Events in Wrocław History
- 1956-12-11 Anti-Russian demonstrations in Stettin & Wroclaw, Poland
Famous People from Wrocław
- 1809-08-30 Adolf Friedrich Hesse, German composer, born in Wrocław, Poland (d. 1863)
- 1828-01-24 Ferdinand Cohn, German biologist, born in Wrocław, Poland (d. 1898)
- 1831-08-13 Salomon Jadassohn, German pianist and composer, born in Wrocław, Poland (d. 1902)
- 1837-09-19 Adolf Sonnenfeld, Polish violinist and composer, born in Wrocław, Poland (d. 1914)
- 1838-05-24 Paul Laband, German lawyer, born in Wrocław, Poland (d. 1918)
- 1873-11-09 Otfrid Foerster, German neurologist, born in Wrocław, Poland (d. 1941)
- 1881-01-25 Emil Ludwig, German biographer (Diana, Son of Man), born in Wrocław, Poland (d. 1948)
- 1881-12-04 Erwin von Witzleben, German fieldmarshal (July 20th plot), born in Wrocław, Poland (d. 1944)
- 1884-10-11 Friedrich Bergius, German chemist (benzine from brown coal, Nobel 1931), born in Breslau (Wrocław), Germany (d. 1949)
- 1885-05-14 Otto Klemperer, German-American conductor (Los Angeles Philharmonic, 1933-39), and composer (Das Ziel), born in Breslau, Kingdom of Prussia, German Empire (d. 1973)
The Red Baron (1892-1918)
1892-05-02 German World War I fighter ace, born in Wrocław, Poland
- 1904-09-14 Richard Mohaupt, German composer (Bucolica), born in Wrocław, Poland (d. 1957)
- 1906-02-22 Edmund von Borck, German composer, born in Wrocław, Poland (d. 1944)
- 1928-12-18 Józef Glemp, Polish cardinal, born in Inowrocław, Poland (d. 2013)
- 1940-02-20 Christoph Eschenbach, German pianist and conductor (Houston Symphony, 1988-99; Philadelphia Orchestra, 2003-08: National Symphony 2010-17), born in Breslau, Germany (now Wrocław, Poland)
- 1943-12-30 Rolf Gehlhaar, German-American electronic and avant-garde composer, born in Breslau, Germany (now Wrocław, Poland) (d. 2019)
- 1961-01-05 Piotr Baron, Polish jazz saxophonist and composer (Salve Regina; Sanctus, Sanctus, Sanctus), born in Wrocław, Poland
- 1963-02-20 Darek Oleszkiewicz [formerly known as Oles], Polish jazz bassist, composer (Los Angeles Jazz Quartet), and educator, born in Wrocław, Poland
- 1963-12-07 (Jakub) "Kuba" Stankiewicz, Polish jazz pianist and composer, born in Wrocław, Poland
- 1968-05-11 Sławomir Dobrzański, Polish concert pianist and music professor, born in Wrocław, Poland
- 1976-07-16 Tomasz Kuchar, Polish rally driver, born in Wrocław, Poland
- 1982-07-10 Sebastian Mila, Polish soccer midfielder (38 caps; WKS Śląsk Wrocław), born in Koszalin, Poland