List of personalities of the city of Karlsruhe

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This list contains personalities who have or had their sphere of activity in the city ​​of Karlsruhe without being born there. It is sorted chronologically according to the year of birth and does not claim to be complete. Personalities who were born in Karlsruhe can be found in the list of sons and daughters of the city of Karlsruhe , honorary citizens in the list of honorary citizens of Karlsruhe .

Until 1800

The city founder Karl III. Wilhelm of Baden-Durlach
Margravine Karoline Luise of Baden
Johann Peter Lever
  • Charles III Wilhelm von Baden-Durlach (born January 28, 1679 in Durlach, † May 12, 1738 in Karlsruhe), margrave and founder of the city of Karlsruhe
  • Johann Melchior Molter (born February 10, 1696 in Tiefenort / Thuringia, † January 12, 1765 in Karlsruhe), violinist, composer and court conductor in Karlsruhe
  • Karoline Luise von Hessen-Darmstadt (born July 11, 1723 in Darmstadt, † April 8, 1783 in Paris), Margravine of Baden as well as patron, art collector and botanist
  • Joseph Melling (born December 27, 1724 in St. Avold, † December 23, 1796 in Strasbourg), court painter from Baden
  • Wilhelm Jeremias Müller (born May 2, 1725 in Eyrichshof; † 1801), architect, building inspector and building director
  • Albrecht Friedrich von Kesslau (* around 1728; † around 1788), architect, building director at the Baden court, significantly involved in the reconstruction of the palace
  • Georg Ludwig von Edelsheim (born June 22, 1740 in Hanau, † December 1, 1814 in Karlsruhe), Minister of Baden
  • Johann Heinrich Jung-Stilling (born September 12, 1740 in Grund in Siegerland, † April 2, 1817 in Karlsruhe), writer, ophthalmologist and economist; From 1806 lived as a Privy Councilor in Karlsruhe
  • Nicolaus Sander (born December 22, 1750 in Köndringen, † January 21, 1824 in Karlsruhe), senior church councilor
  • Joseph von Cloßmann (born June 7, 1755 in Mannheim, † January 19, 1826 in Karlsruhe), lieutenant general , 1807 to 1823 commander of the Baden Leib-Infanterie-Regiment and military governor of Karlsruhe
  • Johann Peter Hebel (born May 10, 1760 in Basel, † September 22, 1826 in Schwetzingen), poet, Protestant theologian and educator; lived in Karlsruhe from 1791, among other things as school director and member of parliament
  • Philipp Jakob Becker (born July 15, 1763 in Pforzheim; † August 13, 1829 in Erlenbad), court painter and gallery director from Baden
  • Feodor Iwanowitsch Kalmück (* around 1765 in Russia, † January 27, 1832 in Karlsruhe), court painter from Baden
  • Sigismund von Reitzenstein (born February 3, 1766 in Nemmersdorf, † March 5, 1847 in Karlsruhe), statesman of Baden
  • Ludwig Georg Winter (born January 18, 1778 in Elzach-Prechtal, † March 27, 1838 in Karlsruhe), Baden politician
  • Karl Friedrich Nebenius (born September 29, 1784 in Rhodt; † June 8, 1857 in Karlsruhe), statesman of Baden
  • Carl Ludwig Frommel (born April 29, 1789 at Birkenfeld Castle; † February 6, 1863 in Ispringen), landscape painter and draftsman; Professor and gallery director in Karlsruhe
  • Heinrich Hübsch (born February 9, 1795 in Weinheim, † April 3, 1863 in Karlsruhe), architect and grand-ducal building director in Karlsruhe

1801 to 1900

  • Eduard Devrient (born August 11, 1801 in Berlin, † October 4, 1877 in Karlsruhe), actor, singer and theater director; led the Karlsruhe court theater to a high artistic reputation
  • Friedrich Eisenlohr (born November 23, 1805 in Lörrach; † February 27, 1854 in Karlsruhe), architect and professor at the Polytechnic
  • Johann Wilhelm Schirmer (born September 7, 1807 in Jülich; † September 11, 1863 in Karlsruhe), landscape painter and graphic artist; first director of the Karlsruhe art school, newly founded in 1854
  • Carl Friedrich Lessing (born February 15, 1808 in Breslau; † June 5, 1880 in Karlsruhe), Romantic painter; from 1858 gallery director in Karlsruhe
  • Ferdinand Redtenbacher (born July 25, 1809 in Steyr; † April 16, 1863 in Karlsruhe), professor of mechanical engineering at the Technical University of Karlsruhe and founder of scientific mechanical engineering
  • Karl Weltzien (born February 8, 1813 in Saint Petersburg, † November 14, 1870 in Karlsruhe), chemist, founder of scientific chemistry at the Polytechnic School in Karlsruhe
  • Emil Keßler (born August 20, 1813 in Baden-Baden, † March 16, 1867 in Esslingen am Neckar), machine manufacturer and locomotive builder
  • Julius Jolly (born February 21, 1823 in Mannheim, † October 14, 1891 in Karlsruhe), Baden politician, minister of state and head of government
  • Rudolf Lange (born February 4, 1830 in Potsdam; † March 3, 1907 in Karlsruhe), actor at the court theater from 1853 to 1896
  • Friedrich von Weech (born October 16, 1837 in Munich; † November 17, 1905 in Karlsruhe), worked here as an archivist and historian
  • Carl Engler (born January 5, 1842 in Weisweil; † February 7, 1925 in Karlsruhe), chemist, university professor and politician
  • Max Honsell (born November 10, 1843 in Konstanz, † July 1, 1910 in Karlsruhe), hydraulic engineer, professor in Karlsruhe as well as member of parliament and finance minister from Baden; Builder of the Karlsruhe Rhine port
  • Hermann Baisch (born July 12, 1846 in Dresden, † June 18, 1894 in Karlsruhe), animal and landscape painter, from 1880 professor at the Grand Ducal Baden Art School in Karlsruhe
  • Adolf Boettge (born August 23, 1848 in Wittenberg, † January 26, 1913 in Wiesbaden), military bandmaster, composer and arranger
  • Hans Bunte (* December 25, 1848 in Wunsiedel; † August 17, 1925 in Karlsruhe), professor of chemical technology at the Technical University of Karlsruhe
  • Ferdinand Braun (born June 6, 1850 in Fulda, † April 20, 1918 in New York), physicist, electrical engineer and Nobel Prize winner; Professor at the Technical University of Karlsruhe
  • Gustav Schönleber (born December 3, 1851 in Bietigheim, † February 1, 1917 in Karlsruhe), landscape painter; from 1880 to 1917 professor at the Grand Ducal Baden Art School in Karlsruhe
  • Felix Mottl (born August 24, 1856 in Unter Sankt Veit near Vienna, † July 2, 1911 in Munich), Austrian conductor and composer; Hofkapellmeister and general music director in Karlsruhe
  • Friedrich Kallmorgen (born November 15, 1856 in Altona, † June 2, 1924 in Grötzingen), painter; Co-founder of the Grötzingen painters' colony
Heinrich Hertz
  • Heinrich Hertz (born February 22, 1857 in Hamburg, † January 1, 1894 in Bonn), physicist; discovered electromagnetic waves in Karlsruhe in 1887
  • Gustav Kampmann (born September 30, 1859 in Boppard, † August 12, 1917 in Bad Godesberg), Karlsruhe landscape painter
  • Robert Curjel (born December 17, 1859 in St. Gallen; † August 18, 1925 in Emmetten), architect; active with Karl Moser in Karlsruhe
  • Karl Moser (born August 10, 1860 in Baden, † February 28, 1936 in Zurich), Swiss architect, worked with Robert Curjel in Karlsruhe
  • Theodor Rehbock (born April 12, 1864 in Amsterdam; † August 17, 1950 in Baden-Baden), hydraulic engineer and professor in Karlsruhe
  • Max Laeuger (born September 30, 1864 in Lörrach; † December 12, 1952 there), visual artist and architect, professor in Karlsruhe and employee of the majolica factory
  • Max von Baden , (born July 10, 1867 in Baden-Baden, † November 6, 1929 in Salem), last heir to the throne of the Grand Duchy of Baden, last Chancellor of the German Empire
  • Fritz Haber (born December 9, 1868 in Breslau, † January 29, 1934 in Basel), chemist and Nobel Prize winner; completed his habilitation at the Technical University and was a professor there
  • Carl Langhein (born February 29, 1872 in Hamburg; † June 26, 1941 in Hadamar), painter and lithographer; Lecturer in lithography at the arts and crafts school, painters' school, at the polytechnic and managing director of the art print shop Künstlerbund Karlsruhe
  • Martin Elsas (born March 11, 1872 in Ludwigsburg; † October 2, 1939), businessman and functionary of the Karlsruhe Chamber of Commerce and chairman of the community committee of the Karlsruhe Jewish community after 1933
  • Ludwig Haas (born April 16, 1875 in Freiburg im Breisgau; † August 2, 1930 in Karlsruhe), politician
  • Hermann Föry (born August 7, 1879 in Bischweier, † October 2, 1930 in Bad Nauheim), sculptor and ceramist in Karlsruhe
  • Arthur Valdenaire (born March 12, 1883 in Bretten, † January 15, 1946 in Karlsruhe), architect, building historian and preservationist; Author of books on building history in Karlsruhe
  • Willi Egler (born December 18, 1887 in Rappenau, † January 25, 1953 in Karlsruhe), freelance painter in Karlsruhe
  • Otto Ernst Schweizer (born April 27, 1890 in Schramberg; † November 14, 1965 in Baden-Baden), architect, construction clerk and from 1930 to 1960 university professor in Karlsruhe
  • Otto Haupt (born August 4, 1891 in Brno, † January 2, 1966 in Karlsruhe), architect, craftsman and university professor in Karlsruhe
  • Ludwig Egler (born June 19, 1894 in Rappenau; † August 8, 1965 in Karlsruhe), composer and poet; Karlsruhe dedicated songs and poems
  • Reinhold Frank (born July 23, 1896 in Bachhaupten; † January 23, 1945 in Berlin-Plötzensee), lawyer in Karlsruhe; was executed because of his resistance to National Socialism
  • Carl Egler (born July 3, 1896 in Rappenau, † August 16, 1982 in Karlsruhe), sculptor; lived and worked in Karlsruhe
  • Otto Gillen (born October 26, 1899 in Greiz; † February 27, 1986 in Karlsruhe), art historian, journalist ( Baden Latest News ), theater critic, essayist and poet
  • Gebhard Müller (born April 17, 1900 in Füramoos; † August 7, 1990 in Stuttgart), lawyer and politician; from 1959 to 1971 President of the Federal Constitutional Court

From 1901

  • Fritz Klemm (born August 14, 1902 in Mannheim; † May 17, 1990 in Karlsruhe), painter; Professor at the State Academy of Fine Arts in Karlsruhe
  • Erich Schelling (born September 11, 1904 in Wiesloch; † November 14, 1986 in Karlsruhe), architect of the Black Forest Hall
  • Egon Eiermann (born September 29, 1904 in Neuendorf; † July 19, 1970 in Baden-Baden), architect, furniture designer, from 1947 to 1970 full professor at the architecture faculty of the Technical University of Karlsruhe
    Egon Eiermann on a stamp from 2004
  • Gerhard Caemmerer (born August 12, 1905 in Durlach; † January 8, 1961 in Karlsruhe), lawyer and Nazi opponent
  • Fritz Corterier (born July 19, 1906 in Wunstorf; † April 27, 1991 in Bad Wildbad), politician (SPD), member of the Bundestag in Karlsruhe
  • Franzsepp Würtenberger (born September 9, 1909 in Zurich; † January 15, 1998 in Karlsruhe), art historian
  • Klaus Lankheit (born May 20, 1913 in Landsberg an der Warthe, † April 7, 1992 in Karlsruhe), Professor of Art History at the University of Karlsruhe
  • Hugo Mann (born November 17, 1913 in Laupheim near Ulm, † December 20, 2008 in Baden-Baden), entrepreneur; Founder of the department store chains Wertkauf and Mann Mobilia
  • Siegfried Buback (born January 3, 1920 in Wilsdruff; † April 7, 1977 in Karlsruhe), lawyer, federal prosecutor at the Federal Court of Justice; murdered by members of the Red Army faction in Karlsruhe
  • Emil Wachter (born April 29, 1921 in Neuburgweier; † January 12, 2012 in Karlsruhe), visual artist
  • Ernst Benda (born January 15, 1925 in Berlin; † March 2, 2009 in Karlsruhe), lawyer and politician; from 1971 to 1983 President of the Federal Constitutional Court
  • Oswald Mathias Ungers (born July 12, 1926 in Kaisersesch, Eifel; † September 30, 2007 in Cologne), architect and architectural theorist; studied in Karlsruhe and built the buildings of the Badische Landesbibliothek and the federal prosecutor's office here
  • Traugott Bender (born May 11, 1927 in Tübingen; † February 5, 1979 in Karlsruhe), politician (CDU), lawyer and theologian
  • Helmut Bätzner (born January 2, 1928 in Nagold; † January 21, 2010 in Karlsruhe), architect and designer who lived and worked in Karlsruhe
  • Rolf Lederbogen (born March 17, 1928 in Hann. Münden; † June 4, 2012 in Heidelberg), designer, architect and university professor in Karlsruhe
  • Luigi Colani (born August 2, 1928 in Berlin-Friedenau; † September 16, 2019 in Karlsruhe), designer, last lived in Karlsruhe and exhibited his work there
  • Heinz Mohl (born March 18, 1931 in Hechingen), architect in Karlsruhe
  • Heinz Fütterer (born October 14, 1931 in Illingen; † February 10, 2019 in Elchesheim-Illingen), athlete and Olympic medalist in sprint; started for the Karlsruher SC
  • Jutta Limbach (born March 27, 1934 in Berlin; † September 10, 2016 in Berlin), legal scholar and politician, President of the Federal Constitutional Court in Karlsruhe from 1994 to 2002
  • Roman Herzog (born April 5, 1934 in Landshut; † January 10, 2017 in Bad Mergentheim), lawyer and politician, German Federal President from 1994 to 1999, previously judge at the Federal Constitutional Court in Karlsruhe from 1983 to 1994, as its President from 1987
    Roman Herzog, 2006
  • Heinrich Klotz (born March 20, 1935 in Worms; † June 1, 1999 in Karlsruhe), art historian, architectural theorist and publicist; Founding director of the ZKM
  • Hans Lenk (born March 23, 1935 in Berlin), professor emeritus at the Institute for Philosophy at the University of Karlsruhe and Olympic champion in rowing
  • Carl Kaufmann (born March 25, 1936 in New York City, † September 1, 2008 in Karlsruhe), track and field athlete and Olympic medalist in the 400-meter run, started for the Karlsruher SC
  • Horst Antes (born October 28, 1936 in Heppenheim), painter, graphic artist and sculptor, professor at the State Academy of Fine Arts in Karlsruhe
  • Georg Baselitz (born January 23, 1938 in Deutschbaselitz), painter and sculptor, taught from 1977 to 1983 at the State Academy of Fine Arts in Karlsruhe
  • Per Kirkeby (born September 1, 1938 in Copenhagen; † May 9, 2018 ibid), Danish painter, sculptor, architect and poet; taught from 1978 to 1989 at the State Academy of Fine Arts in Karlsruhe
  • Bernhard Schäfers (born February 26, 1939 in Münster, Westphalia), long-time professor of sociology at the University of Karlsruhe
  • Barbara Klemm (born December 27, 1939 in Münster, Westphalia), photographer and photojournalist, grew up in Karlsruhe
  • Markus Lüpertz (born April 25, 1941 in Reichenberg), painter, graphic artist and sculptor, taught from 1973 to 1986 at the State Academy of Fine Arts in Karlsruhe
  • Götz Werner (born February 5, 1944 in Heidelberg), entrepreneur; Founder of the drugstore chain dm-drogerie markt
  • Harald Hurst (* 1945 in Buchen, Odenwald), Karlsruhe dialect poet
  • Karl-Dieter Möller (born November 21, 1945 in Melle), television journalist and court reporter; 1986–2010 head of the ARD television editorial team “Law and Justice” in Karlsruhe
  • Kuno Bärenbold (born July 7, 1946 in Pfullendorf; † May 6, 2008 in Karlsruhe), writer
  • Winfried Schäfer , (born January 10, 1950 in Mayen), soccer coach and former soccer player; Player and from 1986 to 1998 coach of Karlsruher SC, which he led to the semi-finals of the UEFA Cup
  • Patrick Roth (born June 25, 1953 in Freiburg im Breisgau), writer and director, grew up in Karlsruhe, where he graduated from high school in 1972 at the Bismarck High School
  • Holger Walter (born September 26, 1968 in Lauffen am Neckar), sculptor
  • Markus Kauczinski (born February 20, 1970 in Gelsenkirchen), soccer coach, employed at Karlsruher SC from 2001 to 2016
  • Angela Schirò (born April 5, 1985 in Gernsbach), German-Italian politician, member of the Italian Parliament since 2018
  • Umut Kaya (born May 31, 1987 in Alkmaar, Netherlands), German-Turkish soccer player, grew up in Karlsruhe
  • Mathias Fetsch (born September 30, 1988 in Malsch), soccer player, grew up in Karlsruhe
  • Doris Schmidts (born October 10, 1988 in Kronstadt, Romania), beauty queen, Miss Germany 2009, grew up in Karlsruhe
  • Matthias Zimmermann (born June 16, 1992 in Pforzheim), soccer player, grew up a. a. in Karlsruhe
  • Kevin Akpoguma (born April 19, 1995 in Neustadt an der Weinstrasse), soccer player, grew up in Karlsruhe
  • Boubacar Barry (born April 15, 1996 in Conakry, Guinea), football player, grew up in Karlsruhe
  • Haze (* in Villingen-Schwenningen), rapper, lives and works in Karlsruhe

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