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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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0003 PHYSICIST

Max von Laue

1879 - 1960

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0031 WRITER

Otto Falckenberg

1873 - 1947

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0118 WRITER

Hermann Stegemann (Journalist)

1870 - 1945

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0191 ARCHIVIST

Paul Wentzcke

1879 - 1960

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0210 POLITICIAN

Richard Scheid

1876 - 1962

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0260 ENTREPRENEUR

Karl Haniel

1877 - 1944

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0281 ZOOLOGIST

August Reichensperger (Zoologe)

1878 - 1962

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0370 LAWYER

Theodor von Baudissin

1874 - 1950

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0372 PRIEST

Albert Maria Fuchs

1876 - 1944

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0381 SCULPTOR

Josef Pabst

1879 - 1950

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0384 ENGINEER

Ernst Link

1873 - 1952

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0386 AUTHOR

Karl Wollf

1876 - 1952

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0399 JOURNALIST

Julius Ferdinand Wollf

1871 - 1942

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0409 LAWYER

Alfred Etscheit

1879 - 1944

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0425 INTERNIST

Adolf Bingel (Internist, 1879)

1879 - 1953

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0471 CHEMIST

Edmund Kloeppel

1871 - 1926

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0475 METALLURGIST

Engelbert Leber

1876 - 1920

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0486 LAWYER

Karl Mensing

1876 - 1953

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0494 JUDGE

Heinrich Schellen (Jurist)

1877 - 1939

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0510 POLITICIAN

Josef Kleinmeyer

1874 - 1936

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0521 PHOTOJOURNALIST

Josef Perscheid

1878 - 1942

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0543 MILITAR

Hugo von Kayser

1873 - 1949

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0546 SCULPTOR

Carl von Mering

1874 - 1944

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0595 POLITICIAN

Wilhelm Tewes

1878 - 1957

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