This is a list of notable people who were born in, lived in, or are otherwise associated with Szczecin, a city in northwestern Poland.
Famous residents of Szczecin
Before 1800
Philipp Dulichius (1562–1631), German composer Catherine the Great (1729–1796), empress of Russia Franz Kasimir von Kleist (1736–1808), Prussian general Sophie Dorothea of Württemberg (1759–1828), the second wife of Tsar Paul I of Russia Friedrich von Adelung (1768–1843), linguist, historian and bibliographer Friedrich Gilly (1772–1800), architect Henryka Beyer (1782–1855) painter Friedrich Graf von Wrangel (1784–1877), Prussian Field Marshal Carl Loewe (1796–1869) composer, lived in Stettin Heinrich Philipp August Damerow (1798–1866), psychiatrist Karl Loeillot (1798–1864), painter and lithographer
1800–1850
Theodor Hildebrandt (1804–1874) painter Carl August Dohrn (1806–1892), entomologist Franz Theodor Kugler (1808–1858) art historian Carl Gustav Friedrich Hasselbach (1809–1882), mayor of Magdeburg Hermann Günther Grassmann (1809–1877) mathematician, physicist and linguist Robert Prutz (1816–1872) poet Franz San Galli (1824–1908), inventor of radiator (central heating system) Hermann Julius Grüneberg (1827–1894), chemist Felicita Vestvali (1831-1880), opera singer and actress A. F. Marx (1838–1904), publisher Anton Dohrn (1840–1909) first director of the Stazione Zoologica, Naples, Italy Otto von Gierke (1841–1921) historian Oscar Hammerstein I (1847–1919), composer
1850–1900
Ernst Zitelmann (1852–1923) jurist Carl Ludwig Schleich (1859–1922), author Max Berg (1870–1947) architect Leon Jessel (1871–1942), composer Wolfgang Wegener (1875–1956), officer in the Imperial German Navy Alfred Döblin (1878–1957), writer Traugott Konstantin Oesterreich (1880–1949), religious parapsychologist and philosopher Fritz Gerlich (1883–1934) journalist Rudolf Olden (1885–1940), journalist and lawyer Johannes Theodor Baargeld (1892–1927) painter and poet Heinrich George (1893–1946), actor Erich Böhlke (1895–1979), conductor and componist Karl Weinbacher (1898–1946), German manager and war criminal Hans Heinrich von Twardowski (1898–1958) film actor Heinrich Pick (1882-1947) jurist
1900–1945
Hans Kammler (1901–1945), German general Werner Seelenbinder (1904–1944) politician Gustav Gerneth (1905-2019) the world's oldest living man Konstanty Ildefons Gałczyński (1905–1953), poet Erwin Ackerknecht (1906–1988), historian Dita Parlo (1906–1971) film actress Kurt Kuhnke (1910—1969), motorcyclist Ernst Bader (1914–1999) actor and songwriter Jürgen Dethloff (1924–2002), inventor Helga Deen (1925–1943) Dutch prison camp diarist Wolfhart Pannenberg (1928–2014), Christian theologian Thomas Geve (1929–2024), engineer, author and Jewish Holocaust survivor Ellen Schwiers (1930–2019), actress of stage, film, and television Rudi Strahl (1931–2001), playwright, novelist and lyricist. Jan Stopyra (1934–2023), politician and economist, mayor of Szczecin Manfred Stolpe (1936–2019), former Prime Minister of Brandenburg Christian Tomuschat (born 1936), expert in international law, professor at the Humboldt University of Berlin Wolfgang Weber (born 1939), classical cellist Knut Kiesewetter (1941–2016) musician Michael Bürsch (1942–2012) politician Michael Holm (born 1943) singer-songwriter
After 1945
Chava Alberstein (born 1947), Israeli female singer and composer of songs Piotr Andrejew (born 1947), Polish screenwriter and film director, born in Szczecin Franciszek Białous (1901–1980), Polish microbiologist, settled in Szczecin in 1946 Ryszard Kotla (born 1947) historian, travel writer, journalist, engineer, born in Szczecin-Dąbie Inka Dowlasz (born 1949) Polish theater director, playwright, screenwriter, psychologist and teacher Jerzy Zielinski (born 1950) Polish cinematographer active in Hollywood Krzysztof Warlikowski (born 1962), Polish theatre director Aneta Kreglicka (born 1965), First runner-up Miss International 1989 and Miss World 1989 Kasia Nosowska (born 1971), singer of Szczecin-based rock band Hey Agata Kulesza (born 1971), Polish actress Radosław Majdan (born 1972) Poland national goalkeeper Grzegorz Napieralski (born 1974), Polish left-wing politician Ilona Ostrowska (born 1974), Polish actress Maciej Jewtuszko (born 1981) Mixed Martial Artist, currently competes in WEC. Cleo, (born 1983), singer who represented Poland at the Eurovision Song Contest 2014 Marek Kowal (born 1985), Polish footballer Paul Ziemiak (born 1985), German politician (CDU) Izuagbe Ugonoh (born 1986), Polish-Nigerian mixed martial artist and boxer Marcin Lewandowski (born 1987), Polish middle-distance runner Klaudia Ungerman (born 1988), Miss Poland 2008 Kamil Grosicki (born 1988), Polish footballer Rafał Janicki (born 1992), Polish footballer Bartosz Zmarzlik (born 1995), Polish motorcycle speedway rider Young Leosia (born 1998), Polish singer, rapper, songwriter and DJ Blanka Stajkow (born, 1999), Polish singer, fashion model Adam Rudawski (born 1966) Polish politician, economist, and academic professor
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