List of people from Danzig
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List of people from Danzig (Gdańsk) from the period 1308 to 1945.
- Tiedemann GieseTiedemann GieseTiedemann Giese Tiedemann Giese Tiedemann Giese (1 June 1480 – 23 October 1550, Heilsberg (Lidzbark), was a member of the patrician Giese family of Danzig (Gdańsk). The brother of the Hanseatic League merchant Georg Giese and relative of Albrecht Giese he became Bishop of Culm (Chełmno) first...
, 1480 , bishop - Johannes Dantiscus, 1485, poet, church canon and bishop
- Bernhard von ReesenBernhard von ReesenBernhard von Riesen was a grain merchant born to a patrician family in Gdańsk , in Polish Royal Prussia.Riesen received an extensive education as was the custom of that time for men of his background. As did many other well-off business men and statesmen, at the age of thirty, Riesen commissioned...
, 1490, business man painted by Albrecht DürerAlbrecht DürerAlbrecht Dürer was a German painter, printmaker, engraver, mathematician, and theorist from Nuremberg. His prints established his reputation across Europe when he was still in his twenties, and he has been conventionally regarded as the greatest artist of the Northern Renaissance ever since... - Albrecht Giese, 1524, councilman and diplomat
- Caspar SchützCaspar SchützCaspar Schütz was a German historian.Schütz was born in Eisleben. As professor of poetry at the University of Königsberg from 1562 to 1565, he developed interest in the history of Prussia. He then became the historian of the city of Danzig and collected old writings and records...
(ca. 1540 EislebenEislebenEisleben is a town in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. It is famous as the hometown of Martin Luther, hence its official name is Lutherstadt Eisleben. As of 2005, Eisleben had a population of 24,552...
- 1594 Danzig), Prussian Historian - Anton MöllerAnton MöllerAnton Möller was a German painter and draughtsman.Möller was born in Königsberg. He primarily painted religious themed works. He also produced a number of woodcuts. Möller died in Danzig in 1611 .-References:...
, 1563, painter - Bartholomäus KeckermannBartholomäus KeckermannBartholomäus Keckermann in Danzig was a German writer, Calvinist theologian and philosopher. He is known for his Analytic Method...
c. 1571 - 1608, writer and Calvinist theologist - Constantia CzirenbergConstantia CzirenbergConstantia Zierenberg was a singer and musician from Danzig in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth..Constantia, the daughter of Anna Kerlin and Johann Zierenberg, who would be mayor from 1630 to 1642, was raised as a Calvinist. She received an excellent musical education and was also a painter...
/Zierenberg, born 1605, daughter of Danzig mayor, married to Sigmund Kerschenstein in 1628 - Reinhold Curicke, 1610-1667, jurist, historian
- Johannes HeveliusJohannes HeveliusJohannes Hevelius Some sources refer to Hevelius as Polish:Some sources refer to Hevelius as German:*Encyplopedia Britannica * of the Royal Society was a councilor and mayor of Danzig , Pomeranian Voivodeship, in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth...
, 1611, astronomer - Georg Daniel SchultzGeorg Daniel SchultzDaniel Schultz the Younger was a famous painter of the Baroque era, born and active in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth...
, 1615, painter - Bogusław RadziwiłłBoguslaw RadziwillBogusław Radziwiłł was a princely magnate and a member of the Polish-Lithuanian szlachta, or nobility. He was of the Lithuanian Radziwiłł noble family...
, 1620, Prince of Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, Reichsfürst of the HRE, governor of Ducal PrussiaDucal PrussiaThe Duchy of Prussia or Ducal Prussia was a duchy in the eastern part of Prussia from 1525–1701. It was the first Protestant duchy with a dominant German-speaking population, as well as Polish and Lithuanian minorities... - Andreas SchlüterAndreas SchlüterAndreas Schlüter was a German baroque sculptor and architect associated with the Petrine Baroque style of architecture and decoration.-Biography:...
, 1660, architect and sculptor - Jacob Theodor KleinJacob Theodor KleinJacob Theodor Klein nickname Plinius Gedanensium was a Royal Prussian jurist, historian, botanist, mathematician and diplomat in service of Polish King August II the Strong.-Life:...
, 1685, jurist, historian, botanist, mathematician and diplomat - Gottfried LengnichGottfried LengnichGottfried Lengnich was a 18th century historian, lawyer and politician. He became known for writing the 9-volume History of Royal Prussia and for teaching Stanisław August Poniatowski, the last king of Poland.- Life :...
, 1689-1774, jurist, historian - Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit, 1686-1736, physicist and engineer
- Daniel GralathDaniel GralathDaniel Gralath was a German physicist and Bürgermeister of Danzig.Gralath was born in Danzig in Poland of a well-to-do trade family. He had studied law and philosophy in Halle, then in Leyden and Marburg from 1728 to 1734. Later he became Ratsherr and, in 1763, Bürgermeister of Danzig...
, 1708, physicist and Bürgermeister (mayor) of Danzig - Louise Adelgunde Gottsched, 1713, writer
- Daniel ChodowieckiDaniel ChodowieckiDaniel Niklaus Chodowiecki was a Polish - German painter and printmaker with Huguenot ancestry, who is most famous as an etcher...
, 1726, artist painter - Adam Kazimierz Czartoryski, 1734, prince
- Michał Jerzy Poniatowski, 1736, primate of Poland
- Johann Wilhelm Archenholz, 1741, historian and publicist
- Avraham DanzigAvraham DanzigRabbi Avraham Danzig was a Posek and codifier, best known as the author of the works of Jewish law Chayei Adam and Chochmas Adam; he is sometimes referred to as "the Chayei Adam".-Biography:...
, 1748, rabbi - Georg ForsterGeorg ForsterJohann Georg Adam Forster was a German naturalist, ethnologist, travel writer, journalist, and revolutionary. At an early age, he accompanied his father on several scientific expeditions, including James Cook's second voyage to the Pacific...
, 1754, naturalist, ethnologist, travel writer, journalist and revolutionary - Johanna SchopenhauerJohanna SchopenhauerJohanna Schopenhauer, née Trosiener , was a German author. She is today known primarily for being the mother of Arthur Schopenhauer.- Biography :...
, 1766, author and mother of Arthur Schopenhauer - Johannes Daniel FalkJohannes Daniel FalkJohannes Daniel Falk was a German poet.Falk was born in Danzig in the Polish province of Royal Prussia. In 1816 he wrote the German text O Du Fröhliche.. to the melody of one of the most popular Christmas songs, O Sanctissima. Falk was the founder of the Falk'sche Institute, a public education...
, 1768, poet and educator - Arthur SchopenhauerArthur SchopenhauerArthur Schopenhauer was a German philosopher known for his pessimism and philosophical clarity. At age 25, he published his doctoral dissertation, On the Fourfold Root of the Principle of Sufficient Reason, which examined the four separate manifestations of reason in the phenomenal...
, 1788, philosopher - Otto von BelowOtto von BelowOtto von Below was a Prussian general. He was born at and died at Danzig .Before World War I, Otto von Below became major-general in 1909 and lieutenant-general in 1912. On August 1, 1914 he took command of the I. Reserve Corps, which on the outbreak of the war was to be assigned to the Eight Army...
, 1823 - Paul Bronsart von SchellendorfPaul Bronsart von SchellendorfPaul Bronsart von Schellendorf was a Prussian general and writer.- Biography :Bronsart was born in Danzig , Prussia...
1832, general, writer - Fritz von BelowFritz von BelowFritz Wilhelm Theodor Karl von Below was a Prussian general in the German Army during the First World War.-Biography:...
, 1853-1918 - Max HalbeMax HalbeMax Halbe was a German dramatist and main exponent of Naturalism.Halbe was born at the manor of Güttland near Danzig , where he grew up. In 1883 he started to study law at the University of Heidelberg and obtained his doctorate at the University of Munich in 1888...
, 1865, writer - Max AdalbertMax AdalbertMax Adalbert was a German stage and movie actor.- Biography :Adalbert was born in Danzig , Imperial Germany as Maximilian Adalbert Krampf to a Prussian Officer. He used his firstnames as his stagename from the start of his career and debuted at the age of 19 at the theater of Lübeck and in 1894 at...
1874-1933, actor - Alfred StockAlfred StockAlfred Stock was a German inorganic chemist. He did pioneering research on the hydrides of boron and silicon, coordination chemistry, mercury, and mercury poisoning...
, 1876-1946, chemist - Carl SchurichtCarl SchurichtCarl Adolph Schuricht was a German conductor.Schuricht was born in Danzig , German Empire; his father's family had been respected organ-builders. His mother, Amanda Wusinowska, a widow soon after her marriage , brought up her son alone...
, 1880-1967, conductor - Gerhard RoseGerhard RoseGerhard Rose was a German expert on tropical medicine who was tried for war crimes at the end of World War II....
, 1896-1992, expert on tropical medicine - Gerhard KrügerGerhard KrügerGerhard Krüger was a Nazi Party student leader and later a leading figure within the neo-Nazi movement.-Early years:...
, 1908-1994 - Mathias GoeritzMathias GoeritzMathias Goeritz - August 4, 1990 in Mexico City) was a well-known Mexican painter and sculptor of German origin...
, 1915-1990 artist - Alexander SalkindAlexander SalkindAlexander Salkind was the second of three generations of successful international film producers.-Life and career:...
, 1921-1997, film producer - Heinz-Hermann KoelleHeinz-Hermann KoelleHeinz-Hermann Koelle was an aeronautical engineer who made the preliminary designs on the rocket that would emerge as the Saturn I...
, b. 1922, German-American aeronautical and rocket engineer. - Miltiades CaridisMiltiades CaridisMiltiades Caridis was a German-Greek conductor.Caridis was born in Gdańsk, then Free City of Danzig. His mother was a Danziger of German ethnicity, his father was a merchant from Greece. His family moved to Weimar Germany and he was raised in Dresden, but his family moved to Greece in 1938,...
, b. 1923 - Eddi ArentEddi ArentEddi Arent is a German actor, cabaret artist and comedian. He has appeared in nearly 100 films since 1956.He was born in Danzig, Free City of Danzig, today Poland.-Selected filmography:...
, b. 1925, actor and comedian - Meir ShamgarMeir ShamgarMeir Shamgar was President of the Israeli Supreme Court from 1983 until 1995.-Biography:Shamgar was born Meir Sterenberg in the Free City of Danzig to Eliezer and Dina Sterenberg.He emigrated to Palestine in 1939.He was arrested by the British in 1944 for anti-British activity and being...
, b. 1925, President of the Israel Supreme Court - Jack MandelbaumJack MandelbaumJack Mandelbaum is a Holocaust survivor born in 1927 in the free state of Gdańsk . His experiences as a boy during World War II were the subject of Andrea Warren's children's book Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps.- Background :...
, b. 1926, subject of Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps - Günter GrassGünter GrassGünter Wilhelm Grass is a Nobel Prize-winning German author, poet, playwright, sculptor and artist.He was born in the Free City of Danzig...
, b. 1927, writer and philosopher - Henry RosovskyHenry RosovskyHenry Rosovsky is an American economist and university administrator. From 1973 to 1984 and 1990 to 1991, he was the Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences at Harvard University. At Harvard, where he was a Professor of Economics, he also served as Acting President in 1984 and 1987...
, b. 1927, economist - Herlind Kasner née Jent(z)sch, b. 1928 (possibly in ElbingElbingElbing is the German name of Elbląg, a city in northern Poland which until 1945 was a German city in the province of East Prussia.Elbing may also refer to:- Ships :* SMS Elbing, light cruiser of the Imperial Germany Navy...
http://www.n-ost.de/cms/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=540&Itemid=106), mother of German Chancellor Angela MerkelAngela MerkelAngela Dorothea Merkel is the current Chancellor of Germany . Merkel, elected to the Bundestag from Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, has been the chairwoman of the Christian Democratic Union since 2000, and chairwoman of the CDU-CSU parliamentary coalition from 2002 to 2005.From 2005 to 2009 she led a... - Zalman ShovalZalman ShovalZalman Shoval is an Israeli politician and diplomat.He was the Israeli ambassador to the United States in the years 1990-1993 and 1998–2000, and an active member of the Knesset in the Rafi party of Ben Gurion, the Statal List, and the Likud party.-Biography:...
, b. 1930, diplomat and politician - Wolfgang VölzWolfgang VölzWolfgang Völz is a German actor. He is known for his roles in theatre plays, feature films Wolfgang Völz (* 16 August 1930 in Danzig) is a German actor. He is known for his roles in theatre plays, feature films Wolfgang Völz (* 16 August 1930 in Danzig) is a German actor. He is known for his roles...
, b. 1930, actor and voice actor ( - Holger CzukayHolger CzukayHolger Czukay is a German musician, probably best known as a co-founder of the krautrock group Can. Described by critic Jason Ankeny as "successfully bridg[ing] the gap between pop and the avant-garde," Czukay is also notable for creating early important examples of ambient music, for exploring...
, b. 1938, musician - Wawrzyniec SampWawrzyniec SampWawrzyniec Samp is a Polish sculptor and graphic artist.Samp was born in the Free City of Danzig, . He graduated from Państwowa Wyższa Szkoła Sztuk Platycznych in Gdańsk in 1965, and now he has his own artstic study in the city...
, b. 1939, sculptor and graphic artist - Matthias HabichMatthias HabichMatthias Habich is a German actor.Habich was born in Danzig and lives in Paris. In the 2001 film Enemy at the Gates about Stalingrad, he played the part of General Friedrich Paulus...
, b. 1940, actor - Heidrun Mohr-MayerHeidrun Mohr-MayerThe German jeweller and philanthropist Heidrun Mohr-Mayer was born Heidrun Steffen in the former German Hanseatic City of Gdańsk, Poland. Mohr-Mayer was a CEO of the jewelry company Fabergé workmaster Victor Mayer from 1996 to 2001 and is a co-founder and supporter of several cultural...
, b. 1941, Jeweller