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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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0008 COMPOSER

Gus Kahn

1886 - 1941

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0014 WRITER

Fritz von Unruh

1885 - 1970

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0022 THÉOLOGIEN

Odon Casel

1886 - 1948

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0097 ACTOR

Horst von der Goltz

Born 1884

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0132 PRIEST

Friedrich Erxleben

1883 - 1955

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0267 PAINTER

Curt Steinberg

1880 - 1960

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0280 WRITER

Hermann Gerstmayer

1886 - 1961

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0300 BASEBALL

Marty Krug

1888 - 1966

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0344 PAINTER

Hanns Sprung

1884 - 1948

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0351 LAWYER

Josef Mayer (Jurist)

1887 - 1961

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0379 HISTORIAN

Hans Bellinghausen

1887 - 1958

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0387 POLITICIAN

Karl Böchel

1884 - 1946

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0393 OFFICER

Ernst Schaumburg

1880 - 1947

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0412 PRIEST

Albert Maring

1883 - 1943

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0416 NUN

Augustina Schumacher

1887 - 1945

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0420 POLITICIAN

Heinrich Eisenbarth

1884 - 1950

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0422 PHILOLOGIST

Josef Heckenbach

1887 - 1914

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0444 JUDGE

Maximilian Raitz von Frentz

1885 - 1967

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0472 SCULPTOR

Paul Kratz (Bildhauer)

1884 - 1958

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0482 LAWYER

Friedrich Loenartz

1887 - 1929

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0491 POLITICIAN

Adolf Göggel

1880 - 1959

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0507 ACADEMIC

Willi Max Scheid

1889 - 1932

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0520 ARTIST

Erwin Reusch

1889 - 1936

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0532 POLITICIAN

Wilhelm Hillesheim

1889 - 1976

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0596 LAWYER

Egon van Erckelens

1885 - 1964

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0597 LANDRAT

Hans Heinrich von Holstein

1888 - 1978

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0599 LANDRAT

Conrad Delius (Landrat)

1881 - 1945

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0606 POLITICIAN

Richard Radziewsky

1885 - 1969

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