List of Famous people born in Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland

Kazimierz Piechowski

First Name Kazimierz
Born on October 3, 1919
Died on December 15, 2017 (aged 98)

Kazimierz Piechowski was a Polish engineer, a Boy Scout during the Second Polish Republic, a political prisoner of the German Nazis at Auschwitz concentration camp, a soldier of the Polish Home Army then a prisoner for seven years of the post war communist government of Poland.

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Martin Kosleck

First Name Martin
Last Name Kosleck
Born on March 24, 1904
Died on January 15, 1994 (aged 89)

Martin Kosleck was a German film actor. Like many other German actors, he fled when the Nazis came to power. Inspired by his deep hatred of Adolf Hitler and the Nazis, Kosleck made a career in Hollywood playing villainous Nazis in films. While in the United States, he appeared in more than 80 films and television shows in a 46-year span. His icy demeanor and piercing stare on screen made him a popular choice to play Nazi villains. He portrayed Joseph Goebbels, Adolf Hitler's propaganda minister, five times, and also appeared as an SS trooper and a concentration camp officer.

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Przemysław Frankowski

Przemysław Frankowski is a Polish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Ligue 1 club Lens and the Poland national team.

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Wiesław Hartman

First Name Wiesław
Born on October 23, 1950
Died on November 24, 2021 (aged 71)

Wiesław Hartman was a Polish show jumping equestrian, Olympic medallist.

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Ida Siekmann

First Name Ida
Last Name Siekmann
Born on August 23, 1902
Died on August 22, 1961 (aged 58)

Ida Siekmann was a German nurse who became the first known person to die at the Berlin Wall, only nine days after the beginning of its construction.

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Günter Grass

Günter Wilhelm Grass
First Name Günter
Last Name Grass
Born on October 16, 1927
Died on April 13, 2015 (aged 87)

Günter Wilhelm Grass was a German-Kashubian novelist, poet, playwright, illustrator, graphic artist, sculptor, and recipient of the 1999 Nobel Prize in Literature.

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Rupert Neudeck

First Name Rupert
Last Name Neudeck
Born on May 14, 1939
Died on May 31, 2016 (aged 77)

Rupert Neudeck was known for his humanitarian work, especially with refugees. He started his career as a noted correspondent for Deutschlandfunk, a German public broadcaster. Later, he focused on assisting those fleeing conflict. He was noted for his role in assisting thousands of refugees from Vietnam in the late 1970s. Neudeck was a winner of numerous awards, including the Theodor Heuss Medal, the Bruno Kreisky Prize for Services to Human Rights, the Erich Kaestner Award and the Walter Dirks Award, and was co-founder of both the Cap Anamur and Green Helmets humanitarian organizations.

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Horst Ehmke

First Name Horst
Last Name Ehmke
Born on February 4, 1927
Died on March 12, 2017 (aged 90)

Horst Paul August Ehmke was a German lawyer, law professor and politician of the Social Democratic Party (SPD). He served as Federal Minister of Justice (1969), Chief of Staff at the German Chancellery and Federal Minister for Special Affairs (1969–1972) and Federal Minister for Research, Technology, and Post (1972–1974).

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Georg Forster

First Name Georg
Last Name Forster
Born on November 27, 1754
Died on January 10, 1794 (aged 39)

Johann George Adam Forster was a German naturalist, ethnologist, travel writer, journalist, and revolutionary. At an early age, he accompanied his father, Johann Reinhold Forster, on several scientific expeditions, including James Cook's second voyage to the Pacific. His report of that journey, A Voyage Round the World, contributed significantly to the ethnology of the people of Polynesia and remains a respected work. As a result of the report, Forster was admitted to the Royal Society at the early age of twenty-two and came to be considered one of the founders of modern scientific travel literature.

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Piotr Trochowski

Piotr Artur Trochowski
First Name Piotr
Born on March 22, 1984 (age 42)
Height 169 cm | 5'7

Piotr Artur Trochowski is a German professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder. According to his FIFA World Cup 2010 profile he is a playmaker known for "his speed, agility, tricky dribbling and refined technique."

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