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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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1,581 notable people

1501 SINGER

Olga Banden

1880 - 1902

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1502 JEWELLER

Walter Bistrick

1869 - 1927

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1503 POLITICIAN

Wolfgang Bodeit

1938 - 2018

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1504 POLITICIAN

Helmut Thiel

Born 1933

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1505 SCENIC DESIGNER

Klaus Gelhaar

Born 1938

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1506 ENTREPRENEUR

Rolf Lechner

Born 1942

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1507 PHYSICIST

Paul vom Stein

Died 1584

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1508 POLITICIAN

Manfred Lischewski

Born 1940

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1509 POLITICIAN

Edwin Adolar Klein

1874 - 1944

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1510 POLITICIAN

Otto Ziegler (Politiker)

1895 - 1956

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1511 KAUFMAN

Felix Japha

1875 - 1945

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1512 REEDER

Robert Kleyenstüber

1813 - 1884

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1513 LEUTNANT

Franz Krüger (General)

1829 - 1896

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1514 MERCHANT

Martin Gottlieb Deetz

1769 - 1842

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1515 POLITICIAN

Walter Duddins

1903 - 1945

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1516 POLITICIAN

Uwe Herder

1942 - 1998

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1517 KAUFMAN

Ludwig Leo (Reeder)

Died 1915

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1518 JUDGE

Bernhard Ehrlich

1872 - 1938

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1519 ASSESSOR

Paul Bienko

1845 - 1909

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1520 POLITICIAN

Hans Baltruschat

1921 - 1984

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1521 POLITICIAN

Brigitte Tilsner

1918 - 2002

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1522 JUDGE

Albert Georg Ferdinand Wandersleben

1835 - 1900

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1523 PIANIST

Margarete Schuchmann

1893 - 1991

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1524 POLITICIAN

Franz Falkson

1850 - 1904

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1525 POLITICIAN

Reinhard Barsuhn

Born 1943

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1526 POLITICIAN

Arthur Domscheit

1914 - 2006

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1527 PHILATELIST

Reiner Wyszomirski

1933 - 2016

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1528 MANUFACTURER

Hellmuth Bieske

1894 - 1972

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1529 OFFICER

Paul Rampold

1860 - 1926

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1530 WIDERSTAND

Rudolf Glass

1890 - 1945

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1531 DIPLOMAT

Henning-Leopold von Hassell

1929 - 1996

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1532 TEACHER

Heinrich Rudolph Schmidt

1814 - 1867

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1533 ACTOR

Johann Franz Krieger

1802 - 1842

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1534 ACTOR

Carl Blankenstein (Schauspieler, 1864)

1864 - 1933

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1535 POLITICIAN

Paul Stenzel

1901 - 1966

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1536 JUDGE

Benno Sabarth

Born 1849

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1537 FARMER

Alfred Kahle

1876 - 1915

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1538 POLITICIAN

Peter Budschun

Born 1940

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1539 SCULPTOR

Theodor Pauckstadt

Born 1935

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1540 NOTARY

Wilhelm Lotze (Jurist)

1902 - 1983

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1541 FOOTBALL

Oleg Isayenko

Born 2000

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1542 JOURNALIST

Erwin Scharfenorth

1901 - 1966

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1543 ACTOR

Julius Witt

1835 - 1879

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1544 POLITICIAN

Bernd Reuter (Politiker, 1943)

Born 1943

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1545 ACADEMIC

Paul Crüger

1550 - 1593

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1546 GEHEIMRAT

Leo Delsa

1821 - 1910

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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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1549 LEUTNANT

Otto Leo

1793 - 1865

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1550 POLITICIAN

Walter Adam (Politiker)

Born 1944

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1551 JOURNALIST

Hans-Werner Gyßling

1904 - 1954

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1552 PAINTER

David Zacharias

1871 - 1915

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1553 POLITICIAN

Karl Daczko

1860 - 1928

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1554 ANNOUNCER

Edelgard Jucknies

1940 - 2002

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1555 DIPLOMAT

Max Hesse (Diplomat)

1870 - 1947

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1556 POLITICIAN

Ernst-Willi Saffran

1916 - 1988

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1557 ENTREPRENEUR

Gustav Schnell

1793 - 1864

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1558 ACTOR

Hulda Emilie Klotz

1815 - 1900

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1559 GENERALMAJOR

Johann Ernst May

1785 - 1861

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1560 JUDGE

Gustav Calame

1830 - 1905

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1561 MERCHANT

Oswald Haslinger

1883 - 1935

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1562 LANDRAT

Botho von Pusch

1834 - 1904

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1563 MISSING

Wilhelm Dröger

1909 - 1969

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1564 POLITICIAN

Karl-Heinz Jettka

1914 - 1982

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1565 JUDGE

Wladislaus Johann Willibald Alfred Wyszomirski –

1846 - 1919

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1566 POLITICIAN

Max Gentzen

1880 - 1950

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1567 ADVISOR

Hans-Ulrich Twiehaus

1898 - 1986

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1568 POLITICIAN

Heinrich Elditt

1846 - 1909

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1569 BEAMTE

Heinrich Maurach

1854 - 1904

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1570 ACTOR

Gustav Würst

1828 - 1889

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1571 BELLFOUNDER

Joachim Janke

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1572 ACADEMIC

Friedrich Wagner (Historiker, 1586)

1586 - 1620

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1573 POLITICIAN

Joachim Niklas

Born 1941

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1574 POLITICIAN

Marie Hartung

1884 - 1971

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1575 POLITICIAN

Walter Kallweit

1921 - 2001

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1576 POLITICIAN

Christian Kayser

Born 1938

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1577 JUDGE

Charles Edward Gruenhagen

1833 - 1907

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1578 POLITICIAN

Erich Berneick

1895 - 1933

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1579 JOURNALIST

Horst Peets

Born 1919

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1580 POLITICIAN

Ernst Schaefer (Politiker)

1885 - 1954

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1581 BYGGARE

Gottlieb Rosenau

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