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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Jan Matejko
1838 - 1893
Stanisław Wyspiański
1869 - 1907
Olga Boznańska
1865 - 1940
Moïse Kisling
1891 - 1953
Piotr Michałowski
1800 - 1855
Jerzy Nowosielski
1923 - 2011
Jan Polack
1435 - 1519
Zofia Stryjeńska
1891 - 1976
Jan Nepomucen Głowacki
1802 - 1847
Szymon Czechowicz
1689 - 1775
Jerzy Kossak
1886 - 1955
Henryk Gotlib
1890 - 1966
Marcin Zaleski
1796 - 1877
Stanisław Samostrzelnik
1490 - 1541
Aleksander Kotsis
1836 - 1877
Ludwik de Laveaux (painter)
1868 - 1894
Antoni Kozakiewicz
1841 - 1929
Kazimierz Pochwalski
1855 - 1940
Alice Halicka
1894 - 1975
Wojciech Stattler
1800 - 1875
Władysław Łuszczkiewicz
1828 - 1900
Walery Eljasz Radzikowski
1841 - 1905
Roman Kochanowski
1857 - 1945
Józef Peszka
1767 - 1831
Barbara Paciorek Paleta
1951 - 2011
Ludwig Burger
1825 - 1884
Adam Marczyński
1908 - 1985
Jerzy Mierzejewski
1917 - 2012
Wincenty Wodzinowski
1866 - 1940
Jacek Stryjenski
1922 - 1961
Chan Canasta
1920 - 1999
Michał Stachowicz
1768 - 1825
Jerzy Skarżyński
1924 - 2004
Kazimierz Wojniakowski
1771 - 1812
Grzegorz Stec
Born 1955
Jerzy Adam Brandhuber
1897 - 1981
Artur Nacht-Samborski
1898 - 1974
Bogdan Korczowski
Born 1954
Bronisława Janowska
1868 - 1953
Józef Męcina-Krzesz
1860 - 1934
Élisabeth Wierzbicka Wela
Born 1964
Artur Markowicz
1872 - 1934
Florian Cynk
1838 - 1912
Nicolaus Haberschrack
1454 - 1484
Jacek Sroka
Born 1957
Teodor Lubieniecki
1654 - 1718
Zbylut Grzywacz
1939 - 2004
Nathan Grunsweigh
1880 - 1956
Tomasz Vetulani
Born 1965
Leon Dembowski
1823 - 1904
Władysław Pochwalski
1860 - 1924
Ludwig Gedlek
1847 - 1904
Józefina Amalia Mniszech
1752 - 1798
Izydor Jabłoński
1835 - 1905
Heinrich Rauchinger
1858 - 1942
Tomasz Ciecierski
Born 1945
Stanisław Tondos
1854 - 1917
Tadeusz Fuss-Kaden
1914 - 1985
Janusz Stega
Born 1958
Franciszek Turek
1882 - 1947
Marek Chlanda
Born 1954
Maksymilian Cercha
1818 - 1907
Ewa Gargulinska
Born 1941
Helena Unierzyska
1867 - 1932
Zbigniew Żupnik
1951 - 2000
Louise Merkel-Romée
1888 - 1977
Arthur Rennert
1904 - 1983
Leon Vilaincour
1923 - 2016
Gloria Kossak
1941 - 1991
Marcin Cieński
Born 1976
Monika Bulanda
Born 1983
Trybalski
Died 1934