List of Famous people born in Greater Poland Voivodeship, Poland

Kurt Demmler

Kurt Abramowitsch
First Name Kurt
Last Name Demmler
Born on September 12, 1943
Died on February 3, 2009 (aged 65)

Kurt Demmler, born Kurt Abramowitz was a German songwriter. He was a noted lyricist and songwriter for many German rock bands.

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Paul von Hindenburg

Paul Ludwig Hans Anton von Beneckendorff und von Hindenburg
First Name Paul
Last Name Hindenburg
Born on October 2, 1847
Died on August 2, 1934 (aged 86)

Paul Ludwig Hans Anton von Beneckendorff und von Hindenburg, typically known simply as Paul von Hindenburg, was a German general and statesman who led the Imperial German Army during World War I and later became President of Germany from 1925 until his death in 1934. During his presidency, he played a key role in the Nazi Machtergreifung in January 1933 when, under pressure from advisers, he appointed Adolf Hitler as Chancellor of Germany.

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Wernher von Braun

Wernher Magnus Maximilian Freiherr von Braun
First Name Wernher
Last Name Braun
Born on March 23, 1912
Died on June 16, 1977 (aged 65)

Wernher Magnus Maximilian Freiherr von Braun was a German-born American aerospace engineer and space architect. He was the leading figure in the development of rocket technology in Nazi Germany and a pioneer of rocket and space technology in the United States.

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Aaron Kosminski

First Name Aaron
Last Name Kosminski
Born on September 11, 1865
Died on March 24, 1919 (aged 53)

Aaron Kosminski was a Polish barber and hairdresser, and suspect in the Jack the Ripper case.

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Erich Ludendorff

First Name Erich
Last Name Ludendorff
Born on April 9, 1865
Died on December 20, 1937 (aged 72)

Erich Friedrich Wilhelm Ludendorff was a German general, politician and military theorist. He achieved fame during World War I for his central role in the German victories at Liège and Tannenberg in 1914. Upon his rise to First Quartermaster-general of the Imperial Army's Great General Staff in 1916, he became the chief policymaker in a de facto military dictatorship that dominated Germany for the rest of the war. After Germany's defeat, he emerged as a leading figure in the nation's right-wing fringe and contributed significantly to the Nazis' rise to power.

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Peter Lindbergh

Peter Brodbeck
First Name Peter
Last Name Lindbergh
Born on November 23, 1944
Died on September 3, 2019 (aged 74)

Peter Lindbergh was a German fashion photographer and film director.

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Walter Krueger

First Name Walter
Last Name Krueger
Born on January 26, 1881
Died on August 20, 1967 (aged 86)

Walter Krueger was an American soldier and general officer in the first half of the 20th century. He commanded the Sixth United States Army in the South West Pacific Area during World War II. He rose from the rank of private to general in the United States Army.

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Zygmunt Bauman

First Name Zygmunt
Last Name Bauman
Born on November 19, 1925
Died on January 9, 2017 (aged 91)

Zygmunt Bauman was a Polish sociologist and philosopher. He was driven out of the Polish People's Republic during the 1968 Polish political crisis and forced to give up his Polish citizenship. He emigrated to Israel; three years later he moved to the United Kingdom. He resided in England from 1971, where he studied at the London School of Economics and became Professor of Sociology at the University of Leeds, later Emeritus. Bauman was a social theorist, writing on issues as diverse as modernity and the Holocaust, postmodern consumerism and liquid modernity.

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Sidonie Werner

First Name Sidonie
Born on March 16, 1860
Died on December 27, 1932 (aged 72)

Sidonie Werner was a German Jewish schoolteacher and feminist based in Hamburg. She was active in the German League of Jewish Women which she founded in 1904, together with Bertha Pappenheim. In 1929, she organized the World Conference of Jewish Women in Hamburg.

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Anita Włodarczyk

First Name Anita
Last Name Włodarczyk
Born on August 8, 1985 (age 38)
Height 178 cm | 5'10

Anita Włodarczyk is a Polish hammer thrower. She is the 2012 and 2016 Olympic champion, and the first and only woman in history to throw the hammer over 80 m; she currently holds the women's world record of 82.98 m. She is considered the greatest women’s hammer thrower of all time.

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