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

Click any row to filter the list of people below.

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.

1550160016501700175018001850190019502000
  • Sports
  • Politics & Law
  • Science
  • Writing
  • Music
  • Art & Design
  • Other
Actor30
Sort By

Showing 30 of 892 notable people

0005 ACTOR

Lilli Palmer

1914 - 1986

Preview
0058 ACTOR

Roman Wilhelmi

1936 - 1991

Preview
0079 ACTOR

Piotr Bikont

1955 - 2017

Preview
0084 ACTOR

Emilia Krakowska

Born 1940

Preview
0086 ACTOR

Lech Ordon

1928 - 2017

Preview
0087 ACTOR

Katarzyna Bujakiewicz

Born 1972

Preview
0110 ACTOR

Yurek Bogayevicz

Born 1949

Preview
0158 ACTOR

Ernst von Klipstein

1908 - 1993

Preview
0161 ACTOR

Tadeusz Sobolewicz

1923 - 2015

Preview
0166 ACTOR

Ludwig Dessoir

1810 - 1874

Preview
0205 ACTOR

Hanna Stankówna

Born 1938

Preview
0229 ACTOR

Leszek Herdegen

1929 - 1980

Preview
0230 ACTOR

Łucja Burzyńska

1924 - 2017

Preview
0281 ACTOR

Kazimierz Wichniarz

1915 - 1995

Preview
0333 ACTOR

Bernhard Baumeister

1827 - 1917

Preview
0339 ACTOR

Patrycja Durska

Born 1977

Preview
0374 ACTOR

Kazimierz Talarczyk

1920 - 1972

Preview
0416 ACTOR

Gudula Blau

Born 1940

Preview
0440 ACTOR

Barbara Nawratowicz

Born 1932

Preview
0477 ACTOR

Ulrike Blome

Born 1944

Preview
0569 ACTOR

Marta Mazurek

Born 1990

Preview
0588 ACTOR

Hubertus Durek

1917 - 2006

Preview
0666 ACTOR

Otto Bernstein (Regisseur)

1887 - 1943

Preview
0673 ACTOR

Stanislaus Fuchs

1864 - 1942

Preview
0676 ACTOR

Harald Sawade

1913 - 1967

Preview
0715 ACTOR

Malina Ebert

Born 1975

Preview
0762 ACTOR

Petra Fahrnländer

Born 1943

Preview
0766 ACTOR

Rudolf Dessoir

1799 - 1833

Preview
0773 ACTOR

Carl Pander

1844 - 1905

Preview
0875 ACTOR

Margarethe Adolphi

1876 - 1902

Preview