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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Bruno Taut
1880 - 1938
Johannes Blaskowitz
1883 - 1948
Harry Liedtke
1882 - 1945
Max Taut
1884 - 1967
Martin Wagner (architect)
1885 - 1957
Oskar von Hindenburg
1883 - 1960
Heinz Tiessen
1887 - 1971
Eberhard Arnold
1883 - 1935
Julius Hallervorden
1882 - 1965
Friedrich Lahrs
1880 - 1964
Ludwig Dehio
1888 - 1963
Sibylle von Olfers
1881 - 1916
Edgar von Spiegel von und zu Peckelsheim
1885 - 1965
Walter Liebenthal
1886 - 1982
Moshe Smoira
1888 - 1961
Walter Braemer
1883 - 1955
Reinhold Trautmann
1883 - 1951
Werner Kempf
1886 - 1964
Eva Klemperer
1882 - 1951
Walter Jankuhn
1888 - 1953
Fritz Strich
1882 - 1963
Hans Feige
1880 - 1953
Max Bröske
1882 - 1915
Bernard J. Gehrmann
1880 - 1958
Lily Pringsheim
1887 - 1954
Emil Podszus
1881 - 1968
Kurt Frick
1884 - 1963
Rolf Lauckner
1887 - 1954
Günther Jacoby
1881 - 1969
Arthur Baumgarten
1884 - 1966
Gustav Dörr
1887 - 1928
Fritz Ausländer
1885 - 1943
Curt Elwenspoek
1884 - 1959
Felix Holldack
1880 - 1944
Hermann Densch
1887 - 1963
Alexander Flessburg (Schauspieler)
1883 - 1942
Walter Scheffler
1880 - 1964
Victor Julius Franz
1883 - 1950
Walter Heymann
1882 - 1915
Siegfried von der Trenck
1882 - 1951
Ernst von Krause
1884 - 1960
Walter Wachsmuth
1882 - 1964
Erich Balla
1885 - 1943
Arthur Grunenberg
1886 - 1927
Reinhold von Saucken
1889 - 1966
Katarina Botsky
1880 - 1945
Felix Wilhelm Behrend
1880 - 1957
Fritz Kudnig
1888 - 1979
Paul Riebensahm
1880 - 1971
Max Meyhöfer
1889 - 1972
Walter Rosenberg (sculpteur)
1882 - 1945
Erich Haslinger
1882 - 1956
Fritz Jacoby (Komponist)
1881 - 1943
Julius Wentscher junior
1881 - 1961
Johann Ernst (Politiker, 1888)
1888 - 1969
Johannes Maurach
1883 - 1951
Johannes Denk
1886 - 1964
Oskar Mulert
1881 - 1951
Curt Godlewski
1880 - 1959
Ernst Schneider (communist)
1883 - 1963
Gustav Paulukum
1884 - 1956
Friedrich Tucholski
1887 - 1972
Felix Jentzsch
1882 - 1946
Herbert Ziemer
1888 - 1975
Franz Krüger (Politiker)
1887 - 1924
Fritz Albert Schmidtke
1885 - 1975
Franz Unterberger (Gynäkologe)
1882 - 1945
Gertrud Eitner
1880 - 1955
Walther Fischer (Energiewirtschaftler)
1889 - 1952
Bruno Poelke
1883 - 1975
Friedrich Lehmann (Jurist)
1888 - 1960
Paul Knapp (Königsberg)
1880 - 1946
Paul von Krause (Landrat)
1882 - 1946
Johannes Müller (Statistiker)
1889 - 1946
Walter Forstreuter
1889 - 1960
Victor Caillé
1882 - 1958
Walter Malletke
1884 - 1944
Heinrich Preuß
1886 - 1944
Heinrich Thieslauk
1888 - 1937
Georg Richard Kinat
1888 - 1973
Ferdinand Freiherr von Nordenflycht
1887 - 1966
Walter Telemann
1882 - 1941
Walter Moehrs
1886 - 1978
Paul Kimritz
1888 - 1973
Otto Obereigner
1884 - 1971
Olga Banden
1880 - 1902
Oswald Haslinger
1883 - 1935
Max Gentzen
1880 - 1950
Marie Hartung
1884 - 1971
Ernst Schaefer (Politiker)
1885 - 1954