52.4003° N, 13.0678° E
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 1890s Clear ×
Hasso von Manteuffel
1897 - 1978
Princess Victoria Louise of Prussia
1896 - 1980
Hubert von Meyerinck
1896 - 1971
Hermann Kasack
1896 - 1966
Augusta Victoria of Hohenzollern
1890 - 1966
Paul Blobel
1894 - 1951
Prince Friedrich Karl of Prussia (1893–1917)
1893 - 1917
Prince Friedrich Sigismund of Prussia (1891–1927)
1891 - 1927
Alexander zu Dohna-Schlobitten (1899–1997)
1899 - 1997
Hans-Karl Freiherr von Esebeck
1892 - 1955
Erich Schumann
1898 - 1985
Princess Victoria Margaret of Prussia
1890 - 1923
Friedrich Bonte
1896 - 1940
Princess Charlotte of Saxe-Altenburg
1899 - 1989
Andreas Rumpf
1890 - 1966
Hans Mersmann
1891 - 1971
Albert de Hohenzollern (1898-1977)
1898 - 1977
Ernest Nash
1898 - 1974
Hans Henning von der Osten
1899 - 1960
Fritz Fiedler
1899 - 1972
Ernst-Anton von Krosigk
1898 - 1945
Babette Gross
1898 - 1990
Franz Eccard von Bentivegni
1896 - 1958
Ernst-August Roth
1898 - 1975
Artur Günther
1893 - 1972
Hans-Karl Koch
1897 - 1934
Carl Hartmann (footballer)
1894 - 1943
Willy Lorenz
1890 - 1971
Alfred Ehrentreich
1896 - 1998
Erwin Engelbrecht
1891 - 1964
Martin Jahn (Künstler)
1898 - 1981
Felix Riemkasten
1894 - 1969
Ernst Kunstmann
1898 - 1995
Elisabeth von Schleicher
1893 - 1934
Hubert Heinrich Adalbert Sternberg
1897 - 1987
Walter Herrmann (Kriminologe)
1896 - 1972
Rolf Müller (Astronom)
1898 - 1981
Kurt Zielenziger
1890 - 1944
Karl Belding
1897 - 1934
Walter Bullert
1895 - 1986
Erich Krause (Chemiker)
1895 - 1932
Hans Encke
1896 - 1976
Princess Calixta of Lippe
1895 - 1982
Marie-Antoinette de Hohenzollern
1896 - 1965
Otto Zedler
1893 - 1978
Stéphanie de Hohenzollern
1895 - 1975
Johann-Albrecht von Blücher
1892 - 1972
Franz Röhm
1894 - 1969
Hermann Dropmann
1890 - 1957
Richard Lepper
1897 - 1943
Ernst Sasse (Widerstandskämpfer)
1897 - 1945
Else Bauer
1893 - 1950