Editing Potsdam (section)

==Notable people==
{{See also|Category:People from Potsdam}}

'''18th century'''<br />
[[File:Graf Henckel von Donnersmarck LM FWzeK.jpg|thumb|140px|Graf Henckel von Donnersmarck]]
[[File:W.v.Humboldt.jpg|thumb|140px|Wilhelm von Humboldt]]
*[[Abraham Abramson]] (1754–1811), medalist
*[[Ludwig Yorck von Wartenburg]] (1759–1830), Prussian field marshal
*[[Wilhelm von Humboldt]] (1767–1835), scholar and statesman, founder of the Berlin [[Humboldt University]]
*[[Frederick William III of Prussia]] (1770–1840), King of Prussia 1797–1840
*[[Wilhelm Ludwig Viktor Henckel von Donnersmarck]] (1775–1849), Prussian general lieutenant
*[[Eleonore Prochaska]] (1785–1813), woman soldier during the [[liberation war]], unrecognized as a man disguised as a drummer, later as an infantryman in the Prussian army against [[Napoléon Bonaparte|Napoleon]]
*[[Friedrich Wilhelm von Rauch (1790–1850)|Friedrich Wilhelm von Rauch]] (1790–1850), lieutenant general in the Prussian Army
*[[Heinrich Wilhelm Krausnick]] (1797–1882), lawyer and [[Governing Mayor of Berlin|Lord Mayor of Berlin]]

'''19th century'''<br />
[[File:Kaiser Friedrich III Porträt.jpg|thumb|140px|Frederick III]]
*[[Moritz Hermann von Jacobi]] (1801–1874), physicist and engineer
*[[Ludwig Persius]] (1803–1845), architect
*[[Carl Gustav Jacob Jacobi]] (1804–1851), mathematician
*[[Adolf von Rauch (1805–1877)|Adolf von Rauch]] (1805–1877), Prussian cavalry officer 
*[[Philipp Galen]] (1813–1899), writer and physician
*[[Julius Lange (numismatist)|Julius Lange]] (1815–1905), numismatist
*[[Hermann von Helmholtz]] (1821–1894), physiologist and physicist, one of the most important natural scientists of his time
*[[Alfred Bonaventura von Rauch]] (1824–1900), Prussian general
*[[Friedrich Wilhelm von Rauch (1827–1907)|Friedrich Wilhelm von Rauch]] (1827–1907), Prussian general leutnant
*[[Egmont von Rauch]] (1829–1875), Prussian cavalry officer and later colonel in the Prussian Army
*[[Frederick III, German Emperor]] (1831–1888), Emperor of the German Empire and King of Prussia 1888
*[[Alfred von Waldersee]] (1832–1904), field marshal
*[[Ernst Haeckel]] (1834–1919), zoologist, philosopher
*[[Gottlieb Graf von Haeseler]] (1836–1919), Prussian field marshal
*[[Hermann Schubert]] (1848–1911), mathematician
*[[Castor Watt]] (1858-1932), German actor, humorist, imitator and internationally known quick-change artist
*[[Wilhelm II, German Emperor]] (1859–1941), Emperor of the German Empire and King of Prussia 1888–1918
*[[Friedrich Adolf Steinhausen]] (1859−1910), doctor and physiologist
*[[Friedrich Wilhelm von Rauch (1868–1899)|Friedrich Wilhelm von Rauch]] (1868–1899), Prussian officer
*[[Friedrich Ludwig (musicologist)|Friedrich Ludwig]] (1872–1930), music historian and rector of the University of Göttingen
*[[Friedrich Wilhelm von Bissing]] (1873–1956), egyptologist
*[[Elisabeth von Knobelsdorff]] (1877–1959), engineer and architect
*[[Prince Eitel Friedrich of Prussia]] (1883–1942), second son of King William II of Prussia
*[[Ludowika Jakobsson]] (1884–1968), German-Finnish figure skater
*[[Leo Geyr von Schweppenburg]] (1886–1974), general of tank troops and military attachée
*[[Luise Schulze-Berghof]] (1889–1970), German composer and pianist
*[[Hans-Karl Freiherr von Esebeck]] (1892–1955), general
*[[Paul Blobel]] (1894–1951), Nazi war criminal, hanged for war crimes
*[[Hasso von Manteuffel]] (1897–1978), General in the Wehrmacht, and later spokesman for defense of the [[Free Democratic Party of Germany|Free Democratic Party]] in the [[Bundestag]]

'''20th century'''<br />
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*[[Margarete Buber-Neumann]] (1901–1989), writer
*[[Egon Eiermann]] (1904–1970), architect
*[[Louis Ferdinand, Prince of Prussia|Louis Ferdinand of Prussia]] (1907–1994), German and Prussian heir to the throne and head of the [[House of Hohenzollern]]
*[[Princess Marie Eleonore of Albania|Marie Eleonore of Albania]] (1909–1957), princess
*[[Adam von Trott zu Solz]] (1909–1944), lawyer, diplomat and resistance fighter
*[[Carol Victor, Hereditary Prince of Albania|Carol Victor]] (1913–1973), Hereditary Prince of Albania
*[[Peter Weiss]] (1916–1982), writer, graphic artist and painter
*[[Hans Richter (actor)|Hans Richter]] (1919–2008), actor
*[[Bernhard Hassenstein]] (1922–2016), biologist and behaviorist
*[[Burkhard Heim]] (1925–2001), theoretical physicist
*[[Günther Schramm]] (born 1929), actor
*[[Bernd and Hilla Becher|Hilla Becher]] (1934–2015), photographer
*[[Nicole Heesters]] (born 1937), actress
*[[Klaus Katzur]] (1943–2016), swimmer and Olympic medalist
*[[Sabine Uecker]] (born 1943), politician
*[[Manfred Wolke]] (born 1943), boxer and boxing coach
*[[Wolfgang Joop]] (born 1944), fashion designer
*[[Oliver Bendt]] (born 1946), actor, gymnast, singer 
*[[Christiane Lanzke]] (born 1947), diver and actress
*[[Lothar Doering]] (born 1950), handball player and coach
*[[Brigitte Ahrenholz]] (born 1952), rower
*[[Matthias Platzeck]] (born 1953), politician, Minister President of Brandenburg
*[[Klaus Thiele]] (born 1958), athlete
*[[Gabriele Berg]] (born 1963), biologist and biotechnologist
*[[Jens-Peter Berndt]] (born 1963), swimmer
*[[Ralf Brudel]] (born 1963), rower
*[[Birgit Peter]] (born 1964), rower
*[[Carsten Wolf]] (born 1964), cyclist, world champion
*[[Daniela Neunast]] (born 1966), steward in rowing
*[[René Monse]] (born 1968), heavyweight boxer
*[[Klara Geywitz]] (born 1976), politician
*[[Aleksandr Sayenko]] (born 1978), footballer
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'''21st century'''<br />
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*[[Margarita Kolosov]], rhythmic gymnast and [[2024 Summer Olympics|2024 Olympian]]
*[[Melissa Kössler]] (born 2000), footballer for the [[Germany women's national football team|Germany national team]]
*[[Ermyas Mulugeta]], assaulted in a nationally significant case
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===Honorary citizens===
* 1845: [[Wilhelm Ludwig Viktor Henckel von Donnersmarck]], Lieutenant General
* 1856: [[Friedrich von Wrangel]], Field Marshal
* 1863: [[Peter Joseph Lenné]], gardener and landscape architect
* 1891: [[Hermann von Helmholtz]], naturalist
* 1905: [[Theobald von Bethmann Hollweg]], president of the province of Brandenburg
* 1933: [[Paul von Hindenburg]], Fieldmarshal and Reichspräsident (withdrawn 12 December 2021 by decision of the Potsdam City Council)
* 1933: ''[[Adolf Hitler]]'', chancellor (withdrawn 15 August 1990 by decision of the Potsdam City Council)
* 1938: [[Josef Goebbels]],<ref>{{cite web |title=City Hall shocked to find Goebbels still honorary citizen of Potsdam|url=https://www.dpa-international.com/topic/city-hall-shocked-find-goebbels-still-honorary-citizen-urn:newsml:dpa.com:20090101:211005-99-492675|website=dpa-international.com|access-date=2021-10-06}}</ref> [[Minister of Propaganda]] (withdrawn 3 November 2021 by decision of the Potsdam City Council)
* 1955: [[Max Volmer]], physical chemist
* 1960: [[Hans Marchwitza]], writer and proletarian poet
* 1965: [[Otto Nagel]], painter

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