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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- Writing
- Sports
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- Film & TV
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- Filtered to 1950s Clear ×
Rainer Bock
Born 1954
Axel Milberg
Born 1956
Brigitte Maier
Born 1952
Angelika Beer
Born 1957
Wolfgang Rohde
1950 - 2016
Manfred Stahnke
Born 1951
Wiebke Siem
Born 1954
Rainer Koch
Born 1958
Charlotte Frank
Born 1959
Bernhard Steffen (computer scientist)
Born 1958
Karin Jöns
Born 1953
Martin Sabrow
Born 1954
Ekkehard Klug
Born 1956
Geert Mackenroth
Born 1950
Leon Boden
1958 - 2020
Bettina Hagedorn
Born 1955
Bettina Jürgensen
Born 1954
Thorsten Grenz
Born 1958
Kai Sichtermann
Born 1951
Benjamin Ortmeyer
Born 1952
Beate Jensen
Born 1958
Doris König
Born 1957
Michael Küttner
Born 1954
Wolfram Knauer
Born 1958
Johannes Brachmann
Born 1952
Jörn Klimant
Born 1958
Hans Michael Piper
Born 1952
Giselher Spitzer
Born 1952
Marion von Haaren
Born 1957
Trutz Graf Kerssenbrock
Born 1954
Michael Ruck (Politikwissenschaftler)
Born 1954
Henriette Piper
Born 1951
Reiner Wehle
Born 1954
Andreas Bönte
Born 1959
Tilman Krause
Born 1959
Gerrit Walther
Born 1959
Joachim Brügge
Born 1958
Hans Peter Kuhn
Born 1952
Bernd Lafrenz
Born 1955
Olaf Scheuring
1953 - 2009
Ingo Balderjahn
Born 1952
Dirk Meyer (Ökonom)
Born 1957
Matthias Scheuring
1957 - 2020
Duchess Donata of Mecklenburg
Born 1956
Torsten Oppelland
Born 1959
Christoph Höcker
Born 1957
Jörg Nagler
Born 1950
Thomas Gehring (Politikwissenschaftler)
Born 1957
Ute Haese
Born 1958
Dietrich Manzey
Born 1956
Gerald Grote
Born 1955
Uwe Albrecht (Kunsthistoriker)
Born 1954
Johannes Bröcker
Born 1950
Dirce Marzoli
Born 1957
Peter Joehnk
Born 1952
Rolf Friedrich Krause
Born 1956
Bertold Höcker
Born 1958
Peter Kehne
Born 1953
Barbara Stambolis
Born 1952
Frank Zimmermann (Politiker)
Born 1957
Roland Schmitz
Born 1959
Michael Kupfermann
Born 1954
Holger Schück
1950 - 2009
Cay Süberkrüb
Born 1954
Joachim Knuth (Journalist)
Born 1959
Torsten Siegfried Haake-Brandt
Born 1958
Tom Blaffert
Born 1953
Andreas Hoyer
Born 1958
Bernd Heinemann
Born 1952
Patrick Bacqueville
Born 1950
Kurt Geisler
Born 1952
Emil Brockstedt
Born 1957
Evelin Bürger
Born 1952
Annette Gerhardt
Born 1956
Werner Schiewek
Born 1959
Heinz-Jürgen Lorenzen
Born 1953
Peter Funk
Born 1953
Hanns-Jørg Rohwedder
Born 1957
Antje Jansen
Born 1950
Marion Herdan
Born 1958
Matthias Adamczewski
Born 1958
Bernd Schröder (Politiker)
1950 - 2013
Cornelia Conrad
Born 1956
Olaf Becker (Volleyballspieler)
Born 1959
Stefan Herzig
Born 1957
Andreas Brandstätter
1959 - 2006