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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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All1,002
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Showing 104 of 1,002 notable people

0018 POLITICIAN

Manfred Stolpe

1936 - 2019

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0028 SCREENWRITER

Burkhard Driest

1939 - 2020

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0034 ACTOR

Ellen Schwiers

1930 - 2019

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0054 ACTOR

Margit Nünke

1930 - 2015

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0064 LAWYER

Christian Tomuschat

Born 1936

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0083 SCREENWRITER

Rudi Strahl

1931 - 2001

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0115 ACTOR

Henning Venske

Born 1939

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0124 COMPOSER

Ingfried Hoffmann

Born 1935

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0133 ART HISTORIAN

Ernst Badstübner

Born 1931

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0141 ACTOR

Karla Runkehl

1930 - 1986

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0150 ACTOR

Dany Mann

1938 - 2010

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0173 POLITICIAN

Ayyub Axel Köhler

Born 1938

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0178 ANTHROPOLOGIST

Gudrun Corvinus

1931 - 2006

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0179 POLITICAL SCIENTIST

Peter Christian Ludz

1931 - 1979

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0188 SINGER

Leonore Kirschstein

1933 - 2017

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0202 ACADEMIC

Anders Hultgård

Born 1936

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0217 COLLECTOR

Heiner Friedrich

Born 1938

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0221 EDUCATION

Gerold Becker

1936 - 2010

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0238 ACTOR

Monika Lennartz

Born 1938

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0242 ACTOR

Mogens von Gadow

Born 1930

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0259 FINANCIER

Henry Jarecki

Born 1933

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0264 FENCER

Gudrun Theuerkauff

Born 1937

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0277 POLITICIAN

Klaus Kübler

1936 - 2007

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0283 ACTOR

Klaus Gendries

Born 1930

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0304 POLITICIAN

Hans Christoph von Rohr

Born 1938

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0305 WRITER

Wolfgang Thadewald

1936 - 2014

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0311 AUTHOR

Illobrand von Ludwiger

Born 1937

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0352 ACADEMIC

Knut Amelung

1939 - 2016

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0360 MANAGER

Klaus Wiegandt

Born 1939

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0367 PHYSICIST

Karl Fuchs (Geophysiker)

Born 1932

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0383 ART HISTORIAN

Dethard von Winterfeld

Born 1938

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0388 DIPLOMAT

Dietrich von Kyaw

Born 1934

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0390 HISTORIAN

Friedrich Wilhelm Kantzenbach

1932 - 2013

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0393 ACADEMIC

Christian Grawe

Born 1935

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0407 ACADEMIC

Jürgen Schmidt-Radefeldt

Born 1939

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0412 AUTHOR

Klaus-Peter Jörns

Born 1939

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0417 PHYSICIST

Arno Bohm

Born 1936

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0424 HISTORIAN

Gernot Wießner

1933 - 1999

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0425 ACADEMIC

Hartmut Hofrichter

Born 1939

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0426 SOCIOLOGIST

Paul Kellermann

Born 1937

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0455 WRITER

Wighard Strehlow

Born 1939

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0464 CHEMIST

Horst Feldmann

Born 1932

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0465 WRITER

Katharina Kühl

Born 1939

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0467 GEOLOGIST

Manfred Schidlowski

1933 - 2012

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0470 ACTOR

Malte Petzel

1930 - 1972

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0475 POLITICIAN

Heiko Hoffmann

Born 1935

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0480 POLITICIAN

Kurt Steinhaus

1938 - 1991

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0491 MUSIC

Hans-Jürgen Wille

1930 - 2004

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0492 DENTIST

Eckhard Beetke

Born 1939

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0494 ART HISTORIAN

Matthias Winner

Born 1931

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0500 GEODESIST

Harald Lucht

1935 - 2020

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0507 HISTORIAN

Knud Krakau

Born 1934

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0510 LITERARY

Elsbeth Wolffheim

1934 - 2002

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0513 JOURNALIST

Dieter Vogel (Journalist)

Born 1931

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0524 ACADEMIC

Harro Müller-Michaels

Born 1936

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0525 MATHEMATICIAN

Lothar Berg (Mathematiker)

1930 - 2015

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0527 CANOE

Willi Mehlberg

Born 1937

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0532 ENGINEER

Dieter Berndt

1938 - 2013

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0552 ARCHIVIST

Gitta Günther

Born 1936

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0553 AUTHOR

Matthias Bronisch

Born 1937

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0554 ILLUSTRATOR

Rosemarie Würth

Born 1938

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0556 HISTORIAN

Ernst Wilhelm Kohls

1931 - 2001

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0565 WRITER

Heidrun Borgwardt

Born 1934

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0572 PLATZ

Siegfried Krug

1939 - 1968

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0573 MUSIC

Wolfgang Weber (Musiker)

Born 1933

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0593 ENGINEER

Heinz-Eberhard Albrecht

Born 1935

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0598 MUSIC

Ortrun Landmann

Born 1937

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0603 DRAMA

Gero Hammer

Born 1933

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0614 WRITER

Richard Salis

1931 - 1988

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0634 PHARMACOLOGIST

Hasso Scholz

Born 1937

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0638 POLITICIAN

Stefan Pelny

Born 1938

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0641 GEOLOGIST

Anselm Kühl

Born 1939

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0679 POLITICIAN

Joachim Christian Becker

1937 - 1996

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0685 POLITICIAN

Horst Sielaff

Born 1937

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0700 POLITICIAN

Manfred Voigt

1935 - 2001

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0703 MILITAR

Günter Kalwert

Born 1930

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0720 POLITICIAN

Jürgen Jentsch

Born 1939

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0729 AUTHOR

Jürgen Dennert

1935 - 1970

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0730 JUDGE

Klaus Haack

1933 - 2015

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0740 HISTORIAN

Kurt Redenz

Born 1931

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0746 NUMISMATIST

Hans Dietrich Schultz

Born 1934

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0765 POLITICIAN

Erika Fellner

Born 1934

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0770 WRITER

Dietrich Neuhaus

Born 1931

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0790 POLITICIAN

Gerd-Eckhardt Schuster

1937 - 2013

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0794 ACADEMIC

Ulrich Draugelates

1934 - 2008

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0803 POLITICIAN

Klaus Mildner

Born 1938

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0813 POLITICIAN

Friedrich Karl Fröhlich

1930 - 2001

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0825 OFFICER

Günter Oldenburg (General)

1931 - 2010

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0831 MINISTERIUM

Harry Schütt

Born 1930

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0840 CIVIL SERVICE

Fritz Hiersemann

1930 - 1996

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0849 MINISTERIUM

Horst Bischoff

Born 1936

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0851 MANAGER

Hans-Jürgen Mohr (Jurist)

Born 1938

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0864 ARTIST

Mr. Cox

1932 - 2012

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0875 PAINTER

Benno Schulz

1935 - 2005

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0882 ACADEMIC

Eckard Heintz

Born 1935

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0888 POLITICIAN

Heinz Simkowski

1931 - 2008

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0890 DIPLOMAT

Hans-Joachim Heldt

Born 1934

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0910 POLITICIAN

Eckard Lindemann

Born 1937

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0930 FOOTBALL

Waldemar Kaszubski

Born 1939

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0952 FOOTBALL

Klaus Winkelmann

1939 - 2007

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0953 POLITICIAN

Horst Edig

Born 1935

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0962 FOOTBALL

Hubert Miller (calciatore)

Born 1938

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0989 POLITICIAN

Joachim Brinkmann (Politiker)

Born 1934

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0996 POLITICIAN

Rudolf Müller (Politiker, 1938)

1938 - 2016

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