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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- Field: Politician Clear ×
Philipp Scheidemann
1865 - 1939
Brigitte Zypries
Born 1953
Hans Eichel
Born 1941
Holger Börner
1931 - 2006
Adolf Wild von Hohenborn
1860 - 1925
Gerhard Jahn
1927 - 1998
Elisabeth Selbert
1896 - 1986
Lothar Binding
Born 1950
Artur Mahraun
1890 - 1950
Martina Werner
Born 1961
Matthias Berninger
Born 1971
Jörg-Uwe Hahn
Born 1956
August-Martin Euler
1908 - 1966
Friedrich von Motz
1775 - 1830
Eva Kühne-Hörmann
Born 1962
Andreas Baum
Born 1978
Max Becker (Politiker)
1888 - 1960
Jürgen Girgensohn
1924 - 2007
Florian Rentsch
Born 1975
Konrad Gorges
1898 - 1968
Kristin Alheit
Born 1967
Mark Weinmeister
Born 1967
Norbert Wieczorek
Born 1940
Michael A. Brown (Washington, D.C. politician)
Born 1965
Karl-Heinz Koch
1924 - 2007
Karl Branner
1910 - 1997
Richard Wurbs
1920 - 2018
Georg Strickrodt
1902 - 1989
Wilhelm Struve (SA-Mitglied)
1895 - 1971
Karl Wittrock
1917 - 2000
Christian Geselle
Born 1976
Axel Zarges
1932 - 1989
Lasse Becker
Born 1983
Wilfried Böhm
Born 1934
Wilhelm Pfannkuch
1841 - 1923
Karin Müller (Politikerin)
Born 1962
Jérôme von Schlotheim
1809 - 1882
Holger Poppenhäger
Born 1957
Carl Friedrich Heinrich Levin von Wintzingerode �
1778 - 1856
Ulrike Gottschalck
Born 1955
Edgar Meister
Born 1940
Erich Liebermann von Sonnenberg
1885 - 1941
Constantin Rembe
1868 - 1958
Ludwig Schüler
1836 - 1930
Georg von Schmerfeld
1759 - 1823
Wilhelm Rivalier von Meysenbug
1813 - 1866
Wilhelm Knothe (Politiker)
1888 - 1952
Alexander von Baumbach
1814 - 1894
Egon Höhmann
1926 - 1979
Karin Mathes
Born 1955
Horst Peter (Politiker)
1937 - 2012
Karl Waitz von Eschen
1795 - 1873
Hedwig Jochmus
1899 - 1993
Udo Schlitzberger
Born 1946
Willi Seidel
1885 - 1976
Friedrich Wilhelm von Loßberg (1776–1848) – W
1776 - 1848
Ernst Melis
1909 - 2007
Friedrich Nebelthau (Politiker, 1806)
1806 - 1875
Carl Rivalier von Meysenbug
1779 - 1847
Wolf von Zworowsky
1924 - 2015
Walther Seidler
1897 - 1951
Heinrich Wilhelm Karl von Harnier
1767 - 1823
Georg August Rudolph
1816 - 1893
Rudi Walther
1928 - 2010
Theodor Schröder (Politiker, 1860)
1860 - 1951
Friedrich Ferdinand Wilhelm von Schäffer-Bernstei
1790 - 1861
Fritz Lengemann
1892 - 1934
Lothar Haase
1923 - 2013
Ekkehard Stuhldreher
Born 1924
Wolfgang Decker (Politiker, 1955)
Born 1955
Andreas Büttner (Politiker)
Born 1973
Gerhard Schmidt (Politiker, 1940)
Born 1940
Sonja Deuter
Born 1959
Anneliese Augustin
Born 1930
Hans von Goldacker
1882 - 1957
Christian Wittrock
1882 - 1967
Ellen Lauterbach
1923 - 2011
Adolph Cnyrim
1800 - 1876
Herbert Hausmann
1902 - 1980
Johann Diedrich Noltenius
1911 - 1979
Georg Wilhelm Carl
1770 - 1826
Franz Lotz
1822 - 1906
Gustav Hüpeden
1850 - 1937
Cornelius Gellert
1881 - 1944
Willi Köhler (Journalist)
1907 - 1977
Josef Menke (Politiker)
1899 - 1975
Gerhard Wenderoth
1930 - 2002
Albert Weber (Politiker)
1919 - 2008
Walther Ludewig
1923 - 2012
Gerhard Sprenger
1929 - 1997
Justus Ulrich
1835 - 1900
Josef Grünewald
1897 - 1984
Thomas Ackermann (Politiker)
Born 1967
Jürgen Blutte
Born 1954
Anna Zinke
1892 - 1958
Wilhelm Engelhardt (Brauer)
1834 - 1895
Wilhelm Imhoff
1910 - 1989
Willi Wittrock
1898 - 1966
Philipp von Lehrbach
1789 - 1857
Karl Bachmann (Politiker, 1911)
1911 - 1997
Manuela Strube
Born 1980
Bernhard Reuter
Born 1955
Ferdinand Schmidt (Politiker, 1918)
1918 - 1980
Lisa Vollmer
Born 1937
Erich Jordan
1912 - 1997
Wilhelm Bachmann (Politiker, 1924)
1924 - 1987
Susanne Selbert
Born 1960
Björn Sänger
Born 1975
Friedrich Quanz
1892 - 1968
Christian Somogyi
Born 1956
Eduard Trabert
1890 - 1969
Friedrich Heinrich Goddäus
1734 - 1795
Christoph Ludwig Goddäus
1723 - 1793
Heinrich Reinhardt (Politiker)
1894 - 1959
Jean Berlit
1848 - 1937
Frank Sauter
Born 1958
Frank Williges
Born 1962
Matthias Wambach
Born 1963
Fritz Dettner
1905 - 1937
Johann Hermann Koch
1795 - 1862
Joseph Arend
1885 - 1938
Walter Siebert
Born 1946
Ingeburg Schäfer
Born 1934
Friedrich Christoph von Schmincke
1775 - 1845
Ferdinand von Meyerfeld
1808 - 1882
Elga Kampfhenkel
Born 1945
Konrad Verne
1899 - 1962
Volker Richter
Born 1964
Oliver Ulloth
Born 1983
Georg Hänel (Politiker)
1883 - 1936
Heinrich Loos
1886 - 1942