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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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1,084 notable people

0901 ACADEMIC

Witold Zuchiewicz

1955 - 2012

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0902 RABBI

Jakob Horowitz

1837 - 1907

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0903 BASKET

Alina Szostak

1937 - 2015

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0904 SWIMMER

Konrad Gałka

Born 1974

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0905 ROWER

Zdzisław Bromek

Born 1945

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0906 LINGUIST

Franciszek Ksawery Chomiński

1730 - 1809

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0907 PAINTER

Gloria Kossak

1941 - 1991

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0908 PRIEST

Wiesław Śpiewak

Born 1963

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0909 THEOLOGIAN

Julian Bukowski

1837 - 1904

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0910 DERMATOLOGIST

Kazimierz Lejman

1907 - 1985

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0911 SPORT

Dariusz Nowakowski

Born 1953

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0912 SNOWBOARD

Katarzyna Rusin

Born 1994

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0913 FOOTBALL

Władysław Krupa

1899 - 1969

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0914 FOOTBALL

Józef Mamoń

1922 - 1979

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0915 CONDUCTOR

Stanisław Has

1914 - 1997

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0916 ATHLETIC

Maryla Freiwald

1911 - 1962

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0917 MUSIC

Jan Drozdowski (Pianist)

1857 - 1918

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0918 SPORT

Teresa Folga

Born 1966

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0919 CLIMB

Renata Piszczek

Born 1969

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0920 PLAYER

Bartosz Janeczek

Born 1987

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0921 SKIER

Igor Sikorski (alpine skier)

Born 1990

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0922 SCULPTOR

Joanna Troikowicz

Born 1952

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0923 ENGINEER

Tadek Marek

1908 - 1982

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0924 AUTHOR

Barbara Czarnowieska

1954 - 2007

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0925 OPERA

Jolanta Kowalska

Born 1983

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0926 ATHLETIC

Zbigniew Pierzynka

Born 1951

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0927 PRIEST

Tomasz Pirawski

1564 - 1625

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0928 OFFICER

Ignacy Szymański

1806 - 1874

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0929 ECONOMIST

Michał Krupiński

Born 1981

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0930 SPORT

Jerzy Pietrzak

Born 1962

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0931 POLITICIAN

Rafał Bochenek

Born 1986

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0932 FOOTBALL

Shimon Ratner

1898 - 1964

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0933 LAWYER

Helen Silving-Ryu

1906 - 1993

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0934 FOOTBALL

Bogusław Hajdas

Born 1939

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0935 HANDBALL

Arkadiusz Moryto

Born 1997

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0936 SOLDIER

Andreas von Fürstenberg

1663 - 1738

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0937 LAWYER

Leon Feiner

1885 - 1945

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0938 BUSINESS

Jerzy Gross

1929 - 2014

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0939 SOLDIER

Maciej Hunia

Born 1961

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0940 ROWER

Andrzej Skowroński

Born 1953

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0941 MUSIC

Eduard Birnbaum

1855 - 1920

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0942 FOOTBALL

Leszek Wrona

Born 1955

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0943 DIPLOMAT

Kazimierz Reychman

1882 - 1936

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0944 PLAYER

Monika Sroga

Born 1981

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0945 ARCHITECT

Anna Górska

1914 - 2002

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0946 SWIMMER

Sandra Swierczewska

Born 1988

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0947 OFFICER

Jan Samuel Chrzanowski

Died 1688

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0948 FOOTBALL

Franciszek Brożek

1890 - 1940

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0949 ATHLETIC

Jadwiga Klimaj

Born 1931

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0950 GENETICIST

Marek Sanak

Born 1958

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0951 BOXER

Eugeniusz Nowak

1895 - 1988

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0952 ACADEMIC

Detlev Christian Dicke

1942 - 1992

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0953 MONK

Anthony of Supraśl

Died 1516

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0954 LAWYER

Bolesław Zajączkowski

1891 - 1920

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0955 BOTANIST

Jan Zurzycki

1925 - 1984

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0956 PRIEST

Michael Kopystynski

Died 1610

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0957 COSTUME DESIGNER

Anna Jekiełek

Born 1937

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0958 FOOTBALL

Edward Jabłoński

1919 - 1970

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0959 ATHLETIC

Edward Stawiarz

Born 1940

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0960 KOMMUNIST

Joseph Berger

1904 - 1978

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0961 POLITICIAN

Jan Ziobro (politician)

Born 1989

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0962 FOOTBALL

Kamil Pestka

Born 1998

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0963 OFFICER

Adam Sowa

Born 1957

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0964 FOOTBALL

Andrzej Przeworski

1900 - 1952

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0965 ACTOR

Oliwia Dąbrowska

Born 1989

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0966 COMPOSER

Wilhelm Conradi

1816 - 1904

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0967 DERMATOLOGIST

Franciszek Krzyształowicz

1868 - 1931

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0968 CELLIST

Hans Kronold

1872 - 1922

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0969 FENCER

Alfred Ader

1892 - 1941

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0970 JOURNALIST

Renata Kijowska

Born 1975

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0971 POLITICIAN

Elżbieta Achinger

Born 1957

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0972 BASKET

Jacek Arlet

1922 - 2011

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0973 COMPOSER

Nikola Kołodziejczyk

Born 1986

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0974 MAGIC

Arthur Trace

Born 1979

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0975 HANDBALL

Zbigniew Gawlik

Born 1956

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0976 FOOTBALL

Władysław Kawula

1937 - 2008

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0977 SPORT

Przemysław Mazur

Born 1978

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0978 SPORT

Ewa Synowska

Born 1974

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0979 BIOLOGIST

Adam Ben-Tuvia

1919 - 1999

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0980 PALAEONTOLOGIST

Zbigniew M. Bocheński

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0981 BÜRGERRECHT

Rudko Kawczynski

Born 1954

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0982 SWIMMER

Magdalena Białas

Born 1962

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0983 GAME

Michał Stachyra

Born 1978

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0984 BASKET

Stefan Wójcik

1930 - 1984

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0985 BASKET

Katharina Fikiel

Born 1987

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0986 SWIMMER

Jerzy Twarowski

Born 1995

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0987 SCIENTIST

Jack Fishman

1930 - 2013

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0988 LINGUIST

Maria Szurek-Wisti

1914 - 1980

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0989 POLITICIAN

Justynian Szczytt (1740–1824)

1740 - 1824

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0990 ACTOR

Andrzej Popiel

1936 - 2020

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0991 BASKET

Elżbieta Międzik

Born 1983

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0992 SINGER

Frida Weber-Flessburg

1890 - 1943

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0993 HISTORIAN

Andrzej Lubieniecki

1521 - 1623

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0994 ATHLETIC

Kazimierz Fiałka

1907 - 1970

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0995 BASKET

Michał Czajczyk

1915 - 1945

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0996 FOOTBALL

Przemysław Porębski

Born 1998

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0997 OPHTHALMOLOGIST

Christian Ohrloff

Born 1944

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0998 MISSING

Andreas Stoß

1480 - 1540

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0999 BASKET

Mateusz Kasperzec

Born 1987

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1000 JOURNALISM

Elsa Gasser

1896 - 1967

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1001 FOOTBALL

Konrad Cebula

Born 1983

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1002 ACADEMIC

Magdalena Smoczyńska

Born 1947

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1003 CLIMB

Kinga Ociepka

Born 1986

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1004 TEACHER

Abraham Buchner

1789 - 1869

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1005 BASKET

Halina Łaptaś

1926 - 2014

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1006 FOOTBALL

Marcin Makuch

Born 1980

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1007 PUBLISHER

Margarete Stöger-Steiner von Steinstätten – Wi

1893 - 1969

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1008 HANDBALL

Eryk Kałuziński

Born 1977

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1009 FOOTBALL

Krzysztof Hausner

1944 - 2004

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1010 POLITICIAN

Reuven Feldman

1899 - 1990

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1011 ANAESTHETIST

Jerzy Wordliczek

Born 1953

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1012 PROGRAMMER

Matt Mickiewicz

Born 1983

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1013 FENCER

Maria Sołtan

1921 - 2001

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1014 SPORT

Małgorzata Różycka

Born 1962

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1015 COMPOSER

Kazimierz Pyzik

Born 1955

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1016 OFFICER

Aleksander Stawarz

1896 - 1942

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1017 BASKET

Katarzyna Krężel

Born 1985

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1018 FENCER

Genowefa Migas-Stawarz

Born 1935

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1019 RESTAURATEUR

Siegi Sessler

1910 - 1969

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1020 GUITAR

Rafał Mazur

Born 1971

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1021 RABBI

Menachem Mendel Krochmal

1600 - 1661

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1022 BOTANIST

Rudolf Rohrer (Verleger, 1805)

1805 - 1839

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1023 MOUNTAINEER

Andrzej Marcisz

Born 1961

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1024 CELLIST

Łukasz Pawlikowski

Born 1997

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1025 FENCER

Wiesław Glos

Born 1936

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1026 POLITICIAN

Zvi Weinberg

1935 - 2006

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1027 PHARMACOLOGIST

Jacek Spławiński

Born 1937

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1028 RABBI

Markus Rottenberg

1872 - 1944

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1029 FOOTBALL

Tomasz Baliga

Born 1988

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1030 FOOTBALL

Józef Ciszewski

1904 - 1987

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1031 FOOTBALL

Marian Łańko

1906 - 1971

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1032 DIPLOMAT

Hans Huyn (Diplomat)

1894 - 1941

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1033 TRANSLATOR

Ferdinand Piesen

1909 - 1994

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1034 BASKET

Zbigniew Kudłacz

Born 1958

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1035 WIFE OF

Kasia Al Thani

Born 1977

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1036 DIPLOMAT

Michael Theodore Michael

1918 - 1997

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1037 FOOTBALL

Andrzej Rewilak

Born 1942

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1038 LAWYER

Alfred von Ressig

1865 - 1930

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1039 PAINTER

Marcin Cieński

Born 1976

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1040 PAINTER

Monika Bulanda

Born 1983

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1041 COSTUME DESIGNER

Krystyna Szczepańska

Born 1950

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1042 RABBI

Tzvi Hirsch Horowitz

1872 - 1945

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1043 SPORT

Maciej Steinhof

Born 1985

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1044 FOOTBALL

Stanisław Ziemiański

1892 - 1965

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1045 FOOTBALL

Patryk Bryła

Born 1990

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1046 POLITICIAN

Helene Bauer

1871 - 1942

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1047 SCIENTIST

Thomas H. Bak

Born 1961

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1048 HANDBALL

Natalia Nosek

Born 1998

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1049 POLITICIAN

Maciej Biesiadecki

1864 - 1935

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1050 BASKET

Irena Górka

1940 - 2014

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1051 MILITAR

Rudolf Towarek

1885 - 1959

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1052 AUTHOR

Wolf Hennings

Born 1944

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1053 HISTORIAN

Krzysztof Kłosiński

Born 1951

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1054 WRITER

Natan Gesang

1888 - 1944

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1055 PIANIST

Paul Emile Johns

1799 - 1860

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1056 NAZI

Adolf Fruchthändler

1899 - 1945

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1057 FOOTBALL

Andrzej Sobieszczyk

Born 1993

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1058 FOOTBALL

Michał Świstak

Born 1977

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1059 MILITAR

Zdzisław Harlender

1898 - 1939

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1060 FOOTBALL

Aleksander Mysiak

1908 - 1986

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1061 MUSIC

Marek Mietelski

Born 1933

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1062 SINGER

Selma Kronold

1861 - 1920

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1063 POLITICIAN

Julian Gutowski

1823 - 1890

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1064 SNOWBOARD

Wojciech Taraba

Born 1986

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1065 ÉPOUSE

Chaya Lau

1900 - 1945

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1066 ACTOR

Solomon Liebgold

1877 - 1942

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1067 SURVIVOR

Izhak Weinberg

Born 1938

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1068 SINGER

Tony Goldschlag

1890 - 1944

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1069 ACADEMIC

Beata Kowalska

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1070 ACTOR

Grete Bittner

1905 - 1973

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1071 PLAYER

Małgorzata Sikora

Born 1985

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1072 COMPOSER

Marcin Pączkowski (Komponist)

Born 1983

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1073 FOOTBALL

Mateusz Jeleń

Born 1988

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1074 PAINTER

Trybalski

Died 1934

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1075 PLAYER

Magda Żochowska

Born 1987

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1076 COMPUTER SCIENTIST

Jerzy Krupka

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1077 BASKET

Jan Fikiel

Born 1983

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1078 POLITICIAN

Jürgen Guttenberger

Born 1941

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1079 ARTIST

Justyna Koeke

Born 1976

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1080 MISSING

Józef Rosołowski

Born 1928

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1081 POLITICIAN

Ernst Ritter (Mediziner)

1888 - 1981

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1082 PROGRAMMER

Peter Sych

Born 1960

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1083 POLITICIAN

Ludwig zu Windisch-Grätz

1882 - 1968

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1084 ACTOR

Agnieszka Zdanowicz

1790 - 1815

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