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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
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  • Science
  • Writing
  • Sports
  • Military
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Showing 95 of 899 notable people

0030 ACTOR

Anja Kling

Born 1970

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0031 ACTOR

Hubert von Meyerinck

1896 - 1971

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0037 ACTOR

Nicole Heesters

Born 1937

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0045 ACTOR

Igor Petrenko

Born 1977

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0051 ACTOR

Stefanie Stappenbeck

Born 1974

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0052 ACTOR

Hans Richter (actor)

1919 - 2008

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0054 ACTOR

Paula Schramm

Born 1989

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0057 ACTOR

Susanne Uhlen

Born 1955

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0071 ACTOR

Doreen Jacobi

Born 1974

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0093 ACTOR

Oliver Bendt

Born 1946

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0105 ACTOR

Janina Flieger

Born 1982

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0114 ACTOR

Ella-Maria Gollmer

Born 1994

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0123 ACTOR

Amber Bongard

Born 1997

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0126 ACTOR

Esther Zimmering

Born 1977

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0131 ACTOR

Daisy D'ora

1913 - 2010

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0164 ACTOR

Isabell Gerschke

Born 1979

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0200 ACTOR

Klaus-Dieter Klebsch

Born 1949

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0217 ACTOR

Christiane Lanzke

1947 - 2005

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0226 ACTOR

Judith Engel

Born 1969

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0241 ACTOR

Wolf Frees

1909 - 1974

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0243 ACTOR

Margot Walter

1903 - 1994

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0244 ACTOR

Enie van de Meiklokjes

Born 1974

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0245 ACTOR

Josephine Schmidt

Born 1980

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0252 ACTOR

Hannes Wegener

Born 1980

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0267 ACTOR

Gunda Ebert

Born 1969

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0286 ACTOR

Claudia Hübschmann

Born 1974

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0287 ACTOR

Christian Näthe

Born 1976

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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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0301 ACTOR

Alexander Schubert (Schauspieler)

Born 1970

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0303 ACTOR

Jürgen Scheller

1922 - 1996

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0304 ACTOR

Martin Kautz

Born 1979

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0307 ACTOR

Friedel Morgenstern

Born 1993

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0308 ACTOR

Heike Warmuth

Born 1979

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0316 ACTOR

Luise Lunow

Born 1946

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0321 ACTOR

Jonathan Dümcke

1991 - 2013

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0332 ACTOR

Annett Culp

Born 1978

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0343 ACTOR

Manja Göring

Born 1955

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0348 ACTOR

Tobias Retzlaff

Born 1987

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0352 ACTOR

Neelesha Barthel

Born 1977

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0357 ACTOR

Juliane Brummund

Born 1985

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0358 ACTOR

Ulrike Hübschmann

Born 1963

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0360 ACTOR

Marie Schöneburg

Born 1983

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0363 ACTOR

Detlef Heintze

Born 1945

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0371 ACTOR

Lilly Tschörtner

Born 1980

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0373 ACTOR

Christian Zeiger

Born 1992

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0375 ACTOR

Ragna Pitoll

Born 1965

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0382 ACTOR

Stephanie Charlotta Koetz

Born 1986

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0395 ACTOR

Kevin Köppe

Born 1992

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0399 ACTOR

Maria Wedig

Born 1984

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0407 ACTOR

Martin Baden

Born 1983

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0409 ACTOR

Hasso von Lenski

Born 1942

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0415 ACTOR

Carmen Sarge

Born 1970

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0438 ACTOR

Nadja Engelbrecht

Born 1961

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0439 ACTOR

Katrin Blume

Born 1985

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0442 ACTOR

Gisbert-Peter Terhorst

Born 1945

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0459 ACTOR

Renate Barken

1920 - 2014

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0480 ACTOR

Hardy von Francois

1879 - 1956

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0481 ACTOR

Alexander Türk

Born 2001

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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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0492 ACTOR

Christoph Beyertt

Born 1922

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0494 ACTOR

Marco Albrecht

Born 1965

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0498 ACTOR

Evelin Dahm

Born 1978

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0505 ACTOR

Andrea Brose

Born 1967

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0509 ACTOR

Robert Neubauer

Born 1972

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0526 ACTOR

Carsten Andörfer

Born 1963

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0527 ACTOR

David Zimmering

Born 1975

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0532 ACTOR

Marie Philipp

Born 1993

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0537 ACTOR

Petra Trautmann

Born 1921

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0553 ACTOR

Johannes Walenta

Born 1991

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0570 ACTOR

Lutz Ludwig Kramer

Born 1954

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0601 ACTOR

Emil Stammer

1858 - 1926

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0611 ACTOR

Kristin Sikder

Born 1974

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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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0634 ACTOR

Wolfgang Jaster

1938 - 2013

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0637 ACTOR

Michael Behm (Schauspieler)

Born 1984

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0660 ACTOR

Emely Neubert

Born 1988

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0669 ACTOR

Paul Niemann

Born 1990

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0670 ACTOR

Martin Bergmann

Born 1983

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0672 ACTOR

Kristin Bohm

Born 1989

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0701 ACTOR

Otto Zedler

1893 - 1978

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0716 ACTOR

Raimund Widra

Born 1985

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0719 ACTOR

Martin Krahn

Born 1987

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0723 ACTOR

Carl Miedke

1773 - 1839

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0725 ACTOR

Paul Arendt (Schauspieler)

1853 - 1940

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0728 ACTOR

Tobias Weihe

Born 1990

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0753 ACTOR

Lars Herrmann (Schauspieler)

Born 1965

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0754 ACTOR

Rudolf Lange (Schauspieler)

1830 - 1907

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0761 ACTOR

Ludwig Crelinger

1836 - 1904

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0781 ACTOR

Kai-Peter Gläser

Born 1964

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