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BERLIN

Most Famous People Born in Berlin, Germany

Notable people
15,664
Peak decade
1930s
Median birth year
1921
Most distinctive
Author 3.6×

A city where the 20th century happened twice. Berlin's notables are heavily clustered between the 1880s and the 1930s, then again from the 1960s onward — a shape that maps almost exactly onto Weimar collapse, division, and reunification. Authors, academics, chemists, physicists, and mathematicians dominate the older half; the younger half tilts toward actors, painters, and the film and historian trades of a rebuilt European capital.

Through the Centuries

One face per century — the most globally famous figure born in Berlin during each.

Notable Births by Decade

Click a decade to filter the list below. Peak: 1930s with 1,548 notable births.

What Berlin Is Known For

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Actor is Berlin's biggest profession — 12% of all notables (1,953).

Berlin over-indexes on author3.6× the global rate.

Berlin under-produces football — only 0.2× the global rate.

  1. Actor1,953
  2. Politician1,573
  3. Painter629
  4. Writer585
  5. Author491
  6. Academic474
  7. Football395
  8. Lawyer313
  1. Author4913.6×
  2. Chemist1673.1×
  3. Academic4743.0×
  4. Physicist1852.8×
  5. Actor1,9532.4×
  6. Mathematician1622.1×
  7. Historian3051.8×
  8. Sculptor1801.8×
  1. Football3950.2×
  2. Singer1910.6×

Profession Mix Over Time

Each band shows a profession family's share of Berlin's notable births by decade. Hover the chart for the breakdown at any decade.

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  • Film & TV
  • Writing
  • Politics & Law
  • Science
  • Sports
  • Art & Design
  • Other
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Showing 1,027 of 15,664 notable people

13976 ROWER

Richard Friesicke

Born 1892

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13984 LAWYER

Ludwig Barbasch

1892 - 1967

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13993 KOMMUNIST

Walter Beling

1899 - 1988

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14018 WIDERSTAND

Erna Lugebiel

1898 - 1984

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14019 NAZI

Peter Körte

1896 - 1947

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14051 WERKZEUGMACHER

Erich Habersaath

1893 - 1918

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14087 GENERALMAJOR

Eckhard von Geyso

1891 - 1982

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14112 GENERALMAJOR

Hans-Joachim Rath

1894 - 1968

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14127 EDITOR

Bernd von Wedel

1893 - 1959

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14134 POLITICIAN

Grete Teege

1893 - 1959

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14138 POLITICIAN

Paul Zobel

1891 - 1945

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14155 MISSING

Richard Pruchtnow

1892 - 1943

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14162 CINEMA

Isidoro Goldberger

Born 1892

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14177 KIRCHE

Stephanie von Mackensen

1894 - 1985

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14183 KNIGHT

Rolf Scherenberg

1897 - 1961

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14191 POLITICIAN

Otto Faust

1897 - 1955

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14206 PIANIST

Walther Carl Meiszner

1896 - 1931

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14263 MISSING

Fritz Jacobsen

1894 - 1981

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14266 POLITICIAN

Egon Dreger

1899 - 1970

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14269 ART DIRECTOR

Fritz Kraenke

1890 - 1947

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14302 BEAMTE

Gerhard Nauck

1893 - 1976

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14329 NAZI

Fritz Albreghs

1892 - 1945

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14346 FILM

Walter Lehmann (Filmproduzent)

1890 - 1967

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14362 SINGER

Edith Boroschek

1898 - 1976

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14365 MILITAR

Erwin Gerlach

1894 - 1957

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14375 MISSING

Hans Himpe

1899 - 1982

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14393 MANAGER

Willi Besener

1894 - 1960

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14394 POLITICIAN

Herbert Treff

1898 - 1945

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14416 COACH

Charlotte Giebelmann

1899 - 2002

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14448 POLITICIAN

Fanny David

1892 - 1944

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14456 WRITER

Charlotte von Gwinner

1891 - 1972

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14460 POLITICIAN

Karl Ferdinand Edler von der Planitz

1893 - 1945

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14475 POLITICIAN

Erich Kurz

1895 - 1944

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14476 POLITICIAN

Gustav Degner

1892 - 1978

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14479 NEWS PRESENTER

Julius Jaenisch

1890 - 1937

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14486 POLITICIAN

Rudolf Benda

1899 - 1973

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14507 POLITICIAN

Fritz Schloß

1895 - 1954

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14537 PAINTER

Heinz von Zobeltitz

1890 - 1936

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14545 ACADEMIC

Heinrich Ruge

1896 - 1977

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14555 POLITICIAN

Hans Hättasch

1896 - 1945

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14557 POLITICIAN

Gregor Pinke

1898 - 1941

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14559 JOURNALIST

Erich Behnke

1893 - 1977

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14566 DIPLOMAT

Alexander Bogs

1896 - 1989

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14571 TEACHER

Max Reschke (Lagerleiter)

1894 - 1964

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14590 POLITICIAN

Franz Wehner

1898 - 1970

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14594 POLITICIAN

Erhard Forgbert

1898 - 1965

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14597 MILITAR

Ernst Wetzel

1891 - 1966

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14599 POLITICIAN

Wilhelm Wloch

1897 - 1939

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14611 POLITICIAN

Willi Protsch

1899 - 1971

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14612 JOURNALIST

Hans Schrecker

1899 - 1983

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14614 JUDGE

Karl Drendel

Born 1890

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14623 ACADEMIC

Hans Lehfeldt

1899 - 1993

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14636 ROWER

Ervin Mórich

Born 1897

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14648 POLITICIAN

Erich Tschetschog

1899 - 1973

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14663 EDUCATION

Max Staubesand

1892 - 1984

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14664 POLITICIAN

Erich Kanitz

1899 - 1932

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14680 MISSING

Arthur Bork

Born 1892

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14697 GRAFIKER

Kurt Severin

1896 - 1970

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14705 ACTOR

Marie Borchardt (Schauspielerin, 1890)

1890 - 1969

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14709 WIDERSTAND

Otto Springborn

1890 - 1944

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14732 OPFER

Georg Jurkowski

1891 - 1943

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14752 JUDGE

Walter Graeschke

Born 1898

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14757 SKATER

Ernst Gaste

Born 1898

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14763 LEITER

Willibald Schallert

1896 - 1961

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14781 MANAGER

Paul Goerz

1896 - 1952

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14799 POLITICIAN

Robert Hensel

1891 - 1954

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14802 POLICE

Ernst Rassow

1898 - 1945

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14818 ACADEMIC

Walter Strauss (Mediziner)

1895 - 1945

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14842 POLITICIAN

Karl Pinnow

1895 - 1942

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14850 SCULPTOR

Wilhelm von Winterfeld (Künstler)

1898 - 1997

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14851 ZOOLOGIST

Klaus Zimmermann (Zoologe)

1894 - 1967

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14868 POLITICIAN

Paul Becker (Politiker, 1897)

1897 - 1981

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14869 ARTIST

Hans Richter (Gleitflugpionier)

Born 1891

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14870 POLITICIAN

Fritz Barthelmann

1892 - 1962

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14872 JUDGE

Hans Altmann (Jurist)

1897 - 1981

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14875 CRIMINOLOGIST

Wolfgang Berger (Kriminalist)

Born 1897

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14914 LAWYER

Friedrich Riese

1895 - 1966

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14916 ACTOR

Fritz Schönfeld

1895 - 1944

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14940 POLITICIAN

Willy Drügemüller

1891 - 1965

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14950 ACTOR

Fritz Randow (Theaterleiter)

1891 - 1953

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14958 TRADE UNION

Rosi Grätzer

1899 - 1970

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14963 LAWYER

Otto Schultze-Rhonhof

1897 - 1974

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14966 POLITICIAN

Gustav Pietsch

1891 - 1956

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14981 POLITICIAN

Richard Schröter

1892 - 1977

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15007 KOMMUNIST

Erich Fähling

1899 - 1981

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15016 PHOTOGRAPHER

Alexander Stöcker

1896 - 1962

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15029 POLITICIAN

Georg Puchowski

1892 - 1967

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15036 POLITICIAN

Else Ulbrich

1891 - 1954

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15039 KOMMUNIST

Fritz Bergau

1894 - 1941

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15064 POLITICIAN

Willi Hein

1894 - 1950

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15073 POLITICIAN

Helmut Masche

1894 - 1944

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15101 POLITICIAN

Willi Meseck

1894 - 1974

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15130 LAWYER

Arthur Jetzlaff

1899 - 1941

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15188 POLITICIAN

Willi Schultz (Politiker)

1896 - 1961

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15205 POLITICIAN

Ewald Degen

1899 - 1983

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15222 POLITICIAN

Willy Ewert

1894 - 1970

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15231 POLITICIAN

Wilhelm Haase (Widerstandskämpfer)

1890 - 1965

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15234 POLIZEI

Erich Lipik

1897 - 1944

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15239 POLITICIAN

Alfred Rebe

1893 - 1938

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15263 MANAGER

Karl Gelpcke

1895 - 1941

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15307 POLITICIAN

Karl Jarick

1891 - 1947

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15314 POLITICIAN

Karl Siebert (Gewerkschafter)

1896 - 1973

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15354 POLITICIAN

Erich Deutsch

1899 - 1969

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15384 POLITICIAN

Gertrud Kempe

Born 1895

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15445 POLITICIAN

Kurt Hartrodt

1891 - 1974

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15468 POLITICIAN

Reinhold Hübner

1898 - 1965

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15493 POLITICIAN

Helmuth Rhenius

1893 - 1979

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15496 POLITICIAN

Erich Dieter

1896 - 1960

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15510 POLITICIAN

Wilhelm Birnbaum

1895 - 1980

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15515 POLITICIAN

Gertrud Utpott

1891 - 1976

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15532 POLITICIAN

Walter Hahn (Politiker)

1894 - 1978

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15542 POLITICIAN

Friedrich Schulze (Politiker, 1896)

1896 - 1976

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15544 POLITICIAN

Gertrud Werth

1898 - 1990

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15549 POLITICIAN

Emil Jermis

1896 - 1973

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15556 POLITICIAN

Hans Schreiber (Politiker, 1896)

1896 - 1943

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15558 KIRCHE

Joachim Pfannschmidt (Pastor)

1896 - 1945

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15564 POLITICIAN

Walter Kleemann

1893 - 1974

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15567 POLITICIAN

Erich Reinhardt

1897 - 1968

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15572 MANAGER

Bruno Cieslewicz

Born 1890

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15575 POLITICIAN

Bruno Grüttner

1896 - 1981

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15581 POLITICIAN

Max Radziejewski

1897 - 1978

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15594 POLITICIAN

Walter Sonntag (Politiker)

1899 - 1959

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15605 POLITICIAN

Hermann Jaeckel

1895 - 1968

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15610 POLITICIAN

Otto Keilholz

1891 - 1966

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15625 POLITICIAN

Franz Gresse

1895 - 1968

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15643 POLITICIAN

Willy Furchner

1892 - 1968

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15644 CHEMIKER

Franz Wuesthoff

1896 - 1992

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