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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.

Through the Decades

One face per decade — the most globally famous figure born in Szczecin during each.

Notable Births by Decade

Click a decade to filter the list below. Peak: 1930s with 104 notable births.

What Szczecin Is Known For

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Politician is Szczecin's biggest profession — 12% of all notables (123).

Szczecin over-indexes on soldier6.2× the global rate.

Szczecin under-produces football — only 0.3× the global rate.

  1. Politician123
  2. Writer51
  3. Actor45
  4. Painter45
  5. Football38
  6. Lawyer36
  7. Author34
  8. Historian32
  1. Soldier116.2×
  2. Art Historian105.3×
  3. Author343.9×
  4. Officer263.9×
  5. Theologian143.9×
  6. Rower123.3×
  7. Judge153.2×
  8. Academic323.1×
  1. Football380.3×

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.

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Showing 77 of 1,002 notable people

0009 ACTOR

Dita Parlo

1906 - 1971

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0016 ENGINEER

Hans Kammler

1901 - 1945

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0029 WRESTLER

Werner Seelenbinder

1904 - 1944

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0032 PHILOSOPHER

Otto Friedrich Bollnow

1903 - 1991

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0051 ACTOR

Hilde Weissner

1909 - 1987

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0059 POLITICIAN

Karl Schirdewan

1907 - 1998

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0074 HISTORIAN

Erwin Ackerknecht

1906 - 1988

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0087 ACTOR

Arno Paulsen

1900 - 1969

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0105 OFFICER

Fritz Kraemer (Waffen-SS)

1900 - 1959

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0114 LAWYER

Erhard Wetzel

1903 - 1975

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0121 CHESS

Heinrich Reinhardt

1903 - 1990

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0171 ACADEMIC

Heinz Neuber

1906 - 1989

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0172 ENTERTAINER

Erwin Bootz

1907 - 1982

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0182 PAINTER

Julo Levin

1901 - 1943

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0190 LAWYER

Ernst Gerke

1909 - 1982

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0205 ATHLETIC

Erwin Wegner

1909 - 1945

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0210 POLITICIAN

Hilde Radusch

1903 - 1994

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0214 AUTHOR

Wolfgang Diewerge

1906 - 1977

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0218 ACTIVISTE

Bruno von Salomon

1900 - 1952

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0246 LAWYER

Joachim Hoffmann (SS-Mitglied)

1905 - 1934

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0255 OFFICER

Hans Collani

1908 - 1944

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0267 PHYSICIAN

Dietrich Starck

1908 - 2001

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0269 GEOLOGIST

Fritz Brotzen

1902 - 1968

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0284 ECONOMIST

Heinrich Liepmann

1904 - 1983

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0312 POLITICIAN

Fritz Sänger

1901 - 1984

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0350 ACADEMIC

Kurt Sydow

1908 - 1981

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0358 JUDGE

Fritz Werner (Richter)

1906 - 1969

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0359 SOLDIER

Kurt Dobratz

1904 - 1996

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0374 PHYSICIAN

Siegfried Koller

1908 - 1998

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0406 ACADEMIC

Carl Hermann Ule

1907 - 1999

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0422 PLATZ

Gustav Gerneth

1905 - 2019

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0434 SCREENWRITER

Wolfgang Wilhelm (writer)

1906 - 1984

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0438 LAWYER

Fritz Liphardt

1905 - 1947

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0447 POLITICIAN

Erich Meyer (Politiker, 1900)

1900 - 1968

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0450 CHESS

Reinhard Cherubim

1906 - 1980

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0452 PRIEST

Frithiof Dahlby

1903 - 1987

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0472 JUDGE

Werner Hülle (Richter)

1903 - 1992

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0482 ART HISTORIAN

Ernst Günter Troche

1909 - 1971

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0499 LAWYER

Hans Pagenkopf

1901 - 1983

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0512 HISTORIAN

Hermann Bollnow

1906 - 1962

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0514 WRITER

Hans Joachim Flechtner

1902 - 1980

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0550 TRANSLATOR

Ruth Feiner

1909 - 1954

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0563 ACADEMIC

Gerhard Lehmann (Ingenieur)

1907 - 1986

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0591 LAWYER

Günther Scholl

1909 - 1999

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0616 MILITAR

Ernst-Wilhelm Modrow

1908 - 1990

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0642 ACADEMIC

Bruno Doer

1905 - 1966

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0659 AUTHOR

Hannsludwig Geiger

1902 - 1980

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0663 JOURNALIST

Walter Pöppel

1904 - 1993

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0670 PREDIGER

Urban Plotzke

1907 - 1983

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0676 MARINE

Martin Saltzwedel

1906 - 1987

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0699 RABBI

Josef Kliersfeld

1908 - 1998

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0713 ARTIST

Udo Vietz

1906 - 1965

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0725 LIBRARIAN

Heinrich Haxel

1901 - 1971

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0732 PAINTER

Otto Adolf Brasse

1901 - 1988

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0737 ACADEMIC

Otto Guttentag

1900 - 1992

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0739 GEOLOGIST

Konrad Richter

1903 - 1979

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0749 WRITER

Herbert Venske

1908 - 2001

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0766 PAINTER

Wolfram Plotzke

1908 - 1954

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0772 WRITER

Hermann Glander

1902 - 1994

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0787 LAWYER

Günter Nebelung

1906 - 1999

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0789 MISSING

Reinhard Krumbach

1902 - 1968

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0805 POLITICIAN

Gerhard Völker

1905 - 1972

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0806 ARTIST

Wolf Hildebrandt

1906 - 1999

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0810 PHARMACIST

Werner Luckenbach

1900 - 1982

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0833 WIDERSTAND

Werner Krause (Widerstandskämpfer)

1907 - 1945

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0841 HÄFTLING

Gerhard Thiele (SS-Mitglied)

1909 - 1994

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0862 ROWER

Alfred Krohn

Born 1903

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0867 POLITICIAN

Walter Empacher

1906 - 1945

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0915 OFFICER

Gustav Brehmer

1905 - 1950

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0920 POLITICIAN

Karl Pankow

1905 - 1973

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0935 POLITICIAN

Willi Schwarz

1902 - 1975

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0937 POLITICIAN

Richard Tennigkeit

1900 - 1944

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0943 POLITICIAN

Walter Schröder (Politiker)

1907 - 1987

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0947 POLITICIAN

Meta Omankowsky

1902 - 1984

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0958 POLITICIAN

Elisabeth Lorenz

1904 - 1996

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0966 POLITICIAN

Werner Oestreich

1905 - 1949

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0997 POLITICIAN

Georg Reinke

1907 - 1965

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