List of Poles
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This is a partial list of famous Polish, Polish-speaking/writing people, and people born in Poland.
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Science
Astronomy
- Franciszek Arminski.
- Nicolas Copernicus.
- Tadeusz Banachiewicz.
- Wladyslaw Dziewulski.
- Felicjan Kepínski.
- Marian Albertovich Kowalski.
- Alexander Wolszczan.
- Johannes Hevelius (of Czech origin).
- Marcin Kubiak.
- Bohdan Paczyński.
- Konrad Rudnicki.
- Andrzej Udalski.
- Wieslaw Wisniewski.
Biology
- Joseph Babinski, physician
- Edmund Biernacki, physician
- Czeslaw Biezanko, famous entomologist
- Adam Gruca, surgeion
- Stanislaw Burzynski, famous physician
- Tytus Chalubinski, physician
- Napoleon Cybulski, famous neurophysiologist
- Maria Antonina Czaplicka, anthropologist
- Wiktor Dega, revolutionary surgeon
- August Dehnel, biologist
- Jozef Dietl, physician
- Emil Godlewski, embryologist
- Ludwik Hirszfeld, microbiologist
- Stefan Kopec, biologist
- Rudolf Wiegl, biologist
- Jan Czekanowski, anthropologist
- Marek Kotanski, pschychologist
- Zbigniew Kabata, biologist
- Jan Kubary, anthropologist
- Hilary Koprowski, famous biologist
- Andrzej Wiktor Schally, endocrynologist
- Boleslaw Skarzynski, biologist
- Wojciech Jastrzebowski, biologist
- Konstanty Jelski, ornithologist
- Jerzy Konorski, microbiologist
- Tadeusz Krwawicz, medical pioneer
- Marie Elizabeth Zakrzewska, physician
- Adam Prazmowski, microbiologist
- Bronisław Piłsudski, anthropologist
- Zbigniew Religa, cardiologist
- Jozef Rostafinski, biologist
- Bronislaw Malinowski, greatest anthropologist of 20th century
Chemistry
- Józef Boguski.
- Jan Czochralski.
- Maria Skłodowska-Curie, Nobel Prize (twice).
- Tadeusz Estreicher.
- Kasimir Fajans.
- Roald Safran, Nobel Prize (1981).
- Kazimierz Funk, biochemist.
- Sylwester Porowski.
- Stanislaw Kostanecki.
- Ignacy Moscicki.
- Pawel Marchlewski.
- Jakub Natanson.
- Marceli Nencki.
- Ignacy Lukasiewicz.
- Leon Marchlewski.
- Walther Hermann Nernst.
- Karol Olszewski.
- Michal Sedziwoj, revolutionary alchemist.
- Jedrzej Sniadecki.
- Alina Surmacka-Szczesniak.
- Wojciech Swietoslawski, father of thermochemistry.
- Bohdan Szyszkowski.
- Tadeusz Reichstein, Nobel Prize (1950).
Engineering and invention
- Krzysztof Arciszewski, engineer
- Karol Adamiecki, engineer
- Stefan Bryla, engineer
- Romuald Cebertowicz, hydrotechnician
- Mieczyslaw G. Bekker, built the first moon rover
- Zdzislaw Celinski, engineer
- Stefan Drzewiecki, inventor
- Edward Jan Habich, engineer
- Alfred Korzybski, engineer, mathematician
- Ernest Malinowski, engineer
- Ralph Modjeski, famous bridge builder
- Henryk Magnuski, engineer
- Leo Gerstenzang, inventor
- Janusz Groszkowski, inventor
- Tytus Maksymilian Huber, engineer
- Kazimierz Gzowski, inventor
- Rudolf Gundlach, inventor of tank periscope
- Walter Golaski, biomedical engineer
- Stefan Kudelski, inventor
- Edmund Nowak, inventor
- Kazimierz Siemienowicz, revolutionary engineer
- Jan Szczepanik, famous inventor
- Avraham Stern, engineer
- Jozef Tykocinski, inventor
- Kazimierz Proszynski, inventor of the first cinema camera
- Piotr Wilniewczyc, arms constructor
- Tadeusz Sendzimir, engineer, prolific inventor
Mathematics
- Stefan Banach.
- Kazimierz Bartel.
- Karol Borsuk.
- Jan Brozek.
- Samuel Dickstein.
- Zygmunt Janiszewski.
- Witold Hurewicz.
- Mark Kac.
- Stefan Kaczmarz.
- Krystyna Trybulec.
- Kazimierz Kuratowski.
- Bronislaw Knaster.
- Robert Kowalski.
- Kazimierz Kordylewski.
- Franciszek Leja.
- Stanisław Łojasiewicz.
- Jan Łukasiewicz.
- Benoit Mandelbrot.
- Edward Marczewski.
- Józef Marcinkiewicz.
- Stefan Mazurkiewicz.
- Stanisław Mazur.
- Andrzej Mostowski.
- Jerzy Neyman-Splawa, mathematician (Moldavan born)
- Marcin Poczobutt-Odlanicki.
- Władysław Orlicz.
- Emil Leon Post.
- Marian Rejewski, mathematician-cryptologist.
- Jerzy Różycki, mathematician-cryptologist.
- Christoff Rudolff.
- Stanislaw Saks.
- Friedrich Schottky.
- Wacław Sierpiński.
- Yulian Sokhotsky. (unconfirmed)
- Mikhail Subbotin (of Russian origin).
- Wlodzimierz Stozek.
- Alfred Tarski (1901 – 1983).
- Stanisław Ulam.
- Jan Węglarz, computer scientist
- Tadeusz Wazewski.
- Józef Hoene-Wroński, mathematician and philosopher.
- Kazimierz Zarankiewicz.
- Stanislaw Zaremba.
- Kazimierz Zorawski.
- Henryk Zygalski, mathematician-cryptologist.
- Antoni Zygmund
Physics
- Czesław Białobrzeski.
- Georges Charpak (Nobel Prize, 1995).
- Jan Kazimierz Danysz.
- Marian Danysz.
- James Gimzewski.
- Maria Goeppert (Nobel Prize, 1963).
- Leopold Infeld.
- Aleksander Jablonski.
- Theordor Kaluza.
- Klaus von Klitzing (Nobel Prize, 1985).
- Wanda Las.
- Stanislaw Mrozowski.
- Wladyslaw Natanson.
- Georges Nomarski.
- Karol Olszewski.
- Jerzy Pniewski.
- Marian Smoluchowski (father of kinetics).
- Sylwester Kaliski.
- Witelo (medieval philosopher and scientist, specialist in optics).
- Frank Wilczek (Nobel Prize, 2004).
- Mieczyslaw Wolfke.
- Zygmunt Wróblewski.
Other
- Henryk Arctowski, scientist, explorer.
- Jan Czerski, geographer and geologist.
- Aleksander Czekanowski, geologist
- Kazimierz Dąbrowski, psychologist
- Ignacy Domeyko, geologist.
- Zygmunt Gloger, ethnographer, archeologist, historian.
- Jozef Grzybowski, geologist, paleontologist.
- Tomasz Górecki, archeologist.
- Ludwig Gumplowicz, founder of sociology
- Mirosław Hermaszewski, the first Polish astronaut
- Antoni Kępiński, psychiatrist.
- Mieczysław Klimaszewski, geographer, geomorphologist.
- Janusz Korczak, pedagogist.
- Józef Kostrzewski, archeologist, museologist.
- Oskar Lange, economist
- Władysław Markiewicz, sociologist
- Kazimierz Michałowski, archaeologist
- Karol Myśliwiec, archaeologist.
- Stanislaw Ossowski, sociologist
- Jan Potocki, linguist, Egyptologist, sociologist
- Joseph Rotblat (Nobel Peace Prize, 1995).
- Stefan Starzynski, economist
- Antoni Jozef Smieszek, Egyptologist
- Stanislaw of Skarbimierz, political scientist
- Romuald Schild, archaeologist
- Paweł Strzelecki, explorer.
- Paweł Włodkowic, scholar and laywer.
- Edmund Wnuk-Lipiński, sociologist.
- Florian Znaniecki, sociologist
Music
- Grażyna Bacewicz, composer
- Edyta Bartosiewicz, singer
- Fryderyk Chopin (1810–1849)
- Krzysztof Penderecki (1933–)
- Krzesimir Dębski, composer
- Andrzej Dobrowolski, composer
- Mikołaj Gomołka, composer
- Martyna Jakubowicz, singer
- Adam Jarzębski, composer
- Grzegorz Gerwazy Górczycki, composer
- Wojciech Kilar (1932–)
- Mieczysław Karłowicz (1872-1909)
- Eugeniusz Knapik, composer
- Włodzimierz Kotoński, composer
- Kasia Kowalska, singer
- Gene Krupa (1909-1973)
- Natalia Kukulska, singer
- Hanna Kulenty, composer
- Franciszek Lilius, composer
- Karol Lipiński (1790–1861)
- Witold Lutosławski (1913–1994)
- Krzysztof Meyer, composer
- Stanisław Moniuszko, composer
- Marcin Mielczewski, composer
- Zygmunt Mycielski, composer
- Michał Kleofas Ogiński, composer
- Bartłomiej Pękiel, composer
- Roman Palester, composer
- Zbigniew Preisner (1955–)
- Mikołaj z Radomia, Middle Ages composer
- Marcin Rozynek, singer
- Henryk Górecki (1933–)
- Boguslaw Schaeffer, composer
- Kazimierz Serock, composer
- Michał Spisak, composer
- Leopold Stokowski, conductor
- Tadeusz Szeligowski, composer
- Wacław of Szamotuły, composer also known as Wacław z Szamotuł (pol.) or Venceslaus Samotulinus (lat.)
- Stanisław Sylwester Szarzyński, composer
- Witold Szalonek, composer
- Paweł Szymański, composer
- Karol Szymanowski (1882–1937)
- Władysław Szpilman (1911–2000), pianist
- Henryk Wieniawski (1835–1880)
- Wanda Landowska (1879–1959), harpsichordist
- Ignacy Jan Paderewski (1860–1941), pianist
- Barbara Trzetrzelewska (1954-), singer
Literature
- Władysław Broniewski, poet
- Jan Brzechwa (1900–1966), poet
- Joseph Conrad (Teodor Józef Korzeniowski) (1857–1924), English writer
- Lucyna Cwierczakiewiczowa (1829–1901), the first Polish cook book author
- Maria Dąbrowska, novelist
- Johannes Dantiscus (Jan Dantyszek) (1485–1548), Latin poet and Prince-Bishop of Warmia
- Tadeusz Dołęga-Mostowicz (1898–1939), novelist
- Jacek Dukaj (b. 1974), science-fiction writer
- Konstanty Ildefons Gałczyński, poet
- Witold Gombrowicz (1904–1969), novelist and drama writer
- Günter Grass (1927-), writer, Nobel Prize in Literature in 1999
- Zbigniew Herbert (1924–1998), poet
- Paweł Huelle, essayist
- Ryszard Kapuściński (b. 1932), writer and journalist
- Jan Kochanowski (1530–1584), poet
- Tadeusz Konwicki (b1926-)
- Jerzy Kosiński (1933–1991)
- Zofia Kossak-Szczucka (1890–1968)
- Ignacy Krasicki (1735 – 1801)
- Jozef Ignacy Kraszewski, famous writer
- Stanisław Lem (b. 1921), science-fiction writer, essayist, philosopher
- Adam Mickiewicz (1798–1855), poet
- Czesław Miłosz, Polish poet, Nobel Prize in Literature in 1980 (June 30, 1911 – August 14, 2004)
- Cyprian Kamil Norwid (1821–1883), poet
- Sergiusz Piasecki (1901-1964), one of the most famous Polish writers
- Krzysztof Piesiewicz (b. 1945), screenwriter and politician
- Bolesław Prus (1847–1912), novelist, short-story writer, journalist
- Mikołaj Rej (1505 - 1569)
- Władysław Reymont (1867–1925), writer, Nobel Prize in Literature in 1924
- Marcel Reich-Ranicki (b. June 2, 1920), literary critic
- Andrzej Sapkowski (b. 1948), fantasy writer
- Henryk Sienkiewicz (1846–1916), writer, Nobel Prize in Literature in 1905
- Ludwik Stomma, essayist
- Wisława Szymborska (b. 1923), Polish poet, Nobel Prize in Literature in 1996
- Isaac Bashevis Singer (1904-), writer, Nobel Prize in Literature in 1966
- Bruno Schulz (1892–1942), writer.
- Edward Stachura (1937 – 1979).
- Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz (“Witkacy”) (1885–1939), writer and painter
- Stanisław Witkiewicz (1851–1915), writer, painter and art theoretician
- Stanisław Wyspiański, (1869–1907), painter and writer
- Rafal A. Ziemkiewicz, writer
- Franciszek Zabłocki (1754–1821), comic dramatist and satirist
- Janusz A. Zajdel (1938–1995), science-fiction writer
Philosophy
- Kazimierz Ajdukiewicz
- Roman Ingarden
- Leszek Kołakowski
- Tadeusz Kotarbiński
- Andrzej Frycz Modrzewski (Andreas Fricius Modrevius)
- Jozef Maria Bochenski
- Leon Chwistek
- August Cieszkowski
- Wawrzyniec Grzymala Goslicki
- Hugo Kollataj
- Tadeusz Kotarbinski
- Karol Libelt
- Edward Stachura
- Stanislaw Staszic
- Władysław Tatarkiewicz
- Kazimierz Twardowski
Arts
- Magdalena Abakanowicz, sculptor
- Olga Boznanska, painter
- Jozef Brandt, painter
- Josef Chelmonski, painter
- Daniel Chodowiecki, painter
- Jerzy Grotowski, theatre reformer
- Aleksander Fredro, humorist, artist
- Wladyslaw Hasior, sculptor
- Jerzy Jarnuszkiewicz, sculptor
- Raymond Kanelba, painter
- Alfons Karpinski, painter
- Wojciech Kossak, painter
- Nikifor Krynicki, painter
- Tamara de Lempicka, painter
- Zbigniew Lengren, cartoonist and illustrator
- Adam Marczynski, painter
- Piotr Michalowski, painter
- Louis Marcoussis, painter
- Jan Matejko, painter
- Eligiusz Niewiadomski, painter
- Jan Piotr Norblin, painter
- Jerzy Nowosielski, painter
- Tadeusz Pruszkowski, painter
- Edward Okun, painter
- Aleksander Orlowski, painter
- Jacek Sempolinski, painter
- Wit Stwosz, medieval sculptor
- Kazimierz Sichulski, painter
- Henryk Siemiradzki, painter
- Franciszek Smuglewicz, painter
- January Suchodolski, painter
- Stanislav Szukalski, painter
- Alina Szapocznikow, sculptor
- Stanislav Szukalski, painter
- Feliks Topolski, prominent draughtsman
- Wacław Niżyński (Vaslav Nijinsky), ballet dancer and choreographer
- Wela , Elisabeth Wierzbicka, painter
- Napoleon Orda, painter
- Jan Zamoyski, painter
- Korczak Ziolkowski, sculptor
Entertainment
- Piotr Adamczyk (1972-), actor
- Józef Arkusz (1921-1996), film director
- Eugeniusz Bodo (1899-1943), singer and actor
- Zbigniew Cybulski (1927-1967), actor
- Ewa Demarczyk (1941-), actress, poetry singer
- Katarzyna Figura (1962-), actress
- Marzena Godecki (1978-), actress
- Samuel Goldwyn (1882-1974), American film producer
- Agnieszka Holland (1948-), film director
- Jacek Kaczmarski (1957-2004), protest songwriter and singer
- Tadeusz Kantor, (1915-1990), famous film maker
- Jan Kiepura (1902-1966), singer and actor
- Krzysztof Kieslowski (1941-1996), film director
- Kazimierz Kutz (1929-), film director
- Bogusław Linda (1952-), actor
- Piotr Józef Andrzejewski (1962-), actor known as Peter J. Lucas
- Helena Modrzejewska (1840-1909), actress known as Helena Modjeska
- Pola Negri (1894-1987), actress
- Teresa Orlowski (1953-), adult movie performer and producer
- Joanna Pacula (1957-), actress
- Ludwika Paleta (1978-), Mexican actress
- Dominika Peczynski (1971), model and singer in the band Army of Lovers
- Roman Polański (1933-), film director and actor
- Wojciech Pszoniak (1942-), actor of Comedie Francaise
- Daniel Olbrychski (1945-), actor
- Jerzy Owsiak (1953-), broadcaster
- Izabella Scorupco (1970-), actress and singer
- Jerzy Skolimowski (1938-), film director
- Ladislas Starevich (1882-1965) properly: Wladyslaw Starewicz, film director, stop-motion animator
- Andrzej Wajda (1926-), film director
- Harry, (1881-1958) Sam (1887-1927) & Albert Warner (1882-1967), film producers
- Lillian Wilczkowsky (1928-), actress known as Chesty Morgan
- Krzysztof Zanussi, film producer
- Andrzej Zulawski (1940-), film director
Royalty
- Swiatoslawa (Gunhild) (967-1014), 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
- Casimir IV the Jagiellonian (1427-1494), king of Poland and grand duke of Lithuania, victor in Thirteen Years' War (1454-1466)
- 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
- Maria Leszczynska, wife of Louis XV king of France
- Ladislaus III, (Władysław III Warneńczyk, Ulászló I), 1424-1444, king of Poland and Hungary
- Aleksandra Lisowska (Khourrem) (~1510 - 1558), (wife of Suleiman the Magnificent)
Nobility (szlachta)
See list of szlachta.
Sports
- Waldemar Baszanowski (1935-), weightlifter
- Zbigniew Boniek (1956 -), soccer forward
- Mariusz Czerkawski (1972 -), ice hockey player
- Kazimierz Deyna (1947-1989), soccer player
- Jerzy Dudek (1973 -), soccer goalkeeper
- Wojtek Fibak (1952 -), tennis player
- Paul Freier (1979 -), German soccer player
- Malgorzata Glinka (1978 -), volleyball player
- Robert Gadocha (1946 -), soccer player
- Tomasz Gollob (1971 -), speedway driver
- Andrzej Golota (1968 -), boxer
- Jerzy Gorgon (1949 -), soccer player
- Andrzej Grubba (1958 -), table tennis player
- Zenon Jaskuła (1962 -), cycler
- Otylia Jedrzejczak (1983 -), swimmer
- Henryk Kasperczak (1946 -), soccer player
- Miroslav Klose (1978 -), German soccer player
- Robert Korzeniowski (1968 -), athlete
- Robert Kubica, (1984-) racing driver ,
- Jerzy Kukuczka (1948 - 1989), climber
- Jerzy Kulej (1940 -), boxer
- Janusz Kulig (1969 - 2004), rally driver
- Janusz Kusocinski (1907 - 1940), athlete
- Mateusz Kusznierewicz (1975 -), yachtman
- Grzegorz Lato (1950 -), soccer player
- Andrzej Laszczak (1976 -), luger
- Wlodzimierz Lubanski (1947 -), soccer player
- Adam Malysz (1977 -), ski jumper
- Waldemar Marszalek (1942 -), powerboating racer
- Dariusz Michalczewski (1968 -), boxer
- Stan Musial (1920 -), baseball player
- Artur Partyka (1969 -), high jumper
- Jerzy Pawlowski (1932 - 2005), fencer
- Ryszard Pędrak-Janowicz (1932 - 2004), luger
- Barbara Piecha (1949-), luger
- Lukas Podolski (1985-), German soccer player
- Mariusz Pudzianowski (1979 -), strongman
- Tomasz Radzinski (1973 -), Canadian soccer player
- Wanda Rutkiewicz (1943 - 1992), climber
- Tadeusz Slusarski (1950 - 1998), pole vaulter
- Andrzej Szarmach (1950 -) soccer player
- Irena Szewinska (1946 -), sprinter
- Ryszard Szurkowski (1946 -), cycler
- Jan Tomaszewski (1948 -), soccer goalkeeper
- Damian Waniczek (1981 -), luger
- Krzysztof Wielicki (1950 -), climber
- Jerzy Wojnar (1930 - 2005, luger, pilot
- Andrzej Wronski (1965 -), wrestler
- Sobieslaw Zasada (1930 -), rally driver
Military
- Józef Bem (1794-1850), military commander, commander-in-chief of Hungarian army (1849)
- Jan Karol Chodkiewicz (1560-1621), military commander, victor from Kircholm
- Jarosław Dąbrowski (1836-1871), military commander during the January Uprising and the Paris Commune
- Henryk Dembiński (1791-1864), military commander in the November Uprising and the Hungarian uprising of 1849
- Józef Haller (1873-1960), politician, commander of the Polish Army in France during WWI
- Tadeusz Komorowski (1895-1966), commander of the Home Army during the Warsaw Uprising
- Tadeusz Kościuszko (1746-1817), commander and revolutionist
- Stanisław Maczek (1892-1994), commander of the Polish Armoured Division, later C-i-C of the Polish forces in exile after WWII
- Stanisław Sosabowski (1892-1967), commander of the Polish 1st Independent Parachute Brigade, which saw action at Arnhem during Operation Market Garden
- Kazimierz (Casimir) Pułaski, military commander
- Stefan Rowecki (1895-1944?), military commander, commander-in-chief of the Home Army
- Edward Śmigły-Rydz (1886-1941), military commander, successful in the Polish-Bolshevik war, C-i-C of the Polish Army in the September Campaign
- Aleksander Lisowski (1575-1616), commander of Lisowczycy
- Stanisław Żółkiewski (1547-1620), chancellor of Poland, military commander, conqueror of Moscow
Politics and diplomacy
- Józef Beck (1894 – 1944)
- Marek Belka (1952-), Prime Minister of Poland, former director of economic policy in the interim coalition administration of Iraq
- Zbigniew Brzeziński (1928-), political scientist, advisor of US president Jimmy Carter
- Krzysztof Grzymułtowski (1620-1687), diplomat and voivod of Poznań, author of the Eternal Peace Treaty with Russia
- Wojciech Jaruzelski (1923-), the last leader of communist Poland
- Wojciech Korfanty (1873-1939), leader Silesians during Third Silesian Uprising
- Horst Köhler (1943-), German politician, President of Germany
- Aleksander Kwasniewski (1954-), President of Poland
- Tadeusz Mazowiecki (1927-), politician, former polish prime minister
- Janusz Onyszkiewicz (1937-), vice-president of European Parliament
- Shimon Peres (1923-), Israeli politican
- Józef Piłsudski (1867-1935), statesman, politician and marshall
- Adam Rapacki | ja (1909-1970), politician
- Jacek Saryusz-Wolski (1948-), vice-president of European Parliament
- Lech Wałęsa (born 1943), trade unionist who started dismantling of the Soviet bloc
Holocaust resistors
- Mordechaj Anielewicz (1919 - 1943) Military Leader of Warsaw Ghetto Uprising
- Jan Karski
- Zofia Kossak-Szczucka
- Witold Pilecki
- Irena Sendlerowa
- Henryk Slawik (1894 - 1944) Polish diplomat
Religion
- John Paul II (1920-2005), the Pope
- Hugo Kołłątaj (1750-1812), priest, statesman
- Jacob Frank, (1726-1791)
- Jan Kanty, (1412-1473)
- Maksymilian Maria Kolbe, (1894-1941)
- Faustyna Kowalska, (1905-1938)
- Stefan Cardinal Wyszynski, (1901-1981)
- Stanislaus of Szczepanów, (1030-1079)
- Stanislaus Kostka, (1550-1568)
- Stanisław Dziwisz, (1939-)
- Saint Bogumił of Dobrow
- Casimir Jagiełło, (1458-1484)
- Saint Hyacinth, (1185-1257)
- Saint Kinga
- Wincenty Kadłubek, (1161-1223)
- Adam (Albert) Chmielowski, (1845-1916)
Other
- Paul Austin (born 1967), TPF specialist and poet
- Florian Ceynowa
- Max Factor (1877-1938), producer of cosmetics
- Antoni Patek (1811-1877), watchmaker
- Benedict the Pole (Benedictus Polonus, Benedykt Polak), (1200-1280), explorer
- Marek Kaminski (1964-), adventure traveller
- Ryszard Kuklinski (1930-2004), CIA masterspy during the Cold War
- Daniel Libeskind (1946-), architect
- Miguel Najdorf (1910-1997), chess player
- Krystyna Skarbek (1915-1952), SOE heroine of WW II
- Arkadiusz Weremczuk (1969) fashion designer, known as Arkadius
- Wilfrid Michael Voynich(1865-1930), bibliophile
- Janusz Zurakowski, WW II fighter pilot and Avro Arrow test pilot
Controversial persons
- Feliks Dzierzynski (1877-1926), Cheka founder
- Ignacy Hryniewiecki (1855-1881), murderer of Tsar Alexander II of Russia
Heroes and Freedom fighters
Legendary persons
- John of Kolno (Jan z Kolna, Johannes Scolnus or Scolvus), (semi?)legendary explorer and discoverer of America before Columbus (1476)
- Janek Wisniewski Freedom fighter, hero of riots in Gdynia 1970.
- Grazyna
Fictional characters
See also
- Polish literature
- List of Polish composers
- List of Polish painters
- List of Polish language poets
- Polish theater
- Cinema of Poland
- Music in Poland
- List of Silesians
- List of Polish Americans
- List of Polish Jews
- List of people by nationality
- List of people by EU statebg:Списък на поляци
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