List of Poles
List of famous Poles This is partial list of famous Polish, Polish-speaking/writing people, and people born in Poland.
- See also North Pole, South Pole
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2 Composers 3 Writers 4 Film 5 Actors 6 Royalty 7 Sport persons 8 Others 9 Bad guys |
Science
- Banach, Stefan, (1892-1945), mathematician
- Karol Borsuk (1905 - 1982), mathematician
- Nicolaus Copernicus, (1473-1543), astronomer
- Curie-Skłodowska, Maria, (1867-1934), scientist, Nobel Prize winner (twice), first female Nobel prize winner
- Samuel Dickstein (1851-1939), mathematician
- Domeyko, Ignacy, (1802-1889), geologist
- Samuel Eilenberg, (1913-1998), mathematician
- Gabriel Fahrenheit, (1686-1736), physicist
- Funk, Kazimierz (1884-1967), biochemist
- Gundlach, Rudolf, inventor of tank periscope
- Johannes Hevelius(Jan Heweliusz in Polish), (1611-1687), astronomer
- Hofman, Józef, (1876-1957), pianist, inventor of windscreen wipers and car springs
- Hurewicz, Witold, (1904-1956), mathematician
- Kac, Mark(1914-1984), mathematician.
- Korczak, Janusz, (1878-1942), pedagogist
- Kuperberg, Krystyna, (1944-), mathematician
- Kuratowski, Kazimierz, (1896-1980), mathematician
- Łukasiewicz, Ignacy (1822-1882), founder of petroleum industry
- Łukasiewicz, Jan, (1878-1956), mathematician
- Malinowski, Bronislaw, (1884-1942), anthropologue and ethnologue
- Mandelbrot, Benoit, (1924-), mathematician
- Marcinkiewicz, Jozef (1910-1940 ), mathematician
- Andrzej Frycz Modrzewski, (Andreas Fricius Modrevius), 1503-1572, political theorist and philosopher
- Wladyslaw Orlicz (1903-1990), mathematician
- Post, Emil (1897-1954), mathematician
- Marian Rejewski (1905-1980), mathematician and cryptologist
- Stanislaw Saks (1897-1942), mathematician
- Arthur Schopenhauer (1788 - 1860), philosopher
- Sierpiński Wacław, (1882-1969), mathematician
- Hugo Steinhaus(1887-1972), mathematician.
- Strzelecki, Pawel, (1797-1873), explorer
- Tarski, Alfred (1901-1983), mathematician
- Ulam, Stanislaw (1909 - 1984), mathematician
- Wlodkowic, Pawel (1370-1435), scholar and laywer
- Aleksander Wolszczan (1946-), astronomer
- Wronski, Josef (1778-1853), mathematician
- Zamenhof, Ludovic L, (1859-1917), linguist
- Zarankiewicz, Kazimierz (1902-1959) mathematician
- Zygmund, Antoni (1900 - 1992) mathematician
Composers
- Frederic Chopin, (1810-1849),
- Krzysztof Penderecki, (born 1933)
- Wojciech Kilar,
- Zbigniew Preisner
- Henryk Gorecki
- Karol Szymanowski
- Witold Lutoslawski
- Henryk Wieniawski, (1835-1880)
Writers
- Jerzy Kosinski
- Tadeusz Dolega-Mostowicz
- Zofia Kossak-Szczucka
- Andrzej Sapkowski
- Janusz A. Zajdel
- Stanislaw Lem, (born 1921), science-fiction writer
- Wislawa Szymborska, (born 1923), poetess, Nobel Prize winner
- Wladyslaw Reymont, (1867-1925), writer, Nobel Prize winner
- Henryk Sienkiewicz, (1846-1916), writer, Nobel Prize winner
- Adam Mickiewicz, (1798-1855), poet
- Czeslaw Milosz, poet, Nobel Prize winner
- Joseph Conrad, writer
- Bruno Schulz, (1892-1942), writer
- Witold Gombrowicz (1904-1969), novelist and drama writer
- Jan Kochanowski (1530 - 1584), poet
- Stanislaw Witkiewicz writer and painter
- Johannes Dantiscus, (1485-1548), poet and Prince-Bishop of Warmia.
Film
- Agnieszka Holland
- Krzysztof Kieslowski, (1941-1996), film director
- Roman Polanski, film director and actor
- Andrzej Wajda, film director
- Andrzej Zulawski
Actors
- Jan Kiepura, (1902–1966), singer and actor
- Pola Negri, (1895-1987), actress
- Helena Modrzejewska, (1840-1909), actress
- Isabella Scorupco, (1970-)
- Joanna Pacula, (1957-)
- Ludwika Paleta (born 1978), famous in Mexico.
- Wojciech Pszoniak, actor of Comedie Francaise
Royalty
- Swiatoslawa, daughter of Mieszko I of Poland, mother of Canute the Great, king of England, Denmark and Norway
- Boleslaus the Brave, (966/967-1025), first king of Poland
- Henry II the Pious, (?-1241), senior duke of Poland, commander of Polish forces in Battle of Legnica
- Jadwiga of Poland, (1372-1399], king (!) of Poland, canonised
- Casimir IV the Jagiellonian, (1427-1494), king of Poland and grand duke of Lithuania, victor in Thirteen Years' War (1454-1466)
- Sigismund II Augustus, (1520-1572), king of Poland and grand duke of Lithuania, creator of Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth
- Jan III Sobieski (John III of Poland), 1629-1696, king of Poland and Great Duke of Lithuania, victor at the Battle of Vienna
- Stanislaw Leszczynski, (Stanislaus I of Poland), (1677 - 1766), king of Poland and prince of Lorraine
- Ladislaus III, (Władysław III Warneńczyk, Ulászló I), 1424-1444, king of Poland and Hungary
- Aleksandra Lisowska (Khourrem) (~1510 - 1558), (wife of Suleiman the Magnificent)
Sport persons
- Wojciech Fortuna
- Robert Korzeniowski
- Adam Małysz
- Zbigniew Boniek
- Jerzy Dudek
- Dariusz Michalczewski
- Andrew Golota
Others
- Krystyna Skarbek (1915-1952), SOE heroine of WW II
- Miguel Najdorf (1910-1997), chess player
- John Paul II, (born 1920), the pope
- Jozef Pilsudski, (1867-1935), statesman, politician and marshall
- Casimir Pulaski, military commander
- Lech Walesa, (born 1943), trade unionist who started dismantling of the Soviet bloc
- Tadeusz Kosciuszko, (1746-1817), military commander
- Aleksander Lisowski, (1575-1616), commander of Lisowczycy
- Jozef Bem, (1794-1850), military commander, commander-in-chief of Hungarian army (1849)
- Zbigniew Brzezinski, (1928-), political scientist, advisor of US president Jimmy Carter.
- Daniel Chodowiecki, (1726-1801), painter
- Jerzy Grotowski, (1933-1999), theatre reformer
Bad guys
- Feliks Dzierzynski, (1877-1926), Cheka founder
- Bronislaw Kaminski, (1899-1944), SS commander and a war criminal
- Polish literature
- List of Polish composers
- List of Polish painters
- List of Polish language poets
- Polish theater
- Polish film history
- Music in Poland