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 1920s Clear ×
Zygmunt Bauman
1925 - 2017
Krzysztof Skubiszewski
1926 - 2010
Jan Lenica
1928 - 2001
Andrzej Stelmachowski
1925 - 2009
Hartmut von Hentig
Born 1925
Lech Ordon
1928 - 2017
Andrzej Koszewski
1922 - 2015
Xymena Zaniewska-Chwedczuk
1927 - 2016
Jerzy Topolski
1928 - 1998
Teodor Anioła
1925 - 1993
George Modelski
1926 - 2014
Tadeusz Sobolewicz
1923 - 2015
B. W. Andrzejewski
1922 - 1994
Alfred Miodowicz
Born 1929
Leszek Herdegen
1929 - 1980
Łucja Burzyńska
1924 - 2017
Jerzy Dobrzycki
1927 - 2004
Helena Znaniecki Lopata
1925 - 2003
Stefan Stuligrosz
1920 - 2012
Krystyna Łyczywek
Born 1920
Adam Heymowski
1926 - 1995
Henryk de Kwiatkowski
1924 - 2003
Irena Bobowska
1920 - 1942
Zbigniew Raszewski
1925 - 1992
Julian Wojtkowski
Born 1927
Maciej Morawski
Born 1929
Conrad Drzewiecki
1926 - 2007
Kazimierz Talarczyk
1920 - 1972
Andrzej Tylczyński
1925 - 2009
Marian Wojciechowski
1927 - 2006
Andrzej Marcinkowski
1929 - 2010
Janusz Kasperczak
1927 - 2002
Ryszard Dembinski
1924 - 2008
Juliusz Demel
1924 - 1991
Zbigniew Schwarzer
1928 - 2008
Barbara Just-Dahlmann
1922 - 2005
Witold Zegalski
1928 - 1974
Zdzisław Tranda
Born 1925
Henryk Czapczyk
1922 - 2010
Kazimierz Polus
1929 - 1985
Siegfried Assmann
Born 1925
Michał Janiszewski
1926 - 2016
Jarogniew Wojciechowski
1922 - 1942
Maria Milczarek
1929 - 2011
Tadeusz Adamski
1922 - 2001
Urszula Łukomska
1926 - 1986
Hella Hirsch
1921 - 1943
Bogusław Borkowski
1922 - 1979
Aleksandra Hubert
1923 - 2000
Annemarie Clausner
1921 - 2004
Ferdinand Karpik
Born 1922
Tadeusz Kamasa
1924 - 2003
Fritz Levermann
1920 - 1992