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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

Click a decade to filter the list below. Peak: 1980s with 78 notable births.

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 51 of 899 notable people

0067 SKATER

Monique Garbrecht-Enfeldt

Born 1968

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0130 ACADEMIC

Katrin Amunts

Born 1962

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0138 ROWER

Birgit Peter

Born 1964

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0145 CYCLIST

Carsten Wolf

Born 1964

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0159 WRESTLER

Vladimir Toguzov

Born 1966

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0173 SWIMMER

Jens-Peter Berndt

Born 1963

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0176 ROWER

Ralf Brudel

Born 1963

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0189 COXSWAIN

Daniela Neunast

Born 1966

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0191 POLITICIAN

Steffen Reiche

Born 1960

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0194 BOXER

René Monse

1968 - 2017

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0226 ACTOR

Judith Engel

Born 1969

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0267 ACTOR

Gunda Ebert

Born 1969

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0276 ARCHAEOLOGY

Sebastian Brather

Born 1964

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0279 MUSIC

Ralf Benschu

Born 1962

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0281 POLITICIAN

Saskia Ludwig

Born 1968

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0284 OPERA

Martin Wölfel

Born 1969

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0330 GYMNAST

Jörg Behrend

Born 1966

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0337 AUTHOR

André Kubiczek

Born 1969

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0344 GUITAR

Bodenski

Born 1965

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0356 AUTHOR

Stefan Schwarz (Autor)

Born 1965

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0358 ACTOR

Ulrike Hübschmann

Born 1963

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0375 ACTOR

Ragna Pitoll

Born 1965

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0388 CURLER

Stephanie Mayr

Born 1965

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0404 WRITER

Marc Kayser

Born 1961

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0413 CINEMA

Andreas Höfer

Born 1964

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0434 HISTORIAN

Lorenz Beck

1969 - 2013

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0438 ACTOR

Nadja Engelbrecht

Born 1961

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0448 THEOLOGIAN

Henrik Pfeiffer

Born 1964

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0460 HISTORIAN

Robert Gramsch

Born 1968

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0468 WRITER

Jörg Kirschstein

Born 1969

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0469 PHOTOGRAPHY

Robert Grahn

Born 1964

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0494 ACTOR

Marco Albrecht

Born 1965

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0505 ACTOR

Andrea Brose

Born 1967

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0512 PRESENTER

Heiko Mallwitz

Born 1967

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0526 ACTOR

Carsten Andörfer

Born 1963

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0536 ATHLETIC

Michael Schimmer

Born 1967

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0566 MUSIC

Ferry Grott

Born 1963

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0568 TRUMPET

Ronald Hänsch

Born 1966

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0571 GUITAR

Bert Wrede

Born 1961

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0578 SCULPTOR

Tilman Wendland

Born 1969

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0748 JOURNALIST

Torsten Peuker

Born 1966

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0753 ACTOR

Lars Herrmann (Schauspieler)

Born 1965

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0770 FOOTBALL

Mikhail Zhelanov

Born 1964

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0772 ARTIST

Julia Theek

Born 1966

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0781 ACTOR

Kai-Peter Gläser

Born 1964

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0816 COOK

Thomas Schmidt (Politiker, Februar 1961)

Born 1961

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0833 DIPLOMAT

Christiane Hohmann

Born 1964

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0849 DIPLOMAT

Rainer Schmiedchen

Born 1960

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0861 PLAYER

Ramona Landgraf

Born 1963

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0877 POLITICIAN

Heiko Frank Scholz

Born 1962

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0880 MATHEMATIKER

Petra Weiher

Born 1961

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