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.

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Showing 136 of 1,581 notable people

0016 ACTRESS

Veruschka von Lehndorff

Born 1939

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0026 WRITER

Algis Budrys

1931 - 2008

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0036 HISTORIAN

Heinrich August Winkler

Born 1938

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0079 ACTOR

Renate Ewert

1933 - 1966

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0084 HISTORIAN

Joachim Hoffmann

1930 - 2002

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0094 ACTOR

Witta Pohl

1937 - 2011

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0113 ATHLETIC

Manfred Kinder

Born 1938

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0127 RACER

Hans Georg Anscheidt

Born 1935

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0183 ARCHITECT

Volkwin Marg

Born 1936

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0193 ROWER

Kraft Schepke

Born 1934

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0198 ACTOR

Willi Schrade

Born 1935

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0213 ROWER

Frank Schepke

1935 - 2017

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0222 JUDGE

Thomas Eichelbaum

1931 - 2018

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0236 POLITICIAN

Hinrich Lehmann-Grube

1932 - 2017

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0241 ACTOR

Anneli Granget

1935 - 1971

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0250 HISTORIAN

Erwin Oberländer

Born 1937

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0330 ORIENTALIST

Albrecht Noth

1937 - 1999

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0332 BOTANIST

Hans Wiehler

1930 - 2003

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0343 ROWER

Horst Arndt

1934 - 2014

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0353 ATHLETIC

Gennadiy Agapov

1933 - 1999

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0386 PHILOLOGIST

Manfred Lossau

1934 - 2017

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0401 DRIVER

Erich Zakowski

Born 1934

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0411 WRITER

Christine Wolter

Born 1939

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0431 CONSERVATIONIST

Rita Miljo

1931 - 2012

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0432 HISTORIAN

Wolfgang Schieder

Born 1935

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0441 ACTOR

Ulli Herzog

1938 - 2003

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0449 ARTIST

Max G. Kaminski

1938 - 2019

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0466 ACTOR

Doris Gallart

1936 - 2018

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0467 AUTHOR

Rainer Hesse

Born 1938

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0476 HISTORIAN

Michael Salewski

1938 - 2010

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0480 WRITER

Helmut Komp

1930 - 2016

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0482 COMPOSER

Gerhard Rosenfeld

1931 - 2003

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0492 POLITICIAN

Ottfried Hennig

1937 - 1999

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0540 ACTOR

Peter Musäus

Born 1939

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0544 COMPOSER

Erhard Ragwitz

Born 1933

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0546 ACTOR

Hannes Gromball

Born 1932

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0550 ACADEMIC

Renate Bartsch

Born 1939

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0554 SCULPTOR

Peter Makolies

Born 1936

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0568 ARCHAEOLOGIST

Wolf-Dieter Heilmeyer

Born 1939

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0571 ACTOR

Gertraud Kreißig

1938 - 2011

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0585 VICAR

Roland Weisselberg

1933 - 2006

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0594 SPORT

Klaus Zähringer

Born 1939

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0628 LITERARY

Eva Müller (Sinologin)

Born 1933

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0641 ANAESTHETIST

Peter Lawin

1930 - 2002

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0665 WRITER

Helga Kutz-Bauer

Born 1939

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0676 PHARMACIST

Franz-Christian Czygan

1934 - 2012

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0680 WRITER

Elisabeth Schulz-Semrau

1931 - 2015

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0689 COMMISSIONER

Lothar Neethling

1935 - 2005

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0692 THEOLOGIAN

Gerhard Ruhbach

1933 - 1999

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0710 ARCHITECT

Hans-Joachim Aminde

Born 1936

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0731 PUBLISHER

Wolfgang Tiessen

1930 - 2017

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0732 ACADEMIC

Peter Pflegel

1936 - 2017

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0736 ENTREPRENEUR

Heinz Greiffenberger

Born 1937

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0750 ARCHITECT

Horst Rosengart

Born 1936

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0757 JOURNALIST

Eckhard Neumann

1933 - 2006

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0759 ACADEMIC

Erika Hickel

1934 - 2020

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0768 MUSIC

Gerhard Deutschmann

Born 1933

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0776 LIBRARIAN

Hermann Leskien

Born 1939

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0782 JOURNALIST

Ulrich Kaiser (Sportjournalist)

1934 - 2015

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0797 ACADEMIC

Reinhard Kuhnert (Didaktiker)

Born 1936

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0802 THEOLOGIAN

Joachim Rathke (Geistlicher)

1936 - 2018

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0812 COMPOSER

Henning Frederichs

1936 - 2003

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0820 AUTHOR

Giselher Schaar

1934 - 2001

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0823 POLITICIAN

Klaus-Jürgen Hoffie

Born 1936

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0830 SPRACHWISSENSCHAFT

Klaus Welke

Born 1937

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0843 ACADEMIC

Fritz Hermann Kayser

Born 1933

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0850 ARTIST

Eve Gramatzki

1935 - 2003

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0855 ECOLOGIST

Martin Link

1934 - 2005

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0857 BRIGADEGENERAL

Fred Schulz (General)

1938 - 2004

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0861 SURGEON

Winrich Mothes

Born 1935

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0867 LITERARY

Klaus Schröter (Literaturwissenschaftler)

1931 - 2017

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0869 WRITER

Eike Middell

Born 1937

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0873 ACTOR

Christa Oenicke

1934 - 2004

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0877 LAWYER

Claus Henning Schapper

Born 1937

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0888 POLITICIAN

Axel Wernitz

Born 1937

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0892 JOURNALIST

Hans-Georg Soldat

1935 - 2012

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0894 LAWYER

Klaus-Michael von Keussler

Born 1939

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0901 INTERPRETER

Harry Obst

Born 1932

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0903 PHYSICIAN

Wolfgang Giere

Born 1936

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0917 PAINTER

Klaus Jürgen Schoen

1931 - 2018

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0937 ARCHAEOLOGIST

Irene Shirun-Grumach

Born 1937

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0942 LIBRARIAN

Konrad Marwinski

1934 - 2019

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0954 TEACHER

Franz-Adolf Gehlhaar

1937 - 2016

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0962 CHEMIST

Dietwart Nehring

Born 1930

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0965 FILM

Rasmus von Gottberg

1932 - 2010

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0974 POLITICIAN

Helmut Fleck

Born 1938

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0979 ACADEMIC

Reinhard Klesczewski

1933 - 2011

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1005 HISTORIAN

Konrad Wickert

1938 - 2019

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1009 NEUROLOGIST

Gert Huffmann

1930 - 2011

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1010 PHYSICIST

Martin Keilhacker (Physiker)

1934 - 2016

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1015 PATHOLOGIST

Konrad Morgenroth

Born 1937

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1017 WRITER

Esther Knorr-Anders

Born 1931

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1025 POLITICIAN

Ulrich Fahl

1933 - 2004

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1052 ALTPHILOLOGE

Dieter Motzkus

1937 - 2016

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1069 AUTHOR

Brigitte Gedon

Born 1936

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1070 OFFICER

Botho Engelien

Born 1938

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1077 ECONOMIST

Lothar Czayka

Born 1937

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1079 SCREENWRITER

Ralph Knebel (Schriftsteller)

1935 - 1990

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1114 PHYSICIST

Reiner Labusch

1935 - 2016

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1155 BIOLOGIST

Otto Schieder

1938 - 1998

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1185 PFARRER

Manfred Fischer (Pfarrer, 1933)

1933 - 2010

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1186 ECONOMIST

Arnold Meyer-Faje

Born 1933

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1193 BANK

Diethart Breipohl

Born 1939

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1220 ACADEMIC

Otfried Strubelt

1933 - 2002

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1228 POLITICIAN

Egbert Nitsch

1934 - 2005

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1254 AUTHOR

Lothar Mosler (Heimatforscher)

1930 - 2002

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1267 ACADEMIC

Peter-Jürgen Czygan

Born 1937

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1272 POLITICIAN

Horst Haase (Politiker)

1933 - 2019

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1281 LEITER

Bashir Ahmad Dultz

Born 1935

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1304 FOOTBALL

Ulrich Kohn

Born 1937

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1307 POLITICIAN

Ulrich Roehl

Born 1934

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1313 JUDGE

Jürgen Goydke

1933 - 2001

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1314 OPERA

Jimmy Bowien

Born 1933

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1329 PHILOSOPHER

Günter Gawlick

Born 1930

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1337 POLITICIAN

Heinz Reisz

Born 1938

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1342 ACTOR

Nader Kranke

Born 1935

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1343 NUMISMATIST

Arnold Schwede

1937 - 2020

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1346 PHYSICIST

Hans-Ludwig Neumann

1938 - 1991

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1363 MOUNTAINEER

Fritz Eske

1935 - 1967

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1367 POLITICIAN

Eckhard Sauerbaum

Born 1938

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1382 LAWYER

Günter Wendland

1931 - 2003

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1396 SPORT

Anatoly Sukharkov

Born 1938

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1412 ATHLETIC

Hans Schenk (athlete)

1936 - 2006

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1420 PASTOR

Wolfgang Schiesches

1931 - 2010

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1433 INTERNIST

Klaus-Wolfgang Klein

1933 - 1993

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1439 JUDO

Klaus Möwius

Born 1932

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1440 FOOTBALL

Peter Klepatz

1937 - 2001

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1452 PLAYER

Monika Wiskandt

1936 - 2011

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1460 CINEMA

Arno Scheffler

Born 1939

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1496 LAWYER

Jürgen Eckhardt

Born 1938

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1503 POLITICIAN

Wolfgang Bodeit

1938 - 2018

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1504 POLITICIAN

Helmut Thiel

Born 1933

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1505 SCENIC DESIGNER

Klaus Gelhaar

Born 1938

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1527 PHILATELIST

Reiner Wyszomirski

1933 - 2016

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1539 SCULPTOR

Theodor Pauckstadt

Born 1935

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1576 POLITICIAN

Christian Kayser

Born 1938

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