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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.

1500155016001650170017501800185019001950
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Showing 61 of 1,084 notable people

0042 POLITICIAN

Edward Ochab

1906 - 1989

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0077 POLITICIAN

Andrzej Olechowski

Born 1947

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0103 POLITICIAN

Jan Rokita

Born 1959

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0114 POLITICIAN

Zbigniew Ziobro

Born 1970

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0118 POLITICIAN

Róża Thun

Born 1954

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0141 POLITICIAN

Bogdan Klich

Born 1960

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0146 POLITICIAN

Stanisław Haller

1872 - 1940

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0156 POLITICIAN

Karol Stanisław Radziwiłł (1669–1719)

1669 - 1719

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0195 POLITICIAN

Bogusław Sonik

Born 1953

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0228 POLITICIAN

Dariusz Szwed

Born 1967

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0275 POLITICIAN

Haim Landau

1916 - 1981

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0279 POLITICIAN

Alexander Joseph Sulkowski

1695 - 1762

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0281 POLITICIAN

Zbigniew Wassermann

1949 - 2010

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0283 POLITICIAN

Jadwiga Emilewicz

Born 1974

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0293 POLITICIAN

Ryszard Terlecki

Born 1949

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0294 POLITICIAN

Sidonia Jędrzejewska

Born 1975

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0297 POLITICIAN

Yohanan Bader

1901 - 1994

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0301 POLITICIAN

Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz

Born 1981

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0314 POLITICIAN

Stanisław Kulczyński

1895 - 1975

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0331 POLITICIAN

Barbara Bubula

Born 1963

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0356 POLITICIAN

Elżbieta Bińczycka

Born 1955

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0359 POLITICIAN

Mikołaj Budzanowski

Born 1971

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0365 POLITICIAN

Maria Rygier

1885 - 1953

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0377 POLITICIAN

Andrzej Lubomirski

1862 - 1953

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0381 POLITICIAN

Andrzej Maria Gołaś

Born 1946

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0388 POLITICIAN

Jarosław Guzy

Born 1955

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0410 POLITICIAN

Bronisław Cieślak

Born 1943

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0413 POLITICIAN

Stanisław Żółtek

Born 1956

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0432 POLITICIAN

Bolesław Drobner

1883 - 1968

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0476 POLITICIAN

Jerzy Miller (politician)

Born 1952

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0483 POLITICIAN

Michał Wójcik

Born 1971

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0559 POLITICIAN

Chaim Levanon

1899 - 1986

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0564 POLITICIAN

Brygida Kuźniak

Born 1966

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0578 POLITICIAN

Bogusław Sobczak

Born 1979

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0615 POLITICIAN

Bogdan Pęk

Born 1953

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0653 POLITICIAN

Tomasz Szczypiński

Born 1953

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0710 POLITICIAN

Pinhas Scheinman

1912 - 1999

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0711 POLITICIAN

Emil Wojtaszek

1927 - 2017

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0738 POLITICIAN

Łukasz Gibała

Born 1977

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0745 POLITICIAN

Monika Ryniak

Born 1960

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0751 POLITICIAN

Leopold Rutowicz

Born 1932

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0758 POLITICIAN

Antoni Jan Goetz

1895 - 1962

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0769 POLITICIAN

Mordechai Ofer

1924 - 1971

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0775 POLITICIAN

Andrzej Gałażewski

Born 1944

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0781 POLITICIAN

Ludwik Gorzkowski

1811 - 1857

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0797 POLITICIAN

Josef Strasser

1870 - 1935

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0827 POLITICIAN

Eberhard Schulte-Wissermann

Born 1942

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0854 POLITICIAN

Hillel Seidel

1920 - 1999

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0870 POLITICIAN

Stanisław Mieroszowski

1827 - 1900

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0931 POLITICIAN

Rafał Bochenek

Born 1986

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0961 POLITICIAN

Jan Ziobro (politician)

Born 1989

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0971 POLITICIAN

Elżbieta Achinger

Born 1957

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0989 POLITICIAN

Justynian Szczytt (1740–1824)

1740 - 1824

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1010 POLITICIAN

Reuven Feldman

1899 - 1990

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1026 POLITICIAN

Zvi Weinberg

1935 - 2006

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1046 POLITICIAN

Helene Bauer

1871 - 1942

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1049 POLITICIAN

Maciej Biesiadecki

1864 - 1935

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1063 POLITICIAN

Julian Gutowski

1823 - 1890

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1078 POLITICIAN

Jürgen Guttenberger

Born 1941

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1081 POLITICIAN

Ernst Ritter (Mediziner)

1888 - 1981

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1083 POLITICIAN

Ludwig zu Windisch-Grätz

1882 - 1968

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