List of personalities of the city of Katowice
The following list contains the personalities born and temporarily living in Katowice , listed chronologically according to the year of birth. The list does not claim to be complete.
Personalities born in Katowice
To 1900
- Friedrich Ernst von Schwerin (1863–1936), Prussian civil servant
- Franz Mauve (1864–1931), naval officer
- Jenny Fikentscher (1869–1959), Art Nouveau painter and graphic artist
- Alfred Janschek (1874–1955), politician (SPD), member of the Reichstag
- Hans Sachs (1877-1945), serologist
- Kurt Goldstein (1878-1965), neurologist
- Kurt Mayer (1879–1958), politician
- Paul Scheunemann (1882–1955), engineer
- Franz Landsberger (1883–1964), art historian
- Georg Fröhlich (1884–1971), German constitutional judge
- Erich Przywara (1889–1972), Jesuit, Catholic philosopher and theologian
- Willy Herzberger (1895–?), SS man
- Walter Rinke (1895–1983), economist, administrative officer and politician
- Hans Källner (1898–1945), officer
- Hans Mikosch (1898–1993), German lieutenant general in World War II
- Franz Neumann (1900–1954), political scientist
1901 to 1925
- Willy Fritsch (1901–1973), actor
- Hans Bellmer (1902–1975), painter and graphic artist
- Emil Görlitz (1903–1987), football player
- Hans-Christoph Seebohm (1903–1967), politician
- Helmut Lubowski (1903–?), Architect
- Horst Forchmann (1905–1988), mining engineer in the Rhenish lignite district
- Lotte Loebinger (1905–1999), actress
- Maria Goeppert-Mayer (1906–1972), physicist
- Wilhelm Schneider (1906–1943), politician
- Walter Wiora (1906–1997), musicologist and music historian
- Walter Stanietz (1907–1965), writer and playwright
- Artur Stegner (1907–1986), politician
- Berta Waterstradt (1907–1990), radio play and screenwriter
- Wolfgang Yourgrau (1908–1979), social psychologist, physicist and journalist
- Kurt Schwaen (1909–2007), composer
- Wolfgang Otto (1911–1989), SS member
- Georg Wipler (1912-?), Politician (CDU)
- Helmut Kostorz (1912–1986), politician (CDU)
- Rudolf Schnackenburg (1914–2002), Catholic priest and New Testament scholar
- Günter Bachmann (1915–2011), administrative officer in federal ministries
- Karlheinz Goedtke (1915–1995), sculptor and sculptor
- Georg Thomalla (1915–1999), actor
- Hans-Egon Hass (1916–1969), lawyer, Germanist and university professor
- Ernst Willimowski (1916–1997), football player
- Erich Sendel (1917–1988), musician, organist, pianist, composer and arranger
- Ernst Plener (1919–2007), German national soccer player
- Kurt Krigar (1921–2009), German cameraman and filmmaker
- Anneli Cahn Lax (1922–1999), American mathematician
- Richard Herrmann (1923–1962), German national soccer player ( world champion 1954 )
- Walter E. Lellek (1924–1998), German politician (CDU)
- Peter Großkreuz (1924–1974), German cartoonist
- Helmut Klimek (1920–1944), German soldier, radio operator and sergeant major in the Air Force
- Josef Königsberg (* 1924), Polish-German journalist
- Aleksandra Śląska (1925–1989), Polish actress
1926 to 1950
- Friedrich Scholz (1926–2008), German composer and writer
- Szczepan Wesoły (1926–2018), Polish clergyman, Roman Catholic archbishop
- Klaus Strzodka (1927–2005), German mining engineer and university professor
- Percy Borucki (* 1929), German saber fencer
- Kazimierz Kutz (1929–2018), Polish actor, film director and politician
- Walter J. Zielniok (1930–2012), German educator
- Zygmunt Apostoł (1931–2018), Polish film, television and theater actor
- Jan Biczycki (1931–1996), Polish-German actor, director and acting teacher
- Bogumił Kobiela (1931–1969), Polish actor
- Waldemar Świerzy (1931–2013), Polish graphic artist and graphic designer
- Günter Wojaczek (1932–1997), German classical philologist and high school teacher
- Johannes Madey (1933–2012), German Eastern Church Scientist
- Henryk Nielaba (* 1933), Polish fencer
- Henryk Bista (1934–1997), Polish actor
- Joachim Latacz (* 1934), German classical philologist
- Irena Pawełczyk (* 1934), Polish luge athlete
- Eduard Reichenbaum (1934–1945), Nazi victim
- Tadeusz Strugała (* 1935), Polish conductor and music teacher
- Marian C. Horzinek (1936–2016), German veterinarian, virologist and university professor
- Josef Kompalla (* 1936), German-Polish ice hockey referee
- Arne Fuhrmann (* 1941), German politician
- Manfred Langner (* 1941), German politician
- Barbara Dickmann (* 1942), German journalist
- Ralf-Rainer Rygulla (* 1943), German writer and editor
- Richard Piechutta (* 1944), German-Polish ice hockey coach
- Sławomir Idziak (* 1945), cameraman
- Henryk M. Broder (* 1946), journalist and book author
- Tadeusz Sławek (* 1946), poet, essayist, translator, literary critic and scholar
- Krzysztof Krawczyk (* 1946), pop singer
- Jerzy Montag (* 1947), politician
- Frank Golczewski (* 1948), historian
- Jerzy Kukuczka (1948–1989), mountaineer
- Bogusław Malinowski (born 1949), ice hockey player
- Barbara Piecha (* 1949), luge athlete
- Christof Kessler (* 1950), neurologist
1951 to 1975
- Roman Kalarus (* 1951), poster artist, graphic artist, cartoonist and designer
- Eva Janina Wieczorek (* 1951), painter
- Roman Ogaza (1952-2006), football player
- Wojciech Rudy (* 1952), football player and coach
- Jan Rzymełka (* 1952), politician
- Krystyna Bochenek (1953–2010), journalist, politician and senator
- Lech Majewski (* 1953), film and theater director, writer, poet and painter
- Marian Sworzeń (* 1954), writer
- Zbigniew Wegehaupt (1954–2012), jazz musician
- Krystyna Doktorowicz (* 1955), media scientist, politician and senator
- Małgorzata Gebel (born 1955), actress
- Aleksander Nawarecki (* 1955), literary historian, literary theorist and essayist
- Jan Piecko (* 1955), ice hockey player
- Roland Schefferski (* 1956), object and installation artist
- Jerzy Marek Ziętek (* 1956), politician
- Roman Bierła (* 1957), wrestler
- Miro Sikora (* 1957), German ice hockey player
- Jerzy Christ (* 1958), ice hockey player
- Jan Furtok (* 1962), football player
- Alexander Ulfig (* 1962), philosopher, sociologist and author
- Sławomir Skrzypek (1963-2010), economist
- Elżbieta Bieńkowska (* 1964), politician
- Marek Biesiada (* 1964), astronomer and doctor
- Krzysztof Warzycha (* 1964), football player
- Piotr Wiesiołek (* 1964), Vice President of the Polish Central Bank
- Damian Adamus (* 1967), ice hockey player
- Dariusz Basiński (* 1967), actor and poet
- Bogusław Furtok (* 1967), double bass player, composer and music teacher
- Adam Taubitz (* 1967), violinist, trumpeter, guitarist and composer
- Jędrzej Kasperczyk (* 1968), ice hockey player
- Jacek Piechutta (* 1969), ice hockey player
- Wojciech Filemonowicz (* 1970), economist
- Barbara Wolnicka-Szewczyk (* 1970), fencer
- Mikołaj Górecki (* 1971), composer
- Thomas Zdebel (* 1973), German-Polish soccer player
From 1976
- Christoph Dabrowski (* 1978), German soccer player
- Dominika Karger (* 1978), German handball player
- Alicja Kwade (* 1979), artist
- Konrad Lischka (* 1979), German journalist
- Krzysztof Kciuk (* 1980), darts player
- Marek Wójcik (* 1980), politician
- Maciej Garbowski (* 1981), double bass player and composer
- Jacek Kowalczyk (* 1981), football player
- Lukas Wilaschek (* 1981), German boxer
- Benjamin Kuciński (* 1982), walker
- Adrian Grygiel (* 1983), ice hockey player
- Kaas (* 1982), German-Polish rapper
- Szymon Gruszczynski (* 1988), media scientist
- Marcelina Zawisza (* 1989), politician
- Tomasz Hołota (* 1991), football player
Famous people associated with Katowice
- Richard Holtze (1824–1891), the doctor is considered one of the city fathers
- Hermann Mensch (1831–1914), philologist, rector of the secondary school for girls in Katowice
- Arnold Zweig (1887–1968), writer, moved to Katowice in 1896 and attended secondary school here
- Franz Wosnitza (1902–1979), Catholic priest, pastor since 1926 and vicar general and de facto administrator of the Katowice diocese during the German occupation
- Kazimierz Kutz (* 1929 in Szopienice ; † 2018), film director, actor, publicist and politician
- Hanna Schygulla (* 1943), the birthplace of the actress is often wrongly given as Katowice, in fact she was born in the neighboring town of Königshütte
- Marian Oslislo (* 1955), Rector and Professor of the Art School in Katowice
- Marcin Dylla (* 1976 in Chorzow ), teaches guitar at the Katowice Music Academy