Nowowiejski (1877–1946), Polish composer, conductor, concert organist Maximilian Kaller (1880–1947) German prelate, bishop of Ermland in 1930–1945 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 1979–1981 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 1980s and 1990s 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 Artur Wojdat (born 1968), swimmer Elżbieta Jabłońska (born 1970), Polish multidisciplinary artist, born in Olsztyn 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.) Michał Trzeciakiewicz (born 1984), retired Polish footballer Marcin Możdżonek (born 1985), volleyball player Adrian Mierzejewski (born 1986), Polish footballer Łukasz Gikiewicz (born 1987), Polish footballer Rafał Gikiewicz (born 1987), Polish footballer Joanna Jędrzejczyk (born 1987), Muay-Thai and MMA fighter, former UFC Women's Strawweight Champion Paweł Dawidowicz (born 1995), Polish footballer Artur Szalpuk (born 1995), Polish volleyball player, 2018 World Champion International relations Twin towns – Sister cities Olsztyn is twinned with: Olsztyn belongs to the Federation of Copernicus Cities, an association of cities where Copernicus lived and worked, such as Bologna, Frombork, Kraków, and Toruń. The main office of the federation is situated at Olsztyn Planetarium and Astronomical Observatory, located on St. Andrew's Hill (143 m) in a former water tower erected in 1897. Citations Notes References Further reading http://www.olsztyn.eu/ http://www.bezrobocie.net/stat_powiaty.php/ https://web.archive.org/web/20100220023326/http://zamkigotyckie.org.pl/olsztyn.htm https://web.archive.org/web/20120308112401/http://www.pascal.pl/atrakcja.php?id=25797 External links Activities in Olsztyn News Olsztyn Jewish history of Olsztyn Populated places established in the 1340s City counties of Poland Cities and towns in Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship Castles of the Teutonic Knights Holocaust locations in Poland