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KOBLENZ

Most Famous People Born in Koblenz, Germany

Notable people
611
Peak decade
1960s
Median birth year
1911
Most distinctive
Education 8.9×
Through the Decades

One face per decade — the most globally famous figure born in Koblenz during each.

Notable Births by Decade

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What Koblenz Is Known For

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Politician is Koblenz's biggest profession — 15% of all notables (90).

Koblenz over-indexes on education — 8.9× the global rate.

Koblenz under-produces football — only 0.3× the global rate.

  1. Politician90
  2. Painter36
  3. Actor29
  4. Lawyer26
  5. Author21
  6. Academic20
  7. Writer19
  8. Football18
  1. Education68.9×
  2. Author214.0×
  3. Academic203.2×
  4. Historian182.8×
  5. Judge82.8×
  6. Sculptor112.8×
  7. Theologian62.7×
  8. Lawyer262.5×
  1. Football180.3×

Profession Mix Over Time

Each band shows a profession family's share of Koblenz's notable births by decade. Hover the chart for the breakdown at any decade.

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0015 PHOTOGRAPHER

Nicola Perscheid

1864 - 1930

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0019 SOLDIER

Adolf von Trotha

1868 - 1940

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0033 ACTOR

Josef Swickard

1866 - 1940

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0060 ACTOR

Charles Swickard

1861 - 1929

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0062 POLITICIAN

Theodor von Guérard

1863 - 1943

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0070 PAINTER

Otto Antoine

1865 - 1951

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0117 INDOLOGIST

Joseph Dahlmann

1861 - 1930

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0126 PAINTER

Hugo Zieger

1864 - 1932

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0200 MANUFACTURER

Peter Klöckner

1863 - 1940

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0319 THEOLOGIAN

Heinrich Haehling von Lanzenauer

1861 - 1925

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0329 POLITICIAN

Florian Klöckner

1868 - 1947

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0336 CHEMIST

Friedrich Kehrmann

1864 - 1929

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0363 LAWYER

Adolf Buehl

1860 - 1948

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0414 OPERA

Anna Schoen-René

1864 - 1942

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0433 PIANIST

Hubert Flohr

1869 - 1940

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0462 ARCHAEOLOGIST

Adam Günther

1862 - 1940

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0476 PAINTER

Jean Louis Kehrmann

1865 - 1891

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0478 JUDGE

Paul Cormann

1868 - 1952

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0503 JUDGE

Ernst Dronke (Jurist)

1865 - 1933

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0549 MUSIC

Ernst Peters

1869 - 1960

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0551 LANDRAT

Gustav Springorum

1862 - 1927

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0559 POLITICIAN

Berthold Otto Havenstein

1867 - 1945

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