52.5167° N, 13.3817° E

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
All15,664
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Showing 1,253 of 15,664 notable people

15072 POLITICIAN

Norbert Atzler

Born 1949

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15126 POLITICIAN

Barbara Nitruch

Born 1947

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15139 DIPLOMAT

Wilfried Bolewski

Born 1943

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15151 BADMINTON

Uwe Trettin

Born 1942

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15163 POLITICIAN

Ulrich Schürmann

Born 1943

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15186 POLITICIAN

Michael Borgis

1945 - 2004

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15193 POLITICIAN

Delia Hinz

Born 1943

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15194 POLITICIAN

Jutta Leder

Born 1947

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15195 POLITICIAN

Horst Faber (Politiker)

Born 1941

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15208 POLITICIAN

Axel Rabbach

Born 1942

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15210 POLITICIAN

Inge Stetter

Born 1941

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15233 POLITICIAN

Eike Lancelle

Born 1941

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15236 POLITICIAN

Wilfried Haesen

1943 - 2015

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15237 JUDGE

Daniela Solin-Stojanovic

Born 1946

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15251 SPORT

Frank Quednau

1941 - 2010

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15253 POLITICIAN

Uwe Schmidt (Politiker, 1945)

Born 1945

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15257 ACADEMIC

Karin S. Weber

Born 1948

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15258 JUDGE

Kristin Tüttenberg

Born 1941

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15264 POLITICIAN

Camilla Werner

Born 1949

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15272 POLITICIAN

Norbert Tietz

1942 - 1985

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15278 POLITICIAN

Karin Sarantis-Aridas

Born 1941

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15279 FOOTBALL

Karl-Heinz Burwieck

Born 1943

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15281 BANK

Wolfgang Stolp

Born 1946

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15290 POLITICIAN

Inge Pohl

1940 - 2011

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15301 POLITICIAN

Anke Soltkahn

Born 1941

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15303 POLITICIAN

Wolf-Dieter Zupke

Born 1943

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15305 SCULPTOR

Renate Wandel

Born 1948

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15334 POLITICIAN

Ingrid Buchholz

Born 1940

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15335 POLITICIAN

Helmut Heinrich (Politiker)

Born 1947

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15345 FORSCHER

Klaus Herrmann (Bauforscher)

1940 - 2015

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15356 POLITICIAN

Ivo Krieg

Born 1949

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15370 POLITICIAN

Harald Grieger

1945 - 2012

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15373 POLITICIAN

Ekkehard Schmidt

1942 - 2020

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15380 POLITICIAN

Renate Vogel (Politikerin)

Born 1947

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15397 CAROM BILLIARDS PLAYER

Dieter Müller (Karambolagespieler)

Born 1943

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15405 JAZZ

Regine Lenz

Born 1942

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15411 POLITICIAN

Monika Drews

Born 1942

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15413 PHILOSOPHER

Michael Albrecht (Philosoph)

Born 1940

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15429 POLITICIAN

Klaus-Dieter Thiemes

Born 1948

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15436 POLITICIAN

Jutta Weißbecker

Born 1943

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15440 POLITICIAN

Eveline Neumann

Born 1949

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15458 POLITICIAN

Karen Greve

1942 - 2014

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15478 POLITICIAN

Wolfgang Maerz

1941 - 2001

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15512 POLITICIAN

Michael Urban (Politiker)

Born 1943

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15517 POLITICIAN

Heide Nisblé

Born 1940

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15518 POLITICIAN

Manfred Twehle

1941 - 1984

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15559 POLITICIAN

Jürgen Kriebel (Politiker)

Born 1940

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15563 POLITICIAN

Barbara Herrmann (Politikerin)

Born 1948

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15600 POLITICIAN

Karin Riedrich

Born 1942

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15620 POLITICIAN

Manfred Paris

1941 - 2013

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15626 POLITICIAN

Werner Krüger (Politiker)

Born 1948

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15631 POLITICIAN

Axel Riederer

Born 1944

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15632 POLITICIAN

Gerd Heyden

Born 1941

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