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.
One face per decade — the most globally famous figure born in Lodz during each.
Notable Births by Decade
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What Lodz Is Known For
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Football is Lodz's biggest profession — 9% of all notables (66).
Lodz over-indexes on dancer — 18.2× the global rate.
Lodz under-produces politician — only 0.5× the global rate.
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.
- Sports
- Film & TV
- Writing
- Science
- Music
- Art & Design
- Other
- Field: Film Clear ×
Jerzy Skolimowski
Born 1938
Andrzej Bartkowiak
Born 1950
Artur Brauner
1918 - 2019
Zbigniew Rybczyński
Born 1949
Władysław Pasikowski
Born 1959
Peter Berlin
Born 1942
Wojciech Marczewski
Born 1944
Andrzej Kostenko
Born 1936
Witold Leszczyński
1933 - 2007
Dorota Kędzierzawska
Born 1957
Serge Silberman
1917 - 2003
William Perlberg
1900 - 1968
Joseph Green (actor)
1900 - 1996
Piotr Trzaskalski
Born 1964
Peter Mokrosinski
Born 1953
Michal Leszczylowski
Born 1950
Jarosław Kamiński
Born 1960
Maciej Drygas
Born 1956
Jerzy Zarzycki
1911 - 1971
Edward Skórzewski
1930 - 1991
Adek Drabiński
Born 1948
Edwin Marian
1928 - 2018
Milenia Fiedler
Born 1966
Małgorzata Gryniewicz
Born 1976
Wojciech Wiszniewski
1946 - 1981
Jacek Lusiński
Born 1969
Małgorzata Łupina
Born 1969