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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- Military
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- Filtered to 1950s Clear ×
Matthias Platzeck
Born 1953
Susanne Uhlen
Born 1955
Brigitte Ahrenholz
1952 - 2018
Matti Geschonneck
Born 1952
Volkmar Schöneburg
Born 1958
Lothar Doering
Born 1950
Klaus Thiele
Born 1958
Torsten Reißmann
1956 - 2009
Sergei Shutov
Born 1955
Thomas Flach
Born 1956
Rainer Eckert (Historiker)
Born 1950
Manja Göring
Born 1955
Jörn Kalkbrenner
Born 1950
Ruth Tesmar
Born 1951
Kerstin Cantz
Born 1958
Petra Tschörtner
1958 - 2012
Jan Carpentier
Born 1954
Sergey Zhenovach
Born 1957
Andreas Heinemann-Grüder
Born 1957
Thomas Wilkening
1956 - 2005
Andrea Wicklein
Born 1958
Christian Diedrich
Born 1957
Hans-Peter Krüger (Philosoph)
Born 1954
Jörg Schweinitz
Born 1953
Jürgen Ganzer
Born 1950
Bärbel Dalichow
Born 1953
Andreas Kitschke
Born 1955
Matthias Wolff
Born 1955
Lutz Ludwig Kramer
Born 1954
Sergei Aseev
Born 1957
Detlev H. Krüger
Born 1950
Thomas Luthardt
Born 1950
Rainer Schwarz (Regisseur)
1952 - 2013
Petra Gastmeier
Born 1957
Matthias Schuke
Born 1955
Siegfried Ressel
Born 1958
Benno Paulitz
Born 1951
Ulricke Seidemann
Born 1955
Wolf-Dietger Machel
Born 1953
Marion Schäfer
Born 1950
Uwe Klett
Born 1959
Frank Butzmann
Born 1958
Karsten Beneke
Born 1958
Matthias Höpfner (Diplomat)
Born 1953
Angelika Thiel-Vigh
Born 1956
Klaus-Jürgen Warnick
Born 1952
Lothar Hennig
1954 - 1975
Sibylle Bock
Born 1954
Ralf Knütter
Born 1955