Krakow, Poland

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Krakow, Poland

LOCATION

Official Website:
http://www.krakow.pl/

Population:
757,500 (2004 estimate)

Founding Date:
1257 (city rights)

SCHOOLS

School Founded

Jagiellonian University 1364

BIRTHS

Name Occupation Birth Death Known for

Gila Golan Model c. 1940 Our Man Flint

Gilda Gray Dancer 24-Oct-1901 22-Dec-1959 The Shimmy Queen

Jerzy Hoffman Film Director 15-Mar-1932 With Fire and Sword

Bronislaw Malinowski Anthropologist 7-Apr-1884 16-May-1942 Founder of social anthropology

Rudolph Maté Cinematographer 21-Jan-1898 27-Oct-1964 When Worlds Collide

DEATHS

Name Occupation Birth Death Known for

Amon Goeth Criminal 12-Nov-1908 13-Sep-1946 Ran concentration camp at Plaszow

Stanislaw Lem Author 12-Sep-1921 27-Mar-2006 Solaris

Czeslaw Milosz Poet 30-Jun-1911 14-Aug-2004 Polish novelist and poet, The Captive Mind

Wislawa Szymborska Poet 2-Jul-1923 1-Feb-2012 Polish poet

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