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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.
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- Filtered to 1810s Clear ×
Ernst Philipp Karl Lange
1813 - 1899
August Kindermann
1816 - 1891
Moritz Klotz
1813 - 1892
Friedrich von Brandenburg (1819–1892)
1819 - 1892
Wilhelm von Brandenburg (1819–1892)
1819 - 1892
August Theodor Kaselowsky
1810 - 1891
Emil Sello
1816 - 1893
Karl Gaillard
1813 - 1851
Hermann Ludwig Seefisch
1816 - 1879
Julius Altmann
1814 - 1873
Hermann von Graevenitz
1815 - 1890
Albert Ludwig Trippel
1813 - 1854
Carl Johann Friedrich Toeche
1814 - 1890
Friedrich Julius Kieschke
1819 - 1895
Max von Witzleben
1812 - 1888
Hermann von Krosigk
1815 - 1868
Emil von Ernst
1817 - 1905
Gustav von Neumann-Cosel
1819 - 1879
Moritz Le Tanneux von Saint Paul
1813 - 1892
Carl Heinrich Poppenburg
1811 - 1869