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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 education8.9× 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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Showing 32 of 611 notable people

0030 HISTORIAN

Max Cetto

1903 - 1980

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0048 LAWYER

Karl Peters (jurist)

1904 - 1998

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0052 ARTIST

Clément Moreau

1903 - 1988

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0083 ACTOR

Elisabeth Lennartz

1902 - 2001

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0166 SCULPTOR

Kurt Lehmann (Bildhauer)

1905 - 2000

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0223 WRITER

Edwin Maria Landau

1904 - 2001

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0269 ACTOR

Til Klokow

1908 - 1970

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0296 COLLECTOR

Wilhelm Hack

1900 - 1985

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0310 POLITICIAN

Bernhard Günther (Politiker)

1906 - 1981

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0331 LAWYER

Hermann Heerdt

1900 - 1959

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0347 POLITICIAN

Karl Carius

1902 - 1980

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0397 ACTOR

Jupp Flohr

1904 - 1958

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0431 CONDUCTOR

Carl Caelius

1908 - 1984

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0437 PAINTER

Hermann Broermann (Maler)

1908 - 1995

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0446 LAWYER

Joachim Bergmann (Jurist)

1906 - 1974

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0452 POLITICIAN

Erich Franke (Politiker)

1908 - 1986

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0455 BEAMTE

Hans von Watter

1903 - 1945

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0480 MUSIC

Wilhelm Peter Heinrich Virneisel

1902 - 1995

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0493 LEHRER

Loni Franz

1905 - 1987

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0502 POLITICIAN

Nikolaus Eiden

1901 - 1956

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0514 MANUFACTURER

Karl Holstein (Industrieller)

1908 - 1983

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0526 POLITICIAN

Josef Kohns

1900 - 1988

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0540 POLITICIAN

Jakob Trum

1904 - 1987

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0547 SOLDIER

Philipp Lichtenberg

1908 - 1993

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0550 POLITICIAN

Hermann Müller (Politiker, 1902)

1902 - 1994

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0553 POLITICIAN

Ernst Frenzel (Politiker, 1904)

1904 - 1978

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0560 POLITICIAN

Jakob Jost

1904 - 1960

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0565 POLITICIAN

Egon Endres (Jurist)

1902 - 1983

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0567 POLITICIAN

Leopold Becker

1904 - 1977

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0591 PAINTER

Hans Reifferscheid

Born 1902

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0602 POLITICIAN

Walter Lurgenstein

1906 - 1964

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0604 POLITICIAN

Karl Rittel

1901 - 1968

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