List of people from Berlin

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The following is a list of notable people who were born in Berlin, Germany.

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Politicians and statesmen

Frederick II of Prussia, Frederick the Great Frederick II of Prussia Coloured drawing.png
Frederick II of Prussia, Frederick the Great
Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany, 1902 Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany - 1902(cropped).jpg
Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany, 1902
Wilhelmine of Prussia, circa 1745 Jean-Etienne Liotard - Portrat der Markgrafin Wilhelmine von Bayreuth.jpg
Wilhelmine of Prussia, circa 1745
Klaus Wowereit, 2009 Klaus Wowereit Berlin-Tegel 02.jpg
Klaus Wowereit, 2009

Entrepreneurs

Hasso Plattner, 2006 Hasso Plattner.JPG
Hasso Plattner, 2006
Carl Friedrich von Siemens, before 1916 Jacob Hilsdorf - Carl Friedrich von Siemens.jpg
Carl Friedrich von Siemens, before 1916

Military officers

Karl von Bulow, ca.1915 Karl von Bulow c1915.jpg
Karl von Bülow, ca.1915
Leo Graf von Caprivi, 1880 Bundesarchiv Bild 183-R09316, Leo Graf von Caprivi.jpg
Leo Graf von Caprivi, 1880
Karl Donitz, 1943 Bundesarchiv Bild 146-1976-127-06A, Karl Donitz (cropped)(2).jpg
Karl Dönitz, 1943
Manfred von Richthofen, 1917 Manfred von Richthofen.jpg
Manfred von Richthofen, 1917

Scientists

Alexander von Humboldt, 1843 Stieler, Joseph Karl - Alexander von Humboldt - 1843.jpg
Alexander von Humboldt, 1843
Statue of Konrad Zuse in Bad Hersfeld KZuse denkmal.jpg
Statue of Konrad Zuse in Bad Hersfeld

Judges and lawyers

Theologians

Authors, historians, journalists, scholars and philosophers

Walter Benjamin, 1928 Walter Benjamin vers 1928.jpg
Walter Benjamin, 1928
Statue of Wilhelm von Humboldt, Humboldt University, Berlin Wilhelm von Humboldt Denkmal - Humboldt Universitat zu Berlin.jpg
Statue of Wilhelm von Humboldt, Humboldt University, Berlin
Herbert Marcuse, 1955 Herbert Marcuse in Newton, Massachusetts 1955.jpeg
Herbert Marcuse, 1955
Portrait of Ludwig Tieck JohannLudwigTieck.jpg
Portrait of Ludwig Tieck

Actors, architects, artists, comedians, directors and singers

Portrait of Reinhold Begas, before 1911 Jacob Hilsdorf - Reinhold Begas.jpg
Portrait of Reinhold Begas, before 1911
Marlene Dietrich, 1951 Marlene Dietrich in No Highway (1951) (Cropped).png
Marlene Dietrich, 1951
Portrait of Bonaventura Genelli, 1860 James Marshall Portrait of Bonaventura Genelli.jpg
Portrait of Bonaventura Genelli, 1860
Walter Gropius, 1919 WalterGropius-1919.jpg
Walter Gropius, 1919
Nastassja Kinski, 2017 Nastassja Kinski (2) crop.jpg
Nastassja Kinski, 2017
Giacomo Meyerbeer, 1865 Meyerbeer d'apres P. Petit b 1865.jpg
Giacomo Meyerbeer, 1865
Johann Christoph Pepusch John Christopher Pepusch by Thomas Hudson.jpg
Johann Christoph Pepusch
Andre Previn, 1973 Andre Previn.jpg
André Previn, 1973
Leni Riefenstahl, ca.1937 Riefenstahl leni postcard olympia crop and strip.jpg
Leni Riefenstahl, ca.1937
Elke Sommer, 1965 Elke Sommer 1965.JPG
Elke Sommer, 1965

Sportspeople

Jerome Boateng, 2009 Boateng-Jerome.jpg
Jérôme Boateng, 2009
Claudia Pechstein, 2018 2018-01-11 Olympiaeinkleidung Deutschland 2018 by Sandro Halank-23.jpg
Claudia Pechstein, 2018
Achim Hill, 1962 Bundesarchiv Bild 183-A0812-0012-002, Achim Hill.jpg
Achim Hill, 1962
Katarina Witt, 1988 Bundesarchiv Bild 183-1988-0105-018, Katarina Witt.jpg
Katarina Witt, 1988

Others

Gabriele von Bulow, aged 7 (right), and her sister Adelheid, ca. 1800 Christian Gottlieb Schick 001.jpg
Gabriele von Bülow, aged 7 (right), and her sister Adelheid, ca. 1800

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