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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 canoe7.4× 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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0038 PHILOSOPHER

Jean Gebser

1905 - 1973

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0045 OFFICER

Arthur Liebehenschel

1901 - 1948

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0059 MATHEMATICIAN

Henryk Zygalski

1908 - 1978

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0060 TORTURER

Hans Krueger

1909 - 1988

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0065 NAVY

Karl-Friedrich Merten

1905 - 1993

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0089 ASTRONOMER

Kazimierz Kordylewski

1903 - 1981

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0094 FOOTBALL

Friedrich Scherfke

1909 - 1983

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0118 SCULPTOR

Theodore Roszak (artist)

1907 - 1981

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0139 CARICATURIST

Herbert Sandberg

1908 - 1991

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0146 FOOTBALL

Marian Spoida

1901 - 1940

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0158 ACTOR

Ernst von Klipstein

1908 - 1993

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0182 COMPOSER

Erich Katz

1900 - 1973

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0219 SCREENWRITER

Hans Rehberg

1901 - 1963

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0243 SPY

Gerhard Flesch

1909 - 1948

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0253 SCULPTOR

Oda Schottmüller

1905 - 1943

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0292 SCREENWRITER

Friedrich Karl Kaul

1906 - 1981

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0298 JOURNALIST

Leo Hirsch

1903 - 1943

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0303 MILITAR

Günther Hoffmann-Schönborn

1905 - 1970

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0318 ATHLETIC

Zygmunt Heljasz

1908 - 1963

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0320 PRIEST

Marian Górecki

1903 - 1940

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0326 ORIENTALIST

Martin Plessner

1900 - 1973

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0331 DIPLOMAT

Horst Wagner (Diplomat)

1906 - 1977

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0342 MILITAR

Gerhard von Kamptz

1902 - 1998

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0351 KOMMUNIST

Heinz Brandt (Widerstandskämpfer)

1909 - 1986

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0402 ROWER

Jan Mikołajczak

1907 - 2002

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0421 POLITICIAN

Hans Reschke

1904 - 1995

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0441 ACADEMIC

Gerhard Fricke

1901 - 1980

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0452 PSYCHOLOGIST

Zygmunt A. Piotrowski

1904 - 1985

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0465 ENGINEER

Adolf Schallamach

1905 - 1997

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0474 PAINTER

Bolesław Leitgeber

1900 - 1993

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0476 SCREENWRITER

Hans-Jürgen Nierentz

1909 - 1995

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0508 CONDUCTOR

Zygmunt Latoszewski

1902 - 1995

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0513 SOLDIER

Georg Schulze-Büttger

1904 - 1944

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0515 AUTHOR

Ingeborg Engelhardt

1904 - 1990

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0530 HISTORIAN

Bernhard Brilling

1906 - 1987

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0533 WRITER

Franz Leschnitzer

1905 - 1967

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0537 PRIEST

Paul Bartsch (Pfarrer)

1901 - 1950

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0558 AUTHOR

Bogdan Suchowiak

1905 - 1991

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0582 ROWER

Witalis Leporowski

1907 - 1978

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0584 BOXER

Jan Ertmański

1902 - 1968

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0606 LAWYER

Walter Wagner (Jurist)

1901 - 1991

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0627 OPERA

Ruth Michaelis

1909 - 1989

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0634 EDUCATION

Hanni Ullmann

1908 - 2002

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0638 AUTHOR

Herbert Freeden

1909 - 2003

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0654 COMPOSER

Konrad Friedrich Noetel

1903 - 1947

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0686 POLITICIAN

Max Lippmann

1906 - 1966

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0718 PHYSICIAN

Antoni Gościński

1909 - 1986

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0721 JUDGE

Kurt Sachweh

1906 - 1961

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0735 PSYCHIATRIST

Erich Jakowlewitsch Sternberg

1903 - 1980

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0748 ACADEMIC

Otfried Müller (Theologe)

1907 - 1986

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0749 POLITICIAN

Gisela Praetorius

1902 - 1981

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0753 POLITICIAN

Martin Kohz

1902 - 1971

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0755 POLITICIAN

Karl Schultz (Politiker)

1902 - 1945

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0779 PAINTER

Robert Kuhn (Künstler)

1905 - 1999

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0793 POLITICIAN

Paul Dyllick

1908 - 1991

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0797 OFFICER

Viktor von Loßberg

1904 - 1983

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0806 POLITICIAN

Konrad von Oppen

1904 - 1987

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0813 GESCHÄFT

Heinz Schmid-Lossberg

1905 - 1977

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0817 GENERALMAJOR

Horst Hoffmeyer

1903 - 1944

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0820 POLITICIAN

Marianne Gründer

1907 - 1972

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0822 OFFICER

Joachim von Amsberg

1903 - 1981

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0825 MUSIC

Halina Nowacka-Durnaś

1909 - 2005

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0829 ROWER

Günther Roll

Born 1905

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0836 GEWERKSCHAFT

Wanda Kallenbach

1902 - 1944

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0851 MISSING

Gerhard Marquardt

1904 - 1983

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0855 OFFICER

Reinhard Günzel

1907 - 1970

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0857 PHYSICIAN

Hans Friedenthal

1900 - 1987

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