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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0044 LAWYER

Hermann Kantorowicz

1877 - 1940

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0053 PSYCHOLOGIST

Felix Krueger

1874 - 1948

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0077 COMPOSER

Hugo Leichtentritt

1874 - 1951

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0093 CHESS

Paul Saladin Leonhardt

1877 - 1934

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0131 ARCHITECT

Gustav Oelsner

1879 - 1956

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0134 ILLUSTRATOR

Władysław T. Benda

1873 - 1948

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0135 HISTORIAN

Aron Freimann

1871 - 1948

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0152 PAINTER

Martin Brandenburg

1870 - 1919

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0235 AUTHOR

Annemarie von Nathusius

1874 - 1926

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0250 WRITER

Gertrud Kantorowicz

1876 - 1945

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0304 OFFICER

Wilhelm Haehnelt

1875 - 1946

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0310 POLITICIAN

Marian Seyda

1879 - 1967

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0322 PHYSICIAN

Jacob Moritz Blumberg

1873 - 1955

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0381 PESSOA MAIS VELHA

Augusta Holtz

1871 - 1986

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0434 SCREENWRITER

Max Marcin

1879 - 1948

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0446 BANK

Georg Kareski

1878 - 1947

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0466 LIBERALE

Manass Neumark

1875 - 1942

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0482 POLITICIAN

Berthold Heymann

1870 - 1939

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0528 BARON

Maria de Victorica

1878 - 1920

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0573 VETERAN

Frederick Fraske

1872 - 1973

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0587 HISTORIAN

Carl von Tyszka

1873 - 1935

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0593 PAINTER

Elisabeth Wolff-Zimmermann

1876 - 1952

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0628 ARZT

Alfred Peiser

1876 - 1934

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0641 FILM

Bruno Lopinski

1877 - 1961

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0646 ARCHIVIST

Wilhelm Herse

1879 - 1965

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0663 POLITICIAN

Adolf Schmidtsdorff

1878 - 1945

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0684 ACADEMIC

Arnold Orgler

1874 - 1957

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0693 POLITICIAN

Alfons Fischer (Mediziner)

1873 - 1936

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0709 POLITICIAN

Max Kollenscher

1875 - 1937

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0712 PHILOSOPHER

Johannes Hielscher

1871 - 1945

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0728 LAWYER

Willy Victor

1876 - 1956

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0761 POLITICIAN

Hans Mittwoch

1875 - 1924

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0770 TEACHER

Elisabeth Granier

1870 - 1951

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0790 ERFINDER

Kurt Bilau

1872 - 1941

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0807 KUNST

Valerie Alport

1874 - 1960

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0819 LAWYER

Constantin von Jerin

1876 - 1936

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0849 OPHTHALMOLOGIST

Friedrich Pincus

1871 - 1943

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0850 GENERAL PRACTITIONER

Richard Roeder

1875 - 1953

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0875 ACTOR

Margarethe Adolphi

1876 - 1902

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0881 WRITER

Otto Walter (Jurist)

1872 - 1925

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