51.7769° N, 19.4547° E

LODZ

Most Famous People Born in Lodz, Poland

Notable people
723
Peak decade
1920s
Median birth year
1936
Most distinctive
Dancer 18.2×

Before the war Łódź was a textile boom town stitched together by Polish, Jewish and German mill owners; afterward it became the country's cinematic capital, the Łódź Film School factory where Polanski, Wajda and Kieślowski learned the craft. The Dancer count runs at better than eighteen times the national baseline, and a thick Pianist and Chemist bench hints at the bourgeois conservatory culture that somehow survived the smokestacks.

Through the Decades

One face per decade — the most globally famous figure born in Lodz during each.

Notable Births by Decade

Click a decade to filter the list below. Peak: 1920s with 89 notable births.

What Lodz Is Known For

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Football is Lodz's biggest profession — 9% of all notables (66).

Lodz over-indexes on dancer18.2× the global rate.

Lodz under-produces politician — only 0.5× the global rate.

  1. Football66
  2. Actor57
  3. Politician45
  4. Writer38
  5. Painter32
  6. Film27
  7. Player20
  8. Sport19
  1. Dancer1418.2×
  2. Chess117.5×
  3. Skater116.3×
  4. Chemist156.0×
  5. Pianist105.2×
  6. Film273.0×
  7. Physicist82.7×
  8. Physician112.2×
  1. Politician450.5×

Profession Mix Over Time

Each band shows a profession family's share of Lodz's notable births by decade. Hover the chart for the breakdown at any decade.

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Showing 57 of 723 notable people

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Izabella Miko

Born 1981

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Stanisław Mikulski

1929 - 2014

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George E. Stone

1903 - 1967

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0028 ACTOR

Jadwiga Barańska

Born 1935

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0053 ACTOR

Marcin Bosak

Born 1979

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0058 ACTOR

Borys Szyc

Born 1978

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Aleksander Bardini

1913 - 1995

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0066 ACTOR

Jacek Chmielnik

1953 - 2007

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Mandaryna

Born 1978

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0086 ACTOR

Lea Koenig

Born 1929

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0091 ACTOR

Wojciech Frykowski

1936 - 1969

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Shimon Dzigan

1905 - 1980

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Katarzyna Łaniewska

Born 1933

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0113 ACTOR

Gołda Tencer

Born 1949

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Janusz Kłosiński

1920 - 2017

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0119 ACTOR

Kazimierz Krukowski

1901 - 1984

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0129 ACTOR

Stefania Grodzieńska

1914 - 2010

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0144 ACTOR

Tomasz Konieczny

Born 1972

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0152 ACTOR

Osip Abdulov

1900 - 1953

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Piotr Rogucki

Born 1978

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0165 ACTOR

Władysław Hańcza

1905 - 1977

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0179 ACTOR

Włodzimierz Boruński

1906 - 1988

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0181 ACTOR

Israel Shumacher

1908 - 1961

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0197 ACTOR

Jadwiga Andrzejewska

1915 - 1977

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Alessandro Fersen

1911 - 2001

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Grażyna Długołęcka

Born 1951

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Marek Frąckowiak

1950 - 2017

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0214 ACTOR

Jaroslaw Bielski

Born 1957

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Traudl Kulikowsky

Born 1943

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Manfred Salzgeber

1943 - 1994

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Maria Probosz

1961 - 2010

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0235 ACTOR

Grażyna Błęcka-Kolska

Born 1962

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Wiesława Mazurkiewicz

Born 1925

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Cezary Harasimowicz

Born 1955

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0262 ACTOR

Halina Machulska

Born 1929

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0265 ACTOR

Jacek Łągwa

Born 1969

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Jacek Kopczyński

Born 1971

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Marta Nieradkiewicz

Born 1983

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Janusz Paluszkiewicz

1912 - 1990

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Tadeusz Pluciński

1926 - 2019

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0297 ACTOR

Ewa Gorzelak-Dziduch

Born 1974

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0299 ACTOR

Małgorzata Potocka (Schauspielerin)

Born 1953

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Tomasz Mędrzak

Born 1954

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Monika Rosca

Born 1961

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0313 ACTOR

Stanisław Sielański

1899 - 1955

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0317 ACTOR

Marek Włodarczyk (Schauspieler, 1954)

Born 1954

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Max Bozyk

1899 - 1970

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Wiesława Kwaśniewska

Born 1933

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Halina Buyno-Łoza

1907 - 1991

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Janina Borońska

Born 1943

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Józef Łodyński

1919 - 1984

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Fredda Brilliant

1903 - 1999

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0435 ACTOR

Janina Janecka

1893 - 1938

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Claus Fuchs

Born 1943

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Lena Amsel

1898 - 1929

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Karl Dominik

Born 1980

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Angelica Novak

Born 1986

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