Gdańsk
Gdańsk ranks 254th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Essen, Fukuoka, and Denmark. The most famous people from Gdańsk are Arthur Schopenhauer, Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit, and Donald Tusk. The most famous people who died in Gdańsk are Johannes Hevelius, Martin Opitz, and Elisabeth Hevelius. Gdańsk has been the birth place of many politicians, and soccer players 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 2004, Gdańsk was the birth place of 58 globally memorable people, including Arthur Schopenhauer, Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit, and Donald Tusk. Additionaly, 15 globally memorable people have passed away in Gdańsk including Johannes Hevelius, Martin Opitz, and Elisabeth Hevelius.
People Born in Gdańsk
Go to all RankingsArthur Schopenhauer
PHILOSOPHER
1788 - 1860
HPI: 87.55
Rank: 1
Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit
PHYSICIST
1686 - 1736
HPI: 79.17
Rank: 2
Donald Tusk
POLITICIAN
1957 - Present
HPI: 75.38
Rank: 3
Johannes Hevelius
ASTRONOMER
1611 - 1687
HPI: 73.07
Rank: 4
Heinrich Rickert
PHILOSOPHER
1863 - 1936
HPI: 68.77
Rank: 5
Richard Abegg
CHEMIST
1869 - 1910
HPI: 68.55
Rank: 6
Hermann Balck
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1893 - 1982
HPI: 68.40
Rank: 7
Johanna Schopenhauer
WRITER
1766 - 1838
HPI: 67.28
Rank: 8
Otto von Below
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1857 - 1944
HPI: 67.24
Rank: 9
Hugo Münsterberg
PSYCHOLOGIST
1863 - 1916
HPI: 66.91
Rank: 10
Andreas Schlüter
SCULPTOR
1660 - 1714
HPI: 65.78
Rank: 11
Alfred Flatow
GYMNAST
1869 - 1942
HPI: 64.93
Rank: 12
Newly Added People Born in Gdańsk
Go to all RankingsKarol Nawrocki
POLITICIAN
1983 - Present
HPI: 63.02
Rank: 15
Magdalena Frąckowiak
MODEL
1984 - Present
HPI: 40.30
Rank: 49
Jacek Dehnel
WRITER
1980 - Present
HPI: 38.45
Rank: 51
Kacper Urbański
SOCCER PLAYER
2004 - Present
HPI: 37.41
Rank: 52
Filip Wichman
SOCCER PLAYER
1994 - Present
HPI: 32.91
Rank: 53
People Deceased in Gdańsk
Go to all RankingsJohannes Hevelius
ASTRONOMER
1611 - 1687
HPI: 73.07
Rank: 1
Martin Opitz
WRITER
1597 - 1639
HPI: 64.89
Rank: 2
Elisabeth Hevelius
POLITICIAN
1647 - 1693
HPI: 62.62
Rank: 3
Ferdinand Kettler
POLITICIAN
1655 - 1737
HPI: 61.67
Rank: 4
Jacob Theodor Klein
HISTORIAN
1685 - 1759
HPI: 58.83
Rank: 5
Danuta Siedzikówna
POLITICIAN
1928 - 1946
HPI: 58.56
Rank: 6
Piotr Szulkin
FILM DIRECTOR
1950 - 2018
HPI: 57.19
Rank: 7
Hans Carl Friedrich von Mangoldt
MATHEMATICIAN
1854 - 1925
HPI: 57.03
Rank: 8
Krystyna Chojnowska-Liskiewicz
EXPLORER
1936 - 2021
HPI: 54.21
Rank: 9
Janusz Kupcewicz
SOCCER PLAYER
1955 - 2022
HPI: 53.95
Rank: 10
Bogumił Kobiela
ACTOR
1931 - 1969
HPI: 52.33
Rank: 11
Jacek Kaczmarski
SINGER
1957 - 2004
HPI: 51.79
Rank: 12
Occupations
Most individuals born in present day Gdańsk were politicians (7), soccer players (7), actors (6), athletes (6), and military personnels (3), while most who died were politicians (4), writers (2), astronomers (1), historians (1), and film directors (1).
Occupational Trends
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 Karol Nawrocki.
Places
Overlapping Lives
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 25 globally memorable people born in Gdańsk since 1700.




























