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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 68 of 899 notable people

0027 POLITICIAN

Matthias Platzeck

Born 1953

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0063 POLITICIAN

Heinrich Graf von Einsiedel

1921 - 2007

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0136 POLITICIAN

Trude Mohr

1902 - 1989

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0157 POLITICIAN

Max Dortu

1826 - 1849

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0191 POLITICIAN

Steffen Reiche

Born 1960

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0222 POLITICIAN

Heinrich Wilhelm Krausnick

1797 - 1882

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0230 POLITICIAN

Richard W. Guenther

1845 - 1913

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Detlef Kühn

Born 1936

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Saskia Ludwig

Born 1968

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Hans-Karl Koch

1897 - 1934

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0315 POLITICIAN

Alexander Graf zu Dohna-Schlodien

1876 - 1944

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0317 POLITICIAN

Max Heldt

1872 - 1933

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0369 POLITICIAN

Nico Marquardt

Born 1994

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0378 POLITICIAN

Claus-Joachim von Heydebreck

1906 - 1985

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0381 POLITICIAN

Carl-Christoph Schweitzer

1924 - 2017

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0412 POLITICIAN

Karl von Ingersleben

1753 - 1831

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0420 POLITICIAN

Romanov Roman

Born 1972

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0424 POLITICIAN

Klara Geywitz

Born 1976

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0443 POLITICIAN

Gustav-Adolf Gedat

1903 - 1971

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0463 POLITICIAN

Klaus Klingner

Born 1935

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0466 POLITICIAN

Andrea Wicklein

Born 1958

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0507 POLITICIAN

Wilhelm von Bismarck-Briest

1803 - 1877

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0519 POLITICIAN

Stefan Hein

Born 1984

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0530 POLITICIAN

Wilhelm von Brauchitsch

1820 - 1884

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0562 POLITICIAN

Maximilian Rogge

1866 - 1940

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0582 POLITICIAN

Jens Krumpe

Born 1978

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0588 POLITICIAN

Berthold von Ploetz

1844 - 1898

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0610 POLITICIAN

Hanna Gerig

1900 - 1991

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0628 POLITICIAN

Heinz Karl Behrendt

1913 - 2003

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0629 POLITICIAN

Ernst von Wedel

1844 - 1910

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0641 POLITICIAN

Georg von Massenbach

1799 - 1885

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0643 POLITICIAN

Steeven Bretz

Born 1976

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0667 POLITICIAN

Hans Encke

1896 - 1976

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0683 POLITICIAN

Friedrich Rogge

1867 - 1932

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0694 POLITICIAN

Charlotte Welm

Born 1923

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0711 POLITICIAN

Friedrich Julius Kieschke

1819 - 1895

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0713 POLITICIAN

Otto von Schlieffen

1821 - 1897

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0715 POLITICIAN

Wolf von Gersdorff

1867 - 1949

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0721 POLITICIAN

Johannes Vogt

1872 - 1937

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0743 POLITICIAN

Franz Seume

1903 - 1982

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0758 POLITICIAN

Richard Jaehne

1858 - 1905

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0762 POLITICIAN

Friedrich von Schenck (Politiker)

1822 - 1887

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0775 POLITICIAN

Hermann Dropmann

1890 - 1957

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0779 POLITICIAN

Wilhelm Schulz (Politiker, 1870)

1870 - 1920

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0785 POLITICIAN

Isabel Siebert

Born 1977

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0786 POLITICIAN

Uwe Klett

Born 1959

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0790 POLITICIAN

Heinrich Leopold August von Blumenthal

1765 - 1830

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0811 POLITICIAN

Angelika Thiel-Vigh

Born 1956

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0812 POLITICIAN

Klaus-Jürgen Warnick

Born 1952

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0818 POLITICIAN

Franziska Latta

Born 1984

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0819 POLITICIAN

Gregor Hoffmann

Born 1970

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0821 POLITICIAN

Klaus Lattmann

1923 - 2016

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0831 POLITICIAN

Andy Jauch

Born 1976

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0838 POLITICIAN

Else Bauer

1893 - 1950

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0843 POLITICIAN

Gustav Borgmann

1838 - 1908

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0848 POLITICIAN

Günter Grell (Journalist)

1926 - 1952

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0852 POLITICIAN

Knut Sandler

Born 1943

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0855 POLITICIAN

Gunild Lattmann-Kretschmer

Born 1936

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0858 POLITICIAN

Sibylle Bock

Born 1954

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0867 POLITICIAN

Kurt Stahl

1901 - 1944

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0869 POLITICIAN

Peter Muschalla

Born 1942

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0872 POLITICIAN

Erwin Hinze

1909 - 1972

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0874 POLITICIAN

Rainer Giesel

Born 1942

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0877 POLITICIAN

Heiko Frank Scholz

Born 1962

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0885 POLITICIAN

Hans-Georg Großmann

1901 - 1976

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0887 POLITICIAN

Peter Boroffka

1932 - 1999

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0898 POLITICIAN

Carl Heinrich Poppenburg

1811 - 1869

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0899 POLITICIAN

Erwin Köhler

1901 - 1951

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