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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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0065 POLITICIAN

Michael Fuchs

Born 1949

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0087 ORIENTALIST

Hans-Peter Raddatz

Born 1941

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0090 ACTOR

Hermann Giefer

Born 1947

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0104 BASKET

Klaus Weinand

Born 1940

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0109 ACADEMIC

Karl-Otto Stöhr

Born 1942

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0111 GERMANIST

Karl-Heinz Göttert

Born 1943

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0121 SCULPTOR

Georg Ahrens (Bildhauer)

Born 1947

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0138 LINGUIST

Karl-Heinz Best

Born 1943

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0175 FOOTBALL

Dieter Nüssing

Born 1949

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0184 LAWYER

Norbert Gatzweiler

Born 1942

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0212 ECONOMIST

Michael Adams (Wirtschaftsjurist)

Born 1947

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0214 ACADEMIC

Eduard Picker

Born 1940

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0215 FENCER

Haakon Stein

Born 1940

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0218 HISTORIAN

Klaus Martin Girardet

Born 1940

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0220 ARCHITECT

Florian Mausbach

Born 1944

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0221 ACADEMIC

Manfred Becker-Huberti

Born 1945

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0224 PIANIST

Raymond Alessandrini

Born 1948

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0229 PROFESSOR

Harald Siebenmorgen

1949 - 2020

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0233 ACTOR

Rainer Schmitt

Born 1948

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0253 POLITICAL SCIENTIST

Helga Henselder-Barzel

1940 - 1995

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0262 ARCHIVIST

Clemens Graf von Looz-Corswarem

Born 1947

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0275 AUTHOR

Herbert E. Colla

1941 - 2017

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0279 ANTHROPOLOGIST

Jürgen Riester

1941 - 2019

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0287 PAINTER

Aliute Mecys

1943 - 2013

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0289 LAWYER

Horst Franke (Rechtsanwalt)

Born 1949

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0307 ECONOMIST

Kurt Reding

Born 1944

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0308 SPORT

Hansruedi Müller

Born 1940

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0342 LAWYER

Thomas Giesen

Born 1946

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0350 POLITICIAN

Dieter Muscheid

1943 - 2015

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0352 MATHEMATICIAN

Klaus Bongartz

Born 1949

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0369 HISTORIAN

Ulrich Cartarius

1940 - 2008

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0410 BRIGADEGENERAL

Udo Beitzel

Born 1940

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0440 SCULPTOR

Werner Kroener

Born 1944

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0447 HISTORIAN

Horst Romeyk

Born 1940

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0450 GUITAR

Jury Clormann

Born 1947

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0496 AUTHOR

Veronika te Reh

Born 1947

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0541 POLITICIAN

Dagmar Larisika-Ulmke

1943 - 1998

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0556 POLITICIAN

Manfred Dott

Born 1940

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0558 POLITICIAN

Franz-Gerd Kraemer

Born 1943

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0561 OPERA

Helmut Tromm

Born 1943

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