List of people from Kraków

This list contains notable people both born in Kraków and residents of the city, ordered chronologically by year of birth.

Born in Kraków

11th to 18th centuries Ladislaus I of Hungary (ca.1040–1095) King of Hungary from 1077 and King of Croatia from 1091. Bolesław III Wrymouth (1086–1138), duke of Poland Władysław II the Exile (1105–1159), High Duke of Poland Matthew of Kraków (c. 1335–1410), theologian Władysław III of Poland (1424–1444), King of Poland. Casimir IV Jagiellon (1427–1492), King of Poland Vladislaus II of Hungary (1456–1516), King of Bohemia and Hungary Hedwig Jagiellon (1457–1502), Duchess of Bavaria John I Albert (1459–1501), King of Poland Sophia Jagiellon(1464–1512), Margravine of Brandenburg-Ansbach Johann V Thurzo (1466–1520), bishop Stanislav I Thurzo (1470–1540), bishop Stanislaus Hosius (1504–1579), Catholic cardinal. Sigismund II Augustus (1520–1572), King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania Sophia Jagiellon (1522–1575), Duchess of Brunswick-Lüneburg Anna Jagiellon (1523–1596), Queen of Poland Hieronim Malecki (1525/1526–1583/1584), theologian Catherine Jagiellon (1526–1583), Queen of Sweden Rabbi Moses Isserles (1530–1572) an eminent Polish Ashkenazic rabbi. Mikołaj Zebrzydowski (1553–1620), noble Maharsha (1555–1631), rabbi Władysław IV Vasa (1595–1648), King of Poland John II Casimir Vasa (1609–1672), King of Poland Elazar Rokeach (c. 1665–1742), rabbi Theresa Kunegunda Sobieska (1676–1730), Electress of Bavaria and of the Electorate of the Palatinate Szymon Czechowicz (1689–1775), painter Jonathan Eybeschutz (1690–1764), Talmudist and Kabbalist Aleksander Józef Sułkowski (1695–1762), Saxon-Polish general Józef Peszka (1767–1831), painter and art professor Andrzej Alojzy Ankwicz (1777–1838), archbishop of Lviv and of Prague Carl Carl (1787–1854), actor and theatre director Henryk Dembiński (1791–1864), engineer, traveler and general Franciszek Mirecki (1791–1862), composer, music conductor, and music teacher Marcin Zaleski (1796–1877), painter Eduard von Feuchtersleben (1798–1857), mining engineer and writer Piotr Michałowski (1800–1855), painter Wojciech Stattler (1800–1875), painter and art teacher

19th century 1801 to 1850

Karl von Urban (1802–1877), field marshal in the Austrian Imperial Army Friedrich Halm (1806–1871), poet, dramatist, and novella writer. Józef Kremer (1806–1875), philosopher, aesthetician, historian of art and psychologist Ludwik Gorzkowski (1811–1857), politician, physicist and revolutionary activist Antoni Kątski (1817–1899), pianist and composer Maximilian Cercha (1818–1907), painter and drawer Julian Gutowski (1823–1890), Mayor of Nowy Sącz Ludwig Burger (1825–1884), historical painter and illustrator Karol Estreicher (senior) (1827–1908), bibliographer, librarian, and a founder of the Polish Academy of Learning Stanisław Mieroszewski (1827–1900), politician, writer, historian and member of the Imperial Council of Austria Władysław Łuszczkiewicz (1828–1900), painter and art historian Aleksander Kotsis (1836–1877), painter Michał Bałucki (1837–1901), playwright and poet Jan Matejko (1838–1893), painter Adam Bełcikowski (1839–1909) philosopher, historian of literature, poet Helena Modjeska (1840–1909), actress. Anton Rehmann (1840–1917), geographer, geomorphologist, botanist and explorer

1851 to 1900 Edmund von Neusser (1852–1912), internist and professor Josef Josephi (1852–1920), singer and actor Stanisław Tondos (1854–1917), painter Eduard Birnbaum (1855–1920), cantor Kazimierz Pochwalski (1855–1940), painter Jan Drozdowski (1857–1918), pianist and music teacher Arthur Giesl von Gieslingen (1857–1935), general officer during the First World War who worked for the Evidenzbureau Heinrich Rauchinger (1858–1942), portrait painter and history painter Ignaz Sowinski (1858–1917), architect Lola Beeth (1861–1940), Austrian operatic soprano Adam Maurizio (1862–1941), botanist and specialist of food technology and cultural history Olga Boznańska (1865–1940), painter Leon Wachholz (1867–1942), scientist and medical examiner Sigmund Fraenkel (1868–1939), chemist Asriel Günzig (1868–1931), rabbi Stanisław Estreicher (1869–1939), historian of Law and politician Stanisław Wyspiański (1869–1907), playwright, painter, and poet Saul Raphael Landau (1870–1943), lawyer and Jewish publicist Heinrich Nebenzahl (1870–1938), film producer Henryk Opieński (1870–1942), composer Helena Rubinstein (1870–1965), cosmetics entrepreneur and philanthropist Lucjan Rydel (1870–1918), poet and playwright Michał Marian Siedlecki (1873–1940), marine biologist Rudolf Maria Holzapfel (1874–1930), psychologist and philosopher Rafael Schermann (1874–1943), graphologist and psychic Xawery Dunikowski (1875–1964), sculptor and artist Władysław Wróblewski (1875–1951), politician, scientist, diplomat, and lawyer Bernard Friedberg (1876–1961), Hebraist, scholar and bibliographer Mordechaj Gebirtig (1877–1942), poet and composer Archduchess Maria Christina of Austria (1879–1962), Archduchess of Austria Adolf Chybiński (1880–1952), historian, musicologist, and academic Henryk Grossman (1881–1950), economist, historian, and Marxist revolutionary Gustav Adolf Platz (1881–1947), architect Max Fleischer (1883–1972), cartoonist and film producer Leon Chwistek (1884–1944), painter, theoretician of modern art, literary critic, logician, philosopher, and mathematician Bronisław Malinowski (1884–1942), social anthropologist Tadeusz Kutrzeba (1885–1947), general in the Polish Army Juliusz Osterwa (1885–1947), actor, theatre director, and art theoretician Stefan Bryła (1886–1943), construction engineer and welding pioneer Zygmunt Klemensiewicz (1886–1963), physicist, physical chemist, and mountain climber Leon Schiller (1887–1954), theatre director and theatre theoretician Eugeniusz Kwiatkowski (1888–1974), economist, politician Stanislaus Poray (1888–1948), painter active in Hollywood, California Józef Retinger (1888–1960), scholar, international political activist, publicist, and writer Henryk Gotlib (1890–1966), painter, sculptor, and writer.dnb Josef von Manowarda (1890–1942), operatic singer Moise Kisling (1891–1953), painter Tadeusz Peiper (1891–1969), poet, art critic, and theoretician of literature Zofia StryjeńskaDorota Marszałek, Zofia Stryjeńska – polska malarka art deco. Mapa kultury. Retrieved August 3, 2026. (1891–1976), painter, graphic designer, illustrator, stage designer Stefan Banach (1892–1945), mathematician Roman Ingarden (1893–1970), philosopher Frank Linke-Crawford (1893–1918), flying ace of the Austro-Hungarian Air Force during World War I. Ewa Bandrowska-Turska (1894–1979), opera singer and music educator Alice Halicka (1894–1975), painter Emil August Fieldorf (1895–1953), deputy commander-in-chief of the Polish Home Army Joseph Rosenstock (1895–1985), conductor and composer Elsa Gasser (1896–1967), Polish-born Swiss economist and businesswoman Ferdynand Zweig (1896–1988), economist and sociologist Michał Antoniewicz (1897–1989), equestrian Jerzy Adam Brandhuber (1897–1981), painter and survivor of the Auschwitz concentration camp Henryk Reyman (1897–1963), football player and football trainer Leopold Infeld (1898–1968), physicist Rudolph Maté (1898–1964), cinematographer and film director Ludwik Gintel (1899–1973), footballer Leon Kruczkowski (1900–1962), writer Leon Sperling (1900–1941), football player Cristina Szalay de Wiedemann (1900–1991), Polish–Colombian painter and conservator

20th century 1901 to 1925

Yohanan Bader (1901–1994), Israeli politician Gilda Gray (1901–1959), actress and dancer.bnf Itzhak Stern (1901–1969), Holocaust survivor Alexander Weissberg-Cybulski (1901–1964), physicist, author, and businessman Alexander Abusch (1902–1982), journalist, writer, and politician in East Germany Paul Rosenstein-Rodan (1902–1985), economist Adam Doboszyński (1904–1949), writer, soldier, social activist Ludwik Gross (1904–1999), oncologist and virologist Wanda Wasilewska (1905–1964), politician and writer Karol Estreicher (junior) (1906–1984), professor and historian of art Jan Hoffman (1906–1995), pianist and music educator Edward Ochab (1906–1989), politician and general Adam Marczyński (1908–1985), painter Tadek MarekA biography with pictures of Marek, entitled Tadek Marek, which again refers to a 1967 article by Brian Joscelyne and Adrian Feather, Marek the man in Aston Martin Quarterly of the Aston Martin Owners Club. (1908–1982), automobile engineer Janina Oszast (1908–1986), biologist and resistance movement member Yoel Zussman (1910–1982), jurist and judge Wacław Gajewski (1911–1997), geneticist Jadwiga Jędrzejowska (1912–1980), tennis player Jerzy Turowicz (1912–1999), journalist and editor Jan Ekier (1913–2004), pianist, composer, and music educator Poldek Pfefferberg (1913–2001), Holocaust survivor Yitzhak Pundak (born Yitzhak Fundik; 1913–2017), Israeli general, diplomat, and politician Tadeusz Hołuj (1916–1985), writer and survivor of Auschwitz Haim Landau (1916–1981), Israeli independence fighter and Israeli Minister of Development and Minister of Transportation Wojciech Żukrowski (1916–2000), writer, poet, essayist, and literary critic Aleksander Kulisiewicz (1918–1982), journalist and singer Roman Haubenstock-Ramati (1919–1994), music editor and composer Mietek Pemper (1920–2011), survivor of Krakow-Płaszów concentration camp Andrzej Munk (1921–1961), director and cinematographer Wiktor Jassem (1922–2016), linguist, phonetician, philologist Halina Czerny-Stefańska (1922–2001), classical pianist Bogdan Śliwa (1922–2003), chess player Gustaw Holoubek (1923–2008), actor, film and theatre director and educator Jerzy Nowosielski (1923–2011), painter, graphic artist, and illustrator Zofia Posmysz (1923–2022), editor and author Gena Turgel (1923–2018), educator, author, and Holocaust survivor Piotr Wandycz (1923–2017), Polish-American historian Wojciech Has (1925–2000), film director

1926 to 1950

Edward Mosberg (1926–2022), Polish-American Holocaust survivor, educator, and philanthropist Miriam Akavia (1927–2015), writer and translator Moshe Taube (1927–2020), cantor, academic, and musician Franciszek Macharski (1927–2016), Archbishop of Krakow Bernard Offen (born 1929), Holocaust survivor and film producer Zvi Hecker (1931–2023), architect Jerzy Hoffman (born 1932), film director Andrzej Trzaskowski (1933–1998), jazz composer and musicologist Danuta Rinn (1936–2006), singer and actress Jerzy Vetulani (1936–2017), biochemist, psychopharmacologist and neuroscientist Adam Greenberg (1937–2025), cinematographer Adam Holender (born 1937), cinematographer Zygmunt Konieczny (born 1937), composer Andrzej Sariusz-Skąpski (1937–2010), President of the Federation of Katyn Families Marek Walczewski (1937–2009), actor Roma Ligocka (born 1938), costume designer, author, and painter Anna Polony (born 1939), theatre and film actress Barbara Buczek (1940–1993), composer, pianist, and music educator Kazimierz Kaczor (born 1941), actor Ewa Demarczyk (1941–2020), singer Janusz Muniak (1941–2016), jazz musician Ivan Putski (born 1941), professional wrestler and bodybuilder Stefan Jerzy Zweig (1941–2024), author and cinematographer Marek Koterski (born 1942), film director Janina Paradowska (1942–2016), journalist Zbigniew Stroniarz (1942–2017), footballer Bronisław Cieślak (1943–2021), actor, journalist, TV presenter, politician Krzysztof Meyer (born 1943), composer, pianist, music theorist, and professor Simona KossakKossak Simona, prof. dr hab.(1943-2007) Encyklopedia - Puszcza Białoweiska, accessed 6 September 2021 (1943–2007), biologist, ecologist Jerzy Bahr (1944–2016), Ambassador of the Republic of Poland to the Russian Federation Ewa Braun (born 1944), Oscar winning set decorator, costume designer, and production designer