This is a list of people from Gdańsk (Danzig).
Early times
Portrait of Bernhard von Reesen, 1521
- Conrad Letzkau (ca. 1350 – 1411), mayor, executed by the Teutonic Knights
- Tiedemann Giese (1480–1550), bishop
- Johannes Dantiscus (1485–1548), poet, church canon and bishop
- Bernhard von Reesen (1491–1521), businessman painted by Albrecht Dürer
16th C
- Albrecht Giese (1524–1580), councillor and diplomat
- Caspar Schütz (c. 1540–1594), Prussian historian
- Anton Möller (1563–1611), painter
- Bartholomäus Keckermann (c.1571-1608), writer and Calvinist theologist
- Regina Basilier (1572-1631), German-Swedish merchant banker
- Philipp Clüver (1580–1622) an Early Modern geographer and historian.[1]
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Portriat of Johannes Hevelius, 1683
17th C
- Constantia Zierenberg (1605–1653), a singer and musician; daughter of Danzig mayor
- Reinhold Curicke (1610-1667), jurist, historian
- Johannes Hevelius (1611–1687), astronomer.[2]
- Georg Daniel Schultz (1615–1683), painter
- Bogusław Radziwiłł (1620–1669), Prince of Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, Reichsfürst of the HRE, governor of Ducal Prussia
- Andreas Schlüter (1659–c.1714), architect and sculptor
- Daniel Ernst Jablonski (1660–1741) a theologian.[3]
- Jacob Theodor Klein (1685–1759), jurist, historian, botanist, mathematician and diplomat
- Daniel Gottlieb Messerschmidt (1685–1735) physician, naturalist, geographer
- Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit (1686–1736) a physicist, inventor and scientific instrument maker.[4]
- Gottfried Lengnich (1689-1774), jurist, historian
Portrait of Adam Kazimierz Czartoryski, 1793
Painting of Arthur Schopenhauer, 1855
18th C
- Johann Valentin Haidt (1700-1780), painter and preacher
- Daniel Gralath (1708–1767), physicist and Bürgermeister (mayor) of Danzig
- Louise Adelgunde Gottsched (1713–1762), writer
- Nikita Panin (1718–1783) a Russian statesman and political mentor to Catherine the Great.[5]
- Sir Trevor Corry (1724-1780), diplomat; Baron of Poland; British Consul to Danzig 1745–1780[6]
- Daniel Chodowiecki (1726–1801), artist and painter.[7]
- Adam Kazimierz Czartoryski (1734–1823), Prince, writer, literary and theatre critic.
- Michał Jerzy Poniatowski (1736–1794), primate of Poland
- Johann Wilhelm Archenholz (1741–1812), historian and publicist.[8]
- Avraham Danzig (1748–1820), rabbi
- Georg Forster (1754–1794), naturalist, ethnologist, travel writer, journalist and revolutionary.[9]
- Jacob Kabrun Jr. (1759-1814), merchant, book and art collector, and philanthropist
- Jakob Sigismund Beck (1761–1840) a philosopher.[10]
- Johanna Schopenhauer (1766–1838), author; mother of Arthur Schopenhauer
- Johannes Daniel Falk (1768–1826), poet and educator.[11]
- Antonio Casimir Cartellieri (1772–1807), composer
- Arthur Schopenhauer (1788–1860), philosopher.[12]
Paul Bronsart von Schellendorf
Carl Schuricht, 1910
19th C
- Heinrich von Zastrow (1801–1875), general
- Heinrich Wilhelm Zimmerman (1805-1841), portrait painter
- Rachel Meyer (1806-1874), writer
- Joachim Marquardt (1812–1882) an historian and writer on Roman antiquities.[13]
- Eduard Hildebrandt (1818–1868) a landscape painter.[14]
- Ernst Förstemann (1822–1906), historian, mathematician, philologist
- Paul Bronsart von Schellendorf (1832–1891), general, writer.[15]
- Eduard Winkelmann (1838–1896) an historian.[16]
- Stefan Pawlicki (1839–1916), Catholic priest and philosopher
- Anna Tuschinski (1841–1939), Esperantist[17]
- Fritz von Below (1853–1918), general
- Otto von Below (1857–1944), general
- August von Brandis (1859–1947), artist
- Hugo Münsterberg (1863-1916) psychologist.[18]
- Max Halbe (1865–1944), writer
- Käthe Schirmacher (1865–1930), feminist, writer and journalist
- Max Adalbert (1874–1933), actor
- Alfred Stock (1876–1946), chemist
- Carl Schuricht (1880–1967), conductor
- Marta Wittkowska (1882–1977), contralto opera singer
- Alice Wosikowski (1886–1949), politician, resistance activist
- Gerhard Rose (1896–1992), expert on tropical medicine
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Meir Shamgar, 2015
Günter Grass, 2006
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Lech Wałęsa, 2019
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Jolanta Kwaśniewska, 2011
Donald Tusk, 2019
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Dariusz Michalczewski, 2007
Leszek Możdżer, 2010
Adam Darski, 2017
1900 - 1945
- Gerhard Krüger (1908–1994), a Nazi Party student leader
- Hermann Diamanski (1909–1976), German resistance fighter
- Alfred Zeidler (born 1909), German SS concentration camp commandant
- Mathias Goeritz (1915–1990), artist
- Alexander Salkind (1921–1997), film producer
- Wanda Klaff (1922–1946), German Nazi concentration camp overseer executed for war crimes
- Heinz-Hermann Koelle (1922–2011), German-American aeronautical and rocket engineer
- Elisabeth Becker (1923–1946), German SS concentration camp guard executed for war crimes
- Miltiades Caridis (1923–1998), conductor
- Eddi Arent (1925–2013), actor and comedian
- Meir Shamgar (1925–2019), President of the Israel Supreme Court
- Zygmunt Chychła (1926–2009), boxer
- Jack Mandelbaum (1927–2023), subject of Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps
- Günter Grass (1927–2015), writer, recipient of 1999 Nobel Prize in Literature
- Henry Rosovsky (1927–2022), economist
- Zalman Shoval (born 1930), diplomat and politician
- Wolfgang Völz (1930–2018), actor and voice actor
- Ingrid van Bergen (born 1931), actress
- Jan Strelau (1931–2020), psychologist
- Jutta Meischner (born 1935), classical archeologist
- Holger Czukay (1938–2017), musician
- Wawrzyniec Samp (born 1939), sculptor and graphic artist
- Matthias Habich (born 1940), actor
- Heidrun Mohr-Mayer (1941–2014), jeweler
- Ryszard Horodecki (born 1943), physicist
- Lech Wałęsa (born 1943), politician
- Detlev Buchholz (born 1944), theoretical physicist
Since 1945
- Józef Borzyszkowski (born 1946), historian, politician and Kashubian activist
- Krzysztof Majchrzak (born 1948), film actor
- Jacek Namieśnik (1949–2019), chemist
- Andrzej Szarmach (born 1950), football player
- Krzysztof Kolberger (1950–2011), actor
- Jan de Weryha-Wysoczanski (born 1950), sculptor
- Bogusław Jackowski (born 1950), computer scientist
- Jadwiga Jankowska-Cieślak (born 1951), film actress
- Jerzy Samp (born 1951), writer and historian
- Bogdan Wojciszke (born 1952), psychologist
- Maciej Żylicz (born 1953), biochemist and molecular biologist
- Tomasz Imieliński (born 1954), computer scientist
- Janusz Pawliszyn (born 1954), chemist
- Janina Ochojska (born 1955), humanitarian, social activist and astronomer, founder and director of the Polish Humanitarian Action
- Jolanta Kwaśniewska (born 1955), former First Lady of Poland
- Krzysztof Pastor (born 1956), dancer, choreographer and director of the Polish National Ballet
- Barbara Tuge-Erecińska (born 1956), diplomat
- Pawel Huelle (born 1957), writer and journalist
- Donald Tusk (born 1957), former President of the European Council & Prime Minister of Poland, journalist and historian
- Marek Kamiński (born 1964), traveler
- Paweł Adamowicz (1965–2019), politician, Mayor of Gdańsk
- Aneta Kręglicka (born 1965), model and dancer, Miss World 1989
- Grzegorz Kacała (born 15 1966), rugby player
- Giennadij Jerszow (born 1967), sculptor
- Dariusz Michalczewski (born 1968), boxer
- Mariusz Podkościelny (born 1968), freestyle swimmer and swimming coach
- Leszek Mozdzer (born 1971), jazz pianist
- Tomasz Wałdoch (born 1971), footballer
- Adam Korol (born 20 August 1974), rower and Olympic champion
- Sławomir Nowak (born 1974), former Minister of Transport & Construction
- Szymon Roginski (born 1975), photographer
- Agnieszka Chylińska (born 1976), singer-songwriter, actress, author and television personality
- Gregorz Szamotulski (born 1976), footballer
- Jarosław Wałęsa (born 1976), politician, son of Lech Wałęsa
- Adam Darski (born 1977), singer and guitarist, frontman of extreme metal band Behemoth
- Robert Kempiński (born 1977), chess grandmaster
- Tomasz Schafernaker (born 1979), Polish-British meteorologist for BBC Weather
- Jacek Dehnel (1980), writer, poet, translator and painter
- Magdalena Tul (born 1980), singer and composer
- Dawid Tomaszewski (born 1980), fashion designer
- Jakobe Mansztajn (born 1982), poet, blogger
- Magdalena Frąckowiak (born 1984), model
- Ewa Juszkiewicz (born 1984), painter
- Izu Ugonoh (born 1986), boxer and mixed martial artist
- Piotr Witkowski (born 1988), actor
- Oskar Piechota (born 1990), mixed martial artist
- Hania Rani (born 1990), pianist, composer and singer
- Moustapha M'Baye (born 1992), volleyball player
- Mateusz Biskup (born 1994), rower
- Mateusz Mach (born 1997), entrepreneur and investor
- Mikolaj Oledzki (born 1998), Rugby League player
See also
References
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- ↑ Clerke, Agnes Mary (1911). . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 13 (11th ed.). p. 416.
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- ↑ . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 10 (11th ed.). 1911. p. 126.
- ↑ . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 20 (11th ed.). 1911. pp. 677–678.
- ↑ Bajer, Peter Paul (2012). Scots in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, 16th to 18th Centuries, p. 498. Brill,. ISBN 9004210652
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- ↑ . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 28 (11th ed.). 1911. p. 730.
- ↑ "Anna Eliza Tuschinski (1841–1939)". Committee for Celebrating the 500th Anniversary of the Reformation in Pomerania (in Polish). 2021-03-26. Retrieved 2023-06-02.
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