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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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  • Science
  • Writing
  • Sports
  • Military
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0010 THRONE

Louis Ferdinand, Prince of Prussia

1907 - 1994

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0017 KOMMUNIST

Margarete Buber-Neumann

1901 - 1989

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0023 DIPLOMAT

Adam von Trott zu Solz

1909 - 1944

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0025 PRINCE

Prince Wilhelm of Prussia (1906–1940)

1906 - 1940

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0026 ARCHITECT

Egon Eiermann

1904 - 1970

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0064 JOURNALIST

Bogislaw von Bonin

1908 - 1980

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0078 ARMY

Hans-Jürgen von Blumenthal

1907 - 1944

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0080 PRINCE

Prince Hubertus of Prussia

1909 - 1950

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0097 ARCHDUKE

Princess Rosemary of Salm-Salm

1904 - 2001

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0103 PHILOLOGIST

Wolfram Eberhard

1909 - 1989

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0110 PASTEUR

Harald Poelchau

1903 - 1972

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0127 OFFICER

Meinrad von Lauchert

1905 - 1987

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0136 POLITICIAN

Trude Mohr

1902 - 1989

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0137 ARISTOCRAT

Georg Moritz, Hereditary Prince of Saxe-Altenburg

1900 - 1991

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0155 PUBLISHER

Gerhard Heller

1909 - 1982

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0201 HISTORIAN

Friedrich Ernst von Sachsen-Altenburg

1905 - 1985

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0241 ACTOR

Wolf Frees

1909 - 1974

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0243 ACTOR

Margot Walter

1903 - 1994

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0249 MISSING

Nikolaus Leopold Heinrich zu Salm-Salm

1906 - 1988

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0264 MINISTÉRIO

Ehrenfried von Holleben

1909 - 1988

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0268 BOTANIST

Friedrich Franz Bolle

1905 - 1999

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0274 COMPOSER

Hans Brehme

1904 - 1957

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0277 SCREENWRITER

Werner Eplinius

1907 - 1957

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0278 KONSERVATIV

Hans-Albrecht Herzner

1907 - 1942

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0290 POLITIK

Marie Eleonore zu Wied

1909 - 1956

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0312 FILM

René Métain

1903 - 1984

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0314 PHYSICIST

Wolfgang von Ohnesorge

1901 - 1976

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0319 COMPOSER

Hans Chemin-Petit

1902 - 1981

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0320 PRINCESS

Princess Isabelle of Salm-Salm

1903 - 2009

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0336 JOURNALIST

Hans Georg von Studnitz

1907 - 1993

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0345 AUTHOR

Michael Graf Soltikow

1902 - 1984

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0378 POLITICIAN

Claus-Joachim von Heydebreck

1906 - 1985

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0392 THEOLOGIAN

Helmuth Kittel

1902 - 1984

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0443 POLITICIAN

Gustav-Adolf Gedat

1903 - 1971

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0465 HISTORIAN

Fritz Dickmann

1906 - 1969

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0489 WRITER

Nicolas de Crosta

1900 - 1972

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0522 ORGANBUILDER

Karl Schuke

1906 - 1987

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0545 PUBLISHER

Werner E. Stichnote

1908 - 1994

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0546 DIPLOMAT

Dietrich von Mirbach

1907 - 1977

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0549 NATIONALSOZIALISMUS

Friedrich von Balluseck

1908 - 1989

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0558 ORGANBUILDER

Hans-Joachim Schuke

1908 - 1979

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0565 WRITER

Walter Nowothnig

1903 - 1971

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0577 POLICE

Kurt Stage

1900 - 1947

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0610 POLITICIAN

Hanna Gerig

1900 - 1991

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0618 GEOLOGIST

Hilmar Schumann

1902 - 2001

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0622 OFFICER

Manfred von Plotho

1908 - 1987

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0625 ARCHAEOLOGIST

Hans-Jürgen Hundt

1909 - 1990

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0665 ACADEMIC

Gottfried Boldt

1906 - 1957

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0679 AUTHOR

Gerhart Drabsch

1902 - 1945

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0686 PRODUCTION DESIGNER

Herbert Frohberg

1909 - 1945

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0688 PRINCE

Princess Marie Eleonore of Albania

1909 - 1957

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0727 PUBLISHER

Gotthold Müller

1904 - 1993

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0743 POLITICIAN

Franz Seume

1903 - 1982

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0757 ASTRONOMER

Harald von Klüber

1901 - 1978

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0759 PAINTER

Günter Johl

1908 - 1965

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0767 MISSING

Herbert Merker

1901 - 1981

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0842 GARDENER

Theodor Nietner

1905 - 1988

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0867 POLITICIAN

Kurt Stahl

1901 - 1944

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0872 POLITICIAN

Erwin Hinze

1909 - 1972

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0878 ACADEMIC

Gerhard Bergmann (Historiker)

1901 - 1945

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0885 POLITICIAN

Hans-Georg Großmann

1901 - 1976

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0899 POLITICIAN

Erwin Köhler

1901 - 1951

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