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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
  • Politics & Law
  • Science
  • Writing
  • Sports
  • Military
  • Other
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Showing 64 of 899 notable people

0030 ACTOR

Anja Kling

Born 1970

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0033 SPRINT

Kevin Kuske

Born 1979

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0045 ACTOR

Igor Petrenko

Born 1977

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0051 ACTOR

Stefanie Stappenbeck

Born 1974

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0065 SPORT

Robert Bartko

Born 1975

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0071 ACTOR

Doreen Jacobi

Born 1974

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0100 WRITER

Antje Rávic Strubel

Born 1974

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0120 KITE

Kristin Boese

Born 1977

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0126 ACTOR

Esther Zimmering

Born 1977

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0149 ROWER

Kerstin Kowalski

Born 1976

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0164 ACTOR

Isabell Gerschke

Born 1979

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0167 RIKISHI

Sandra Köppen

Born 1975

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0175 ROWER

Manja Kowalski

Born 1976

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0180 SKIPPER

George Leonchuk

Born 1974

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0184 FENCER

Anja Schache

Born 1977

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0187 PLAYER

Olga Potachova

Born 1976

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0196 CHESS

Roman Slobodjan

Born 1975

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0213 RACER

Andreas Barucha

Born 1979

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0214 COMEDIAN

Bürger Lars Dietrich

Born 1973

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0237 SWIMMER

Jana Dörries

Born 1975

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0240 ROWER

Ike Landvoigt

Born 1973

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0244 ACTOR

Enie van de Meiklokjes

Born 1974

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0246 BOBSLED

Thomas Pöge

Born 1979

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0261 MUSIC

Sacha Korn

Born 1975

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0286 ACTOR

Claudia Hübschmann

Born 1974

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0287 ACTOR

Christian Näthe

Born 1976

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0301 ACTOR

Alexander Schubert (Schauspieler)

Born 1970

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0304 ACTOR

Martin Kautz

Born 1979

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0305 ATHLETIC

Kathleen Friedrich

Born 1977

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0308 ACTOR

Heike Warmuth

Born 1979

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0323 WRITER

Jana Simon

Born 1972

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0324 SKIPPER

Ingo Borkowski

Born 1971

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0332 ACTOR

Annett Culp

Born 1978

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0346 JAVELIN THROWER

Valeriya Zabruskova

Born 1975

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0352 ACTOR

Neelesha Barthel

Born 1977

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0387 BOBSLED

Mirko Paetzold

Born 1976

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0397 PLAYER

Vasil Katsadze

Born 1976

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0415 ACTOR

Carmen Sarge

Born 1970

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0420 POLITICIAN

Romanov Roman

Born 1972

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0424 POLITICIAN

Klara Geywitz

Born 1976

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0440 WRITER

Christine Anlauff

Born 1971

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0450 FILM

Alexandra Klim-Wirén

Born 1972

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0452 JOURNALIST

Steffen Königer

Born 1972

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0483 CONDUCTOR

Knut Andreas

Born 1979

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0498 ACTOR

Evelin Dahm

Born 1978

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0503 COOK

Marco Müller (Koch)

Born 1970

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0504 CINEMA

Alexander Sass

Born 1977

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0509 ACTOR

Robert Neubauer

Born 1972

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0520 MUSIC

Tom Lüneburger

Born 1973

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0527 ACTOR

David Zimmering

Born 1975

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0543 FOOTBALL

Aleksandr Sayenko

Born 1978

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0559 SINGER

John Milz

Born 1974

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0582 POLITICIAN

Jens Krumpe

Born 1978

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0604 SINGER

Louise Gold

Born 1974

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0611 ACTOR

Kristin Sikder

Born 1974

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0630 JOURNALIST

Andreas Franik

Born 1970

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0643 POLITICIAN

Steeven Bretz

Born 1976

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0689 SINGER

Uwe Menzel

Born 1974

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0785 POLITICIAN

Isabel Siebert

Born 1977

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0819 POLITICIAN

Gregor Hoffmann

Born 1970

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0830 SAILOR

Ulrike Schümann

Born 1973

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0831 POLITICIAN

Andy Jauch

Born 1976

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0851 HANDBALL

Björn Rupprecht

Born 1977

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0879 BASKET

Tommy Thorwarth

Born 1979

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