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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Frieder Otto Wolf
Born 1943
Harald Stein
Born 1942
Maria-Elisabeth Michel-Beyerle
Born 1935
Theodor Eschenburg
1904 - 1999
Sebastian Wille
Born 1966
Ulrike Prokop
Born 1945
Martin Henry Fischer
1879 - 1962
Doris König
Born 1957
Eduard August Feuerbach
1803 - 1843
Utz Schliesky
Born 1966
Felix Anschütz
1920 - 2014
Malte Stieper
Born 1974
Sven Murmann
Born 1967
Werner Frotscher
Born 1937
Hans-Diedrich Cremer
1910 - 1995
Ekkehard Nuissl
Born 1946
Ulrich Huber (Rechtswissenschaftler, 1936)
Born 1936
Schamma Schahadat
Born 1961
Hans-Hermann Braess
Born 1936
Thomas Kluge (Umweltforscher)
Born 1948
Günther Schellong
1926 - 2015
Dietrich Manzey
Born 1956
Karl-August Reckling
1915 - 1986
Heinrich Otto Lehmann
1852 - 1904
Ernst Wolgast
1888 - 1959
Peter Overbeck
Born 1963
Henning Kühnle
1943 - 2019
Walter Hensen
1901 - 1973
Bertold Höcker
Born 1958
Hans Christian Röhl
Born 1964
Karin Wittneben
1935 - 2016
Siegbert Keller
1937 - 2015
Roland Schmitz
Born 1959
Fabian Klinck
Born 1976
Ingmar Hosenfeld
Born 1968
Sebastian Nordmann
Born 1971
Max Gundel
1901 - 1949
Johannes Wolgast
1891 - 1932
Christoph Martin Burchard
1680 - 1742
Andreas Hoyer
Born 1958
Detlef Krauß
1934 - 2010
Michael Schilling (Germanist)
Born 1949
Christian Illies
Born 1963
Hans Tägert
1908 - 1945
Eckhart Sindern
Born 1960
Carl Peter Matthias Lüdemann
1805 - 1889
Hans-Henning Matthiaß
1925 - 2007
Gustav Hauberg
1916 - 1977
Friedrich Hübener
1882 - 1966
Jürgen Lütt
1940 - 2012
Carl Ritter (Chirurg)
1871 - 1965
Walter Sudhaus
Born 1943
Ernst Heinrich Georg Strohmeyer
1869 - 1940
Hans Christian Dreis
1806 - 1872