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.
One face per decade — the most globally famous figure born in Kaliningrad during each.
Notable Births by Decade
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What Kaliningrad Is Known For
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Politician is Kaliningrad's biggest profession — 9% of all notables (150).
Kaliningrad over-indexes on leutnant — 30.8× the global rate.
Kaliningrad under-produces football — only 0.2× the global rate.
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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Käthe Kollwitz
1867 - 1945
Michael Willmann
1630 - 1706
Alexander Kotzebue
1815 - 1889
Anton Möller
1563 - 1611
Karl Hübner
1814 - 1879
Gustav Graef
1821 - 1895
Lothar Malskat
1913 - 1988
Ludwig Ferdinand Schnorr von Carolsfeld
1788 - 1853
Gotthold Gloger
1924 - 2001
Otto Reinhold Jacobi
1812 - 1901
Bill Alexander (painter)
1915 - 1997
Arnold Lyongrün
1871 - 1935
Hugo Knorr
1834 - 1904
Caroline von Keyserling
1727 - 1791
Chaim Kiewe
1912 - 1983
Hedwig Weiß
1860 - 1923
Helene Neumann
1874 - 1942
Fred Thieler
1916 - 1999
Johannes Geccelli
1925 - 2011
Ursula Koschinsky
1923 - 2016
Rolf Cavael
1898 - 1979
Luise Neumann (Malerin)
1837 - 1934
Willy Gretor
1868 - 1923
Heinz Demisch
1913 - 2000
Jens-Rainer Allenberg
Born 1942
Paul Matthes (Maler)
1872 - 1956
Carl Scherres
1833 - 1923
Christian Papendick
Born 1926
Erika Durban-Hofmann
1922 - 2005
Ernst Schaumann (Maler)
1890 - 1955
Emil Neumann (Maler)
1842 - 1903
Bruno Bielefeldt
1879 - 1973
Paul Wendling
1863 - 1933
Gustav Eilers
1834 - 1911
Martin Rosz
Born 1945
Arthur Grunenberg
1886 - 1927
Emil Neide
1843 - 1908
Louis Toussaint
1826 - 1887
Klaus Jürgen Schoen
1931 - 2018
Carl Ludwig Rundt
1802 - 1868
Adalbert Jaschinski
1905 - 1989
Johann Eduard Wolff
1786 - 1868
Julius Wentscher junior
1881 - 1961
Erwin Shoultz-Carrnoff
1913 - 1990
Georg Tyrahn
1860 - 1917
Edwin Perkuhn
1861 - 1943
Richard Fehdmer
1860 - 1945
Heinrich Königswieser
1530 - 1583
Albert Duchow
1859 - 1931
Erich Gindler
1903 - 1995
Helge Tanck
1904 - 1960
Waldemar Philippi (Maler)
1868 - 1869
Ruth Faltin
1906 - 1995
Carl Duncker
1808 - 1868
Herminia Borchard Dassel
1821 - 1857
Georg Hasse
1905 - 1978
Karl-Heinz Kress
1928 - 1979
Paul Kimritz
1888 - 1973
Elsa Schönfeld
1908 - 1986
David Zacharias
1871 - 1915