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KRAKOW

Most Famous People Born in Krakow, Poland

Notable people
1,084
Peak decade
1970s
Median birth year
1926
Most distinctive
Rabbi 10.7×

Poland's former royal capital shows the shape of that history in its stats. The 10.7× rabbi over-index is the pre-war Kazimierz Jewish quarter; the painter and composer bumps trace the Young Poland movement around Jan Matejko and Stanisław Wyspiański; and the mathematician index is the Lwów-Warsaw school of Stefan Banach and the generation that followed him into the logic seminars on Floriańska Street.

Through the Centuries

One face per century — the most globally famous figure born in Krakow during each.

What Krakow Is Known For

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Football is Krakow's biggest profession — 11% of all notables (116).

Krakow over-indexes on rabbi10.7× the global rate.

Krakow under-produces politician — only 0.5× the global rate.

  1. Football116
  2. Painter72
  3. Actor61
  4. Politician61
  5. Historian32
  6. Composer30
  7. Writer30
  8. Poet21
  1. Rabbi1310.7×
  2. Pianist186.2×
  3. Historian322.8×
  4. Painter722.5×
  5. Officer162.2×
  6. Composer302.1×
  7. Mathematician112.0×
  8. Diplomat121.9×
  1. Politician610.5×
  2. Singer150.7×

Profession Mix Over Time

Each band shows a profession family's share of Krakow's notable births by decade. Hover the chart for the breakdown at any decade.

1500155016001650170017501800185019001950
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  • Art & Design
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Showing 28 of 1,084 notable people

0006 PAINTER

Stanisław Wyspiański

1869 - 1907

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0019 PAINTER

Olga Boznańska

1865 - 1940

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0136 HISTORIAN

Feliks Koneczny

1862 - 1949

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0164 HISTORIAN

Stanisław Estreicher

1869 - 1939

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0219 PRIEST

Franciszek Hodur

1866 - 1953

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0222 PAINTER

Ludwik de Laveaux (painter)

1868 - 1894

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0372 PAINTER

Wincenty Wodzinowski

1866 - 1940

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0373 HISTORIAN

Adam Maurizio

1862 - 1941

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0377 POLITICIAN

Andrzej Lubomirski

1862 - 1953

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0391 PROFESSOR

Adolf Beck (physiologist)

1863 - 1942

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0392 SINGER

Lola Beeth

1862 - 1940

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0437 ACADEMIC

Eduard von Zambaur

1866 - 1947

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0462 DIPLOMAT

Adam Tarnowski (senior)

1866 - 1946

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0496 PAINTER

Bronisława Janowska

1868 - 1953

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0497 CHEMIST

Sigmund Fraenkel

1868 - 1939

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0509 PAINTER

Józef Męcina-Krzesz

1860 - 1934

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0535 PHYSICIAN

Leon Wachholz

1867 - 1942

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0600 LINGUIST

Franciszek Nowicki

1864 - 1935

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0652 PAINTER

Władysław Pochwalski

1860 - 1924

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0664 RABBI

Asriel Günzig

1868 - 1931

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0787 PALAEONTOLOGIST

Józef Grzybowski

1869 - 1922

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0842 PAINTER

Helena Unierzyska

1867 - 1932

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0856 GEOLOGIST

Wawrzyniec Teisseyre

1860 - 1939

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0896 JEWELLER

Alfred Lindon

1867 - 1948

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0967 DERMATOLOGIST

Franciszek Krzyształowicz

1868 - 1931

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1038 LAWYER

Alfred von Ressig

1865 - 1930

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1049 POLITICIAN

Maciej Biesiadecki

1864 - 1935

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1062 SINGER

Selma Kronold

1861 - 1920

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