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
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Showing 39 of 15,664 notable people

1597 DIVER

Elena Wassen

Born 2000

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2958 ACTOR

Ella Lee

Born 2003

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3186 SKATER

Annika Hocke

Born 2000

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3533 FOOTBALL

Elias Abouchabaka

Born 2000

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4208 DIVER

Lou Massenberg

Born 2000

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4919 RACER

Tim Georgi

Born 2000

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5184 ACTOR

Mia Kasalo

Born 2003

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5494 ACTOR

Paula Hartmann

Born 2001

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5750 ACTOR

Lena Urzendowsky

Born 2000

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5892 ACTOR

Ivo Pietzcker

Born 2002

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6003 ACTOR

Chantal Hourticolon

Born 2000

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6229 ACTOR

Aaron Kissiov

Born 2004

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6566 CHILD PRODIGY

Akim Camara

Born 2000

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6613 ACTOR

Alessandro Schuster

Born 2002

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6739 ACTOR

Audrey Käthe von Scheele

Born 2000

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6754 ACTOR

Mila Böhning

Born 2001

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7142 ACTOR

Aniya Wendel

Born 2001

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7523 HOCKEY

Alexis Gravel

Born 2000

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7646 ACTOR

Lina Keller

Born 2000

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7742 ACTOR

Arved Friese

Born 2002

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7924 ACTOR

Flora Thiemann

Born 2002

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8026 ACTOR

Ilyes Moutaoukkil

Born 2004

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8659 SWIMMER

Isabel Marie Gose

Born 2002

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9142 FOOTBALL

Dorranai Hassan

Born 2000

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9835 ACTOR

Juri Winkler

Born 2003

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9994 ACTOR

Tilman Döbler

Born 2006

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10512 ACTOR

Georg Arms

Born 2006

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10660 ACTOR

Nicolas Rathod

Born 2000

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10738 ACTOR

Arsseni Bultmann

Born 2005

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12521 ACTOR

Charlotte Krause

Born 2002

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13059 PHYSICIAN

Fred Rosner

Born 2000

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13101 BASKET

Franz Wagner (Basketballspieler)

Born 2001

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13423 ACTOR

Jada Zech

Born 2005

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13508 BASKET

Jonas Mattisseck

Born 2000

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13934 SKATER

Talisa Thomalla

Born 2003

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13961 BASKET

Hendrik Drescher

Born 2000

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15136 ACTOR

Emilia Raschewski

Born 2004

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15288 BASKET

Elias Baggette

Born 2002

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15475 MISSING

Elias Chamlali

Born 2007

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