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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  • Military
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Showing 92 of 1,581 notable people

0012 POET

Leah Goldberg

1911 - 1970

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0063 FIGHTER

Gerhard Barkhorn

1919 - 1983

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0088 JUDGE

Konrad Hesse

1919 - 2005

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0120 PAINTER

Lothar Malskat

1913 - 1988

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0140 ECONOMIST

Karl William Kapp

1910 - 1976

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0146 HISTORIAN

Walther Hubatsch

1915 - 1984

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0215 CHEF

Herta Heuwer

1913 - 1999

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0218 MATHEMATICIAN

Rafael Artzy

1912 - 2006

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0225 COMPOSER

Lotar Olias

1913 - 1990

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0229 PHILOSOPHER

Bruno Liebrucks

1911 - 1986

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0235 PAINTER

Bill Alexander (painter)

1915 - 1997

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0264 JOURNALIST

Kurt Dahlmann

1918 - 2017

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0267 ACTOR

Johannes Buzalski

1918 - 1977

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0282 HANDBALL

Hermann Hansen

1912 - 1944

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0295 ACTOR

Charlott Daudert

1913 - 1961

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0314 PAINTER

Chaim Kiewe

1912 - 1983

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0356 ART HISTORIAN

Leopold Ettlinger

1913 - 1989

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0381 ACTOR

Kurt Zehe

1913 - 1969

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0393 SOLDIER

Ernst Tiburzy

1911 - 2004

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0429 FASCIST

Heinrich Koenen

1910 - 1945

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0448 DUC

Charlotte Tiedemann

1919 - 1979

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0452 PAINTER

Fred Thieler

1916 - 1999

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0457 POLITICIAN

Ernst Müller-Hermann

1915 - 1994

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0494 JOURNALIST

Gerhard Szczesny

1918 - 2002

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0496 GEOGRAPHER

Hans-Peter Kosack

1912 - 1976

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0506 COMMUNIST

Elisabeth Furse

1910 - 2002

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0553 AUTHOR

Ruth Geede

1916 - 2018

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0557 MEDICAL

Joel Elkes

1913 - 2015

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0562 BOXER

Jakob Bamberger

1913 - 1989

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0579 SCULPTOR

Maria Ewel

1915 - 1988

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0584 WRITER

Hans-Joachim Haecker

1910 - 1994

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0612 MATHEMATICIAN

Theodor Kaluza (Mathematiker)

1910 - 1994

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0619 HISTORIAN

Friedrich Schlette

1915 - 2003

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0637 ARCHAEOLOGIST

Ulrich Fischer (Prähistoriker)

1915 - 2005

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0655 ACADEMIC

Alfred Voigt

1913 - 1998

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0659 PAINTER

Heinz Demisch

1913 - 2000

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0662 HISTORIAN

Gerhard Schilfert

1917 - 2001

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0671 BEAMTE

Alfred Klaus

1919 - 2008

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0681 AUTHOR

Horst-Günter Benkmann

1915 - 1996

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0685 ART HISTORIAN

Martin Sperlich

1919 - 2003

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0690 PSYCHOLOGIST

Joachim-Ernst Meyer

1917 - 1998

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0702 CINEMA

Kurt Hasse (Kameramann)

1916 - 1999

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0704 MILITAR

Walter Bergman

1913 - 1986

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0713 HISTORIAN

Marianne Meyer-Krahmer

1919 - 2011

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0715 ACADEMIC

Heinz Teuchert

1914 - 1998

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0717 PIANIST

Horst Kudritzki

1911 - 1970

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0720 ECONOMIST

Helmut Arndt (Ökonom)

1911 - 1997

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0730 THERAPIST

Gerhard Klumbies

1919 - 2015

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0749 LAWYER

Hans-Georg Wormit

1912 - 1992

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0756 ACTOR

Richard Süssenguth

Born 1916

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0766 CHOREOGRAPHER

Jockel Stahl

1911 - 1957

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0789 AUTHOR

Erich Glagau

1914 - 2017

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0792 THEOLOGIAN

Wolfgang Philipp (Theologe)

1915 - 1969

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0793 HANDBALL

Siegfried Perrey

1915 - 1984

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0836 ACADEMIC

Gerhard Mitscherlich

1911 - 2007

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0864 PHYSICIAN

Cuno Winkler

1919 - 2003

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0884 AUTHOR

Walter Adamson

1911 - 2010

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0946 ACTIVIST

Irmtraut Wäger

1919 - 2014

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0961 ACADEMIC

Carl Heinz Brieskorn

1913 - 2000

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0989 WRITER

Elisabeth Herrmann (Schriftstellerin, 1910) – Wi

1910 - 1984

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1027 POLITICIAN

Heinz Frehsee

1916 - 2004

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1031 ARCHIVIST

Ottokar Israel

1919 - 2004

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1043 LIEUTENANT

Helmut Fiehn

1916 - 1943

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1057 COMPUTER SCIENTIST

Hans Kaufmann (Informatiker)

1910 - 2012

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1064 SOLDIER

Horst-Arno Fenski

1918 - 1965

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1109 PAINTER

Erwin Shoultz-Carrnoff

1913 - 1990

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1112 LAWYER

Gerhard Saager

1910 - 1992

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1149 POLITICIAN

Freyja Scholing

1912 - 2005

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1161 PHYSICIAN

Eilhard Mitscherlich (Veterinärmediziner)

1913 - 2002

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1200 JUDGE

Wolfhart Burdenski

1915 - 2010

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1205 WRITER

Kurt Bachor

1916 - 1989

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1213 JUDGE

Martin Eidt

1914 - 2005

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1229 BUSINESS

Karl Konrad von der Groeben

1918 - 2005

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1231 MERCHANT

Alfredo Czarninski

1916 - 2003

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1241 POLITICIAN

Alfred Hein

1914 - 1971

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1250 WRITER

Jürgen Lenz (Schriftsteller)

1916 - 1990

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1288 JOURNALIST

Hans Hermann Henseleit

1911 - 1997

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1305 POLITICIAN

Gerhard Assmann

1915 - 1976

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1328 PAEDIATRICIAN

Georg-Winfried Schmidt

1917 - 2008

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1333 OFFICER

Hans-Günther Bethke

1913 - 1942

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1334 OFFICER

Siegfried Brosow

1918 - 2008

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1368 LAWYER

Eberhard Eschenbach

1913 - 1964

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1372 POLITICIAN

Willi Kuhn

1911 - 1982

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1385 POLITICIAN

Werner Behrend

1918 - 1987

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1423 POLITICIAN

Karl Iffländer

1912 - 1983

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1441 POLITICIAN

Fritz Schiller

1912 - 1992

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1463 POLITICIAN

Walter Ostendorff

1918 - 1989

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1521 POLITICIAN

Brigitte Tilsner

1918 - 2002

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1526 POLITICIAN

Arthur Domscheit

1914 - 2006

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1556 POLITICIAN

Ernst-Willi Saffran

1916 - 1988

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1564 POLITICIAN

Karl-Heinz Jettka

1914 - 1982

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1579 JOURNALIST

Horst Peets

Born 1919

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