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×
Through the Decades

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 rower13.0× the global rate.

Bydgoszcz under-produces football — only 0.5× the global rate.

  1. Politician51
  2. Football17
  3. Actor16
  4. Rower16
  5. Officer15
  6. Painter13
  7. Athletic12
  8. Writer10
  1. Rower1613.0×
  2. Officer156.8×
  3. Judge63.8×
  4. Athletic123.3×
  5. Author82.8×
  6. Music81.7×
  7. Basket71.7×
  8. Sport91.6×
  1. Football170.5×

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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Showing 28 of 334 notable people

0040 COMPOSER

Piotr Moss

Born 1949

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0042 MUSIC

Andrzej Przybielski

1944 - 2011

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0048 CEO

Ekkehard Schulz

Born 1941

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0067 POLITICIAN

Ewa Sowińska

Born 1944

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0075 POLITICIAN

Jan Rulewski

Born 1944

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0094 ARTIST

Matthias Klemm

Born 1941

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0098 SCULPTOR

Wojciech Gryniewicz

Born 1946

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0102 DEPUTY

Stefan Pastuszewski

Born 1949

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0110 POLITICIAN

Anna Zielińska-Głębocka

Born 1949

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0117 POLITICIAN

Manfred Coppik

1943 - 2016

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0124 BASSIST

Jacek Bednarek

1944 - 1990

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0136 SCREENWRITER

Katrin Seybold

1943 - 2012

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0150 HISTORIAN

Albert Stefan Kotowski

Born 1949

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0159 ACTOR

Hanns-Jörn Weber

Born 1941

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0160 MUSIC

Jan Lewan

Born 1941

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0162 POLITICIAN

Łukasz Abgarowicz

Born 1949

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0166 CHAMPION

Jan Wróblewski (glider pilot)

Born 1940

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0175 HOCKEY

Marian Feter

Born 1946

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0180 CHEMIST

Peter Schreier (Lebensmittelchemiker)

Born 1942

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0183 ROWER

Jerzy Broniec

Born 1944

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0194 MUSIC

Holger Eichhorn

Born 1942

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0204 ROWER

Marian Drażdżewski

Born 1946

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0219 THEOLOGIAN

Hartmut Raguse

Born 1941

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0223 ROWER

Jan Młodzikowski

Born 1947

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0228 THEOLOGIAN

Giselher Hickel

Born 1943

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0231 PAINTER

Jürgen Bordanowicz

Born 1944

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0270 THEATRE

Gabriele Bigott

Born 1944

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0323 COACH

Jürgen Glombek

Born 1942

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