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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Helena Modjeska
1840 - 1909
Ewa Demarczyk
1941 - 2020
Ludwika Paleta
Born 1978
Marek Kondrat
Born 1950
Paweł Deląg
Born 1970
Maciej Stuhr
Born 1975
Maja Ostaszewska
Born 1972
Marek Koterski
Born 1942
Jerzy Zelnik
Born 1945
Dominika Paleta
Born 1972
Magdalena Boczarska
Born 1978
Jan Frycz
Born 1954
Jerzy Bińczycki
1937 - 1998
Marek Walczewski
1937 - 2009
Anna Polony
Born 1939
Juliusz Osterwa
1885 - 1947
Andrzej Zaucha (singer)
1949 - 1991
Olga Frycz
Born 1986
Agnieszka Mandat
Born 1953
Michał Koterski
Born 1979
Maria Malicka
1900 - 1992
Leszek Teleszyński
Born 1947
Marzena Trybała
Born 1950
Ada Fijał
Born 1976
Bronisław Pawlik
1926 - 2002
Maurycy Popiel
Born 1990
Dorota Segda
Born 1966
Carl Carl
1787 - 1854
Guido Lorraine
1912 - 2009
Izabella St. James
Born 1975
Stefan Friedmann
Born 1941
Jan Prochyra
1948 - 2015
Maria Dulęba
1881 - 1959
Leon Liebgold
1910 - 1993
Joanna Liszowska
Born 1978
Kazimierz Kaczor
Born 1941
Danuta Rinn
1936 - 2006
Tadeusz Schmidt
1920 - 1976
Andrzej Fedorowicz (actor)
Born 1942
Katarzyna Walter
Born 1960
Wojciech Solarz
Born 1934
Jacek Wójcicki
Born 1960
Ewa Serwa
Born 1956
Tadeusz Kwinta
Born 1938
Józef Kostecki
1922 - 1980
Adam Mularczyk
1923 - 1996
Mikołaj Klimek
1972 - 2020
Andrzej Kozak
Born 1934
Tomasz Schimscheiner
Born 1973
Rachel Holzer
1899 - 1998
Stanisław Grolicki
1892 - 1947
Grzegorz Miśtal
Born 1973
Grażyna Brodzińska
Born 1951
Beata Fido
Born 1967
Pavel Douglas
Born 1951
Olimpia Ajakaiye
Born 1974
Oliwia Dąbrowska
Born 1989
Andrzej Popiel
1936 - 2020
Solomon Liebgold
1877 - 1942
Grete Bittner
1905 - 1973
Agnieszka Zdanowicz
1790 - 1815