This is a list of people from GdaÃ
Âsk (Danzig).
Early times
16th C
17th C
- Constantia Zierenberg (1605âÂÂ1653), a singer and musician; daughter of Danzig mayor
- Reinhold Curicke (1610âÂÂ1667), jurist, historian
- Johannes Hevelius (1611âÂÂ1687), astronomer.
- Georg Daniel Schultz (1615âÂÂ1683), painter
- BogusÃ
Âaw RadziwiÃ
ÂÃ
 (1620âÂÂ1669), Prince of Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, Reichsfürst of the HRE, governor of Ducal Prussia
- Andreas Schlüter (1659âÂÂc.1714), architect and sculptor
- Daniel Ernst Jablonski (1660âÂÂ1741) a theologian.
- Jacob Theodor Klein (1685âÂÂ1759), jurist, historian, botanist, mathematician and diplomat
- Daniel Gottlieb Messerschmidt (1685âÂÂ1735) physician, naturalist, geographer
- Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit (1686âÂÂ1736) a physicist, inventor and scientific instrument maker.
- Gottfried Lengnich (1689âÂÂ1774), jurist, historian
18th C
- Johann Valentin Haidt (1700âÂÂ1780), painter and preacher
- Daniel Gralath (1708âÂÂ1767), physicist and Bürgermeister (mayor) of Danzig
- Louise Adelgunde Gottsched (1713âÂÂ1762), writer
- Nikita Panin (1718âÂÂ1783) a Russian statesman and political mentor to Catherine the Great.
- Sir Trevor Corry (1724âÂÂ1780), diplomat; Baron of Poland; British Consul to Danzig 1745âÂÂ1780
- Daniel Chodowiecki (1726âÂÂ1801), artist and painter.
- Adam Kazimierz Czartoryski (1734âÂÂ1823), Prince, writer, literary and theatre critic.
- MichaÃ
 Jerzy Poniatowski (1736âÂÂ1794), primate of Poland
- Johann Wilhelm Archenholz (1741âÂÂ1812), historian and publicist.
- Avraham Danzig (1748âÂÂ1820), rabbi
- Georg Forster (1754âÂÂ1794), naturalist, ethnologist, travel writer, journalist and revolutionary.
- Jacob Kabrun Jr. (1759âÂÂ1814), merchant, book and art collector, and philanthropist
- Jakob Sigismund Beck (1761âÂÂ1840) a philosopher.
- Johanna Schopenhauer (1766âÂÂ1838), author; mother of Arthur Schopenhauer
- Johannes Daniel Falk (1768âÂÂ1826), poet and educator.
- Antonio Casimir Cartellieri (1772âÂÂ1807), composer
- Arthur Schopenhauer (1788âÂÂ1860), philosopher.
19th C
- Heinrich von Zastrow (1801âÂÂ1875), general
- Heinrich Wilhelm Zimmerman (1805âÂÂ1841), portrait painter
- Rachel Meyer (1806âÂÂ1874), writer
- Joachim Marquardt (1812âÂÂ1882) an historian and writer on Roman antiquities.
- Eduard Hildebrandt (1818âÂÂ1868) a landscape painter.
- Ernst Förstemann (1822âÂÂ1906), historian, mathematician, philologist
- Paul Bronsart von Schellendorf (1832âÂÂ1891), general, writer.
- Eduard Winkelmann (1838âÂÂ1896) an historian.
- Stefan Pawlicki (1839âÂÂ1916), Catholic priest and philosopher
- Anna Tuschinski (1841âÂÂ1939), Esperantist
- Fritz von Below (1853âÂÂ1918), general
- Otto von Below (1857âÂÂ1944), general
- August von Brandis (1859âÂÂ1947), artist
- Hugo Münsterberg (1863âÂÂ1916) psychologist.
- Max Halbe (1865âÂÂ1944), writer
- Käthe Schirmacher (1865âÂÂ1930), feminist, writer and journalist
- Max Adalbert (1874âÂÂ1933), actor
- Alfred Stock (1876âÂÂ1946), chemist
- Carl Schuricht (1880âÂÂ1967), conductor
- Marta Wittkowska (1882âÂÂ1977), contralto opera singer
- Alice Wosikowski (1886âÂÂ1949), politician, resistance activist
- Gerhard Rose (1896âÂÂ1992), expert on tropical medicine
1900 - 1945
- Gerhard Krüger (1908âÂÂ1994), a Nazi Party student leader
- Hermann Diamanski (1909âÂÂ1976), German resistance fighter
- Alfred Zeidler (born 1909), German SS concentration camp commandant
- Mathias Goeritz (1915âÂÂ1990), artist
- Alexander Salkind (1921âÂÂ1997), film producer
- Wanda Klaff (1922âÂÂ1946), German Nazi concentration camp overseer executed for war crimes
- Heinz-Hermann Koelle (1922âÂÂ2011), German-American aeronautical and rocket engineer
- Elisabeth Becker (1923âÂÂ1946), German SS concentration camp guard executed for war crimes
- Miltiades Caridis (1923âÂÂ1998), conductor
- Eddi Arent (1925âÂÂ2013), actor and comedian
- Meir Shamgar (1925âÂÂ2019), President of the Israel Supreme Court
- Zygmunt ChychÃ
Âa (1926âÂÂ2009), boxer
- Jack Mandelbaum (1927âÂÂ2023), subject of Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps
- Günter Grass (1927âÂÂ2015), writer, recipient of 1999 Nobel Prize in Literature
- Henry Rosovsky (1927âÂÂ2022), economist
- Zalman Shoval (born 1930), Israeli banker, politician and diplomat
- Wolfgang Völz (1930âÂÂ2018), actor and voice actor
- Ingrid van Bergen (1931âÂÂ2025), actress
- Jan Strelau (1931âÂÂ2020), psychologist
- Jutta Meischner (born 1935), classical archeologist
- Richard Pratt (1935âÂÂ2009), Australian businessman and philanthropist
- Holger Czukay (1938âÂÂ2017), musician
- Wawrzyniec Samp (born 1939), sculptor and graphic artist
- Dietrich Albrecht (born 1940), football player
- Matthias Habich (born 1940), actor
- Heidrun Mohr-Mayer (1941âÂÂ2014), jeweler
- Ryszard Horodecki (born 1943), physicist
- Lech WaÃ
ÂÃÂsa (born 1943), politician
- Detlev Buchholz (born 1944), theoretical physicist
Since 1945
- Mariola GraÃ
¼yna Antczak (born 1970), data scientist
- Józef Borzyszkowski (born 1946), historian, politician and Kashubian activist
- Krzysztof Majchrzak (born 1948), film actor
- Jacek NamieÃ
Ânik (1949âÂÂ2019), chemist
- Andrzej Szarmach (born 1950), football player
- Krzysztof Kolberger (1950âÂÂ2011), actor
- Jan de Weryha-Wysoczanski (born 1950), sculptor
- BogusÃ
Âaw Jackowski (born 1950), computer scientist
- Jadwiga Jankowska-CieÃ
Âlak (1951âÂÂ2025), film actress
- Jerzy Samp (born 1951), writer and historian
- Bogdan Wojciszke (born 1952), psychologist
- Maciej Ã
»ylicz (born 1953), biochemist and molecular biologist
- Tomasz ImieliÃ
Âski (born 1954), computer scientist
- Janusz Pawliszyn (born 1954), chemist
- Janina Ochojska (born 1955), humanitarian, social activist and astronomer, founder and director of the Polish Humanitarian Action
- Jolanta KwaÃ
Âniewska (born 1955), former First Lady of Poland
- Krzysztof Pastor (born 1956), dancer, choreographer and director of the Polish National Ballet
- Barbara Tuge-EreciÃ
Âska (born 1956), diplomat
- Pawel Huelle (born 1957), writer and journalist
- Donald Tusk (born 1957), former President of the European Council & Prime Minister of Poland, journalist and historian
- Marek KamiÃ
Âski (born 1964), traveler
- PaweÃ
 Adamowicz (1965âÂÂ2019), politician, Mayor of GdaÃ
Âsk
- Aneta KrÃÂglicka (born 1965), model and dancer, Miss World 1989
- Grzegorz KacaÃ
Âa (born 1966), rugby player
- Giennadij Jerszow (born 1967), sculptor
- Dariusz Michalczewski (born 1968), boxer
- Mariusz PodkoÃ
Âcielny (born 1968), freestyle swimmer and swimming coach
- Leszek Mozdzer (born 1971), jazz pianist
- Tomasz WaÃ
Âdoch (born 1971), footballer
- Adam Korol (born 1974), rower and politician
- SÃ
Âawomir Nowak (born 1974), former Minister of Transport & Construction
- Szymon Roginski (born 1975), photographer
- Agnieszka ChyliÃ
Âska (born 1976), singer-songwriter, actress, author and television personality
- Gregorz Szamotulski (born 1976), footballer
- JarosÃ
Âaw WaÃ
ÂÃÂsa (born 1976), politician, son of Lech WaÃ
ÂÃÂsa
- Adam Darski (born 1977), singer and guitarist, frontman of extreme metal band Behemoth
- Robert KempiÃ
Âski (born 1977), chess grandmaster
- Tomasz Schafernaker (born 1979), Polish-British meteorologist for BBC Weather
- Jacek Dehnel (born 1980), writer, poet, translator and painter
- Magdalena Tul (born 1980), singer and composer
- Dawid Tomaszewski (born 1980), fashion designer
- Jakobe Mansztajn (born 1982), poet, blogger
- Karol Nawrocki (born 1983), Polish historian and president-elect
- Magdalena FrÃÂ
ckowiak (born 1984), model
- Ewa Juszkiewicz (born 1984), painter
- Izu Ugonoh (born 1986), boxer and mixed martial artist
- Piotr Witkowski (born 1988), actor
- Oskar Piechota (born 1990), mixed martial artist
- Hania Rani (born 1990), pianist, composer and singer
- Moustapha M'Baye (born 1992), volleyball player
- Mateusz Biskup (born 1994), rower
- Mateusz Mach (born 1997), entrepreneur and investor
- Mikolaj Oledzki (born 1998), Rugby League player
- Martyna Ã
Âukasik (born 1999), volleyball player
See also
References