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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.

155016001650170017501800185019001950
  • Politics & Law
  • Writing
  • Science
  • Sports
  • Art & Design
  • Military
  • Other
All1,002
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Showing 61 of 1,002 notable people

0008 SINGER

Chava Alberstein

Born 1947

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0012 SINGER

Michael Holm

Born 1943

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0053 FILM

Volker Koepp

Born 1944

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0063 PROSTITUTE

Molly Luft

1944 - 2010

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0097 FILM

Piotr Andrejew

1947 - 2017

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0104 MUSIC

Knut Kiesewetter

1941 - 2016

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0113 FOOTBALL

Henryk Wawrowski

Born 1949

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0130 BOXER

Ulli Wegner

Born 1942

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0181 SOCIOLOGIST

Ulrich Teichler

Born 1942

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0183 ARCHAEOLOGIST

Horst Wolfgang Böhme

Born 1940

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0191 LAWYER

Wolfgang Schnur

1944 - 2016

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0193 FOOTBALL

Gerd Kostmann

Born 1941

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0241 AUTHOR

Lutz Riemann

Born 1940

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0251 POLITICIAN

Michael Bürsch

1942 - 2012

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0263 JOURNALIST

Ryszard Kotla

Born 1947

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0288 ACADEMIC

Helge Bofinger

1940 - 2018

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0320 MUSIC

Eberhard Blum (Flötist)

1940 - 2013

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0336 WRITER

Jacek Sawaszkiewicz

1947 - 1999

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0340 ACTOR

Roland Kuchenbuch

Born 1943

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0343 LIEDERMACHER

Wolfgang Schulz (Liedermacher)

1941 - 1992

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0345 BIOCHEMIST

Volker Erdmann

1941 - 2015

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0346 JUDGE

Joachim Wenzel (Richter)

1940 - 2009

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0381 THERAPIST

Michael Ermann

Born 1943

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0389 AUTHOR

Peter Gäng

Born 1942

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0395 ACTOR

Jörg Holm

1940 - 2000

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0400 PHYSICIST

Detlev Riesner

Born 1941

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0409 THEOLOGIAN

Bernd Janowski

Born 1943

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0413 POLITICIAN

Klaus-Jürgen Hedrich

Born 1941

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0420 PAINTER

Valeska (Malerin)

Born 1940

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0441 ACTOR

Uwe-Karsten Koch

Born 1941

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0469 MISSING

Stefan Schmidt (Kapitän)

Born 1941

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0481 PAINTER

Eckhard Buchholz

Born 1941

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0485 MATHEMATICIAN

Jens Frehse

Born 1943

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0489 ENTREPRENEUR

Dietrich Walther

1942 - 2016

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0503 HISTORIAN

Hans-Peter Baum

Born 1943

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0508 AUTHOR

Manfred Vollack

1940 - 1999

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0547 DRAMA

Wolfgang Wiens

1941 - 2012

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0569 LAWYER

Ernst Joachim Fürsen

Born 1942

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0599 ROWER

Roman Kowalewski

Born 1949

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0601 ROWER

Ryszard Giło

Born 1949

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0607 SPORT

Zdzislaw Kotla

1949 - 2012

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0626 CONDUCTOR

Jens-Andrees Bose

Born 1944

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0646 MERCENARY

Bernd Köhlert

1942 - 1964

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0656 LINGUIST

Jens Lüdtke (Romanist)

1941 - 2019

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0668 POLITICIAN

Margrit Barth

Born 1944

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0684 AUTHOR

Manfred Strahl

1940 - 2000

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0691 ART DEALER

Hans Strelow

Born 1940

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0731 INTERNIST

Hermann Wagner (Mediziner)

Born 1942

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0743 PALAEONTOLOGIST

Fritz J. Krüger

Born 1941

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0751 ACADEMIC

Jochen Ziska

Born 1941

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0796 POLITICIAN

Heiko Schultz

Born 1940

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0826 GERMANIST

Jochen Golz

Born 1942

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0830 MILITAR

Bernd Albert

Born 1940

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0854 OFFICER

Manfred Jonischkies (General)

Born 1942

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0869 PLAYER

Jutta Kruse

Born 1940

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0870 POLITICIAN

Peter Wintruff

Born 1940

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0893 POLITICIAN

Otto Theel

Born 1940

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0899 SPORT

Inge Lieckfeldt

Born 1941

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0936 POLITICIAN

Joachim Behm

Born 1941

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0938 POLITICIAN

Werner Loewe

Born 1941

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0983 POLITICIAN

Dieter Markhoff

Born 1940

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