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Kraków ranks 115th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Havana, Shanghai, and Brussels. Memorable people born in Kraków include Adam Mickiewicz, Sigismund II Augustus, and Vladislaus II of Hungary. Memorable people who died in Kraków include Wisława Szymborska, Stanisław Lem, and Jadwiga of Poland. Kraków has been the birth place of many politicians, and soccer players and the death place of many politicians, and writers. Kraków is located in Poland.

Kraków, officially the Royal Capital City of Kraków, is the second-largest and one of the oldest cities in Poland. Situated on the Vistula River in Lesser Poland Voivodeship, the city has a population of 804,237 (2023), with approximately 8 million additional people living within a 100 km (62 mi) radius. Kraków was the official capital of Poland until 1596 and has traditionally been one of the leading centres of Polish academic, cultural, and artistic life. Cited as one of Europe's most beautiful cities, its Old Town was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1978, one of the world's first sites granted the status. Read more on Wikipedia

People

Between 1016 and 1998, Kraków was the birth place of 102 globally memorable people, including Adam Mickiewicz, Sigismund II Augustus, and Vladislaus II of Hungary. Additionaly, 80 globally memorable people have passed away in Kraków including Wisława Szymborska, Stanisław Lem, and Jadwiga of Poland.

People Born in Kraków

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Occupations

Most individuals born in present day Kraków were politicians (25), soccer players (11), writers (10), film directors (7), and athletes (7),  while most who died were politicians (17), writers (12), religious figures (11), painters (10), and composers (4).

Over the past 100 years, soccer players have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Kraków, including Robert Gadocha, Adam Nawałka, and Marcin Wasilewski. Whereas, throughout history, politicians have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Kraków, including Sigismund II Augustus, Vladislaus II of Hungary, and Władysław III of Poland.

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Overlapping Lives

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