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KALININGRAD

Most Famous People Born in Kaliningrad, Russia

Notable people
1,581
Peak decade
1930s
Median birth year
1884
Most distinctive
Leutnant 30.8×

Königsberg until 1945, and almost the entire pre-war bench is German. Kaliningrad's distinctive professions are Leutnants, Generalmajoren, theologians, teachers, academics, and mathematicians — the officers and scholars of the old East Prussian capital — and its most famous son is Immanuel Kant, who never left the city. Hilbert, Hamann, Hoffmann, and Käthe Kollwitz were all born here before the Red Army arrived and the population was replaced almost wholesale.

Through the Decades

One face per decade — the most globally famous figure born in Kaliningrad during each.

What Kaliningrad Is Known For

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Politician is Kaliningrad's biggest profession — 9% of all notables (150).

Kaliningrad over-indexes on leutnant30.8× the global rate.

Kaliningrad under-produces football — only 0.2× the global rate.

  1. Politician150
  2. Academic83
  3. Actor75
  4. Writer74
  5. Painter60
  6. Author57
  7. Historian51
  8. Lawyer48
  1. Leutnant1830.8×
  2. Generalmajor2527.4×
  3. Theologian396.8×
  4. Teacher205.4×
  5. Academic835.2×
  6. Mathematician354.4×
  7. Physicist284.3×
  8. Author574.2×
  1. Football320.2×

Profession Mix Over Time

Each band shows a profession family's share of Kaliningrad's notable births by decade. Hover the chart for the breakdown at any decade.

1550160016501700175018001850190019502000
  • Science
  • Writing
  • Politics & Law
  • Art & Design
  • Military
  • Film & TV
  • Other
All1,581
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Showing 15 of 1,581 notable people

0102 JESUS

Tadeusz Brzozowski

1749 - 1820

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0178 BOTANIST

Georg Heinrich Borowski

1746 - 1801

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0196 CHEMIST

Karl Gottfried Hagen

1749 - 1829

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0230 SON

Julius von Grawert

1746 - 1821

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0360 WRITER

Friedrich Ernst Jester

1743 - 1822

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0387 ORGANIST

Christian Wilhelm Podbielski

1740 - 1792

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0555 THEOLOGIAN

Ludwig Ernst von Borowski

1740 - 1831

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0743 NATURALIST

Ernst Christoph Schultz

1740 - 1810

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0795 THEOLOGIAN

Johann Ernst Schulz

1742 - 1806

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0908 ACADEMIC

Christoph Friedrich Elsner

1749 - 1820

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1318 PREDIGER

Friedrich Cerulli

1746 - 1801

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1402 OBERST

Georg Christoph von Jaschinski

1741 - 1787

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1450 GENERALMAJOR

Friedrich Daniel von Glaser

1740 - 1804

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1466 GENERALMAJOR

Rudolf Kasimir von Müllenheim

1740 - 1814

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1475 GENERALMAJOR

Karl Christian Reinhold von Lindener

1742 - 1828

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