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 1960s Clear ×
Monique Garbrecht-Enfeldt
Born 1968
Katrin Amunts
Born 1962
Birgit Peter
Born 1964
Carsten Wolf
Born 1964
Vladimir Toguzov
Born 1966
Jens-Peter Berndt
Born 1963
Ralf Brudel
Born 1963
Daniela Neunast
Born 1966
Steffen Reiche
Born 1960
René Monse
1968 - 2017
Judith Engel
Born 1969
Gunda Ebert
Born 1969
Sebastian Brather
Born 1964
Ralf Benschu
Born 1962
Saskia Ludwig
Born 1968
Martin Wölfel
Born 1969
Jörg Behrend
Born 1966
André Kubiczek
Born 1969
Bodenski
Born 1965
Stefan Schwarz (Autor)
Born 1965
Ulrike Hübschmann
Born 1963
Ragna Pitoll
Born 1965
Stephanie Mayr
Born 1965
Marc Kayser
Born 1961
Andreas Höfer
Born 1964
Lorenz Beck
1969 - 2013
Nadja Engelbrecht
Born 1961
Henrik Pfeiffer
Born 1964
Robert Gramsch
Born 1968
Jörg Kirschstein
Born 1969
Robert Grahn
Born 1964
Marco Albrecht
Born 1965
Andrea Brose
Born 1967
Heiko Mallwitz
Born 1967
Carsten Andörfer
Born 1963
Michael Schimmer
Born 1967
Ferry Grott
Born 1963
Ronald Hänsch
Born 1966
Bert Wrede
Born 1961
Tilman Wendland
Born 1969
Torsten Peuker
Born 1966
Lars Herrmann (Schauspieler)
Born 1965
Mikhail Zhelanov
Born 1964
Julia Theek
Born 1966
Kai-Peter Gläser
Born 1964
Thomas Schmidt (Politiker, Februar 1961)
Born 1961
Christiane Hohmann
Born 1964
Rainer Schmiedchen
Born 1960
Ramona Landgraf
Born 1963
Heiko Frank Scholz
Born 1962
Petra Weiher
Born 1961