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.
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- Filtered to 1930s Clear ×
Heiko Braak
Born 1937
Heiner Zieschang
1936 - 2004
Lukas Heller
1930 - 1988
Klaus Hepp
Born 1936
Peter Märthesheimer
1937 - 2004
Ilse Gramatzki
Born 1939
Birgit Bergen
Born 1938
Christoph Bertram
Born 1937
Raimer Jochims
Born 1935
Manfred Rulffs
1935 - 2007
Karin Grasshof
Born 1937
Konrad Hansen
1933 - 2012
Lothar Krappmann
Born 1936
Sven Jenssen
Born 1934
Maria-Elisabeth Michel-Beyerle
Born 1935
Uwe Henrik Peters
Born 1930
Joachim Bliese
Born 1935
Hauke Lange-Fuchs
1934 - 2019
Emil Willer
Born 1932
Norman Junge
Born 1938
Hans J. Hofmann
1936 - 2010
Berndt Heydemann
1930 - 2017
Erich Hahn (Philosoph)
Born 1930
Hinrich John
Born 1936
Wibke von Bonin
Born 1936
Erhard Forndran
1938 - 2018
Reinhard Uhle-Wettler
Born 1932
Hans-Dieter Ihlenfeldt
Born 1932
Claus Boysen
1938 - 2007
Kai Borsche
Born 1938
Friedrich-Otto Scharbau
1935 - 2013
Ursula Mellin
Born 1938
Peter Bassenge
Born 1934
Antje Geerk
Born 1938
Rolf Heide
1932 - 2020
Jürgen Kromphardt
Born 1933
Wolfgang Kuhlmann
Born 1939
Werner Frotscher
Born 1937
Siegfried Keil
1934 - 2018
Ulrich Huber (Rechtswissenschaftler, 1936)
Born 1936
Alexander U. Martens
1935 - 2014
Hans-Hermann Braess
Born 1936
Dieter Bremer
Born 1938
Bruno Rixen
1931 - 2020
Gerhard Rohde
1931 - 2015
Robert Knüppel
Born 1931
Arno Heller
Born 1939
Klaus Wanke
1933 - 2011
Klaus Wilms
Born 1939
Klaus Hinrich Heberle
1931 - 1998
Karin Wittneben
1935 - 2016
Siegbert Keller
1937 - 2015
Bernward Hölting
1930 - 2015
Dierk Henningsen
Born 1935
Eckart Cordes
Born 1933
Bernhard Gmelin
Born 1939
Gerhard Kaufmann (Volkskundler)
1936 - 2009
Rüdiger Kaldewey
Born 1939
Detlef Krauß
1934 - 2010
Gunter Gross-Selbeck
Born 1939
Horst Langniß
1930 - 2016
Athanasius Wolff
1931 - 2013
Klaus-Peter Dienst
1935 - 1982
Klaus Bock
1930 - 1995
Jürgen Remane
1934 - 2004
Lorenz Huber (General)
Born 1938
Uwe Bleyl
1936 - 2016
Antje Sedemund-Treiber
Born 1936
Peter Ehlers (Fußballspieler, 1933)
1933 - 2017
Dieter Bechtold
Born 1934
Johannes Christian Jochims
1933 - 2013
Horst Reckers
Born 1938
Günter Matthes (Politiker)
1936 - 2019
Magdala Christa Lewandowski
1933 - 1977
Jens Ruge
1938 - 2015
Friedhelm Zeuner
Born 1936
Wolfgang Utech
Born 1937
Manfred Greif
1939 - 1999
Klaus Rehder (Vizeadmiral)
1933 - 2018
Wolfgang Fricke (Musikpädagoge)
1933 - 2005
Karsten Wiebke
1938 - 2020
Jürgen von Gerlach
Born 1936
Hans-Uwe Emeis
1931 - 1996
Ingrid Kriegelstein
Born 1938
Karl-Heinz Sager
1931 - 2011
Wolfgang Clausen
Born 1935
Ursula Ekberg
1935 - 2015
Gert Boysen
Born 1938
Klaus Hansen (Politiker)
1939 - 1982