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GDANSK

Most Famous People Born in Gdansk, Poland

Notable people

1,102

Peak decade

1920s

Median birth year

1910

Most distinctive

Fencer 6.2×

German Danzig for most of its history — a Hanseatic and later Prussian seaport whose Lutheran and scientific footprint still dominates the roster. The disproportionate Theologian and Academic counts point to the Gymnasium Academicum tradition, while an outsized Fencer bench and a thick Rower count come from the interwar student corps and the Baltic rowing clubs. Most of this panel belongs to the German-speaking city that vanished in 1945.