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
  • Science
  • Writing
  • Politics & Law
  • Art & Design
  • Military
  • Film & TV
  • Other
All1,581
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Showing 13 of 1,581 notable people

0043 MINISTER

Lyudmila Putina

Born 1958

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0059 SPY

Sergei Skripal

Born 1951

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0107 WRESTLER

Sergei Beloglazov

Born 1956

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0148 ACTOR

Aleksandra Yakovleva

Born 1957

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0170 WRESTLER

Anatoly Beloglazov

Born 1956

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0306 ROWER

Aleksandr Kulagin

Born 1954

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0312 SPORT

Aleksandr Perov (cyclist)

Born 1955

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0349 POLITICIAN

Valery Rashkin

Born 1955

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0595 ACADEMIC

Aleksandras Dobryninas

Born 1955

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0699 JOURNALIST

Sergey Medvedev

Born 1958

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0966 SCULPTOR

Alexander Solotzew

Born 1957

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1135 MANAGER

Danas Arlauskas

Born 1955

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1348 SCULPTOR

Jan Skuin

Born 1953

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