List of native Kaiserslautern
The list of natives of Kaiserslautern contains people who were born in Kaiserslautern (including the formerly independent places that have been incorporated into the municipality over time).
Born until 1800
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- Philipp von Flersheim (1481–1552), Prince-Bishop of Speyer
- Dorothea von Pfalz-Simmern (1581–1631), Countess Palatine von Simmern
- Johann Adam Pollich (1741–1780), doctor and natural scientist
- Johann Wilhelm Fliesen (1766–1852), Protestant church lawyer and Bavarian civil servant
- Philipp Casimir Krafft (1773–1836), tobacco manufacturer and politician
- Wilhelm von Horn (1784–1847), major general in the Bavarian Army
- Philipp Hepp (1797–1867), doctor and botanist
- Franz Flamin Meuth (1800–1884), industrialist
19th century
1801 to 1850
- Johann Schmeisser (1802 – after 1876), architect
- Nikolaus Schmitt (1806–1860), member of the Frankfurt National Assembly
- Ludwig Schandein (1813–1894), folklorist and dialect poet
- Carl Ludwig Fischer (1816–1877), composer
- Johann Wilhelm Jacob (1816–1888), rentier, landowner and politician
- Carl Jacob (1818–1895), author and politician
- Georg Michael Pfaff (1823–1893), company founder (Pfaff sewing machines)
- Franz Martin (1826–1906), Bavarian major general
- Philipp Peter Schmidt (1829–1878), businessman and politician
- Theodor Pixis (1831–1907), painter and illustrator
- Adolf Kröber (1834–1896), brewer, entrepreneur and politician
- Karl Albrecht von Ritter (1836–1917), forest adviser, government director and founding chairman of the Palatinate Forest Association
- Philipp Karcher (1837–1894), entrepreneur
- Emil von Maillot de la Treille (1845–1882), administrative officer
- Ludwig Medicus (1847–1915), pharmacist and chemist
1851 to 1880
- Oskar Königshöfer (1851–1911), ophthalmologist
- Georg Pfaff (1853–1917), entrepreneur and sewing machine manufacturer
- Lina Pfaff (1854–1929), Commerce Councilor
- Friedrich Sander (1856–1899), instrument maker
- Ernst Westhoven (1856–1935), medic
- Friedrich Neumayer (1857–1933), politician (BMP, DVdP)
- Wilhelm Köhl (1859–1942), Bavarian officer, most recently lieutenant general in the First World War
- Rudolf Sander (1866–1942), instrument maker
- Johannes Pfleger (1867–1957), chemist
- Gustav Herbig (1868–1925), linguist
- Karl Orth (1869–1942), painter
- Karl Georg Bernzott (1870–1932), politician (BVP)
- Oskar Breitling (1872–1960), racing cyclist
- Eugen Hönig (1873–1945), architect
- Lina Hilger (1874–1942), educator
- Wilhelm Lermann (1874–1952), classical philologist, numismatist and specialist author
- Frieda Lehndorff (1876 – after 1931), stage and film actress
- Georg Faber (1877–1966), mathematician
- Georg Gollwitzer (1877–1941), politician (DVP)
- Rudolf Schwarz (1878–1960), sculptor
- Josef Höffler (1879–1915), sculptor
- Willi Huber (1879–1957), entrepreneur
- Adolf Stoffel (1880–1937), orthopedist
1881 to 1890
- Richard Forthuber (1882–1957), politician (non-party)
- Ferdinand Georg Altschüler (1883–1954), lawyer
- Friedrich Pfister (1883–1967), philologist
- Friedrich Larouette (1884 - after 1947), architect
- Fritz Neumayer (1884–1973), politician (FDP, FVP, DP) and minister
- Heinrich Rheinstrom (1884–1960), German-American lawyer
- Johanna Terwin (1884–1962), actress
- Alexander Müller (1885–1959), politician (SPD)
- Rudolf Wihr (1885–1936), teacher and local researcher
- Hans Feßmeyer (1886–1956), teacher and local researcher, author of the history of the town of Grünstadt
- Heinrich Hartz (1886–1965), priest
- Wilhelm Helfer (1886–1954), politician (NSDAP)
- Fritz Ecarius (1886–1966), Mayor of Ludwigshafen am Rhein 1930–37
- Ludwig Waldschmidt (1886–1957), painter and graphic artist
- Emil Berg (1887 – after 1935), politician (DNVP)
- Walter Antz (1888–1955), Police President and Bavarian state official
- Karl Pfaff (1888–1952), entrepreneur and sewing machine manufacturer
- Karl Berg (1888–1961), politician (SPD)
- Hans Weisbrod (1889–1970), politician, Lord Mayor of the city from 1932 to 1938
- Theodor Brandt (1890–1981), Lutheran theologian, pastor and director of the MBK Bible School
1891 to 1900
- Ludwig Leist (1891–1967), administrative officer, SA leader and city governor of Warsaw
- Fritz Korter (1892–1945), sculptor
- Rudolf Schoen (1892–1979), physician
- Alfred Dang (1893–1956), journalist and educator
- Eugen Hertel (1893–1973), politician (SPD)
- Alfred Kiefer (1893–1977), administrative lawyer
- Josef König (1893–1974), philosopher
- Benno Martin (1893–1975), politician (NSDAP)
- Ludwig Reichert (1894–1957), Rhineland-Palatinate politician (ZENTRUM, CDU)
- Ludwig Philipp Lude (1895–1961), politician (SPD)
- Josef Mages (1895–1977), sculptor
- Karl Plauth (1896–1927), pilot
- August Groel (1898–1989), resistance fighter against National Socialism and employee in the GDR Foreign Trade Ministry
- Carola Dauber (1898–1985), politician (SPD)
- Elisabeth Schliebe-Lippert (1898–1993), psychologist, child and youth literature researcher and ministerial advisor
- Rudolf Thiel (1899–1981), author
- Karl Heinrich Roth-Lutra (1900–1984), anthropologist
20th century
1901 to 1910
- Herbert Buhl (1901–1963), politician (SPD)
- Philipp Mees (1901–1971), resistance fighter against National Socialism and politician (SPD)
- Ernst Reibstein (1901–1966), journalist and historian of international law
- Walther Wüst (1901–1993), orientalist and scientist
- Erich Bohley (1902-1991), lawyer
- Emil Krieger (1902–1979), sculptor and graphic artist
- Georg Jakob Best (1903–2003), painter, graphic artist and sculptor
- Kurt Kölsch (1904–1968), politician (NSDAP)
- Heinz Lieberich (1905–1999), legal historian and archivist
- Ludwig Gehm (1905–2002), resistance fighter against National Socialism
- Ludwig Fischer (1905–1947), politician (NSDAP)
- Peter Paul Seeberger (1906–1993), architect
- Kurt Siebert (1906–1995), crop scientist
- Carl Schuster (1907–2004), journalist and author
- Franz Hammer (1908–1985), author, publicist, editor, literary critic and cultural functionary
- Karl Theodor Jacob (1908–1980), politician (CSU)
- Philipp Mohler (1908–1982), composer
- Anton Graßl (1909–1990), ministerial official
- Albert Conrad (1910–1985), football player and politician (NSDAP)
- Erich Hoffmann (1910–1967), sculptor
- Hilde Mattauch (1910–2002), soprano
- Richard Menges (1910–1998), stone sculptor
1911 to 1920
- Hermann Eicher (1911–1984), lawyer and politician
- Walter Kreienberg (1911–1994), President of the Rhineland-Palatinate Medical Association
- Heinrich Steiner (1911–2009), painter
- Heinrich Schaub (1911–1943), football player
- Albert Dusch (1912–2002), football referee
- Addi Schaurer (1912–1990), artist and teacher
- Lotte Strub-Rayß (1912–2008), teacher, author and victim of the Soviet gulag system
- Hans Weber (1912–2000), entrepreneur
- Erich Graßl (1913–2008), general practitioner and psychologist
- Marlott Persijn-Vautz (1917–2003), musician, pianist, répétiteur and journalist
- Karl Heinz Folz (1918– ~ 1945), football player
- Richard Schneider (1919–1982), football player
- Heinz Friedel (1919–2009), city archivist and author
- Anneliese Kohleniss (1919–1995), women's rights activist and lawyer
- Franz Sackmann (1920–2011), politician (CSU)
- Friedrich "Fritz" Walter (1920–2002), soccer player, soccer world champion 1954, honorary captain of the German national team
1921 to 1930
- Werner Karl Maas (1921–2019), American microbiologist, pharmacologist, genetic researcher and university professor
- Rudi Michel (1921–2008), sports journalist
- Walter Fitz (1921–1992), actor and singer
- Erich Folz (1921–1994), football player
- Ludwig Hamm (1921–1999), lawyer and politician
- Friedrich Hammer (1921–2012), football player
- Rudolf Rumetsch (1921–1998), administrative lawyer, ministerial official and politician (FDP)
- Emil Demmerle (1922–1973), politician (CDU), first mayor of the city
- Bernhard Fuchs (1922–2016), football player
- Ludwig Walter (1922–1993), football player
- Theobald Baumann (1923–1944), football player
- Erna de Vries , née Erna Korn (* 1923), survivor of the Holocaust
- Heinrich Kron (1923–2007), Protestant theologian
- Ernst Liebrich (1923–2001), football player
- Hans Herrmann (1924–2002), educator and politician (SPD)
- Ottmar Walter (1924–2013), soccer player, soccer world champion 1954
- Werner Kohlmeyer (1924–1974), soccer player, soccer world champion 1954
- Hermann Dietz (1925-2016), neurosurgeon
- Susanne Faschon (1925–1995), writer
- Anni Becker (1926–2009), singer and author
- Ferdinand Hahn (1926–2015) theologian and university professor
- Gérard Koch (1926–2014), sculptor
- Norbert Otto Louis (1926–2013), painter and graphic artist
- Theo Vondano (1926–1993), politician (CDU)
- Werner Liebrich (1927–1995), soccer player, soccer world champion 1954
- Gerhard Ruf (1927–2008), friar of the Franciscan Minorite Province of St. Elisabeth
- Hansgeorg Baßler (1928–2001), holder of the Order of Merit of the State of Rhineland-Palatinate
- Wolfgang Schnell (1929–2006), physicist
- Elmar Weindel (* 1929), ambassador
- Hans Jung (1930–2012), politician (SPD)
1931 to 1940
- Peter Fitz (1931–2013), actor
- Margot Wicki-Schwarzschild (* 1931), Holocaust survivor and contemporary witness
- Franz Fippinger (1932–2013), psychologist and educator
- Walter Becker (1932–2012), racing cyclist
- Karl Heinz Chelius (1934–2013), classical philologist
- Marliese Fuhrmann (1934–2015), writer
- Günter Neurohr (1935–2011), politician (SPD, CDU, non-party)
- Günther Schwamm (1935–2015), politician (SPD)
- Eugen Damm (1936–2017), actor and dialect poet
- Joachim Stöckle (1936–2013), politician (CDU)
- Klaus Fritzinger (1937–2015), soccer player, racing car driver and entrepreneur
- Karl Mildenberger (1937-2018), professional boxer
- Emil Schulz (1938–2010), boxer and Olympic silver medalist
- Georg Gölter (* 1938), politician (CDU)
- Hans-Jakob Heger (* 1938), industrial entrepreneur
- Günter Kuntz (* 1938), football player
- Anselm Zeller (* 1938), Roman Catholic priest
- Hans-Werner Hector (* 1940), entrepreneur, SAP founder
- Bernd Klimmer (* 1940), author, lecturer and painter
- Volker Klimmer (* 1940), pharmacist, band leader of a dance band and jazz musician
- Dietmar Schwager (1940–2018), football player
- Norbert Thines (* 1940), football functionary
- Heinrich Weber (* 1940), linguist, Germanist and professor emeritus at the Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen
1941 to 1950
- Karl Diller (* 1941), politician (SPD)
- Hans Jürgen Gerner (* 1941), orthopedist, rehabilitation scientist and university professor
- Gernot Rumpf (* 1941), sculptor
- Jürgen Neumann (1941–2002), football player
- Eckhard Wollenweber (* 1941), botanist and university professor
- Detlef Grieswelle (* 1942), cultural sociologist, political advisor and author
- Kurt Lechner (* 1942), politician (CDU)
- Fritz Fuchs (* 1943), football player
- Wolfgang Antes (* 1944), politician (CDU)
- Hansjörg Schäfer (* 1944), politician (SPD)
- Robert Jung (* 1944), football player
- Jürgen Weber (* 1944), historian
- Jürgen Emig (* 1945), television reporter
- Walter Altherr (* 1946), politician (CDU)
- Carla Bregenzer (* 1946), politician (SPD)
- Jürgen Keddigkeit (* 1946), historian
- Rolf Kreienberg (* 1946), gynecologist and obstetrician
- Michael Bauer (* 1947), journalist
- Werner Fuchs (1948–1999), football player
- Ruth Leppla (* 1948), politician (SPD)
- Klaus-Michael Mallmann (* 1948), historian
- Christine Baumann (* 1949), politician (SPD)
- Beatrix Von Conta (* 1949), photographer
- Bernd Fischer (* 1950), ambassador
- Helmut Gabbert (* 1950), pathologist
- Walter Schumacher (* 1950), politician (SPD)
1951 to 1960
- Walter Kißel (* 1951), classical philologist
- Gerhard Rübel (* 1951), economist
- Walter Thießen (1951–2014), manager
- Lothar Huber (* 1952), soccer player
- Veit Müller (* 1952), journalist and author
- Wolfgang Sofsky (* 1952), sociologist, author and essayist
- Michael Becker (* 1953), lawyer and soccer player agent
- Gabriele Keizer (* 1953), author
- Andrea Beyer (* 1954), economist, professor and author
- Hans Robert Hiegel (* 1954), architect
- Manfred Hofmann (* 1954), General in the Bundeswehr
- Karl-Heinz Joseph (1954–2007), politician (SPD)
- Wolfgang Krauss (* 1954), theologian
- Wolfgang Müller (* 1954), archivist and regional historian in Saarland
- Christian Mueller-Goldingen (* 1954), classical philologist
- Silvia Bervingas (* 1955), actress and director
- Hans-Peter Briegel (* 1955), football player
- Brigitte Freihold (* 1955), politician (DIE LINKE)
- Klaus Weichel (* 1955), Lord Mayor of Kaiserslautern since 2007
- Bernd Franzinger (* 1956), writer and cabaret artist
- Uwe Kopf (1956–2017), journalist
- Gerald Jung (* 1956), translator and journalist
- Manfred Dechert (* 1957), author and dialect poet
- Barbara Lahr (* 1957), musician
- Cusch Jung (* 1958), musician, singer, director and actor
- Angelika Wende (* 1959), television presenter, author, visual artist and speaker
- Liane Jessen (* before 1960), television editor
- Uwe Benkel (* 1960), missing person researcher
- Stephan Flesch (* 1960), singer
- Eugen Hach (* 1960), soccer player
- Petra Kahlfeldt (* 1960), architect and professor
- Vera Lutter (* 1960), artist
- Thomas Wansch (* 1960), politician (SPD)
1961 to 1970
- Ralf Göbel (* 1961), politician (CDU)
- Unda Hörner (* 1961), writer
- Petra Hüther (* 1961), freelance painter, writer
- Gerd Jäger (* 1961), architect
- Gunter Kennel (* 1961), church musician
- Maria Palatine (* 1961), harpist and singer
- Manfred Plath (* 1961), soccer player
- Markus Spanier (* 1961), Catholic clergyman
- Bernd Wolf (* 1961), musician
- Christian Bär (* 1962), mathematician and university professor
- Klaus-Jürgen Deuser (* 1962), TV presenter and comedian
- Thomas Gries (* 1962), 2016 to 2018 CEO of 1. FC Kaiserslautern
- Regine Günther (* 1962), climate expert
- Andy Kuntz (* 1962), rock musician and musical writer
- Markus Merk (* 1962), soccer referee
- Stefan Schweigert (* 1962) has been principal bassoon with the Berliner Philharmoniker since 1985
- Holger Seitz (* 1962), theater actor, director and dramaturge
- Michael Stocks (* 1962), journalist
- Stefanie Tücking (1962–2018), radio and television presenter
- Jochen Biganzoli (* 1963), opera director
- Martin Eckrich (* 1963), painter and artist
- Reiner Gies (* 1963), boxer and Olympic bronze medalist in Seoul (1988)
- Britta Kanacher (* 1963), religious scholar
- Nanna Koch (* 1963), violinist, Germanist and musicologist
- Susanne Marschall (* 1963), humanities scholar and professor for media studies at the Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen
- Udo Weilacher (* 1963), landscape architect, university professor and author
- Michael Bienert (* 1964), journalist and literary scholar
- Peter Dorsch (* 1964), theater director
- Dieter Kitzmann (* 1964), soccer player
- Karin Seven (* 1964), actress and author
- Andreas Vilcinskas (* 1964), zoologist, researcher and university professor
- Gunther Wolf (* 1964), management consultant
- Sylvie Dervaux (* 1965), French screenwriter
- Lars Henrik Gass (* 1965) author and curator
- Markus Sprengler (* 1965), singer and music lecturer
- Stefan Brink (* 1966), administrative lawyer
- René Dumont (born 1966), actor
- Romeo Franz (* 1966), musician and politician (GREEN)
- Uwe Fuchs (* 1966), soccer player
- Susanne Wimmer-Leonhardt (* 1966), politician (SPD)
- Volker Helfrich (* 1967), actor
- Andreas Rahm (* 1967), politician (SPD)
- Martin Damm (* 1968), producer and musician
- Silke Meier (* 1968), tennis player
- Carmen Mörsch (* 1968), artist, cultural scientist and art educator
- Christine Leins (* 1969), artist
- Bernd Neunzling (* 1969), actor and author
- Karina Pallagst (* 1969), spatial planner and university professor for international planning systems
- Markus Rinderspacher (* 1969), politician (SPD)
- Olaf Schindler (* 1969), basketball player
- Tina Ternes (* 1969), musician and composer
- Yvonne Averwerser (* 1970), politician (CDU)
- Klaus Scheidel (1970–2011), archer
1971 to 1980
- Arno Frank (* 1971), journalist
- Sarah Garner (* 1971), American lightweight rower
- Lutz Richter (* 1971), university professor
- Thorsten Eppert (* 1972), moderator, screenwriter and director
- Sascha Hildmann (* 1972), soccer player
- Zvonimir Ankovic (born 1972), actor
- Christina Bacher (* 1973), author and journalist
- Thomas Bastkowski (* 1973), actor
- Marcus Damm (* 1974), educator and psychologist
- Tobias Gramowski (* 1974), actor
- Carsten Koch (* 1975), organist and choir director
- Thorsten Benkel (* 1976), sociologist
- Alexander Dietzen (* 1976), soldier
- Erik Haffner (* 1976), director
- Marcus Klein (* 1976), politician (CDU)
- Thomas Riedl (* 1976), soccer player and trainer
- Benjamin Appel (* 1977), musician
- Daniel Graf (* 1977), soccer player
- Nicole Kneller (* 1977), biathlete
- Marco Lagarto (* 1977), football player
- Christoph Lode (* 1977), author
- Ulla Lohmann (* 1977), photojournalist and documentary filmmaker
- Sierk Radzei (* 1977), actor
- Manolito Mario Franz (* 1978), singer
- Dorothee Martin (* 1978), politician (SPD)
- Philip Schulz (* 1979), cyclist
- Lisa Wagner (* 1979), actress
- Erland Hellström (* 1980), Swedish football player
- Daniel Huppert (* 1980), conductor and university professor
- Christian Karsch (* 1980), reporter, journalist, television producer, lecturer and presenter
1981 to 1990
- Mathias Abel (* 1981), soccer player
- Daniel Schäffner (* 1981), politician (SPD)
- Torsten Reuter (* 1982), soccer player
- Patrick Wittich (* 1982), soccer player
- Mark Forster (* 1983), singer and songwriter
- Katharina Hauter (* 1983), actress
- Michael Lehmann (* 1984), soccer player
- Michael Pietsch (* 1984), actor, puppet builder and player
- Christian Baron (* 1985), journalist and writer
- Florian Fromlowitz (* 1986), soccer player
- Dennis Grote (* 1986), football player
- Miriam Welte (* 1986), track cyclist
- Marc Groß (* 1987), soccer player
- Fabian Hammes (* 1988), badminton player
- Marcel Correia (* 1989), football player
- Raphael Holzdeppe (* 1989), pole vaulter
- Jonathan Horne (* 1989), karateka
- Timo Perthel (* 1989), football player
- Ricky Pinheiro (* 1989), soccer player
- Patrick Wolf (* 1989), soccer player
1991 to 2000
- Alina Hammes (* 1992), badminton player
- Willi Orban (* 1992), soccer player
- Anne Rheinheimer (* 1993), soccer player
- Marco König (* 1995), racing cyclist
- Stefanie Giesinger (* 1996), photo model and mannequin
- Robin Koch (* 1996), soccer player
- Yannick Osée (* 1997), soccer player
- Luca Jensen (* 1998), football player
- Leon Löwentraut (* 1998), painter
- Valentino Klos (* 2000), ice hockey player
21st century
- Oliver Batista-Meier (* 2001), soccer player