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.

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
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  • Politics & Law
  • Art & Design
  • Military
  • Film & TV
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Showing 33 of 1,581 notable people

0055 SURGEON

Johann Friedrich Dieffenbach

1792 - 1847

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0064 ENGINEER

Gotthilf Hagen

1797 - 1884

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0154 BOTANIST

Philipp Johann Ferdinand Schur

1799 - 1878

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0188 COMPOSER

Charles Mayer (composer)

1799 - 1862

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0214 HISTORIAN

Friedrich Wilhelm Schubert

1799 - 1868

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0243 MANUFACTURER

Benjamin Wegner

1795 - 1864

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0256 WRITER

Ernst August Hagen

1797 - 1880

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0297 AUTHOR

August Lewald

1792 - 1871

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0442 ACADEMIC

Heinrich Eduard Dirksen

1790 - 1868

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0443 WRITER

Gotthilf August von Maltitz

1794 - 1837

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0463 POLITICIAN

Alfred von Auerswald

1797 - 1870

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0522 AUTHOR

Hedwig von Olfers

1799 - 1891

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0604 HISTORIAN

Wilhelm Dorow

1790 - 1846

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0900 FARMER

Ernst Friedrich Fabian von Saucken-Tarputschen –

1791 - 1854

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0930 INFANTERIE

Karl Friedrich David von Lindheim

1791 - 1862

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0955 OPERA

Friedrich Genée

1796 - 1856

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0998 WRITER

Friedrich Alexander Simon

1793 - 1869

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1007 CHAPLAIN

Johann Funk (Pastor)

1792 - 1867

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1036 PHYSICIAN

Ludwig Hermann Friedländer

1790 - 1851

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1095 INFANTERIE

Leopold von Puttkamer

1797 - 1868

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1156 ACTOR

Otto Bachmann (Schauspieler)

1799 - 1870

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1218 LEUTNANT

Ferdinand von der Goltz

1795 - 1867

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1226 POLITICIAN

Karl von Starck (Politiker, 1796)

1796 - 1875

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1244 ACTOR

Gustav Laddey

1796 - 1872

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1310 ERZIEHER

Friedrich Leopold Fischer

1798 - 1857

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1398 GENERALMAJOR

Otto von Trotta genannt Treyden

1794 - 1858

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1451 LEUTNANT

Leonhard von Koschkull

1798 - 1872

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1469 REGIERUNG

Carl Laudien

1799 - 1856

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1485 GENERALMAJOR

Heinrich von Ostau

1790 - 1872

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1547 GENERALMAJOR

Johann Hermann Franz Kasimir Leo

1794 - 1869

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1548 GENERALMAJOR

August von Bercken

1795 - 1864

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1549 LEUTNANT

Otto Leo

1793 - 1865

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1557 ENTREPRENEUR

Gustav Schnell

1793 - 1864

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