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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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1,002 notable people

0901 POLITICIAN

Reinhard Bruns-Wüstefeld

1883 - 1967

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0902 ARCHITECT

Adolph Dahl

1886 - 1940

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0903 ARTIST

Hugo Körte

1897 - 1974

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0904 GENERALMAJOR

Wilhelm Heinrich Friedrich von Kleist

1785 - 1867

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0905 ACADEMIC

Johannes Otto

Died 1545

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0906 MINISTERIUM

Werner Korth

1929 - 1998

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0907 POLITICIAN

Hans-Georg Marquardt

1927 - 2013

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0908 LAWYER

Carl Rudolph (Verwaltungsjurist)

1841 - 1915

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0909 GENERALMAJOR

August von Owstien

1771 - 1847

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0910 POLITICIAN

Eckard Lindemann

Born 1937

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0911 POLITICIAN

Paul von Ploetz

1839 - 1915

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0912 LEUTNANT

Hugo Laurin

1844 - 1921

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0913 BAUUNTERNEHMER

Karl Waechter

1840 - 1913

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0914 OFFICER

Hans Joachim von Hagen

1646 - 1701

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0915 OFFICER

Gustav Brehmer

1905 - 1950

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0916 LAWYER

Wolfgang Höfeld

1889 - 1965

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0917 ARTIST

Margherita Turewicz Lafranchi

Born 1961

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0918 FÜHREN

Harry Poley

1916 - 2003

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0919 MERCHANT

Daniel Schlegel

1591 - 1653

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0920 POLITICIAN

Karl Pankow

1905 - 1973

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0921 LAWYER

Adolf von Nassau (Landrat)

1889 - 1961

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0922 OFFICER

Elimar von Cranach

1871 - 1950

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0923 BUSINESS

Carl Meister

1888 - 1962

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0924 DIPLOMAT

Georg Abel

1852 - 1926

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0925 GENERALMAJOR

Hans Wilhelm Siegmund Leopold von Hagen

1775 - 1851

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0926 POLITICIAN

Heinz Lesener

1919 - 2011

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0927 GENERALMAJOR

Karl Christoph von Zeuner

1703 - 1768

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0928 MANAGER

Ernst-Georg Pantel

1922 - 2003

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0929 SOLDIER

Ludwig von Winterfeld (General)

1798 - 1881

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0930 FOOTBALL

Waldemar Kaszubski

Born 1939

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0931 KAVALLERIE

Hans von Lenke

1837 - 1917

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0932 JUDGE

Hermann Hoffmann (Richter)

1880 - 1945

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0933 SOLDIER

Wolfgang Eickstedt

1915 - 1988

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0934 POLITICIAN

Oskar Schulz (Politiker)

1920 - 2014

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0935 POLITICIAN

Willi Schwarz

1902 - 1975

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0936 POLITICIAN

Joachim Behm

Born 1941

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0937 POLITICIAN

Richard Tennigkeit

1900 - 1944

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0938 POLITICIAN

Werner Loewe

Born 1941

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0939 POLITICIAN

Rudi Bahr

1920 - 1999

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0940 MISSING

Julius Cosmar

1820 - 1899

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0941 SOLDIER

Rolf Borchers

1913 - 1988

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0942 PAINTER

Eckhard Heyden

1925 - 2010

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0943 POLITICIAN

Walter Schröder (Politiker)

1907 - 1987

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0944 POLITICIAN

Wilhelm Schröder (Politiker, 1890)

1890 - 1972

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0945 SOLDIER

Hermann Dahms

1916 - 1944

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0946 SPORT

Aleksandra Zimny

Born 1996

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0947 POLITICIAN

Meta Omankowsky

1902 - 1984

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0948 PARLAMENT

Carl Ferdinand Triest

1797 - 1889

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0949 LANDRAT

Johann Wilhelm Christoph Steobanus von Wriechen �

1755 - 1821

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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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0952 FOOTBALL

Klaus Winkelmann

1939 - 2007

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0953 POLITICIAN

Horst Edig

Born 1935

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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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0956 POLITICIAN

Rudolf Heyden

Born 1920

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0957 ACTOR

Karl Beringer

1845 - 1907

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0958 POLITICIAN

Elisabeth Lorenz

1904 - 1996

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0959 POLITICIAN

Carl Albert Hagen

1839 - 1910

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0960 PARLAMENT

Hermann Karl Dumrath

1854 - 1922

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0961 OPERA

Ernst Preuse

1886 - 1904

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0962 FOOTBALL

Hubert Miller (calciatore)

Born 1938

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0963 POLITICIAN

Friedrich Wilhelm von der Osten (Politiker) – Wi

1842 - 1928

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0964 POLITICIAN

Paul Oestreich (Politiker)

1876 - 1939

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0965 REGIERUNG

Hermann Dumrath

1818 - 1906

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0966 POLITICIAN

Werner Oestreich

1905 - 1949

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0967 POLITICIAN

Hans Gerlach (Politiker, 1919)

1919 - 1986

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0968 BEAMTE

Gustav Hasselbach (Finanzbeamter)

1818 - 1898

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0969 FOOTBALL

Horst Kiow

1919 - 2010

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0970 POLITICIAN

Wilhelm Ide (Landrat)

1878 - 1948

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0971 ATHLETIC

Gerhard Obermüller

1912 - 1995

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0972 MANUFACTURER

Albert Eduard Toepffer

1841 - 1924

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0973 JUDGE

Max Oelschlaeger

1861 - 1929

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0974 POLITICIAN

Otto Koblank

1885 - 1956

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0975 LAWYER

Johannes Geppert

1820 - 1889

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0976 ACTOR

Wilhelmine Brandes

1869 - 1905

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0977 POLITICIAN

Fred Kunde

1912 - 1967

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0978 POLITICIAN

Franz Hirschfeld

1893 - 1979

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0979 MANAGER

Fritz Hensel

1893 - 1950

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0980 BEAMTE

Friedrich Behrens (Landrat)

1828 - 1872

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0981 SURGEON

George Degner

1847 - 1894

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0982 ACTOR

Hermann Baatz

1845 - 1870

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0983 POLITICIAN

Dieter Markhoff

Born 1940

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0984 MARINE

Carl Barandon

1844 - 1914

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0985 GENERALMAJOR

Albert von Liebenau

1799 - 1871

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0986 JUDGE

Gustav von Faltzburg

1650 - 1719

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0987 LAWYER

Ernst Grundmann

1861 - 1924

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0988 MERCHANT

Emil Rahm (Politiker)

1804 - 1882

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0989 POLITICIAN

Joachim Brinkmann (Politiker)

Born 1934

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0990 LAWYER

Christian Philipp Koehler

1778 - 1842

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0991 POLITICIAN

Eitel-Friedrich Rechel

1916 - 1963

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0992 POLITICIAN

Walter Groß (Politiker, 1928)

1928 - 2011

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0993 ARCHITECT

Wilhelm Berger (Architekt)

1790 - 1858

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0994 MISSING

Johan Jakob von Schultzenhielm

1684 - 1751

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0995 ACADEMIC

Otto Brussow

Died 1510

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0996 POLITICIAN

Rudolf Müller (Politiker, 1938)

1938 - 2016

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0997 POLITICIAN

Georg Reinke

1907 - 1965

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0998 POLITICIAN

Ernst Freiherr von Wangenheim

1829 - 1890

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0999 CONDUCTOR

Małgorzata Bornowska

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1000 ARCHITECT

Joachim Ludwig Zitelmann

1768 - 1823

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1001 FOOTBALL

Adam Liszczak

Born 1981

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1002 ARTIST

Georg Voigdt

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