54.3232° N, 10.1396° E
KIEL
Most Famous People Born in Kiel, Germany
- Notable people
- 1,158
- Peak decade
- 1900s
- Median birth year
- 1925
- Most distinctive
- Soldier 13.1×
The roster carries the Imperial Navy in its bones: a Soldier bench at better than thirteen times the global baseline, rooted in the Kaiser's main Baltic base and the 1918 sailors' mutiny that kicked off the German Revolution. The Handball depth is the THW Kiel dynasty that still defines the city's sports identity, and the Economist and Art Historian signals come from the Christian-Albrechts university and its postwar Kiel Institute for the World Economy.
One face per decade — the most globally famous figure born in Kiel during each.
Notable Births by Decade
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What Kiel Is Known For
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Politician is Kiel's biggest profession — 13% of all notables (148).
Kiel over-indexes on soldier — 13.1× the global rate.
Kiel under-produces football — only 0.3× the global rate.
Profession Mix Over Time
Each band shows a profession family's share of Kiel's notable births by decade. Hover the chart for the breakdown at any decade.
- Politics & Law
- Science
- Writing
- Sports
- Art & Design
- Film & TV
- Other
- Filtered to 1880s Clear ×
Prince Waldemar of Prussia (1889–1945)
1889 - 1945
Rudolf Ladenburg
1882 - 1952
Hans Aschenborn
1888 - 1931
Heinrich Ehmsen
1886 - 1964
Adolf Werner
1886 - 1975
Rudolf Bode
1881 - 1971
Rolf Pipping
1889 - 1963
Georg Krogmann
1886 - 1915
Walter Schmidkunz
1887 - 1961
Friedrich Peter Drömmer
1889 - 1968
Hans Howaldt
1888 - 1970
Robert Pasemann
1886 - 1968
Heinrich Prell
1888 - 1962
Gustav Gundelach
1888 - 1962
Detlef Cauer
1889 - 1918
Wilhelm Werner (Kunstsammler)
1886 - 1975
Ingwer Paulsen
1883 - 1943
Hermann von Fischel
1887 - 1950
Käte Frankenthal
1889 - 1976
Otto Eggerstedt
1886 - 1933
Editha Klipstein
1880 - 1953
Paul Balzereit
1885 - 1959
Heinrich Franke (Physiker)
1887 - 1966
Paul Barandon
1881 - 1971
Ernst Wolgast
1888 - 1959
Claire Reigbert
1887 - 1957
Friedrich Hoffmann (Wirtschaftswissenschaftler) �
1880 - 1963
Hanns Reeger
1883 - 1965
Conrad Frederick Roediger
1887 - 1973
Harald Mandt
1888 - 1974
Ferdinand Dannmeyer
1880 - 1959
Wilhelm Beetz (Historiker)
1882 - 1966
Justin Steinfeld
1886 - 1970
Richard Hansen (Politiker)
1887 - 1976
Kurt Wittmer-Eigenbrodt
1889 - 1975
Elisabeth Franke
1886 - 1931
Friedrich Hübener
1882 - 1966
Ludwig von Schröder (General)
1884 - 1941
Erich Drescher (Jurist)
1884 - 1975
Thomas Muchall-Viebrook
1881 - 1963
Max Köhler (Zeichner)
1886 - 1920
Karl Panitzki
1881 - 1970
Bernhard Lamp
1881 - 1920
Bernhard Howaldt junior
1880 - 1958
Richard Brodersen (Architekt)
1880 - 1968
Katharina Klingelhöfer
1889 - 1977
Wilhelm Müller (Politiker, 1889)
1889 - 1965
Albert Böttcher
1889 - 1965