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This is a [[partial list]] of famous [[Poles|Polish]] or [[Polish language|Polish-speaking or -writing]] persons. In the interest of fairness and accuracy, a minority of persons of mixed heritage have their respective ancestries credited.
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==History==
{|Dr Seweryn Ozdowski, Australian Human Rights Commissioner (2000-2005)
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* [[Szymon Askenazy]], historian and diplomat
* [[Michael Bobrzynski|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
* [[Adam Zamoyski]]
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[[Image:Jan Dlugosz.jpg|thumb|70px|'''[[Jan Długosz|Długosz]]''']]
[[Image:Kollataj hugo.jpg|thumb|70px|'''[[Hugo Kołłątaj|Kołłątaj]]''']]
[[Image:Joachim Lelewel.JPG|thumb|70px|'''[[Joachim Lelewel|Lelewel]]''']]
[[Image:ANaruszewicz.jpg|thumb|80px|'''[[Adam Naruszewicz|Naruszewicz]]''']]
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==Science==
===Astronomy===
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* [[Franciszek Armiński]]
* [[Albert Brudzewski]]
* [[Tadeusz Banachiewicz]]
* [[Władysław Dziewulski]]
* [[Jan Gadomski]]
* [[Johannes Hevelius|Jan Heweliusz]] (Johannes Hevelius)
* [[Felicjan Kępiński]]
* [[Nicolaus Copernicus|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 planet]]s)
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[[Image:Johannes Hevelius(close-up).jpg|thumb|right|70px|'''[[Johannes Hevelius|Heweliusz]]''']]
[[Image:Nikolaus Kopernikus.jpg|thumb|right|70px|'''[[Nicolaus Copernicus|Kopernik]]''']]
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===Biology===
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[[Image:Joseph Babinski15.jpg|thumb|120px|'''[[Joseph Babiński|Babiński]]''']]
[[Image:Portret Tytusa Chalubinskiego.jpg|thumb|80px|'''[[Tytus Chałubiński|Chałubiński]]''']]
[[Image:Ncybul.jpg|80px|thumb|'''[[Napoleon Cybulski|Cybulski]]''']]
* [[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
* [[Walery Jaworski]], physician
* [[Konstanty Jelski]], ornithologist
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[[Image:2007.09.19. Hilary Koprowski by Kubik 05.jpg|thumb|90px|'''[[Hilary Koprowski|Koprowski]]''']]
[[Image:Schally portrait.jpg|thumb|80px|'''[[Andrzej W. Schally|Schally]]''']]
[[Image:Weigl-Lwow.jpg|thumb|100px|'''[[Rudolf Weigl|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 W. Schally|Andrzej Wiktor Schally]], [[Nobel laureate|Nobel-laureate]] enrocrinologist.
* [[Bolesław Skarżyński]], biologist
* [[Eduard Adolf Strasburger]] (born in Poland, of [[Germans|German]] descent), botanist
* [[Jan Sztolcman]], ornithologist
* [[Andrzej K. Tarkowski]], embryologist
* [[Zbylut Twardowski]], physician
* [[Rudolf Weigl]], biologist
* [[Marie Elizabeth Zakrzewska]], physician
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===Chemistry===
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[[Image:Mariecurie.jpg|thumb|80px|'''[[Maria Skłodowska-Curie|Skłodowska]]''']]
* [[Józef Boguski]]
* [[Jan Czochralski]]
* [[Marie Curie|Maria Skłodowska (Marie Curie)]], two [[Nobel Prize]]s.
* [[Tadeusz Estreicher]]
* [[Kazimierz Fajans]]
* [[Casimir Funk|Kazimierz Funk]]
* [[Antoni Grabowski]]
* [[Roald Hoffmann|Roald Safran]] ([[Nobel Prize]], 1981)
* [[Adolf Joszt]]
* [[Sylwester Porowski]]
* [[Wiktor Kemula]]
* [[Stanisław Kostanecki]]
* [[Marek Gatty-Kostyal]]
* [[Ignacy Łukasiewicz]], inventor of kerosene lamp.
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[[Image:Jedrzej Sniadecki.jpg|thumb|100px|'''[[Jędrzej Śniadecki|Śniadecki]]''']]
[[Image:C001swie.jpg|80px|thumb|'''<small>[[Wojciech Świętosławski|Świętosławski]]</small>''']]
* [[Leon Marchlewski]]
* [[Ignacy Mościcki]]
* [[Marceli Nencki]]
* [[Karol Olszewski]]
* [[Tadeus Reichstein|Tadeusz Reichstein]]
* [[Michał Sędziwój]]
* [[Edward Sucharda]]
* [[Jędrzej Śniadecki]]
* [[Wojciech Świętosławski]]
* [[Bohdan Szyszkowski]]
* [[Włodzimierz Trzebiatowski]]
* [[Józef Zawadzki]]
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===Engineering===
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[[Image:Karol adamiecki.jpg|thumb|110px|'''[[Karol Adamiecki|Adamiecki]]''']]
[[Image:Kazimierz Gzowski.jpg|thumb|90px|'''[[Kazimierz Gzowski|Gzowski]]''']]
* [[Krzysztof Arciszewski]]
* [[Karol Adamiecki]]
* [[Mieczysław G. Bekker]], first moon rover
* [[Stefan Bryła]]
* [[Romuald Adam Cebertowicz|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, [[semantics|semanticist]]
* [[Janusz Liberkowski]] inventor
* [[Henryk Magnuski]]
* [[Ernest Malinowski]]
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[[Image:Kazimierz siemenowicz.jpg|thumb|right|80px|'''<small>[[Kazimierz Siemienowicz|Siemienowicz]]</small>''']]
[[Image:Tsiolkovsky.jpg|thumb|70px|'''[[Konstantin Tsiolkovsky|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]]
* [[Konstantin Tsiolkovsky]] (Konstanty Ciołkowski), spaceflight pioneer
* [[Stanisław Wigura]], aviation
* [[Piotr Wilniewczyc]], weaponry
* [[Franciszek Żwirko]], aviation
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===Economics===
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[[Image:Balcerowicz.wywiad.do.radia.jpg|thumb|70px|'''<small>[[Leszek Balcerowicz|Balcerowicz]]</small>''']]
* [[Karol Adamiecki]]
* [[Leszek Balcerowicz]], implementer of 1990s "shock therapy."
* [[Franciszek Ksawery Drucki-Lubecki]]
* [[Władysław Grabski]]
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[[Image:Leonid Hurwicz.jpg|thumb|right|70px|'''[[Leonid Hurwicz|Hurwicz]]''']]
* [[Leonid Hurwicz]], 2007 [[Nobel Prize in Economics|Nobel Laureate]]
* [[Michał Kalecki]]
* [[Eugeniusz Kwiatkowski]]
* [[Oskar Lange]], PRL economy
* [[Hilary Minc]], PRL economy
* [[Sławomir Szwedowski]]
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===Invention===
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[[Image:Bruno-abakanowicz.png|thumb|70px|'''<small>[[Bruno Abakanowicz|Abakanowicz]]</small>''']]
* [[Bruno Abakanowicz]], mathematician, engineer
* [[Stefan Bryła]], In 1927 he designed the first welded road bridge in the world.
* [[Mieczysław G. Bekker]], [[Lunar Roving Vehicle]]
* [[Jan Czochralski]], [[Czochralski process]]
* [[Józef Hofmann]], pneumatic shock absorbers for cars and planes
* [[Stefan Kudelski]], [[Nagra]] audio recorders
* [[Kazimierz Leski]], new mounting for the ballast tank funnels
* [[Janusz Liberkowski]], Anecia Safety Capsule
* [[Ignacy Łukasiewicz]], [[kerosene lamp]]
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[[Image:Jan Szczepanik.jpg|thumb|70px|'''[[Jan Szczepanik|Szczepanik]]''']]
* [[Józef Piotrowski (organist)|Józef Piotrowski]]
* [[Kazimierz Proszyński]], first cinematic camera
* [[Jan Szczepanik]], motion picture industry, photography, and television patents
* [[Tadeusz Sendzimir]], revolutionary methods of processing steel and metals used in every industrialized nation of the world
* [[Józef Tykociński]], [[sound-on-film|sound film]]
* [[Kazimierz Żegleń]] - ivented the first bulletproof vest in 1897 and later improved it (together with Jan Szczepanik)
* [[Henryk Zygalski]] - [[Perforated sheets]]
* [[Casimir Zeglen]], bullet resistant cloth at the end of the 19th century
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===Computer Science===
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* [[Piotr Anweiler]], software
* [[Jacek Karpinski]]
* [[Marek Karpinski]]
* [[Marian Mazur]]
* [[Stanisław Radziszowski]]
* [[Wiesław Romanowski]]
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[[Image:Stevewozniak.jpg|thumb|110px|'''[[Steve Wozniak|Wozniak]]''']]
* [[Marek Sell]]
* [[Andrzej Trybulec]], [[Mizar system]]
* [[Jan Węglarz]]
* [[Steve Wozniak]] (Polish-American), of [[Apple Computer]]
* [[Michał Zalewski]]
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===Linguistics===
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* [[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]].
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[[Image:1908-kl-t-zamenhof.jpg|thumb|75px|'''[[L.L. Zamenhof|Zamenhof]]''']]
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===Mathematics===
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[[Image:Tadeusz Banachiewicz.jpg|thumb|75px|'''<small>[[Tadeusz Banachiewicz|Banachiewicz]]</small>''']]
[[Image:Kazimierz Bartel2.gif|thumb|75px|'''[[Kazimierz Bartel|Bartel]]''']]
[[Image:Kazimierz Kuratowski.jpg|thumb|75px|'''[[Kazimierz Kuratowski|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]]
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[[Image:Stefan Mazurkiewicz.jpeg|thumb|75px|'''<small>[[Stefan Mazurkiewicz|Mazurkiewicz]]</small>''']]
[[Image:MR 1932 small.jpg|75px|thumb|right|'''[[Marian Rejewski|Rejewski]]''']]
[[Image:Jan Sniadecki.jpg|thumb|75px|'''[[Jan Śniadecki|Śniadecki]]''']]
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* [[Stanisław Mazur]]
* [[Stefan Mazurkiewicz]]
* [[Jan Mikusinski]]
* [[Andrzej Mostowski]]
* [[Jerzy Neyman|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]]
* [[Josef Hoëné-Wroński|Józef Hoene-Wroński]]
* [[Kazimierz Zarankiewicz]]
* [[Stanisław Zaremba (mathematician)|Stanisław Zaremba]]
* [[Kazimierz Żorawski]]
* [[Henryk Zygalski]]
* [[Antoni Zygmund]]
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===Physics===
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* [[Czesław Białobrzeski]]
* [[Georges Charpak]] ([[Nobel Prize]], 1995)
* [[Maria Skłodowska]] (Maria Skłodowska–Curie; two [[Nobel Prize]]s)
* [[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 [[philosophy|philosopher]] and scientist, specialist in [[optics]])
* [[Mieczysław Wolfke]] (Polish scientist, partly of German descent)
* [[S. L. Woronowicz|Stanisław Lech Woronowicz]]
* [[Zygmunt Florenty Wróblewski|Zygmunt Wróblewski]]
* [[Wojciech H. Zurek]]
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[[Image:Mariecurie.jpg|right|thumb|80px|'''[[Maria Skłodowska|Skłodowska]]''']]
[[Image:Marian Smoluchowski.jpg|thumb|100px|'''[[Marian Smoluchowski|Smoluchowski]]''']]
[[Image:Zurek.gif|thumb|75px|'''[[Wojciech H. Zurek|Zurek]]''']]
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===Social sciences===
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* [[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)
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[[Image:Bronislaw Pilsudski.jpg|thumb|70px|'''<small>[[Bronisław Piłsudski|Piłsudski]]</small>''']]
[[Image:Znaniecki florian.jpg|thumb|70px|'''<small>[[Florian Znaniecki|Znaniecki]]</small>''']]
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===Other sciences===
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* [[Henryk Arctowski]], explorer
* [[Benedykt Polak]] (Benedict the Pole, Benedictus Polonus), explorer
* [[Piotr Ignacy Bieńkowski]], scholar, archaeologist, professor
* [[Karol J. Bobko]], NASA astronaut
* [[Gerard Antoni Ciołek|Gerard Ciołek]], architect and historian of gardens
* [[Jan Czerski]], paleontologist, geologist, geographer, and explorer of Siberia
* [[Kazimierz Dąbrowski]], psychologist
* [[Ignacy Domeyko]], Polish geologist
* [[:pl:Gaspar da Gama|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
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[[Image:Karol Bobko.jpg|thumb|right|80px|'''[[Karol J. Bobko|Bobko]]''']]
[[Image:Ignacy Domeyko.jpg|thumb|65px|'''[[Ignacy Domeyko|Domeyko]]''']]
[[Image:Miroslaw Hermaszewski.jpg|thumb|right|80px|'''[[Miroslaw Hermaszewski|Hermaszewski]]''']]
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==Music==
''see also: [[List of Polish composers]]''
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[[Image:Eugène Ferdinand Victor Delacroix 043.jpg|thumb|100px|'''[[Frederick Chopin|Chopin]]''']]
[[Image:Wojciech Kilar.jpg|thumb|100px|'''[[Wojciech Kilar|Kilar]]''']]
[[Image:Komeda, Krzysztof.jpg|thumb|100px|'''[[Krzysztof Komeda|Komeda]]''']]
[[Image:Landowska.jpg|thumb|120px|'''[[Wanda Landowska|Landowska]]''']]
[[Image:Lutoslawski2.jpg|thumb|120px|'''[[Witold Lutosławski|Lutosławski]]''']]
[[Image:Stanislaw Moniuszko.jpg|thumb|100px|'''[[Stanisław Moniuszko|Moniuszko]]''']]
[[Image:Niemen-Postscriptum(CDcover).jpg|thumb|100px|'''[[Czesław Niemen|Niemen]]''']]
* [[Grażyna Bacewicz]], composer
* [[Edyta Bartosiewicz]], singer
* [[Rafał Blechacz]], pianist
* [[Grzegorz Ciechowski]], composer, singer
* [[Frédéric Chopin|Fryderyk Chopin]], ([[France|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)|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
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[[Image:Michał Kleofas Ogiński .jpg|thumb|90px|'''[[Michał Kleofas Ogiński|Ogiński]]''']]
[[Image:Ignacy Jan Paderewski.jpg|thumb|80px|'''[[Ignacy Paderewski|Paderewski]]''']]
[[Image:Krzysztof Penderecki.jpg|thumb|100px|'''[[Krzysztof Penderecki|Penderecki]]''']]
[[Image:Mstislav Rostropovich 1978.jpg|thumb|100px|'''[[Mstislav Rostropovich|Rostropovich]]''']]
[[Image:Zygmunt Stojowski - Project Gutenberg eText 15604.png|thumb|90px|'''[[Zygmunt Stojowski|Stojowski]]''']]
[[Image:Leopold Stokowski LOC 26447u.jpg|thumb|90px|'''[[Leopold Stokowski|Stokowski]]''']]
[[Image:HenrykWieniawski.jpg|thumb|90px|'''[[Henryk Wieniawski|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]], [[Academy Award]]-winning conductor
* [[Wacław z Szamotuł]], composer
* [[Władysław Szpilman]], pianist
* [[Patryk Dominik Sztyber]], guitarist and vocalist
* [[Karol Szymanowski]], composer (Polish father, Swedish mother)
* [[Paweł Szymański]], composer
* [[Basia Trzetrzelewska|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
* [[:pl:Wanda Wiłkomirska|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]]
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==Literature==
''See also: [[List of Polish writers]]'' and ''[[List of Polish novelists]]''
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* [[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, comedy writer
* [[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]], [[Positivism in Poland|Positivist]] writer
* [[Ferdynand Antoni Ossendowski]], writer
* [[Jan Chryzostom Pasek]] ([[memoir]]ist)
* [[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 (novel)|The Doll]]'' and ''[[Pharaoh (novel)|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
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[[Image:Joseph Conrad.jpg|thumb|75px|'''[[Joseph Conrad|Conrad]]''']]
[[Image:Aleksander Fredro.PNG|thumb|110px|'''[[Aleksander Fredro]]''']]
[[Image:Jozef Ignacy Kraszewski.jpg|thumb|75px|'''[[Józef Ignacy Kraszewski|Kraszewski]]''']]
[[Image:Stanisław Lem.jpg|thumb|70px|'''[[Stanisław Lem|Lem]]''']]
[[Image:Jan Potocki (1761-1815).jpg|thumb|95px|'''[[Jan Potocki|Potocki]]''']]
[[Image:Prus 002.jpg|thumb|75px|'''[[Bolesław Prus|Prus]]''']]
[[Image:Wladyslaw Reymont.jpg|thumb|75px|'''[[Władysław Reymont|Reymont]]''']]
[[Image:StefanZeromski.jpg|thumb|85px|'''[[Stefan Żeromski|Żeromski]]''']]
|}
===Poetry===
''See also: [[List of Polish poets]].''
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[[Image:Galczynski.jpg|thumb|100px|'''[[Konstanty Ildefons Gałczyński|Gałczyński]]''']]
[[Image:Jan Kochanowski poet.jpg|thumb|100px|'''<small>[[Jan Kochanowski|Kochanowski]]</small>''']]
[[Image:Ignacy Krasicki.JPG|thumb|75px|'''[[Ignacy Krasicki|Krasicki]]''']]
[[Image:Adam Mickiewicz from old book 1888.png|thumb|100px|'''[[Adam Mickiewicz|Mickiewicz]]''']]
* [[Adam Asnyk]], Positivism
* [[Krzysztof Kamil Baczyński]]
* [[Miron Białoszewski]]
* [[Władysław Broniewski]]
* [[Jan Brzechwa]]
* [[Andrzej Bursa]]
* [[Piotr Czerniawski]]
* [[Konstanty Ildefons Gałczyński]]
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* [[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
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[[Image:Julian Ursyn Niemcewicz 2.JPG|thumb|80px|'''[[Julian Ursyn Niemcewicz|Niemcewicz]]''']]
[[Image:Norwid Cyprian Kamil.jpg|thumb|80px|'''[[Cyprian Norwid|Norwid]]''']]
[[Image:Mikolaj Rej.jpg|thumb|80px|'''[[Mikołaj Rej|Rej]]''']]
[[Image:Juliusz Slowacki.jpg|thumb|85px|'''[[Juliusz Słowacki|Słowacki]]''']]
* [[Julian Ursyn Niemcewicz]], independence activist
* [[Cyprian Norwid|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 Tylman|Richard (Ryszard) Tylman]]
* [[Kornel Ujejski]]
* [[Aleksander Wat]]
* [[Kazimierz Wierzyński]]
* [[Stefan Witwicki]]
* [[Rafał Wojaczek]]
* [[Józef Bohdan Zaleski]]
* [[Piotr Zbylitowski]]
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==Philosophy==
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* [[Kazimierz Ajdukiewicz]]
[[Image:Stanislaw Staszic.jpg|thumb|100px|'''[[Stanisław Staszic|Staszic]]''']]
* [[Zygmunt Bauman]]
* [[Józef Maria Bocheński]]
* [[Stanisław Brzozowski (writer)|Stanisław Brzozowski]]
* [[Leon Chwistek]]
* [[August Cieszkowski]]
* [[Wawrzyniec Grzymała Goślicki]]
* [[Józef Maria Hoene-Wroński]]
* [[Roman Ingarden]]
* [[Stanisław Jaśkowski]]
* [[Leszek Kołakowski]]
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* [[Hugo Kołłątaj]]
[[Image:Wladyslaw Tatarkiewicz.jpg|thumb|80px|'''[[Władysław Tatarkiewicz|Tatarkiewicz]]''']]
* [[Tadeusz Kotarbiński]]
* [[Karol Libelt]]
* [[Andrzej Frycz Modrzewski]]
* [[Stanisław Staszic]]
* [[Maria Szyszkowska]]
* [[Alfred Tarski]]
* [[Władysław Tatarkiewicz]]
* [[Józef Tischner]]
* [[Kazimierz Twardowski]]
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==Fine arts==
''see also: [[List of Polish artists]] and [[List of Polish painters|painters]]''
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[[Image:Jozef Chelmonski Autoportret.JPG|thumb|75px|'''[[Józef Marian Chełmoński|Chełmoński]]''']]
[[Image:FalatJulian.AutoportretZPaleta.1896.ws.jpg|thumb|75px|'''[[Julian Fałat|Fałat]]''']]
[[Image:Wojciech Gerson.PNG|thumb|75px|'''[[Wojciech Gerson|Gerson]]''']]
[[Image:GrottgerArtur.Autoportret.1867.jpg|thumb|75px|'''[[Artur Grottger|Grottger]]''']]
[[Image:Tadeusz Kantor(PAP).jpg|thumb|75px|'''[[Tadeusz Kantor|Kantor]]''']]
[[Image:Kobro.jpg|thumb|75px|'''[[Katarzyna Kobro|Kobro]]''']]
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* [[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
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[[Image:Malczewski Jacek Autoportret z paleta.jpg|thumb|75px|'''[[Jacek Malczewski|Malczewski]]''']]
[[Image:Jan Matejko-Auto portrait.jpg|thumbnail|75px|right|'''[[Jan Matejko|Matejko]]''']]
[[Image:Jan piotr norblin autoportret.jpg|thumb|75px|'''[[Jan Piotr Norblin|Norblin]]''']]
[[Image:AleksanderOrlowski.Autoportret.ws.jpg|thumb|70px|'''[[Aleksander Orłowski|Orłowski]]''']]
[[Image:WladyslawPodkowinski.Autoportret.1887.ws.jpg|thumb|75px|'''[[Władysław Podkowiński|Podkowiński]]''']]
[[Image:Stanislaw Wyspianski.jpg|thumb|75px|'''[[Stanisław Wyspiański|Wyspiański]]''']]
* [[Jacek Malczewski]], painter
* [[Jan Matejko]], painter
* [[Piotr Michałowski]], painter
* [[Ambroży Mieroszewski]], [[Chopin]]'s first portraitist
* [[Igor Mitoraj]], sculptor
* [[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 Tylman|Richard (Ryszard) Tylman]], painter
* [[Max Weber (artist)|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]]
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==Entertainment==
{{col-begin}}
[[Image:Katowice - Zbigniew Cybulski 02.JPG|thumb|75px|'''[[Zbigniew Cybulski|Cybulski]]''']]
[[Image:Sir John Gielgud actor.jpg|thumb|75px|'''[[John Gielgud|Gielgud]]''']]
[[Image:Krzysztof Kieslowski.jpg|thumb|75px|'''[[Krzysztof Kieślowski|Kieślowski]]''']]
[[Image:Kazimierz Kutz.jpg|thumb|75px|'''[[Kazimierz Kutz|Kutz]]''']]
[[Image:PO7ophelias.jpg|thumb|75px|'''[[Helena Modjeska|Modjeska]]''']]
[[Image:Portrait 03.jpg|thumb|75px|'''[[Pola Negri|Negri]]''']] [[Image:Talisman -Vayou -Vaslav Nijinsky -1909.JPG|thumb|75px|'''[[Wacław Niżyński|Niżyński]]''']]
[[Image:Daniel Olbrychski.jpg|thumb|75px|'''[[Daniel Olbrychski|Olbrychski]]''']]
[[Image:Roman Polanski..jpg|thumb|75px|'''[[Roman Polanski|Polanski]]''']]
[[Image:Loretta Swit at the Governor's Ball following the 41st Annual Emmy Awards cropped.jpg|thumb|75px|'''[[Loretta Swit|Swit]]''']]
[[Image:Andrzej Wajda by Kubik.JPG|thumb|75px|'''[[Andrzej Wajda|Wajda]]''']]
[[Image:Krzysztof Zanussi.jpg|thumb|75px|'''[[Krzysztof Zanussi|Zanussi]]''']]
* [[Piotr Adamczyk]], actor
* [[Piotr Andrejew]], film director
* [[Michael Anthony (musician)|Michael Anthony]] (Sobolewski), Van Halen band
* [[Józef Arkusz]], film director
* [[Tomasz Bagiński]], [[BAFTA Award]] winning short animated movies maker, nominated to [[Academy Awards|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
* [[Malgorzata Foremniak|Małgorzata Foremniak]], actress, starred in [[Avalon (Japanese film)|Avalon]]
* [[Piotr Fronczewski]], actor and singer
* [[Janusz Gajos]], actor
* [[Sir John Gielgud]], English theatre and film actor with Polish ''[[szlachta|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]]
* [[:pl:Gustaw Holoubek|Gustaw Holoubek]], actor
* [[Sławomir Idziak]], cinematagrapher, nominated to [[Academy Awards|Oscar]]
* [[Jan A.P. Kaczmarek]], [[Academy Awards|Academy Award]] winning composer, nominated to [[BAFTA Award]]
* [[Jacek Kaczmarski]], protest songwriter, poetry singer, guitarist
* [[Janusz Kaminski]], two [[Academy Awards|Oscars]] and [[BAFTA Award]] winning cinematographer and film director
* [[Bronislau Kaper]], [[Academy Awards|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 Pacula|Joanna Pacuła]], actress
* [[Ludwika Paleta]], Polish-[[Mexico|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]], [[Academy Awards|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]], [[Academy Awards|Oscar]] winning production designer, art director, set designer
* [[Jerzy Stuhr]], actor, film director
* [[Loretta Swit]],Major Margaret "Hot Lips" Houlihan on M*A*S*H.
* [[Piotr Tokarski]], actor
* [[Henryk Tomaszewski (mime)|Henryk Tomaszewski]], mime
* [[Basia Trzetrzelewska]], singer
* [[Andrzej Wajda]], [[Academy Awards|Academy Award]], [[Golden Palm]], [[BAFTA Award]], [[Berlin International Film Festival|Silver Berlin Bear]], [[César Award]] and [[Golden Lion]] winning film director
* The [[Warner Brothers]]
* [[Jerzy Wasowski]]
* [[Billy Wilder|Samuel "Billy" Wilder]], six [[Academy Awards|Oscars]] winning film director, screenwriter and producer
* [[Chesty Morgan|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
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==Business==
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[[Image:Antoni Patek.jpg|thumb|75px|'''[[Antoni Patek|Patek]]''']]
[[Image:Izrael Kalmanowicz Poznański.jpg|thumb|75px|'''[[Izrael Poznański|Poznański]]''']]
* [[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.]]
* [[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 Wozniak|Steve Woźniak]], co-founder of [[Apple Inc.]]
* [[Andrzej Artur Zamoyski]]
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==Royalty==
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[[Image:MieszkoDagome.jpg|thumb|100px|'''[[Mieszko I]]''']]
[[Image:CasimirtheGreat.jpg|thumb|100px|'''[[Casimir III the Great]]''']]
[[Image:Kazimierz Jagiellonczyk.jpg|thumb|100px|'''[[Casimir IV Jagiellon]]''']]
[[Image:Stefan Batory King of Poland.jpg|thumb|100px|'''[[Stefan Batory]]''']]
[[Image:Jan Sobieski.jpg|thumb|100px|'''[[Jan III Sobieski]]''']]
[[Image:StAuPoniatowski.jpg|thumb|70px|'''[[Stanisław August Poniatowski]]''']]
* [[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 of Poland|Casimir III the Great]], Piast Dynasty last King of Poland.
* [[Jadwiga 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 of Poland|Stephen Báthory]], [[Hungary|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]].
* [[Katarzyna Opalińska|Catherine Opalińska]], Queen of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth and Duchess of Lorraine.
* [[Maria Leszczyńska]], consort of [[Louis XV of France|Louis XV]], King of France.
* [[Stanisław August Poniatowski]], last King of the [[Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth]], co-author of the [[Constitution of May 3, 1791]].
{{col-end}}
==Nobility (szlachta)==
''see: [[List of szlachta]]''
==Military==
{{col-begin}}
[[Image:JHDąbrowski 1.JPG|thumb|80px|'''[[Henryk Dąbrowski|Jan Henryk Dąbrowski]]''']]
[[Image:Thaddeus Kosciuszko.jpg|thumb|80px|'''[[Tadeusz Kościuszko|Kościuszko]]''']]
[[Image:Jozef Antoni Poniatowski 3.jpg|thumb|80px|'''[[Józef Poniatowski|Poniatowski]]''']]
[[Image:Wladyslaw Sikorski 2.jpg|thumb|80px|'''[[Władysław Sikorski|Sikorski]]''']]
[[Image:Sosnkowski Kazimierz.jpg|thumb|80px|'''[[Kazimierz Sosnkowski|Sosnkowski]]''']]
[[Image:Jozef Sowinski.jpg|thumb|80px|'''[[Józef Sowiński|Sowiński]]''']]
[[Image:Jan Tarnowski (Hetman).jpg|thumb|80px|'''[[Jan Tarnowski|Tarnowski]]''']]
[[Image:Jan Zamoyski.jpg|thumb|80px|'''[[Jan Zamoyski|Zamoyski]]''']]
[[Image:Lesseur-Hetman Żółkiewski.jpg|thumb|80px|'''[[Stanisław Żółkiewski|Żółkiewski]]''']]
* [[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]], [[Hetman|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). [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/cumbria/4516532.stm]
* [[Józef Haller de Hallenburg|Józef Haller]], politician, commander of the Polish Army in [[France]] during [[World War I]]
* [[Stanisław Jan Jabłonowski]], [[Hetman|Grand Crown Hetman]] (1682/3-1702)
* [[Jan Nowak-Jezioranski]] (1913-2005), Polish journalist and World War II hero.
* [[Mikołaj Kamieniecki]], first [[Hetman|Grand Crown Hetman]] of Poland (1503-1515)
* [[Michał Karaszewicz-Tokarzewski]], general, founder of the resistance movement "Polish Victory Service" (27 September 1939)
* [[Kazimierz J. Kasperek]], Lt. Commander, veteran of WW II, the most decorated NCO in the [[Polish Navy]]
* [[Tadeusz Bór-Komorowski]], general, commander of the [[Home Army]] during the [[Warsaw Uprising]] (1944)
* [[Stanisław Koniecpolski]], [[Hetman|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]].
* [[Jerzy Sebastian Lubomirski]], Prince, [[Hetman|Field Crown Hetman]] (1657-1664), victor from the [[Battle of Chudniv]] (Cudnów) (1660)
* [[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)
* [[Jadwiga Piłsudska]]
* [[Emilia Plater]], Countess, hero of the [[November Uprising]]
* [[Józef Poniatowski]], prince, Polish general and marshal of France
* [[Kazimierz Pułaski]] (Casimir 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 [[Invasion of Poland (1939)|September Campaign]]
* [[Jan Tarnowski]], [[Hetman|Grand Crown Hetman]] (1527-1561), victor of [[Battle of Obertyn|Obertyn]] (1531)
* [[Piotr Wysocki]], led the November Uprising (1830)
* [[Kordian Józef Zamorski]]
* [[Jan Zamoyski]], Great Chancellor of Poland (1578-1605) and [[Hetman|Grand Crown Hetman]] (1581-1605)
* [[Stanisław Żółkiewski]], chancellor of Poland, military commander, conqueror of [[Moscow]] (1610), [[Hetman|Grand Crown Hetman]] (1613-1620)
* [[Janusz Żurakowski]], World War II fighter pilot and [[Avro Arrow]] test pilot
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==Politics==
{{col-begin}}
[[Image:Brzezinski 1977.gif|thumb|75px|'''[[Zbigniew Brzezinski|Brzeziński]]''']]
[[Image:Adam Jerzy Czartoryski.jpg|thumb|90px|'''[[Adam Jerzy Czartoryski|A.J. Czartoryski]]''']]
[[Image:Ignacy Daszynski.jpg|thumb|80px|'''[[Ignacy Daszyński|Daszyński]]''']]
[[Image:Roman Dmowski LOC 3c35372u.jpg|thumb|80px|'''[[Roman Dmowski|Dmowski]]''']]
[[Image:Wojciech Korfanty 1905.jpg|thumb|80px|'''[[Wojciech Korfanty|Korfanty]]''']]
[[Image:Jozef Pilsudski.jpg|thumb|85px|'''[[Józef Piłsudski|Piłsudski]]''']]
[[Image:Wincenty Witos.jpg|thumb|80px|'''[[Wincenty Witos|Witos]]''']]
[[Image:Lech walesa prezydent RP.gif|thumb|80px|'''[[Lech Wałęsa|Wałęsa]]''']]
[[Image:Beyer-Wielopolski.jpg|thumb|80px|'''[[Aleksander Wielopolski|Wielopolski]]''']]
* [[Tomasz Arciszewski]], first Prime Minister of Poland in exile (1944-1947)
* [[Kasimir Felix Graf Badeni|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)
* [[Michael Bobrzynski|Michał Bobrzyński]], Governor of Galicia (1908-1913)
* [[Zbigniew Brzezinski|Zbigniew Brzeziński]] , political scientist, advisor to US President [[Jimmy Carter]].
* [[Józef Cyrankiewicz]], Prime Minister of communistic Poland (1947-1952 and 1954-1970)
* [[Adam Czartoryski|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
* [[Felix Dzerzhynsky|Feliks Dzierżyński]], the founder of the [[Bolshevik]] [[secret police]], the [[Cheka]]
* [[Jas Gawronski|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
* [[Stanislav Kosior|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 Mikolajczyk|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 the Second Polish Republic (1922)
* [[Julian Ursyn Niemcewicz]]
* [[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 Sobchak|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 Warynski|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)
* [[Tadeusz Wróblewski]]
* [[August Zaleski]], second President of Poland in exile (1947-1972)
* [[Andrzej Artur Zamoyski]]
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==Diplomats==
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[[Image:20070212 Wladyslaw Bartoszewski by Kubik.jpg|thumb|80px|'''[[Władysław Bartoszewski|Bartoszewski]]''']]
[[Image:Jozef Beck.jpg|thumb|90px|'''[[Józef Beck|Beck]]''']]
[[Image:Wladyslaw Czartoryski (1828-1894).jpg|thumb|80px|'''[[Władysław Czartoryski|W. Czartoryski]]''']]
[[Image:Ignacy Jan Paderewski.jpg|thumb|80px|'''[[Ignacy Paderewski|Paderewski]]''']]
[[Image:Edward Raczynski.jpg|thumb|90px|'''[[Edward Bernard Raczyński|Raczyński]]''']]
[[Image:Adam Rapacki.jpg|thumb|70px|'''[[Adam Rapacki]]''']]
* [[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 Maria Gołuchowski|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 [[Voivode|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 Skrzynski|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
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==Spies==
{{col-begin}}
[[Image:Jan Kowalewski.jpg|thumb|75px|'''[[Jan Kowalewski|Kowalewski]]''']]
[[Image:Krystyna Skarbek - Granville.jpg|thumb|65px|'''[[Krystyna Skarbek|Skarbek]]''']]
* [[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 [[Special Operations Executive|SOE]] agent
* [[Ryszard Kukliński]], Polish Army colonel, [[Cold War]] [[Central Intelligence Agency|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 [[Special Operations Executive|SOE]] agent
* [[Halina Szymańska]], World War II British spy
* [[Marian Zacharski]], Colonel
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==Holocaust resisters==
{{col-begin}}
[[Image:ac.karski2.jpg|thumb|90px|'''[[Jan Karski|Karski]]''']]
[[Image:Witold Pilecki 1.JPG|thumb|80px|'''[[Witold Pilecki|Pilecki]]''']]
* [[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]]
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==Religion==
{{col-begin}}
[[Image:Adam Chmielowski.JPG|thumb|75px|'''[[Adam Chmielowski|Chmielowski]]''']]
[[Image:Jakub Frank.jpg|thumb|75px|'''[[Jacob Frank|Frank]]''']]
[[Image:Grobowiec krolowej Jadwigi.jpg|thumb|75px|'''[[Jadwiga of Poland|Hedwig]]''']]
[[Image:Stanisław Kostka.PNG|thumb|75px|'''[[Stanisław Kostka|Kostka]]''']]
[[Image:200px-Faustina.jpg|thumb|75px|'''[[Mary Faustina Kowalska|Kowalska]]''']]
[[Image:SStanisław.JPG|thumb|75px|'''[[Stanislaus of Szczepanów]]''']]
[[Image:JohannesPaulII.jpg|thumb|75px|'''[[Karol Józef Wojtyła|Wojtyła]]''']]
[[Image:Stefan Wyszynski 1978.jpg|thumb|75px|'''[[Stefan Cardinal Wyszyński|Wyszyński]]''']]
* [[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. [[Saint Casimir|Casimir Jagiellon]] (grandson of King Władysław II Jagiełło).
* St. [[Albert Chmielowski|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).
* [[Hedwig of Poland|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).
* [[Saint Hyacinth|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. [[John Cantius|Jan Kanty]] (professor at Kraków University).
* [[Stanisław Karnkowski]] (Primate of Poland, 1581-1603; Interrex, 1586-87).
* St. [[Maximilian Kolbe|Maksymilian Maria Kolbe]] (Franciscan martyr, Auschwitz 1941).
* [[Hugo Kołłątaj]] (priest, statesman).
* St. [[Stanislaus Kostka|Stanisław Kostka]] (Jesuit).
* St. [[Mary Faustina Kowalska|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 (Primate of Poland)|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).
* [[Pope John Paul II|Karol Józef Wojtyla]] (Archbishop of Krakow, 1963-1978, Pope John Paul II, 1978-2005).
* [[Stefan Wyszyński]] (Primate of Poland, Cardinal, 1948-81).
* Reverend Monsignor (Wawrzyniec) [[Lawrence Wnuk]] (Protonotary Apostolic).
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==Miscellaneous==
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* [[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
* [[Stefan Ossowiecki]], [[psychic]]
* [[Anthony Radziwill]], U.S. news journalist/producer (nephew of [[John F. Kennedy]])
* [[Włodzimierz Waloc Trubecki]], prince
* [[Wilfrid Michael Voynich]], bibliophile
* [[Arkadius|Arkadiusz Weremczuk a.k.a. Arkadius]] (Ukrainian-Polish) fashion designer
* [[Warren Winiarski]], California winemaker
* [[Magdalena Wróbel]], top model
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==Criminals==
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[[Image:I Grinevizky.jpg|thumb|70px|'''<small>[[Ignacy Hryniewiecki|Hryniewiecki]]</small>''']]
[[Image:E Niewiadomski.jpg|thumb|77px|'''<small>[[Eligiusz Niewiadomski|Niewiadomski]]</small>''']]
* [[Ignacy Hryniewiecki]], assassin of [[Tsar]] [[Alexander II of Russia]]
* [[Theodore Kaczynski]], the Unabomber
* [[George Chapman (murderer)|Severin Antoniovich Klosowski]], [[Jack the Ripper|Jack-the-Ripper]] suspect
* [[Julian Koltun]], serial killer
* [[Zdzisław Marchwicki]], serial killer
* [[Władysław Mazurkiewicz (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
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==Legendary persons==
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* [[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.
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===Fictional characters===
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[[Image:Tytus Harcerz.jpg|thumb|100px|"Tytus becomes a scout" volume I]]
* Captain William Joseph "B.J." Blazkowicz from [[Wolfenstein 3D]]
* Waldemar Daninsky, wolfman from [[Paul Naschy|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 (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 (comics)|Magneto]], [[mutant (Marvel Comics)]]
* [[Steve Roper and Mike Nomad|Mike Nomad]] (with Steve Roper), an American adventure comic strip (1936 - 2004)
* [[List of characters in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas#Officer Eddie Pulaski|Officer Eddie Pulaski]] from [[Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas]]
* Abel Rosnovski from ''[[Kane and Abel (novel)|Kane and Abel]]''
* [[Pan Samochodzik]], a fictional adventurer by [[Zbigniew Nienacki]]
* [[Sasquatch (comics)|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 (novel)|The Doll]]'').
* [[Piotr Zak]], fictional composer from a spoof [[BBC]] documentary
* Sophie Zawistowski from ''[[Sophie's Choice (novel)|Sophie's Choice]]'', a novel by [[William Styron]] and a film by [[Alan J. Pakula]].
* [[The Witcher]], fantasy hero by Sapkowski
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==Sports==
''see also: [[list of Polish sports players]]''
===Athletics (track and field)===
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* [[Andrzej Badeński]], [[sprint (race)|sprinter]]
* [[Jerzy Chromik]], [[Athletics (track and field)|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]], [[race walking|racewalker]]
* [[Władysław Kozakiewicz]], [[pole vaulter]]
* [[Elżbieta Krzesińska]], [[long jumper]]
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* [[Zdzisław Krzyszkowiak]], athlete
* [[Wacław Kuchar]], athlete
* [[Janusz Kusociński]], athlete
* [[Maria Kwaśniewska]], [[javelin throw]]er
* [[Wiesław Maniak]], sprinter
* [[Bronisław Malinowski (athlete)|Bronisław Malinowski]], athlete
* [[Józef Noji]], 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 throw]]er
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* [[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 (athlete)|Jan Werner]], sprinter
* [[Jacek Wszoła]], high jumper
* [[Kazimierz Zimny]], athlete
* [[Szymon Ziółkowski]], hammer thrower
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===Boxing===
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* [[Tomasz Adamek]]
* [[Aleksy Antkiewicz]]
* [[Zygmunt Chychła]]
* [[Leszek Drogosz]]
* [[Charley Goldman]] (International Boxing [[Hall of fame]])
* [[Andrzej Gołota]]
* [[Janusz Gortat]]
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* [[Józef Grudzień]]
* [[Jerzy Kulej]]
* [[Dariusz Michalczewski]]
* [[Zbigniew Pietrzykowski]]
* [[Jerzy Rybicki]]
* [[Feliks Stamm]], coach
* [[Jan Szczepański]]
* [[Janusz Zarenkiewicz]]
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===Chess===
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* [[Agnieszka Brustman]]
* [[Oscar Chajes]]
* [[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 Holuj-Radzikowska|Krystyna Hołuj-Radzikowska]]
* [[Dawid Janowski]]
* [[Max Judd]]
* [[Henrijeta Konarkowska-Sokolov]]
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* [[Michał Krasenkow]]
* [[Adam Kuligowski]]
* [[Salo Landau]]
* [[Edward Lasker]]
* [[Paul Saladin Leonhardt]]
* [[Moishe Lowtzky]]
* [[Bartlomiej Macieja|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]]
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* [[Dawid Przepiórka]]
* [[Teodor Regedziński]]
* [[Samuel Reshevsky]]
* [[Samuel Rosenthal]]
* [[Gersz Rotlewi]]
* [[Akiba Rubinstein]]
* [[Gersz Salwe]]
* [[Wlodzimierz Schmidt|Włodzimierz Schmidt]]
* [[Stanislaus Sittenfeld]]
* [[Franciszek Sulik]]
* [[Bogdan Śliwa]]
* [[Savielly Tartakower]]
* [[Jean Taubenhaus]]
* [[Vitaly Tseshkovsky]]
* [[Szymon Winawer]]
* [[Aleksander Wojtkiewicz]]
* [[Daniel Yanofsky]]
* [[Johannes Zukertort]]
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===Fencing===
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* [[Zbigniew Czajkowski]]
* [[Danuta Dmowska]]
* [[:pl:Egon Franke (szermierz)|Egon Franke]]
* [[Sylwia Gruchała]]
* [[Roman Kantor]]
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* [[Ed Korfanty|Edward Korfanty]]
* [[:pl:Ryszard Parulski|Ryszard Parulski]]
* [[Jerzy Pawłowski]]
* [[:pl:Witold Woyda|Witold Woyda]]
* [[Wojciech Zabłocki]]
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===Ice hockey===
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* [[Mariusz Czerkawski]]
* [[Wayne Gretzky]]
* [[Mike Komisarek]]
* [[Ed Olczyk]]
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* [[Krzysztof Oliwa]]
* [[Peter Sidorkiewicz]]
* [[Pete Stemkowski]]
* [[Wojtek Wolski]]
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===Skiing===
* [[Bronisław Czech]]
* [[Wojciech Fortuna]], [[ski jumper]]
* [[Adam Małysz]], ski jumper
* [[Stanisław Marusarz#Brother|Jan Marusarz]], brother of [[Stanisław Marusarz]] and fellow Olympian; [[Krystyna Skarbek]]'s [[World War II]] escort on skis across the [[Tatra Mountains]] from [[Hungary]] to [[Poland]]
* [[Stanisław Marusarz]], ski jumper
===Football (Soccer)===
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* [[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
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* [[Józef Młynarczyk]], goalkeeper
* [[Erwin Nyc]], midfielder
* [[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
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===Swimming===
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* [[Katarzyna Baranowska]]
* [[Otylia Jędrzejczak]]
* [[Bartosz Kizierowski]]
* [[Michael Klim]]
* [[Paweł Korzeniowski]]
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* [[Sławomir Kuczko]]
* [[Mariusz Podkościelny]]
* [[Mateusz Sawrymowicz]]
* [[Rafał Szukała]]
* [[Artur Wojdat]]
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===Weightlifting===
* [[Waldemar Baszanowski]]
* [[Mieczysław Nowak]]
* [[:pl:Ireneusz Paliński|Ireneusz Paliński]]
* [[Agata Wróbel]]
* [[Marian Zieliński]]
===Others===
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* [[Janusz Centka]], [[gliding|soaring]]
* [[Wojciech Fibak]], [[tennis]]
* [[Anni Friesinger]], [[speed skater]]
* [[Tomasz Gollob]], [[motorcycle speedway]]
* [[Andrzej Grubba]], [[table tennis]]
* [[Sebastian Janikowski]], [[American football]]
* [[Jadwiga Jedrzejowska|Jadwiga Jędrzejowska]], [[tennis]]
* [[Sebastian Kawa]], [[gliding|soaring]]
* [[Rafał Kubacki]], [[judo]]
* [[Robert Kubica]], [[auto racing]]
* [[Mateusz Kusznierewicz]], [[sailing]]
* [[Waldemar Legień]], [[judo]]
* [[Jerzy Makula]], [[glider]] [[competition aerobatics|aerobatics]]
* [[Dan Marino]], [[American football]]
* [[Piotr Markiewicz]], [[canoeing]]
* [[Bill Mazeroski]], [[baseball]]
* [[Paweł Nastula]], [[judo]]
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[[Image:Mariusz Pudzianowski-mv4-2006.jpg|80px|thumb|'''<small>[[Pudzianowski]]</small>''']]
* [[Aneta Pastuszka]], [[canoeing]]
* [[Mariusz Pudzianowski]], [[strongman (strength athlete)|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]]
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==Notes==
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[[Category:Polish people|Polish people]]
[[Category:Lists of Polish people|Poles]]
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[[it:Lista di polacchi]]
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[[pt:Anexo:Lista de polacos]]
[[scn:Pulacchi cèlibbri]]