List of Famous people born in West Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland

Catherine II of Russia

First Name Catherine
Last Name Russia
Died on November 17, 1796

Catherine II, most commonly known as Catherine the Great, was Empress of All Russia from 1762 until 1796—the country's longest-ruling female leader. She came to power following a coup d'état that overthrew her husband and second cousin, Peter III. Under her reign, Russia grew larger, its culture was revitalised, and it was recognized as one of the great powers worldwide.

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Paul Ziemiak

Paweł Ziemiak
First Name Paul
Last Name Ziemiak
Born on September 6, 1985 (age 38)

Paul Ziemiak is a German politician of the CDU who has been serving as Secretary General of his party since 8 December 2018, under the leadership of chairwoman Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer. He is a member of the Bundestag.

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Klausjürgen Wussow

First Name Klausjürgen
Born on April 30, 1929
Died on June 19, 2007 (aged 78)

Klausjürgen Wussow was a German stage, film and television actor.

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Rudolf Virchow

Rudolf Ludwig Carl Virchow
First Name Rudolf
Last Name Virchow
Born on October 13, 1821
Died on September 5, 1902 (aged 80)

Rudolf Ludwig Carl Virchow was a German physician, anthropologist, pathologist, prehistorian, biologist, writer, editor, and politician. He is known as "the father of modern pathology" and as the founder of social medicine, and to his colleagues, the "Pope of medicine". He received the Copley Medal of the Royal Society in 1892. He was a foreign member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences and was elected to the Prussian Academy of Sciences, but he declined to be ennobled as "von Virchow".

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Michael Holm

Lothar Bernhard Walter
First Name Michael
Last Name Holm
Born on July 29, 1943 (age 80)

Michael Holm is a German singer, musician, songwriter and record producer. He is primarily known as a singer of Schlager music. Although his first appearance in the hit parade was in 1962, he had his first big hit in 1969. "Mendocino", the German adaptation of a song by the Sir Douglas Quintet, was the biggest selling single that year in (Germany). The record was released in September 1969, reached number three for five weeks, selling over a million copies. Ariola presented him with a gold record in October 1970.

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Schwesta Ewa

First Name Schwesta
Born on July 16, 1984 (age 39)

Ewa Malanda, known under her stage name Schwesta Ewa, is a Polish rapper in the Frankfurt music scene.

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Grzegorz Krychowiak

Grzegorz Krychowiak is a Polish professional footballer who plays for Lokomotiv Moscow and the Poland national team as a defensive midfielder.

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Hans Kammler

First Name Hans
Last Name Kammler
Born on August 26, 1901
Died on May 9, 1945 (aged 43)

Hans Kammler was an SS-Obergruppenführer responsible for Nazi civil engineering projects and its top secret weapons programmes. He oversaw the construction of various Nazi concentration camps before being put in charge of the V-2 rocket and jet programmes towards the end of World War II. In May 1945 Kammler disappeared in the final days of the war. Despite numerous theories, his fate remains an unsolved mystery.

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Robert Atzorn

First Name Robert
Last Name Atzorn
Born on February 2, 1945 (age 79)

Robert Atzorn is a German television actor. He was born in Bad Polzin, Pomerania, Germany, now Połczyn-Zdrój, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland.

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Egon Krenz

First Name Egon
Born on March 19, 1937 (age 87)

Egon Rudi Ernst Krenz is a former East German politician who was the last communist leader of East Germany during the final months of 1989. He succeeded Erich Honecker as the General Secretary of the ruling Socialist Unity Party of Germany (SED), but was forced to resign only weeks later when the Berlin Wall fell.

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