List of people from Poznań

The following is a list of people from Poznań in Poland.

Sir Paweł Edmund Strzelecki (1797–1873), Polish explorer and geologist
Akiva Eiger (1761–1837), Rabbi of Poznań (1815–1837)
Alfred Jodl (1890–1946), German WW2 military commander executed for war crimes
Andrzej Niegolewski (1787–1857), colonel
Anna Anderson (1896–1984), pretender of Grand Duchess Anastasia of Russia
Anna Jantar (1950–1980), a popular Polish singer, who perished in a plane crash.
Anna Suszczynska (1877–1931), composer
Anna Wolff-Powęska (born 1941), historian
Antoni Czubiński (1928–2003), historian
Antoni Kraszewski (1797–1870), politician
Antoni Radziwiłł (1775–1833), aristocrat
Arkadiusz Głowacki (born 1979), footballer
Arthur Liebehenschel (1901–1948), Nazi commandant of Auschwitz and Majdanek executed for war crimes
August Cieszkowski (1814–1894), philosopher
Barbara Maria Zakrzewska-Nikiporczyk (born 1946), composer
Bohdan Smoleń (1947–2016), comedian and actor
Catherine Opalińska (1680–1747), Queen consort of Poland, Grand Duchess consort of Lithuania
Cyryl Ratajski (1875–1942), mayor of Poznań
Dame Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (1915–2006), operatic and concert lyric soprano, born in Jarocin
Dezydery Chłapowski (1788–1848), general
Eduard Gerhard (1795–1867), archaeologist.
Edward Raczyński (1786–1845), politician
Erich Ludendorff (1865–1937), general and politician
Ernst Hartwig Kantorowicz (1895–1963), historian
Ewaryst Estkowski (1820–1856), teacher
Franciszek Dobrowolski (1830–1896), theater director
Fredrak Fraske (1872–1973), the last surviving United States veteran of the Indian Wars
Friedrich Goltz (1834–1902), physiologist
Gerard Ettinger (1909–2002), designer and manufacturer of leather goods.
Gerard Labuda (1916–2010), historian
Gerhard Flesch (1909–1948), German Nazi Gestapo and SS officer executed for war crimes
Germaine Krull (1897–1985), photographer
Grzegorz Nowak (born 1951), conductor
Gustaw Potworowski, (1800–1860), activist
Günther von Kluge (1882–1944), Field Marshal
Hanna Banaszak (born 1957), singer, poet
Hayim ben Bezalel (died 1588), rabbi
Heinrich Caro (1834–1910), chemist
Heinrich Graetz (1817–1891) historian, wrote a history of the Jewish people from a Jewish perspective.
Heinrich Mendelssohn (1881–1959), building tycoon
Henryk Zygalski (1906–1978), cryptoanalist, Enigma codemachine codebreaker
Herbert Baum (1912–1942) resistance fighter
Hipolit Cegielski (1815–1868), businessman
Hubert Wagner (1941–2002), volleyball player and head coach of Poland men's national volleyball team
Ignacy Posadzy, (1898–1984), priest
Isidor Ascheim (1891–1968), painter and printmaker
Jakub Kucner (born 1988), male model
Jan A.P. Kaczmarek (born 1954), composer
Jan Szymański (born 1989), speed skater and Olympic medalist
Jan Węglarz (born 1947), computer scientist
Janusz Pałubicki (born 1948), politician
Jarosław Leitgeber (1848–1933), purveyor of Polish books under partitions
Jean Gebser (1905–1973), human consciousness scientist
Jerzy Różycki (1909–1942), cryptoanalist, Enigma codemachine codebreaker
Jerzy Topolski (1928–1998), historian
Joanna Hoffmann-Dietrich (born 1968), artist and academic
Johannes Gad (1842–1926), neurophysiologist
John Jonston (1603–1675), naturalist and physician
Judah Loew ben Bezalel (1512 or 1526–1609), important Talmudic scholar, Jewish mystic, and philosopher
Józef Struś (1510–1568), scientist and mayor of Poznań
Karl-Friedrich Merten (1905–1993), U-boat commander
Karol Libelt (1807–1875), philosopher
Karol Marcinkowski (1800–1848), physician and social activist
Kasper Goski (died 1576), Mayor of Poznań, astrologer and medical doctor
Katarzyna Bujakiewicz (born 1972), actress
Kazimierz Kordylewski (1903–1981), Polish astronomer, claimed discovery of Kordylewski Clouds
Kazimierz Piwarski, (1903–1968), historian
Konstanty Gorski (1859–1924), composer and violinist
Krystyna Feldman (1916–2007), actress
Krzysztof Komeda (1931–1969), jazz musician
Kurt Demmler (1943–2009), songwriter; accused of sexual abuse he hanged himself in his jail cell
Lech Trzeciakowski (1931–2017), historian
Leo Königsberger (1837–1921), mathematician
Leon Wegner (1824–1873), economist
Leopold Damrosch (1832–1885), conductor
Lilli Palmer (1914–1986), actress
Lothar von Arnauld de la Perière (1886–1941), German U-boat commander
Ludwig Dessoir, (1810–1874), actor
Maciej Zaremba (born 1951), a Swedish journalist
Magda Linette (born 1992), tennis player
Maksymilian Jackowski (1815–1905), activist
Marcin Rożek (1885–1944), sculptor and painter
Marek Karpinski, computer scientist
Małgorzata Dydek (1974–2011), basketball player
Maria and Bogdan Kalinowski, (1945–2020) & (1939–2017) filmgoing couple
Marian Rejewski (1905–1980), cryptoanalist, Enigma codemachine codebreaker
Małgorzata Musierowicz (born 1945), novelist
Michał Goliński (born 1981), footballer
Michał Sczaniecki (1910–1977), historian
Mirosław Szymkowiak (born 1976) football player
Paul Leonhardt (1877–1934), chess master
Paul von Hindenburg (1847–1934), Field Marshal and President of the Weimar Republic
Ryszard "Peja" Andrzejewski (born 1976), rapper
Piotr Hofmański (born 1956), jurist and current International Criminal Court President
Rafał Szukała (born 1971), butterfly swimmer
Ray Wilson (born 1968), former vocalist of Genesis
Richard Kandt (1867–1918), doctor and explorer
Richard Rothe (1799–1867), Lutheran theologian.
Robert Buech (1870–1949), politician
Roman Wilhelmi (1936–1991), actor
Samuel Holdheim (1806–1860), a German rabbi and author.
Stanisław Barańczak (1946–2014), poet
Szymon Ziółkowski (born 1976), hammer thrower, Olympic champion
Teofil Matecki (1810–1886), philosopher
Tomasz Dietl (born 1950), physicist
Tommy Wiseau (born 1955), director, screenwriter, and actor, known for cult film The Room, speculated to be born here
Tytus Działyński (1796–1861), political activist
Urszula Sipińska (born 1947), singer-songwriter, pianist and architect
Weronika Książkiewicz (born 1981), actress
Wojciech Fibak (born 1952), tennis player
Władysław Markiewicz (1920–2017), sociologist
Władysław Niegolewski (1814–1880), politician
Władysław Oleszczyński (1809–1866), sculptor
Zygmunt Bauman (1925–2017), sociologist
Zygmunt Wojciechowski, (1900–1955), historian and founder of the Western Institute

References

"Gerhard, Friedrich Wilhelm Eduard" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 11 (11th ed.). 1911. p. 767.
"Gerard Ettinger". The Daily Telegraph. 12 August 2002. Archived from the original on 11 January 2022. Retrieved 19 January 2016.
Abrahams, Israel (1911). "Graetz, Heinrich" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 12 (11th ed.). pp. 314–315.
"Rothe, Richard" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 23 (11th ed.). 1911. p. 756.
"Holdheim, Samuel" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 13 (11th ed.). 1911. p. 583.

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Lists of Polish people