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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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  • Art & Design
  • Military
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0691 GENERALMAJOR

Wilhelm von Doering (General, 1819)

1819 - 1870

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Johann Kasimir von Auer

1736 - 1809

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1102 GENERALMAJOR

Hans von Hülsen (General)

1776 - 1849

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1110 GENERALMAJOR

Bogislaw Friedrich von Dönhoff

1669 - 1742

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1199 GENERALMAJOR

Alexander zu Solms-Braunfels (Generalmajor) – Wi

1807 - 1867

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1311 GENERALMAJOR

Kasimir von Hülsen

1778 - 1858

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1324 GENERALMAJOR

Ernst Friedrich von Bockelberg

1727 - 1796

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1359 GENERALMAJOR

Georg von Rode

1857 - 1927

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1395 GENERALMAJOR

Fedor Benno Constantin von Kleist

1812 - 1871

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1398 GENERALMAJOR

Otto von Trotta genannt Treyden

1794 - 1858

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1403 GENERALMAJOR

Hans Karl Friedrich Franz von Below

1764 - 1840

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1427 GENERALMAJOR

Friedrich Christoph Wilhelm von Unruh

1766 - 1835

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1446 GENERALMAJOR

Franz Ludwig Jakob von Haine

1767 - 1837

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1450 GENERALMAJOR

Friedrich Daniel von Glaser

1740 - 1804

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1456 GENERALMAJOR

Friedrich Ludwig Emil Karl von Stiern

1766 - 1845

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1458 GENERALMAJOR

Ferdinand von Below

1812 - 1870

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1466 GENERALMAJOR

Rudolf Kasimir von Müllenheim

1740 - 1814

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1475 GENERALMAJOR

Karl Christian Reinhold von Lindener

1742 - 1828

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1480 GENERALMAJOR

Friedrich von Freysleben

1785 - 1847

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1482 GENERALMAJOR

Kurt von Olszewski

1860 - 1937

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1485 GENERALMAJOR

Heinrich von Ostau

1790 - 1872

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1500 GENERALMAJOR

Eugen von Olszewski

1826 - 1908

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1547 GENERALMAJOR

Johann Hermann Franz Kasimir Leo

1794 - 1869

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1548 GENERALMAJOR

August von Bercken

1795 - 1864

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1559 GENERALMAJOR

Johann Ernst May

1785 - 1861

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