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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  • Art & Design
  • Military
  • Film & TV
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Showing 35 of 1,581 notable people

0003 MATHEMATICIAN

David Hilbert

1862 - 1943

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0021 MATHEMATICIAN

Christian Goldbach

1690 - 1764

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0025 MATHEMATICIAN

Rudolf Lipschitz

1832 - 1903

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0030 MATHEMATICIAN

Otto Hesse

1811 - 1874

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0032 MATHEMATICIAN

Carl Neumann

1832 - 1925

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0034 MATHEMATICIAN

Jürgen Moser

1928 - 1999

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0035 MATHEMATICIAN

Alfred Clebsch

1833 - 1872

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0037 MATHEMATICIAN

Kurt Hensel

1861 - 1941

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0050 MATHEMATICIAN

Jacob Theodor Klein

1685 - 1759

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0099 MATHEMATICIAN

Peter Crüger

1580 - 1639

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0145 MATHEMATICIAN

Friedrich Julius Richelot

1808 - 1875

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0164 MATHEMATICIAN

Peter Roquette

Born 1927

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0194 MATHEMATICIAN

Heinrich Schröter

1829 - 1892

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0218 MATHEMATICIAN

Rafael Artzy

1912 - 2006

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0221 MATHEMATICIAN

Johann Georg Rosenhain

1816 - 1887

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0245 MATHEMATICIAN

Johann Gustav Hermes

1846 - 1912

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0357 MATHEMATICIAN

Louis Saalschütz

1835 - 1913

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0542 MATHEMATICIAN

David Bläsing

1660 - 1719

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0558 MATHEMATICIAN

Friedemann Stallmann

1921 - 2014

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0565 MATHEMATICIAN

Ernst Richard Neumann

1875 - 1955

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0612 MATHEMATICIAN

Theodor Kaluza (Mathematiker)

1910 - 1994

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0646 MATHEMATICIAN

Michael Krivelevich

Born 1966

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0660 MATHEMATICIAN

Hans-Joachim Kowalsky

1921 - 2010

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0684 MATHEMATICIAN

Friedrich Johann Buck

1722 - 1786

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0729 MATHEMATICIAN

Robert Jentzsch

1890 - 1918

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0748 MATHEMATICIAN

Christoph Langhansen

1691 - 1770

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0896 MATHEMATICIAN

Georg Wosegin

1624 - 1705

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0921 MATHEMATICIAN

Bartholomäus Wagner

1520 - 1571

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0938 MATHEMATICIAN

Christian Sahme

1663 - 1732

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1003 MATHEMATICIAN

Georg Thegen

1651 - 1729

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1019 MATHEMATICIAN

Matthias Stoius

1526 - 1583

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1072 MATHEMATICIAN

Robert Jaensch

1817 - 1892

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1273 MATHEMATICIAN

Ludwig Scheeffer

1859 - 1885

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1295 MATHEMATICIAN

Julius Ellinger

1817 - 1881

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1457 MATHEMATICIAN

Johann Strauß (Mathematiker)

1590 - 1630

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