List of Famous people born in Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland

Hardy Rodenstock

First Name Hardy
Last Name Rodenstock
Born on December 7, 1941
Died on May 19, 2018 (aged 76)

Hardy Rodenstock was a publisher and manager of pop and Schlager music in Germany and a prominent wine collector, connoisseur, and trader, with a special interest in old and rare wines. He became famous for his allegedly uncanny ability to track down old and very rare wines, and for arranging extravagant wine tastings featuring these wines. It has been alleged that Rodenstock was the perpetrator of an elaborate wine fraud. In 1992, a German court found that Rodenstock had "knowingly offered adulterated wine" for sale. On appeal, the case was settled out of court.

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Stefan Liv

First Name Stefan
Last Name Liv
Born on December 21, 1980
Died on September 7, 2011 (aged 30)
Height 183 cm | 6'0

Stefan Daniel Patryk Liv was a Polish-born Swedish professional ice hockey goaltender. Liv played professionally in Sweden, North America and Russia. Liv played nine seasons for HV71 in the top-tier league in Sweden. He played one season in Detroit Red Wings organization without managing to make his debut in the NHL. He then returned to Europe and HV71. Upon his return, he played three seasons in Sweden, then moved to Russia in 2010.

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Grzegorz Lato

First Name Grzegorz
Born on April 8, 1950 (age 76)
Height 175 cm | 5'9

Grzegorz Bolesław Lato is a Polish former professional footballer and manager who played as a winger. He was a member of Poland's golden generation of football players who rose to fame in the 1970s and early 80s. Over a decade, he represented Poland at five major tournaments starting with Gold at the 1972 Summer Olympic Games in Munich and ending with a third-place finish at the 1982 FIFA World Cup in Spain. He reached the peak of his career at the 1974 World Cup, where he was the leading scorer and the only Pole to-date to have won the honor. After retiring from his playing career he had a brief stint as manager in several clubs in and out of Poland.

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Frank Meisler

First Name Frank
Last Name Meisler
Born on January 1, 1929
Died on March 24, 2018 (aged 89)

Frank Meisler was an Israeli architect and sculptor. Meisler was born in the Free City of Danzig and grew up in England, before moving to Israel in 1956.

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Lothar Bisky

First Name Lothar
Last Name Bisky
Born on August 17, 1941
Died on August 13, 2013 (aged 71)

Lothar Bisky was a German politician. He was the chairman of the Party of Democratic Socialism (PDS), the successor of East Germany's Socialist Unity Party (SED). In June 2007 he became co-chairman of The Left party, formed by a merger of the PDS and the much smaller Labour and Social Justice – The Electoral Alternative. From 2007 until 2010 he was the President of the Party of the European Left. Also, he was the Publisher of the socialist newspaper Neues Deutschland.

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Alfred Eisenstaedt

First Name Alfred
Born on December 6, 1898
Died on August 23, 1995 (aged 96)

Alfred Eisenstaedt was a German-born American photographer and photojournalist. He began his career in Germany prior to World War II but achieved prominence as a staff photographer for Life magazine after moving to the U.S. Life featured more than 90 of his pictures on its covers, and more than 2,500 of his photo stories were published.

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Aneta Florczyk

First Name Aneta
Born on February 26, 1982 (age 44)
Height 168 cm | 5'6

Aneta Florczyk pseud. Atena – is a Polish female athlete and strongwoman.

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Natalia Partyka

First Name Natalia
Last Name Partyka
Born on July 27, 1989 (age 36)
Height 173 cm | 5'8

Natalia Dorota Partyka is a Polish table tennis player. Born without a right hand and forearm, she participates in competitions for able-bodied athletes as well as in competitions for athletes with disabilities. Partyka reached the last 32 of the London 2012 Olympic women's table tennis.

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Johann Reinhold Forster

First Name Johann
Last Name Forster
Died on December 9, 1798

Johann Reinhold Forster was a Reformed (Calvinist) pastor and naturalist of partially Scottish descent who made contributions to the early ornithology of Europe and North America. He is best known as the naturalist on James Cook's second Pacific voyage, where he was accompanied by his son Georg Forster. These expeditions promoted the career of Johann Reinhold Forster and the findings became the bedrock of colonial professionalism and helped set the stage for the future development of anthropology and ethnology. They also laid the framework for general concern about the impact that alteration of the physical environment for European economic expansion would have on exotic societies.

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Ewa Paradies

First Name Ewa
Last Name Paradies
Born on December 17, 1920
Died on July 4, 1946 (aged 25)

Ewa Paradies was a Nazi concentration camp overseer.

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