List of people living or working in Gdańsk

The following famous people lived or worked in Danzig, now Gdańsk:

• Erhardus Sperber, (1529-1608), theological author
• Achatius Cureus (1531-1594) author, lyricist
• Caspar Schütz (1540-1594) Danzig) historian
• Martin Opitz (1597-1639) poet
• Andreas Stech (1635-1699) artist
• Abraham Calov 1643 rector at Danzig Gymnasium, mathematician, theologist
• Michael Christoph Hanow (Hanov) (1695-1773) Mag. phil. prof. of mathematics, historian meterologist, scientist
• Gottlieb Wernsdorf I. (1717-1774) author
• Christoph Cölestin Mrongovius (1764-1855)
• Edward O'Rourke, (1876 - 1943) the first bishop of Danzig (Gdańsk) (1925)
• Lech Wałęsa, b. 1943, trade unions activist, politician, president of Poland (1990–1995)
• Jacek Kaczmarski, (1957-2004), songwriter, poet and author