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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.

1700175018001850190019502000
  • Film & TV
  • Politics & Law
  • Science
  • Writing
  • Sports
  • Military
  • Other
Academic21
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Showing 21 of 899 notable people

0130 ACADEMIC

Katrin Amunts

Born 1962

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0262 ACADEMIC

Helmut Herbert Hermann Rex

1913 - 1967

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0273 ACADEMIC

Ursula Wertheim

1919 - 2006

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0403 ACADEMIC

Volker Emmerich

Born 1938

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0467 ACADEMIC

Christian Diedrich

Born 1957

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0487 ACADEMIC

Walter Herrmann (Kriminologe)

1896 - 1972

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0493 ACADEMIC

Christiane Edinger

Born 1945

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0554 ACADEMIC

Jürgen Tippe

1935 - 2009

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0580 ACADEMIC

Wolfgang Schweitzer (Theologe)

1916 - 2009

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0585 ACADEMIC

Sergei Aseev

Born 1957

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0590 ACADEMIC

Claus Wilcke (Altorientalist)

Born 1938

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0612 ACADEMIC

Klaus Pohle (Jurist)

Born 1937

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0614 ACADEMIC

Elsa Ullmann

1911 - 2010

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0617 ACADEMIC

Petra Gastmeier

Born 1957

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0642 ACADEMIC

Harald Bogs

Born 1938

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0652 ACADEMIC

Waldemar Ch. Hecker

1922 - 2008

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0662 ACADEMIC

Wilhelm Schwinning

1874 - 1955

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0665 ACADEMIC

Gottfried Boldt

1906 - 1957

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0755 ACADEMIC

Hans-Günther Kaufmann (Gartenbauwissenschaftler)

Born 1935

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0878 ACADEMIC

Gerhard Bergmann (Historiker)

1901 - 1945

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0897 ACADEMIC

Maximilian Skibicki

1866 - 1940

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