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
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  • Politics & Law
  • Art & Design
  • Military
  • Film & TV
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Showing 39 of 1,581 notable people

0083 THEOLOGIAN

Eberhard Arnold

1883 - 1935

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0104 THEOLOGIAN

Bernhard Weiss

1827 - 1918

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0175 THEOLOGIAN

John Ernest Grabe

1666 - 1711

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0223 THEOLOGIAN

Jürgen Henkys

1929 - 2015

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0278 THEOLOGIAN

David Caspari

1648 - 1702

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0284 THEOLOGIAN

Ludwig Diestel

1825 - 1879

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0313 THEOLOGIAN

Johann Jakob Quandt

1686 - 1772

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0322 THEOLOGIAN

Valentin Thilo der Jüngere

1607 - 1662

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0355 THEOLOGIAN

Helmut Echternach

1907 - 1988

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0521 THEOLOGIAN

Günther Jacoby

1881 - 1969

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0543 THEOLOGIAN

Georg Friedrich Rogall

1701 - 1733

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0555 THEOLOGIAN

Ludwig Ernst von Borowski

1740 - 1831

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0559 THEOLOGIAN

Theodor Christoph Lilienthal

1717 - 1781

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0663 THEOLOGIAN

Johannes Neumann (Kirchenrechtler)

1929 - 2013

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0692 THEOLOGIAN

Gerhard Ruhbach

1933 - 1999

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0707 THEOLOGIAN

Daniel Jenisch

1762 - 1804

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0709 THEOLOGIAN

David Mill

1692 - 1756

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0724 THEOLOGIAN

Eduard Preuß

1834 - 1904

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0792 THEOLOGIAN

Wolfgang Philipp (Theologe)

1915 - 1969

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0795 THEOLOGIAN

Johann Ernst Schulz

1742 - 1806

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0796 THEOLOGIAN

Richard Adolf Hoffmann

1872 - 1948

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0801 THEOLOGIAN

Gottlieb Schlegel

1739 - 1810

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0802 THEOLOGIAN

Joachim Rathke (Geistlicher)

1936 - 2018

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0822 THEOLOGIAN

Melchior Zeidler

1630 - 1686

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0838 THEOLOGIAN

Christian Masecovius

1673 - 1732

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0851 THEOLOGIAN

Michael Behm (Theologe)

1612 - 1650

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0858 THEOLOGIAN

Abraham Hartwich

1663 - 1720

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0863 THEOLOGIAN

Johann Behm

1578 - 1648

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0890 THEOLOGIAN

Wilfried Warneck

1929 - 2015

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0907 THEOLOGIAN

Adolf Göschen

1803 - 1898

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0913 THEOLOGIAN

Hugo Linck

1890 - 1976

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0927 THEOLOGIAN

Wilhelm Heinrich Beckher

1694 - 1768

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0929 THEOLOGIAN

Bernhard von Sanden der Jüngere

1666 - 1721

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0970 THEOLOGIAN

Anton Emil Friedrich Sieffert

1843 - 1911

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1030 THEOLOGIAN

Nikolaus Jagenteufel

1526 - 1583

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1074 THEOLOGIAN

Friedrich Deutsch (Theologe)

1657 - 1709

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1129 THEOLOGIAN

Johann Christoph Wedeke

1755 - 1815

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1157 THEOLOGIAN

Jakob Sahme

1629 - 1680

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1197 THEOLOGIAN

Andreas Mylius (Philologe)

1606 - 1649

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