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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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0001 POLITICIAN

Valéry Giscard d'Estaing

1926 - 2020

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0009 ACTOR

Michel Auclair

1922 - 1988

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0010 FOOTBALL

Rudi Gutendorf

1926 - 2019

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0017 ACTOR

Rosemarie Fendel

1927 - 2013

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0020 NOVELIST

Walter Ernsting

1920 - 2005

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0021 COLLECTOR

Peter Ludwig

1925 - 1996

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0037 MERCENARY

Roger Faulques

1924 - 2011

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0061 FOOTBALL

Karl Adam (footballer)

1924 - 1999

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0091 SCULPTOR

Jacqueline Diffring

1920 - 2020

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0105 ACTOR

Jürgen von Manger

1923 - 1994

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0107 PAINTER

Rolf Sackenheim

1921 - 2006

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0116 FOOTBALL

Willi Köchling

1924 - 2009

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0127 ACTOR

Hans-Joachim Hanisch

Born 1928

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0141 MILITAR

Heinz-Edgar Berres

1920 - 1943

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0151 DIPLOMAT

Franz Pfeffer

Born 1926

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0181 PAINTER

Jakob Schwarzkopf

1926 - 2001

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0195 AUTHOR

Heribert Schmitz (Theologe, 1929)

1929 - 2018

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0197 WRITER

Reinhard Hauschild

1921 - 2005

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0201 ACTOR

Karl-Heinz Gerdesmann

1921 - 1991

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0202 EDITOR

Jacques Antoine (éditeur)

1928 - 1995

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0205 ATHLETIC

Raymond Kintziger

1922 - 2010

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0206 ACTOR

Fred Metzler

1929 - 2010

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0211 ASTRONOMER

Karl Schaifers

1921 - 2009

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0266 PATHOLOGIST

Hans Georg Fassbender

1920 - 2015

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0277 JOURNALIST

Wilhelm Stöck

1922 - 1997

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0285 SCULPTOR

Edith Peres-Lethmate

1927 - 2017

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0323 POLITICIAN

Horst Langes

Born 1928

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0366 JOURNALIST

Ingeborg Thomé

1925 - 2017

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0371 PHYSICIAN

Horst Bourmer

1920 - 2001

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0382 VORSITZENDER

Erhard Bouillon

Born 1925

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0383 POLITICIAN

Werner Danz

1923 - 1999

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0385 ACADEMIC

Hans Merkt (Tierarzt)

1923 - 2001

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0411 POLITICIAN

Heinz Korbach

1921 - 2004

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0419 WRITER

Joe Juhnke

1925 - 2016

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0441 AUTHOR

Margot Kreuter-Tränkel

1929 - 2003

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0458 CHEMIST

Paul Koppe

1928 - 2003

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0490 ACTOR

Karin von Dassel

1928 - 2013

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0505 POLITICIAN

Carl Damm (Politiker, 1927)

1927 - 1993

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0519 POLITICIAN

Günter Pauli

1929 - 2010

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0524 POLITICIAN

Josef Mendling

1920 - 2000

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0531 POLITICIAN

Willi Diel

1928 - 2015

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0552 PHYSICIST

Karl-Heinz Steigerwald

Born 1920

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0571 POLITICIAN

Heinz-Wolfram Mascher

1927 - 1993

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0584 RADIO

Rolf Stiefel

Born 1920

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0588 POLITICIAN

Kurt Schmitz

1929 - 2003

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0593 VIROLOGIST

Karl Eduard Schneweis

1925 - 2014

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