53.1167° N, 18.0000° E
BYDGOSZCZ
Most Famous People Born in Bydgoszcz, Poland
- Notable people
- 334
- Peak decade
- 1900s
- Median birth year
- 1928
- Most distinctive
- Rower 13.0×
One face per decade — the most globally famous figure born in Bydgoszcz during each.
Notable Births by Decade
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What Bydgoszcz Is Known For
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Politician is Bydgoszcz's biggest profession — 15% of all notables (51).
Bydgoszcz over-indexes on rower — 13.0× the global rate.
Bydgoszcz under-produces football — only 0.5× the global rate.
Profession Mix Over Time
Each band shows a profession family's share of Bydgoszcz's notable births by decade. Hover the chart for the breakdown at any decade.
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- Politics & Law
- Writing
- Military
- Science
- Art & Design
- Other
Zbigniew Boniek
Born 1956
Radosław Sikorski
Born 1963
George Adamski
1891 - 1965
Marian Rejewski
1905 - 1980
Kurt Tank
1898 - 1983
Vivian Schmitt
Born 1978
Grażyna Szapołowska
Born 1953
Stefan Majewski
Born 1956
Jan Krzysztof Bielecki
Born 1951
Eberhard von Mackensen
1889 - 1969
Walter Leistikow
1865 - 1908
Roma Gąsiorowska
Born 1981
Hilde Zadek
1917 - 2019
Wolfgang Schmieder
1901 - 1990
Wojciech Łobodziński
Born 1982
Margarete Himmler
1893 - 1967
Jacek Góralski
Born 1992
Leonard Pietraszak
Born 1936
Sebastian Chmara
Born 1971
Paweł Wojciechowski (athlete)
Born 1989
Sylwester Szmyd
Born 1978
Joachim Fernau
1909 - 1988
Jan Kulczyk
1950 - 2015
Przemek Karnowski
Born 1993
Beata Mikołajczyk
Born 1985
Margarete Schlegel
1899 - 1987
Michał Winiarski
Born 1983
Łukasz Michalski
Born 1988
Max von Boehn (general)
1850 - 1921
Iga Baumgart-Witan
Born 1989
Tomasz Gollob
Born 1971
Erich Regener
1881 - 1955
Kazimierz Karabasz
1930 - 2018
Teodor Kocerka
1927 - 1999
Adolf Rosenberg
1850 - 1906
Alfred Ingemar Berndt
1905 - 1945
Julian Borchardt
1868 - 1932
Otto Krümmel
1854 - 1912
Jarosław Pijarowski
Born 1971
Piotr Moss
Born 1949
Hermann Maaß
1897 - 1944
Andrzej Przybielski
1944 - 2011
Marek Leśniewski
Born 1963
Paweł Olszewski
Born 1979
Kosma Złotowski
Born 1964
Joanna Rajkowska
Born 1968
Erich Buchholz
1891 - 1972
Ekkehard Schulz
Born 1941
Michał Chyliński
Born 1986
Mirosław Chmara
Born 1964
Filip Dylewicz
Born 1980
Louis Jacobsohn-Lask
1863 - 1940
Franz Arnold
1878 - 1960
Robert Wulnikowski
Born 1977
Franziska Martienssen-Lohmann
1887 - 1971
Hugo Hergesell
1859 - 1938
Alexander Schimmelfennig
1824 - 1865
Mariusz Kazana
1960 - 2010
Alfred E. Johann
1901 - 1996
Marian Sypniewski
Born 1955
Jerzy Braun
1911 - 1968
Edmund Michał Piszcz
Born 1929
Georg von Schleinitz
1834 - 1910
Marcin Jahr
Born 1969
Lothar Wolff
1909 - 1988
Jan Świdziński
1923 - 2014
Ewa Sowińska
Born 1944
Piotr Hojka
Born 1984
Walter Lehweß-Litzmann
1907 - 1986
Jarosław Ziętara
1968 - 1992
Hans Joachim Scherer
1906 - 1945
Franciszek Bronikowski
1907 - 1964
Wiktor Stoczkowski
Born 1959
Julia Przyłębska
Born 1959
Jan Rulewski
Born 1944
Erwin Hartung
1901 - 1986
Robert Bednarek
Born 1979
Marcin Krzywicki
Born 1986
Wojciech Mojzesowicz
Born 1954
Lech Jęczmyk
Born 1936
Hansjochem Autrum
1907 - 2003
Rafał Hejmej
Born 1980
Juliusz Bogdan Deczkowski
1924 - 1998
Ryszard Kubiak
Born 1950
Mieczysław Wachowski
Born 1950
Franz Lüdtke
1882 - 1945
Peter Dombrowski
Born 1928
Julius Gehl
1869 - 1945
Maciej Świątkowski
Born 1950
Wojciech Gutorski
Born 1982
Mariusz Klimczyk
Born 1956
Hubert Adamczyk
Born 1998
Czesław Panek
1954 - 2016
Matthias Klemm
Born 1941
Karl Kreutz
1909 - 1997
Zbigniew Kuźmiński
1921 - 2005
Eugeniusz Kamiński
1931 - 2018
Wojciech Gryniewicz
Born 1946
Barbara Połomska
Born 1934
Max Friedlaender (lawyer)
1873 - 1956
Krystyna Ostromęcka
Born 1939
Stefan Pastuszewski
Born 1949
Martyna Mikołajczak
Born 1991
Friedrich von Erckert
1869 - 1908
Janusz Turowski (footballer)
Born 1961
Maksymilian Antoni Piotrowski
1813 - 1875
Daniel Stefański
Born 1977
Paweł Ochal
Born 1981
Rafał Bruski
Born 1962
Anna Zielińska-Głębocka
Born 1949
Katarzyna Radtke
Born 1969
Klaudia Breś
Born 1994
Pola Nowakowska
Born 1996
Wilhelm Posse
1852 - 1925
Mieczysław Cieniuch
Born 1951
Daniel Wełna
Born 1955
Manfred Coppik
1943 - 2016
Anna Nemitz
1873 - 1962
Antoni Kukliński
1927 - 2015
Zbigniew Gostomski
1932 - 2017
Jan Kaja
Born 1957
Małgorzata Wiese-Jóźwiak
Born 1961
Tomasz Gwinciński
Born 1963
Jacek Bednarek
1944 - 1990
Ola Obarska
1910 - 1994
Witold Hatka
1939 - 2010
Karolina Adamczyk
Born 1975
Alicja Pęczak
Born 1970
Jacek Soliński
Born 1957
Zbigniew Syka
1936 - 1996
Gertrud von Kunowski
1877 - 1960
Andrzej Chłopecki
1950 - 2012
Czesław Jóźwiak
1919 - 1942
Hanns Anselm Perten
1917 - 1985
Heinz Maecker
1913 - 1999
Katrin Seybold
1943 - 2012
Max Jacobson
1900 - 1979
Józef Święcicki
1859 - 1913
Damian Węglarz
Born 1996
Grażyna Wojcieszko
Born 1957
Hermann Argelander
1920 - 2004
Grzegorz Schreiber
Born 1961
Magdalena Midgley
1952 - 2014
Michał Stawowski
Born 1983
Patryk Dudek
Born 1992
Krzysztof Brejza
Born 1983
Erich Gierach
1881 - 1943
Jakub Łukowski
Born 1996
Adam Majchrowicz
Born 1991
Albert Stefan Kotowski
Born 1949
Robert Trossin
1820 - 1896
Paulina Schulz
Born 1973
Eric Seelig
1909 - 1984
Mieczysław Garsztka
1896 - 1919
Grzegorz Kaźmierczak
Born 1964
Damian Świerblewski
Born 1984
Kurt Fischer-Fehling
1904 - 1978
Katarzyna Kulczak
Born 1954
Hanns-Jörn Weber
Born 1941
Jan Lewan
Born 1941
Eugen Gildemeister
1878 - 1945
Łukasz Abgarowicz
Born 1949
Hermann Killisch von Horn
1821 - 1886
Elisabeth Krumme
1897 - 1984
Jan Nowakowski
Born 1994
Jan Wróblewski (glider pilot)
Born 1940
Bogdan Poniatowski
1931 - 2014
Karl-Heinz Rux
1907 - 1945
Sławomir Jeneralski
Born 1961
Imro Fox
1862 - 1910
Ewa Kowalkowska
Born 1975
Jacek Gollob
Born 1969
Barbara Dolniak
Born 1960
Horst Budjuhn
1910 - 1985
Marian Feter
Born 1946
Alfred Udo Holzt
1859 - 1945
Tomasz Pauszek
Born 1978
Adolf Trendelenburg
1844 - 1941
Marcin Łukaszewski
Born 1978
Peter Schreier (Lebensmittelchemiker)
Born 1942
Grażyna Vetulani
Born 1956
Friedrich Anton Serre
1789 - 1863
Jerzy Broniec
Born 1944
Danuta Kleisinger
1924 - 2017
Walther Schulz (Prähistoriker)
1887 - 1982
Marie von Roskowska
1828 - 1889
Agnieszka Tomczak
Born 1975
Hermann Romberg
1835 - 1898
Bartłomiej Bartnicki
Born 1981
Robert Tomaszek
Born 1981
Gerhard Hardel
1912 - 1984
Andrzej Walkowiak
Born 1961
Leonhard Gleske
1921 - 2019
Holger Eichhorn
Born 1942
Wolfgang Höpker
1909 - 1989
Ludwig Jonas (Maler)
1887 - 1942
Robert Baerwald
1858 - 1896
Bruno Borchardt
1859 - 1939
Marzena Wilczyńska
Born 1984
Gerhard Kehnscherper
1903 - 1988
Miłosz Bochat
Born 1995
Horst Behrendt (Diplomat)
1920 - 2018
Franz Kempner
1879 - 1945
Marian Drażdżewski
Born 1946
Robert Misch
1860 - 1929
Artur Bloch
Born 1992
Maciej Wydrzyński
Born 1974
Willi Finger-Hain
1895 - 1970
Walter Bogs
1899 - 1991
Jan Świątkowski
1920 - 2007
Jarosław Nowicki (rower)
Born 1970
Olga Essig
1884 - 1965
Herwart Miessner
1911 - 2002
Katarzyna Wysocka (volley-ball, 1987)
Born 1987
Kurt Zierold
1899 - 1989
Mirosław Jarzembowski
Born 1954
Franz Laskoff
1869 - 1921
Franz Höhne (Maler)
1892 - 1980
Hartmut Raguse
Born 1941
Jacek Tascher
Born 1957
Hans Joachim Kohnert
1905 - 1972
Paul von Collas
1841 - 1910
Jan Młodzikowski
Born 1947
Zuzanna Czyżnielewska
Born 1992
Waldemar Müller (Schriftsteller)
1871 - 1955
Paul Graef
1855 - 1925
Heinz von Gyldenfeldt
1899 - 1971
Giselher Hickel
Born 1943
Klara Hofer
1875 - 1955
Erich Damerow
1886 - 1972
Jürgen Bordanowicz
Born 1944
Franz Geppert
1874 - 1952
Łukasz Miedzik
Born 1991
Ilse Kunert
1923 - 2016
Aleksandra Mróz
1935 - 2015
Mickael Olejnik
Born 1980
Zygfryd Weinberg
1930 - 2015
Leopold Ellerbeck
1872 - 1945
Tomasz Olejnik
Born 1985
Artur Pankratz
1879 - 1975
Andrzej Sądej
Born 1957
Kurt von Dewitz
1847 - 1925
Piotr Marek Król
Born 1974
Kurt von dem Borne (Admiral)
1885 - 1946
Jarosław Kaniecki
Born 1967
Herbert Buchholz
1895 - 1971
Teresa Kaczmarek
Born 1934
Walther Fiedler
1860 - 1926
Lilly zu Rantzau
1895 - 1988
Hans von Ploetz
1904 - 1993
Heinrich von Löbell
1816 - 1901
Zygmunt Buhl
1927 - 1978
Włodzimierz Szymański
1936 - 2015
Monika Walerowicz
Born 1971
Friedrich Techow
1807 - 1880
Adam Frasunkiewicz
1873 - 1923
Alfred Menger
1901 - 1979
Łukasz Krupa
Born 1981
Zbigniew Januszkiewicz
Born 1962
Dieter Bromund
Born 1938
Willy Davidson
1890 - 1933
Aleksandra Rudolf
Born 2002
Curt Cronau
1870 - 1940
Robert Rothe
1803 - 1893
Grażyna Staszak-Makowska
Born 1953
Kamil Wiktorski
Born 1993
Friedrich Sperl
1897 - 1985
Hermann Weigand
1854 - 1926
Karl Wollenberg
Born 1903
Gabriele Bigott
Born 1944
Romuald Kosieniak
Born 1957
Eulalia Szwajkowska
Born 1932
Hans Hartmann (Admiral)
1897 - 1976
Julius Illing
1816 - 1893
Lothar Dombrowski
1930 - 2001
Paul Adolf Hauptmann
1887 - 1958
Janusz Szczerkowski
Born 1954
Hans-Ulrich Werner (Polizeioffizier)
1914 - 1989
Leszek Klima
Born 1957
Ida Ahlers
1839 - 1901
Tadeusz Reschke
Born 1957
Kurt Waschow
1881 - 1956
Karl Hempel (Politiker)
1827 - 1899
Christa Schroeder (Politikerin)
1913 - 1988
Karl Drewke
1895 - 1960
Erwin von Sigel
1884 - 1967
Horst-Erhardt Knoll
1931 - 2016
Willi Gabriel
1893 - 1968
Adam Kardasz
Born 1983
Jürgen von Klenck
1909 - 1978
Fritz Breithaupt
1892 - 1944
Paul Wieczorek
1885 - 1918
Arthur Böhme
1878 - 1962
Ernst Brunk
1883 - 1942
Miroslaw Rzepa
Born 1968
Johannes Arndt
1906 - 1944
Carl von Wichmann
1860 - 1922
Charles L. Matthies
1824 - 1868
Helena Wiśniewska
Born 1999
Marta Helmin
Born 1976