List of Poles 158834 225624926 2008-07-14T16:46:47Z Mibelz 1437251 /* Football (Soccer) */ Erwin Nyc {{TOCright}} 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. {{listdev}} ==History== {|Dr Seweryn Ozdowski, Australian Human Rights Commissioner (2000-2005) |- | * [[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]] | [[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]]''']] |} ==Science== ===Astronomy=== {| |- | * [[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) | [[Image:Johannes Hevelius(close-up).jpg|thumb|right|70px|'''[[Johannes Hevelius|Heweliusz]]''']] [[Image:Nikolaus Kopernikus.jpg|thumb|right|70px|'''[[Nicolaus Copernicus|Kopernik]]''']] |} ===Biology=== {{col-begin}} {{col-break|width=50%}} [[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 {{col-break|width=2%}} {{col-break|width=48%}} [[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 {{col-end}} ===Chemistry=== {{col-begin}} {{col-break|width=50%}} <!-- Image with inadequate rationale removed: [[Image:Casimir Funk.gif|thumb|60px|'''[[Casimir Funk|Funk]]''']] --> [[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. {{col-break|width=2%}} {{col-break|width=48%}} [[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]] {{col-end}} ===Engineering=== {{col-begin}} {{col-break|width=50%}} [[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]] {{col-break|width=2%}} {{col-break|width=48%}} [[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 {{col-end}} ===Economics=== {{col-begin}} {{col-break|width=50%}} [[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]] {{col-break|width=2%}} {{col-break|width=48%}} [[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]] {{col-end}} ===Invention=== {{col-begin}} {{col-break|width=50%}} [[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]] {{col-break|width=2%}} {{col-break|width=48%}} [[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 {{col-end}} ===Computer Science=== {{col-begin}} {{col-break|width=50%}} * [[Piotr Anweiler]], software * [[Jacek Karpinski]] * [[Marek Karpinski]] * [[Marian Mazur]] * [[Stanisław Radziszowski]] * [[Wiesław Romanowski]] {{col-break|width=2%}} {{col-break|width=48%}} [[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]] {{col-end}} ===Linguistics=== {| |- | * [[Jan Niecisław Baudouin de Courtenay]] * [[Jan Czekanowski]] * [[Alfred Korzybski]] * [[Jerzy Kuryłowicz]] * [[Jan Miodek]] * [[Jaroslav Rudnyckyj]] * [[Antoni Józef Śmieszek]] * [[Anna Wierzbicka]] * [[Ludwik Zamenhof]], inventor of [[Esperanto]]. | [[Image:1908-kl-t-zamenhof.jpg|thumb|75px|'''[[L.L. Zamenhof|Zamenhof]]''']] |} ===Mathematics=== {{col-begin}} {{col-break|width=50%}} [[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]] {{col-break|width=2%}} {{col-break|width=48%}} [[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]]''']] <!-- Image with inadequate rationale removed: [[Image:AZygmund.jpg|thumb|75px|'''[[Antoni Zygmund|Zygmund]]''']] --> * [[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]] {{col-end}} ===Physics=== {| |- | * [[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]] | [[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]]''']] |} ===Social sciences=== {| |- | * [[Zygmunt Bauman]] (sociologist, philosopher) * [[Zygmunt Gloger]] (ethnographer, archeologist, historian) * [[Ludwig Gumplowicz]] (a founder of sociology) * [[Jan Kubary]] (naturalist, ethnographer) * [[Bronisław Malinowski]] (anthropologist) * [[Władysław Markiewicz]] (sociologist) * [[Maria Ossowska]] (sociologist) * [[Stanisław Ossowski]] (sociologist) * [[Bronisław Piłsudski]] (cultural anthropologist) * [[Paweł Śpiewak]] (sociologist) * [[Jerzy Szacki]] (sociologist) * [[Piotr Sztompka]] (sociologist) * [[Edmund Wnuk-Lipiński]] (sociologist) * [[Florian Znaniecki]] (sociologist) | [[Image:Bronislaw Pilsudski.jpg|thumb|70px|'''<small>[[Bronisław Piłsudski|Piłsudski]]</small>''']] [[Image:Znaniecki florian.jpg|thumb|70px|'''<small>[[Florian Znaniecki|Znaniecki]]</small>''']] |} ===Other sciences=== {| |- | * [[Henryk Arctowski]], explorer * [[Benedykt Polak]] (Benedict the Pole, Benedictus Polonus), explorer * [[Piotr Ignacy Bieńkowski]], scholar, archaeologist, professor * [[Karol J. Bobko]], NASA astronaut * [[Gerard 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 | [[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]]''']] |} ==Music== ''see also: [[List of Polish composers]]'' {{col-begin}} {{col-break|width=50%}} [[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 {{col-break|width=2%}} {{col-break|width=48%}} [[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]] {{col-end}} ==Literature== ''See also: [[List of Polish writers]]'' and ''[[List of Polish novelists]]'' {| |- | * [[Agnieszka Baranowska]], author * [[Karol Olgierd Borchardt]], maritime author * [[Joseph Conrad]] (Józef Teodor Konrad Korzeniowski), English-language novelist. * [[Lucyna Ćwierczakiewiczowa]], the first Polish cook book author * [[Maria Dąbrowska]], novelist * [[Johannes Dantiscus]] (Jan Dantyszek), [[Latin]] poet and Prince-Bishop of [[Warmia]] * [[Tadeusz Dołęga-Mostowicz]], novelist * [[Jacek Dukaj]], science-fiction writer * [[Adolf Dygasiński]], novelist * [[Aleksander Fredro]], poet, 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 | [[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]].'' {{col-begin}} {{col-break|width=50%}} <!-- Unsourced image removed: [[Image:Milosz.jpg|thumb|100px|right|'''Miłosz''']] --> [[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]] <!-- Unsourced image removed: [[Image:Z.Herbert.jpg|100px|thumb|right|'''Herbert''']] --> * [[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 {{col-break|width=2%}} {{col-break|width=48%}} [[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]] {{col-end}} ==Philosophy== {{col-begin}} {{col-break|width=50%}} * [[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]] {{col-break|width=2%}} {{col-break|width=48%}} * [[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]] {{col-end}} ==Fine arts== ''see also: [[List of Polish artists]] and [[List of Polish painters|painters]]'' {{col-begin}} {{col-break|width=50%}} [[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]]''']] <!-- Commented out because image was deleted: [[Image:Wojciech Kossak.jpg|thumb|85px|'''[[Wojciech Kossak|W. Kossak]]''']] --> * [[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 {{col-break|width=2%}} {{col-break|width=48%}} [[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]] {{col-end}} ==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 {{col-end}} ==Business== {{col-begin}} [[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]] {{col-end}} ==Royalty== {{col-begin}} [[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 {{col-end}} ==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]] {{col-end}} ==Diplomats== {{col-begin}} [[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 {{col-end}} ==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 {{col-end}} ==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]] {{col-end}} ==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). {{col-end}} ==Miscellaneous== {{col-begin}} [[Image:Michał Wojnicz c. 1885.png|thumb|75px|'''[[Wilfrid Michael Voynich|Voynich]]''']] <!-- Deleted image removed: [[Image:Magdalena Wróbel.JPG|thumb|75px|'''[[Magdalena Wróbel|Wróbel]]''']] --> * [[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 {{col-end}} ==Criminals== {{col-begin}} [[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 {{col-end}} ==Legendary persons== {{col-begin}} * [[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. {{col-end}} ===Fictional characters=== {{col-begin}} <!-- Commented out: [[Image:Blackhawk 12.jpg|thumb|right|100px|'''Blackhawk''']] --> <!-- Commented out because image was deleted: [[Image:Kloss publicity photo.JPG|thumb|right|110px|'''Captain Kloss''']] --> [[Image:Koziolek matolek.jpg|thumb|140px|Drawing from the original Koziołek Matołek comic book]] [[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 {{col-end}} ==Sports== ''see also: [[list of Polish sports players]]'' ===Athletics (track and field)=== {{col-begin}} {{col-break|width=33%}} * [[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]] {{col-break|width=33%}} * [[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 {{col-break|width=33%}} * [[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 {{col-end}} ===Boxing=== {{col-begin}} {{col-break|width=55%}} * [[Tomasz Adamek]] * [[Aleksy Antkiewicz]] * [[Zygmunt Chychła]] * [[Leszek Drogosz]] * [[Charley Goldman]] (International Boxing [[Hall of fame]]) * [[Andrzej Gołota]] * [[Janusz Gortat]] {{col-break|width=45%}} * [[Józef Grudzień]] * [[Jerzy Kulej]] * [[Dariusz Michalczewski]] * [[Zbigniew Pietrzykowski]] * [[Jerzy Rybicki]] * [[Feliks Stamm]], coach * [[Jan Szczepański]] * [[Janusz Zarenkiewicz]] {{col-end}} ===Chess=== {{col-begin}} {{col-break|width=33%}} * [[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]] {{col-break|width=33%}} * [[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]] {{col-break|width=33%}} * [[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]] {{col-end}} ===Fencing=== {{col-begin}} {{col-break|width=50%}} * [[Zbigniew Czajkowski]] * [[Danuta Dmowska]] * [[:pl:Egon Franke (szermierz)|Egon Franke]] * [[Sylwia Gruchała]] * [[Roman Kantor]] {{col-break|width=50%}} * [[Ed Korfanty|Edward Korfanty]] * [[:pl:Ryszard Parulski|Ryszard Parulski]] * [[Jerzy Pawłowski]] * [[:pl:Witold Woyda|Witold Woyda]] * [[Wojciech Zabłocki]] {{col-end}} ===Ice hockey=== {{col-begin}} {{col-break|width=50%}} * [[Mariusz Czerkawski]] * [[Wayne Gretzky]] * [[Mike Komisarek]] * [[Ed Olczyk]] {{col-break|width=50%}} * [[Krzysztof Oliwa]] * [[Peter Sidorkiewicz]] * [[Pete Stemkowski]] * [[Wojtek Wolski]] {{col-end}} ===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)=== {{col-begin}} {{col-break|width=50%}} * [[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 {{col-break|width=50%}} * [[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 {{col-end}} ===Swimming=== {{col-begin}} {{col-break|width=50%}} * [[Katarzyna Baranowska]] * [[Otylia Jędrzejczak]] * [[Bartosz Kizierowski]] * [[Michael Klim]] * [[Paweł Korzeniowski]] {{col-break|width=50%}} * [[Sławomir Kuczko]] * [[Mariusz Podkościelny]] * [[Mateusz Sawrymowicz]] * [[Rafał Szukała]] * [[Artur Wojdat]] {{col-end}} ===Weightlifting=== * [[Waldemar Baszanowski]] * [[Mieczysław Nowak]] * [[:pl:Ireneusz Paliński|Ireneusz Paliński]] * [[Agata Wróbel]] * [[Marian Zieliński]] ===Others=== {{col-begin}} {{col-break|width=50%}} * [[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]] {{col-break|width=50%}} [[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]] {{col-end}} ==Notes== {{reflist|2}} [[Category:Lists of people by nationality|Poles]] [[Category:Polish people|Polish people]] [[Category:Lists of Polish people|Poles]] [[bg:Списък на поляци]] [[id:Daftar tokoh Polandia]] [[it:Lista di polacchi]] [[ja:ポーランド人の一覧]] [[pt:Anexo:Lista de polacos]] [[scn:Pulacchi cèlibbri]]