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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 90 of 611 notable people

0001 POLITICIAN

Valéry Giscard d'Estaing

1926 - 2020

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0002 POLITICIAN

Klemens von Metternich

1773 - 1859

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0034 POLITICIAN

August Reichensperger

1808 - 1895

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0051 POLITICIAN

Peter Reichensperger

1810 - 1892

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0062 POLITICIAN

Theodor von Guérard

1863 - 1943

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0065 POLITICIAN

Michael Fuchs

Born 1949

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0085 POLITICIAN

Josef Winkler (politician)

Born 1974

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0144 POLITICIAN

Johann Nikolaus Nebel

1752 - 1828

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0149 POLITICIAN

William Hexamer

1825 - 1870

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0153 POLITICIAN

Andreas Nick (Politiker)

Born 1967

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0160 POLITICIAN

Erich von Neindorff

1894 - 1993

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0180 POLITICIAN

Willi Hörter

1930 - 1996

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0193 POLITICIAN

Detlev Pilger

Born 1955

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0209 POLITICIAN

Susanne Hermans

1919 - 2013

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0210 POLITICIAN

Richard Scheid

1876 - 1962

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0228 POLITICIAN

David Langner

Born 1975

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0240 POLITICIAN

Jan Bollinger

Born 1977

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0261 POLITICIAN

Giorgina Kazungu-Haß

Born 1978

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0286 POLITICIAN

Sebastian Georg Schäffer

1828 - 1901

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0292 POLITICIAN

Heinz Peter Volkert

1933 - 2013

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0298 POLITICIAN

Clément-Édouard de Moustier

1779 - 1830

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0299 POLITICIAN

Klaus Escher

Born 1965

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0305 POLITICIAN

Ferdinand Mathieu

1819 - 1878

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0310 POLITICIAN

Bernhard Günther (Politiker)

1906 - 1981

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0318 POLITICIAN

Andreas Biebricher

Born 1968

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0323 POLITICIAN

Horst Langes

Born 1928

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0329 POLITICIAN

Florian Klöckner

1868 - 1947

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0347 POLITICIAN

Karl Carius

1902 - 1980

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0348 POLITICIAN

Josef Schnorbach

1893 - 1973

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0349 POLITICIAN

Otto Tortilowicz von Batocki-Friebe

1835 - 1890

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0350 POLITICIAN

Dieter Muscheid

1943 - 2015

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0355 POLITICIAN

Benedikt Oster

Born 1988

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0358 POLITICIAN

Karl Heinrich Lottner

1825 - 1897

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0359 POLITICIAN

Claus von Platen

1891 - 1964

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0364 POLITICIAN

Uwe Hüser

Born 1958

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0383 POLITICIAN

Werner Danz

1923 - 1999

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0387 POLITICIAN

Karl Böchel

1884 - 1946

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0411 POLITICIAN

Heinz Korbach

1921 - 2004

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0420 POLITICIAN

Heinrich Eisenbarth

1884 - 1950

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0445 POLITICIAN

Michael Hörter

Born 1958

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0448 POLITICIAN

Johann Josef Mazza

1752 - 1828

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0452 POLITICIAN

Erich Franke (Politiker)

1908 - 1986

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0454 POLITICIAN

Michael Antenbrink

Born 1955

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0456 POLITICIAN

Wilhelm Gommelshausen

1815 - 1901

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0457 POLITICIAN

Ursula Mogg

Born 1953

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0461 POLITICIAN

Hermann Seul

1827 - 1902

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0468 POLITICIAN

Karl-Heinz Scherhag

1936 - 2015

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0473 POLITICIAN

Franz Schaaf

1919 - 1991

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0491 POLITICIAN

Adolf Göggel

1880 - 1959

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0497 POLITICIAN

Cläre Schmitt

1915 - 2008

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0499 POLITICIAN

Maria Detzel

1892 - 1965

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0502 POLITICIAN

Nikolaus Eiden

1901 - 1956

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0504 POLITICIAN

Heribert Heinrich

Born 1951

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0505 POLITICIAN

Carl Damm (Politiker, 1927)

1927 - 1993

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0508 POLITICIAN

Anne Hirschmann

Born 1935

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0510 POLITICIAN

Josef Kleinmeyer

1874 - 1936

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0519 POLITICIAN

Günter Pauli

1929 - 2010

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0524 POLITICIAN

Josef Mendling

1920 - 2000

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0526 POLITICIAN

Josef Kohns

1900 - 1988

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0528 POLITICIAN

Johann Peter Joseph Werner

1798 - 1869

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0529 POLITICIAN

Anton Weber (Politiker, 1890)

1890 - 1969

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0531 POLITICIAN

Willi Diel

1928 - 2015

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0532 POLITICIAN

Wilhelm Hillesheim

1889 - 1976

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0537 POLITICIAN

Fredy Schäfer

1933 - 2017

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0538 POLITICIAN

Matthias von Randow

Born 1959

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0539 POLITICIAN

Wilhelm Linz

1850 - 1925

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0540 POLITICIAN

Jakob Trum

1904 - 1987

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0541 POLITICIAN

Dagmar Larisika-Ulmke

1943 - 1998

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0544 POLITICIAN

Willi Hartung (Politiker)

1910 - 1986

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0545 POLITICIAN

Hermann Funken

Born 1891

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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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0556 POLITICIAN

Manfred Dott

Born 1940

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0558 POLITICIAN

Franz-Gerd Kraemer

Born 1943

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0559 POLITICIAN

Berthold Otto Havenstein

1867 - 1945

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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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0568 POLITICIAN

Augustus F. Finkelnburg

1830 - 1889

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0571 POLITICIAN

Heinz-Wolfram Mascher

1927 - 1993

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0573 POLITICIAN

Clemens Joseph Adams

1831 - 1876

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0588 POLITICIAN

Kurt Schmitz

1929 - 2003

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0590 POLITICIAN

Wilhelm Geiß

1911 - 1986

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0594 POLITICIAN

Florian Siekmann

Born 1995

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0595 POLITICIAN

Wilhelm Tewes

1878 - 1957

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0598 POLITICIAN

Gerd Bauer (Politiker, 1957)

Born 1957

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0602 POLITICIAN

Walter Lurgenstein

1906 - 1964

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0604 POLITICIAN

Karl Rittel

1901 - 1968

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0605 POLITICIAN

Eduard Prosch (Politiker)

Born 1932

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0606 POLITICIAN

Richard Radziewsky

1885 - 1969

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