52.4081° N, 16.9331° E

POZNAN

Most Famous People Born in Poznan, Poland

Notable people
892
Peak decade
1940s
Median birth year
1917
Most distinctive
Canoe 7.4×

Wielkopolska's old capital has bounced between Prussian Posen and Polish Poznań for centuries, which is why the file mixes Polish Officer names with a Historian and Author bench that reads like a provincial archive come to life. The Canoe and Rower counts are no accident either — the lakes and the Warta made this a quiet rowing powerhouse long before the Cold War medal tables noticed.

Through the Decades

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

Notable Births by Decade

Click a decade to filter the list below. Peak: 1940s with 99 notable births.

What Poznan Is Known For

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Politician is Poznan's biggest profession — 9% of all notables (82).

Poznan over-indexes on canoe — 7.4× the global rate.

Poznan under-produces writer — only 0.5× the global rate.

  1. Politician82
  2. Football67
  3. Actor30
  4. Composer27
  5. Officer26
  6. Historian25
  7. Painter24
  8. Sport23
  1. Canoe127.4×
  2. Rower175.2×
  3. Officer264.4×
  4. Judge143.3×
  5. Historian252.6×
  6. Author202.6×
  7. Mathematician112.5×
  8. Composer272.3×
  1. Writer150.5×
  2. Actor300.6×
  3. Singer120.7×
  4. Football670.7×

Profession Mix Over Time

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

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0047 POLITICIAN

Kuno von Westarp

1864 - 1945

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0080 PHYSICIAN

Richard Kandt

1867 - 1918

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0103 POLITICIAN

Wolfgang Heine

1861 - 1944

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0157 CHESS

Hermann von Gottschall

1862 - 1933

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0217 CHESS

Moritz Lewitt

1863 - 1936

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0234 HISTORIAN

Kurt Breysig

1866 - 1940

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0242 COMPOSER

Jean Paul Ertel

1865 - 1933

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0259 ARCHAEOLOGIST

Behrendt Pick

1861 - 1940

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0262 ECONOMIST

Georg Adler (Ökonom)

1863 - 1908

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0276 COMPOSER

Leo Schulz

1865 - 1944

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0311 LINGUIST

Lucian Scherman

1864 - 1946

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0345 JOURNALIST

Wacław Kruszka

1868 - 1937

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0346 FEMINIST

Sidonie Werner

1860 - 1932

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0353 POLITICIAN

Julius Moses (Politiker)

1868 - 1942

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0371 CONDUCTOR

Carl Woitschach

1864 - 1939

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0385 PUBLISHER

Adam Napieralski

1861 - 1928

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0394 POLITICIAN

Karol Rzepecki

1865 - 1931

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0475 MILITAR

Albert Schmidt von Georgenegg

1861 - 1930

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0481 PHYSICIAN

Martin Mendelsohn

1860 - 1930

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0520 AUTHOR

Paul Grabein

1869 - 1945

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0554 BIBLIOPHILE

Leopold Hirschberg

1867 - 1929

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0575 ACADEMIC

Ludwig Ascher

1865 - 1942

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0586 MERCHANT

Hermann Wronker

1867 - 1942

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0595 WRITER

Julian Marcuse

1862 - 1942

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0601 TEACHER

Ernst Samter

1868 - 1926

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0647 OFFICER

Burghard von Oven

1861 - 1935

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0652 AUTHOR

Hermann Kube

1866 - 1944

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0656 PHOTOGRAPHER

Aura Hertwig

1861 - 1944

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0664 ZOOLOGIST

Otto Lehmann (Museumsleiter)

1865 - 1951

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0673 ACTOR

Stanislaus Fuchs

1864 - 1942

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0685 POLITICIAN

Julius Aßmann

1868 - 1939

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0700 POLITICIAN

Paul Sommer (Politiker)

1864 - 1945

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0792 RABBINER

Leo Jehuda Hirschfeld

1867 - 1933

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0800 PUBLISHER

Richard Taendler

1868 - 1909

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0873 BANK

Leo Alport

1863 - 1935

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0876 POLITICIAN

Maximilian Gerhardt

1861 - 1920

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