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.
- Film & TV
- Politics & Law
- Science
- Writing
- Sports
- Military
- Other
- Field: Academic Clear ×
Katrin Amunts
Born 1962
Helmut Herbert Hermann Rex
1913 - 1967
Ursula Wertheim
1919 - 2006
Volker Emmerich
Born 1938
Christian Diedrich
Born 1957
Walter Herrmann (Kriminologe)
1896 - 1972
Christiane Edinger
Born 1945
Jürgen Tippe
1935 - 2009
Wolfgang Schweitzer (Theologe)
1916 - 2009
Sergei Aseev
Born 1957
Claus Wilcke (Altorientalist)
Born 1938
Klaus Pohle (Jurist)
Born 1937
Elsa Ullmann
1911 - 2010
Petra Gastmeier
Born 1957
Harald Bogs
Born 1938
Waldemar Ch. Hecker
1922 - 2008
Wilhelm Schwinning
1874 - 1955
Gottfried Boldt
1906 - 1957
Hans-Günther Kaufmann (Gartenbauwissenschaftler)
Born 1935
Gerhard Bergmann (Historiker)
1901 - 1945
Maximilian Skibicki
1866 - 1940