Potsdam ranks 279th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind England, Rochester, New York, and West Berlin. Memorable people born in Potsdam include Ernst Haeckel, Wilhelm von Humboldt, and Frederick William III of Prussia. Memorable people who died in Potsdam include Frederick the Great, Erich von Falkenhayn, and Johann Gottfried Galle. Potsdam has been the birth place of many politicians and military personnels and the death place of many politicians and military personnels. Potsdam is located in Germany.
Potsdam is the capital and largest city of the German state of Brandenburg. It is part of the Berlin/Brandenburg Metropolitan Region. Potsdam sits on the River Havel, a tributary of the Elbe, downstream of Berlin, and lies embedded in a hilly morainic landscape dotted with many lakes, around 20 of which are located within Potsdam's city limits. It lies some 25 kilometres southwest of Berlin's city centre. The name of the city and of many of its boroughs are of Slavic origin. Read more on Wikipedia
Between 1759 and 1992, Potsdam was the birth place of 41 globally memorable people, including Ernst Haeckel, Wilhelm von Humboldt, and Frederick William III of Prussia. Additionaly, 24 globally memorable people have passed away in Potsdam including Frederick the Great, Erich von Falkenhayn, and Johann Gottfried Galle.
1834 - 1919
HPI: 75.41
Rank: 1
1767 - 1835
HPI: 73.66
Rank: 2
1770 - 1840
HPI: 72.61
Rank: 3
1821 - 1894
HPI: 72.07
Rank: 4
1897 - 1978
HPI: 65.52
Rank: 5
1804 - 1851
HPI: 64.65
Rank: 6
1774 - 1837
HPI: 63.43
Rank: 7
1894 - 1951
HPI: 62.78
Rank: 8
1848 - 1915
HPI: 62.24
Rank: 9
1832 - 1904
HPI: 60.99
Rank: 10
1887 - 1949
HPI: 60.57
Rank: 11
1860 - 1917
HPI: 58.44
Rank: 12
1879 - 1945
HPI: 52.76
Rank: 22
1857 - 1895
HPI: 52.38
Rank: 24
1853 - 1923
HPI: 49.76
Rank: 27
1925 - 2001
HPI: 48.37
Rank: 28
1900 - 1991
HPI: 47.19
Rank: 29
1976 - Present
HPI: 36.63
Rank: 32
1992 - Present
HPI: 33.29
Rank: 35
1986 - Present
HPI: 20.69
Rank: 41
1712 - 1786
HPI: 82.84
Rank: 1
1861 - 1922
HPI: 69.24
Rank: 2
1812 - 1910
HPI: 66.27
Rank: 3
1873 - 1916
HPI: 65.43
Rank: 4
1882 - 1945
HPI: 64.92
Rank: 5
1697 - 1773
HPI: 63.38
Rank: 6
1890 - 1943
HPI: 61.90
Rank: 7
1883 - 1942
HPI: 60.26
Rank: 8
1709 - 1786
HPI: 59.33
Rank: 9
1893 - 1938
HPI: 57.54
Rank: 10
1861 - 1937
HPI: 57.22
Rank: 11
1890 - 1920
HPI: 56.89
Rank: 12
Most individuals born in present day Potsdam were politicians (10), military personnels (5), companions (4), physicists (3), and philosophers (2), while most who died were politicians (5), military personnels (4), physicists (4), astronomers (3), and composers (2).
Over the past 100 years, politicians have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Potsdam, including Matthias Platzeck, Klara Geywitz, and Fanny Fischer. Whereas, throughout history, politicians have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Potsdam, including Frederick William III of Prussia, Wilhelmine of Prussia, Queen of the Netherlands, and Paul Blobel.
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 25 globally memorable people born in Potsdam since 1700.