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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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  • Military
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Showing 63 of 1,002 notable people

0052 SCULPTOR

Bernhard Heiliger

1915 - 1995

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0071 COMPOSER

Ernst Bader

1914 - 1999

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0101 ACTOR

Katharina Brauren

1910 - 1998

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0123 CONDUCTOR

Kurt Graunke

1915 - 2005

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0125 ACTOR

Heinz Giese

1919 - 2010

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0142 SERGEANT

Klaus Dylewski

1916 - 2012

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0151 ACTOR

Iska Geri

1914 - 2002

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0187 MUSIC

Annelise Pflugbeil

1918 - 2015

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0274 DRIVER

Kurt Kuhnke

1910 - 1969

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0285 SOLDIER

Paul Brasack (Marineoffizier)

1916 - 2013

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0286 PIANIST

Gerhard Puchelt

1913 - 1987

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0301 WIDERSTAND

Alexander Stahlberg

1912 - 1995

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0302 PAINTER

Mac Zimmermann

1912 - 1995

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0314 POLITICIAN

Fritz Lamm

1911 - 1977

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0315 WRITER

Walter Görlitz

1913 - 1991

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0323 HISTORIAN

Heinz-Georg Wilhelm Migeod

1918 - 2010

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0365 THEOLOGIAN

Otto Wolff (Theologe, 1911)

Born 1911

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0382 LAWYER

Friedrich Ossig

1912 - 2004

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0411 COMPOSER

Hans Georg Schütz

1912 - 1976

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0414 ART HISTORIAN

Christa Pieske

1919 - 2010

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0479 PHARMACOLOGIST

Manfred Kiese

1910 - 1983

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0536 WRITER

Gerhard Dabel

1916 - 1984

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0537 JUDGE

Horst Peters (Jurist)

1910 - 2000

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0541 PAINTER

Martin Kausche

1915 - 2007

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0555 HISTORIAN

Walter Nimtz

1913 - 2000

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0557 SCULPTOR

Rika Unger

1917 - 2002

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0578 ACADEMIC

Karl Heinz Taubert

1912 - 1990

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0582 ACADEMIC

Jürgen Wehrmann

Born 1917

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0589 THEOLOGIAN

Gerhard Becker (Pfarrer)

1910 - 2006

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0600 AUTHOR

Werner Gauss

1911 - 1990

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0621 POLITICIAN

Otto Sepke

1910 - 1997

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0636 FLÖTIST

Kurt Kunert

1911 - 1996

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0637 THEOLOGIAN

Karl Ferdinand Müller

1911 - 1974

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0667 COMPOSER

Klaus Jungk

1916 - 2005

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0706 MITARBEITER

Friedrich Karl Bauer

1912 - 1991

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0774 POLITICIAN

Günter Fahlbusch

Born 1919

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0801 AKTIVIST

Friedrich Waldow

1915 - 2013

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0819 VERBRECHER

Franz Hoth

1910 - 1949

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0829 ROWER

Heinz Beyer

1910 - 1975

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0832 PHYSICIST

Hubert Krüger

1914 - 2002

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0836 OFFICER

Klaus Hilgemann

1918 - 1973

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0842 OFFICER

Karl Brüggemann

1915 - 1987

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0843 OFFICER

Heinz Beutler

1915 - 2010

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0855 POLITICIAN

Wilhelm Behnke

1914 - 1979

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0873 GENERALMAJOR

Karl-Heinz Hollstein

1919 - 2014

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0874 POLITICIAN

Rudolf Tesmann

Born 1910

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0878 PLAYER

Karl-Heinz Eckardt

1912 - 1957

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0885 POLITICIAN

Martin Bleck

1919 - 1996

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0895 ENGINEER

Oskar Maaß

1910 - 1986

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0918 FÜHREN

Harry Poley

1916 - 2003

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0926 POLITICIAN

Heinz Lesener

1919 - 2011

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0933 SOLDIER

Wolfgang Eickstedt

1915 - 1988

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0941 SOLDIER

Rolf Borchers

1913 - 1988

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0945 SOLDIER

Hermann Dahms

1916 - 1944

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0950 SOLDIER

Hans-Ludwig Gaude

Born 1916

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0951 POLITICIAN

Günter Elsner

1916 - 1992

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0954 POLITICIAN

Günther Braun (Politiker)

1916 - 2004

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0955 POLITICIAN

Wilhelm Solisch

1910 - 1988

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0967 POLITICIAN

Hans Gerlach (Politiker, 1919)

1919 - 1986

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0969 FOOTBALL

Horst Kiow

1919 - 2010

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0971 ATHLETIC

Gerhard Obermüller

1912 - 1995

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0977 POLITICIAN

Fred Kunde

1912 - 1967

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0991 POLITICIAN

Eitel-Friedrich Rechel

1916 - 1963

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