51.1098° N, 17.0327° E

WROCLAW

Most Famous People Born in Wroclaw, Poland

Notable people
2,376
Peak decade
1920s
Median birth year
1900
Most distinctive
Theologian 4.9×

A city that changed countries after 1945, and whose bench still reads like two cities layered on top of each other. Wroclaw's distinctive professions — theologians, authors, botanists, chemists, mathematicians, physicians — belong almost entirely to the pre-war German Breslau, a Silesian university town whose famous sons were Max Born, Fritz Haber, Bonhoeffer, and Edith Stein. The 19th-century bar is one of the heaviest in Eastern Europe, and almost none of that bench survived into the postwar Polish city.

Through the Centuries

One face per century — the most globally famous figure born in Wroclaw during each.

What Wroclaw Is Known For

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Politician is Wroclaw's biggest profession — 10% of all notables (247).

Wroclaw over-indexes on theologian4.9× the global rate.

Wroclaw under-produces football — only 0.2× the global rate.

  1. Politician247
  2. Actor120
  3. Painter113
  4. Writer97
  5. Academic85
  6. Author75
  7. Historian72
  8. Lawyer57
  1. Theologian424.9×
  2. Author753.7×
  3. Botanist353.6×
  4. Chemist303.6×
  5. Academic853.5×
  6. Physician523.2×
  7. Mathematician353.0×
  8. Judge332.9×
  1. Football550.2×

Profession Mix Over Time

Each band shows a profession family's share of Wroclaw's notable births by decade. Hover the chart for the breakdown at any decade.

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Showing 55 of 2,376 notable people

0052 WRITER

Marek Krajewski

Born 1966

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0053 ACTOR

Olaf Lubaszenko

Born 1968

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0074 POLITICIAN

Mateusz Morawiecki

Born 1968

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0095 PHYSICIST

Artur Ekert

Born 1961

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0107 CHESS

Valery Salov

Born 1964

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0133 FOOTBALL

Ryszard Tarasiewicz

Born 1962

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0151 BOXER

Przemysław Saleta

Born 1968

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0162 JUDO

Rafał Kubacki

Born 1967

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0179 WRITER

Andrzej Ziemiański

Born 1960

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0224 PHILOSOPHER

Jan Hartman (philosopher)

Born 1967

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0259 POLITICIAN

Władysław Stasiak

1966 - 2010

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0289 PHOTOGRAPHER

Andrzej Majewski

Born 1966

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0312 BILLIONAIRE

Leszek Czarnecki

Born 1962

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0332 MATHEMATICIAN

Maciej Zworski

Born 1963

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0403 POLITICIAN

Robert Iwaszkiewicz

Born 1962

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0414 FENCER

Robert Felisiak

Born 1962

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0446 ACTOR

Agnieszka Glińska

Born 1968

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0479 BASSIST

Darek Oleszkiewicz

Born 1963

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0490 FOOTBALL

Waldemar Prusik

Born 1961

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0495 JOURNALIST

Cezary Gmyz

Born 1967

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0528 ACTOR

Irka Bochenko

Born 1960

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0555 HISTORIAN

Krzysztof Ruchniewicz

Born 1967

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0562 WRITER

Jarosław Grzędowicz

Born 1965

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0620 POLITICIAN

Bogdan Golik

Born 1963

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0635 LAWYER

Ludwik Sobolewski

Born 1965

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0660 ARTIST

Anna Baumgart

Born 1966

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0687 ACTOR

Robert Moskwa

Born 1965

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0711 WRITER

Robert J. Szmidt

Born 1962

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0759 POLITICIAN

Ewa Wolak

Born 1960

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0763 ACTOR

Miłogost Reczek

Born 1961

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0822 CONDUCTOR

Piotr Salaber

Born 1966

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0847 CAMPAIGN

Paweł Kasprzak

Born 1961

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0849 FOOTBALL

Giannis Vonortas

Born 1960

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0865 POLITICIAN

Witold Pahl

Born 1961

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0880 SLAVICIST

Małgorzata Smorąg-Goldberg

Born 1961

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0893 CHEMIST

Piotr Piecuch

Born 1960

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0904 MUSIC

Tytus Wojnowicz

Born 1965

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0953 ACTOR

Ania Rudy

Born 1968

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0997 POLITICIAN

Marzena Machałek

Born 1960

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1001 FOOTBALL

Dariusz Brytan

Born 1967

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1095 POET

Krzysztof Świerkosz

Born 1966

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1100 POLITICIAN

Jarosław Duda

Born 1964

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1144 BASKET

Mariola Pawlak

Born 1961

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1160 LYRICIST

Rob Darken

Born 1969

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1403 BASKET

Marzena Frąszczak

Born 1966

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1425 MUSIC

Kuba Stankiewicz

Born 1963

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1427 COMPOSER

Irek Grabowski

1966 - 2010

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1498 HISTORIAN

Grzegorz Małecki

Born 1967

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1695 MISSING

Bogusław Ogrodnik

Born 1965

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1708 ATHLETIC

Roman Golanowski

Born 1969

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1833 CANOE

Tomasz Darski

Born 1962

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1856 SPORT

Dorota Słomińska

Born 1967

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2083 AUTHOR

Dorota Czerner

Born 1966

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2194 DRUMMER

Zbigniew Łowżył

Born 1965

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2300 MUSIC

Tom TC

Born 1966

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