List of people from Szczecin

Famous residents of Szczecin[edit]

Before 1800[edit]

Philipp Dulichius (1562–1631), German composer
Catherine the Great (1729–1796), empress of Russia
Franz Kasimir von Kleist (1736–1808), Prussian general
Sophie Dorothea of Württemberg (1759–1828), the second wife of Tsar Paul I of Russia
Friedrich von Adelung (1768–1843), linguist, historian and bibliographer
Friedrich Gilly (1772–1800), architect
Henryka Beyer (1782–1855) painter
Friedrich Graf von Wrangel (1784–1877), Prussian Field Marshal
Carl Loewe (1796–1869) composer, lived in Stettin
Heinrich Philipp August Damerow (1798–1866), psychiatrist
Karl Loeillot (1798–1864), painter and lithographer

1800–1850[edit]

Theodor Hildebrandt (1804–1874) painter
Carl August Dohrn (1806–1892), entomologist
Franz Theodor Kugler (1808–1858) art historian
Carl Gustav Friedrich Hasselbach (1809–1882), mayor of Magdeburg
Hermann Günther Grassmann (1809–1877) mathematician, physicist and linguist
Robert Prutz (1816–1872) poet
Franz San Galli (1824–1908), inventor of radiator (central heating system)
Hermann Julius Grüneberg (1827–1894), chemist
Felicita Vestvali (1831-1880), opera singer and actress
A. F. Marx (1838–1904), publisher
Anton Dohrn (1840–1909) first director of the Stazione Zoologica, Naples, Italy
Otto von Gierke (1841–1921) historian
Oscar Hammerstein I (1847–1919), composer

1850–1900[edit]

Ernst Zitelmann (1852 -1923) jurist
Carl Ludwig Schleich (1859–1922), author
Max Berg (1870–1947) architect
Leon Jessel (1871–1942), composer
Wolfgang Wegener (1875–1956), officer in the Imperial German Navy
Alfred Döblin (1878–1957), writer
Traugott Konstantin Oesterreich (1880–1949), religious parapsychologist and philosopher
Fritz Gerlich (1883–1934) journalist
Rudolf Olden (1885–1940), journalist and lawyer
Johannes Theodor Baargeld (1892–1927) painter and poet
Heinrich George (1893–1946), actor
Erich Böhlke (1895–1979), conductor and componist
Karl Weinbacher (1898–1946), German manager and war criminal
Hans Heinrich von Twardowski (1898–1958) film actor
Heinrich Pick (1882-1947) jurist

1900–1945[edit]

Hans Kammler (1901–1945), German general
Werner Seelenbinder (1904–1944) politician
Gustav Gerneth (1905-2019) the world's oldest living man
Konstanty Ildefons Gałczyński (1905–1953), poet
Erwin Ackerknecht (1906–1988), historian
Dita Parlo (1906–1971) film actress
Kurt Kuhnke (1910—1969), motorcyclist
Ernst Bader (1914–1999) actor and songwriter
Jürgen Dethloff (1924–2002), inventor
Helga Deen (1925–1943) Dutch prison camp diarist
Wolfhart Pannenberg (born 1928), Christian theologian
Thomas Geve (born 1929), engineer, author and Jewish Holocaust survivor
Ellen Schwiers (1930–2019), actress of stage, film, and television
Rudi Strahl (1931–2001), playwright, novelist and lyricist.
Manfred Stolpe (1936–2019), former Prime Minister of Brandenburg
Christian Tomuschat (born 1936), expert in international law, professor at the Humboldt University of Berlin
Wolfgang Weber (born in 1939), classical cellist
Knut Kiesewetter (born 1941) musician
Michael Bürsch (born 1942) politician
Michael Holm (born 1943) singer-songwriter

After 1945[edit]

Chava Alberstein (born 1947), Israeli female singer and composer of songs
Piotr Andrejew (born 1947), Polish screenwriter and film director, born in Szczecin
Franciszek Białous (1901–1980), Polish microbiologist, settled in Szczecin in 1946
Ryszard Kotla (born 1947) historian, travel writer, journalist, engineer, born in Szczecin-Dąbie
Inka Dowlasz (born 1949) Polish theater director, playwright, screenwriter, psychologist and teacher
Jerzy Zielinski (born 1950) Polish cinematographer active in Hollywood
Krzysztof Warlikowski (born 1962), Polish theatre director
Aneta Kreglicka (born 1965), First runner-up Miss International 1989 and Miss World 1989
Kasia Nosowska (born 1971), singer of Szczecin-based rock band Hey
Agata Kulesza (born 1971), Polish actress
Radosław Majdan (born 1972) Poland national goalkeeper
Grzegorz Napieralski (born 1974), Polish left-wing politician
Ilona Ostrowska (born 1974), Polish actress
Maciej Jewtuszko (born 1981) Mixed Martial Artist, currently competes in WEC.
Cleo, (born 1983), singer who represented Poland at the Eurovision Song Contest 2014
Marek Kowal (born 1985), Polish footballer
Paul Ziemiak (born 1985), German politician (CDU)
Izuagbe Ugonoh (born 1986), Polish-Nigerian mixed martial artist and boxer
Marcin Lewandowski (born 1987), Polish middle-distance runner
Klaudia Ungerman (born 1988), Miss Poland 2008
Kamil Grosicki (born 1988), Polish footballer
Rafał Janicki (born 1992), Polish footballer
Bartosz Zmarzlik (born, 1995), Polish motorcycle speedway rider
Young Leosia (born, 1998), Polish singer, rapper, songwriter and DJ
Blanka Stajkow (born, 1999), Polish singer, fashion model