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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.

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Showing 83 of 1,084 notable people

0011 FILM

Jerzy Stuhr

Born 1947

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0043 ACTOR

Ewa Demarczyk

1941 - 2020

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0065 POET

Ewa Lipska

Born 1945

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0077 POLITICIAN

Andrzej Olechowski

Born 1947

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0081 COMPOSER

Krzysztof Meyer

Born 1943

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0086 FOOTBALL

Robert Gadocha

Born 1946

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0096 ACTOR

Marek Koterski

Born 1942

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0099 ACTOR

Jerzy Zelnik

Born 1945

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0109 PHILOSOPHER

Ryszard Legutko

Born 1949

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0112 CONDUCTOR

Antoni Wit

Born 1944

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0121 SAXOPHONIST

Zbigniew Seifert

1946 - 1979

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0131 WRESTLER

Ivan Putski

Born 1941

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0157 PHOTOGRAPHER

Ewa Kuryluk

Born 1946

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0167 COSTUME DESIGNER

Ewa Braun

Born 1944

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0170 WRITER

Eva Hoffman

Born 1945

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0179 HISTORIAN

Orest Subtelny

1941 - 2016

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0206 AUTHOR

Stefan Jerzy Zweig

Born 1941

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0211 ACTOR

Andrzej Zaucha (singer)

1949 - 1991

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0218 SAXOPHONIST

Janusz Muniak

1941 - 2016

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0230 MUSIC

Marek Tomaszewski

Born 1943

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0232 MUSIC

Leszek Żądło

Born 1945

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0241 HISTORIAN

Maria Dzielska

1942 - 2018

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0265 JOURNALIST

Janina Paradowska

1942 - 2016

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0280 MODEL

Gila Golan

Born 1940

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0281 POLITICIAN

Zbigniew Wassermann

1949 - 2010

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0293 POLITICIAN

Ryszard Terlecki

Born 1949

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0305 MATHEMATICIAN

Andrzej Trybulec

1941 - 2013

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0306 LAWYER

Jan Widacki

Born 1948

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0320 DIPLOMAT

Jerzy Bahr

1944 - 2016

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0336 HISTORIAN

Marek Siemek

1942 - 2011

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0348 ACTOR

Leszek Teleszyński

Born 1947

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0369 COMPOSER

Zbigniew Paleta

Born 1942

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0376 SPRINT

Jan Balachowski

Born 1948

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0381 POLITICIAN

Andrzej Maria Gołaś

Born 1946

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0409 ACTOR

Stefan Friedmann

Born 1941

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0410 POLITICIAN

Bronisław Cieślak

Born 1943

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0416 ACTOR

Jan Prochyra

1948 - 2015

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0426 ACTOR

Kazimierz Kaczor

Born 1941

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0428 PUBLISHER

Henryk Woźniakowski

Born 1949

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0436 SOCIOLOGIST

Andrzej Kapiszewski

1948 - 2007

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0453 SCIENTIST

Agnieszka Zalewska

Born 1948

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0455 VIOLIN

Kaja Danczowska

Born 1949

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0467 ACTOR

Andrzej Fedorowicz (actor)

Born 1942

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0473 COMPOSER

Barbara Buczek

1940 - 1993

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0540 MUSIC

Andrzej Sikorowski

Born 1949

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0548 ROWER

Stanisław Komornicki (universitaire)

1949 - 2016

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0553 JOURNALIST

Alexandra Kwiatkowska-Viatteau

Born 1948

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0554 WRITER

Jacek Baluch

1940 - 2019

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0571 DRUMMER

Janusz Stefański

1946 - 2016

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0577 HISTORIAN

Adam Cyra

Born 1949

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0580 PHOTOGRAPHER

Ania Bien

Born 1946

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0625 ACADEMIC

Maria Delaperrière

Born 1941

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0655 WRITER

Karin Reschke

Born 1940

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0660 MATHEMATICIAN

Witold Kosiński

1946 - 2014

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0683 BASKET

Andrzej Seweryn (basketball)

Born 1948

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0696 CONDUCTOR

Szymon Kawalla

Born 1949

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0701 ACADEMIC

Wojciech Nowak (Chirurg)

Born 1949

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0736 PAINTER

Tomasz Ciecierski

Born 1945

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0744 KILLER

Karol Kot

1946 - 1968

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0752 PROFESSOR

Zbigniew Zegan

Born 1943

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0774 COMPOSER

Józef Rychlik

Born 1946

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0775 POLITICIAN

Andrzej Gałażewski

Born 1944

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0784 ORGANIST

Józef Serafin (Organist)

Born 1944

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0792 ACADEMIC

Janusz Wojtusiak

1942 - 2012

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0826 PAINTER

Ewa Gargulinska

Born 1941

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0827 POLITICIAN

Eberhard Schulte-Wissermann

Born 1942

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0846 AUTHOR

Lothar von Seltmann

Born 1943

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0847 HOCKEY

Adam Kopczyński

Born 1948

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0855 WRITER

Monika Kotowska

1942 - 2012

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0860 ART HISTORIAN

Zofia Gołubiew

Born 1942

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0872 PIANIST

Jan Jarczyk

1947 - 2014

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0876 PHILOLOGIST

Dieter Harlfinger

Born 1940

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0905 ROWER

Zdzisław Bromek

Born 1945

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0907 PAINTER

Gloria Kossak

1941 - 1991

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0952 ACADEMIC

Detlev Christian Dicke

1942 - 1992

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0959 ATHLETIC

Edward Stawiarz

Born 1940

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0997 OPHTHALMOLOGIST

Christian Ohrloff

Born 1944

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1002 ACADEMIC

Magdalena Smoczyńska

Born 1947

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1009 FOOTBALL

Krzysztof Hausner

1944 - 2004

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1037 FOOTBALL

Andrzej Rewilak

Born 1942

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1050 BASKET

Irena Górka

1940 - 2014

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1052 AUTHOR

Wolf Hennings

Born 1944

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1078 POLITICIAN

Jürgen Guttenberger

Born 1941

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