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.
One face per decade — the most globally famous figure born in Poznan during each.
Notable Births by Decade
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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.
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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- Filtered to 1880s Clear ×
Günther von Kluge
1882 - 1944
Lothar von Arnauld de la Perière
1886 - 1941
Philipp Kleffel
1887 - 1964
Max Raphael
1889 - 1952
Clemens Schmalstich
1880 - 1960
Erich Lübbert
1883 - 1963
Hans Knudsen
1886 - 1971
Joseph Kromolicki
1882 - 1961
Carl Welkisch
1888 - 1984
Heinrich Mendelssohn
1881 - 1959
Leonard W. Schuetz
1887 - 1944
Erich Waetzmann
1882 - 1938
Arkadiusz Lisiecki
1880 - 1930
Alfred Kantorowicz (Zahnmediziner)
1880 - 1962
Stefan Cybichowski
1881 - 1940
Alfred Petzelt
1886 - 1967
Walther Mitzka
1888 - 1976
Johannes Mewaldt
1880 - 1964
Kurt Witte
1885 - 1950
Georg Thiele
1881 - 1914
Helena Szafran
1888 - 1969
Hermann M. von Eelking
1887 - 1970
Gerhard Glokke
1884 - 1944
Arthur Czwalina
1884 - 1964
Wolf von Igel
1888 - 1970
Hugo Marcus
1880 - 1966
Antoni Wysocki
1884 - 1940
Albert Mühlig-Hofmann
1886 - 1980
Julius Brodnitz
1886 - 1936
Artur Schweriner
1882 - 1941
Otto Bernstein (Regisseur)
1887 - 1943
Julian Ballenstedt
1881 - 1958
Hildegard Margis
1887 - 1944
Martin Zander
1884 - 1925
Richard Hellmuth Goldschmidt
1883 - 1968
Felix Singermann
1888 - 1942
Erich Pritsch
1887 - 1961
Else von Schaubert
1886 - 1977
Anton Calujek
1889 - 1962
Curt Radlauer
1884 - 1983
Gustav Voigt (Landrat)
1886 - 1970
Paul Jacobi
1887 - 1915
Karl Lachmann (Architekt)
Born 1887
Arthur A. Koscinski
1887 - 1957
Stanisław Przybyński
1888 - 1939
Erich von Reden (Landrat)
1880 - 1943
Anna Fiebig
1889 - 1964
Hanns Specht
1888 - 1985