This is a list of people from Gdańsk (Danzig).

Early times

* Conrad Letzkau (ca. 1350 – 1411), mayor, executed by the

Teutonic Knights The Order of Brothers of the German House of Saint Mary in Jerusalem, commonly known as the Teutonic Order, is a Catholic religious institution founded as a military society in Acre, Kingdom of Jerusalem. It was formed to aid Christians o ...

Tiedemann Giese Tiedemann Giese (1 June 1480 – 23 October 1550), was Bishop of Kulm (Chełmno) first canon, later Prince-Bishop of Warmia (Ermland). His interest in mathematics, astronomy, and theology led him to mentor a number of important young scholars, in ...

(1480–1550), bishop *

Johannes Dantiscus Johannes Dantiscus, (german: Johann(es) von Höfen-Flachsbinder; pl, Jan Dantyszek; 1 November 1485 – 27 October 1548) was prince-bishop of Warmia and Bishop of Chełmno (Culm). In recognition of his diplomatic services for Polish kings, th ...

(1485–1548), poet, church canon and bishop *

Bernhard von Reesen Bernhard von Reesen (1491 – 1521) was a successful merchant born to a patrician family in the Hanseatic city of Danzig (Gdańsk). The Reesen name, with its prefix "von" (of), indicates that the family had its origins in the city of ...

(born 1490), businessman painted by Albrecht Dürer

16th C

* Albrecht Giese (1524–1580), councillor and diplomat * Caspar Schütz (c. 1540–1594), Prussian historian *

Anton Möller Anton Möller (1563 – January 1611) was a German painter and draughtsman. Biography Möller was born in Königsberg Königsberg (, ) was the historic Prussian city that is now Kaliningrad, Russia. Königsberg was founded in 1255 on ...

(1563–1611), painter *

Bartholomäus Keckermann Bartholomäus Keckermann (c. 1572 – 25 August (or July) 1609) was a German writer, Calvinist theologian and philosopher. He is known for his ''Analytic Method''. As a writer on rhetoric, he is compared to Gerhard Johann Vossius, and consider ...

(c.1571-1608), writer and Calvinist theologist *

Regina Basilier Regina Basilier (née Kleifeldt 1572–1631), was a Swedish (originally German) merchant and moneylender. She is known as a banker of king Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden. Biography She was born in Danzig (which was then part of the Polish-Lithuani ...

(1572-1631), German-Swedish merchant banker * Philipp Clüver (1580–1622) an Early Modern geographer and historian. Johannes Hevelius(close-up)

17th C

* Constantia Zierenberg (1605–1653), a singer and musician; daughter of Danzig mayor * Reinhold Curicke (1610-1667), jurist, historian *

Johannes Hevelius Johannes Hevelius Some sources refer to Hevelius as Polish: * * * * * * * Some sources refer to Hevelius as German: * * * * *of the Royal Society * (in German also known as ''Hevel''; pl, Jan Heweliusz; – 28 January 1687) was a councillor ...

(1611–1687), astronomer. *

Georg Daniel Schultz Jerzy (Georg) Daniel Schultz known also as Daniel Schultz the Younger (1615–1683) was a prominent painter of the Baroque era, born and active in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. He painted many Polish and Lithuanian nobles, members of ...

(1615–1683), painter *

Bogusław Radziwiłł Bogusław Radziwiłł ( lt, Boguslavas Radvila; 3 May 1620 – 31 December 1669) was a Polish princely magnate and a member of the Polish-Lithuanian ''szlachta'', or nobility. He was of the Radziwiłł magnate family. By birth he was an ...

(1620–1669), Prince of Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, ''Reichsfürst'' of the HRE, governor of

Ducal Prussia The Duchy of Prussia (german: Herzogtum Preußen, pl, Księstwo Pruskie, lt, Prūsijos kunigaikštystė) or Ducal Prussia (german: Herzogliches Preußen, link=no; pl, Prusy Książęce, link=no) was a duchy in the region of Prussia establishe ...

Andreas Schlüter Andreas Schlüter (1659 – c. June 1714) was a German baroque sculptor and architect, active in the Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation, the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, and the Russian Tsardom. Biography Andreas Schlüter was b ...

(1659–c.1714), architect and sculptor *

Daniel Ernst Jablonski Daniel Ernst Jablonski (20 November 1660, Nassenhuben (Mokry Dwór), Royal Prussia, Crown of Poland25 May 1741, Berlin) was a German theologian and reformer of Czech origin, known for his efforts to bring about a union between Lutheran and Ca ...

(1660–1741) a theologian. *

Jacob Theodor Klein Jacob Theodor Klein (nickname ''Plinius Gedanensium''; 15 August 1685 – 27 February 1759) was a German jurist, historian, botanist, zoologist, mathematician and diplomat in service of Polish King August II the Strong. Life Klein was born on 15 ...

(1685–1759), jurist, historian, botanist, mathematician and diplomat * Daniel Gottlieb Messerschmidt (1685–1735) physician, naturalist, geographer *

Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit FRS (; ; 24 May 1686 – 16 September 1736) was a physicist, inventor, and scientific instrument maker. Born in Poland to a family of German extraction, he later moved to the Dutch Republic at age 15, where he spen ...

(1686–1736) a physicist, inventor and scientific instrument maker. *

Gottfried Lengnich Gottfried Lengnich ( pl, Gotfryd Lengnich) (4 December 1689 – 28 April 1774) was an 18th-century historian, lawyer and politician. He became known for writing the 9-volume ''History of Royal Prussia'' and for teaching Stanisław August Poniatow ...

(1689-1774), jurist, historian Adam Kazimierz Czartoryski 2

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 Count Nikita Ivanovich Panin (russian: Ники́та Ива́нович Па́нин) () was an influential Russian statesman and political mentor to Catherine the Great for the first 18 years of her reign (1762-1780). In that role, he advocated ...

(1718–1783) a Russian statesman and political mentor to Catherine the Great. * Sir Trevor Corry (1724-1780), diplomat; Baron of Poland; British Consul to Danzig 1745–1780 *

Daniel Chodowiecki Daniel Niklaus Chodowiecki (16 October 1726 – 7 February 1801) was a German painter and printmaker of Huguenot and Polish ancestry, who is most famous as an etcher. He spent most of his life in Berlin, and became the director of the Berlin Acad ...

(1726–1801), artist and painter. *

Adam Kazimierz Czartoryski Prince Adam Kazimierz Czartoryski (1 December 1734 – 19 March 1823) was an influential Polish aristocrat, writer, literary and theater critic, linguist, traveller and statesman. He was a great patron of arts and a candidate for the Polish crow ...

(1734–1823), Prince, writer, literary and theatre critic. *

Michał Jerzy Poniatowski Prince Michał Jerzy Poniatowski (12 October 1736 – 12 August 1794) was a Polish nobleman. Abbot of Tyniec and Czerwińsk (''opat tyniecki i czerwinski''), Bishop of Płock and Coadjutor Bishop of Kraków (''koadiutor krakowski'') from 17 ...

(1736–1794), primate of Poland * Johann Wilhelm Archenholz (1741–1812), historian and publicist. *

Avraham Danzig Avraham Danzig (ben Yehiel Michael, 1748—1820; אברהם דנציג) was a rabbi, ''posek'' (legal decisor) and codifier, best known as the author of the works of Jewish law called '' Chayei Adam'' and ''Chochmat Adam''. He is sometimes referred ...

(1748–1820), rabbi *

Georg Forster Johann George Adam Forster, also known as Georg Forster (, 27 November 1754 – 10 January 1794), was a German naturalist, ethnologist, travel writer, journalist and revolutionary. At an early age, he accompanied his father, Johann Reinhold ...

(1754–1794), naturalist, ethnologist, travel writer, journalist and revolutionary. * Jacob Kabrun Jr. (1759-1814), merchant, book and art collector, and philanthropist *

Jakob Sigismund Beck Jakob Sigismund Beck (originally Jacob Sigismund Beck; 6 August 1761 – 29 August 1840) was a German philosopher. Biography Beck was born in the village of Liessau (Lisewo) in the rural district of Marienburg (Malbork) in Royal Prussia, Poland ...

(1761–1840) a philosopher. *

Johanna Schopenhauer Johanna Schopenhauer (née Trosiener; 9 July 1766 – 17 April 1838) was mother of the German philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer. She was the first German woman to publish books without a pseudonym, an influential literary salon host, and in the 182 ...

(1766–1838), author; mother of Arthur Schopenhauer *

Johannes Daniel Falk Johannes Daniel Falk (28 October 1768 Danzig – 14 February 1826 Weimar) was a German publisher and poet. Falk was born in Danzig (Gdańsk) in the Polish province of Royal Prussia, where he received his first education against the wish ...

(1768–1826), poet and educator. *

Antonio Casimir Cartellieri Antonio Casimir Cartellieri (27 September 1772 – 2 September 1807) was a Polish-Austrian composer, violinist, conductor, and voice teacher. His reputation dissipated after his death, not to be resurrected until the late 20th century. One son w ...

(1772–1807), composer * Arthur Schopenhauer (1788–1860), philosopher. Paul-Bronsart-Schellendorff

19th C

* Heinrich von Zastrow (1801–1875), general * Heinrich Wilhelm Zimmerman (1805-1841), portrait painter * Rachel Meyer (1806-1874), writer *

Joachim Marquardt Karl Joachim Marquardt (19 April 1812 – 30 November 1882) was a German historian and writer on Roman antiquities. In his later life he was Rector of the Ernestine Gymnasium, Gotha. Biography Marquardt was born at Danzig.

(1812–1882) an historian and writer on Roman antiquities. *

Eduard Hildebrandt Eduard Hildebrandt (9 September 1818 in Danzig25 October 1868 in Berlin) was a German landscape painter. Biography He served as apprentice to his father, a house-painter at Danzig. He was not twenty when he moved to Berlin, where he was taken in ...

(1818–1868) a landscape painter. *

Ernst Förstemann Ernst Wilhelm Förstemann (Danzig, 18 September 1822 – Charlottenburg, 4 November 1906) was a German historian, mathematician, doctor of linguistics, librarian, and director of the Saxon State Library (german: Sächsische Landesbibliothek) in D ...

(1822–1906), historian, mathematician, philologist * Paul Bronsart von Schellendorf (1832–1891), general, writer. * Eduard Winkelmann (1838–1896) an historian. * Stefan Pawlicki (1839–1916), Catholic priest and philosopher *

Fritz von Below Fritz Theodor Carl von Below (23 September 1853 – 23 November 1918) was a Prussian general in the German Army during the First World War. He commanded troops during the Battle of the Somme, the Second Battle of the Aisne, and the German sprin ...

(1853–1918), general *

Otto von Below Otto Ernst Vinzent Leo von Below (18 January 1857 – 15 March 1944) served as a Prussian general officer in the Imperial German Army during the First World War (1914–1918). He arguably became most notable for his command, along with the Aust ...

(1857–1944), general * August von Brandis (1859–1947), artist * Hugo Münsterberg (1863-1916) psychologist. * Max Halbe (1865–1944), writer *

Käthe Schirmacher Käthe Schirmacher ( Danzig, 6 August 1865 – Meran, 18 November, 1930) was a German writer, journalist, and political activist who was considered to be one of the leading advocates for women's rights and the international women's movement in th ...

(1865–1930), feminist, writer and journalist *

Max Adalbert Max Adalbert (born Johannes Adolph Krampf; 19 February 1874 – 7 September 1933) was a German stage and film actor. Biography Adalbert was born in Danzig (Gdansk), Imperial Germany as ''Maximilian Adalbert Krampf'' to a Prussian Officer. He ...

(1874–1933), actor *

Alfred Stock Alfred Stock (July 16, 1876 – August 12, 1946) was a German inorganic chemist. He did pioneering research on the hydrides of boron and silicon, coordination chemistry, mercury, and mercury poisoning. The German Chemical Society's Alfred-Stoc ...

(1876–1946), chemist *

Carl Schuricht Carl Adolph Schuricht (; 3 July 18807 January 1967) was a German conductor. Life and career Schuricht was born in Danzig (Gdańsk), German Empire; his father's family had been respected organ-builders. His mother, Amanda Wusinowska, a widow soo ...

(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 Meir Shamgar (cropped)

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 Werner Mathias Goeritz Brunner (4 April 1915, Danzig, German Empire – 4 August 1990, Mexico City) was a Mexican painter and sculptor of German origin. After spending much of the 1940s in North Africa and Spain, he and his wife, photographer ...

(1915–1990), artist *

Alexander Salkind Alexander Salkind (; 2 June 1921 – 8 March 1997) was a European film producer, the second of three generations of successful international producers. Life and career Salkind was born in the Free City of Danzig to Russian-born Jewish parents, ...

(1921–1997), film producer *

Wanda Klaff Wanda Klaff (6 March 1922 – 4 July 1946) was a Nazi concentration camp overseer. Klaff was born in Danzig to German parents as Wanda Kalacinski. She was executed for war crimes. Early life Wanda Kalacinski was the daughter of railway wor ...

(1922–1946), German Nazi concentration camp overseer executed for war crimes *

Heinz-Hermann Koelle Heinz-Hermann Koelle (22 July 1925, in Danzig, Free City of Danzig – 20 February 2011, in Berlin, Germany) was an aeronautical engineer who made the preliminary designs on the rocket that would emerge as the Saturn I. Closely associated wi ...

(1922–2011), German-American aeronautical and rocket engineer *

Elisabeth Becker Elisabeth Becker (20 July 1923 – 4 July 1946) was a Nazi Nazi concentration camps, concentration camp overseer in World War II. Life Becker was born in Nowy Staw, Neuteich, Free City of Danzig, Danzig (today Nowy Staw, Poland) to a German f ...

(1923–1946), German SS concentration camp guard executed for war crimes *

Miltiades Caridis Miltiades Caridis ( el, Μιλτιάδης Καρύδης; 9 May 1923 – 1 March 1998) was a German-Greek conductor. Biography Caridis was born in the Free City of Danzig (Gdańsk). His mother was a Danziger of German ethnicity, his father w ...

(1923–1998), conductor *

Eddi Arent Gebhardt Georg Arendt (5 May 1925 – 28 May 2013) was a German actor, cabaret artist and comedian. He appeared in more than 100 films between 1956 and 2002. He was born in Danzig, Free City of Danzig (present-day Gdańsk, Poland) and died in ...

(1925–2013), actor and comedian *

Meir Shamgar Meir Shamgar ( he, מאיר שמגר; August 13, 1925 – October 18, 2019) was the chief justice of the Israeli Supreme Court from 1983 to 1995. Biography Meir Shamgar (Sterenberg or Sternberg) was born in the Free City of Danzig (present-da ...

(1925–2019), President of the Israel Supreme Court *

Zygmunt Chychła Zygmunt Chychła (5 November 1926 – 26 September 2009) was a Polish boxer. He won the first post-World War II Olympic gold medal for Poland. Career In 1939 he began training at the Polish boxing club '' Gedania'', having started boxing at the ...

(1926–2009), boxer *

Jack Mandelbaum Jack Mandelbaum (born April 10, 1937 Janek or Jack) is a Holocaust survivor from the Free City of Danzig. His experiences as a boy during World War II were the subject of Andrea Warren's children's book of Mandelbaum surviving in a concentration ...

(born 1926), 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 (born 1927), economist *

Zalman Shoval Zalman Shoval ( he, זלמן שובל, born 28 April 1930) is an Israeli banker, politician and diplomat. He is also active in Israel's economic life. He was the Israeli ambassador to the United States in the years 1990–1993 and 1998–2000, a ...

(born 1930), diplomat and politician *

Wolfgang Völz Wolfgang Otto Völz (16 August 1930 – 2 May 2018) was a German actor. He is known for his roles in theatre plays, TV shows, feature films (especially German films based on Edgar Wallace works) and taped radio shows. He was also a very prolifi ...

(1930–2018), actor and voice actor *

Ingrid van Bergen Ingrid van Bergen (; born 15 June 1931) is a German film actress. She has appeared in 100 films since 1954. She was born in Free City of Danzig, today Gdańsk, Poland. Career Since 1954, Ingrid van Bergen appeared in more than 170 film and tele ...

(born 1931), actress *

Jan Strelau Jan Strelau (born 30 May 1931 in Gdańsk; died 4 August 2020 in Warsaw) was a Polish psychologist best known for his studies on temperament. He was professor of psychology at Warsaw University from 1968 to 2001 and was since 2001 professor at ...

(1931–2020), psychologist *

Jutta Meischner Jutta Frieda Luise Meischner (born 1935, in Danzig) is a German archeologist with specialities in philology, classical archaeology, ancient history with a doctorate on Classical Archaeology. In 1964, she entered the service of German Archaeologic ...

(born 1935), classical archeologist * Holger Czukay (1938–2017), musician *

Wawrzyniec Samp Wawrzyniec Samp (born 25 June 1939) is a Polish sculptor and graphic artist. Samp was born in Danzig, Free City of Danzig (present-day Gdańsk, Poland). He graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Gdańsk in 1965, and now he has his own ar ...

(born 1939), sculptor and graphic artist *

Matthias Habich Matthias Habich (born 12 January 1940) is a German actor who has appeared in more than 110 film and television productions since 1965. Habich was born in Danzig (present-day Gdańsk, Poland) and lives in Paris. In the 2001 film ''Enemy at the ...

(born 1940), actor * Heidrun Mohr-Mayer (1941–2014), jeweler * Ryszard Horodecki (born 1943), physicist *

Detlev Buchholz Detlev Buchholz (born 31 May 1944) is a German theoretical physicist. He investigates quantum field theory, especially in the axiomatic framework of algebraic quantum field theory. Biography Buchholz studied physics in Hannover and Hamburg wher ...

(born 1944), theoretical physicist

Since 1945

Józef Borzyszkowski Józef Borzyszkowski (born 6 February 1946, Karsin) is a prolific Polish historian,Marcin Pacyno, "Borowy Młyn. Mieszkańcy żądają zwrotu Piety", 2004-12-21,/ref> professor of history at Gdańsk University, and Kashubian activist, who serve ...

(born 1946), historian, politician and Kashubian activist *

Krzysztof Majchrzak Krzysztof Majchrzak (born 2 March 1948) is a Polish film actor. His first part in a major production was in Andrzej Wajda's '' The Promised Land'' (1975). He has appeared in 30 films since 1975. He was nominated for an award as Best Actor for h ...

(born 1948), film actor * Jacek Namieśnik (1949–2019), chemist *

Andrzej Szarmach Andrzej Szarmach (; born 3 October 1950) is a former Polish football player. He played in the Polish national team during its "golden age" in the 1970s. With Grzegorz Lato at his right, Robert Gadocha at his left, and Kazimierz Deyna in suppo ...

(born 1950), football player *

Krzysztof Kolberger Krzysztof Marek Kolberger (13 August 1950 – 7 January 2011) was a Polish actor and theatre director. His father's surname was changed from Kohlberger in the 1950s. He had a daughter, actress Julia Kolberger, with ex-wife Anna Romantowska. ...

(1950–2011), actor * Jan de Weryha-Wysoczanski (born 1950), sculptor *

Jadwiga Jankowska-Cieślak Jadwiga Jankowska-Cieślak (born 15 February 1951) is a Polish film actress. She has appeared in 33 films since 1972. She won the award for Best Actress at the 1982 Cannes Film Festival for her role in the film '' Another Way''. On 4 December ...

(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 * Janina Ochojska (born 1955), humanitarian, social activist and astronomer, founder and director of the Polish Humanitarian Action *

Jolanta Kwaśniewska Jolanta Kwaśniewska (Polish: , née Konty, ; born 3 June 1955) is a Polish lawyer and charity activist who was First Lady of Poland between 1995 and 2005, as the wife of the then President Aleksander Kwaśniewski. Biography She was a graduate ...

(born 1955), former

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Krzysztof Pastor Krzysztof Pastor (born 17 December 1956 in Gdańsk, Poland) is a Polish dancer, choreographer and ballet director. He was resident choreographer with the Dutch National Ballet in Amsterdam from 2003 to 2017, director of the Polish National Ballet ...

(born 1956), dancer, choreographer and director of the

Polish National Ballet The Polish National Ballet (PNB) is the largest and the most important ballet company in Poland. It continues a national ballet heritage, which dates to the 17th century. Modernly it was known until 2008 as the ballet of the Teatr Wielki - Poli ...

* Barbara Tuge-Erecińska (born 1956), diplomat *

Pawel Huelle Pavel ( Bulgarian, Russian, Serbian and Macedonian: Павел, Czech, Slovene, Romanian: Pavel, Polish: Paweł, Ukrainian: Павло, Pavlo) is a male given name. It is a Slavic cognate of the name Paul (derived from the Greek Pavlos). ...

(born 1957), writer and journalist *

Donald Tusk Donald Franciszek Tusk ( , ; born 22 April 1957) is a Polish politician who was President of the European Council from 2014 to 2019. He served as the 14th Prime Minister of Poland from 2007 to 2014 and was a co-founder and leader of the Civic ...

(born 1957), former President of the European Council &

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, journalist and historian * Marek Kamiński (born 1964), traveler *

Paweł Adamowicz Paweł Bogdan Adamowicz (; 2 November 1965 – 14 January 2019) was a Polish politician and lawyer who served as the city mayor of Gdańsk from 1998 until his assassination in 2019. Adamowicz was one of the organizers of the 1988 Polish strik ...

(1965–2019), politician, Mayor of Gdańsk * Aneta Kręglicka (born 1965), model and dancer,

Miss World 1989 Miss World 1989, the 39th edition of the Miss World pageant, was held on 22 November 1989 at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre. 78 contestants took part in the pageant. It was also the first time the Soviet Union has sent a contes ...

* Grzegorz Kacała (born 15 1966), rugby player *

Giennadij Jerszow Giennadij Jerszow ( uk, Геннадій Олексійович Єршов, translit=Hennadiy Yershov) is a Polish–Ukrainian sculptor, jewelry designer and art teacher. He is a member of the National Union of Artists of Ukraine, and the ...

(born 1967), sculptor *

Dariusz Michalczewski Dariusz Tomasz Michalczewski (born 5 May 1968) is a Polish former professional boxer who competed from 1991 to 2005. He held multiple world championships in two weight classes, including the WBA, IBF, WBO and lineal light heavyweight titles ...

(born 1968), boxer *

Mariusz Podkościelny Mariusz Podkościelny (born April 29, 1968) is a former freestyle swimmer from Poland, who, twice competed at the Summer Olympics: in 1988 and 1992. Since 2003, he was a swimming coach for the University of Miami. He is currently the head coa ...

(born 1968), freestyle swimmer and swimming coach *

Leszek Mozdzer Leszek () is a Slavic Polish male given name, originally ''Lestko'', ''Leszko'' or ''Lestek'', related to ''Lech'', ''Lechosław'' and Czech ''Lstimir''. Individuals named Leszek celebrate their name day on June 3. Notable people * Lestko * ...

(born 1971), jazz pianist * Tomasz Wałdoch (born 1971), footballer *

Adam Korol Adam Marek Korol (born 20 August 1974) is a Polish rower and Civic Platform politician. He won a gold medal in quadruple sculls at the 2008 Summer Olympics. He was the Minister of Sport and Tourism from June 2015 to November 2015 and serves i ...

(born 20 August 1974), rower and Olympic champion *

Sławomir Nowak Sławomir Ryszard Nowak (born 11 December 1974 in Gdańsk) is a Polish politician and a state official in Ukraine. He was elected to the Sejm on 25 September 2005, getting 9,061 votes in 25 Gdańsk district as a candidate from the Civic Platfor ...

(born 1974), former Minister of Transport & Construction * Szymon Roginski (born 1975), photographer *

Agnieszka Chylińska Agnieszka Chylińska is a Polish singer. From 1994 to 2003, she was the vocalist for the Polish rock band O.N.A. Since 2003 she has performed as Chylińska and in 2004 she released an album titled ''Winna''. Since 2008 she has been a judge on ...

(born 1976), singer-songwriter, actress, author and television personality * Gregorz Szamotulski (born 1976), footballer *

Jarosław Wałęsa Jarosław Leszek Wałęsa (; born 13 September 1976 in Gdańsk) is a Polish politician. He was elected to the Sejm on 25 September 2005, getting 14,709 votes in 25 Gdańsk district as a candidate from the Civic Platform list. He is the son of fo ...

(born 1976), politician, son of

Lech Wałęsa Lech Wałęsa (; ; born 29 September 1943) is a Polish statesman, dissident, and Nobel Peace Prize laureate, who served as the President of Poland between 1990 and 1995. After winning the 1990 election, Wałęsa became the first democrati ...

* Adam Darski (born 1977), singer and guitarist, frontman of extreme metal band Behemoth *

Robert Kempiński Robert Kempiński (born 11 July 1977) is a Polish chess Grandmaster. He is a two-time Polish Chess Champion. Career Kempiński entered his first tournament at the local chess club aged 7 and won easily. At the age of 14 he won the Polish ju ...

(born 1977), chess grandmaster *

Tomasz Schafernaker Tomasz Schafernaker (born 8 January 1979) is a Polish-British meteorologist who currently works for BBC Weather. Early life Tomasz Schafernaker was born on 8 January 1979 in Gdańsk, Poland, and attended school both in his native Poland and i ...

(born 1979), Polish-British meteorologist for

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Jacek Dehnel Jacek Maria Dehnel (born 1 May 1980 in Gdańsk, Poland) is a Polish poet, writer, translator and painter. Life and work He graduated from the Stefan Żeromski High School No. 5 in Gdańsk, where he excelled in Humanities. Dehnel studied at t ...

(1980), writer, poet, translator and painter *

Magdalena Tul Magdalena Ewa Tul (born 29 April 1980) is a Polish singer and composer. In 2000 she moved from Gdańsk to Warsaw where she started working as a singer and actress for Studio Buffo, a musical theater. She performed there as a lead singer in ''Metr ...

(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 Izuagbe Ugonoh (born 2 November 1986) is a Polish mixed martial artist and former professional boxer and kickboxer. He is a graduate of the Jędrzej Śniadecki University School of Physical Education and Sport in Gdańsk. Early life Izuagbe wa ...

(born 1986), boxer and mixed martial artist *

Oskar Piechota Oskar Piechota (born January 24, 1990) is a Polish mixed martial artist who formerly competed in the Middleweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship. A professional competitor since 2011, he has also competed for Cage Warriors where ...

(born 1990), mixed martial artist * Hania Rani (born 1990), pianist, composer and singer * Mateusz Biskup (born 1994), rower * Mateusz Mach (born 1997), entrepreneur and investor * Mikolaj Oledzki (born 1998), Rugby League player

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