List of personalities from the city of Gliwice
Here is the list in Gliwice (Gleiwitz) born and temporarily living personalities listed chronologically by year of birth. The list does not claim to be complete.
Personalities born in Gliwice
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To 1900
- Martin Stredonius (1587-1649), Jesuit
- Friedrich Wodiczka (1803/05 - after 1860), politician and judge
- Theodor Heimbrod (1821–1882), lawyer and politician
- Wilhelm von Blandowski (1822–1878), German mining engineer and zoologist
- Heinrich Beer (1829–1926), German judge
- Hugo Steuer (1829–1908), architect and military builder
- Carl Gustav Thilo (1829–1885), lawyer and member of the German Reichstag
- Gustav Neumann (1838–1881), German chess master
- Agnes Wabnitz (1841-1894), German women's rights activist
- Maximilian von Garnier (1844–1888), German lawyer and politician
- Eugen Goldstein (1850–1930), German physicist
- Fritz von Friedlaender-Fuld (1858–1917), German industrialist of Jewish descent
- Otto Pniower (1859–1932), German literary researcher
- Rudolf Hegenscheidt (1859–1908), German industrialist
- Wilhelm Hegenscheidt (1861–1895), iron industrialist in Ratibor
- Oscar Troplowitz (1863–1918), pharmacist and owner of the Beiersdorf cosmetics factory in Altona, co-developer of the Nivea skin cream
- Sigismund Rahmer (1863–1912), German doctor, physiologist, writer, literary historian and editor
- Samuel Freund (1868–1939), author
- Friedrich Hegenscheidt (1870–1954), lawyer, district administrator and member of the German Reichstag
- Martin Gerste (1872–1956), sports director
- Richard Huldschiner (1872–1931), Austrian writer
- Richard Perls (1873–1898), German poet
- Richard Wetz (1875–1935), composer, conductor, music teacher and music writer
- Leo Petri (1876–1961), SS group leader and lieutenant general of the Waffen SS
- Fritz Rott (1878–1959), German social pediatrician and university professor
- Kurt Münzer (1879–1944), German writer
- Georg Ernst Konjetzny (1880–1957), German doctor, surgeon and university professor
- Arno Spindler (1880–1967), German naval officer and naval writer
- Alfred Hauptmann (1881–1948), German psychiatrist and neurologist
- Arthur Silbergleit (1881–1943), German poet and storyteller
- Hans-Erdmann von Lindeiner-Wildau (1883–1947), German politician
- Kurt Huldschinsky (1883–1940), German pediatrician
- Wilhelm Haller (1884–1956), German-Jewish architect
- Alfred Stephan (1884–1924), German lawyer and politician
- Bobby E. Lüthge (1891–1964), German screenwriter
- Walter Foerster (1896–1934), German lawyer
- Heinrich Wiatrek (1896–1945), German politician
- Gottfried Bermann Fischer (1897–1995), German publisher
- Georg Paul Heyduck (1898–1962), German painter
- Ernst Mutz (1900–?), German politician (NSDAP)
1901 to 1925
- Jerzy Ziętek (1901–1985), Silesian politician
- Günther Draub (1902–1957), German politician (GB / BHE, SPD)
- Lothar Bolz (1903–1986), German politician, Foreign Minister of the GDR
- Rudolf Herrnstadt (1903–1966), German journalist and communist
- Hedwig Matuschek (1903–1992), German politician (CDU)
- Helmut Bartuschek (1905–1984), German poet and translator of French literature
- Emanuel Larisch (1906–1944), KPD politician and resistance fighter against National Socialism
- Ilse Stanley (1906–1970), German actress
- Herbert Scherpe (1907–1997), German SS Oberscharführer
- Richard Fritz Behrendt (1908–1972), German sociologist
- Richard Kucharczyk (1908–1985), German communist
- Günter Markscheffel (1908–1990), German journalist and politician (SPD)
- Alfred Gebauer (1909–2005), German internist and pioneer of X-ray diagnostics
- Heinrich Konietzny (1910–1983), German composer
- Wilhelm Koppa (* 1911), German soccer player
- Emil Mrowetz (1913–2007), German painter and sculptor
- Richard Kubus (1914–1987), German soccer player
- Rainer Beck (1916–1945), victim of Nazi military justice
- Reinhard Schaletzki (1916–1995), German football player
- Georg Wrazidlo (1917–1959), German doctor and victim of National Socialism and Stalinism
- Jutta Osten (1918–2009), German art teacher, sculptor and graphic artist
- Hubert Bradel (1920–2002), German horn player
- Magda Hain (1920–1998), German singer
- Felix Kaul (1920–2013), Federal Prosecutor
- Georg Leopold (1920–2004), actor and director
- Joachim Lindner (* 1924), writer and editor
- Georg Prusko (1924-2019), German politician (CDU)
- Klaus Ullmann (1925–1997), German ministerial official, bank director and cultural historian
- Hannes Tkotz (1925–2017), German soccer player
1926 to 1950
- Jürgen C. Jagla (1926–1992), German journalist
- Sigrid Munro (* 1926), German writer
- Christiane Vogel (1926–2006), German writer
- Othmar Faber (1927–2008), Roman Catholic clergyman
- Wolf-Dietrich Hardung (1927–2009), dean in Bad Cannstatt and co-founder of the peace group "Live without armament"
- Franz Pauli (1927–1970), German glass painter
- Walther Busse von Colbe (* 1928), German business economist
- Herbert Grigers (1928–1983), German politician (SPD)
- Eberhard Machens (1929–2018), German geologist
- Horst Bienek (1930–1990), German writer
- Waldemar Kozuschek (1930–2009), German surgeon
- Ernst Degner (1931–1983), German motorcycle racer
- Toni Skaba (* 1932), German soccer player
- Günther Eisenhardt (1933–2003), German composer, musicologist and university professor
- Claus Anshof (* 1934), German educator and historian
- Reinhard Michalke (1934–2001), German actor
- Rita Jaeger (* 1935), German model
- Martin Skaba (* 1935), German soccer player
- Hanns Kneifel (1936–2012), German writer
- Paul Latussek (* 1936), Vice President of the Federation of Expellees (BdV) (1992-2001)
- Olav Münzberg (* 1938), German writer, writer, poet, narrator, essayist and critic
- Ekkehard von Braunmühl (* 1940), German publicist and child rights activist
- Monika Ganseforth (* 1940), German politician (SPD) and member of the Bundestag
- Aleksander Mandziara (1940-2015), Polish football player and coach
- Gabriela Badura (* 1941), German theater actress
- Wolfgang Bittner (* 1941), German writer
- Franz Fietz (* 1941), German politician (CDU)
- Peter Kern (* 1941), German Medieval Germanist
- Ekkehard Klausa (* 1941), German author and lecturer in sociology
- Karin Priester (1941–2020), German historian and sociologist
- Ortwin Lowack (* 1942), German politician (CSU) and lawyer
- Bernd Ogan (1942–2019), German educator and publicist
- Christian Patermann (* 1942), German lawyer and former EU director D.
- Elmar Weingarten (* 1942), German director
- Rainer Dollase (* 1943), German educational researcher and university professor
- Udo Kaller (* 1943), German artist
- Klaus-Michael Kodalle (* 1943), German philosopher
- Dieter Kottysch (1943-2017), German amateur boxer
- Jürgen Sikora (* 1943), German politician (CDU)
- Christoph Zöpel (* 1943), German politician (SPD)
- Michael J. Mihatsch (* 1943), German nephropathologist in Basel
- Vera Jürs (1944–2019), German politician (CDU)
- Monika Lindner (* 1944), director general of ORF
- Joachim Marx (* 1944), Polish football player and coach
- Manfred Schneider (* 1944), German literary and media scholar
- Reinhild Tetzlaff (1944–2010), German curator
- Michael Tietz (* 1944), German voice actor and film actor
- Teresa Kowalska (* 1946), Polish chemist and professor
- Włodzimierz Lubański (* 1947), in the Sosnica district, Polish football player
- Hans Michalski (* 1948), German athlete
- Halina Bendkowski (* 1949), Polish journalist and activist of the feminist and lesbian scene
- Marek Dąbrowski (* 1949), Polish fencer
- Krzysztof Zgraja (* 1950), Polish solo and jazz flutist, composer and conductor
From 1951
- Krzysztof Kobyliński (* 1952), Polish jazz musician
- Hansi Kraus (* 1952), German actor (Die Lümmel von der Erste Bank)
- Krystyna Czerni (* 1957), Polish art critic and art historian
- Andrzej Buncol (born 1959), Polish football player
- Joanna Domańska (* 1959), Polish pianist and teacher
- Romuald Mainka (* 1963), German chess master
- Christian Ganczarski (* 1966), German Islamist terrorist
- Ilona Ziok (* before 1968), German documentary filmmaker
- Artur Krzeszowiec (* 1972), Polish cyclist
- Damian Kallabis (* 1973), German athlete
- Thomas Sobotzik (* 1974), German soccer player
- Adam Wiercioch (* 1980), Polish sword fencer
- Karolina Glazer (* 1982), Polish jazz singer
- Rafael Kazior (* 1983), German soccer player
- Paulina Ligocka (* 1984), Polish snowboarder
- Lukas Podolski (* 1985), German soccer player
- Matthias Morys (* 1987), German soccer player
- Sebastian Boenisch (* 1987), German-Polish soccer player
- Adam Matuschyk (* 1989), Polish football player
Famous people associated with Gliwice
- August Friedrich Holtzhausen (1768–1827), engineer and manufacturer of the first Prussian steam engines
- John Baildon (1772–1846), Scottish-German civil engineer and designer
- Adalbert Kelm (1856–1939), architect of various buildings, including the fire station in Gliwice and the Mürwik naval school in Flensburg - Mürwik
- Theodor Kalide (1801–1863), sculptor, student of Johann Gottfried Schadow and Christian Daniel Rauch
- Carl August Wilhelm Hegenscheidt (1823–1891), founder of the wire, nail and chain factory
- Karl Bartsch (1832–1888), German medievalist and classical philologist
- Gustav Eisenreich (1867–1945), high school teacher, geologist, conservationist and local researcher
- Magnus Davidsohn (1877–1958), cantor at the New Synagogue
- Hanns Breitenbach (1890–1945), sculptor; some of his works still adorn the cityscape of Gliwice today