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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 78 of 899 notable people

0022 FOOTBALL

Patrick Ebert

Born 1987

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0044 ATHLETIC

Rico Freimuth

Born 1988

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0054 ACTOR

Paula Schramm

Born 1989

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0055 SINGER

Olia Tira

Born 1988

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0056 HOCKEY

Mikhail Grabovski

Born 1984

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0070 ATHLETIC

Antje Möldner-Schmidt

Born 1984

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0094 KAYAK

Franziska Weber

Born 1989

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0098 FOOTBALL

Marc Stein (footballer)

Born 1985

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0105 ACTOR

Janina Flieger

Born 1982

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0129 CYCLIST

Philipp Walsleben

Born 1987

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0133 FOOTBALL

Daniel Frahn

Born 1987

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0141 JOURNALIST

Yury Dud

Born 1986

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0142 CYCLIST

Christoph Pfingsten

Born 1987

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0150 CANOE

Fanny Fischer

Born 1986

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0158 PLAYER

Jonathan Erdmann

Born 1988

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0161 ATHLETIC

Christopher Linke

Born 1988

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0169 ROWER

Stephanie Schiller

Born 1986

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0183 PRESENTER

Sasha Zvereva

Born 1981

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0186 ROWER

Daniela Reimer

Born 1982

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0195 FOOTBALL

Alyaksandr Hawrushka

Born 1986

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0207 KAYAK

Torsten Eckbrett

Born 1984

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0227 ATHLETE

Stefan Köllner

Born 1984

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0231 SPORT

Gregor Buchholz

Born 1986

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0245 ACTOR

Josephine Schmidt

Born 1980

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0248 ATHLETIC

Sabine Krantz

Born 1981

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0250 HANDBALL

Fabian Böhm

Born 1989

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0252 ACTOR

Hannes Wegener

Born 1980

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0260 ATHLETE

Christian Prochnow

Born 1982

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0269 SINGER

Doreen Steinert

Born 1986

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0292 ACTOR

Alexander Kasprik

Born 1985

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0296 ACTOR

Henrike von Kuick

Born 1985

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0329 FOOTBALL

Artur Siryk

Born 1989

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0348 ACTOR

Tobias Retzlaff

Born 1987

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0351 FOOTBALL

Madleen Wilder

Born 1980

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0357 ACTOR

Juliane Brummund

Born 1985

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0360 ACTOR

Marie Schöneburg

Born 1983

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0365 EDITOR

Sophie Sumburane

Born 1987

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0371 ACTOR

Lilly Tschörtner

Born 1980

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0376 MUSIC

Akustikrausch

Born 1980

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0382 ACTOR

Stephanie Charlotta Koetz

Born 1986

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0393 MILITAR

Sergei Solnechnikov

1980 - 2012

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0399 ACTOR

Maria Wedig

Born 1984

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0401 PLAYER

Manuel Rieke

Born 1982

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0407 ACTOR

Martin Baden

Born 1983

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0429 FOOTBALL

Andrei Pavlenko

Born 1986

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0433 PLAYER

Josephine Dörfler

Born 1987

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0439 ACTOR

Katrin Blume

Born 1985

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0454 MUSIC

Sven Weisemann

Born 1984

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0479 WRITER

Gregor Weichbrodt

Born 1988

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0482 ACTOR

Marcus Wengler

Born 1985

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0484 ACTOR

Franziska Stürmer

Born 1986

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0488 ACTOR

Mandy-Marie Mahrenholz

Born 1986

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0519 POLITICIAN

Stefan Hein

Born 1984

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0619 ACTOR

Julia Popke

Born 1986

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0623 ACTOR

Babett Ikker

Born 1982

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0631 ACTOR

Melanie Isakowitz

Born 1980

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0632 ACTOR

Christoph Kozik

Born 1986

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0637 ACTOR

Michael Behm (Schauspieler)

Born 1984

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0648 FILM

Stefan Mehlhorn

Born 1981

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0657 ATHLETIC

Juliane Koschel

Born 1984

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0660 ACTOR

Emely Neubert

Born 1988

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0670 ACTOR

Martin Bergmann

Born 1983

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0672 ACTOR

Kristin Bohm

Born 1989

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0716 ACTOR

Raimund Widra

Born 1985

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0718 ROWER

Juliane Domscheit

Born 1988

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0719 ACTOR

Martin Krahn

Born 1987

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0732 FOOTBALL

Aleksey Zhuravlyov (footballer)

Born 1980

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0746 MISSING

Juliane Raschke

Born 1989

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0747 ARTIST

Lisa Pahlke

Born 1987

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0765 PLAYER

Tina Gollan

Born 1984

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0766 HANDBALL

Josephine Techert

Born 1986

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0777 ATHLETIC

Franek Haschke

Born 1980

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0788 BOBSLED

Sascha Schelter

Born 1985

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0793 ATHLETIC

Hagen Brosius

Born 1988

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0799 ERMITTLER

Christoph Rieger

Born 1984

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0818 POLITICIAN

Franziska Latta

Born 1984

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0854 PLAYER

Anika Zülow

Born 1988

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0882 PRESENTER

Tobias Schröder (Moderator)

Born 1986

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