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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.
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.
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- Field: Diplomat Clear ×
Adam von Trott zu Solz
1909 - 1944
Clemens von Ketteler
1853 - 1900
Bernhard Wilhelm von Bülow
1885 - 1936
August Heinrich Hermann von Dönhoff
1797 - 1874
Dietrich von Mirbach
1907 - 1977
Leopold Bill von Bredow
Born 1933
Hans von Jacobs
1868 - 1915
Unico von der Groeben
1861 - 1924
Matthias Höpfner (Diplomat)
Born 1953
Karl Gadow
1913 - 1992
Christiane Hohmann
Born 1964
Georg Merten
1941 - 2018
Rainer Schmiedchen
Born 1960