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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Harry Liedtke

1882 - 1945

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0079 ACTOR

Renate Ewert

1933 - 1966

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0094 ACTOR

Witta Pohl

1937 - 2011

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Tatyana Arntgolts

Born 1982

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0128 ACTOR

Costa Ronin

Born 1979

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Aleksandra Yakovleva

Born 1957

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Tanja Mihhailova-Saar

Born 1983

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Antje Weisgerber

1922 - 2004

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0181 ACTOR

Ernst Behmer

1875 - 1938

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Willi Schrade

Born 1935

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Clemens Hasse

1908 - 1959

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Hella Moja

1890 - 1951

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Anneli Granget

1935 - 1971

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Eva Tinschmann

1893 - 1978

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Johannes Buzalski

1918 - 1977

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Gerda Müller

1894 - 1951

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Walter Jankuhn

1888 - 1953

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Charlott Daudert

1913 - 1961

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Karl Haffner (Dramatiker)

1804 - 1876

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Hermann Boettcher

1866 - 1935

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Alena Savostikova

Born 1991

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Arthur Kraußneck

1856 - 1941

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Artyom Tkachenko

Born 1982

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Kurt Zehe

1913 - 1969

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Irene Mann

1929 - 1996

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Max Ruhbeck

1858 - 1945

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Ingeborg Lapsien

1926 - 2014

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Ulli Herzog

1938 - 2003

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Solveig Müller

Born 1942

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Doris Gallart

1936 - 2018

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Gundula Petrovska

1943 - 2017

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Klaus Behrendt

1920 - 2013

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Beate Abraham

Born 1945

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Dietrich Lehmann

Born 1940

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Peter Musäus

Born 1939

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Hannes Gromball

Born 1932

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Walter Tarrach

1908 - 1965

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Siegfried Voß

1940 - 2011

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Gertraud Kreißig

1938 - 2011

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Curt Elwenspoek

1884 - 1959

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Johanna Buska

1847 - 1922

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Wolfgang Borchert (Schauspieler)

1922 - 2007

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Charlotte Schultz

1899 - 1946

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Heinz G. Lück

1929 - 2017

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Helene Fehdmer

1872 - 1939

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Charlotte Böcklin

1900 - 1925

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Annelise Matschulat

1923 - 2007

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Adalbert Matkowsky

1857 - 1909

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Alexander Flessburg (Schauspieler)

1883 - 1942

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Heinz Voß (Schauspieler)

1922 - 2000

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Richard Süssenguth

Born 1916

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Hellmuth Passarge

Born 1894

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0873 ACTOR

Christa Oenicke

1934 - 2004

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Adolf Retty

1821 - 1885

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Otto Maurenbrecher

1872 - 1960

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Kurt Bobeth Bolander

1896 - 1961

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Bruno Harprecht

1875 - 1948

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Karl Wilhelm Meixner

1818 - 1888

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Heinz-Karl Konrad

Born 1920

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Arthur Vollmer

1849 - 1927

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Otto Bachmann (Schauspieler)

1799 - 1870

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Eva Klein-Donath

1898 - 1960

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Gustav Laddey

1796 - 1872

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Emma Reichel

1857 - 1931

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Walter Fein

1903 - 1973

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Agnes Freund

1866 - 1908

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Eduard Friedrich Wilhelm Hintz

1807 - 1874

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Oskar Gimnig

1856 - 1920

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1331 ACTOR

Wilhelm Mauren

1870 - 1929

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Nader Kranke

Born 1935

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1533 ACTOR

Johann Franz Krieger

1802 - 1842

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Carl Blankenstein (Schauspieler, 1864)

1864 - 1933

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1543 ACTOR

Julius Witt

1835 - 1879

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1558 ACTOR

Hulda Emilie Klotz

1815 - 1900

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Gustav Würst

1828 - 1889

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