18 Notable alumni of
University of Potsdam

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The University of Potsdam is 1850th in the world, 615th in Europe, and 67th in Germany by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 18 notable alumni from the University of Potsdam sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.

  1. Svenja Jung

    Svenja Jung
    Born in
    Germany Flag Germany
    Years
    1993-.. (age 31)
    Enrolled in the University of Potsdam
    Studied media studies
    Occupations
    film actortelevision actor
    Biography

    Svenja Jung is a German actress.

  2. Pegah Ferydoni

    Pegah Ferydoni
    Born in
    Iran Flag Iran
    Years
    1983-.. (age 41)
    Occupations
    film actortelevision actorsingertelevision presenterstage actor
    Biography

    Pegah Ferydoni is an Iranian-born German actress and singer. Ferydoni left Iran with her family when she was two years old, during the Iran–Iraq war. She started her career as a singer when she was age 16 but gave up singing in favour of acting.

  3. Hubertus Heil

    Hubertus Heil
    Born in
    Germany Flag Germany
    Years
    1972-.. (age 52)
    Enrolled in the University of Potsdam
    In 1995 studied political science
    Occupations
    politicianinternational forum participantpolitical scientist
    Biography

    Wolfgang-Hubertus Heil is a German politician of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) who has been serving as Federal Minister of Labour and Social Affairs in the fourth cabinet of Chancellor Angela Merkel and the first cabinet of Chancellor Olaf Scholz since 14 March 2018.

  4. Linda Teuteberg

    Linda Teuteberg
    Born in
    Germany Flag Germany
    Years
    1981-.. (age 43)
    Occupations
    politician
    Biography

    Linda Teuteberg is a German lawyer and politician of the Free Democratic Party (FDP). Serving as a member of the Bundestag since 2017, she was elected as General Secretary of the FDP on 26 April 2019 and thereby became part of the party's leadership around chairman Christian Lindner. Lindner asked for and received her resignation effective 19 September 2020.

  5. Klara Geywitz

    Klara Geywitz
    Born in
    Germany Flag Germany
    Years
    1976-.. (age 48)
    Enrolled in the University of Potsdam
    1995-2002 graduated with Diplom in political science
    Occupations
    political scientistpolitician
    Biography

    Klara Geywitz is a German politician of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) serving as Federal Minister for Housing, Urban Development and Building in the Scholz cabinet since 2021. She served as member of the Landtag of Brandenburg from 2004 until 2019, and is a Deputy Leader of the SPD since 2019.

  6. Marco Wanderwitz

    Marco Wanderwitz
    Years
    1975-.. (age 49)
    Occupations
    politicianlawyer
    Biography

    Marco Wanderwitz is a German lawyer and politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU). From 2018 until 2021, he served as Parliamentary State Secretary in the government of Chancellor Angela Merkel.

  7. Jeanne Barseghian

    Jeanne Barseghian
    Born in
    France Flag France
    Years
    1980-.. (age 44)
    Occupations
    juristenvironmentalistcorporate administrative and commercial executivepolitician
    Biography

    Jeanne Barseghian is a French politician who is the mayor of Strasbourg and has been a member of its city council. She has been a member of Europe Ecology – The Greens (EELV) since 2013. She was elected in 2014 to the City Council of Strasbourg, and to the Eurométropole de Strasbourg Council. She was elected mayor of Strasbourg after she successfully led the EELV list in the 2020 municipal election there.

  8. Katherina Reiche

    Katherina Reiche
    Born in
    Germany Flag Germany
    Years
    1973-.. (age 51)
    Occupations
    politician
    Biography

    Katherina Reiche is a German manager and former politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU).

  9. Nora Bossong

    Nora Bossong
    Born in
    Germany Flag Germany
    Years
    1982-.. (age 42)
    Occupations
    writerpoet
    Biography

    Nora Bossong is a German writer. She lives in Berlin.

  10. Anne-Julia Hagen

    Anne-Julia Hagen
    Born in
    Germany Flag Germany
    Years
    1990-.. (age 34)
    Occupations
    beauty pageant contestantmodel
    Biography

    Anne-Julia Hagen is a German model and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss Universe Germany 2013 and represented her country at the Miss Universe 2013 pageant. She would later appear on the CNBC game show Deal or No Deal as a briefcase model (holding briefcase 23) in 2018.

  11. Rainer Kempe

    Rainer Kempe
    Born in
    Germany Flag Germany
    Years
    1989-.. (age 35)
    Occupations
    poker player
    Biography

    Rainer Kempe is a German professional poker player from Berlin, Germany.

  12. Renate Loll

    Renate Loll
    Born in
    Germany Flag Germany
    Years
    1962-.. (age 62)
    Occupations
    university teacherphysicist
    Biography

    Renate Loll Is a German physicist. She is a Professor in Theoretical Physics at the Institute for Mathematics, Astrophysics and Particle Physics of the Radboud University in Nijmegen, Netherlands. She previously worked at the Institute for Theoretical Physics of Utrecht University. She received her Ph.D. from Imperial College, London, in 1989. In 2001 she joined the permanent staff of the ITP, after spending several years at the Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics in Golm, Germany. With Jan Ambjørn and Polish physicist Jerzy Jurkiewicz she helped develop a new approach to nonperturbative quantization of gravity, that of Causal Dynamical Triangulations.

  13. Hans Grodotzki

    Hans Grodotzki
    Born in
    Poland Flag Poland
    Years
    1936-.. (age 88)
    Occupations
    long-distance runner
    Biography

    Hans Grodotzki was an East German long-distance runner who competed mainly in track events.

  14. Jan Redmann

    Jan Redmann
    Born in
    Germany Flag Germany
    Years
    1979-.. (age 45)
    Enrolled in the University of Potsdam
    Studied jurisprudence
    Occupations
    politicianjurist
    Biography

    Jan Redmann is a German lawyer and politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) who has been serving as a member of the State Parliament of Brandenburg since 2014. Since 2019, he has been chairing his party’s parliamentary group.

  15. Conny Waßmuth

    Conny Waßmuth
    Born in
    Germany Flag Germany
    Years
    1983-.. (age 41)
    Occupations
    kayaker
    Biography

    Conny Waßmuth is a German sprint canoer who has competed since 2005. She won a gold medal in the K-4 500 m event at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.

  16. Jens Eisert

    Jens Eisert
    Years
    1970-.. (age 54)
    Occupations
    physicist
    Biography

    Jens Eisert is a German physicist, ERC fellow, and professor at the Free University of Berlin. He is also affiliated with the Helmholtz Association and the Fraunhofer Society.

  17. Brigitte Knopf

    Brigitte Knopf
    Born in
    Germany Flag Germany
    Years
    1973-.. (age 51)
    Occupations
    climatologist
    Biography

    Brigitte Knopf is a German climatologist. Since February 2015 she has been Secretary General of the Mercator Research Institute on Global Commons and Climate Change and since 1 September 2020 has been a member of the Expert Council on Climate Issues (Expertenrat für Klimafragen).

  18. Joschka Langenbrinck

    Joschka Langenbrinck
    Born in
    Germany Flag Germany
    Years
    1985-.. (age 39)
    Occupations
    politician
    Biography

    Joschka Langenbrinck is a German politician, currently serving as Member of the Abgeordnetenhaus of Berlin since 27 October 2011 representing the Neukölln 3 constituency for the Social Democratic Party.