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SZCZECIN
Most Famous People Born in Szczecin, Poland
- Notable people
- 1,002
- Peak decade
- 1930s
- Median birth year
- 1906
- Most distinctive
- Soldier 6.2×
Prussian Stettin for nearly its entire recorded bench — a Pomeranian naval and garrison city whose officer class and Lutheran scholars overwhelmingly outnumber the postwar Polish Szczecin that inherited the empty buildings. The outsized Soldier and Officer counts come straight from the Wehrmacht and Imperial Navy cohort, while the thick Author, Theologian, and Academic clusters trace the German-speaking Gymnasium culture that disappeared in 1945.
One face per decade — the most globally famous figure born in Szczecin during each.
Notable Births by Decade
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What Szczecin Is Known For
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Politician is Szczecin's biggest profession — 12% of all notables (123).
Szczecin over-indexes on soldier — 6.2× the global rate.
Szczecin under-produces football — only 0.3× the global rate.
Profession Mix Over Time
Each band shows a profession family's share of Szczecin's notable births by decade. Hover the chart for the breakdown at any decade.
- Politics & Law
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- Art & Design
- Military
- Other
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Dita Parlo
1906 - 1971
Hans Kammler
1901 - 1945
Werner Seelenbinder
1904 - 1944
Otto Friedrich Bollnow
1903 - 1991
Hilde Weissner
1909 - 1987
Karl Schirdewan
1907 - 1998
Erwin Ackerknecht
1906 - 1988
Arno Paulsen
1900 - 1969
Fritz Kraemer (Waffen-SS)
1900 - 1959
Erhard Wetzel
1903 - 1975
Heinrich Reinhardt
1903 - 1990
Heinz Neuber
1906 - 1989
Erwin Bootz
1907 - 1982
Julo Levin
1901 - 1943
Ernst Gerke
1909 - 1982
Erwin Wegner
1909 - 1945
Hilde Radusch
1903 - 1994
Wolfgang Diewerge
1906 - 1977
Bruno von Salomon
1900 - 1952
Joachim Hoffmann (SS-Mitglied)
1905 - 1934
Hans Collani
1908 - 1944
Dietrich Starck
1908 - 2001
Fritz Brotzen
1902 - 1968
Heinrich Liepmann
1904 - 1983
Fritz Sänger
1901 - 1984
Kurt Sydow
1908 - 1981
Fritz Werner (Richter)
1906 - 1969
Kurt Dobratz
1904 - 1996
Siegfried Koller
1908 - 1998
Carl Hermann Ule
1907 - 1999
Gustav Gerneth
1905 - 2019
Wolfgang Wilhelm (writer)
1906 - 1984
Fritz Liphardt
1905 - 1947
Erich Meyer (Politiker, 1900)
1900 - 1968
Reinhard Cherubim
1906 - 1980
Frithiof Dahlby
1903 - 1987
Werner Hülle (Richter)
1903 - 1992
Ernst Günter Troche
1909 - 1971
Hans Pagenkopf
1901 - 1983
Hermann Bollnow
1906 - 1962
Hans Joachim Flechtner
1902 - 1980
Ruth Feiner
1909 - 1954
Gerhard Lehmann (Ingenieur)
1907 - 1986
Günther Scholl
1909 - 1999
Ernst-Wilhelm Modrow
1908 - 1990
Bruno Doer
1905 - 1966
Hannsludwig Geiger
1902 - 1980
Walter Pöppel
1904 - 1993
Urban Plotzke
1907 - 1983
Martin Saltzwedel
1906 - 1987
Josef Kliersfeld
1908 - 1998
Udo Vietz
1906 - 1965
Heinrich Haxel
1901 - 1971
Otto Adolf Brasse
1901 - 1988
Otto Guttentag
1900 - 1992
Konrad Richter
1903 - 1979
Herbert Venske
1908 - 2001
Wolfram Plotzke
1908 - 1954
Hermann Glander
1902 - 1994
Günter Nebelung
1906 - 1999
Reinhard Krumbach
1902 - 1968
Gerhard Völker
1905 - 1972
Wolf Hildebrandt
1906 - 1999
Werner Luckenbach
1900 - 1982
Werner Krause (Widerstandskämpfer)
1907 - 1945
Gerhard Thiele (SS-Mitglied)
1909 - 1994
Alfred Krohn
Born 1903
Walter Empacher
1906 - 1945
Gustav Brehmer
1905 - 1950
Karl Pankow
1905 - 1973
Willi Schwarz
1902 - 1975
Richard Tennigkeit
1900 - 1944
Walter Schröder (Politiker)
1907 - 1987
Meta Omankowsky
1902 - 1984
Elisabeth Lorenz
1904 - 1996
Werner Oestreich
1905 - 1949
Georg Reinke
1907 - 1965