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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.

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  • Military
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Showing 84 of 1,581 notable people

0003 MATHEMATICIAN

David Hilbert

1862 - 1943

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0004 PAINTER

Käthe Kollwitz

1867 - 1945

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0006 PHYSICIST

Arnold Sommerfeld

1868 - 1951

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0009 BODYBUILDER

Eugen Sandow

1867 - 1925

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0024 GEOGRAPHER

Erich von Drygalski

1865 - 1949

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0037 MATHEMATICIAN

Kurt Hensel

1861 - 1941

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0071 PHYSICIST

Max Wien

1866 - 1938

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0091 ARCHITECT

Bruno Möhring

1863 - 1929

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0105 BOTANIST

Siegfried Passarge

1866 - 1958

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0151 COMPOSER

Alfred Reisenauer

1863 - 1907

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0179 ECONOMIST

Paul Hensel

1860 - 1930

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0201 SURGEON

Walther Kausch

1867 - 1928

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0251 PLASTIC SURGEON

Jacques Joseph

1865 - 1934

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0286 OPHTHALMOLOGIST

Eugen von Hippel

1867 - 1939

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0303 ACTOR

Hermann Boettcher

1866 - 1935

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0329 ECONOMIST

Conrad Schmidt

1863 - 1932

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0334 SCIENTIST

Carl Dorno

1865 - 1942

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0340 ASTRONOMER

Fritz Cohn

1866 - 1921

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0371 BACTERIOLOGIST

Hans Aronson

1865 - 1919

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0384 WRITER

Wilhelm Steputat

1868 - 1941

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0404 WRITER

Ernst Brausewetter

1863 - 1904

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0405 WRITER

Hans Kiewning

1864 - 1939

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0433 PAINTER

Hedwig Weiß

1860 - 1923

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0434 POLITICIAN

Julie Salinger

1863 - 1942

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0462 POLITICIAN

Adolf Hofer (politician)

1868 - 1935

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0530 SCIENTIST

Richard Baerwald

1867 - 1929

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0588 GOUVERNEUR

Hans Georg von Doering

1866 - 1921

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0605 WRITER

Agnes Harder

1864 - 1939

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0635 LAWYER

Robert von Hippel

1866 - 1951

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0651 PAINTER

Willy Gretor

1868 - 1923

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0667 WRITER

Ludwig Goldstein

1867 - 1943

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0721 POLITICIAN

Ernst Barczewski

1861 - 1937

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0734 ACADEMIC

Eugen Czaplewski

1865 - 1945

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0747 DIAKON

Albertine Assor

1863 - 1953

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0781 AUTHOR

Ida Altmann

1862 - 1935

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0784 WRITER

Clara Sudermann

1861 - 1924

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0799 TEACHER

Johannes Tolkiehn

1865 - 1933

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0807 ACADEMIC

Richard Weyl (Jurist)

1864 - 1940

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0819 PAINTER

Paul Wendling

1863 - 1933

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0829 WRITER

Lili du Bois-Reymond

1864 - 1948

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0831 ECONOMIST

Adolph von Wenckstern

1862 - 1914

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0845 PHILOLOGIST

Johannes Kemke

1863 - 1918

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0868 PUBLISHER

Ernst Moser (Schriftsteller)

1863 - 1927

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0887 DOCENT

Ernst Gutzeit

1863 - 1927

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0898 EDUCATION

Paul Stettiner

1862 - 1941

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0910 POLITICIAN

Georg Reicke

1863 - 1923

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0973 ENGINEER

Georg Stern (Ingenieur)

1867 - 1934

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0980 MARINE

Bruno Albert Forsterer

1869 - 1957

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0992 ARCHITECT

Moritz Korn

1868 - 1927

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1049 AUTHOR

Käthe van Beeker

1863 - 1917

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1058 TEACHER

Max Lehnerdt

1861 - 1945

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1067 ACADEMIC

Kurt Diestel

1862 - 1946

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1106 ARCHAEOLOGIST

Heinrich Kemke

1864 - 1941

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1113 PAINTER

Georg Tyrahn

1860 - 1917

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1119 PAINTER

Edwin Perkuhn

1861 - 1943

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1122 PAINTER

Richard Fehdmer

1860 - 1945

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1137 WRITER

Hanna Brandenfels

Born 1869

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1154 HISTORIAN

Kurt Burchard

1864 - 1933

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1158 ENGINEER

Felix Heumann

1869 - 1932

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1203 LAWYER

Carl von Peistel

1862 - 1930

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1217 OFFICER

Ernst von Below

1863 - 1955

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1221 POLITICIAN

Fritz Reich

1868 - 1944

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1243 OFFICER

Otto von Preinitzer

1865 - 1958

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1245 PAINTER

Waldemar Philippi (Maler)

1868 - 1869

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1259 ACTOR

Agnes Freund

1866 - 1908

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1336 EDUCATOR

Hans Koch (Philologe)

1861 - 1945

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1339 PIANIST

Anna von Gabain

Born 1866

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1345 ENGENHEIR

Wilhelm Giesbrecht

1866 - 1957

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1361 MILITAR

Wilhelm von Woyna (General, 1863)

1863 - 1950

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1380 KIRCHE

August Broda

1867 - 1932

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1393 MINISTER

Robert Davy

1867 - 1924

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1394 MISSING

Adolf Behrend

1869 - 1945

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1400 LAWYER

Carl Contag

1863 - 1934

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1447 OFFICER

Hans Heinrich Hofrichter

1863 - 1945

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1461 LAWYER

Stanislaus von Dönhoff

1862 - 1929

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1468 POLITICIAN

Alfred von Sanden

1861 - 1935

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1482 GENERALMAJOR

Kurt von Olszewski

1860 - 1937

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1489 POLITICIAN

Arthur Altenberg

1862 - 1926

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1494 POLITICIAN

Alfred Gottschalk (Politiker)

1863 - 1942

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1499 SCULPTOR

Ernst Bernardien

1864 - 1944

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1502 JEWELLER

Walter Bistrick

1869 - 1927

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1529 OFFICER

Paul Rampold

1860 - 1926

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1534 ACTOR

Carl Blankenstein (Schauspieler, 1864)

1864 - 1933

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1553 POLITICIAN

Karl Daczko

1860 - 1928

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