50.0611° N, 19.9372° E
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.
One face per century — the most globally famous figure born in Krakow during each.
Notable Births by Decade
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What Krakow Is Known For
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Football is Krakow's biggest profession — 11% of all notables (116).
Krakow over-indexes on rabbi — 10.7× the global rate.
Krakow under-produces politician — only 0.5× the global rate.
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.
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- Filtered to 1890s Clear ×
Stefan Banach
1892 - 1945
Roman Ingarden
1893 - 1970
Moïse Kisling
1891 - 1953
Leopold Infeld
1898 - 1968
Rudolph Maté
1898 - 1964
Maria Pawlikowska-Jasnorzewska
1891 - 1945
Michał Rola-Żymierski
1890 - 1989
Salomon Bochner
1899 - 1982
Emil August Fieldorf
1895 - 1953
Zofia Stryjeńska
1891 - 1976
Tadeusz Peiper
1891 - 1969
Henryk Gotlib
1890 - 1966
Henryk Reyman
1897 - 1963
Joseph Rosenstock
1895 - 1985
Tadeusz Lehr-Spławiński
1891 - 1965
Jerzy Stempowski
1894 - 1969
Józef Olszyna-Wilczyński
1890 - 1939
Alice Halicka
1894 - 1975
Jerzy Kirchmayer
1895 - 1959
Ludwik Gintel
1899 - 1973
Frank Linke-Crawford
1893 - 1918
Stanisław Kulczyński
1895 - 1975
Wiktor Ormicki
1898 - 1941
Ewa Bandrowska-Turska
1894 - 1979
Jan Łazarski
1892 - 1968
Ferdynand Zweig
1896 - 1988
Magdalena Samozwaniec
1894 - 1972
Władysław Karaś
1893 - 1942
Jerzy Adam Brandhuber
1897 - 1981
Tadeusz Kuchar
1891 - 1966
Artur Nacht-Samborski
1898 - 1974
Stefan Mossor
1896 - 1957
Michał Antoniewicz
1897 - 1989
Chaim Levanon
1899 - 1986
Bogumił Pawłowski
1898 - 1971
Franciszek Hynek
1897 - 1958
Meir Wiener (Literaturwissenschaftler)
1893 - 1941
Jan Stanisław Bystroń
1892 - 1964
Gustav Ichheiser
1897 - 1969
Iwo Gall
1890 - 1959
Stefania Zahorska
1890 - 1961
Juliusz Żórawski
1898 - 1967
Jozef Jaklicz
1894 - 1974
Rachel Holzer
1899 - 1998
Stanisław Grolicki
1892 - 1947
Zygmunt Wiehler
1890 - 1977
Berta Bornstein
1899 - 1971
Jan Adamus
1896 - 1962
Antoni Jan Goetz
1895 - 1962
Mieczysław Świerz
1891 - 1929
Josef von Manowarda
1890 - 1942
Wladek Zbyszko
1891 - 1968
Wanda Dubieńska
1895 - 1968
Adam Kogut
1895 - 1940
Janusz Domaniewski
1891 - 1954
Otakar Jandera
1898 - 1977
Władysław Krupa
1899 - 1969
Shimon Ratner
1898 - 1964
Franciszek Brożek
1890 - 1940
Eugeniusz Nowak
1895 - 1988
Bolesław Zajączkowski
1891 - 1920
Alfred Ader
1892 - 1941
Frida Weber-Flessburg
1890 - 1943
Elsa Gasser
1896 - 1967
Margarete Stöger-Steiner von Steinstätten – Wi
1893 - 1969
Reuven Feldman
1899 - 1990
Aleksander Stawarz
1896 - 1942
Hans Huyn (Diplomat)
1894 - 1941
Stanisław Ziemiański
1892 - 1965
Adolf Fruchthändler
1899 - 1945
Zdzisław Harlender
1898 - 1939
Tony Goldschlag
1890 - 1944