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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 61 of 1,084 notable people

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Helena Modjeska

1840 - 1909

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Ewa Demarczyk

1941 - 2020

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0046 ACTOR

Ludwika Paleta

Born 1978

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Marek Kondrat

Born 1950

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0061 ACTOR

Paweł Deląg

Born 1970

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0066 ACTOR

Maciej Stuhr

Born 1975

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Maja Ostaszewska

Born 1972

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0096 ACTOR

Marek Koterski

Born 1942

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Jerzy Zelnik

Born 1945

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Dominika Paleta

Born 1972

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Magdalena Boczarska

Born 1978

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Jan Frycz

Born 1954

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Jerzy Bińczycki

1937 - 1998

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Marek Walczewski

1937 - 2009

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Anna Polony

Born 1939

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Juliusz Osterwa

1885 - 1947

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Andrzej Zaucha (singer)

1949 - 1991

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Olga Frycz

Born 1986

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Agnieszka Mandat

Born 1953

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Michał Koterski

Born 1979

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Maria Malicka

1900 - 1992

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Leszek Teleszyński

Born 1947

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Marzena Trybała

Born 1950

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Ada Fijał

Born 1976

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Bronisław Pawlik

1926 - 2002

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Maurycy Popiel

Born 1990

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Dorota Segda

Born 1966

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Carl Carl

1787 - 1854

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Guido Lorraine

1912 - 2009

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Izabella St. James

Born 1975

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Stefan Friedmann

Born 1941

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Jan Prochyra

1948 - 2015

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Maria Dulęba

1881 - 1959

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Leon Liebgold

1910 - 1993

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Joanna Liszowska

Born 1978

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Kazimierz Kaczor

Born 1941

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Danuta Rinn

1936 - 2006

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Tadeusz Schmidt

1920 - 1976

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Andrzej Fedorowicz (actor)

Born 1942

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Katarzyna Walter

Born 1960

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Wojciech Solarz

Born 1934

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Jacek Wójcicki

Born 1960

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Ewa Serwa

Born 1956

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Tadeusz Kwinta

Born 1938

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Józef Kostecki

1922 - 1980

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Adam Mularczyk

1923 - 1996

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Mikołaj Klimek

1972 - 2020

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Andrzej Kozak

Born 1934

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Tomasz Schimscheiner

Born 1973

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Rachel Holzer

1899 - 1998

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Stanisław Grolicki

1892 - 1947

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0647 ACTOR

Grzegorz Miśtal

Born 1973

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Grażyna Brodzińska

Born 1951

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0682 ACTOR

Beata Fido

Born 1967

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Pavel Douglas

Born 1951

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Olimpia Ajakaiye

Born 1974

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Oliwia Dąbrowska

Born 1989

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Andrzej Popiel

1936 - 2020

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Solomon Liebgold

1877 - 1942

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Grete Bittner

1905 - 1973

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Agnieszka Zdanowicz

1790 - 1815

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