49.8419° N, 24.0313° E

L'VIV

Most Famous People Born in L'viv, Ukraine

Notable people
947
Peak decade
1890s
Median birth year
1916
Most distinctive
Chess 17.1×

Three countries, three names — the Habsburg Lemberg, interwar Polish Lwów, and Soviet-then-Ukrainian Lviv all show up inside the same file. The 17.1× chess over-index and the mathematician footprint come almost entirely from the pre-1945 Lwów school of Stefan Banach and Stanislaw Ulam, while Stanisław Lem wrote Solaris here before the city changed hands for the fourth time in his lifetime.

Through the Decades

One face per decade — the most globally famous figure born in L'viv during each.

Notable Births by Decade

Click a decade to filter the list below. Peak: 1890s with 86 notable births.

What L'viv Is Known For

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Football is L'viv's biggest profession — 10% of all notables (92).

L'viv over-indexes on chess17.1× the global rate.

L'viv under-produces politician — only 0.5× the global rate.

  1. Football92
  2. Politician53
  3. Actor48
  4. Painter44
  5. Writer34
  6. Historian34
  7. Chess33
  8. Composer29
  1. Chess3317.1×
  2. Rabbi109.4×
  3. Mathematician214.4×
  4. Pianist104.0×
  5. Conductor93.7×
  6. Historian343.4×
  7. Wrestler93.0×
  8. Officer172.7×
  1. Politician530.5×

Profession Mix Over Time

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

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Showing 48 of 947 notable people

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Paul Muni

1895 - 1967

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Wojciech Pszoniak

1942 - 2020

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Krystyna Feldman

1916 - 2007

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Alona Kimhi

Born 1966

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Hedda Zinner

1905 - 1994

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John Bluthal

1929 - 2018

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Adam Hanuszkiewicz

1924 - 2011

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Andrzej Kotkowski

1940 - 2016

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Dmitry Chepovetsky

Born 1970

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Maria Bogda

1909 - 1981

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Amvrosy Buchma

1891 - 1957

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Olha Sumska

Born 1966

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Leo Fuchs

1911 - 1994

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Mark Zak

Born 1959

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Ryszarda Hanin

1919 - 1994

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Waléra Kanischtscheff

Born 1975

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Manasse Herbst

1913 - 1997

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Bertha Kalich

1874 - 1939

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Bernard Siegel (actor)

1868 - 1940

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Ryszard Filipski

Born 1934

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Włodzimierz Press

Born 1939

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Adam Brodzisz

1906 - 1986

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Artur Młodnicki

1911 - 1972

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Yetta Zwerling

1894 - 1982

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Kazimierz Wajda

1905 - 1955

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Nasar Hontschar

1964 - 2009

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Jerzy Przybylski

1923 - 1999

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Zofia Batycka

1907 - 1989

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Krystyna Ankwicz

1907 - 1985

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Tatjana Lukina

Born 1949

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Simon Osiashvili

Born 1952

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Wojciech Ruszkowski

1897 - 1976

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Ursula von Manescul

1931 - 1991

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Jerzy Marr

1901 - 1962

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Emil Claar

1842 - 1930

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Taras Kostyuk

Born 1966

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Ryszard Wojtyllo

Born 1936

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Józefa Ledóchowska

1781 - 1849

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Kira Soltanovich

Born 1973

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Paulina Lavitz

1879 - 1959

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Raoul Alster

1899 - 1962

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Theodora von Fiedler-Wurzbach

1847 - 1894

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Josef Recht

1871 - 1927

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Olga von Schmysingk

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0861 ACTOR

Eduard Kierschner

1825 - 1879

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Siegwart Gruder

1872 - 1933

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Julie Bergmann

1843 - 1894

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Ján Koehler

1822 - 1895

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