List of personalities of the city of Krakow
The following list contains the personalities who were born in Kraków and who lived temporarily, in chronological order according to the year of their birth. The list does not claim to be complete.
People born in Krakow
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Until 1800
- Bolesław III. Wrymouth (1085–1138), Duke of Poland
- Władysław II (1105–1159), Duke of Silesia and Senior Duke of Poland
- Matthew of Cracow (around 1335/40 - 1410), theologian
- Wladyslaw III. (1424–1444), King of Poland
- Casimir IV Jagiełło (1427–1492), Grand Duke of Lithuania and King of Poland
- Vladislav II. (1456–1516), King of Bohemia, Croatia and Hungary
- Hedwig Jagiellonica (1457–1502), Duchess of Bavaria-Landshut
- John I (1459–1501), King of Poland
- Sofia Jagiellonka (1464–1512), princess from the Jagiellonian family
- Johannes V. Thurzo (1466–1520), Prince-Bishop of Breslau
- Stanislaus Thurzo (1470–1540), Bishop of Olomouc
- Stanislaus Stoss (1478–1528), late Gothic sculptor and carver
- Stanislaus Hosius (1504–1579), Catholic theologian
- Sigismund II August (1520–1572), Grand Duke of Lithuania and King of Poland
- Sophia Jagiellonica (1522–1575), princess of the Jagiellonian family
- Anna Jagiellonica (1523–1596), princess from the Jagiellonian family
- Hieronymus Maletius (1525 / 26–1583 / 84), theologian, printer and ducal-Prussian translator
- Katharina Jagiellonica (1526–1583), princess from the Jagiellonian family
- Andrzej Trzecieski (around 1530 - around 1584), poet
- Stanislaus Socolovius (1537–1593), theologian and canon
- Mikołaj Zebrzydowski (1553–1620), nobleman
- Samuel Edels (1555–1631), Jewish scholar, Talmud commentator and rabbi
- Władysław IV. Wasa (1595–1648), King of Poland
- John II Casimir (1609–1672), King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania
- Jan Aleksander Gorczyn (1618 - after 1694), printer, publisher and composer
- Therese Kunigunde of Poland (1676–1730), daughter of King Johann III. Sobieski of Poland
- Szymon Czechowicz (1689–1775), painter
- Jonathan Eybeschütz (1690–1764), Talmudist and Kabbalist
- Aleksander Józef Sułkowski (1695–1762), Saxon-Polish minister
- Józef Peszka (1767–1831), painter
- Andreas Alois Ankwicz von Skarbek-Poslawice (1777–1838), Archbishop of Lemberg and Prague
- Carl Carl (1787–1854), actor and theater director
- Henryk Dembiński (1791–1864), General
- Franciszek Mirecki (1791 / 94–1862), composer
- Eduard von Feuchtersleben (1798–1857), mining engineer and man of letters
- Piotr Michałowski (1800–1855), painter
- Wojciech Stattler (1800–1875), painter and art teacher
19th century
1801 to 1850
- Karl von Urban (1802–1877), Lieutenant Field Marshal
- Friedrich Halm (1806–1871), poet, novelist and playwright
- Józef Kremer (1806–1875), philosopher, esthete, art historian and pioneer of psychology
- Rudolf von Roßbacher (1806–1886), Feldzeugmeister and Deputy Minister of War
- Ludwik Gorzkowski (1811–1857), revolutionary
- Antoni Kątski (1817–1889), piano virtuoso and composer
- Maksymilian Cercha (1818–1907), painter
- Julian Gutowski (1823–1890), Mayor of Nowy Sącz
- Ludwik Karol Teichmann (1823–1895), anatomist
- Emil Czyrnianski (1824–1888), Austro-Hungarian chemist
- Ludwig Burger (1825–1884), painter and draftsman
- Karol Estreicher (the elder) (1827–1908), literary critic, literary historian, bibliographer and director
- Stanisław Mieroszowski (1827–1900), writer, historian and politician
- Władysław Łuszczkiewicz (1828–1900), painter, art teacher and art historian
- Aleksander Kotsis (1836–1877), painter
- Michał Bałucki (1837–1901), writer
- Jan Matejko (1838-1893), painter
- Helena Modrzejewska (1840–1909), actress
- Anton Rehmann (1840–1917), geographer, geomorphologist, botanist and explorer
- Antoni Kozakiewicz (1841–1929), painter
- Michał Bobrzyński (1849–1935), historian and politician
1851 to 1900
- Edmund Neusser (1852–1912), university teacher in Vienna and doctor
- Josef Josephi (1852–1920), singer and actor
- Stanisław Tondos (1854–1917), painter
- Eduard Birnbaum (1855–1920), German Chasan
- Kasimir Pochwalski (1855–1940), portrait, landscape and genre painter and university lecturer
- Jan Drozdowski (1857–1918), pianist and music teacher
- Arthur Giesl von Gieslingen (1857–1935), general and head of the registry office
- Roman Kochanowski (1857–1945), painter and draftsman
- Heinrich Rauchinger (1858–1942), Austrian portrait and history painter
- Ignaz Sowinski (1858–1917), architect of late historicism
- Adam Maurizio (1862–1941), botanist, food researcher and cultural historian
- Olga Boznańska (1865–1940), painter
- Leon Wachholz (1867–1942), forensic doctor
- Sigmund Fraenkel (1868–1939), chemist and pharmacologist
- Izrael Günzig (1868–1931), rabbi
- Stanisław Estreicher (1869–1939), legal historian and politician
- Stanisław Wyspiański (1869–1907), artist
- 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 patron
- Lucjan Rydel (1870–1918), poet and playwright
- Josef Strasser (1870–1935), politician, journalist and Marxist theorist
- Helene Bauer (1871–1942), Austrian journalist and socialist
- Michał Marian Siedlecki (1873–1940), marine biologist
- Rudolf Maria Holzapfel (1874–1930), psychologist and philosopher
- Rafael Schermann (1874 - around 1943), graphologist and clairvoyant
- Xawery Dunikowski (1875–1964), sculptor
- Władysław Wróblewski (1875–1951), diplomat, lawyer, politician and Prime Minister
- Mordechaj Gebirtig (1877–1942), poet and composer
- Maria Christina Princess zu Salm-Salm (1879–1962), Archduchess of Austria
- Adolf Chybiński (1880–1952), musicologist, historian, ethnologist and educator
- Henryk Grossmann (1881–1950), economist, statistician and historian
- Gustav Adolf Platz (1881–1947), architect
- Bolesław Drobner (1883–1968), politician and chemist
- Max Fleischer (1883–1972), cartoonist and animated film producer
- Leon Chwistek (1884–1944), mathematician, painter, art theorist, philosopher and poet
- Bronisław Malinowski (1884–1942), social anthropologist
- Tadeusz Kutrzeba (1885–1947), General
- Juliusz Osterwa (1885–1947), theater director and actor
- Rudolf Towarek (1885–1959), major general and commander of the Theresian Military Academy
- Stefan Bryła (1886–1943), designer, engineer, publicist and member of the Sejm
- Zygmunt Klemensiewicz (1886–1963), physicist, physical chemist and mountaineer
- Leon Schiller (1887–1954), theater director and theater theorist
- Salamon Dembitzer (1888–1964), writer and journalist
- Jerzy Gablenz (1888–1937), composer
- Józef Retinger (1888–1960), literary scholar and political advisor
- Władysław Tempka (1889–1942), lawyer and politician
- Tony Goldschlag (1890-1944), German singer
- Henryk Gotlib (1890–1966), painter, sculptor and writer
- Josef von Manowarda (1890–1942), opera singer
- Moise Kisling (1891-1953), painter
- Tadeusz Peiper (1891–1969), poet, art critic and literary theorist
- Stefan Banach (1892–1945), mathematician
- Jan Łazarski (1892–1968), cyclist
- Roman Ingarden (1893–1970), philosopher
- Frank Linke-Crawford (1893–1918), fighter pilot with the Austro-Hungarian aviation troops in the First World War
- Margarete Stöger-Steiner von Steinstätten (1893–1969), publisher, narrator and women's rights activist
- Ewa Bandrowska-Turska (1894–1979), singer and music teacher
- August Emil Fieldorf (1895–1953), deputy commander of the Polish Home Army
- Joseph Rosenstock (1895–1985), conductor and composer
- Jan Adamus (1896–1962), historian
- Elsa Gasser (1896–1967), economist
- Ferdynand Zweig (1896–1988), economist and sociologist
- Jerzy Adam Brandhuber (1897–1981), painter and survivor of the Auschwitz concentration camp
- Franciszek Hynek (1897–1958), pioneer of the Polish balloon sport
- Gustav Ichheiser (1897–1969), social psychologist and sociologist
- Henryk Reyman (1897–1963), football player and coach
- Leopold Infeld (1898–1968), physicist
- Rudolph Maté (1898–1964), Austrian-American cameraman and film director
- Ludwik Gintel (1899–1973), football player
- Leon Kruczkowski (1900–1962), writer
- Leon Sperling (1900–1941), football player
20th century
1901 to 1925
- Yohanan Bader (1901–1994), Israeli politician
- Gilda Gray (1901–1959), film actress and dancer
- Itzhak Stern (1901–1969), Holocaust survivor
- Alexander Weißberg-Cybulski (1901–1964), physicist, author and businessman
- Alexander Abusch (1902–1982), journalist, writer and politician in the GDR
- Paul Rosenstein-Rodan (1902–1985), economist
- Ludwik Gross (1904–1999), cancer researcher and virologist
- Grete Bittner (1905–1973), popular actress
- Wanda Wasilewska (1905–1964), politician and writer
- Karol Estreicher (the younger) (1906–1984), art historian and professor
- Jan Hoffman (1906–1995), pianist and music teacher
- Edward Ochab (1906–1989), politician and general
- Wacław Geiger (1907–1988), composer, conductor and music teacher
- Georg Clam Martinic (1908–2000), engineer, farmer, author and preservationist
- Adam Marczyński (1908–1985), writer, poet, essayist and literary critic
- Joel Zussman (1910–1982), lawyer and judge
- Mieczysław Drobner (1912–1986), composer, conductor, musicologist and music teacher
- Jadwiga Jędrzejowska (1912–1980), tennis player
- Jerzy Turowicz (1912–1999), journalist and editor
- Jan Ekier (1913–2014), pianist, composer and music teacher
- Leopold Pfefferberg (1913–2001), Holocaust survivor
- Stanisław Has (1914–1997), composer and conductor
- Tadeusz Hołuj (1916–1985), writer and Auschwitz survivor
- Wojciech Żukrowski (1916–2000), writer, poet, essayist and literary critic
- Ludwik Stefański (1917–1982), pianist and music teacher
- Aleksander Kulisiewicz (1918–1982), journalist and singer
- Michael Theodore Michael (1918–1997), Israeli Ambassador
- Roman Haubenstock-Ramati (1919–1994), music lecturer, teacher and composer
- Anna Kowalska-Lewicka (1920–2009), ethnographer
- Mieczysław Pemper (1920–2011), prisoner in the Kraków-Płaszów concentration camp
- Witold Benedyktowicz (1921–1997), Evangelical Methodist pastor, chief superintendent of the Evangelical Methodist Church in the People's Republic of Poland, university professor
- Andrzej Munk (1921–1961), director and cameraman
- Czesław Oberdak (1921–1945), pilot
- Janusz Pogonowski (1922–1943), resistance fighter, victim of National Socialism
- Bogdan Śliwa (1922–2003), chess master
- Gustaw Holoubek (1923–2008), actor, film and theater director and teacher
- Jerzy Nowosielski (1923–2011), painter
- Zofia Posmysz (* 1923), editor and author
- Gena Turgel (1923–2018), educator, author and Holocaust survivor
- Piotr Wandycz (1923–2017), Polish-American historian
- Roman Ciesielski (1924–2004), civil engineer
- Wojciech Has (1925–2000), film director
1926 to 1950
- Yoram Gross (1926–2015), Australian film producer
- Jan Bogusław Niemczyk (1926–1990), Evangelical Lutheran theologian
- Miriam Akavia (1927-2015), writer
- Siegmund Kalinski (1927–2015), German general practitioner, journalist and survivor of the Holocaust
- Franciszek Macharski (1927–2016), Archbishop of Krakow
- Jerzy Gross (1929–2014) Holocaust survivor
- Bernard Offen (* 1929), Holocaust survivor and film producer
- Stella Müller-Madej (1930–2013), Jewish contemporary witness of the Shoah
- Zvi Hecker (* 1931), architect
- Tad Taube (* 1931), Polish-American entrepreneur and philanthropist
- Jerzy Hoffman (* 1932), film director
- Lucjan Kaszycki (* 1932), composer, music teacher and scholar
- Rudolf Klimek (* 1932), doctor, university lecturer, non-fiction author and publicist
- Marek Mietelski (* 1933), pianist and music teacher
- Andrzej Trzaskowski (1933–1998), jazz pianist, arranger and composer
- Jerzy Vetulani (1936–2017), biochemist, psychopharmacologist and neurobiologist
- Adam Holender (* 1937), cameraman
- Maja Komorowska (born 1937), actress
- Zygmunt Konieczny (* 1937), composer
- Arie Selinger (* 1937), Israeli volleyball coach
- Andrzej Sariusz-Skąpski (1937–2010), President of the Association of Katyn Victims' Relatives
- Marek Walczewski (1937–2009), actor
- Andrzej Busza (* 1938), poet, translator and literary historian
- Roman Dyląg (* 1938), jazz bassist
- Roma Ligocka (* 1938), costume designer, author and painter
- Marta Wyka (* 1938), literary historian and critic
- Adam Greenberg (* 1939), cameraman
- Marek Jablonski (1939–1999), pianist and music teacher
- Anna Polony (* 1939), theater and film actress
- Barbara Buczek (1940–1993), composer, pianist and music teacher
- Dieter Harlfinger (* 1940), classical philologist
- Tomasz Michalak (1940–1986), violinist and conductor
- Karin Reschke (* 1940), writer
- Ewa Demarczyk (1941–2020), musician and actress
- Jürgen Guttenberger (* 1941), politician
- Janusz Muniak (1941–2016), jazz musician
- Ivan Putski (* 1941), professional wrestler and strength athlete
- Stefan Jerzy Zweig (* 1941), author and cameraman
- Marek Koterski (* 1942), film director
- Janina Paradowska (1942–2016), journalist
- Eberhard Schulte-Wissermann (* 1942), lawyer and politician
- Krzysztof Meyer (* 1943), composer, pianist, music theorist and university professor
- Lothar von Seltmann (* 1943), writer and song poet
- Jerzy Bahr (1944–2016), Ambassador of the Republic of Poland to the Russian Federation
- Ewa Braun (* 1944), art director and production designer, Oscar winner
- Józef Serafin (* 1944), organist and music teacher
- Christian Ohrloff (* 1944), ophthalmologist
- Antoni Wit (* 1944), conductor
- Eva Hoffman (* 1945), American writer
- Ewa Lipska (* 1945), writer
- Leszek Zadlo (* 1945), jazz musician and university professor
- Jerzy Zelnik (* 1945), actor
- Robert Gadocha (* 1946), football player
- Józef Rychlik (* 1946), composer and music teacher
- Zbigniew Seifert (1946–1979), jazz musician
- Janusz Stefański (1946–2016), jazz musician
- Jan Jarczyk (1947–2014), jazz musician
- Andrzej Olechowski (* 1947), politician and economist
- Jerzy Stuhr (* 1947), actor and director
- Jan Balachowski (* 1948), athlete
- Jan Widacki (* 1948), legal scholar, professor, diplomat and politician
- Kaja Danczowska (* 1949), violinist and music teacher
- Szymon Kawalla (* 1949), composer, conductor, violinist and music teacher
- Ryszard Legutko (* 1949), politician
- Zbigniew Wassermann (1949–2010), politician, lawyer and public prosecutor
- Marek Kondrat (born 1950), actor
- Wiesław Kwaśny (* 1950), violinist, violist and music teacher
- Piotr Małoszewski (1950–2017), geoscientist
- Johann Rafelski (* 1950), physicist
- Jerzy Gross (1929–2014), Schindler Jew and Holocaust survivor
1951 to 1975
- Wiesław Gawlikowski (* 1951), marksman
- Jan Gmyrek (* 1951), handball player
- Olga Jackowska (1951-2018), singer
- Krzysztof Kłosiński (* 1951), literary historian, critic and translator
- Tadeusz Rutkowski (* 1951), weightlifter
- Jarosław Śmietana (1951–2013), jazz musician
- Jerzy Miller (* 1952), politician and Minister of the Interior of Poland
- Ryszard Szeremeta (* 1952), composer, conductor and jazz singer
- Marek Chołoniewski (* 1953), composer, music organizer and teacher
- Bogusław Sonik (* 1953), politician
- Marek Chlanda (* 1954), draftsman, graphic artist, installation and performance artist
- Rudko Kawczynski (* 1954), spokesman for the Roma National Congress
- Zdzisław Kapka (* 1954), football player, manager and politician
- Maciej Klimek (* 1954), mathematician, textbook author and university lecturer
- Róża Thun (* 1954), publicist and MEP
- Paweł Valde-Nowak (* 1954), prehistoric and early historian
- Paul Dembinski (* 1955), economist
- Małgorzata Jaworska (* 1955), pianist
- Kazimierz Pyzik (* 1955), composer, double bass player and gambist
- Daniel Stabrawa (* 1955), violinist and conductor
- Stanisław Żółtek (* 1956), politician
- Adam Nawałka (born 1957), football player
- Krzysztof Włosik (* 1957), archer
- Zbigniew Karkowski (1958–2013), composer and musician
- Piotr Lenar (* 1958), cameraman
- Andrzej Iwan (* 1959), football player
- Jan Karaś (* 1959), football player and coach
- Ludomir Chronowski (* 1959), fencer
- Jan Rokita (* 1959), politician
- Bogdan Klich (* 1960), politician
- Janusz Kurtyka (1960–2010), historian and second president of the Institute for National Remembrance
- Peter Sych (* 1960), Australian software developer, instrument maker and installation artist
- Jacek Wójcicki (* 1960), actor, singer, artist and cabaret member
- Jarosław Gowin (* 1961), politician, Minister of Justice of Poland
- Andrzej Kremer (1961–2010), lawyer, diplomat and Deputy Foreign Minister
- Janusz Nawrocki (* 1961), football player
- Piotr Skrobowski (* 1961), football player
- Marcin Baran (* 1963), poet and editor
- Wiesław Śpiewak (* 1963), Catholic religious, Bishop of Hamilton in Bermuda
- Janusz Mastalski (* 1964), Roman Catholic clergyman and university professor, auxiliary bishop in Krakow
- Grzegorz Ryś (* 1964), Roman Catholic clergyman, Archbishop of Łódź
- Grzegorz Turnau (* 1967), songwriter
- Krzysztof Wojtyczek (* 1968), judge at the European Court of Human Rights
- Wojciech Tochman (* 1969), journalist
- Krzysztof Bukalski (* 1970), football player
- Mirosław Waligóra (* 1970), football player
- Zbigniew Ziobro (* 1970), politician and lawyer
- Mikołaj Budzanowski (* 1971), Minister of State Property
- Andrzej Franaszek (* 1971), literary scholar, literary critic and publicist
- Marek Koźmiński (* 1971), football player
- Rafał Mazur (* 1971), bass guitarist
- Andrzej Duda (* 1972), President of Poland
- Mikołaj Klimek (1972–2020), voice actor, theater and film actor
- Abel Korzeniowski (* 1972), film composer
- Maja Ostaszewska (* 1972), actress
- Tomasz Rząsa (* 1973), football player
- Małgorzata Szumowska (* 1973), film director
- Jadwiga Emilewicz (* 1974), Minister for Entrepreneurship and Technology
- Dorota Siudek (* 1975), football player
- Maciej Stuhr (* 1975), film and theater actor
- DJ Tomekk (* 1975), hip hop DJ and music producer
1976 to 2000
- Bogumił Godfrejów (* 1976), cameraman
- Justyna Koeke (* 1976), performative artist
- Piotr Wyleżoł (* 1976), jazz musician
- Małgosia Bela (* 1977), photo model and actress
- Eryk Kałuziński (* 1977), handball player
- Łukasz Sosin (* 1977), football player
- Łukasz Surma (* 1977), football player
- Magdalena Boczarska (* 1978), actress
- Gromee (* 1978), DJ, remixer and music producer
- Ludwika Paleta (* 1978), Polish-Mexican actress and model
- Mirosław Spiżak (* 1979), football player
- Mariusz Wach (* 1979), heavyweight professional boxer
- Piotr Giza (* 1980), football player
- Marcin Wasilewski (* 1980), football player
- Maciej Iwański (* 1981), football player
- Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz (* 1981), Minister for Labor and Social Affairs
- Chris Pozniak (* 1981), football player
- Radosław Zawrotniak (* 1981), sword fencer
- Jan Fikiel (* 1983), basketball player
- Daniel Gorak (* 1983), table tennis player
- Marcin Pączkowski (* 1983), composer and conductor
- Daria Werbowy (* 1983), supermodel
- Maciej Bębenek (* 1984), football player
- Paweł Kaczmarczyk (* 1984), jazz musician
- Jakub Kornhauser (* 1984), poet, literary critic and Romanist
- Robert Kubica (* 1984), Formula 1 racing driver
- Tomasz Marczyński (* 1984), racing cyclist
- Natalia Załuska (* 1984), artist
- Piotr Polczak (* 1986), football player
- Michał Wierba (* 1986), jazz musician
- Rafał Zawierucha (* 1986), actor
- Michał Pazdan (* 1987), football player
- Sandra Swierczewska (* 1988), Austrian swimmer
- Agnieszka Radwańska (* 1989), tennis player
- Maria Springwald (* 1991), rower
Persons connected to Krakow
Until 1800
- Stanislaus of Cracow (1030-1079), Bishop of Cracow
- Hyacinth of Poland (1183–1257), nobleman and clergyman who is considered the founder of the Dominican order in Poland
- Valentin Faltin (Polish: Walenty folds;? –1493/94), bell and cannon founder
- Johann I. Thurzo (1437–1508), councilor, merchant and mining entrepreneur
- Nicolaus Cracoviensis (? –1550), composer
- Veit Stoss (Polish: Wit Stwosz; 1447–1553), sculptor and carver
- Jakob Pollak (around 1460 – after 1522), rabbi, founder of the first Talmud school in Kraków
- Nikolaus Kopernikus (Polish: Mikołaj Kopernik; 1473–1543), studied here
- Hans von Kulmbach (1480–1522), German painter of the Renaissance period
- Israel ben Josef (around 1500 – after 1553), founder of the Remuh Synagogue
- Georg Pencz (1500 / 02–1550), German painter of the Renaissance period
- Bálint Balassa (1554–1594), Hungarian poet of the Renaissance period
- August II. (1670–1733), crowned King of Poland in Cracow, head of state of Poland-Lithuania
- Maximiliane Hiserle von Chodau (1676 / 77–1738), mistress of August II.
- Wincenty Maxylewicz (1685–1745), composer and conductor
From 1801
- Maurycy Gottlieb (1856–1879), Jewish-Polish painter
- Adam Brandner Edler von Wolfszahn (1857–1940), k. u. k. Lieutenant Field Marshal, Military Commander of Krakow from 1915 to 1918
- Dagny Juel (1867–1901), Norwegian writer
- Józef Piłsudski (1867–1935), marshal and politician
- Stanisław Przybyszewski (1868–1927), writer
- Osias Thon (1870–1936), rabbi in Cracow, Zionist
- Georg Trakl (1887–1914), poet of Expressionism
- Ivo Andric (1892–1975), writer, diplomat, politician and winner of the 1961 Nobel Prize for Literature
- Oskar Schindler (1908–1974), German-Moravian entrepreneur, Righteous Among the Nations
- Czesław Miłosz (1911–2004), poet and winner of the 1980 Nobel Prize for Literature
- John Paul II (1920–2005), born Karol Wojtyła in Wadowice, Bishop of Kraków
- Stanisław Lem (1921–2006), philosopher, essayist and science fiction writer
- Wisława Szymborska (1923–2012), poet and winner of the 1996 Nobel Prize for Literature
- Jan Jargoń (1928–1995), organist and composer
- Piotr Skrzynecki (1930–1997), founder of the Piwnica pod baranami stage
- Friedrich Magirius (* 1930), former superintendent in Leipzig, honorary citizen of Krakow
- Krzysztof Penderecki (1933-2020), composer
- Roman Polański (* 1933), French-Polish film director, screenwriter and actor
- Nigel Kennedy (* 1956), British violinist