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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- Writing
- Art & Design
- Film & TV
- Sports
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Andreas Achenbach
1815 - 1910
Arnold Bode
1900 - 1977
Johann Erdmann Hummel
1769 - 1852
Charles Christian Nahl
1818 - 1878
Johann Martin von Rohden
1778 - 1868
Andreas Müller (painter)
1811 - 1890
August von Wille
1829 - 1887
Ludwig des Coudres
1820 - 1878
Tethart Philipp Christian Haag
1737 - 1812
August Bromeis
1813 - 1881
Ernst Metz
1892 - 1973
Hugo Wilhelm Arthur Nahl
1833 - 1889
Paul Scheffer
1877 - 1916
Carl Horn (Maler)
1874 - 1945
Albert Schindehütte
Born 1939
Adolf Lins
1856 - 1927
Max Weinberg (Maler)
1928 - 2018
Matthäus Gundelach
1566 - 1654
Henri Pfeiffer
1907 - 1994
Ludwig Sigismund Ruhl
1794 - 1887
Heinrich Hoffmann (Kunstmaler)
1859 - 1933
Bernard Schumacher
1872 - 1932
Pit Morell
Born 1939
August von der Embde
1780 - 1862
Carl Fink (Maler)
1814 - 1890
Jürgen Ehre
Born 1941
Carl Heinrich Arnold
1793 - 1874
Valentine Rothe
Born 1934
Heinrich Giebel
1865 - 1951
Yargo De Lucca
1925 - 2008
Friedrich Gunkel
1819 - 1876
Jonas Zeuner
1727 - 1814
Wilhelm Schott (Maler)
1893 - 1990
Eduard Niczky
1850 - 1919
Jeremias David Alexander Fiorino
1797 - 1847
Eduard Ihlée
1812 - 1885
Karl Christian Aubel
1796 - 1882
Adolf Carl
1814 - 1845
Emilie von der Embde
1816 - 1904
Carl Clobes
1912 - 1996
Louis Katzenstein
1824 - 1907
Carl Johann Arnold
1829 - 1916
Caroline Klauhold
1812 - 1867
Eduard Handwerck
1824 - 1883
Ernst Friedrich Ferdinand Robert
1763 - 1843
Emil Zimmermann (Maler)
1858 - 1898
Johann Heinrich Eisenträger
1730 - 1788
Hermann Metz
1865 - 1945
Carl Döbel
1903 - 1959
Rolf Gerner
Born 1941
Ernst Röttger
1899 - 1967
Justus Krauskopf
1787 - 1869
Magnus de Quitter
1694 - 1744
Johann Wolfgang Aveman
1583 - 1620
Heinrich Ohlwein
1898 - 1969
Meta Muscat
1903 - 1978
Karl August Avenarius
1788 - 1831
Eduard Brauer (Maler)
1798 - 1867
Heinrich Ely senior
1820 - 1886
Wilhelm Breidenstein
1836 - 1859
Ludwig Bibyxt (Maler)
Born 1794