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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 34 of 1,084 notable people

0221 CHESS

Jan-Krzysztof Duda

Born 1998

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0234 FOOTBALL

Alan Uryga

Born 1994

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0271 FOOTBALL

Adam Buksa

Born 1996

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0284 ROWER

Maria Springwald

Born 1991

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0288 MUSIC

Piotr Orzechowski

Born 1990

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0308 FOOTBALL

Paweł Stolarski

Born 1996

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0337 FOOTBALL

Sebastian Steblecki

Born 1992

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0368 SPORT

Paula Gorycka

Born 1990

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0382 PIANIST

Krzysztof Książek

Born 1992

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0383 ACTOR

Maurycy Popiel

Born 1990

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0404 FOOTBALL

Mateusz Wdowiak

Born 1996

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0459 GYMNAST

Katarzyna Jurkowska-Kowalska

Born 1992

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0541 FOOTBALL

Michał Czekaj

Born 1992

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0544 ROWER

Natan Węgrzycki-Szymczyk

Born 1995

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0561 PIANIST

Szymon Nehring

Born 1995

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0563 ROWER

Anna Wierzbowska

Born 1990

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0572 SPORT

Katarzyna Wilk

Born 1992

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0586 ROWER

Maria Wierzbowska

Born 1995

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0614 CANOE

Michal Smolen

Born 1993

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0675 CHESS

Mariola Woźniak

Born 1998

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0761 FOOTBALL

Karol Niemczycki

Born 1999

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0794 PLAYER

Izabela Lemańczyk

Born 1990

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0822 FOOTBALL

Sebastian Leszczak

Born 1992

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0840 PLAYER

Tomasz Fornal

Born 1997

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0912 SNOWBOARD

Katarzyna Rusin

Born 1994

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0921 SKIER

Igor Sikorski (alpine skier)

Born 1990

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0935 HANDBALL

Arkadiusz Moryto

Born 1997

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0962 FOOTBALL

Kamil Pestka

Born 1998

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0986 SWIMMER

Jerzy Twarowski

Born 1995

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0996 FOOTBALL

Przemysław Porębski

Born 1998

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1024 CELLIST

Łukasz Pawlikowski

Born 1997

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1045 FOOTBALL

Patryk Bryła

Born 1990

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1048 HANDBALL

Natalia Nosek

Born 1998

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1057 FOOTBALL

Andrzej Sobieszczyk

Born 1993

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