11th to 18th centuries •
Ladislaus I of Hungary (ca.1040–1095) King of Hungary from 1077 and King of Croatia from 1091. •
Bolesław III Wrymouth (1086–1138), duke of Poland •
Władysław II the Exile (1105–1159), High Duke of Poland •
Matthew of Kraków (c. 1335–1410), theologian •
Władysław III of Poland (1424–1444), King of Poland. •
Casimir IV Jagiellon (1427–1492), King of Poland •
Vladislaus II of Hungary (1456–1516), King of Bohemia and Hungary •
Hedwig Jagiellon (1457–1502), Duchess of Bavaria •
John I Albert (1459–1501), King of Poland •
Sophia Jagiellon(1464–1512), Margravine of Brandenburg-Ansbach •
Johann V Thurzo (1466–1520), bishop •
Stanislav I Thurzo (1470–1540), bishop •
Stanislaus Hosius (1504–1579), Catholic cardinal. •
Sigismund II Augustus (1520–1572), King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania •
Sophia Jagiellon (1522–1575), Duchess of Brunswick-Lüneburg •
Anna Jagiellon (1523–1596), Queen of Poland •
Hieronim Malecki (1525/1526–1583/1584), theologian •
Catherine Jagiellon (1526–1583), Queen of Sweden • Rabbi
Moses Isserles (1530–1572) an eminent Polish
Ashkenazic rabbi. •
Mikołaj Zebrzydowski (1553–1620), noble •
Maharsha (1555–1631), rabbi •
Władysław IV Vasa (1595–1648), King of Poland •
John II Casimir Vasa (1609–1672), King of Poland •
Elazar Rokeach (c. 1665–1742), rabbi •
Theresa Kunegunda Sobieska (1676–1730), Electress of Bavaria and of the Electorate of the Palatinate •
Szymon Czechowicz (1689–1775), painter •
Jonathan Eybeschutz (1690–1764), Talmudist and Kabbalist •
Aleksander Józef Sułkowski (1695–1762), Saxon-Polish general •
Józef Peszka (1767–1831), painter and art professor •
Andrzej Alojzy Ankwicz (1777–1838), archbishop of Lviv and of Prague •
Carl Carl (1787–1854), actor and theatre director •
Henryk Dembiński (1791–1864), engineer, traveler and general •
Franciszek Mirecki (1791–1862), composer, music conductor, and music teacher •
Eduard von Feuchtersleben (1798–1857), mining engineer and writer •
Piotr Michałowski (1800–1855), painter •
Wojciech Stattler (1800–1875), painter and art teacher
19th century 1801 to 1850 •
Karl von Urban (1802–1877), field marshal in the Austrian Imperial Army •
Friedrich Halm (1806–1871), poet, dramatist, and novella writer. •
Józef Kremer (1806–1875), philosopher, aesthetician, historian of art and psychologist •
Ludwik Gorzkowski (1811–1857), politician, physicist and revolutionary activist •
Antoni Kątski (1817–1899), pianist and composer •
Maximilian Cercha (1818–1907), painter and drawer •
Julian Gutowski (1823–1890), Mayor of
Nowy Sącz •
Ludwig Burger (1825–1884), historical painter and illustrator •
Karol Estreicher (senior) (1827–1908), bibliographer, librarian, and a founder of the Polish Academy of Learning •
Stanisław Mieroszewski (1827–1900), politician, writer, historian and member of the Imperial Council of Austria •
Władysław Łuszczkiewicz (1828–1900), painter and art historian •
Aleksander Kotsis (1836–1877), painter •
Michał Bałucki (1837–1901), playwright and poet •
Jan Matejko (1838–1893), painter •
Adam Bełcikowski (1839–1909) philosopher, historian of literature, poet •
Helena Modjeska (1840–1909), actress. •
Anton Rehmann (1840–1917), geographer, geomorphologist, botanist and explorer
1851 to 1900 •
Edmund von Neusser (1852–1912), internist and professor •
Josef Josephi (1852–1920), singer and actor •
Stanisław Tondos (1854–1917), painter •
Eduard Birnbaum (1855–1920), cantor •
Kazimierz Pochwalski (1855–1940), painter •
Jan Drozdowski (1857–1918), pianist and music teacher •
Arthur Giesl von Gieslingen (1857–1935), general officer during the First World War who worked for the
Evidenzbureau •
Heinrich Rauchinger (1858–1942), portrait painter and history painter •
Ignaz Sowinski (1858–1917), architect •
Lola Beeth (1861–1940), Austrian operatic soprano •
Adam Maurizio (1862–1941), botanist and specialist of food technology and cultural history •
Olga Boznańska (1865–1940), painter •
Leon Wachholz (1867–1942), scientist and medical examiner •
Sigmund Fraenkel (1868–1939), chemist •
Asriel Günzig (1868–1931), rabbi •
Stanisław Estreicher (1869–1939), historian of Law and politician •
Stanisław Wyspiański (1869–1907), playwright, painter, and poet •
Saul Raphael Landau (1870–1943), lawyer and Jewish publicist •
Heinrich Nebenzahl (1870–1938), film producer •
Henryk Opieński (1870–1942), composer •
Helena Rubinstein (1870–1965), cosmetics entrepreneur and philanthropist •
Lucjan Rydel (1870–1918), poet and playwright • (1870–1935), politician, journalist and Marxist theorist •
Michał Marian Siedlecki (1873–1940), marine biologist •
Rudolf Maria Holzapfel (1874–1930), psychologist and philosopher •
Rafael Schermann (1874–1943), graphologist and psychic •
Xawery Dunikowski (1875–1964), sculptor and artist •
Władysław Wróblewski (1875–1951), politician, scientist, diplomat, and lawyer •
Bernard Friedberg (1876–1961), Hebraist, scholar and bibliographer •
Mordechaj Gebirtig (1877–1942), poet and composer •
Archduchess Maria Christina of Austria (1879–1962), Archduchess of Austria •
Adolf Chybiński (1880–1952), historian, musicologist, and academic •
Henryk Grossman (1881–1950), economist, historian, and Marxist revolutionary •
Gustav Adolf Platz (1881–1947), architect •
Max Fleischer (1883–1972), cartoonist and film producer •
Leon Chwistek (1884–1944), painter, theoretician of modern art, literary critic, logician, philosopher, and mathematician •
Bronisław Malinowski (1884–1942), social anthropologist •
Tadeusz Kutrzeba (1885–1947), general in the Polish Army •
Juliusz Osterwa (1885–1947), actor, theatre director, and art theoretician • (1885–1959), major general and commander of the
Theresian Military Academy •
Stefan Bryła (1886–1943), construction engineer and welding pioneer •
Zygmunt Klemensiewicz (1886–1963), physicist, physical chemist, and mountain climber •
Leon Schiller (1887–1954), theatre director and theatre theoretician • (1888–1964), writer and journalist • (1888–1937), composer •
Stanislaus Poray (1888–1948), painter active in
Hollywood, California •
Józef Retinger (1888–1960), scholar, international political activist, publicist, and writer • (1890–1944), singer •
Henryk Gotlib (1890–1966), painter, sculptor, and writer.dnb •
Josef von Manowarda (1890–1942), operatic singer •
Moise Kisling (1891–1953), painter •
Tadeusz Peiper (1891–1969), poet, art critic, and theoretician of literature •
Stefan Banach (1892–1945), mathematician •
Roman Ingarden (1893–1970), philosopher •
Frank Linke-Crawford (1893–1918), flying ace of the Austro-Hungarian Air Force during World War I. • (1893–1969), publisher, narrator, and women's rights activist •
Ewa Bandrowska-Turska (1894–1979), opera singer and music educator •
Alice Halicka (1894–1975), painter •
Emil August Fieldorf (1895–1953), deputy commander-in-chief of the Polish Home Army •
Joseph Rosenstock (1895–1985), conductor and composer • (1896–1962), historian •
Elsa Gasser (1896–1967), Polish-born Swiss economist and businesswoman •
Ferdynand Zweig (1896–1988), economist and sociologist •
Jerzy Adam Brandhuber (1897–1981), painter and survivor of the Auschwitz concentration camp • (1897–1958), pioneer of the Polish balloon sport • (1897–1969), social psychologist and sociologist •
Henryk Reyman (1897–1963), football player and football trainer •
Leopold Infeld (1898–1968), physicist •
Rudolph Maté (1898–1964), cinematographer and film director •
Ludwik Gintel (1899–1973), footballer •
Leon Kruczkowski (1900–1962), writer •
Leon Sperling (1900–1941), football player •
Cristina Szalay de Wiedemann (1900–1991), Polish–Colombian painter and conservator
20th century 1901 to 1925 •
Yohanan Bader (1901–1994), Israeli politician •
Gilda Gray (1901–1959), actress and dancer.bnf •
Itzhak Stern (1901–1969), Holocaust survivor •
Alexander Weissberg-Cybulski (1901–1964), physicist, author, and businessman •
Alexander Abusch (1902–1982), journalist, writer, and politician in East Germany •
Paul Rosenstein-Rodan (1902–1985), economist •
Ludwik Gross (1904–1999), oncologist and virologist • (1905–1973), folk actress •
Wanda Wasilewska (1905–1964), politician and writer •
Karol Estreicher (junior) (1906–1984), professor and historian of art •
Jan Hoffman (1906–1995), pianist and music educator •
Edward Ochab (1906–1989), politician and general • (1908–2000), engineer, farmer, author and preservationist •
Adam Marczyński (1908–1985), painter •
Janina Oszast (1908–1986), biologist and resistance movement member •
Yoel Zussman (1910–1982), jurist and judge •
Jadwiga Jędrzejowska (1912–1980), tennis player •
Jerzy Turowicz (1912–1999), journalist and editor •
Jan Ekier (1913–2004), pianist, composer, and music educator •
Poldek Pfefferberg (1913–2001), Holocaust survivor •
Yitzhak Pundak (born Yitzhak Fundik; 1913–2017), Israeli general, diplomat, and politician • (1914–1997), composer and conductor •
Tadeusz Hołuj (1916–1985), writer and survivor of Auschwitz •
Haim Landau (1916–1981), Israeli independence fighter and Israeli
Minister of Development and
Minister of Transportation •
Wojciech Żukrowski (1916–2000), writer, poet, essayist, and literary critic • (1917–1982), pianist and music educator •
Aleksander Kulisiewicz (1918–1982), journalist and singer • (1918–1997), Israeli diplomat •
Roman Haubenstock-Ramati (1919–1994), music editor and composer • (1920–2009), ethnographer •
Mietek Pemper (1920–2011), survivor of Krakow-Płaszów concentration camp • (1921–1997), Evangelical Methodist pastor, chief superintendent of the Evangelical Methodist Church in the People's Republic of Poland, university professor •
Andrzej Munk (1921–1961), director and cinematographer • (1921–1945), pilot •
Bogdan Śliwa (1922–2003), chess player •
Gustaw Holoubek (1923–2008), actor, film and theatre director and educator •
Jerzy Nowosielski (1923–2011), painter, graphic artist, and illustrator •
Zofia Posmysz (1923–2022), editor and author •
Gena Turgel (1923–2018), educator, author, and Holocaust survivor •
Piotr Wandycz (1923–2017), Polish-American historian • (1924–2004), civil engineer •
Wojciech Has (1925–2000), film director
1926 to 1950 •
Edward Mosberg (1926–2022), Polish-American Holocaust survivor, educator, and philanthropist • (1926–1990), Evangelical Lutheran theologian •
Miriam Akavia (1927–2015), writer and translator • (1927–2015), German general practitioner, journalist, and Holocaust survivor •
Moshe Taube (1927–2020), cantor, academic, and musician •
Franciszek Macharski (1927–2016), Archbishop of Krakow •
Bernard Offen (born 1929), Holocaust survivor and film producer • (1930–2013), Jewish witness of the Holocaust •
Zvi Hecker (1931–2023), architect • (1931–2025), Polish American entrepreneur and philanthropist •
Jerzy Hoffman (born 1932), film director • (1932–2021), composer, music teacher, and scholar • (born 1932), doctor, university lecturer, nonfiction author, and publicist • (born 1933), pianist and music educator •
Andrzej Trzaskowski (1933–1998), jazz composer and musicologist •
Jerzy Vetulani (1936–2017), biochemist, psychopharmacologist and neuroscientist •
Adam Greenberg (1937–2025), cinematographer •
Adam Holender (born 1937), cinematographer •
Zygmunt Konieczny (born 1937), composer •
Andrzej Sariusz-Skąpski (1937–2010), President of the Federation of Katyn Families •
Marek Walczewski (1937–2009), actor • (1938–2023), jazz bassist •
Roma Ligocka (born 1938), costume designer, author, and painter • (1939–1999), pianist and music educator •
Anna Polony (born 1939), theatre and film actress •
Barbara Buczek (1940–1993), composer, pianist, and music educator • (born 1940), classical philologist • (born 1940), writer •
Kazimierz Kaczor (born 1941), actor •
Ewa Demarczyk (1941–2020), singer • (1941–2025), politician •
Janusz Muniak (1941–2016), jazz musician •
Ivan Putski (born 1941), professional wrestler and bodybuilder •
Stefan Jerzy Zweig (1941–2024), author and cinematographer •
Marek Koterski (born 1942), film director •
Janina Paradowska (1942–2016), journalist • (1942–2024), lawyer and politician •
Krzysztof Meyer (born 1943), composer, pianist, music theorist, and professor •
Simona Kossak (1943–2007), biologist, ecologist •
Zbigniew Stroniarz (1942–2017), footballer • (born 1943), writer and song poet •
Jerzy Bahr (1944–2016), Ambassador of the Republic of Poland to the Russian Federation •
Ewa Braun (born 1944), Oscar winning set decorator, costume designer, and production designer • (born 1944), organist and music educator • (born 1944), ophthalmologist •
Antoni Wit (born 1944), conductor •
Ewa Lipska (born 1945), writer •
Leszek Żądło (born 1945), jazz musician and university teacher •
Jerzy Zelnik (born 1945), actor •
Robert Gadocha (born 1946), soccer player • (born 1946), composer and music educator •
Zbigniew Seifert (1946–1979), jazz musician • (1946–2016), jazz musician • (1947–2014), jazz musician •
Andrzej Olechowski (born 1947), politician and economist •
Jerzy Stuhr (1947–2024), actor and director •
Jan Balachowski (born 1948), sprinter •
Jan Widacki (born 1948), jurisprudence academic, professor, diplomat, and politician •
Andrzej Zaucha (1949–1991), singer • (born 1949), composer, conductor, violinist, and music educator •
Ryszard Legutko (born 1949), politician •
Zbigniew Wassermann (1949–2010), politician and jurist •
Marek Kondrat (born 1950), actor • (1950–2017), geoscientist •
Johann Rafelski (born 1950), physicist
1951 to 1975 •
Jan Gmyrek (born 1951), handball player •
Olga Jackowska (1951–2018), singer •
Tadeusz Rutkowski (born 1951), weightlifter •
Jerzy Miller (born 1952), Polish Minister of the Interior •
Ryszard Szeremeta (born 1952), composer, conductor, and jazz singer • (born 1953), composer, music organiser, and music educator •
Jarek Śmietana (1953–2013), jazz musician •
Bogusław Sonik (born 1953), politician • (born 1954), draftsman, graphic artist, installation and performance artist • (born 1954), spokesman for the Roma National Congress •
Róża Thun (born 1954), publicist and Member of the European Parliament •
Zdzisław Kapka (born 1954), football player, football manager, and politician • (born 1954), mathematician, textbook author, and university professor •
Paul Dembinski (born 1955), economist • (born 1955), pianist • (born 1955), composer, double bass player, and gambist •
Daniel Stabrawa (born 1955), violinist and conductor •
Stanisław Żółtek (born 1956), politician •
Adam Nawałka (born 1957), football player •
Krzysztof Włosik (born 1957), archer •
Zbigniew Karkowski (1958–2013), composer and musician •
Piotr Lenar (born 1958), cinematographer •
Andrzej Iwan (1959–2022), football player •
Jan Karaś (born 1959), football player and football trainer •
Jan Rokita (born 1959), politician •
Bogdan Klich (born 1960), politician •
Janusz Kurtyka (1960–2010), historian and second president of the Institute of National Remembrance • (born 1960), Australian software developer, instrument maker, and installation artist • (born 1960), actor, singer, artist, and cabaret member •
Jarosław Gowin (born 1961), politician and Minister of Justice •
Andrzej Kremer (1961–2010), jurist, diplomat, and Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs •
Janusz Nawrocki (born 1961), football player •
Piotr Skrobowski (born 1961), football player •
Robert Makłowicz (born 1963), food critic, journalist, historian and television personality •
Marcin Baran (born 1963), poet and editor •
Wiesław Śpiewak (born 1963), Catholic religious priest, Bishop of Hamilton in Bermuda •
Grzegorz Ryś (born 1964), Roman Catholic bishop, Archbishop of Łódź •
Grzegorz Turnau (born 1967), composer, pianist, poet, and singer •
Ewa Drzyzga (born 1967), journalist and TV presenter • (born 1968), judge at the European Court of Human Rights •
Mirosław Waligóra (born 1970), football player •
Paweł Deląg(born 1970), actor •
Zbigniew Ziobro (born 1970), politician and jurist •
Mikołaj Budzanowski (born 1971), Minister of State Treasury •
Marek Koźmiński (born 1971), football player • (born 1971), bass guitarist •
Andrzej Duda (born 1972), President of Poland •
Agata Kornhauser-Duda (born 1972), current
First Lady of Poland and former teacher • (born 1972), voice actor, theatre and film actor •
Abel Korzeniowski (born 1972), composer of film and theatre scores •
Maja Ostaszewska (born 1972), actress •
Tomasz Rząsa (born 1973), football player •
Małgorzata Szumowska (born 1973), film director •
Jadwiga Emilewicz (born 1974), Deputy Prime Minister of Poland •
Dorota Siudek (born 1975), football player •
Maciej Stuhr (born 1975), actor, comedian, and occasional film director •
DJ Tomekk (born 1975), hip hop DJ and music producer
1976 to 2000 •
Marek Baster (born 1976), football player •
Rafał Brzoska (born 1977), fashion model and actress • (born 1977), handball player • Maria Husarska (born 1981), artist •
Łukasz Sosin (born 1977), football player •
Łukasz Surma (born 1977), football player •
Magdalena Boczarska (born 1978), actress •
Gromee (born 1978), DJ, remixer, and music producer •
Ludwika Paleta (born 1978), Polish Mexican actress and model •
Joanna Liszowska (born 1978), actress •
Mirosław Spiżak (born 1979), football player •
Mariusz Wach (born 1979), professional boxer •
Piotr Bagnicki (born 1980), football player •
Piotr Giza (born 1980), football player •
Marcin Wasilewski (born 1980), football player •
Maciej Iwański (born 1981), footballer •
Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz (born 1981), physician and politician •
Chris Pozniak (born 1981), football player •
Radosław Zawrotniak (born 1981), fencer • (born 1983), composer and conductor •
Daria Werbowy (born 1983), fashion model •
Maciej Bębenek (born 1984), football player •
Jakub Kornhauser (born 1984), poet, literary critic, and Romance philologist •
Robert Kubica (born 1984), Formula One driver •
Tomasz Marczyński (born 1984), road racing cyclist •
Piotr Polczak (born 1986), football player •
Michał Pazdan (born 1987), football player • (born 1988), swimmer •
Agnieszka Radwańska (born 1989), tennis player •
Tomasz Fornal (born 1997), volleyball player •
Jan-Krzysztof Duda (born 1998), chess grandmaster == Notable people who lived in Krakow or with connections to Krakow ==