwarzenberg
1817 - 1885
Ernst Kribben
1898 - 1976
Karl-Hermann Reccius
1916 - 2003
Bruno Freiherr von Brackel
1911 - 1941
August Schmid (Verwaltungsjurist)
1869 - 1949
Beate Bube
Born 1964
Paul Werner (Jurist)
1913 - 2003
Fritz Mißmahl
1897 - 1945
Dirk Schönstädt
Born 1960