List of Poles

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Contents 1 History 2 Science 2.1 Astronomy 2.2 Biology 2.3 Chemistry 2.4 Engineering 2.5 Economics 2.6 Invention 2.7 Computer Science 2.8 Linguistics 2.9 Mathematics 2.10 Physics 2.11 Social sciences 2.12 Other sciences 3 Music 4 Literature 4.1 Poetry 5 Philosophy 6 Fine arts 7 Entertainment 8 Business 9 Royalty 10 Nobility (szlachta) 11 Military 12 Politics 13 Diplomats 14 Spies 15 Holocaust resisters 16 Religion 17 Miscellaneous 18 Criminals 19 Legendary persons 19.1 Fictional characters 20 Sports 20.1 Athletics (track and field) 20.2 Boxing 20.3 Chess 20.4 Fencing 20.5 Ice hockey 20.6 Skiing 20.7 Football (Soccer) 20.8 Swimming 20.9 Weightlifting 20.10 Others 21 Notes

This is a partial list of famous Polish or Polish-speaking or -writing persons. In the interest of fairness and accuracy, a minority of persons of mixed heritage have their respective ancestries credited.

[edit] History

Gallus Anonymus, first Polish historian (12th century) Szymon Askenazy, historian and diplomat Michał Bobrzyński, historian of law Józef Borzyszkowski, Pomeranian history Jan Długosz, 15th-century chronicler of Poland Marian Kamil Dziewanowski, Poland, Russia, modern Europe Kazimierz Godłowski, historian and archeologist Oskar Halecki, Polish history Marceli Handelsman, Polish history Paweł Jasienica, Polish history Wincenty Kadłubek, 13th-century historian of Poland Józef Kasparek, constitutions; World War II era Hugo Kołłątaj, 18th-19th-century historian, philosopher and politician Feliks Koneczny, Polish history, social philosophy Władysław Kozaczuk, military history, military intelligence, World War II Marian Kukiel, military historian Joachim Lelewel, historian of Poland Tadeusz Manteuffel, medievalist Teodor Narbutt, Polish historian of Lithuania Adam Naruszewicz, 18th-century historian, participant in the Great Sejm Szymon Okolski, 17th-century historian Michael Alfred Peszke, Polish Armed Forces, World War II Richard Pipes, Polish-American historian of Russia and the Soviet Union Tadeusz Sulimirski, historian and archeologist Władysław Tatarkiewicz, philosophy and esthetics Piotr S. Wandycz, Polish-American historian of Central and Eastern Europe Richard Woytak, World War II Norbert Wójtowicz, historian of Polish political thought

Długosz Kołłątaj Lelewel Naruszewicz

[edit] Science

[edit] Astronomy

Franciszek Armiński Albert Brudzewski Tadeusz Banachiewicz Władysław Dziewulski Jan Gadomski Jan Heweliusz (Johannes Hevelius) Felicjan Kępiński Mikołaj Kopernik (Nicolaus Copernicus) Marian Albertovich Kowalski Kazimierz Kordylewski Stanisław Lubieniecki Bohdan Paczyński Marcin Poczobutt-Odlanicki Alexius Sylvius Polonus Adam Prazmowski Konrad Rudnicki Jan Śniadecki Wiesław Wiśniewski Aleksander Wolszczan (co-discoverer of first extrasolar planets)

Heweliusz Kopernik

[edit] Biology

Babiński Chałubiński Cybulski Joseph Babiński, physician (neurologist) Edmund Biernacki, physician Czesław Bieżanko, entomologist Jan Czekanowski, anthropologist Adam Gruca, surgeon Stanisław Burzyński, physician Tytus Chałubiński, physician Napoleon Cybulski, neurophysiologist Maria Antonina Czaplicka, anthropologist Wiktor Dega, revolutionary surgeon August Dehnel, biologist Jozef Dietl, physician Jan Dzierżon, zoologist Władysław Taczanowski, zoologist Marian Gieszczykiewicz, physician Ryszard Gryglewski, physician Emil Godlewski, embryologist Ludwik Hirszfeld, microbiologist Feliks Paweł Jarocki, zoologist Wojciech Jastrzębowski, biologist Walery Jaworski, physician Konstanty Jelski, ornithologist

Koprowski Schally Weigl Zbigniew Kabata, biologist Jerzy Konorski, microbiologist Stefan Kopec, biologist Hilary Koprowski, polio vaccine Marek Kotański, psychologist Tadeusz Krwawicz, medical pioneer Abraham Low, neuropsychiatrist Karol Marcinkowski, physician Ludwik Mlokosiewicz, botanist Ferdynand Antoni Ossendowski, biologist Andrew Paulukiewichz, biologist Zbigniew Religa, cardiologist Józef Rostafiński, biologist Albert Sabin, polio vaccine Andrzej Wiktor Schally, Nobel-laureate enrocrinologist. Bolesław Skarżyński, biologist Eduard Adolf Strasburger (born in Poland, of German descent), botanist Jan Sztolcman, ornithologist Andrzej K. Tarkowski, embryologist Zbylut Twardowski, physician Rudolf Weigl, biologist Marie Elizabeth Zakrzewska, physician

[edit] Chemistry

Skłodowska Józef Boguski Jan Czochralski Maria Skłodowska (Marie Curie), two Nobel Prizes. Tadeusz Estreicher Kazimierz Fajans Kazimierz Funk Antoni Grabowski Roald Safran (Nobel Prize, 1981) Adolf Joszt Sylwester Porowski Wiktor Kemula Stanisław Kostanecki Marek Gatty-Kostyal Ignacy Łukasiewicz, inventor of kerosene lamp.

Śniadecki Świętosławski Leon Marchlewski Ignacy Mościcki Marceli Nencki Karol Olszewski Tadeusz Reichstein Michał Sędziwój Edward Sucharda Jędrzej Śniadecki Wojciech Świętosławski Bohdan Szyszkowski Włodzimierz Trzebiatowski Józef Zawadzki

[edit] Engineering

Adamiecki Gzowski Krzysztof Arciszewski Karol Adamiecki Mieczysław G. Bekker, first moon rover Stefan Bryła Romuald Cebertowicz, soil solidification Zdzisław Celiński Jerzy Dąbrowski, designer of PZL.37 Łoś bomber Walter Golaski Kazimierz Gzowski Edward Jan Habich Tytus Maksymilian Huber Jacek Jędruch Alfred Korzybski, mathematician, semanticist Józef Kosacki, inventor of Polish Mine Detector Janusz Liberkowski inventor Henryk Magnuski Ernest Malinowski

Siemienowicz Tsiolkovsky Henry Millicer, aviation Ralph Modjeski, bridge designer Jan Nagórski, first men to fly over the North Pole. Zygmunt Puławski, designer of PZL P.11 fighter Wojciech Rostafiński, NASA Kazimierz Siemienowicz, rocketry pioneer Igor Sikorsky, pioneer of aviation Avraham Stern Tadeusz Tański Konstantin Tsiolkovsky (Konstanty Ciołkowski), spaceflight pioneer Stanisław Wigura, aviation Piotr Wilniewczyc, weaponry Franciszek Żwirko, aviation

[edit] Economics

Balcerowicz Karol Adamiecki Leszek Balcerowicz, implementer of 1990s "shock therapy." Franciszek Ksawery Drucki-Lubecki Władysław Grabski

Hurwicz Leonid Hurwicz, 2007 Nobel Laureate Michał Kalecki Eugeniusz Kwiatkowski Oskar Lange, PRL economy Hilary Minc, PRL economy Sławomir Szwedowski

[edit] Invention

Abakanowicz Bruno Abakanowicz, mathematician, engineer Stefan Drzewiecki Rudolf Gundlach, tank periscope Jozef Kosacki, mine detector Stefan Kudelski, Nagra audio recorders

Szczepanik Józef Piotrowski Kazimierz Proszyński, first cinematic camera Jan Szczepanik Tadeusz Sendzimir Józef Tykociński, sound film

[edit] Computer Science

Piotr Anweiler, software Jacek Karpinski Marek Karpinski Marian Mazur Stanisław Radziszowski Wiesław Romanowski

Wozniak Marek Sell Andrzej Trybulec, Mizar system Jan Węglarz Steve Wozniak (Polish-American), of Apple Computer Michał Zalewski

[edit] Linguistics

Jan Niecisław Baudouin de Courtenay Jan Czekanowski Alfred Korzybski Jerzy Kuryłowicz Jan Miodek Jaroslav Rudnyckyj Antoni Józef Śmieszek Anna Wierzbicka Ludwik Zamenhof, inventor of Esperanto.

Zamenhof

[edit] Mathematics

Banach Banachiewicz Bartel Kuratowski Stefan Banach Tadeusz Banachiewicz Kazimierz Bartel Andrzej Białynicki-Birula Karol Borsuk Jacob Bronowski Jan Brożek Samuel Eilenberg Witold Hurewicz Henryk Iwaniec Zygmunt Janiszewski Stanisław Jaśkowski Mark Kac Stefan Kaczmarz Marek Karpinski, computer scientist Krystyna Kuperberg Kazimierz Kuratowski Bronisław Knaster Zdzisław Krygowski Kazimierz Kordylewski Robert Kowalski Kazimierz Kuratowski Franciszek Leja Stanisław Leśniewski Adolf Lindenbaum Stanisław Łojasiewicz Antoni Łomnicki Jerzy Łoś Jan Łukasiewicz Benoît Mandelbrot (born in Poland of Lithuanian-Jewish descent) Edward Marczewski Józef Marcinkiewicz

Mazurkiewicz Rejewski Śniadecki Stanisław Mazur Stefan Mazurkiewicz Jan Mikusinski Andrzej Mostowski Jerzy Spława-Neyman Otton M. Nikodym Andrew Odlyzko Władysław Orlicz Józef H. Przytycki Helena Rasiowa Marian Rejewski Jerzy Różycki Stanisław Ruziewicz Czesław Ryll-Nardzewski Stanisław Saks Juliusz Schauder Wacław Sierpiński Roman Sikorski Władysław Ślebodziński Jan Śniadecki Yulian Sokhotski Hugo Steinhaus Włodzimierz Stożek Alfred Tarski Stanisław Ulam, codesigner of hydrogen bomb with Edward Teller Tadeusz Ważewski Józef Hoene-Wroński Kazimierz Zarankiewicz Stanisław Zaremba Kazimierz Żorawski Henryk Zygalski Antoni Zygmund

[edit] Physics

Czesław Białobrzeski Georges Charpak (Nobel Prize, 1995) Maria Skłodowska (Marie Sklodowska-Curie; two Nobel Prizes) Jan Kazimierz Danysz Marian Danysz Leopold Infeld Aleksander Jabłoński Theodor Kaluza Sylwester Kaliski Stanisław Mrozowski Władysław Natanson Georges Nomarski Jerzy Pniewski Józef Rotblat (physicist; 1995 Nobel Peace Prize) Stefan Rozental Wojciech Rubinowicz Marian Smoluchowski (father of kinetics) Frank Wilczek (2004 Nobel laureate of Polish and Italian extraction) Witelo (medieval philosopher and scientist, specialist in optics) Mieczysław Wolfke (Polish scientist, partly of German descent) Stanisław Lech Woronowicz Zygmunt Wróblewski Wojciech H. Zurek

Skłodowska Smoluchowski Zurek

[edit] Social sciences

Zygmunt Bauman (sociologist, philosopher) Zygmunt Gloger (ethnographer, archeologist, historian) Ludwig Gumplowicz (a founder of sociology) Jan Kubary (naturalist, ethnographer) Bronisław Malinowski (anthropologist) Władysław Markiewicz (sociologist) Maria Ossowska (sociologist) Stanisław Ossowski (sociologist) Bronisław Piłsudski (cultural anthropologist) Paweł Śpiewak (sociologist) Jerzy Szacki (sociologist) Piotr Sztompka (sociologist) Edmund Wnuk-Lipiński (sociologist) Florian Znaniecki (sociologist)

Piłsudski Znaniecki

[edit] Other sciences

Henryk Arctowski, explorer Benedykt Polak (Benedict the Pole, Benedictus Polonus), explorer Piotr Ignacy Bieńkowski, scholar, archaeologist, professor Karol J. Bobko, NASA astronaut Gerard Ciołek, architect and historian of gardens Jan Czerski, paleontologist, geologist, geographer, and explorer of Siberia Kazimierz Dąbrowski, psychologist Ignacy Domeyko, Polish geologist Gaspar da Gama, traveller, interpreter, explorer Mirosław Hermaszewski, the first Polish astronaut Henryk Jordan, founding father of physical education Antoni Kępiński, psychiatrist Janusz Korczak, pedagogist Józef Kostrzewski, archeologist, museologist Henryk Lipszyc, specialist in Japanese culture, translator, embassador of Poland in Tokyo Rosa Luxemburg, Marxist political theorist, socialist philosopher, and revolutionary Kazimierz Michałowski, archaeologist Karol Myśliwiec, archaeologist Scott E. Parazynski, NASA astronaut James A. Pawelczyk, NASA astronaut Michael Alfred Peszke, psychiatrist Jan Potocki, linguist, Egyptologist, sociologist Antoni Józef Śmieszek, Egyptologist Stanisław of Skarbimierz, political scientist Paweł Edmund Strzelecki, explorer and geologist Tadeusz Sulimirski, archeologist Paweł Włodkowic, scholar and lawyer

Bobko Domeyko Hermaszewski

[edit] Music

see also: List of Polish composers

Chopin Kilar Komeda Landowska Lutosławski Moniuszko Niemen Grażyna Bacewicz, composer Edyta Bartosiewicz, singer Rafał Blechacz, pianist Grzegorz Ciechowski, composer, singer Fryderyk Chopin, (French father of distant Polish heritage, Polish mother), composer Krzysztof Czerwinski, conductor and organist Adam Darski, singer-songwriter Krzesimir Dębski, composer Andrzej Dobrowolski, composer Ignacy Feliks Dobrzyński, composer Urszula Dudziak, singer Józef Elsner, composer, Chopin's teacher Mikołaj Gomołka, composer Henryk Górecki, composer Edyta Górniak, singer Grzegorz Gerwazy Gorczycki, composer Mieczysław Horszowski, pianist Bronisław Huberman, violinist Alicja Janosz, singer Anna Jantar, singer Adam Jarzębski, composer Reni Jusis, singer Jan A. P. Kaczmarek, film composer (Oscar prize) Bronisław Kaper, film composer Mieczysław Karłowicz, composer Kayah, singer Stefan Kisielewski, composer, writer Wojciech Kilar, composer Krzysztof Komeda, jazz composer Zygmunt Konieczny, composer Kasia Kowalska, singer Gene Krupa, jazz drummer Theodor Kullak, composer Karol Kurpiński, composer Wanda Landowska, harpsichordist Teodor Leszetycki, pianist, pedagogue Franciszek Lilius, composer Karol Lipiński, composer Witold Lutosławski, composer Ray Manzarek,(Manczarek) Polish-descended American musician and co-founder and keyboardist of The Doors. Krzysztof Meyer, composer Carl Mikuli, composer Maciek Miernik, producer Marcin Mielczewski, composer Moritz Moszkowski, composer Stanisław Moniuszko, composer Leszek Możdżer, pianist and composer Czesław Niemen, composer, singer-songwriter Feliks Nowowiejski, composer Zygmunt Noskowski, composer

Ogiński Paderewski Penderecki Rostropovich Stojowski Szymanowski Wieniawski Michał Kleofas Ogiński, composer Ignacy Jan Paderewski, pianist, composer Andrzej Panufnik, composer Krzysztof Penderecki, composer Jerzy Petersburski, pianist, composer Bartłomiej Pękiel, composer Piotr Półtorak, guitarist Wacław Kiełtyka, guitarist Zbigniew Preisner, composer Zbigniew Robert Promiński, drummer and percussionist Krzysztof Raczkowski, drummer and percussionist Mikołaj z Radomia, Middle Ages composer Ryszard Riedel, singer Maryla Rodowicz, singer Mstislav Rostropovich, Russian cellist and conductor of Polish father from szlachta Piotr Rubik, composer Arthur Rubinstein, pianist Bogusław Schaeffer, composer Xaver Scharwenka, composer Kazimierz Serocki, composer Tomasz Stańko, jazz trumpeter Kazik Staszewski, singer, songwriter Zygmunt Stojowski, composer Leopold Stokowski, conductor Wacław z Szamotuł, composer Władysław Szpilman, pianist Patryk Dominik Sztyber, guitarist and vocalist Karol Szymanowski, composer (Polish father, Swedish mother) Paweł Szymański, composer Barbara Trzetrzelewska, singer Grzegorz Turnau, singer Chris Urbanowicz, English guitarist of Polish descent in Editors Andrzej Wasowski, pianist Henryk Wieniawski, composer Brad Wilk, American rock drummer of Polish descent Wanda Wiłkomirska, violinist Piotr Wiwczarek, guitarist and vocalist D'arcy Wretzky, Polish-American former bassist of The Smashing Pumpkins Tomasz Wróblewski, bassist, guitarist, and vocalist Michael Zabrocki, Catholic recording artist, composer, and vocalist Mikołaj Zieleński, composer Krystian Zimerman, pianist Wojciech Żywny, composer, teacher of Chopin

[edit] Literature

See also: List of Polish writers and List of Polish novelists

Agnieszka Baranowska, author Karol Olgierd Borchardt, maritime author Joseph Conrad (Józef Teodor Konrad Korzeniowski), English-language novelist. Lucyna Ćwierczakiewiczowa, the first Polish cook book author Maria Dąbrowska, novelist Johannes Dantiscus (Jan Dantyszek), Latin poet and Prince-Bishop of Warmia Tadeusz Dołęga-Mostowicz, novelist Jacek Dukaj, science-fiction writer Adolf Dygasiński, novelist Aleksander Fredro, poet, playwright Janusz Głowacki, playwright, non-fiction author Witold Gombrowicz, novelist, drama writer Rene Goscinny, cartoonist Stefan Grabiński, horror writer Marek Hłasko, writer Paweł Huelle, essayist Wincenty Kadłubek political scientist, writer Ryszard Kapuściński, writer and journalist Tadeusz Konwicki Jerzy Kosiński Zofia Kossak-Szczucka, novelist and World War II resistance fighter Ignacy Krasicki, author of Fables and Parables and of the first Polish novel Józef Ignacy Kraszewski, writer Stanisław Lem, science-fiction writer, essayist, philosopher Stanisław Lubieniecki writer, astronomer Józef Mackiewicz, writer, journalist Andrzej Majewski, aphorist, writer, poet Eliza Orzeszkowa, Positivist writer Ferdynand Antoni Ossendowski, writer Jan Chryzostom Pasek (memoirist) Sergiusz Piasecki, writer Krzysztof Piesiewicz, screenwriter and politician Jan Potocki (author of The Manuscript Found in Saragossa). Bolesław Prus, journalist, novelist, author of The Doll and Pharaoh. Władysław Reymont, writer, Nobel Prize in Literature (1924) Maria Rodziewiczówna, novelist Andrzej Sapkowski, fantasy writer Bruno Schulz, novelist and painter Joanna Siedlecka, non-fiction writer Lucjan Siemieński Henryk Sienkiewicz, writer, Nobel Prize in Literature (1905) Isaac Bashevis Singer, writer, Nobel Prize in Literature (1966). Piotr Skarga, poet, writer, humanist Robert Stiller, polyglot, writer, poet, translator, editor Jędrzej Śniadecki, terminologist, writer Olga Tokarczuk, Polish-Ukrainian writer Lucjan Wolanowski, writer, journalist, and traveller Stanisław Wyspiański, painter and writer Rafał A. Ziemkiewicz, writer Franciszek Zabłocki, comic dramatist and satirist Janusz A. Zajdel, science-fiction writer Gabriela Zapolska, novelist Roger Zelazny (Żelazny), American writer of fantasy and science fiction, son of a Pole Stefan Żeromski, novelist Eugeniusz Żytomirski, novelist

Conrad Aleksander Fredro Kraszewski Lem Potocki Prus Reymont Śniadecki Żeromski

[edit] Poetry

See also: List of Polish poets.

Gałczyński Kochanowski Krasicki Mickiewicz Adam Asnyk, Positivism Krzysztof Kamil Baczyński Miron Białoszewski Władysław Broniewski Jan Brzechwa Andrzej Bursa Piotr Czerniawski Konstanty Ildefons Gałczyński Marian Hemar Zbigniew Herbert Jarosław Iwaszkiewicz Tymoteusz Karpowicz Jan Kasprowicz, translation Jan Kochanowski Ignacy Krasicki, Fables and Parables Zygmunt Krasiński Stanisław Jerzy Lec Jan Lechoń Bolesław Leśmian Ewa Lipska Adam Mickiewicz Grazyna Miller, translation Czesław Miłosz, Nobel Prize in Literature (1980) Andrzej Frycz Modrzewski, humanism Adam Naruszewicz, translation, history

Niemcewicz Norwid Rej Słowacki Julian Ursyn Niemcewicz, independence activist Cyprian Kamil Norwid Antoni Edward Odyniec Agnieszka Osiecka Maria Pawlikowska-Jasnorzewska Wincenty Pol Halina Poświatowska Kazimierz Przerwa-Tetmajer Jeremi Przybora, songs Mikołaj Rej Tadeusz Różewicz Antoni Słonimski Juliusz Słowacki Edward Stachura Anatol Stern Leopold Staff Wisława Szymborska, Nobel Prize in Literature (1996) Julian Tuwim Jan Twardowski Richard (Ryszard) Tylman Kornel Ujejski Aleksander Wat Kazimierz Wierzyński Stefan Witwicki Rafał Wojaczek Józef Bohdan Zaleski Piotr Zbylitowski

[edit] Philosophy

Kazimierz Ajdukiewicz Staszic Zygmunt Bauman Józef Maria Bocheński Leon Chwistek August Cieszkowski Wawrzyniec Grzymała Goślicki Józef Maria Hoene-Wroński Roman Ingarden Stanisław Jaśkowski Leszek Kołakowski

Hugo Kołłątaj Tatarkiewicz Tadeusz Kotarbiński Karol Libelt Andrzej Frycz Modrzewski Stanisław Staszic Maria Szyszkowska Alfred Tarski Władysław Tatarkiewicz Józef Tischner Kazimierz Twardowski

[edit] Fine arts

see also: List of Polish artists and painters

Chełmoński Fałat Gerson Grottger Kantor Kobro Magdalena Abakanowicz, sculptor Paweł Althamer Tomasz Bagiński, painter, animator, computer graphics Mirosław Bałka Krzysztof Bednarski, sculptor Zdzisław Beksiński, painter Christian Boltanski Olga Boznańska, painter Józef Brandt, painter Józef Marian Chełmoński, painter Tytus Czyżewski, painter, poet, art critic Jacenty Dędek, photographer Zbigniew Dłubak, painter Andrzej Dłużniewski Xawery Dunikowski, sculptor Maksymilian Fajans, Jewish–Polish artist, lithographer, photographer Julian Fałat, painter Wojciech Fangor, painter Wojciech Gerson, painter Stefan Gierowski, painter Aleksander Gierymski, painter, brother of Maksymilian Gierymski Maksymilian Gierymski, painter Zygmunt Gorgolewski, architect Artur Grottger, painter, illustrator Władysław Hasior, sculptor, painter, stage designer Janosch, German illustrator and writer, born in what is now Zabrze Wladyslaw Kazmierczak, performance artist Tadeusz Kantor, (1915-1990) painter, theatre director Balthus, Polish-French painter Katarzyna Kobro, sculptor Jerzy Kossak, painter Juliusz Kossak, painter, illustrator Wojciech Kossak, painter Katarzyna Kozyra, video artist Nikifor Krynicki, painter Alexander Kucharsky, painter Zofia Kulik, performer Tamara de Lempicka, painter Zbigniew Lengren, cartoonist and illustrator. Jan Lenica, graphic designer and cartoonist Daniel Libeskind, architect

Malczewski Matejko Norblin Orłowski Podkowiński Wyspiański Jacek Malczewski, painter Jan Matejko, painter Piotr Michałowski, painter Ambroży Mieroszewski, Chopin's first portraitist Teresa Murak, sculptor Jan Piotr Norblin Jerzy Nowosielski, painter Rafał Olbiński, illustrator, painter Roman Opałka, painter Aleksander Orłowski, painter Józef Pankiewicz, painter, graphic artist Władysław Podkowiński, painter and illustrator Joanna Rajkowska Ferdynand Ruszczyc, painter, graphic artist, cartoonist, stage designer Henryk Rodakowski, painter Wilhelm Sasnal, painter Jan Sawka, cartoonist Henryk Stażewski, painter Józef Stolorz, painter Władysław Strzemiński, painter January Suchodolski, painter Józef Szajna, sculptor, stage designer, theatre director Stanisław Szukalski, sculptor, painter Wacław Szymanowski, sculptor, designer of Chopin monument in Warsaw Roland Topor, illustrator, painter, writer and filmmaker Richard (Ryszard) Tylman, painter Max Weber, painter Wojciech Weiss, painter and draughtsman Jan de Weryha-Wysoczański, sculptor Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz, painter Kazimierz Wojniakowski, painter Leon Wyczółkowski, painter Stanisław Wyspiański, painter Jan Zamoyski, painter Korczak Ziółkowski, designer and sculptor of Crazy Horse Memorial

[edit] Entertainment

• Piotr Adamczyk, actor
• Piotr Andrejew, film director
• Michael Anthony (Sobolewski), Van Halen band
• Józef Arkusz, film director
• Tomasz Bagiński, BAFTA Award winning short animated movies maker, nominated to Academy Award
• Andrzej Bartkowiak, cinematographer, director and actor.
• Eugeniusz Bodo, singer and actor
• Wojciech Bogusławski, actor, theater director, playwright.
• Walerian Borowczyk, film director
• Ewa Braun, Academy Award winning set decorator, costume designer, production designer
• Zbigniew Cybulski, actor
• Elżbieta Czyżewska, actress
• Ewa Demarczyk, actress, poetry singer
• Dagmara Dominczyk, actress
• Paweł Edelman, cinematographer, European Film Award winner.
• Katarzyna Figura, actress
• Aleksander Ford, director
• Małgorzata Foremniak, actress, starred in Avalon
• Piotr Fronczewski, actor and singer
• Janusz Gajos, actor
• Sir John Gielgud, English theatre and film actor with Polish szlachcic father
• Samuel Goldwyn, legendary film producer
• Jerzy Grotowski, theatre reformer
• Adam Hanuszkiewicz, actor
• Jerzy Hoffman, film director
• Agnieszka Holland, film director, nominated to Academy Awards and BAFTA Award
• Gustaw Holoubek, actor
• Sławomir Idziak, cinematagrapher, nominated to Oscar
• Jan A.P. Kaczmarek, Academy Award winning composer, nominated to BAFTA Award
• Jacek Kaczmarski, protest songwriter, poetry singer, guitarist
• Janusz Kaminski, two Oscars and BAFTA Award winning cinematographer and film director
• Bronislau Kaper, Academy Award winning composer
• Krzysztof Kieślowski, film director, nominated to Academy Awards
• Max Kolonko TV personality, producer, writer
• Kazimierz Kutz, film director
• Martin Kunert (born Marcin Kunert-Dziewanowski) - writer/director
• Irena Kwiatkowska, actress
• Bogusław Linda, actor
• Tadeusz Łomnicki, actor
• Rudolph Maté, accomplished cinematographer and film director, nominated for 5 Oscars
• Helena Modjeska/Modrzejewska, actress (born Helena Opid)
• Pola Negri, actress
• Wacław Niżyński (Vaslav Nijinsky), ballet dancer and choreographer
• Karen O (Orzołek), the lead vocalist for the New York art punk band Yeah Yeah Yeahs
• Daniel Olbrychski, actor
• Jerzy Owsiak, broadcaster
• Joanna Pacuła, actress
• Ludwika Paleta, Polish-Mexican actress
• Cezary Pazura, actor
• Roman Polański, award winning film director educated in Poland
• Jeremi Przybora
• Anna Przybylska, actress
• Wojciech Pszoniak, actor of Comedie Francaise
• Krzysztof Ptak, cinematographer
• Zbigniew Rybczynski, Oscar and Emmy Award winning filmmaker
• Lew Rywin, film producer and criminal
• Leon Schiller, theatre director
• Izabella Scorupco, Polish-born Hollywood-actress and singer.
• Andrzej Seweryn, actor of Comédie Française
• [[Casey Siemaszko)], actor
• [[Nina Siemaszko)], actor
• Jerzy Skolimowski, film director
• Przemysław Skwirczyński, cinematographer
• Adam Smoluk, director, screenwriter and actor
• Piotr Sobocinski, cinematographer
• Ladislas Starevich properly: Władysław Starewicz, film director, stop-motion animator
• Allan Starski, Oscar winning production designer, art director, set designer
• Leopold Stokowski, Academy Award winning composer
• Jerzy Stuhr, actor, film director
• Loretta Swit,Major Margaret "Hot Lips" Houlihan on M*A*S*H.
• Piotr Tokarski, actor
• Henryk Tomaszewski, mime
• Basia Trzetrzelewska, singer
• Andrzej Wajda, Academy Award, Golden Palm, BAFTA Award, Silver Berlin Bear, César Award and Golden Lion winning film director
• The Warner Brothers
• Jerzy Wasowski
• Samuel "Billy" Wilder, six Oscars winning film director, screenwriter and producer
• Lilliana Wilczkowsky, actress
• Roman Wilhelmi, actor
• Dariusz Wolski, cinematographer
• Zbigniew Zamachowski, actor
• Krzysztof Zanussi, film director
• Michał Żebrowski, actor
• Artur Żmijewski, actor
• Andrzej Żuławski, film director

[edit] Business

• Hipolit Cegielski
• André Citroën, founder of Citroën
• Franciszek Czapek, co-partner in Patek, Czapek & Co.
• Max Factor, Sr., cosmetics entrepreneur
• Andrew Filipowski, technology entrepreneur
• Henryk Grohman, textile manufacturer and patron of the arts
• Nathan Handwerker
• Barbara Piasecka Johnson, humanitarian, philanthropist, widow of J. Seward Johnson, Sr.
• Ryszard Krauze, computer science entrepreneur
• Leopold Kronenberg, banker
• Jerzy Franciszek Kulczycki, legendary merchant, spy, diplomat; opened first café in Vienna (1683)
• Jan Kulczyk, one of the richest Poles
• Michael Marks, co-founder of Marks and Spencer retail chain
• Samuel Orgelbrand, editor
• Antoni Patek, co-founder of watchmakers Patek Philippe & Co.
• Izrael Poznański, textile magnate, philanthropist
• Helena Rubinstein, cosmetics entrepreneur
• Ziggy Switkowski, former chief executive officer of Telstra
• Steve Woźniak, co-founder of Apple Inc.
• Andrzej Artur Zamoyski

[edit] Royalty

• Mieszko I, first Duke of Poland.
• Dubrawka, first Duchess of Poland.
• Świętosława (Gunhild), daughter of Mieszko I of Poland, mother of Canute the Great, King of England, Denmark and Norway.
• Bolesław I the Brave, first King of Poland.
• Mieszko II Lambert, second King of Poland.
• Richeza of Lotharingia, Queen of Poland.
• Casimir I the Restorer, Duke of Poland.
• Bolesław II the Bold, third King of Poland.
• Bolesław III Wrymouth, Duke of Poland.
• Mieszko III the Old, Duke of Greater Poland, Senior Duke of Poland.
• Casimir II the Just, Duke of Cracow, Senior Duke of Poland.
• Leszek I the White, Duke of Cracow, Senior Duke of Poland.
• Henry I the Bearded, Duke of Silesia, Senior Duke of Poland.
• Henryk II the Pious, Senior Duke of Poland, commander of Polish forces in the Battle of Legnica (1241).
• Premislas II, King of Poland.
• Władysław I the Elbow-high, King of Poland.
• Casimir III the Great, Piast Dynasty last King of Poland.
• Jadwiga Angevin, King and Queen of Poland.
• Władysław II Jagiełło, Lithuanian, King of Poland, victor at the Battle of Grunwald (1410).
• Władysław III of Varna (Ulászló I), King of Poland and Hungary, killed at the Battle of Varna (1444).
• Casimir IV Jagiellon, King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania, victor in the Thirteen Years' War (1454-1466).
• John I Albert, King of Poland.
• Alexander Jagiellon, Grand Duke of Lithuania and King of Poland.
• Sigismund I the Old, King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania.
• Roxelana (Khourrem, wife of Suleiman the Magnificent).
• Barbara Radziwiłł, consort of Sigismund II August.
• Sigismund II Augustus, Jagiello Dynasty last King of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth.
• Anna Jagiellon, reigned together with her husband Stephen Báthory
• Stephen Báthory, Hungarian-born King of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth.
• Sigismund III Vasa, King of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth and King of Sweden.
• Władysław IV Vasa, elected Tsar of Russia, King of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth.
• John II Casimir Vasa, King of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, victor at the Battle of Beresteczko (1651).
• John III Sobieski, King of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, victor at the Battle of Vienna (1683).
• Catherine I (Marta Skowrońska), second wife of Russian Tsar Peter the Great, and Empress of Russia (1725-27).
• Stanisław Leszczyński, King of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth and Duke of Lorraine.
• Catherine Opalińska, Queen of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth and Duchess of Lorraine.
• Maria Leszczyńska, consort of Louis XV, King of France.
• Stanisław August Poniatowski, last King of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, co-author of the Constitution of May 3, 1791.

[edit] Nobility (szlachta)

see: List of szlachta

[edit] Military

• Władysław Anders, general, military commander during the Battle of Monte Cassino (1944)
• Krzysztof Arciszewski, general of artillery of Holland (1639), and Poland (1646).
• Józef Bem, military commander, commander-in-chief of Hungarian army (1849)
• Jan Karol Chodkiewicz, military commander, victor from Kircholm (1605)
• Michał Czajkowski (Sadyk Pasha), (1804-1886), Polish-Ukrainian commander-in-chief of an Ottoman Cossack Brigade during the Crimean War (1853-1856)
• Stefan Czarniecki, Field Crown Hetman of Poland (1665)
• Jan Henryk Dąbrowski, general, military commander during the Napoleonic Wars
• Jarosław Dąbrowski, military commander during the January Uprising (1863), and the Paris Commune (1871)
• Henryk Dembiński, military commander in the November Uprising and the Hungarian uprising of 1849
• Bolesław Wieniawa-Długoszowski, general, ambassador, nominated President of Poland (1939)
• Józef Dowbor-Muśnicki, general, military commander in the Greater Poland Uprising (1919)
• Jerzy Pajaczkowski-Dydynski (1894-2005), Polish soldier in World War I and in the 1920-21 Polish-Soviet War. At his death, he was the oldest man in the United Kingdom (111 years old). [1]
• Józef Haller, politician, commander of the Polish Army in France during World War I
• Jan Nowak-Jezioranski (1913-2005), Polish journalist and World War II hero.
• Mikołaj Kamieniecki, first Grand Crown Hetman of Poland (1503-1515)
• Michał Karaszewicz-Tokarzewski, general, founder of the resistance movement "Polish Victory Service" (27 September 1939)
• Tadeusz Bór-Komorowski, general, commander of the Home Army during the Warsaw Uprising (1944)
• Stanisław Koniecpolski, Grand Crown Hetman (1632-1646)
• Tadeusz Kościuszko, Polish and American commander, general and revolutionist.
• Wladimir Krzyzanowski Polish general on the Union side during the American Civil War
• Marian Kukiel, general, military commander, historian
• Aleksander Lisowski, commander of 17th-century Lisowczycy.
• Stanisław Maczek, (1892-1994), commander of the Polish Armored Division, later commander-in-chief of Polish forces in exile after World War II
• Leopold Okulicki, general, last commander-in-chief of the Home Army
• Julian Konstanty Ordon, officer in the November Uprising (1830-31)
• Emilia Plater, Countess, hero of the November Uprising
• Józef Poniatowski, prince, Polish general and marshal of France
• Kazimierz Pułaski (Cassimir Pulaski), Polish and American military commander
• Hyman G. Rickover, U.S. Navy Admiral, Father of the Nuclear Navy
• Konstantin Rokossovsky, (born Konstanty Rokossowski) Marshall of the Soviet Union and Polish defense minister, communist
• Stefan Rowecki, general, military commander, commander-in-chief of the Home Army
• John Shalikashvili, retired United States Army general
• Władysław Sikorski, general, commander-in-chief of the Polish Armed Forces and Prime Minister of Poland (1939-1943)
• Piotr Skuratowicz, general of the Polish Army
• Stanisław Sosabowski, commander of the Polish 1st Independent Parachute Brigade, which saw action at Arnhem during Operation Market Garden (1944)
• Kazimierz Sosnkowski, general, Commander-in-Chief of Polish Armed Forces (1943-1944)
• Józef Sowiński, general, hero of the November Uprising (1830-31)
• Edward Rydz-Śmigły, marshal, military commander, successful in the Polish-Bolshevik war, C-i-C of the Polish Army in the September Campaign
• Jan Tarnowski, Grand Crown Hetman (1527-1561), victor of Obertyn (1531)
• Piotr Wysocki, led the November Uprising (1830)
• Kordian Józef Zamorski
• Jan Zamoyski, Great Chancellor of Poland (1578-1605) and Grand Crown Hetman (1581-1605)
• Stanisław Żółkiewski, chancellor of Poland, military commander, conqueror of Moscow (1610), Grand Crown Hetman (1613-1620)
• Janusz Żurakowski, World War II fighter pilot and Avro Arrow test pilot

[edit] Politics

• Tomasz Arciszewski, first Prime Minister of Poland in exile (1944-1947)
• Kazimierz Feliks Badeni, count, Minister-President of Austria (1895-1897)
• Marek Belka, former director of economic policy in the interim coalition administration of Iraq, Prime Minister of Poland (2004-2005)
• Bolesław Bierut, leader of communist Poland (1948-1956)
• Michał Bobrzyński, Governor of Galicia (1908-1913)
• Zbigniew Brzeziński , political scientist, advisor to US President Jimmy Carter.
• Józef Cyrankiewicz, Prime Minister of communistic Poland (1947-1952 and 1954-1970)
• Adam Jerzy Czartoryski, prince, statesman, Prime Minister (1830-1831)
• Ignacy Daszyński, Prime Minister of the Temporary People’s Government of the Republic of Poland (1918)
• Roman Dmowski, nationalist politician, statesman
• Feliks Dzierżyński, the founder of the Bolshevik secret police, the Cheka
• Jaś Gawroński, Italian politician
• Edward Gierek, leader of communist Poland (1970-1980)
• Władysław Gomułka, leader of communist Poland (1956-1970)
• Piotr Jaroszewicz, Prime Minister of communistic Poland (1970-1980)
• Wojciech Jaruzelski, last leader of communist Poland (1981-1989), first President of III RP (1989-1990)
• Ryszard Kaczorowski, sixth and last President of Poland in exile (1989-1990)
• Jarosław Kaczyński, identical twin brother of Lech, leader of the Law and Justice party, Prime Minister of Poland (2006-2007)
• Lech Kaczyński, fourth President of III RP (since 2005)
• Wojciech Korfanty, leader of Silesians during the Third Silesian Uprising
• Janusz Korwin-Mikke, free market activist
• Stanisław Kosior, Soviet politician
• Tadeusz Kościuszko
• Jan Kucharzewski first Prime Minister of Kingdom of Poland (1917-1918),
• Pedro Pablo Kuczynski - Prime Minister of Peru
• Aleksander Kwaśniewski, third President of III RP (1995-2005)
• Andrzej Lepper, leader of Samoobrona and former Vice-PM
• Julian Marchlewski, Soviet politician
• Kazimierz Marcinkiewicz, Prime Minister of Poland (2005-2006)
• Tadeusz Mazowiecki, politician, first Prime Minister of III RP (Poland)
• Stanislaw Mikołajczyk, Prime Minister of Poland (1943-1944), politician of the agrarian party
• Jędrzej Moraczewski, first Prime Minister of II RP (1918-1919)
• Ignacy Mościcki, third President of II RP (1926-1939)
• Lewis Bernstein Namier, British politician and historian
• Gabriel Narutowicz, first President of II RP (1922)
• Marian P. Opala, Justice of the Oklahoma Supreme Court
• Stanisław Ostrowski, third President of Poland in exile (1972-1979)
• Ignacy Paderewski, second Prime Minister of II RP (1919)
• Waldemar Pawlak, Prime Minister of Poland (1992 and 1993-1995)
• Józef Piłsudski, statesman, politician and Marshal of Poland
• Michel Poniatowski, prince, French politician
• Alfred Józef Potocki, count, Minister-President of Austria (1870-1871)
• Władysław Raczkiewicz, first President of Poland in exile (1939-1947)
• Edward Raczyński, fourth President of Poland in exile (1979-1986)
• Antoni Radziwiłł, prince, the Duke-Governor of Grand Duchy of Posen (Poznań) (1815-1831)
• Adam Ronikier, count, president of the Central Welfare Council (1916-1918) and (1940-1943)
• Dan Rostenkowski, American politician
• Kazimierz Sabbat, fifth President of Poland in exile (1986-1989)
• Jacek Saryusz-Wolski, vice-president of European Parliament (2004-2007)
• Władysław Sikorski, general, Prime Minister of Poland (1939-1943)
• Anatoly Sobczak, first post-Soviet mayor of St Petersburg
• Stefan Starzyński, President of Warsaw (1934-1939)
• Donald Tusk, chairman of the Civic Platform, Prime Minister of Poland (since 2007)
• Lech Wałęsa, trade unionist who started dismantling of the Soviet bloc, the Nobel Peace Prize in 1983, second President of III RP (1990-1995)
• Ludwik Waryński, socialist activist in 19th c.
• Roy Welensky, Prime Minister of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland
• Edward Werner, (born in Poland to parents of German origin) vice-Minister of Finance, and Polish diplomat during World War II
• Alexander Wielopolski, count, Marquis of Gonzaga, statesman
• Wincenty Witos, politician of the agrarian party
• Stanisław Wojciechowski, second President of II RP (1922-1926)
• August Zaleski, second President of Poland in exile (1947-1972)
• Andrzej Artur Zamoyski

[edit] Diplomats

• Władysław Bartoszewski, foreign affairs minister of III RP (1995 and 2000-2001)
• Józef Beck, foreign affairs minister of II RP (1932-1939)
• Alois Friedrich von Brühl, Polish-Saxon diplomat, starost of Warsaw
• Włodzimierz Cimoszewicz, foreign affairs minister of III RP (2001-2005)
• Adam Jerzy Czartoryski, prince, foreign affairs minister of the Russian Empire (1804-1806)
• Władysław Czartoryski, prince, the main diplomatic agent of the National Government (1863-1864)
• Roman Dmowski, foreign affairs minister of II RP (1923)
• Bronisław Geremek, foreign affairs minister of III RP (1997-2000)
• Agenor Count Gołuchowski, foreign affairs minister of Austria-Hungary (1895-1906)
• Stanisław Janikowski, diplomat in Rome, to Holy See (1927-1954)
• Krzysztof Grzymułtowski, diplomat and voivod of Poznań, author of the Eternal Peace Treaty with Russia (1686)
• Julian Klaczko, Polish-Austrian diplomat
• Stanisław Kot, Polish ambassador to the Soviet Union (1941-1942) and to Italy (1945-1947)
• Józef Lipski, Polish ambassador to Germany (1933-1939)
• Ivan Maysky, Soviet diplomat
• Stefan Meller, foreign affairs minister of III RP (2005-2006)
• Lewis Bernstein Namier, British diplomat and historian
• Andrzej Olechowski, foreign affairs minister of III RP (1993-1995)
• Ignacy Paderewski, foreign affairs minister of II RP (1919) and third prime minister of Poland
• Stanisław Patek, foreign affairs minister of II RP (1919-1920)
• Edward Bernard Raczyński, count, Polish ambassador to the United Kingdom (1934-1945) and foreign affairs minister (1941-1943)
• Adam Rapacki, foreign affairs minister of communist Poland (1956-1968)
• Joseph Retinger, precursor of the European Union
• Dariusz Rosati, foreign affairs minister of III RP (1995-1997)
• Adam Daniel Rotfeld, foreign affairs minister of III RP (2005)
• Radosław Sikorski, foreign affairs minister of III RP (since 2007)
• Konstanty Skirmunt, foreign affairs minister of II RP (1921-1922)
• Aleksander Skrzyński, foreign affairs minister of II RP (1922-1923 and 1924-1926)
• Krzysztof Skubiszewski, first foreign affairs minister of III RP (1989-1993)
• Romuald Spasowski, Polish ambassador to the United States (1955-1961 and 1978-1981)
• Andrey Vyshinsky, Soviet jurist and diplomat
• Alexandre Joseph Count Colonna-Walewski, French foreign affairs minister
• Leon Wasilewski, foreign affairs minister of II RP (1918-1919)
• August Zaleski, foreign affairs minister of II RP (1926-1932)
• Maurycy Klemens Zamoyski, foreign affairs minister of II RP (1924)
• Josef Zieleniec, Czech foreign affairs minister
• Sergey Yastrzhembsky, Russian diplomat

[edit] Spies

• Roman Czerniawski, Polish Air Force captain and British Double Cross System agent
• Michael Goleniewski, Cold War Polish, Soviet and American CIA agent
• Jan Kowalewski, Polish Army intelligence officer and cryptologist
• Andrzej Kowerski, Polish Army officer and World War II British SOE agent
• Ryszard Kukliński, Polish Army colonel, Cold War CIA masterspy
• Jerzy Franciszek Kulczycki, Polish spy at Battle of Vienna (1683)
• Kazimierz Leski, Captain
• Jerzy Pawłowski, Major
• Marcel Reich-Ranicki, Polish General Consul in London (1948–49)
• Krystyna Skarbek, World War II British SOE agent
• Halina Szymańska, World War II British spy
• Marian Zacharski, Colonel

[edit] Holocaust resisters

• Mordechaj Anielewicz, Military Leader of Warsaw Ghetto Uprising (1943)
• Władysław Bartoszewski
• Adolf Berman
• Icchak Cukierman
• Marek Edelman
• Yitzhak Gitterman
• Haika Grossman
• Jan Karski
• Zofia Kossak-Szczucka, co-founder of Żegota
• Wanda Krahelska-Filipowicz, Provisional Committee for Aid to Jews
• Zivia Lubetkin
• Witold Pilecki
• Irena Sendler
• Henryk Sławik, Polish politician and diplomat in Hungary
• Henryk Woliński
• Lidia Zamenhof
• Szmul Zygielbojm

[edit] Religion

• Andrzej Alojzy Ankwicz (Roman-Catholic Archbishop of Lvov, 1815-33, and Archbishop of Prague 1833-38).
• Baal Shem Tov (Yisroel ben Eliezer (1698-1760), rabbi, the founder of Hasidic Judaism).
• St. Józef Bilczewski (Roman-Catholic Archbishop of Lvov, 1900-23).
• Szymon Budny (Polish-Belarusian humanist and Arian priest).
• St. Casimir Jagiellon (grandson of King Władysław II Jagiełło).
• St. Adam (Albert) Chmielowski (Albertine).
• August Czartoryski (beatified Prince).
• Edmund Dalbor (Primate of Poland, Cardinal, 1915-26).
• Albin Dunajewski (Bishop of Kraków, Cardinal, 1879-94).
• Stanisław Dziwisz (Archbishop of Kraków since 2005, Cardinal).
• Antoni Melchior Fijałkowski
• Jacob Frank (Jewish messianic leader who merged Judaism and Christianity).
• Piotr z Goniądza (religious writer).
• Piotr Gamrat (Primate of Poland, 1541-45).
• Józef Glemp (Primate of Poland since 1981, Cardinal).
• St. Hedwig (Queen of Poland, 1384-99).
• August Hlond (Primate of Poland, 1926-48, Cardinal).
• Stanislaus Hosius (legate to Poland, Cardinal and Prince-Bishop of Warmia).
• St. Hyacinth (Dominican).
• Henryk Jankowski (Prelate, Chaplain of "Solidarność")
• Marian Jaworski (Polish Roman-Catholic Archbishop of Lvov, since 1991, Cardinal).
• Aleksander Kakowski (Archbishop of Warsaw, Cardinal).
• St. Raphael Kalinowski (Carmelite).
• St. Jan Kanty (professor at Kraków University).
• Stanisław Karnkowski (Primate of Poland, 1581-1603; Interrex, 1586-87).
• St. Maksymilian Maria Kolbe (Franciscan martyr, Auschwitz 1941).
• Hugo Kołłątaj (priest, statesman).
• St. Stanisław Kostka (Jesuit).
• St. Faustina Kowalska (Sisters of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Mercy).
• Ignacy Krasicki (Primate of Poland).
• Adam Stanisław Krasiński (Bishop of Kamieniec Podolski, 1757-98).
• John Krol (Archbishop of Philadelphia, Cardinal, 1961-88).
• Mieczysław Halka Ledóchowski (Primate of Poland, 1866-86, Cardinal).
• Jan Łaski (Primate of Poland, 1510-31).
• Władysław Aleksander Łubieński (Archbishop of Lwów, 1758-59; and Primate of Poland, 1759-67; Interrex, 1763-64).
• Franciszek Macharski (Archbishop of Kraków, 1978-2005, Cardinal).
• Zbigniew Cardinal Oleśnicki (Bishop of Kraków, 1423-55, first Cardinal of Polish origin, since 1449, statesman).
• Zbigniew Oleśnicki (nephew of Zbigniew Cardinal Oleśnicki; Primate of Poland, 1481-93).
• Walenty Potocki (Count; converted to Judaism as Avrohom ben Avrohom, the Ger Tzedek of Vilna; died 1749).
• Jan Puzyna (Bishop of Kraków, 1895-1911, Cardinal).
• Jerzy Cardinal Radziwiłł (Bishop of Kraków, Cardinal, 1591-1600).
• Tadeusz Rydzyk (Redemptorist).
• St. Stanislaus of Szczepanów (Bishop of Kraków, martyr 1079).
• Adam Stefan Sapieha (Bishop/Archbishop of Kraków, Cardinal, 1911-51).
• Piotr Skarga (Jesuit).
• Kajetan Sołtyk (Bishop of Kiev, 1756-59; Bishop of Kraków, 1759-88).
• Edmund Szoka (Archbishop of Detroit, Cardinal 1981-90).
• Józef Tischner (priest, philosopher and first chaplain of the trade union "Solidarity").
• Mikołaj Trąba (Archbishop of Gniezno, first Primate of Poland, 1418-22).
• Jakub Uchański (Primate of Poland, 1562-81; Interrex, 1572-73 and 1574-75).
• Piotr Wawrzyniak (priest and economist).
• Karol Józef Wojtyła (Pope John Paul II, 1978-2005).
• Stefan Wyszyński (Primate of Poland, Cardinal, 1948-81).
• Reverend Monsignor (Wawrzyniec) Lawrence Wnuk (Protonotary Apostolic).

[edit] Miscellaneous

• George Adamski, controversial ufologist
• Florian Ceynowa, Kashubian activist
• Krystyna Chojnowska-Liskiewicz, the first woman to sail single-handed (i.e. solo) around the world
• Franciszek Czapek, watchmaker
• Michał Drzymała
• Piotr Gawryś, contract bridge champion
• Wincenty Gostkowski, watchmaker
• Piotr Iwanicki, wheelchair dancing world champion
• Marek Kamiński, adventure traveller
• Adam Michnik, journalist
• Piotr Naszarkowski, engraver
• Anthony Radziwill, U.S. news journalist/producer (nephew of John F. Kennedy)
• Włodzimierz Waloc Trubecki, prince
• Wilfrid Michael Voynich, bibliophile
• Arkadiusz Weremczuk a.k.a. Arkadius (Ukrainian-Polish) fashion designer
• Warren Winiarski, California winemaker
• Magdalena Wróbel, top model

[edit] Criminals

• Leon Frank Czolgosz, assassin of President William McKinley
• Ignacy Hryniewiecki, assassin of Tsar Alexander II of Russia
• Theodore Kaczynski, the Unabomber
• Severin Antoniovich Klosowski, Jack-the-Ripper suspect
• Julian Koltun, serial killer
• Zdzisław Marchwicki, serial killer
• Władysław Mazurkiewicz, serial killer
• Stanisław Modzelewski, serial killer
• Eligiusz Niewiadomski, assassin of Polish President Gabriel Narutowicz, modernist painter and art critic
• Leszek Pękalski, serial killer
• Piotr Shabelsky-Bork, assassin
• Łucjan Staniak, serial killer - dubbed "The Red Spider" and "The Red Ripper"
• Hymie Weiss (Wojciechowski), Chicago mobster and rival of Al Capone, born into a Polish family

[edit] Legendary persons

• John of Kolno (Jan z Kolna, Johannes Scolnus or Scolvus), semi-legendary explorer and discoverer of America before Columbus (1476).
• Pan Twardowski, semi-legendary Faust-like sorcerer; in Polish legend, the first man on the Moon.
• Janek Wiśniewski, freedom fighter, hero of 1970 Gdynia riots.

[edit] Fictional characters

• Captain William Joseph "B.J." Blazkowicz from Wolfenstein 3D
• Waldemar Daninsky, wolfman from La Marca del Hombre Lobo
• Nicodemus Dyzma (in Tadeusz Dołęga-Mostowicz's novel, The Career of Nicodemus Dyzma).
• Dr Judym (in Stefan Żeromski's novel, Homeless People).
• Florentyna Kane from The Prodigal Daughter and Shall We Tell the President?
• Commander Keen, grandson of B.J. Blazkowicz
• Hans Kloss (Captain Kloss), WW II secret agent from Polish TV serial More Than Life at Stake
• Funky Koval, space detective
• Stanley Kowalski of the play A Streetcar Named Desire
• Koziołek Matołek (Matołek the Billy-Goat) is a fictional character created by Kornel Makuszyński (story) and Marian Walentynowicz (art) in one of the first and most famous Polish comics back in 1933
• Magneto, mutant (Marvel Comics)
• Mike Nomad (with Steve Roper), an American adventure comic strip (1936 - 2004)
• Officer Eddie Pulaski from Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
• Abel Rosnovski from Kane and Abel
• Pan Samochodzik, a fictional adventurer by Zbigniew Nienacki
• Sasquatch (Dr. Walter Langkowski), Marvel superhero
• Walter Sobchak, the "Polish Catholic" from the film The Big Lebowski
• Silk Spectre I & II, superheroines from Watchmen
• Stanislau from Blackhawk (comics), ace pilot
• Tytus, Romek i A'Tomek, Polish comic book heroes
• Walter Koskiusko Waldowski, the "Painless Pole" in MASH (film)
• Konrad Wallenrod (poem) by Adam Mickiewicz
• John Paul Wiggin (Jan Paweł Wieczorek) from Ender's Game series
• Stanisław Wokulski (in Bolesław Prus' novel, The Doll).
• Piotr Zak, fictional composer from a spoof BBC documentary
• Sophie Zawistowski from Sophie's Choice, a novel by William Styron and a film by Alan J. Pakula.
• The Witcher, fantasy hero by Sapkowski

[edit] Sports

see also: list of Polish sports players

[edit] Athletics (track and field)

Andrzej Badeński, sprinter Jerzy Chromik, athlete Teresa Ciepły, sprinter Marian Foik, sprinter Halina Górecka, sprinter Piotr Haczek, track athlete Barbara Janiszewska, sprinter Ewa Kłobukowska, sprinter Władysław Komar, shot putter Halina Konopacka, discus thrower Robert Korzeniowski, racewalker Władysław Kozakiewicz, pole vaulter Elżbieta Krzesińska, long jumper

Zdzisław Krzyszkowiak, athlete Wacław Kuchar, athlete Janusz Kusociński, athlete Maria Kwaśniewska, javelin thrower Wiesław Maniak, sprinter Bronisław Malinowski, athlete Wanda Panfil, athlete Artur Partyka, high jumper Edmund Piątkowski, discus thrower Marek Plawgo, athlete Monika Pyrek, pole vaulter Anna Rogowska, pole vaulter Tadeusz Rut, hammer thrower

Piotr Rysiukiewicz, sprinter Janusz Sidło, javelin thrower Kamila Skolimowska, hammer thrower Irena Szewińska, sprinter Józef Szmidt, triple jumper Tadeusz Ślusarski, pole vaulter Jadwiga Wajs, discus thrower Stanisława Walasiewicz, sprinter Jan Werner, sprinter Jacek Wszoła, high jumper Kazimierz Zimny, athlete Szymon Ziółkowski, hammer thrower

[edit] Boxing

Tomasz Adamek Aleksy Antkiewicz Zygmunt Chychła Leszek Drogosz Charley Goldman (International Boxing Hall of fame) Andrzej Gołota Janusz Gortat

Józef Grudzień Jerzy Kulej Dariusz Michalczewski Zbigniew Pietrzykowski Jerzy Rybicki Feliks Stamm, coach Jan Szczepański Janusz Zarenkiewicz

[edit] Chess

Agnieszka Brustman Josef Cukierman Hieronim Czarnowski Moshe Czerniak Dawid Daniuszewski Arthur Dunkelblum Hanna Ereńska Samuel Factor Alexander Flamberg Henryk Friedman Paulino Frydman Regina Gerlecka Róża Herman Krystyna Hołuj-Radzikowska Dawid Janowski Max Judd Henrijeta Konarkowska-Sokolov

Michał Krasenkow Adam Kuligowski Salo Landau Edward Lasker Paul Saladin Leonhardt Moishe Lowtzky Bartłomiej Macieja Kazimierz Makarczyk Stasch Mlotkowski Piotr Murdzia Miguel Najdorf Edmund Nash Menachem Oren Julius Perlis Jusefs Petkevich Kazimierz Plater Ignatz von Popiel Artur Popławski

Dawid Przepiórka Teodor Regedziński Samuel Reshevsky Samuel Rosenthal Gersz Rotlewi Akiba Rubinstein Gersz Salwe Włodzimierz Schmidt Stanislaus Sittenfeld Franciszek Sulik Bogdan Śliwa Savielly Tartakower Jean Taubenhaus Vitaly Tseshkovsky Szymon Winawer Aleksander Wojtkiewicz Daniel Yanofsky Johannes Zukertort

[edit] Fencing

Zbigniew Czajkowski Danuta Dmowska Egon Franke Sylwia Gruchała Roman Kantor

Edward Korfanty Ryszard Parulski Jerzy Pawłowski Witold Woyda Wojciech Zabłocki

[edit] Ice hockey

Wayne Gretzky, world's most famous hockey player of Polish descent Mariusz Czerkawski Mike Komisarek Ed Olczyk

Krzysztof Oliwa Peter Sidorkiewicz Pete Stemkowski Wojtek Wolski

[edit] Skiing

• Bronisław Czech
• Wojciech Fortuna, ski jumper
• Adam Małysz, ski jumper
• Stanisław Marusarz, ski jumper

[edit] Football (Soccer)

Zygmunt Anczok, defender Zbigniew Boniek, midfielder Artur Boruc, goalkeeper Gerard Cieślik, midfielder Lesław Ćmikiewicz, midfielder Kazimierz Deyna, midfielder Jerzy Dudek, goalkeeper Robert Gadocha, attacker Jerzy Gorgoń, defender Kazimierz Górski, coach Paweł Janas, defender, coach Józef Kałuża, attacker, coach Henryk Kasperczak, midfielder, coach Miroslav Klose, (Polish-German) attacker Józef Klotz, defender Tomasz Kuszczak, goalkeeper Grzegorz Lato, attacker Włodzimierz Lubański, attacker Stefan Majewski, defender, coach

Józef Młynarczyk, goalkeeper Ryszard Piec, midfielder Antoni Piechniczek, coach Lukas Podolski, (Polish-German) attacker Ernest Pohl, attacker Fryderyk Scherfke, midfielder Euzebiusz Smolarek, attacker Włodzimierz Smolarek, midfielder Grzegorz Szamotulski, goalkeeper Andrzej Szarmach, attacker Władysław Szczepaniak, defender Piotr Świerczewski, midfielder Jan Tomaszewski, goalkeeper Krzysztof Warzycha, attacker Gerard Wodarz, attacker Ernest Wilimowski, attacker Łukasz Załuska, goalkeeper Władysław Żmuda, defender

[edit] Swimming

Katarzyna Baranowska Otylia Jędrzejczak Bartosz Kizierowski Michael Klim Paweł Korzeniowski

Sławomir Kuczko Mariusz Podkościelny Mateusz Sawrymowicz Rafał Szukała Artur Wojdat

[edit] Weightlifting

• Waldemar Baszanowski
• Mieczysław Nowak
• Ireneusz Paliński
• Agata Wróbel
• Marian Zieliński

[edit] Others

Janusz Centka, soaring Wojciech Fibak, tennis Anni Friesinger, speed skater Tomasz Gollob, motorcycle speedway Andrzej Grubba, table tennis Sebastian Janikowski, American football Jadwiga Jędrzejowska, tennis Sebastian Kawa, soaring Rafał Kubacki, judo Robert Kubica, auto racing Mateusz Kusznierewicz, sailing Waldemar Legień, judo Jerzy Makula, glider aerobatics Dan Marino, American football Piotr Markiewicz, canoeing Bill Mazeroski, baseball Paweł Nastula, judo

Pudzianowski Aneta Pastuszka, canoeing Mariusz Pudzianowski, strongman Ivan Putski, professional wrestler Agnieszka Radwanska, tennis Urszula Radwanska, tennis Elwira Seroczyńska, speed skater Tomasz Sikora, biathlete Paul Slowinski, Muay Thai Roger Verey, rowing Piotr Wadecki, cycling Bogdan Wenta, handball Jerzy Wojnar, luge Sobiesław Zasada, auto racing

[edit] Notes