page_title: Olsztyn
section_title: Notable residents
hierarchical_section_title: Olsztyn / Notable residents
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: Bronzeplastik für Nicolaus Copernicus am Eingang zum Schloß von Allenstein (Olsztyn). English: Bronze monument to Nicolaus Copernicus at entrance to the castle in Olsztyn (Allenstein). Esperanto: Bronza monumento pri Nikolao Koperniko ĉe la enirejo de la kastelo en Olsztyn. Polski: Ławeczka z Mikołajem Kopernikiem – pomnik M. Kopernika przy wejściu na zamek w Olsztynie.
context_page_description: Olsztyn is a city on the Łyna River in northeastern Poland. Olsztyn is the capital of the Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, and is a city with county rights. The population of the city was estimated at 171,979 residents in 2019.
  Founded as Allenstein in the 14th century, Olsztyn was under the control and influence of the Teutonic Order until 1454, when it was incorporated into the Polish Crown. For centuries the city was an important centre of trade, crafts, science and administration in the Warmia region linking Warsaw with Königsberg. Following the First Partition of Poland in 1772 Warmia was annexed by Prussia and ceased to be the property of the clergy. In the 19th century the city changed its status completely, becoming the most prominent economic hub of the southern part of Eastern Prussia. The construction of a railway and early industrialisation greatly contributed to Olsztyn's significance. Following World War II, the city returned to Poland in accordance with the Potsdam Agreement.
  Since 1999 Olsztyn has been the capital city of the Warmia-Masuria. In the same year, the University of Warmia and Masuria was founded from the fusion of three other local universities.
context_section_description: Johannes von Leysen (1310–1388), town founder and mayor
  Nicolaus Copernicus (1473–1543), astronomer, administrator, and town commander
  Johannes Knolleisen (+1511), German academic and provider of academic stipends
  Lucas David (1503–1583), German historian of Prussia
  Marcin Kromer (1512–1589), Polish cartographer, diplomat and historian, personal secretary of Kings of Poland, Bishop of Warmia
  Antoni Blank (1785–1844), Polish painter
  Hugo Haase (1863–1919), Jewish-German politician, jurist and pacifist
  Franz Justus Rarkowski (1873–1950), military bishop (1938–45)
  August Trunz (1875–1963), founder of the Prussica-Sammlung Trunz
  Feliks Nowowiejski (1877–1946), Polish composer, conductor, concert organist
  Maximilian Kaller (1880–1947) German prelate, bishop of Ermland in 1930–45
  Erich Mendelsohn (1887–1953), German-Jewish architect who fled the Nazis
  Olga Desmond (1891–1964), German dancer and actress
  Günter Wand (1912–2002), German conductor
  Kurt Baluses (1914–72) German football (soccer) player and manager
  Herbert Schachtschneider (1919–2008), German operatic tenor
  Hans-Jürgen Wischnewski (1922–2005), German politician
  Curt Lowens (1925–2017), German actor
  Leonhard Pohl (1929–2014), German gymnast
  Józef Glemp (1929–2013), Polish prelate, bishop of Warmia 1979–81
  Jörg Kuebart (1934–2018) German general of the German Air Force
  Karl-Heinz Hopp (1936–2007) German rower who competed in the 1960 Summer Olympics
  Wolf Lepenies (born 1941), German sociologist, political scientist and author
  Eugeniusz Geno Malkowski (1942–2016), Polish artist, painter and academic
  Ulrich Schrade (1943–2009), German-Polish philosopher and pedagogue
  Marian Bublewicz (1950–1993), Polish rally and race driver of the 80s and 90s
  Juliusz Machulski (born 1955), Polish film director
  Izabela Trojanowska (born 1955), Polish actress and singer
  Andrzej Friszke (born 1956), Polish historian
  Krzysztof Hołowczyc (born 1962), Polish rally driver
  Piotr "Peter" Wiwczarek (born 1965), Polish musician, vocalist and lead guitarist of the death metal band Vader
  Mamed Khalidov (born 1980), Russian-Polish mixed martial artist
  Wojciech Grzyb (born 1981), Polish volleyball player
  Julia Marcell (born 1982), Polish singer/songwriter and pianist
  Małgorzata Jasińska (born 1984), Polish professional cyclist (retd.)
  Adrian Mierzejewski (born 1986), Polish footballer
  Joanna Jędrzejczyk (born 1987), Muay-Thai and MMA fighter, former UFC Women's Strawweight Champion
  Artur Szalpuk (born 1995), Polish volleyball player, 2018 World Champion
caption: Statue of Nicolaus Copernicus in front of the castle
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