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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.

Through the Decades

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 leutnant39.1× the global rate.

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

  1. Actor95
  2. Politician68
  3. Writer35
  4. Painter30
  5. Officer29
  6. Academic21
  7. Football18
  8. Architect16
  1. Leutnant1339.1×
  2. Generalmajor1630.8×
  3. Prince1114.3×
  4. Soldier95.6×
  5. Officer294.9×
  6. Rower92.7×
  7. Diplomat132.5×
  8. Botanist92.5×
  1. Football180.2×
  2. Politician680.6×
  3. Singer120.6×

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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  • Film & TV
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  • Science
  • Writing
  • Sports
  • Military
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Showing 38 of 899 notable people

0006 EMPEROR

Wilhelm, German Crown Prince

1882 - 1951

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0011 EMPEROR

Prince August Wilhelm of Prussia

1887 - 1949

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0019 EMPEROR

Prince Oskar of Prussia

1888 - 1958

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0028 MILITAR

Leo Geyr von Schweppenburg

1886 - 1974

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0034 EMPEROR

Prince Eitel Friedrich of Prussia

1883 - 1942

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0042 PRINCESS

Prince Adalbert of Prussia (1884–1948)

1884 - 1948

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0092 JOURNALIST

Alfred Wiener

1885 - 1964

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0099 SKATER

Ludowika Jakobsson

1884 - 1968

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0115 CONSORT

Princess Sophie of Albania

1885 - 1936

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0147 DIPLOMAT

Bernhard Wilhelm von Bülow

1885 - 1936

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0156 NAVAL

Friedrich Lützow

1881 - 1964

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0182 BOTANIST

Kurt Krause

1883 - 1963

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0236 BANK

Paul Wallich

1882 - 1938

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0254 MARINE

Bruno Topff

1886 - 1920

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0271 PRINZESSIN

Feodora Reuß jüngere Linie

1889 - 1918

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0291 ART DIRECTOR

Otto Moldenhauer

1882 - 1969

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0398 COMEDIAN

Martha Hübner

1889 - 1969

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0421 HISTORIAN

Carl Graf von Klinckowström

1884 - 1969

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0423 JUDGE

Ludwig Frege

1884 - 1964

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0427 WRITER

Frieda Zeller-Plinzner

1889 - 1970

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0456 MISSING

Günther von Schönburg-Waldenburg

1887 - 1960

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0472 MISSING

Viktor Adolf zu Bentheim und Steinfurt

1883 - 1961

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0508 AUTHOR

Martin Steinke

1882 - 1966

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0518 OFFICER

Peter Purzelbaum

1884 - 1957

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0534 THEOLOGIAN

Emil Balla

1885 - 1956

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0539 OFFICER

Otto Victor II. von Schönburg

1882 - 1914

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0584 MILITAR

Diether von Roeder

1882 - 1918

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0606 CINEMA

Georg Paezel

1880 - 1936

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0613 WISSENSCHAFTLER

Ernst Paul Boruttau

1886 - 1979

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0702 BUSINESS

Ludwig von Winterfeld (Unternehmer)

1880 - 1958

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0703 COMPOSER

Arthur Ney

1887 - 1963

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0707 LAWYER

Kurd Dalen

1884 - 1941

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0714 LAWYER

Edmund Bohne

1886 - 1954

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0789 SCULPTOR

Ludwig Isenbeck

1882 - 1958

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0808 POLITISCH

Karl Lucke

1889 - 1945

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0845 MISSING

Werner Alfred Pietschker

1887 - 1911

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0892 LEUTNANT

Winfried von der Schulenburg

1882 - 1945

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0893 REDAKTEUR

Maximilian Pflücke

1889 - 1965

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