Wrocław
Wrocław ranks 134th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Sarajevo, Johannesburg, and Düsseldorf. Memorable people born in Wrocław include Fritz Haber, Manfred von Richthofen, and Friedrich Schleiermacher. Memorable people who died in Wrocław include Carl von Clausewitz, Alois Alzheimer, and Angelus Silesius. Wrocław has been the birth place of many writers, and mathematicians and the death place of many religious figures, and biologists. Wrocław is located in Poland.
Wrocław is a city in southwestern Poland, and the capital of the Lower Silesian Voivodeship. It is the largest city and historical capital of the region of Silesia. It lies on the banks of the Oder River in the Silesian Lowlands of Central Europe, roughly 40 kilometres (25 mi) to the north of the Sudetic Mountains. In 2023, the official population of Wrocław was 674,132, making it the third-largest city in Poland. The population of the Wrocław metropolitan area is around 1.25 million. Read more on Wikipedia
People
Between 1140 and 2000, Wrocław was the birth place of 86 globally memorable people, including Fritz Haber, Manfred von Richthofen, and Friedrich Schleiermacher. Additionaly, 33 globally memorable people have passed away in Wrocław including Carl von Clausewitz, Alois Alzheimer, and Angelus Silesius.
People Born in Wrocław
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Fritz Haber
CHEMIST
1868 - 1934
HPI: 78.61
Rank: 15
Manfred von Richthofen
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1892 - 1918
HPI: 76.98
Rank: 14
Friedrich Schleiermacher
PHILOSOPHER
1768 - 1834
HPI: 75.81
Rank: 47
Ernst Cassirer
PHILOSOPHER
1874 - 1945
HPI: 75.36
Rank: 17
Ferdinand Lassalle
SOCIAL ACTIVIST
1825 - 1864
HPI: 74.84
Rank: 30
Friedrich Bergius
CHEMIST
1884 - 1949
HPI: 74.25
Rank: 36
Christian Wolff
PHILOSOPHER
1679 - 1754
HPI: 74.23
Rank: 55
Dietrich Bonhoeffer
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1906 - 1945
HPI: 74.02
Rank: 33
Erwin von Witzleben
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1881 - 1944
HPI: 73.76
Rank: 16
Norbert Elias
SOCIOLOGIST
1897 - 1990
HPI: 72.31
Rank: 31
Angelus Silesius
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1624 - 1677
HPI: 71.03
Rank: 50
Adolf Anderssen
CHESS PLAYER
1818 - 1879
HPI: 70.95
Rank: 58
People Deceased in Wrocław
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Carl von Clausewitz
PHILOSOPHER
1780 - 1831
HPI: 79.09
Rank: 26
Alois Alzheimer
PHYSICIAN
1864 - 1915
HPI: 76.24
Rank: 19
Angelus Silesius
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1624 - 1677
HPI: 71.03
Rank: 28
Werner Mölders
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1913 - 1941
HPI: 69.86
Rank: 13
Otto Mueller
PAINTER
1874 - 1930
HPI: 65.83
Rank: 8
Johann Gottlob Theaenus Schneider
BIOLOGIST
1750 - 1822
HPI: 65.00
Rank: 15
Hugo Steinhaus
MATHEMATICIAN
1887 - 1972
HPI: 64.86
Rank: 6
Henryk IV Probus
POLITICIAN
1256 - 1290
HPI: 63.71
Rank: 4
Christian Gottfried Daniel Nees von Esenbeck
BIOLOGIST
1776 - 1858
HPI: 63.23
Rank: 21
Walther von Lüttwitz
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1859 - 1942
HPI: 62.77
Rank: 30
Ernst Chladni
PHYSICIST
1756 - 1827
HPI: 62.46
Rank: 5
Zbigniew Cybulski
ACTOR
1927 - 1967
HPI: 62.27
Rank: 22
Occupations
Most individuals born in present day Wrocław were writers (9), mathematicians (8), military personnels (6), politicians (5), and actors (5), while most who died were religious figures (5), biologists (5), writers (4), physicians (3), and athletes (3).
Occupational Trends
Over the past 100 years, athletes have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Wrocław, including Filip Adamski, Robert Sobera, and Joanna Linkiewicz. Whereas, throughout history, writers have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Wrocław, including Emil Ludwig, Anita Lasker-Wallfisch, and Kurd Lasswitz.
Places
Overlapping Lives
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 25 globally memorable people born in Wrocław since 1700.
