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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Lilli Palmer
1914 - 1986
Henner Henkel
1915 - 1943
Margarete Wittkowski
1910 - 1974
Henryk Tomaszewski (mime)
1919 - 2001
Friedrich Entress
1914 - 1947
Arno Mohr
1910 - 2001
Bernard Peters
1910 - 1993
Witalis Ludwiczak
1910 - 1988
Ignacy Tłoczyński
1911 - 2000
Franz Jakubowski
1912 - 1970
Konrad Zweigert
1911 - 1996
Wanda Błeńska
1911 - 2014
Hans Mottek
1910 - 1993
Götz von Houwald
1913 - 2001
Witold Hensel
1917 - 2008
Kazimierz Lis
1910 - 1998
Kazimierz Wichniarz
1915 - 1995
Werner Scharff
1912 - 1945
Zdzisław Kasprzak
1910 - 1971
Edmund Białas
1919 - 1991
Herwig Collmann
1915 - 2005
Bogdan Zakrzewski
1916 - 2011
Zenon Różycki
1913 - 1992
Joachim von Bethmann-Hollweg
1911 - 2001
Edmund Sobkowiak
1912 - 1989
Karl Hauffe
1913 - 1998
Alfons Weber
1915 - 1994
Gottfried Sello
1913 - 1994
Helmut Sembdner
1914 - 1997
Edward Kaźmierski
1919 - 1942
Kazimierz Sporny
1916 - 1949
Hans Goetting
1911 - 1994
Czesław Spychała
1917 - 1994
Czesław Cyraniak
1914 - 1939
Hubertus Durek
1917 - 2006
Siegfried Simsch
1913 - 1944
Carl-Heinz Lüders
1913 - 2006
Jarosław Śmigielski
1914 - 2002
Ulrich Fleischer
1910 - 1978
Harald Sawade
1913 - 1967
Marian Kozłowski
1915 - 1943
Eric Rzepecki
1913 - 1993
Thyra Hamann-Hartmann
1910 - 2005
Alfons Jeżewski
1914 - 1983
Ruth Sieler
1911 - 1976
Gerhard Kurzbach
1915 - 1944
Edith Langner
1913 - 1986
Dietmar Eckert
1913 - 2002
Kurt van der Walde
1915 - 2003
Dietrich Besler
Born 1919
Gerhard Lenski (Politiker)
1914 - 2006
Roman Jankowiak
1914 - 1983