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 1900s Clear ×
Louis Ferdinand, Prince of Prussia
1907 - 1994
Margarete Buber-Neumann
1901 - 1989
Adam von Trott zu Solz
1909 - 1944
Prince Wilhelm of Prussia (1906–1940)
1906 - 1940
Egon Eiermann
1904 - 1970
Bogislaw von Bonin
1908 - 1980
Hans-Jürgen von Blumenthal
1907 - 1944
Prince Hubertus of Prussia
1909 - 1950
Princess Rosemary of Salm-Salm
1904 - 2001
Wolfram Eberhard
1909 - 1989
Harald Poelchau
1903 - 1972
Meinrad von Lauchert
1905 - 1987
Trude Mohr
1902 - 1989
Georg Moritz, Hereditary Prince of Saxe-Altenburg
1900 - 1991
Gerhard Heller
1909 - 1982
Friedrich Ernst von Sachsen-Altenburg
1905 - 1985
Wolf Frees
1909 - 1974
Margot Walter
1903 - 1994
Nikolaus Leopold Heinrich zu Salm-Salm
1906 - 1988
Ehrenfried von Holleben
1909 - 1988
Friedrich Franz Bolle
1905 - 1999
Hans Brehme
1904 - 1957
Werner Eplinius
1907 - 1957
Hans-Albrecht Herzner
1907 - 1942
Marie Eleonore zu Wied
1909 - 1956
René Métain
1903 - 1984
Wolfgang von Ohnesorge
1901 - 1976
Hans Chemin-Petit
1902 - 1981
Princess Isabelle of Salm-Salm
1903 - 2009
Hans Georg von Studnitz
1907 - 1993
Michael Graf Soltikow
1902 - 1984
Claus-Joachim von Heydebreck
1906 - 1985
Helmuth Kittel
1902 - 1984
Gustav-Adolf Gedat
1903 - 1971
Fritz Dickmann
1906 - 1969
Nicolas de Crosta
1900 - 1972
Karl Schuke
1906 - 1987
Werner E. Stichnote
1908 - 1994
Dietrich von Mirbach
1907 - 1977
Friedrich von Balluseck
1908 - 1989
Hans-Joachim Schuke
1908 - 1979
Walter Nowothnig
1903 - 1971
Kurt Stage
1900 - 1947
Hanna Gerig
1900 - 1991
Hilmar Schumann
1902 - 2001
Manfred von Plotho
1908 - 1987
Hans-Jürgen Hundt
1909 - 1990
Gottfried Boldt
1906 - 1957
Gerhart Drabsch
1902 - 1945
Herbert Frohberg
1909 - 1945
Princess Marie Eleonore of Albania
1909 - 1957
Gotthold Müller
1904 - 1993
Franz Seume
1903 - 1982
Harald von Klüber
1901 - 1978
Günter Johl
1908 - 1965
Herbert Merker
1901 - 1981
Theodor Nietner
1905 - 1988
Kurt Stahl
1901 - 1944
Erwin Hinze
1909 - 1972
Gerhard Bergmann (Historiker)
1901 - 1945
Hans-Georg Großmann
1901 - 1976
Erwin Köhler
1901 - 1951