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This is a partial list of notable Polish or Polish-speaking or -writing people. People of partial Polish heritage have their respective ancestries credited.

Physics

Chemistry

Biology, medicine

Astronomy

Mathematics

Computer science

Linguistics

Invention

Engineering

Social sciences

Economics

Other sciences

History

• Askenazy
• Bielski
• Callimachus
• Cywiński
• Długosz
• Feldman
• Gieysztor
• Kadłubek
• Kołłątaj
• Kot
• Kromer
• Labuda
• Lelewel
• Lerski
• Manteuffel
• Miechowita
• Modzelewski
• Naruszewicz
• Peszke
• Pipes
• Pogonowski
• Samsonowicz
• Stola
• Szujski
• Vetulani
• Żagiell

• Roman Aftanazy, historian of former Eastern Borderlands and librarian
• Szymon Askenazy, historian and diplomat
• Marcin Bielski, chronicler
• Michał Bobrzyński, historian and politician
• Józef Borzyszkowski, Kashubian historian
• Filip Callimachus
• Alina Cała
• Marek Jan Chodakiewicz
• Piotr Cywiński
• Tadeusz Czacki
• Norman Davies, British-Polish historian
• Małgorzata Dąbrowska, historian, Byzantist
• Jan Długosz, 15th-century chronicler of Poland
• Maria Dzielska
• Marian Kamil Dziewanowski, Poland, Russia, modern Europe
• Karol Estreicher (senior), father of Polish Bibliography
• Stanisław Estreicher
• Tadeusz Estreicher
• Józef Feldman
• Mieczysław Gębarowicz, art historian, museum director, custodian of Ossolineum
• Aleksander Gieysztor
• Kazimierz Godłowski, historian and archeologist
• Władysław Grabski
• Roman Grodecki
• Oskar Halecki, historian of Poland
• Marceli Handelsman, historian of Poland
• Paweł Jasienica, historian of Poland
• Jacek Jędruch
• Wincenty Kadłubek, 13th-century historian of Poland
• Józef Kasparek, constitutions; World War II era
• Stefan Kieniewicz, 19th-century Polish history
• Jerzy Kirchmayer, 1944 Warsaw Uprising
• Jerzy Kolendo, archaeologist, epigraphist and historian of the Mediterranean Basin in antiquity
• Hugo Kołłątaj, 18th–19th-century historian, philosopher and politician
• Feliks Koneczny, Polish history, social philosophy
• Władysław Konopczyński, Polish and world history
• Iwona Korga, historian, president of the Józef Piłsudski Institute of America
• Stanisław Kot, historian, politician, diplomat
• Władysław Kozaczuk, military history, military intelligence, World War II
• Manfred Kridl, history of Polish culture and literature
• Marcin Kromer, 16th-century Bishop of Warmia, secretary to two Polish kings, and historian of Poland
• Jan Kucharzewski, historian and politician
• Marian Kukiel, military historian and politician
• Lucyna Kulińska
• Ewa Kurek
• Stanisław Kutrzeba, Poland, Polish law, Kraków
• Gerard Labuda
• Joachim Lelewel, historian of Poland
• Jerzy Jan Lerski
• Dariusz Libionka
• Wacław Lipiński
• Stanisław Lorentz, art historian
• Czesław Madajczyk, World War II
• Janusz Magnuski, World War II Polish and Soviet armor
• Tadeusz Manteuffel, medievalist
• Maciej Masłowski, art historian
• Benjamin Mazar (1906–1995), Israeli historian and archeologist; President of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem
• Maciej Miechowita
• Lidia Milka-Wieczorkiewicz
• Karol Modzelewski
• Stephen Mizwa
• Teodor Narbutt, Polish historian of Lithuania
• Adam Naruszewicz, 18th-century historian, participant in the Great Sejm
• Kasper Niesiecki, Jesuit lexicographer and heraldic scholar
• Szymon Okolski, 17th-century historian
• Bartosz Paprocki, Polish and Czech heraldic scholar
• Michael Alfred Peszke (1932-2015), Polish Armed Forces, World War II
• Tadeusz Piotrowski, historian of Poland during World War II
• Richard Pipes, Polish-American historian of Russia and the Soviet Union
• Iwo Cyprian Pogonowski, World War II, Polish-Jewish relations; engineer
• Teresa Prekerowa
• Stanisław Salmonowicz, historian of law
• Henryk Samsonowicz, historian specializing in medieval Poland
• Konstancja Skirmuntt
• Julian Stachiewicz, military historian
• Szymon Starowolski
• Aneta Stawiszyńska
• Dariusz Stola
• Maciej Stryjkowski, historian, writer, poet
• Irena Strzelecka
• Tomasz Strzembosz, Polish World War II history
• Tadeusz Sulimirski, historian and archeologist
• Karol Szajnocha, historian and novelist
• Józef Szujski
• Zygmunt Szweykowski, Polish literature
• Władysław Tatarkiewicz, philosophy and aesthetics
• Rafał Taubenschlag, history of law
• Janusz Tazbir, historian, specializing in the culture and religion of Poland in the 16th and 17th centuries
• Józef Turowski, World War II OUN massacres of Poles
• Adam Ulam, Polish-American historian of Russia and the Soviet Union
• Adam Vetulani, history of law
• Piotr S. Wandycz, Polish-American historian of Central and Eastern Europe
• Leon Wasilewski
• Ewa Wipszycka, historian and papyrologist
• Richard Woytak, World War II era
• Julia Zabłocka (1931–1993), historian, classical scholar, archaeologist
• Wincenty Zakrzewski, 16th-century Poland
• Adam Zamoyski
• Janusz K. Zawodny, World War II
• Ignacy Żagiell (1826–1891), historian of ancient Egypt
• Marek Żukow-Karczewski, historian and journalist

Philosophy

Prose literature

Journalism

Poetry

Music

Visual arts

Entertainment

Business

Politics

Law

Diplomacy

Military

Intelligence

Holocaust resistance

Religion

Nobility

Royalty

Assassins

Miscellany

Legendary persons

Fictional characters

• Matteusz Andrzejewski, played by Jordan Renzo, a character in Class, a British science fiction drama programme, and a spin-off of the long-running programme Doctor Who
• Captain William Joseph B.J. Blazkowicz in Wolfenstein 3D
• Ernst Stavro Blofeld, a villain from the James Bond series of novels and films, created by Ian Fleming
• Bolek i Lolek, cartoon characters from a Polish children's TV animated comedy series
• Baba Jaga, Polish version of the forest-dwelling sorceress
• Waldemar Daninsky, wolfman in La Marca del Hombre Lobo
• Nicodemus Dyzma, in Tadeusz Dołęga-Mostowicz's novel The Career of Nicodemus Dyzma
• Jacob Jankowski, a character played by Robert Pattinson in a 2011 American romantic drama film Water for Elephants
• Marcin Jerek, Polish-born British professor and former CIA interrogator, in the TV series NCIS, played by W. Morgan Sheppard
• Dr. Judym, in Stefan Żeromski's novel Homeless People
• Kajko i Kokosz
• Florentyna Kane in The Prodigal Daughter and Shall We Tell the President?
• Commander Keen, grandson of B.J. Blazkowicz
• Hans Kloss (Captain Kloss), World War II secret agent in the Polish TV serial Stake larger than life
• Kordian
• Funky Koval, space detective
• Sugar "Kane" Kowalczyk, a singer of Polish descent played by Marilyn Monroe in Billy Wilder's 1959 romantic comedy film Some Like It Hot
• Kowalski, a penguin in the children's film Madagascar
• Stanley Kowalski, in Tennessee Williams' play A Streetcar Named Desire
• Detective Stanley Kowalski, Polish-American Chicago policeman in the 1990s Canadian television series Due South
• Walt Kowalski, Polish-American Korean War veteran and retired Ford worker, in Clint Eastwood's 2008 film Gran Torino
• Lucyna "Lucy" Kushinada, a netrunner of mixed Polish and Japanese descent in Cyberpunk: Edgerunners
• Ligia, heroine of Sienkiewicz's novel, Quo Vadis?
• Man of Iron, symbol of Solidarity and title of Wajda's film
• Koziołek Matołek, like the bear and the horse, the goat is part of Polish folklore, here in Kornel Makuszyński's rendition
• Mike Nomad (with Steve Roper), an American adventure comic strip (1936–2004)
• Count Olenski, estranged husband of Ellen Olenska in Edith Wharton's novel The Age of Innocence (1920)
• Pan Tadeusz, poetic distillation of Polish patriotism and nostalgia
• Roland "Prez" Pryzbylewski, in HBO's The Wire, went from police officer to school teacher
• Officer Eddie Pulaski in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
• Stefan "Steve" Radecki, a character played by Anton Walbrook in 1941 British war film Dangerous Moonlight
• Abel Rosnovski in Kane and Abel
• Pan Samochodzik, adventurer created by Zbigniew Nienacki
• Paweł i Gaweł, humorous morality tale about neighbour relations, a favourite children's poem
• Sasquatch (Dr. Walter Langkowski), Marvel superhero
• Sierotka Marysia, archetypal abandoned girl, "Little orphan Mary", living with dwarves
• Walter Sobchak, the "Polish Catholic" in the film The Big Lebowski
• Silk Spectre I & II, superheroines in Watchmen
• Stanislau, ace pilot in Blackhawk
• Stanisław Tarkowski (Staś), protagonist of young-adult novel In Desert and Wilderness by Nobel laureate Henryk Sienkiewicz
• Mieczysław Stilinski, also known as Stiles Stilinski, one of the main characters in American television series Teen Wolf broadcast on MTV and played by Dylan O'Brien
• Michael Stivic, in All in the Family
• Tadzio, a Polish boy (inspired by Władysław Moes) in Thomas Mann's novel Death in Venice as well as 1971 film adaptation of the same name by Luchino Visconti played by Björn Andrésen
• Ijon Tichy, main protagonist in several works of Stanisław Lem such as The Star Diaries, The Futurological Congress, Peace on Earth and Observation on the Spot
• Kasia Tomaszewski, played by Zofia Wichłacz, a character in World on Fire, a 2019 war drama miniseries broadcast on BBC One
• Maciej Tomczyk ala Lech Wałęsa, in the 1981 film Man of Iron, directed by Andrzej Wajda
• Pan Twardowski, a Faust-like figure of Polish legend, literature and film.
• Tytus, Romek i A'Tomek, Polish comic book heroes

• Miś Uszatek, cartoon character
• Walter Koskiusko Waldowski, the "Painless Pole" in the film MASH
• Konrad Wallenrod, in the narrative poem by Adam Mickiewicz
• John Paul Wiggin (Jan Paweł Wieczorek) in the Ender's Game series
• Stanisław Wokulski, protagonist of Bolesław Prus' novel The Doll
• Stanley Thaddeus "Wojo" Wojciehowicz, played by Max Gail, in the American television sitcom Barney Miller
• Wrocław's dwarfs, brass manikins that first appeared on the city's pavements in 2005
• Piotr Zak, composer in a spoof BBC documentary
• Sophie Zawistowski, played by Meryl Streep, in Sophie's Choice based on a novel by William Styron

Models

Athletics

Basketball

Boxing

Checkers

• Natalia Sadowska

Chess

Climbing

Cycling

Fencing

Football

Ice hockey

Skiing