54.7184° N, 20.5114° E
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.
One face per decade — the most globally famous figure born in Kaliningrad during each.
Notable Births by Decade
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What Kaliningrad Is Known For
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Politician is Kaliningrad's biggest profession — 9% of all notables (150).
Kaliningrad over-indexes on leutnant — 30.8× the global rate.
Kaliningrad under-produces football — only 0.2× the global rate.
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.
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Johann Friedrich Dieffenbach
1792 - 1847
Gotthilf Hagen
1797 - 1884
Philipp Johann Ferdinand Schur
1799 - 1878
Charles Mayer (composer)
1799 - 1862
Friedrich Wilhelm Schubert
1799 - 1868
Benjamin Wegner
1795 - 1864
Ernst August Hagen
1797 - 1880
August Lewald
1792 - 1871
Heinrich Eduard Dirksen
1790 - 1868
Gotthilf August von Maltitz
1794 - 1837
Alfred von Auerswald
1797 - 1870
Hedwig von Olfers
1799 - 1891
Wilhelm Dorow
1790 - 1846
Ernst Friedrich Fabian von Saucken-Tarputschen –
1791 - 1854
Karl Friedrich David von Lindheim
1791 - 1862
Friedrich Genée
1796 - 1856
Friedrich Alexander Simon
1793 - 1869
Johann Funk (Pastor)
1792 - 1867
Ludwig Hermann Friedländer
1790 - 1851
Leopold von Puttkamer
1797 - 1868
Otto Bachmann (Schauspieler)
1799 - 1870
Ferdinand von der Goltz
1795 - 1867
Karl von Starck (Politiker, 1796)
1796 - 1875
Gustav Laddey
1796 - 1872
Friedrich Leopold Fischer
1798 - 1857
Otto von Trotta genannt Treyden
1794 - 1858
Leonhard von Koschkull
1798 - 1872
Carl Laudien
1799 - 1856
Heinrich von Ostau
1790 - 1872
Johann Hermann Franz Kasimir Leo
1794 - 1869
August von Bercken
1795 - 1864
Otto Leo
1793 - 1865
Gustav Schnell
1793 - 1864