Famous People
- Valerius Cordus (1515-1544) physician and botanist who authored one of the greatest pharmacopoeias and one of the most celebrated herbals in history.
- William IV, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel (1532-1592)
- Landgravine Charlotte of Hesse-Kassel (1627-1686)
- Maria Amalia of Courland (1653-1711), noblewoman, participated in the creation of the park at Karlsaue.
- Simon Louis du Ry, architect (1726-1799).
- Prince Charles of Hesse-Kassel, (1744-1836).
- Prince Frederick of Hesse-Kassel, (1747-1837).
- Gertrud Elisabeth Mara, (1749-1833) operatic soprano.
- Georg Friedrich Sartorius, (1765-1828) research historian and economist.
- Jérôme Bonaparte (1784-1860), brother of Napoleon Bonaparte, while he was king of Westphalia.
- The Brothers Grimm, academics, linguists, cultural researchers, and authors who collected folklore and published several collections of it as Grimm's Fairy Tales.
- Rudolf Erich Raspe (1736 – 1794), a University of Kassel librarian who fled to England after embezzling significant funds from Frederick II, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel and wrote (or compiled) The Surprising Adventures of Baron Munchhausen.
- Louis Spohr (1784-1859), the 19th-century composer and violinist, who is commemorated by a museum in the city.
- HSH Princess Augusta of Hesse-Kassel (1797-1889), Princess and Landgravine of Hesse-Kassel, consort to Field Marshal HRH The Prince Adolphus Frederick, Duke of Cambridge.
- Albrecht Rosengarten (1809-1893), architect famous for synagogue buildings in central Europe.
- Justus Carl Hasskarl (1809-1894), botanist specialising in Pteridophytes, Bryophytes and Spermatophytes.
- Paul Reuter (1816–1899), founder of the Reuters news agency.
- Louise of Hesse-Kassel (1811-1898), Princess and the queen consort to King Christian IX of Denmark.
- Israel Meyer Japhet (1818–1892) who later became choir director in Frankfurt am Main.
- Adolf Eugen Fick (1829–1901), physiologist.
- Hugo Wilhelm Arthur Nahl (1833-1899), the artist who designed the Seal of California.
- Philipp Scheidemann (1865–1939), briefly Germany's Chancellor after World War I.
- Andreas Dippel (1866-1932), operatic tenor.
- Franz Rosenzweig (1886–1929), philosopher.
- Meryem Uzerli (1983-) actress.
- F. W. Murnau (1888–1931), movie director in the silent era.
- Helmut Hasse (1898–1979), who did fundamental work in algebra and number theory.
- Arnold Bode (1900-1977), architect, painter, designer and founder of the documenta
- Leni Junker (1905-1997), athlete who competed mainly in the 100 metres.
- Hans-Gerrit von Stockhausen (1907-1943), Korvettenkapitän with the Kriegsmarine during World War II.
- Annika Mehlhorn, German butterfly and medley swimmer who competed in the 2004 Summer Olympics.
- Friedrich Armand Strubberg (1806 –1889) Merchant, physician, colonist in North America. Direct descendant of Frederick I of Sweden
- Jakob Stilling (1842-1915) ophthalmologist, son of Benedict Stilling,surgeon, and brother of Heinrich Stilling, pathologist.
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