Wrocław
Wrocław ranks 129th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Newark, New Jersey, Rosario, Santa Fe, and Manchester. Memorable people born in Wrocław include Fritz Haber, Manfred von Richthofen, and Ernst Cassirer. Memorable people who died in Wrocław include Carl von Clausewitz, Alois Alzheimer, and Werner Mölders. Wrocław has been the birth place of many writers and mathematicians and the death place of many biologists and religious figures. Wrocław is located in Poland.
Wrocław is a city in southwestern Poland and the largest city in the historical region of Silesia. It lies on the banks of the Oder in the Silesian Lowlands of Central Europe, roughly 40 kilometres (25 mi) from the Sudeten Mountains to the south. As of 2023, the official population of Wrocław is 674,132 making it the third largest city in Poland. Population of the Wrocław metropolitan area is around 1.25 million. Read more on Wikipedia
Between 1140 and 1997, Wrocław was the birth place of 78 globally memorable people, including Fritz Haber, Manfred von Richthofen, and Ernst Cassirer. Additionaly, 31 globally memorable people have passed away in Wrocław including Carl von Clausewitz, Alois Alzheimer, and Werner Mölders.
People Born in Wrocław
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Fritz Haber
1868 - 1934
HPI: 75.01
Rank: 1
Manfred von Richthofen
1892 - 1918
HPI: 74.13
Rank: 2
Ernst Cassirer
1874 - 1945
HPI: 70.18
Rank: 3
Christian Wolff
1679 - 1754
HPI: 70.12
Rank: 4
Friedrich Schleiermacher
1768 - 1834
HPI: 69.85
Rank: 5
Ferdinand Lassalle
1825 - 1864
HPI: 69.74
Rank: 6
Dietrich Bonhoeffer
1906 - 1945
HPI: 68.81
Rank: 7
Norbert Elias
1897 - 1990
HPI: 68.34
Rank: 8
Friedrich Bergius
1884 - 1949
HPI: 66.30
Rank: 9
Erwin von Witzleben
1881 - 1944
HPI: 65.49
Rank: 10
Angelus Silesius
1624 - 1677
HPI: 65.03
Rank: 11
Adolph Menzel
1815 - 1905
HPI: 64.08
Rank: 12
Newly Added People Born in Wrocław
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Teresa Orlowski
1953 - Present
HPI: 53.21
Rank: 35
Anita Lasker-Wallfisch
1925 - Present
HPI: 49.57
Rank: 47
Hans Baluschek
1870 - 1935
HPI: 49.57
Rank: 48
Zacharias Ursinus
1534 - 1583
HPI: 49.23
Rank: 50
Karl von Holtei
1798 - 1880
HPI: 48.03
Rank: 55
Käthe Kruse
1883 - 1968
HPI: 47.13
Rank: 60
Lina Morgenstern
1830 - 1909
HPI: 44.68
Rank: 62
Peter Hacks
1928 - 2003
HPI: 43.31
Rank: 64
Albrecht Weber
1825 - 1901
HPI: 43.29
Rank: 65
Heinrich Albertz
1915 - 1993
HPI: 43.05
Rank: 66
Herbert Hübner
1889 - 1972
HPI: 42.55
Rank: 67
Olaf Lubaszenko
1968 - Present
HPI: 36.38
Rank: 73
People Deceased in Wrocław
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Carl von Clausewitz
1780 - 1831
HPI: 75.15
Rank: 1
Alois Alzheimer
1864 - 1915
HPI: 72.56
Rank: 2
Werner Mölders
1913 - 1941
HPI: 65.03
Rank: 3
Angelus Silesius
1624 - 1677
HPI: 65.03
Rank: 4
Ferdinand Cohn
1828 - 1898
HPI: 60.70
Rank: 5
Ernst Chladni
1756 - 1827
HPI: 59.32
Rank: 6
Hugo Steinhaus
1887 - 1972
HPI: 58.61
Rank: 7
Otto Mueller
1874 - 1930
HPI: 57.46
Rank: 8
Henryk IV Probus
1256 - 1290
HPI: 57.02
Rank: 9
Zbigniew Cybulski
1927 - 1967
HPI: 55.58
Rank: 10
Count Palatine Francis Louis of Neuburg
1664 - 1732
HPI: 54.35
Rank: 11
Walther von Lüttwitz
1859 - 1942
HPI: 53.95
Rank: 12
Newly Added People Deceased in Wrocław
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Albert Ludwig Sigesmund Neisser
1855 - 1916
HPI: 52.81
Rank: 15
Ludwik Hirszfeld
1884 - 1954
HPI: 48.72
Rank: 18
Karl von Holtei
1798 - 1880
HPI: 48.03
Rank: 21
Zecharias Frankel
1801 - 1875
HPI: 48.01
Rank: 23
Joseph Schröter
1837 - 1894
HPI: 46.53
Rank: 27
Stanisław Szozda
1950 - 2013
HPI: 38.94
Rank: 30
Most individuals born in present day Wrocław were writers (9), mathematicians (8), military personnels (6), politicians (5), and philosophers (4), while most who died were biologists (6), religious figures (4), writers (4), physicians (3), and military personnels (2).
Over the past 100 years, soccer players have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Wrocław, including Sepp Piontek, Jan Tomaszewski, and Lesław Ćmikiewicz. Whereas, throughout history, writers have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Wrocław, including Emil Ludwig, Alfred Kerr, and Kurd Lasswitz.
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 25 globally memorable people born in Wrocław since 1700.
