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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  • Writing
  • Politics & Law
  • Art & Design
  • Military
  • Film & TV
  • Other
All1,581
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Showing 38 of 1,581 notable people

0019 CHEMIST

Otto Wallach

1847 - 1931

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0020 DIPLOMAT

Philipp, Prince of Eulenburg

1847 - 1921

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0046 COMPOSER

Hermann Goetz

1840 - 1876

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0098 BIOCHEMIST

Ernst Leopold Salkowski

1844 - 1923

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0118 BOTANIST

Ernst Hugo Heinrich Pfitzer

1846 - 1906

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0130 ART HISTORIAN

Otto Hirschfeld

1843 - 1922

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0155 BOTANIST

Emanuel Kayser

1845 - 1927

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0208 PHYSICIAN

Hermann Eichhorst

1849 - 1921

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0245 MATHEMATICIAN

Johann Gustav Hermes

1846 - 1912

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0372 POLITICIAN

Georg Bender

1848 - 1924

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0389 SCULPTOR

Emil Hundrieser

1846 - 1911

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0422 CHEMIST

Bernhard Rathke

1840 - 1923

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0454 CHESS

Philipp Hirschfeld

1840 - 1896

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0471 SPRACHWISSENSCHAFT

Carl Gotthilf Büttner

1848 - 1893

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0473 HISTORIAN

Arnold Gaedeke

1844 - 1892

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0507 HISTORIAN

Bernhard von Simson

1840 - 1915

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0514 PIANIST

Louis Pabst

1846 - 1921

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0616 ACTOR

Johanna Buska

1847 - 1922

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0769 PAINTER

Emil Neumann (Maler)

1842 - 1903

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0818 BANK

Benoit Oppenheim der Ältere

1842 - 1931

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0848 PAINTER

Emil Neide

1843 - 1908

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0881 PHYSICIAN

Otto Hieber

1840 - 1929

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0925 POLITICIAN

Adolf zu Dohna-Schlodien

1846 - 1905

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0970 THEOLOGIAN

Anton Emil Friedrich Sieffert

1843 - 1911

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1042 TEACHER

Georg Ellendt

1840 - 1908

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1124 TEACHER

Franz Olck

1841 - 1905

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1133 ACTOR

Arthur Vollmer

1849 - 1927

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1190 POLITICAL

Dovas Zaunius (senior)

1845 - 1921

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1209 EISENBAHN

Karl Wichert

1843 - 1921

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1279 ENTREPRENEUR

Konrad Gaedeke

1843 - 1912

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1340 BEAMTE

Rudolf von Raumer (Landrat)

1843 - 1882

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1356 MERCHANT

Max Arendt

1843 - 1913

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1374 OFFICER

Eugen Keyler

1840 - 1902

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1471 LAWYER

Alfred Schultz

1840 - 1904

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1519 ASSESSOR

Paul Bienko

1845 - 1909

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1536 JUDGE

Benno Sabarth

Born 1849

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1565 JUDGE

Wladislaus Johann Willibald Alfred Wyszomirski –

1846 - 1919

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1568 POLITICIAN

Heinrich Elditt

1846 - 1909

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