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Gdańsk ranks 254th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Essen, Fukuoka, and Denmark. Memorable people born in Gdańsk include Arthur Schopenhauer, Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit, and Donald Tusk. Memorable people who died in Gdańsk include Ferdinand Kettler, Paweł Huelle, and Aleksy Antkiewicz. Gdańsk has been the birth place of many politicians, and actors and the death place of many politicians, and writers. Gdańsk is located in Poland.

Gdańsk is a city on the Baltic coast of northern Poland, and the capital of the Pomeranian Voivodeship. With a population of 486,492, it is Poland's sixth-largest city and its major seaport. Gdańsk lies at the mouth of the Motława River and is situated at the southern edge of Gdańsk Bay, close to the city of Gdynia and the resort town of Sopot; these form a metropolitan area called the Tricity (Trójmiasto), with a population of approximately 1.5 million. Read more on Wikipedia

People

Between 1611 and 1996, Gdańsk was the birth place of 53 globally memorable people, including Arthur Schopenhauer, Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit, and Donald Tusk. Additionaly, 15 globally memorable people have passed away in Gdańsk including Ferdinand Kettler, Paweł Huelle, and Aleksy Antkiewicz.

People Born in Gdańsk

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People Deceased in Gdańsk

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Occupations

Most individuals born in present day Gdańsk were politicians (6), actors (6), athletes (6), soccer players (5), and military personnels (3),  while most who died were politicians (4), writers (2), actors (1), singers (1), and explorers (1).

Over the past 100 years, soccer players have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Gdańsk, including Andrzej Szarmach, Janusz Kupcewicz, and Przemysław Frankowski. Whereas, throughout history, politicians have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Gdańsk, including Donald Tusk, Adam Kazimierz Czartoryski, and Elisabeth Hevelius.

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Overlapping Lives

Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 25 globally memorable people born in Gdańsk since 1700.