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POTSDAM
Most Famous People Born in Potsdam, Germany
- Notable people
- 899
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- Median birth year
- 1911
- Most distinctive
- Leutnant 39.1×
The Prussian royal seat, and the numbers still march in uniform: the Leutnant bench runs at nearly forty times the German baseline, Generalmajor at thirty, and Prince at fourteen — Sanssouci and the Hohenzollern parade ground written into the demographic record. The postwar pivot is quieter but visible in the Academic and Diplomat lines, the research institutes and the Einstein Tower physics that replaced the crown.
One face per decade — the most globally famous figure born in Potsdam during each.
Notable Births by Decade
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What Potsdam Is Known For
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Actor is Potsdam's biggest profession — 11% of all notables (95).
Potsdam over-indexes on leutnant — 39.1× the global rate.
Potsdam under-produces football — only 0.2× the global rate.
Profession Mix Over Time
Each band shows a profession family's share of Potsdam's notable births by decade. Hover the chart for the breakdown at any decade.
- Film & TV
- Politics & Law
- Science
- Writing
- Sports
- Military
- Other
- Filtered to 1740s Clear ×
Friedrich Benda
1745 - 1814
Maria Carolina Wolf
1742 - 1820
Karl Hermann Heinrich Benda
1748 - 1836
Andreas Ludwig Krüger
1743 - 1822
Michael Philipp Boumann
1747 - 1803
Carl Ludwig von Oesfeld
1741 - 1804
Friedrich Otto von Diericke
1743 - 1819
Friedrich Wilhelm Heinrich von Decker
1744 - 1828
Friedrich Wilhelm Felix von Schwerin
1740 - 1809
Friedrich von Kleist (Kreisdirektor)
1746 - 1820