List of Famous people born in Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland
Krzysztof Kolberger
Krzysztof Marek Kolberger was a Polish actor and theatre director. His father's surname was changed from Kohlberger in the 1950s. He had a daughter, actress Julia Kolberger, with ex-wife Anna Romantowska.
Ulrich Beck
Ulrich Beck was a well known German sociologist, and one of the most cited social scientists in the world during his lifetime. His work focused on questions of uncontrollability, ignorance and uncertainty in the modern age, and he coined the terms "risk society" and "second modernity" or "reflexive modernization". He also tried to overturn national perspectives that predominated in sociological investigations with a cosmopolitanism that acknowledges the interconnectedness of the modern world. He was a professor at the University of Munich and also held appointments at the Fondation Maison des Sciences de l’Homme (FMSH) in Paris, and at the London School of Economics.
Józef Wybicki
Józef Rufin Wybicki was a Polish nobleman, jurist, poet, political and military activist of Kashubian descent. He is best remembered as the author of "Mazurek Dąbrowskiego", which in 1927 was adopted as the Polish national anthem.
Rudolf Heidenhain
Rudolf Peter Heinrich Heidenhain was a German physiologist born in Marienwerder, East Prussia. His son, Martin Heidenhain, was a highly regarded anatomist.
Heinz Galinski
Heinz Galinski was president of the Central Council of Jews in Germany from 1988 until his death in 1992.
Jürgen Echternach
Jürgen Echternach was a German politician, representative of the German Christian Democratic Union.
Walther Bronsart von Schellendorff
Walther Franz Georg Bronsart von Schellendorff, Dr. jur. h.c., was a Prussian General of the Infantry à la suite, Adjutant-General to the Kaiser and King, and Prussian Minister of War.
Richard Pratt
Richard J. Pratt was an Australian businessman, chairman of the privately owned company Visy Industries, and a leading figure of Melbourne society. In the year before his death Pratt was Australia's fourth-richest person, with a personal fortune valued at A$5.48 billion.
Jadwiga Jankowska-Cieślak
Jadwiga Jankowska-Cieślak is a Polish film actress. She has appeared in 33 films since 1972. She won the award for Best Actress at the 1982 Cannes Film Festival for her role in the film Another Way.