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 1940s Clear ×
Dieter Laser
1942 - 2020
Wolf Kahler
Born 1940
Margit Carstensen
Born 1940
Marina Lewycka
Born 1946
Uwe Beyer
1945 - 1993
Horst Bredekamp
Born 1947
Egon Müller
Born 1948
Hans-Joachim Niemann
Born 1941
Peter Belli
Born 1943
Raffael Rheinsberg
1943 - 2016
Wolfgang Böhme
Born 1944
Uwe George
Born 1940
Frieder Otto Wolf
Born 1943
Harald Stein
Born 1942
Ekkehart Schlicht
Born 1945
Horst Reichenbach
Born 1945
Rolf-Gunter Dienst
1942 - 2016
Frank Geerk
1946 - 2008
Norbert Gansel
Born 1940
Ulrike Prokop
Born 1945
Holger Henze
Born 1944
Ruprecht Machleidt
Born 1943
Peter Nagel (Maler)
Born 1941
Henning Saß
Born 1944
Jürgen Worlitz
Born 1949
Jörn Biel
Born 1949
Hannelore Conradsen
Born 1948
Antje Tesche-Mentzen
Born 1943
Uwe Rathjen
1943 - 2019
Wolfgang Buresch
Born 1941
Harald Hagemann
Born 1947
Angelik Riemer
1948 - 2014
Heinz Jacobsen
Born 1940
Ekkehard Nuissl
Born 1946
Regine Kress-Fricke
Born 1943
Regine Bonke
Born 1948
Michael Garleff
Born 1940
Katharina Geinitz
1946 - 2012
Thomas Kluge (Umweltforscher)
Born 1948
Tina Schwichtenberg
Born 1944
Kay Wingberg
Born 1949
Manfred Grashof
Born 1946
Peter Finger (Politiker)
Born 1941
Rainer Lagoni
Born 1941
Roswitha Dierck
Born 1947
Thomas Walcher
Born 1941
Wulf Kirschner
Born 1947
Henning Kühnle
1943 - 2019
Peter-René Becker
Born 1949
Hans-Joachim Weller
Born 1946
Reinhold Thode
Born 1940
Hans-Georg Petersen
Born 1946
Michaela M. Özelsel
1949 - 2011
Dorothee Rocke
Born 1949
Lutz Rainer Reuter
Born 1943
Hans-Peter Krämer
Born 1941
Frank Fiedler (Musiker)
Born 1945
Manfred Isemeyer
Born 1948
Volker Volkens
Born 1942
Holger Hammerich
Born 1940
Hans-Jürgen Schnoor
Born 1946
Herbert Voßmerbäumer
Born 1940
Manfred Fock
Born 1943
Rüdiger Rabenstein
1944 - 2004
Wolfgang Schwark
Born 1942
Thies Ziemke
Born 1948
Michael Schilling (Germanist)
Born 1949
Harald Augter
1946 - 2015
Volker Lange (Mediziner)
Born 1946
Bernd Struck
Born 1940
Silke Reyer
1940 - 2011
Birgit Weihrauch
Born 1943
Gerhard Kortum
1941 - 2013
Udo Pasterny
Born 1947
Lothar Wilhelmy
Born 1940
Michael Selk
Born 1943
Jürgen Lütt
1940 - 2012
Hans-Helmut Poppendieck
Born 1948
Wielant Machleidt
Born 1942
Silke Striezel
Born 1949
Tommy Völckers
1941 - 2012
Jörg Homann
Born 1940
Ingwer Ebsen
Born 1943
Walter Sudhaus
Born 1943
Elsbeth Arlt
1948 - 2015
Dieter Krafczyk
1941 - 2016
Gunter Armonat
Born 1945
Adolf Gabriel
1943 - 2015
Christoph Jessen
Born 1946
Bernhard Brasack
Born 1949
Manfred Lucas
Born 1943
Karl-Dietrich Haase
Born 1946
Marie-Luise Apostel
Born 1945
Hans-Helmut Trense
Born 1940
Klaus-Peter Güttler
Born 1949
Bodo Maria
Born 1943
Jutta Schümann
Born 1949
Monika Schwalm
1946 - 2008
Ursula Volbeding
1947 - 1982
Jürgen Mehlfeldt
Born 1941
Eberhard Hücker
Born 1942
Rolf Schroedter
Born 1947
Helmuth Doose
Born 1947