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This is a partial list of notable ] or ] people. People of partial Polish heritage have their respective ancestries credited.
''The Polish people, who in 1930 had a world-wide population of some 22 million, experienced a major population surge in the 1960s and by 2005 had attained a world-wide population of over 53 million.''


== Physics ==
This is a ] of famous ] or ] persons. In the interest of fairness and accuracy, a minority of persons of mixed heritage have their respective ancestries credited.
{{See also|Category:Polish physicists}}
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* ]
* ]
* ], 1995 Nobel Prize
* ]
* ]
* ]
* ], Polish-American computational nuclear physicist
* ], British-Polish, one of the independent inventors (in 1991) of ]
* ], mathematical physicist
* ], high-energy nuclear physicist
* ]
* ]
* ]
* ]
* ]
* ]
* ]
* ], Polish-French-American
* ], theoretical physicist
* ]
* ], American, 1907 Nobel Prize
* ], Polish-Australian
* ]
* ]
* ], Polish-American nuclear physicist
* ]
* ]
* ]
* ], theoretical physicist
* ]
* ], theoretical physicist
* ], blue ]
* ], 1995 ]
* ], nuclear physicist
* ], theoretical physicist
* ] (Marie Curie), two Nobel Prizes
* ]
* ], ], ]
* ]
* ], ], ], ], writer and French ]
* ], mathematical physicist
* ], ], medieval ]
* ]
* ], Polish-American
* ]
* ], theoretical physicist
* ]
* ], theoretical physicist
* ], theoretical physicist
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File:Marie Curie 1903.jpg|]
File:Artur Ekert 2011.jpg|]
File:Leopold Infeld 1960.jpg|]
File:Karol Olszewski.jpg|]
File:Joseph Rotblat Los Alamos identity badge photo.jpg|]
File:Marian Smoluchowski (106197299) (cropped).jpg|]
File:Haroun Tazieff à l'Hôtel de ville de Saint-Denis de La Réunion le 20 octobre 1972.jpg|]
File:August Wikowski - professor and rector of Jagiellonian University, 1910.jpeg|]
File:Wojciech H. Zurek.gif|]
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== Chemistry ==
''Please add names to the various categories of this list in '''alphabetical''' order. The order of the ] is'':<br> '''a ą b c ć d e ę f g h i j k l ł m n ń o ó p r s ś t u w y z ź ż'''.
{{See also|Category:Polish chemists}}
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* ]
* ]
* ]
* ], modern semiconductors
* ]
* ], ] pioneer
* ], Polish-American physical chemist
* ], ], the concept of vitamins
* ]
* ], chemical engineer
* ]
* ]
* ]
* ], Israeli pioneer in ] of ]s
* ]
* ]
* ], organic chemist
* ]
* ]
* ], inventor of kerosene lamp
* ]
* ]
* ]
* ], Polish-American
* ], British materials scientist and engineer
* ]
* ]
* ]
* ], biochemist
* ]
* ]
* ], Polish-Swiss ] winner
* ], ] as ''Sendivogius'': ], physician, discoverer of ]
* ], Polish-American
* ], two-time ] winner
* ]
* ]
* ], "father of ]"
* ]
* ]
* ], pioneer of ]
* ]
* ], physical chemist
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File:Józef Jerzy Boguski.jpg|]
File:Marie Curie (Nobel-Chem).jpg|]
File:Jan-czochralski.jpg|]
File:Kazimierz Fajans.jpg|]
File:Casimir Funk 01.jpg|]
File:Andrzej.jpg|]
File:Ignacy Lukasiewicz.jpg|]
File:Krzysztof Matyjaszewski 03.jpg|]
File:Thadeus Reichstein ETH-Bib Portr 10137.jpg|]
File:Poland Alchemist Michał Sędziwój.jpg|]
File:Jędrzej Śniadecki.PNG|]
File:Wojciech Swietoslawski (72263376) (cropped).jpg|]
File:Zygmunt Wróblewski.PNG|]
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== Biology, medicine ==
==History==
{{See also|Category:Polish biologists|Category:Polish physicians}}
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*], medieval monk, probably from Venice
* ], French-Polish neurologist, discoverer of the ]
*]
* ], botanist
*], translation
* ], physician, discoverer of ]
*]
* ], entomologist
*], medieval historian of Poland
* ], physician, social activist
*]
* ], physician
*]
* ], neurophysiologist, discoverer of ]
*]
* ], anthropologist
*]
* ], anthropologist
*]
* ], psychiatrist, creator of the theory of ]
*], Polish history, social philosophy
* ], surgeon and orthopedist
*], military and military intelligence, World War II
*], military * ], biologist
* ], physician
*], translation of Skaldic poetry to Polish
* ], physician, senator of the Republic of Poland, social activist
*], medievalist
* ], zoologist, ]
*], military engineering
* ], physician, ]
*]
* ], American pediatric pathologist and cancer biologist, founder of the ]
*], theology, Polish heraldry
* ], neurologist
*], Polish Armed Forces, World War II
* ], Polish-Israeli microbiologist, philosopher of science
*], philosophy and esthetics
* ], ] and ]
*], Polish-American
* ], biochemist, coined the term ]
*], World War II
* ], physician and bacteriologist
*], theology
* ], embryologist
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* ], neurologist
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* ], surgeon and orthopaedist
]''']]
* ], pharmacologist, physician
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* ] (born 1974), physician
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* ], microbiologist and ]
* ], neurophysiologist
* ], zoologist and entomologist
* ], dermatologist
* ], physician
* ], ornithologist
* ], biologist
* ] (born 1937), biologist and ]
* ], paleobiologist
* ], physician, scientist
* ], Polish-American pharmacologist
* ], neurophysiologist
* ], biologist
* ], ]
* ], medical pioneer
* ] (born 1930), biochemist
* ], American neuropsychiatrist
* ], British paediatrician and pioneer of ]
* ], neuroscientist
* ], neurologist and professor
* ], physician
* ], psychiatrist influenced by ] and ]
* ], botanist
* ], biologist
* ], biologist
* ] (born 1945) , Polish-American immunologist
* ], cardiologist
* ] (1914–1998), Israeli physician and educator; first President of ]
* ] (1897–1996), Polish-Swiss physiologist; 1950 ]
* ], cardiologist
* ], biologist
* ], ]; President of the ]
* ] (1926–2024), Polish-American ] endocrinologist
* ], British leading Kleinian ]
* ] (1924–2022), Israeli immunologist; President of the ]
* ], ], ], ]
* ], neurophysiologist
* ] (born in Poland, of German descent), botanist
* ], immunologist
* ], ornithologist
* ], Polish-American physician
* ], zoologist
* ], embryologist
* ], Polish-American physician
* ], neuroscientist, pharmacologist and biochemist
* ], physician, social and national activist
* ], botanist and biologist
* ], ] vaccine
* ], zoologist
* ], English physician influential in ]
* ], Polish-American physician
* ], neuroscientist
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File:Jozef Babinski.jpg|]
File:Edmund Biernacki foto (cropped).jpg|]
File:Napoleon Nikodem Cybulski.jpeg|]
File:Jan Czekanowski.jpg|]
File:Jan Dierżoń.png|]
File:Edward Flatau.jpg|]
File:Dr. Eva Frommer FRPsych.jpg|]
File:Samuel Goldflam.jpg|]
File:Jerzy Gryglewski fot Lech Polcyn.jpg|]
File:Ludwik Hirszfeld1.jpg|]
File:Hilary Koprowski. Photograph. Wellcome V0027622.jpg|]
File:Maksymilian Sila Nowicki.jpg|]
File:Albert Sabin.jpg|]
File:Schally portrait.jpg|]
File:Jerzy Vetulani TEDx Krakow (cropped).jpg|]
File:Weigl-Lwow.jpg|]
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==Science== == Astronomy ==
{{See also|Category:Polish astronomers}}

=== Astronomy ===
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=== Biology ===
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]''']]
* ]
]''']]
* ]
]''']]
* ]
*], physician
* ]
*], physician
* ], Polish astronomer, the son of a Polish father and a mother who was of mixed German-Polish descent; he is also often considered as a German by Germans
*], entomologist
* ]
*], anthropologist
* ]
*], surgeon
* ]
*], physician
* ]
*], physician
* ], Mayor of Gdańsk; he is also often considered as a German
*], neurophysiologist
* ]
*], anthropologist
* ]
*], revolutionary surgeon
* ]
*], biologist
* ]
*], physician
*], zoologist * ]
* ]
*], zoologist
* ]
*], physician
* ]
*], physician
* ]
*], embryologist
* ]
*], microbiologist
* ]
*], zoologist
* ]
*], physician
* ]
*], physician
* ]
*], biologist
* ]
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* ]
]''']]
* ]
*], biologist
* ], first discovery of ]s
*], psychologist
* ]
*], biologist
* ]
*], biologist
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*], ornithologist
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*], microbiologist
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*], medical pioneer
File:Albert Brudzewski.jpg|]
*], botanist
File:Nikolaus Kopernikus.jpg|]
*], biologist
File:Jan Brożek portr.jpg|]
*], biologist
File:Johannes Hevelius(close-up).jpg|]
*], cardiologist
File:Bohdan Paczyński.jpg|]
*], biologist
File:Aleksander Wolszczan (2007).jpg|]
*], ] enrocrinologist.
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*], biologist
*] (born in Poland, of ] descent), botanist
*], ornithologist
*], embryologist
*], physician
*], biologist
*], physician
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=== Chemistry === == Mathematics ==
{{See also|Category:Polish mathematicians}}
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]''']]
* ], Polish-American
]''']]
* ], American-French
*]
*] * ]
* ]
*] (Marie Curie; two ]s)
*] * ]
* ]
*]
* ]
*]
* ], Polish-British
*]
* ]
*] (], 1981)
* ], Polish-American
*]
*] * ]
* ], Polish-American
*]
*] * ]
*] * ]
* ]
*], inventor of kerosene lamp.
* ], Polish-American
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* ]
* ], logician
* ], Polish-American
* ], Polish-American
* ]
* ], computer scientist
* ]
* ]
* ]
* ], American-British logician
* ]
* ], Polish-American
* ]
* ]
* ], Polish-Canadian
* ]
* ]
* ]
* ]
* ]
* ]
* ], logician, inventor of the ''parenthesis-free'' ]
* ], Polish-born French-American
* ]
* ]
* ]
* ]
* ]
* ]
* ]
* ], Polish-American
* ]
* ]
* ]
* ], Polish-American
* ]
* ]
* ], Polish-Canadian
* ]
* ], mathematician-cryptologist who broke the German ]
* ], ]-breaker
* ]
* ]
* ]
* ]
* ]
* ]
* ]
* ], Polish-Russian
* ]
* ]
* ], logician
* ]
* ], Polish-Russian
* ]
* ], Polish-American
* ]
* ], co-designer (with ]) of the ]
* ]
* ]
* ]
* ]
* ]
* ]
* ], ]-breaker
* ], Polish-American
* ]
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File:Kazimierz Bartel (46302151) (cropped).jpg|]
File:Borsuk.jpeg|]
File:Samuel Eilenberg MFO.jpeg|]
File:Andrzej Grzegorczyk (2008).jpg|]
File:Henryk Iwaniec.JPG|]
File:Zygmunt Janiszewski.jpg|]
File:Mark Kac.jpg|]
File:Bronislaw Knaster.jpeg|]
File:Kazimierz Kuratowski.jpg|]
File:Stanislaw Lesniewski (69447640) (cropped).jpg|]
File:Benoit Mandelbrot mg 1804c.jpg|]
File:Stanislaw Mazur Polish mathematician.jpg|]
File:Andrzej Mostowski.jpg|]
File:Jerzy Neyman2.jpg|]
File:Radziwill maksym.jpg|]
File:MR 1932 small.jpg|]
File:Jerzy Rozycki.jpg|]
File:Wacław Sierpiński.jpg|]
File:Hugo Steinhaus.jpg|]
File:Jan Śniadecki cr.jpg|]
File:AlfredTarski1968.jpeg|]
File:Ulam-stanislaw m.jpg|]
File:Stanislaw Zareba Polish mathematician.jpg|]
File:Henryk Zygalski.jpg|]
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== Computer science ==
]''']]
{{See also|Category:Polish computer scientists}}
]''']]
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*] * ]
* ], American
*]
* ], Polish-American
*]
* ]
*]
* ], Polish-American
*]
* ], Polish-American, known for his ]
*]
* ], Polish-American
*]
* ]
*]
*] * ]
* ]
* ]
* ], Polish-American
* ]
* ], American
* ], Polish-American
* ], Polish-American
* ], Polish-American
* ], ]
* ]
* ]
* ]
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File:Jacek Karpiński.jpg|]
File:Targowski-Lazienki-2011-2.JPG|]
File:Jack Tramiel retuschiert.jpg|]
File:Stanislaw Ulam.tif|]
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=== Engineering === == Linguistics ==
{{See also|Category:Linguists from Poland}}
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]''']]
* ]
]''']]
*] * ]
* ] (1845–1929), developed the theory of the ] and ].
*]
* ], Russian-Polish-Russian ], philosopher of language, ]
*], first moon rover
* ] (1856–1939), ] and Polish-language lexicographer
*]
* ] (1903–1970), ]–English ] (''] Dictionary'')
*], soil solidification
* ]
*]
* ]
*], designer of ] bomber
*] * ]
*] * ]
*] * ]
* ], creator of ] ]
*], mathematics
* ], originator of ]
*], Mechanical, Industrial and Systems Engineering
*] * ]
* ]
*], bridges
* ], Polish language lexicographer
*]
* ]
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* ]
]''']]
* ]
]''']]
* ] (1921–2016), Polish–English lexicographer
*]
*] * ]
* ], Polish–English lexicographer
*], ]
* ]
*], pioneer of ]
*] * ]
*] * ]
* ]
*] (Konstanty Ciołkowski), spaceflight pioneer
* ], inventor of ]
*], weponry
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*], aviation
{{col-break|width=220px}}
*], aviation
<gallery mode=nolines widths=100 heights=100 style="width:220px">
*], designer of ] fighter
File:Jan Niecisław Baudouin de Courtenay.png|]
File:Professor Andrzej Boguslawski.jpg|]
File:Aleksander Brückner 1939.jpg|]
File:POL Onufry Kopczyński.jpg|]
File:Alfred Korzybski.jpg|]
File:Samuel Bogumił Linde.JPG|]
File:1908-kl-t-zamenhof.jpg|]
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=== Economics === == Invention ==
{{See also|Category:Polish inventors}}
]''']]
*], implementer of 1990s "shock therapy."
*]
*]
*]
*], PRL economy
*], III RP Economic Sciences
*], PRL economy
*]

=== Invention ===
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]''']]
*], mathematician, engineer * ], mathematician, engineer, inventor of the ]
*] * ], first welded road bridge
*], ] * ], ]
*], ] * ], ]
* ], medical equipment
*], ] audio recorders
* ] in 1884 built the first electric-battery-powered ]
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* ], first successful movable-frame ]
]''']]
* ], ]
*]
* ], Gundlach Rotary Periscope
*], first cinematic camera
* ], pneumatic shock absorbers
*]
* ], ] audio recorders
*]
* ], inventor of ]
*], ]
* ], ballast tank funnels
* ], Anecia Safety Capsule
* ], ], ]
* ], ]
* ], precursor of radio and television; philosopher, psychologist
* ], petroleum-drilling platform inventor
* ], cinematic camera
* ], broke German ] ]s, invented the ]
* ], invented "clock" method used in breaking German ] ]s
* ], processing steel
* ], first puppet-animated film
* ], first computing-machine and device for calculating the square roots of numbers
* ], seaborne direction finding antenna, which made a vital contribution to the defeat of ]s in the ]
* ], television patents
* ],<ref name="Giganci_Nauki">{{cite web |title=Tryliński Władysław |access-date=2023-05-21 |publisher=] |website=Giganci Nauki |url=https://gigancinauki.pl/gn/biogramy/83957,Trylinski-Wladyslaw.html |language=pl |first=Bolesław |last=Orłowski |archive-date=2022-11-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221129110343/https://gigancinauki.pl/gn/biogramy/83957,Trylinski-Wladyslaw.html |url-status=live }}</ref> '']''
* ], ]
* ], automotive and audio improvements
* ], precursor of ]
* ], bullet-proof vest
* ], ]
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File:Bruno-abakanowicz.png|]
File:Stefan Drzewiecki.jpg|]
File:Jan Dierżoń.png|]
File:Josef Hofman.jpg|]
File:Leski Kazimierz.jpg|]
File:Ignacy Lukasiewicz.jpg|]
File:1959-Magnuski-Henryk-W-Portrait.jpg|]
File:Julian Ochorowicz (cropped).jpg|]
File:ICP with Hex Model - 2.jpg|]
File:Marian Rejewski 1932 small.jpg|]
File:Jerzy Rozycki.jpg|]
File:Straus photo 02 mod01 col bal.jpg|]
File:Jan Szczepanik - autograph 2.jpg|]
File:Joseph Tykocinski-Tykociner.jpg|]
File:Stefan Tyszkiewicz 1952.jpg|]
File:Henryk Zygalski.jpg|]
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=== Computer Science === == Engineering ==
{{See also|Category:Polish engineers}}
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*], software
*] * ]
*] * ]
* ], first moon rover
*]
* ]
*]
* ], first welded road bridge
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* ], soil solidification
* ]
* ], ]
* ], designer of ] bomber
* ], Polish-Russian engineer, electrician, and inventor
* ]
* ], tank designer
* ]
* ]
* ]
* ]
* ]
* ], electronics engineer, inventor of the ] tape recorder
* ], ]
* ], inventor
* ], '']''
* ], 19th-century constructor of Peru's '']'', the world's highest railway at the time
* ], aviation
* ], bridge designer
* ], materials science engineer
* ], first man to fly over the North Pole
* ], pioneer in watchmaking and a creator of Patek Philippe & Co.
* ]
* ], designer of ] fighter
* ], engineer and urbanist in ]
* ], engineer and social activist
* ], ]
* ],<ref>{{cite book|last1=Rossi|first1=Cesare|last2=Russo|first2=Flavio|title=Ancient Engineers' Inventions: Precursors of the Present|url=https://archive.org/details/ancientengineers00ross_073|url-access=limited|date=2009|publisher=Springer|isbn=978-9048122523|page=|edition=Second}}</ref> pioneer of ]
* ], automotive engineer, inventor of the airport luggage trolley
* ], aviation
* ], weaponry
* ], aviation
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<gallery mode=nolines widths=100 heights=100 style="width:220px">
File:Karol Adamiecki (12652896) (cropped).jpg|]
File:Kazimierz Gzowski.jpg|]
File:Stefan Kudelski by Erling Mandelmann.jpg|]
File:Ernest Malinowski cropped.jpg|]
File:Rudolf.Modrzejewski.1931.jpg|]
File:ICP with Hex Model - 2.jpg|]
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== Social sciences ==
*]
{{See also|Category:Polish social scientists}}
*]
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*]
* ], archeologist, Egyptologist
* ], sociologist, philosopher
* ], psychologist
* ], anthropologist
* ], psychologist
* ], psychologist
* ], Renaissance jurist
* ], sociologist
* ], sociologist
* ], ethnographer, archaeologist, historian
* ], historian and archeologist
* ], a founder of sociology
* ]
* ], sociologist
* ], jurist, professor of international law, rector of ]
* ], ethnographer
* ], archeologist, museologist
* ], psychologist
* ] (1892–1944), archeologist; Prime Minister of Poland, 1934–35.
* ], anthropologist, economist, sociologist
* ], naturalist, ethnographer
* ], creator of the legal concept of ]
* ], creator of the legal concept of ]
* ], psychologist
* ], anthropologist
* ], sociologist
* ], archeologist, Egyptologist
* ], archeologist, Egyptologist
* ], psychologist, philosopher, inventor
* ], sociologist
* ], sociologist
* ], cultural anthropologist
* ], sociologist
* ], sociologist
* ], jurist and mayor of ]
* ], historian and archeologist
* ], historian of ideas
* ], Egyptologist, archeologist
* ], sociologist
* ], sociologist
* ], sociologist, founder of ]'s Institute of Political Studies
* ], psychologist
* ], sociologist
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File:Zigmunt Bauman na 20 Forumi vydavciv(Cropped).jpg|]
File:Maria Czaplicka (96425723) (cropped).jpg|]
File:Barbara Engelking 2018.jpg|]
File:Zygmunt Gloger.jpg|]
File:Гумплович.jpg|]
File:OskarKolberg(photo).png|]
File:Leon Kozłowski.PNG|]
File:Ludwik krzywicki 1882.jpg|]
File:Bronislawmalinowski.jpg|]
File:Kazimierz Michałowski MNW 01.jpg|]
File:Karol Mysliwiec.jpg|]
File:Julian Ochorowicz (cropped).jpg|]
File:Maria Ossowska.jpg|]
File:Profesor Stanisław Ossowski.jpg|]
File:Bronisław Piłsudski.jpg|]
File:Jadwiga Staniszkis (3) (cropped).jpg|]
File:Jerzy Szacki 2004.jpg|]
File:Florian Znaniecki.jpg|]
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=== Linguistics === == Economics ==
{{See also|Category:Polish economists}}
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=== Physics === == History ==
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===Social sciences=== == Philosophy ==
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== Music ==
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== Literature == == Prose literature ==
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==Journalism==
{{main|Category:Polish journalists}}

== Poetry ==
{{See also|List of Polish poets}}
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* ], translator of ] into English, ] editor
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File:Zbigniew Herbert.jpg|]
File:Jaroslaw Iwaszkiewicz.jpg|]
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File:Ignacy Krasicki 111.PNG|]
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== Philosophy == == Music ==
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* ], singer
* ], drummer
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* ], singer-songwriter, author and television personality
* ], singer
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* ], singer
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* ], pianist and music teacher
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* ], composer, ]'s piano teacher
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* ], singer
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* ], Polish-German pianist
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* ], guitarist
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* ], film score composer
* ], controversial singer-songwriter
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* ], composer
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* ], music critic, writer
* ], harpsichordist
* ], Austrian-Polish pianist, pedagogue
* ], singer-songwriter, model
* ], composer
* ], opera singer
* ], composer, virtuoso violinist (about equal to ])
* ], Canadian pianist
* ], singer-songwriter
* ], film score composer
* ], composer
* ], composer
* ], conductor
* ], American musician, singer, keyboardist of ]
* ], singer-songwriter
* ], pop rock singer
* ], rapper
* ], bassist, member of the German rock band ]
* ], singer, double bass player, and composer
* ], composer
* ], pianist and pedagogue
* ], composer
* ], producer
* ], composer
* ], conductor and composer
* ], composer
* ], German-Polish composer
* ], Polish-Danish singer and musician
* ], pianist and composer
* ], composer, guitar player, vocalist, and lyricist
* ], singer-songwriter
* ], singer-songwriter
* ], guitarist and singer
* ], composer
* ], composer
* ], singer-songwriter
* ], opera singer
* ], composer
* ],<ref>{{cite book|last1=McKee|first1=Eric|title=Decorum of the Minuet, Delirium of the Waltz: A Study of Dance-music Relations in 3/4 Time|date=2012|publisher=Indiana University Press|isbn=978-0-253-35692-5|page=134}}</ref> composer
* ], singer, actress, dancer
* ], rapper, musician
* ], pianist, composer
* ], composer
* ], jazz musician, composer
* ], composer
* ], singer-songwriter
* ], pianist, composer
* ], American pianist born Dutch who never lived in Holland, a resident of ], Poland, 1927–39, a Polish-speaker
* ], rapper
* ], composer
* ], singer-songwriter, actor, and television personality
* ], Israeli pop singer, composer
* ], singer
* ], singer
* ], guitarist
* ], composer
* ], drummer
* ], rhythm and blues singer
* ], conductor
* ], singer
* ], drummer
* ], Middle Ages composer
* ], bass
* ], violinist and mezzo-soprano, parents of opera stars
* ], tenor
* ], soprano
* ], singer
* ], singer
* ], Polish-American conductor
* ], jazz, "Polish (or: The White) ]"
* ], composer
* ], Polish-American pianist
* ], singer-songwriter
* ], opera singer
* ], composer and pianist
* ], singer-songwriter
* ], composer
* ], composer
* ] (1858–1935), ] ]
* ], composer
* ], Polish-Austrian composer, ]
* ], composer and leader of ]
* ], Polish-Australian composer
* ], jazz trumpeter
* ], singer-songwriter
* ], singer
* ], singer
* ], composer
* ], pianist
* ]
* ], composer, pedagog
* ], composer, conductor
* ], Polish-Mexican violinist
* ], pianist
* ], guitarist, singer
* ], composer, concert pianist
* ], composer, pianist
* ], composer
* ], first director of the ]
* ], pianist, composer
* ], singer popularly known as "Basia"
* ], singer
* ], Nigerian and Polish singer
* ], jazz musician
* ], Polish-Israeli composer, lyricist, and pianist
* ], singer-songwriter
* ], pianist
* ], composer
* ], violinist
* ], conductor
* ], guitarist, singer
* ], singer, musician, composer, actor and TV presenter
* ], guitarist, singer
* ], jazz singer
* ], composer
* ], pianist
* ], composer
* ], Czech-born Polish composer, ]'s first professional piano teacher
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File:Józef Elsner.PNG|]
File:Henryk Mikołaj Górecki Polish composer cropped.jpg|]
File:46. KFPP - Andrzej Piaseczny.jpg|]
File:Jan A.P. Kaczmarek, PL Poznań 2011 (2).jpg|]
File:Wojciech Kilar.jpg|]
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File:Lutoslawski3cr.jpg|]
File:Scorpions - 07.jpg|]
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File:Stanisłaŭ Maniuška. Станіслаў Манюшка (T. Maleszewski, 1865).jpg|]
File:Popiersie Czesław Niemen ssj 20060914.jpg|]
File:Michał Kleofas Ogiński.jpg|]
File:Andrzej Panufnik Polish composer.jpg|]
File:2014 Woodstock 019 Włodzimierz Pawlik.jpg|]
File:Krzysztof Penderecki 20080706.jpg|]
File:Maryla Rodowicz 2017.jpg|]
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File:Portret Marii Szymanowskiej.jpg|]
File:Karol Szymanowski.jpg|]
File:Barbara Trzetrzelewska.jpg|]
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== Visual arts ==
{{See also|List of Polish architects|List of Polish artists|List of Polish painters}}
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* ], contemporary painter and sculptor
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* ], Italian-Polish landscape and court painter
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* ] (1851–1925), painter of historical and military subjects
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* ], architect and historian of gardens
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* ], painter, poet, art critic
* ], photographer
* ], painter
* ], contemporary sculptor
* ] (1902–1986)
* ], sculptor
* ], Jewish–Polish artist, lithographer, photographer
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* ], baroque and ] architect
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* ], painter
* ], painter, brother of ]
* ], painter
* ], architect
* ], sculptor
* ], Painter, Sculptor and Engraver
* ], architect
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* ], architect
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* ], ]s
* ], sculptor, painter, stage designer
* ], engraver, printmaker
* ], 19th century architect in ]
* ], graphic artist and painter
* ], painter, sculptor, pedagogue
* ], architect
* ], photographer
* ], painter, sculptor
* ], painter
* ], sculptor, animated-film scenarist
* ], architect
* ] (1915–1990), painter, theater director
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* ], glass maker and sculptor
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* ], painter
* ], modernist architect
* ], video artist
* ], painter, photographer, illustrator; brother of ]
* ], painter
* ], painter
* ], performer
* ], architect
* ], painter
* ], painter
* ], cartoonist and illustrator
* ], graphic designer and cartoonist
* ], painter
* ], painter
* ], architect
* ], graphic artist, painter of the horror of war
* ], sculptor, ceramicist and creator of the ]
* ], painter
* ], painter member of ]
* ], painter
* ], painter, writer, climber
* ], painter, founder of ]
* ], painter
* ], painter
* ], painter, photographer, graphic designer, FIMO figurines designer and hand-maker
* ], painter<ref name="Crowley"/>
* ], painter
* ], painter
* ], painter and pedagogue
* ], ]'s first portraitist
* ], sculptor
* ], sculptor
* ], ] artist of ] origin
* ], painting, drawing, caricature
* ], painter
* ], painter, illustrator, ethnographer
* ], illustrator, painter
* ], painter
* ], painter
* ], early portrait photographer, known as "Walery"
* ], celebrated photographer son of the other Ostroróg
* ], painter, graphic artist
* ], portrait painter
* ], painter and professor at the Academy of Fine Arts in ]
* ], painter and illustrator
* ], architect
* ], painter
* ], painter, sculptor
* ], 18th-century portrait painter
* ], contemporary artist; designer of ]'s artificial ]
* ], painter
* ], painter, graphic artist, cartoonist, stage designer
* ], painter
* ], architect
* ], painter
* ], painter, print-maker, architect, graphic designer, multi-media artist
* ], garden designer, architect
* ], painter<ref name="Crowley">David Crowley. ''National Style and Nation-State: Design in Poland from the Vernacular Revival to the International Style''. ]. 1992. p. 36.</ref>
* ], photographer
* ], painter
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* ], illustrator, painter<ref name="Crowley"/>
* ], painter
* ], painter
* ], 19th century architect
* ], sculptor, stage designer, theatre director
* ], sculptor, painter
* ], illuminator, war cartoonist, book illustrator
* ], painter, sculptor, designer of ]
* ], architect
* ], painter<ref name="Crowley"/>
* ], painter, illustrator, stage designer
* ], painter
* ], ] painter and draughtsman
* ], illustrator, painter, writer and filmmaker
* ], sculptor
* ], watercolor and drawing
* ], illustrator and ] pioneer
* ], painter
* ], painter
* ], designer and architect in Bydgoszcz
* ], art critic
* ], painter and draughtsman
* ], sculptor
* ], painter
* ], painter, architect
* ] (''Witkacy''), painter, photographer, playwright, novelist, philosopher
* ], painter
* ], painter
* ], painter
* ], sculptor
* ], graphic artist, caricaturist, stage designer
* ], architect
* ], painter and art theorist
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File:Michal Elwiro Andriolli.jpg|]
File:Teodor Axentowicz Autoportret 1907.jpg|]
File:Karol Beyer - Portret Henryki Beyer przy sztaludze (cropped).jpg|]
File:Self-portrait by Anna Bilińska-Bohdanowiczowa, 1887.jpg|]
File:Olga Boznańska 1900 Autoportret 1900.jpg|]
File:ChelmonskiJozef.1902.Autoportret.jpg|]
File:Julian Fałat, Autoportret.jpg|]
File:Wojciech Gerson.jpg|]
File:Aleksander Gierymski.jpg|]
File:Artur Grottger, Portret własny.jpg|]
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File:Juliusz Kossak.PNG|]
File:PL Wojciech Kossak Autoportret.jpeg|]
File:Lucjan Kraszewski3.jpg|]
File:L2890841 rzeźbiarz Sławomir Micek popiersie malarka Tamara Łempicka.jpg|]
File:Jacek Malczewski, Autoportret z paletą.jpg|]
File:Stanisław Masłowski (1853-1926) photo portrait of 1925 copy of book.jpg|]
File:Matejko Self-portrait.jpg|]
File:Obst Self-portrait.jpg|]
File:Roman Opalka (1995).png|]
File:Igor Mitoraj (15434967636).jpg|]
File:WladyslawPodkowinski.Autoportret.1887.ws.jpg|]
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File:Współpracownicy "Kłosów" Artyści ... Szymanowski Wacław (78777).jpg|]
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File:Jan de Weryha-Wysoczanski, Sammlung de Weryha, Hamburg, 2014.jpg|]
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== Entertainment ==
* ]
{{See also|List of Polish actors|Category:Polish theatre directors|Category:Polish film directors}}
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* ] (1947–2017) , film director
* ]
* ], film director
* ]
* ], creator of short animated films, ] winner, ] nominee
* ]
* ], cinematographer, director, actor
* ]
* ], singer and actor
* ]
* ], actor, theater director, playwright; "father of the Polish Theater"
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* ], film director
* ], Academy Award-winning set decorator, costume designer, production designer
* ], actress, poetry singer
* Doda (]), actress, singer<ref name="doda.net.pl"></ref>
* ], cinematographer, ] winner
* ], director
* ], actor and singer
* ], theatre reformer
* ], dancer, actor
* ], actor, theater director
* ], film director
* ], songwriter, cabaret artist
* ], film director
* ], film director, nominated for ] and ]
* ], film and television director
* ], cinematographer, nominated for ]
* ], ballet dancer, choreographer and teacher
* ], actor, theater producer
* ], ]-winning composer, nominated to ]
* ], protest songwriter, poetry singer, guitarist
* ], two-time-]- and ]-winning cinematographer and film director
* ], ]-winning composer
* ], film director, nominated for ]
* ], radio journalist and politician
* ], Polish-American TV personality, producer, writer
* ], actress and supermodel
* ], film director
* ] (1912–2011), actress
* ], film actress, singer
* ] (Wacław Niżyński), ] considered the greatest male lead of the early 20th century
* ] (1902–50), singer, dancer, actress
* ], broadcaster
* ], dancer, choreographer and ballet director
* ], film director
* ] (1763–1816), actress, opera singer
* ] (born 1937), satirist, ] performer
* ], award-winning film director raised and educated in Poland
* ], Polish-American actress, director, activist, writer, producer
* ], writer, actor and singer
* ], cinematographer
* ], influential ballet pedagogue and director
* ], ]- and ]-winning filmmaker
* ], film producer
* ], screenwriter, film director
* ], theatre director
* ], Polish-born Hollywood-actress and singer
* ], film director
* ], cinematographer
* ], cinematographer
* ], ]-winning production designer, art director, set designer
* ] (Strzechowski), Polish-Australian television, film, and voice actress
* ], actor, film director
* ], filmmaker and artist
* ], mime
* ], singer
* ], Japanese singer, actress, model of Polish descent
* ], ], ], ], ], ] and ] winning film director
* ], American Warner Bros. co-founder
* ], American Warner Bros. co-founder
* ], American Warner Bros. co-founder
* ], radio announcer, composer, pianist, actor and director
* ], film director
* ], dancer and ballet master
* ], cinematographer
* ], film director
* ], actor, theater director
* ] (1901–1997), choreographer and dancer, nominated for an Academy Award
* ] (1940-2016), film director
* ], Polish-British drag performer
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== Business ==
* ]
{{See also|Category:Polish businesspeople}}
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* ]
* ], railway financier who in 1898 predicted the railroad-moblized ] of ]
* ]
* ], financier, philanthropist, co-founder of ]
* ]
* ], entrepreneur, investor and philanthropist, founder and ] of ]
* ]
* ] * ]
* ], ], ], collector and philanthropist
* ]
* ], automotive industrialist
* ], co-founder of the ] retail chain
* ], co-partner in Patek, Czapek & Co.
* ], businessman
* ], businesswoman
* ], cosmetics entrepreneur
* ], bookshop entrepreneur
* ], textile manufacturer and patron of the arts
* ]
* ], early social and industrial entrepreneur, magnate
* ], entrepreneur, financier and philanthropist
* ], humanitarian, philanthropist, widow of ]
* ], banker
* ], financier
* ], merchant, spy, opened first ] in Vienna (1683)
* ], businesswoman
* ], businesswoman, philanthropist, art collector
* ], CEO of ], richest 21st-century Pole
* ], businessman
* ], mining engineer, entrepreneur, deputy of the State Duma of the Russian Empire
* ], theatrical impresario and brewing entrepreneur
* ], early industrialist co-founder, with his brothers, of ] textile industry
* ], banker, lawyer, industrial pioneer and Russian exile (1848)
* ], textile entrepreneur in ]
* ], co-founder of ] retail chain
* ], businessman and entrepreneur, founder of CCC SA.
* ], cosmetics entrepreneur
* ], editor
* ], co-founder of watchmakers ]
* ], banker and industrialist who developed ] into an international port (1780s)
* ], textile magnate, philanthropist
* ], cosmetics entrepreneur, one of the richest women who ever lived
* ], textile magnate
* ], landowner and philanthropist
* ], businessman and media tycoon, owner of ] and ]
* ], businessman and rally driver
* ], industrial pioneer, ''King of Zinc''
* ], founder of ], sportswear manufacturer
* ], businessman and computer scientist, co-founder of ] platform ]
* ], founder of ] early Polish car manufacturer
* ], Polish-Jewish banker and philanthropist
* ], ], confectioner
* ], founder in Bydgoszcz of the firm ]
* ], financier co-founder of ]
* ], initiated river transportation
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== Fine arts == == Politics ==
{{See also|Lists of Polish politicians}}
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* ] (1877–1955), first Prime Minister of Poland in exile (1944–47)
* ] (1846–1909), count, Minister-President of Austria (1895–97)
* ] (born Mieczysław Biegun; 1913–1992), founder of both ] and ], sixth Prime Minister of ]
* ] (born David Grün; 1886–1973), head of the ], first Prime Minister of Israel
* ] (born 1952), director of economic policy in the interim coalition administration of ], Prime Minister of Poland (2004–05)
* ] (1892–1956), leader of communist Poland (1948–56)
* ] (1849–1935), Governor of Galicia (1908–13)
* ] (born 1941), elected to the ] in 2005
* ] (1928–2017), Polish-American political scientist, advisor to US President ]
* ] (1745–1814), liberal member of the ] assembled in Warsaw (1788–92)
* ] (born 1940), Prime Minister of Poland (1997–2001), ] (2009–12)
* ] (1887–1973), Ambassador to the United States
* ] (1810–1868), Polish and French politician and diplomat; French Foreign Minister under ].
* ] (1911–1989), Prime Minister of communistic Poland (1947–52 and 1954–70)
* ] (1770–1861), prince, statesman, Prime Minister (1830–31)
* ] (1866–1936), prime minister of the ] (1918)
* ] (1738–1790), merchant, mayor of Warsaw (1789–90)
* ] (1907–1967), writer, journalist, political activist
* ] (1840–1901), member of the Prussian parliament, philanthropist
* ] (1864–1939), nationalist politician, statesman
* ] (born 1972), sixth President of the Third Polish Republic (since 2015)
* ] (1877–1926), founder of ] under the original name '']''
* ] (1913–2001), leader of communist Poland (1970–80)
* ] (born 1976), political scientist and diplomat
* ] (1905–1982), leader of communist Poland (1956–70)
* ] (1811–1857), politician and revolutionary activist
* ] (1823–1890), Mayor of Nowy Sącz (1867–70)
* ] (1909–1992), Prime Minister of communist Poland (1970–80)
* ] (1923–2014), last leader of communist Poland (1981–89), first President of the Third Polish Republic (1989–90)
* ] (1799–1882) was a ] who in 1831, after fighting in Poland's ], drafted the first constitution for his proposed ].
* ] (1919–2010) ), sixth and last President of Poland in exile (1989–90)
* ] (born 1949), identical twin brother of Lech, leader of ] party, Prime Minister of Poland (2006–07)
* ] (1949–2010), fourth President (2005–10) of Third Polish Republic, died in ]
* ] (1750–1812), co-author of ]
* ] (born 1952), fifth President of the Third Polish Republic (2010–15)
* ] (1873–1939), leader of Silesians during the ]
* ] (born 1942), free-market activist
* ] (1885–1975), historian, politician, diplomat
* ] (1892–1944), archeologist; Prime Minister of Poland (1934–35).
* ] (born 1987), ]
* ] (1876–1952) , first Prime Minister of Kingdom of Poland (1917–18)
* ] (1934–2004), politician, social activist
* ] (1929–2016), judge, lawyer, and member of the Polish Senate
* ] (born 1954), third President of the Third Polish Republic (1995–2005)
* ] (1954–2011, leader of ] and Deputy Prime Minister
* ] (1870–1941), lawyer and prominent Socialist politician
* ] (1758–1848), Minister of Justice, introduced the ], state archives, and public libraries
* ] (born 1969), leader of ] political party
* ] (1871–1919), leading ] theoretician
* ] (1818–1889), political activist in Bydgoszcz, representative at the Reichstag
* ] (1866–1925), Soviet politician
* ] (born 1959), Prime Minister of Poland (2005–06)
* ] (1927–2013), politician, first Prime Minister of the Third Polish Republic (Poland)
* ] (born 1946), influential journalist
* ] (1814–1878), insurgent, general, ]
* ] (1827–1900), member of the Imperial Council of Austria
* ] (1901–1966), Prime Minister of Poland (1943–44), Agrarian Party politician
* ] (1937–2019), activist, politician and academic
* ] (1870–1944), first Prime Minister of II RP (1918–19)
* ] (1867–1946), third President (1926–39) of the Second Polish Republic
* ] (1840–1889), ], friend of ]
* ] (1888–1960), British politician and historian
* ] (1865–1922), first President of the Second Polish Republic (1922)
* ], Prime Minister of III RP (1995–96), Speaker of the Sejm (1993–95; 2004–05)
* ] (born 1937), ] spokesman, mathematician, alpinist, Minister of Defence
* ], Justice of the Oklahoma Supreme Court
* ], Minister of Agriculture 1923, Minister of Trade & Industry (1925-26)
* ] (1748–1826), founder of ], Poland's signal cultural patron
* ] (1892–1982), third President of Poland in exile (1972–79)
* ] (1860–1941), second Prime Minister of the Second Polish Republic (1919)
* ] (born 1935), Marshal of the Senate (2001–05)
* ] (born 1959), Prime Minister of Poland (1992 and 1993–95)
*] (born 1976), lawyer and politician
* ] (born Szymon Perski; 1923–2016), President of Israel (2007–14), Prime Minister of Israel (1984–86; 1995–96)
* ] (1900–1960), Costa Rican president, Polish mother
* ] (1867–1935), statesman, politician and Marshal of Poland
* ] (1806–1831), revolutionary, independence leader
* ] (1808–1889), independence activist, founder of ]
* ] (1817 or 1822–1889), count, Minister-President of Austria (1870–71)
* ] (1750–1809), co-author of ]
* ] (1886-1976), leading socialist deputy, exiled minister and writer
* ] (1885–1947), first President of Poland in exile (1939–47)
* ] (1891–1993), fourth President of Poland in exile (1979–86)
* ] (1775–1833), prince, the Duke-Governor of Grand Duchy of Posen (Poznań) (1815–31)
* ] (1888–1960), writer, adviser, ], founder of the ]
* ] (1881–1952), count, president of the ] (1916–18; 1940–43)
* ] (1913–1989), fifth President of Poland in exile (1986–89)
* ] (born 1948), vice-president of ] (2004–07)
* ] (1881–1943), general, Prime Minister of Poland (1939–43)
* ] (born 1963), politician and former foreign minister (2007–14)
* ] (1893–1939), President of Warsaw (1934–39)
* ] (1867–1953), politician and publicist
* ] (born 1973), Ambassador to the UN
* ] (born 1963), Prime Minister of Poland (2015–17)
* ] (1846–1901), conceptualised an economic union for Europe in 1885
* ] (born 1954), anticommunist activist, activist for ]
* ] (born 1957), chairman of ]; President of European Council (2014–19) and Prime Minister of Poland (2007–14; 2023–)
* ] (1872–1951), Minister of Railways (1923–25), in ]'s government
* ] (born 1943), trade unionist who started dismantling of the Soviet bloc, the ] in 1983, second President of the Third Polish Republic (1990–95)
* ] (1856–1889), socialist activist in the 19th century
* ] (1905–1964), communist activist during ]
* ] (1878–1945), born in Poland to parents of German origin; vice-Minister of Finance, and Polish diplomat during World War II
* ] (1803–1877), count, Marquis of Gonzaga, statesman
* ] (1874–1945), politician of the agrarian party
* ] (1869–1953), second President of the Second Polish Republic (1922–26)
* ] (1836–1908), politician, insurgency commander
* ] (born 1958), Ambassador to the UN
* ] (1883–1972), second President of Poland in exile (1947–72)
* ] (1542–1605), chancellor and grand ] of the crown
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File:Brzezinski 1977.jpg|]
File:Jerzy Buzek, 2010.JPG|]
File:Alexandre Walewski (1810-1868) (A).jpg|]
File:Prince Czartoryski by Nadar.jpg|]
File:Ignacy Daszynski2 (cropped).jpg|]
File:Roman Dmowski in color.jpg|]
File:Edward Gierek 1980.jpg|]
File:Wojciech Jaruzelski.jpg|]
File:Wojciech Jastrzębowski.jpg|]
File:Lech Kaczyński.jpg|]
File:KPRP 20130131 WG 230 BRONISLAW KOMOROWSKI.jpg|]
File:Ewa Kopacz - Konwencja PO (cropped).jpg|]
File:Wojciech Korfanty 1905.jpg|]
File:Stanisław Kot 1933.jpg|]
File:Leon Kozłowski 2.jpg|]
File:Aleksander Kwaśniewski - Europejski Kongres Gospodarczy 2013 (5).jpg|]
File:Rosa Luxemburg.jpg|]
File:Tadeusz Mazowiecki - Europeana 1989 - TV Interview.jpg|]
File:Adam Michnik 2018.jpg|]
File:Ignacy Moscicki.jpg|]
File:Portret Narutowicz (cropped).jpg|]
File:Julian Ursyn Niemcewicz 11.PNG|]
File:Ignacy Jan Paderewski 1860 - 1941.jpg|]
File:Jozef Pilsudski1.jpg|]
File:Emilia Plater.PNG|]
File:Hanna Suchocka, Prime Minister of Poland 1992-1993.jpg|]
File:Premier RP Beata Szydło w Parlamencie UE.jpg|]
File:Roza Thun in EP.jpg|]
File:Donald Tusk. Tallinn Digital Summit.jpg|]
File:Lech Walesa - 2009.jpg|]
File:W. Witos.JPG|]
File:Stanislaw Wojciechowski portrait.jpg|]
</gallery>
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== Law ==
{{main|List of Polish lawyers}}

== Diplomacy ==
{{See also|Category:Polish diplomats}}
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]''']]
* ], foreign affairs minister of III RP (1995; 2000–2001)
]''']]
* ], foreign affairs minister of II RP (1932–1939)
]''']]
* ], Polish-Saxon diplomat, starost of Warsaw
]''']]
* ], American diplomat
]''']]
* ], foreign affairs minister of III RP (2001–2005)
*], sculptor
* ], Polish diplomat; ] foreign minister (1804–1806)
*]
* ], prince, the main diplomatic agent of the National Government (1863–1864)
*], painter, animator, computer graphics
* ], foreign affairs minister of II RP (1923)
*]
* ], foreign affairs minister of III RP (1997–2000)
*], sculptor
* ], count, foreign affairs minister of Austria-Hungary (1895–1906)
*], painter
* ], diplomat and ] of ], author of the ] with Russia (1686)
*]
* ], diplomat in Rome, to Holy See (1927–1954)
*], painter
* ]
*], painter
* ], Polish diplomat
*], painter
* ], ], ], diplomat. Polish ambassador to the Soviet Union (1941–1942), Italy (1945–1947).
*], painter, poet, art critic
* ], Polish ambassador to Germany (1933–1939)
*], photographer
* ], Polish ambassador to the Soviet Union (1934–1936) and France (1936–1939)
*], painter
* ], diplomat
*]
* ], foreign affairs minister of III RP (2005–2006)
*], painter, cartoonist, stage designer
* ], British diplomat and historian
*], sculptor
* ], foreign affairs minister of III RP (1993–1995)
*], painter
* ], foreign affairs minister of II RP (1919) and third prime minister of Poland
*], painter
* ], foreign affairs minister of II RP (1919–1920)
*], painter
* ], count, Polish ambassador to the United Kingdom (1934–1945) and foreign affairs minister (1941–1943)
*], painter
* ], foreign affairs minister of communist Poland (1956–1968)
*], painter, brother of ]
* ], advocate for a ]
*], painter
* ], foreign affairs minister of the ] (1943–1944)
*], architect
* ], foreign affairs minister of III RP (1995–1997)
*], painter, illustrator
* ], foreign affairs minister of III RP (2005)
*], sculptor, painter, stage designer
* ], foreign affairs minister of III RP (2007–2014)
*], German illustrator and writer, born in what is now ]
* ], foreign affairs minister of II RP (1921–1922)
*], (1915-1990) painter, theatre director
* ], foreign affairs minister of II RP (1922–1923; 1924–1926)
*], sculptor
* ], first foreign affairs minister of III RP (1989–1993)
*], painter
* ], Polish ambassador to the United States (1955–1961; 1978–1981)
*], painter, illustrator
* ], count, foreign affairs deputy secretary (1932–1939)
*], painter
* ] (1925–1991), Israeli diplomat and President of the ]
*], video artist
* ], Soviet jurist and diplomat
*], painter
* ], French foreign affairs minister
*], performer
* ], foreign affairs minister of II RP (1918–1919)
*], painter
* ], general, Polish ambassador to Italy (1938–1940)
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* ], diplomat
]''']]
* ], foreign affairs minister of II RP (1926–1932)
]''']]
* ], foreign affairs minister of II RP (1924)
]''']]
* ], Czech foreign affairs minister
]''']]
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File:20070212 Wladyslaw Bartoszewski by Kubik.jpg|]
File:J Beck.jpg|]
File:2004.05.01. Bronislaw Geremek 02.jpg|]
File:WP Agenor Goluchowski der Jüngere.jpg|]
File:Stanisław Kot 1933.jpg|]
File:Edward Bernard Raczyński.jpg|]
File:Tadeusz Romer.PNG|]
File:RadoslawSikorki2.jpg|]
File:Count Alexander Walewski by Sir George Hayter 1832.jpg|]
</gallery>
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== Military ==
*], cartoonist and illustrator.
{{See also|Category:Polish military personnel}}
*], architect
{{Main|List of Polish admirals}}
*]
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*], painter
{{col-break}}
*], painter
{{div col|colwidth=27em}}
*], painter
* ], general, military commander during the ] (1944)
*], sculptor
* ], general of artillery of Holland (1639), and Poland (1646)
*]
* ], military commander, commander-in-chief of Hungarian army (1849)
*], painter
* ], colonel, last chief of staff of the ] (1944–1945)
*], illustrator, painter
* ] (1916–2004)
*], painter
* ] (1911–2003), Israeli Major-General and Israeli Minister of Transportation
*], painter
* ], military commander, victor of ] (1605)
*], painter, graphic artist
* ], resistance fighter
*], painter and illustrator
* ] (Sadok Pasha) (1804–1886), Polish commander-in-chief of an ] ] brigade during the ] (1853–1856)
*]
* ], ] of Poland (1665)
*], painter, graphic artist, cartoonist, stage designer
* ], general, military commander during the ]
*], painter
* ], military commander during the ] and the ] (1871)
*], painter
* ], military commander in the ] and the Hungarian uprising of 1849
*], cartoonist
* ], general, ambassador, nominated President of Poland (1939)
*], medieval sculptor
* ], general, military commander in the ] (1919)
*], painter
* ], World War II general
*], painter
* ] (1894–2005), soldier in World War I and in the 1920–21 ]; at his death, he was the oldest man in the United Kingdom (111 years old)<ref>{{cite web| author = Staff | url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/cumbria/4516532.stm |title= UK's 'Oldest' Man Dies, Aged 111 |publisher= ] |date= 10 December 2005 |access-date= 4 October 2012}}</ref>
*], sculptor, stage designer, theatre director
* ], general, last deputy commander-in-chief of the ] (1944–1945)
*], painter
* ], major, soldier during World War I, Home Army commandant in World War II and in German POW camps
*], painter
* ], politician, commander of the Polish Army in France during World War I
*], sculptor
* ], general, murdered by the ] in the 1940 ]s
*], painter
* ] (died 2024), Lieutenant Colonel of the Israeli Defense Forces and the first female military judge in the world
*], painter
*], painter * ], ] (1682/3–1702)
* ] (1913–2005), journalist and World War II hero
*], painter
* ], Polish-Jewish colonel in the ] and in ]'s ]; commanded the first Jewish military formation in modern history
*], designer and sculptor of ]
* ], first ] of Poland (1503–1515)
*]
* ], SS Hauptsturmführer war criminal, Kreisleiter of the NSDAP, Mayor of Bydgoszcz
* ], general, founder of the resistance movement "Polish Victory Service" (27 September 1939)
* ], most decorated ] officer of World War II
* ], second lieutenant of the Polish Secret Military Organization (1940–1944)
* ], general, the Chief of the ] (1941–1943)
* ], general, commander-in-chief of the ] (1943–1944), during ] (1944)
* ], ] (1632–1646)
* ], general, the Chief of the ] (1943–1946)
* ], Polish and American commander, general and revolutionist
* ], colonel, commander during the ]
* ], Polish ] general in the ]; ]'s first cousin
* ], World War II general, historian
* ], general, military governor of Warsaw during the 1920 ]
* ], commander of 17th-century '']''
* ], Prince, ] (1657–1664), victor at the ] (Cudnów) (1660)
* ], captain in the ], abductor of King ]
* ] (1892–1994), commander of the Polish Armored Division; after World War II, commander-in-chief of Polish forces in exile
* ], Polish–Jewish general
* ], general and minister of Polish–Jewish family
* ], general, last commander-in-chief of the ] (1944–1945)
* ], officer in the ] (1830–1831)
* ], Marshall of the confederation army 1665-6
* ], chief of staff of the ] (''ZWZ / AK'') (1941–1944)
* ], statesman, interwar ]
* ], countess, heroine of the ]
* ], prince, Polish general and marshal of France
* ] (Casimir Pulaski), Polish and American military commander
* ], Marshal of the Soviet Union during WWII
* ], general, military commander, commander-in-chief of the ] (''ZWZ'') (1940–1942) and ] (1942–1943)
* ], general, Chief of Staff during the ]
* ], marshal, military commander, successful in the ], C-in-C of the Polish Army in the ]
* ] (born Isaac Landsberg; 1890–1952), a founder of the ]
* ] (1928–1946), medical orderly in Polish Army
* ], general, commander-in-chief of the Polish Armed Forces and Prime Minister of Poland (1939–1943)
* ] (1885–1962), general, physician and 28th Prime Minister of Poland (1936–1939)
* ], general of the Polish Army, was murdered by the ] in the ]
* ], commander of the ], which saw action at the ] during ] (1944)
* ], general, Commander-in-Chief of Polish Armed Forces (1943–1944)
* ], former deputy chief executive of the European Defence Agency
* ], general, hero of the ] (1830–1831)
* ] ("Łupaszko")
* ], veteran of ] and ] (on the Confederate side)
* ] (1882–1959), vice admiral in the Polish navy under British command during ]
* ], ] (1527–1561), victor of ] (1531)
* ] (1884–1973), German-born vice-admiral in Polish navy, imprisoned in ] during WWII
* ] (1899–1997), brigadier general, head of Women's Auxiliary Military Service (1928–1949)
* ] (1942–1963), a Persian bear, ] ] enlisted soldier
* ] (1912–2005), Captain in the ], pilot in ] during Second World War, where known as Barbara Wojtulanis
* ], led the November Uprising (1830)
* ], lieutenant colonel, independence activist and organiser of women's military squads (1917–1921)
* ], general; chief of the Polish state police (1935–1939)
* ], Great Chancellor of Poland (1578–1605) and ] (1581–1605)
* ], general in the ], diplomat (1803–1868)
* ], general; the only woman among the ]
* ], chancellor of Poland, military commander, conqueror of Moscow (1610), ] (1613–1620)
* ], World War II fighter pilot and ] test pilot
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File:Józef Bem 111.JPG|]
File:Jan Karol Chodkiewicz 1.PNG|]
File:Stefan Czarniecki.PNG|]
File:JHDąbrowski 1.JPG|]
File:GeneralDuch.jpg|]
File:Generał Józef Haller.jpg|]
File:Stanislaw Koniecpolski.jpg|]
File:Schweikart Tadeusz Kościuszko.jpg|]
File:Wlodzimierz Krzyzanowski.jpg|]
FranciszekKsaweryLatinik.jpg|]
File:Stanislaw Maczek 2.jpg|]
File:Jozef Pilsudski1.jpg|]
File:Emilia Plater.PNG|]
File:Prince Joseph Poniatowski by Józef Grassi.jpg|]
File:Kazimierz Pułaski.PNG|]
File:Tadeusz Rozwadowski.jpg|]
File:Marshal Rydz-Smigly LOC hec 27123.jpg|]
File:Wladyslaw Sikorski 2.jpg|]
File:Sosnkowski Kazimierz.jpg|]
File:Józef Sowiński.PNG|]
File:Jan Tarnowski (Hetman).jpg|]
File:Maria Wittek.jpg|]
File:Wojtek the bear.jpg|]
File:Jan Zamoyski.jpg|]
File:Elżbieta Zawacka.jpg|]
File:Lesseur-Hetman Żółkiewski.jpg|]
</gallery>
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== Entertainment == == Intelligence ==
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]''']]
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]''']]
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]''']]
* ], interwar ] officer and deputy to ] in Office 2 of the General Staff's Section II (Intelligence)
]''']]
* ], interwar ] officer and coordinator of ]'s ] project to dismember the Soviet Union
]''']]
* ], chief of the Polish ]'s German section (''BS–4''), which from 1932 decrypted German ]s, paving the way for Britain's World War II ]
]''']]
* ], Polish Air Force captain and British ] agent
]''']]
* ], ] (AK) colonel, chief of the General Staff's Section II (intelligence) (1942–1943)
]''']]
* ], close collaborator of Foreign Minister ], and chief of the secret prewar K-7 organization that supervised certain Polish ]s
]''']]
* ], prewar deputy chief of the Polish ]'s Section II
]''']]
* ], ] Polish, Soviet, and American-CIA agent
*], actor
* ], emissary who confirmed the reality of ] to ]
*], film director
* ], Polish agent, ] combrig, Polish Army major
*] (Sobolewski), Van Halen band
* ], engineer, intelligence officer and cryptologist, one of many who broke Soviet ]s during the ] of 1919–1921
*], film director
* ], Polish Army officer and World War II British ] agent; colleague of ]
*], ] winning short animated movies maker, nominated to ]
* ], Polish Army colonel, ] ] master spy
*], cinematographer, director and actor.
* ], Polish spy at the ] (1683); founder of ]'s first ], which offered coffee produced from ]s captured from the Turks
*], singer and actor
* ], head of Poland's ], which from 1932 broke Germany's military ]s
*], Academy Award winning set decorator, costume designer, production designer
* ], engineer, fighter pilot, World War II "Musketeers" and ] intelligence officer
*], actor
* ], prewar Section II ] who supervised the General Staff's ]
*], actress, poetry singer
* ], Olympic gold-medalist ] and Cold-War ]
*], actress
* ], general, chief of the General Staff's Section II (1929–1932; 1935–January 1938)
*], cinematographer, ] winner.
* ], Polish agent, covering the area of Soviet Belarus (1922–1926)
*], actress
* ], Polish ] and intelligence agent in London (1948–1949); the most influential contemporary ] of ]
*], director
* ], ], chief of the General Staff's Section II (1926–1929)
*], actress, starred in ]
* ], aka ''Christine Granville'', World War II British ] agent
*], actor and singer
* ] (''Rygor-Słowikowski''), Polish Army intelligence officer whose work in North Africa facilitated Allied preparations for the 1942 ] landings
*], English theatre and film actor of Polish father from ]
* ], major, Polish spy in Germany (1926–1934) as Georg von Sosnowski, Ritter von Nalecz
*], legendary film producer
* ], Polish ] in Berlin (1932–1939)
*], theatre reformer
* ], World War II British intelligence agent; wife of ]
*], film director, nominated to ] and ]
* ], lieutenant colonel, the first commander of ]
*], actor
* ], Cold-War Polish intelligence agent convicted of espionage against the United States
*], actor
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*], cinematagrapher, nominated to ]
{{col-break|width=220px}}
*], actress
<gallery mode=nolines widths=100 heights=100 style="width:220px">
*], actress
File:Feliks Ankerstein.jpg|]
*], ] winning composer, nominated to ]
File:Grodynski Brigade Image 04.JPG|]
*], American actress of Polish parents
File:Jan Karski - Instytut w Rudzie Śląskiej.jpg|]
*], protest songwriter and singer
File:Boleslaw kontrym.jpg|]
*], two ] and ] winning cinematographer and film director
File:Jan Kowalewski.jpg|]
*], ] winning composer
File:Płk Ryszard Kukliński.jpg|]
*], film director, nominated to ]
File:Georg Franz Kolschitzky.JPG|]
*], actor
File:Leski Kazimierz.jpg|]
*], American actress born into a Polish family
File:Tadeusz Pełczyński - Grzegorz.jpg|]
*], film director
File:Schaetzel T.jpg|]
*](born Marcin Kunert-Dziewanowski) - writer/director
File:Krystyna Skarbek alias Jacqueline Armand 1945.png|]
*], actor
File:Wlodarkiewicz jan.jpg|]
*], actor
</gallery>
*], accomplished cinematographer and film director, nominated for 5 Oscars
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*]/Modrzejewska, actress (born Helena Opid)
*], actress
*] (Vaslav Nijinsky), ballet dancer and choreographer
*] (Orzołek), the lead vocalist for the New York art punk band Yeah Yeah Yeahs
*], actor
*], broadcaster
*], actress
*], Polish-] actress
*], actor
*], award winning film director educated in Poland
*]
*], actor of ]
*], cinematographer
*], ] and ] winning filmmaker
*], Russian cellist and conductor of Polish father from ]
*], film producer and criminal
*], Polish-born Hollywood-actress and singer.
*], actor of ]
*], film director
*], cinematographer
*], cinematographer
*] properly: Władysław Starewicz, film director, stop-motion animator
*], ] winning production designer, art director, set designer
*], ] winning composer
*], actor, film director
*], Hollywood actress of Polish origin on maternal side
*],Major Margaret "Hot Lips" Houlihan on M*A*S*H.
*], actor
*], ], ], ], ], ] and ] winning film director
* The ]
*]
*], six ] winning film director, screenwriter and producer
*], actress
*], cinematographer
*], film director.
*], film director


== Holocaust resistance ==
==Business==
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{{col-break}}
]''']]
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*]
* ]
*] (Patek's partner in Patek, Czapek & Co.).
* ], ]
*], businessman and cosmetician
* ], ]
*], technology entrepreneur
* ]
*]
* ]
*], humanitarian, philantropist, widow of ]
* ] (1916–2010), partisan leader
*], legendary merchant, spy, diplomat, opened the first ] in ] in ]
* ]
*], one of the richest Poles
* ]
*], one of the two co-founders of the retail chain ]
*]
*] (co-founder of watchmakers ]).
* ]
*], philanthropist, textile magnate
* ] (1910–1945)
*], cosmetics industrialist
* ] (1924–1988), partisan fighter
*] (''Kostyra''; business magnate, author, editor, homemaking advocate of Polish parentage).
* ] (1922–2011), ]
*], the former Chief Executive Officer of ]
* ]
* ]
* ]
* ]
* ]
* ], ] officer, ] officer, historian of aid given to Jews in ] by the ] and by ordinary Polish civilians
* ]
* ]
* ]
* ]
* ], co-founder of ]
* ], co-founder of ]
* ]
* ]
* ], Polish de facto Ambassador to ]
* ] (1926–2022), Polish-American Holocaust survivor, educator, and philanthropist
* ]
* ]
* ], Polish consul in ] who forged ]an passports to rescue ]
* ], Polish ambassador to Japan and in ]
* ], Polish diplomat
* ], saved nearly 2,500 Jewish children in World War II
* ] (Józef Serczuk; 1919–1993), leader of a Jewish partisan unit in the Lublin area
* ], "Polish ]", diplomat in Hungary
* ], another "Polish ]"
* ] (1909–2008), known for his participation in the ]
* ], Nazi hunter
* ]
* ] (י1888-1972), influential figure in the Treblinka extermination camp resistance
*] (1923–2016)
* ]
* ]
* ]
* ]


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== Sports ==
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''see also: ]''
<gallery mode=nolines widths=100 heights=100 style="width:220px">
File:Mordechaj Anielewicz.JPG|]
File:Marek Edelman by Kubik.JPG|]
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== Religion ==
=== Athletics (track and field) ===
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* ], Rebbe founder of the ] Hasidic dynasty
* ], Roman Catholic archbishop of Lwów (1815–33) and archbishop of Prague (1833–1838)
* ] (Yisroel ben Eliezer, 1698–1760), rabbi and founder of ]
* ] ] (1850–1912), ] missionary among ] in Madagascar
* St. ], Roman Catholic Archbishop of Lwów, 1900–1923
* St. ], ]
* St. Evan Yurewicz, ], missionary
* ], elected first ] after the restoration of the ]
* ], Polish-Belarusian humanist and Arian priest
* ], Polish Lutheran bishop killed by the Germans at ]
* St. ], grandson of King Władysław II Jagiełło
* St. ] (Albertine order)
* Bl. ], Prince
* ], Primate of Poland, Cardinal, 1915–1926
* ], Bishop of Kraków, Cardinal, 1879–1894
* ], Archbishop of Kraków, since 2005, Cardinal
* St. ], founder of the ], Archbishop of Warsaw (1862), exiled and Titular Archbishop of ] (1882)
* ], Archbishop of Warsaw, 1856–1861
* ], Jewish messianic leader who combined Judaism and Christianity
* ], vicar, humanist, and theologian
* ], Primate of Poland, 1541–1545
* ], military bishop, ], theologian, archbishop
* ], Primate of Poland, 1981–2006
* ], ]
* ], physicist and philosopher, ] laureate
* ], Primate of Poland, 1926–1948, Cardinal
* ], legate to Poland, Cardinal and Prince-Bishop of Warmia
* ], Dominican
* ], Queen of Poland, 1384–1399
* ], Prelate, Chaplain of "Solidarność"
* ], Roman Catholic Archbishop of Lviv, 1991–2008, Cardinal
* ], Archbishop of Warsaw, Cardinal
* St. ], Carmelite
* St. ], professor at Kraków University
* ], Primate of Poland, 1581–1603; Interrex, 1586–1587
* St. ], priest and preacher
* ], Chief Rabbi of Congregation ] ], founder and ] of the ] ] in ]
* St. ], Franciscan martyr, Auschwitz 1941
* ], priest, statesman
* ], Archbishop of Wrocław, 1972–1974, Cardinal
* St. ], Jesuit
* St. ], Sisters of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Mercy
* ], Archbishop of the ], introduced ] in 1929
* ], ], Archbishop of ], ]
* ], inspiration of the ]
* ], Primate of Poland
* ], Bishop of Kamieniec Podolski, 1757–1798
* ], Archbishop of Philadelphia, Cardinal, 1961–1988
* ], Primate of Poland, 1866–1886, Cardinal
* ], missionary, founder of the ]
* Saint ], religious, founder of the ]
* ], ] (1915–1942)
* ] (1456–1531), Primate of Poland, 1510–1531
* ] (1499–1560), ] reformer; nephew of the Primate
* ], Archbishop of Lwów, Primate of Poland, 1759–1767; Interrex, 1763–1764
* ], Archbishop of Kraków, 1978–2005, Cardinal
* ], catholic priest and national activist
* ], ] of Polish Muslims ] and ] of ]
* ], Roman Catholic Archbishop of Lviv, since 2008
* ] (1576–1646), Jesuit
* ], Bishop of Kraków, 1423–1455; first Cardinal of Polish origin, from 1449; statesman
* ], nephew of Zbigniew Oleśnicki; Cardinal Primate of Poland, 1481–1493
* ], bishop of ]
* ], spiritual leader of the ]
* ], Catholic priest and dissident assassinated by the Polish security service in 1984, martyr of the Church
* ] (died 1749), Count; converted to Judaism as Avrohom ben Avrohom, the Ger Tzedek of Vilna
* ] (1908–1945), Polish Roman Catholic priest of Jewish origin
* ], Bishop of Kraków, 1895–1911, Cardinal
* ], Bishop of Kraków, Cardinal, 1591–1600
* ], the first ] ], 1817–1855
* ], Redemptorist, broadcast radio controller
* ], Roman Catholic priest, theologian, university rector
* St. ], Bishop of Kraków, martyr 1079
* ], Bishop/Archbishop of Kraków, Cardinal, 1911–1951
* ], religious, founder of ]
* ], Jesuit preacher
* ], Bishop of Kyiv, 1756–59; Bishop of Kraków, 1759–1788
* ], the first ] and an officer of the Polish Army before and during World War II
* ], Roman Catholic Archbishop of Minsk-Mohilev; Apostolic Administrator of Pinsk, Cardinal
* ], Catholic Archbishop of Detroit, Cardinal 1981–1990
* ] (1884–1966), ] of Poland, translated portions of ] into Polish
* ], last ] Archbishop of ] (1864–1938)
* ], theologian
* ], priest, philosopher and first chaplain of the trade union, Solidarity
* ], philosopher and 19th century ]
* ], Archbishop of Gniezno, first Primate of Poland, 1418–1422
* ], Primate of Poland, 1562–1581; Interrex, 1572–73 and 1574–1575
* ] (1720–1797), non-] Jewish leader, the "saintly genius from Vilnius"
* ], priest, economist and activist (1849–1910)
* ] (1822–1887), rabbi
* ], Auxiliary Bishop of Kraków 1958–1963, Archbishop of Kraków 1963–1978, Pope John Paul II 1978–2005
* ], Primate of Poland, Cardinal, 1948–1981
* ], ], decorated Polish Canadian, (1908–2006)
* ], first ] ] (1745–1810)
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== Nobility ==
*], ]
{{further|List of szlachta}}
*], ]
*], sprinter
*], sprinter
*], sprinter
*], track athlete
*], sprinter
*], sprinter
*], ]
*], ]
*], ]
*], ]
*], ]
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== Royalty ==
*], athlete
{{See also|List of Polish monarchs}}
*], ]
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*], discus thrower
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*], track athlete
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*], pole vaulter
* ], first Duke of Poland
*], pole vaulter
* ], first Duchess of Poland
*], ]er
* ] (Gunhild), daughter of ] of Poland, mother of ], King of England, Denmark and Norway
*], sprinter
* ], first King of Poland
*], ]er
* ], second King of Poland
*], hammer thrower
* ], queen of Poland
*], sprinter
* ], duke of Poland
*], ]
* ], third King of Poland
*], pole vaulter
*], discus thrower * ], duke of Poland
* ], duke of Poland
*], sprinter
* ], duke of Greater Poland, Senior Duke of Poland
*], high jumper
* ], duke of Cracow, Senior Duke of Poland
*], hammer thrower
* ], duke of Cracow, Senior Duke of Poland
* ], duke of Silesia, Senior Duke of Poland
* ], duke of Mazovia and Kuyavia
* ], senior duke of Poland, commander of Polish forces in the ] (1241)
* ], King of Poland
* ], king of Poland
* ], king of Poland
* ], ] in Poland
* ], Piast Dynasty last King of Poland
* ], first female monarch of Poland
* ], Lithuanian, king of Poland, victor at the ] (1410)
* ] (]), king of Poland and Hungary, killed at the ] (1444)
* ], king of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania, victor in the ] (1454–1466)
* ], king of Poland
* ], grand duke of Lithuania and king of Poland
* ], king of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania
* ] (], wife of ])
* ], consort of ]
* ], Queen consort of Poland
* ], last ] king of the ]
* ], reigned together with her husband Stephen Báthory
* ], king of Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth
* ], ] king of the ]
* ], king of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth and king of Sweden
* ], elected Tsar of Russia, king of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
* ], Queen of Poland, Grand Duchess of Lithuania
* ], king of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, victor at the ] (1651)
* ], king of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, victor at the ] (1683)
* ], queen of France, England, Scotland and Ireland
* ], king of Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth
* ], king of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth and ]
* ], Queen consort of France
* ], queen of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth and Duchess of Lorraine
* ], consort of ], king of France
* ], king of Poland, ]
* ], king of Poland, Elector of Saxony
* ], consort of ], king of Spain
* ], last king of the Poland, co-author of the ]
* ], Princess Carignano ]
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File:Boleslaus III of Poland.PNG|]
File:Jadwiga by Bacciarelli.jpg|]
File:Kazimierz III Wielki (76845281) (cropped).jpg|]
File:Jagajła. Ягайла (M. Godlewski, 1863).jpg|]
File:Kober Anna Jagiellon in coronation robes.jpg|]
File:Anonymous Stephen Báthory (detail) 01.jpg|]
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=== Boxing === == Assassins ==
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*] (International Boxing ])
* ], American assassin of American President ]
*]
* ], assassin of Tsar ]
*]
* ], modernist painter, art critic, assassin of Polish President ]
*]
* ], assassin of ]
*]
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=== Chess === == Miscellany ==
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* ], controversial ]
* ], sailor
* ], watchmaker
* ], explorer who holds the record for the longest open-water kayak voyage ever made
* ], resistance hero
* ], contract bridge champion
* ], watchmaker
* ], war hero
* ], fashion designer, founder of ]
* ], wheelchair dancing world champion
* ], resistance movement and anti-communist activist
* ], adventure traveler
* ], diarist, killed during the ] ]
* ], engraver
* ], ]
* ], cartographer and geographer
* ], physician, soldier
* ], bacteriologist, founder of ]
* ], postage stamp and banknote engraver
* ], diarist, killed during the ] ], known as "the Polish Anne Frank"
* ], ] ], early 20th century
* ], bibliophile, ] of the mysterious ]
* ], California winemaker
* ], journalist, television personality, drummer, comedian, and columnist
* ], physician, pioneering female doctor in the United States
* ], fashion designer
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== Legendary persons ==
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* ], legendary prince and founder of ]
*]
* ], legendary founder of the ]
*]
* ] (''Piast Kołodziej''), semi-legendary figure in prehistoric Poland (9th century); founder of the ]
*]
* ], semi-legendary 9th-century ruler of the ]; last of the ]
*]
* ], a ] half-man-half-horse figure representing a Mongol invader, with his own festival after the feast of ]
*]
* ] (known also as "the Black Madonna"), foremost of Polish religious icons
*]
* ], legendary Jewish figure, said to have been named prince of the western Polans after the death of Popiel in 842
*]
* ], ancient proto-] tribe that fed the idea of '']'' during the ]
*]
* ], semi-legendary sailor of the late 15th century
*]
* ], legendary fresh-water mermaid said to have been rescued by ] fishermen. Iconic symbol of Warsaw
*]
* ], semi-legendary Faust-like sorcerer; in Polish legend, the first man on the Moon (in the 16th century)
*]
* ], freedom fighter; hero of 1970 ] riots
*]
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=== Fencing === == Fictional characters ==
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*]
* Matteusz Andrzejewski, played by ], a character in '']'', a British ] drama programme, and a ] of the long-running programme '']''
*]
* Captain William Joseph ] in '']''
*]
* ], a ] from the ] of novels and films, created by ]
*]
* ], cartoon characters from a Polish children's TV animated comedy series
*]
* ], Polish version of the forest-dwelling sorceress
*]
* Waldemar Daninsky, wolfman in '']''
* Nicodemus Dyzma, in ]'s novel '']''
* Jacob Jankowski, a character played by ] in a 2011 American ] '' ]''
* Marcin Jerek, Polish-born British professor and former CIA interrogator, in the TV series '']'', played by ]
* Dr. Judym, in ]'s novel '']''
* ]
* Florentyna Kane in '']'' and '']''
* ], grandson of B.J. Blazkowicz
* ] (Captain Kloss), ] secret agent in the Polish ] ''Stake larger than life''
* '']''
* ], space detective
* Sugar "Kane" Kowalczyk, a singer of Polish descent played by ] in ]'s 1959 ] film '']''
* ], a penguin in the children's film '']''
* ], in ]' play '']''
* ], Polish-American Chicago policeman in the 1990s Canadian television series '']''
* Walt Kowalski, Polish-American ] veteran and retired Ford worker, in ]'s 2008 film '']''
* Lucyna "Lucy" Kushinada, a netrunner of mixed Polish and Japanese descent in '']''
* ], heroine of ]'s novel, ]
* ], symbol of ] and title of ]'s film
* ], like the bear and the horse, the goat is part of Polish folklore, here in ]'s rendition
* ] (with Steve Roper), an American adventure comic strip (1936–2004)
* Count Olenski, estranged husband of Ellen Olenska in ]'s novel '']'' (1920)
* '']'', poetic distillation of Polish patriotism and nostalgia
* ], in ]'s '']'', went from police officer to school teacher
* Officer Eddie Pulaski in '']''
* Stefan "Steve" Radecki, a character played by ] in 1941 British ] '']''
* Abel Rosnovski in '']''
* ], adventurer created by ]
* ], humorous morality tale about neighbour relations, a favourite children's poem
* ] (Dr. Walter Langkowski), Marvel superhero
* ], archetypal abandoned girl, "Little orphan Mary", living with ]
* ], the "Polish Catholic" in the film '']''
* ] I & II, superheroines in '']''
* Stanislau, ace pilot in '']''
* Stanisław Tarkowski (''Staś''), protagonist of ] '']'' by ] ]
* ], also known as ], one of the main characters in American television series '']'' broadcast on ] and played by ]
* ], in '']''
* Tadzio, a Polish boy (inspired by ]) in ]'s novel '']'' as well as 1971 film adaptation ] by ] played by ]
* ], main protagonist in several works of ] such as '']'', '']'', '']'' and '']''
* Kasia Tomaszewski, played by ], a character in '']'', a 2019 ] ] broadcast on ]
* Maciej Tomczyk ala ], in the 1981 film '']'', directed by ]
* ], a ]-like figure of Polish legend, literature and film.
* ], Polish ] heroes
]]]
* ], cartoon character
* ], the "Painless Pole" in the film '']''
* ], in the ] by ]
* ] (Jan Paweł Wieczorek) in the '']'' series
* Stanisław Wokulski, protagonist of ]' novel '']''
* Stanley Thaddeus "Wojo" Wojciehowicz, played by ], in the American television sitcom '']''
* ], brass ]s that first appeared on the city's pavements in 2005
* ], composer in a spoof ] documentary
* Sophie Zawistowski, played by ], in '']'' based on '']'' by ]
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=== Ice hockey === == Models ==
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* ] (Anna Åberg, Anna Yeager), Swedish-American, born in Poland
* ], born in ]
* ], born in ]
* ], born in Kraków
* ], born in ]
* ], born in ]
* ], born in ]
* ], born in ]
* ], born in ]
* ], born in ], glamour model
* ], born in ]
* ], born in ]
* ], Polish-Venezuelan, born in ], Venezuela
* ], Polish-American, born in ]
* ], born in ]
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File:Malgosia Bela.jpg|]
File:Magdalena Frackowiak copyright Ed Kavishe.jpg|]
File:Joanna Krupa Benchwarmer 2008.jpg|]
File:Anja Rubik Copyright Ed Kavishe.JPG|]
</gallery>
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== Athletics ==
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* ] (1943–2008), Olympic ]
* ] (born 1989), Olympic sprinter
* ] (born 1997), Olympic ]ter
* ] (born 1977), Olympic ] and ]
* ] (1931–1987), Olympic long-distance runner
* ] (1937–2006), Olympic sprinter and ]
* ] (born 1995), Olympic middle-distance runner
* ] (born 1989), Olympic ]er
* ] (1933–2005), Olympic sprinter
* ] (born 1977), ]r
* ] (born 1938), Polish and German Olympic sprinter
* ] (born 1977), Olympic sprinter
* ] (born 1992), Olympic shot putter
* ] (born 1959), Olympic ]
* ] (1936–2000), Olympic sprinter
* ] (1936–2024), French Olympic middle- and long-distance runner
* ] (born 1938), Israeli Olympic sprinter and ]er
* ] (born 1946), Olympic sprinter
* ] (1940–1998), Olympic champion shot putter
* ] (1900–1989), Polish-American Olympic champion ]
* ] (born 1968), Olympic champion ]
* ] (born 1953), Lithuanian-born Polish Olympic champion ]
* ] (born 1989), Olympic sprinter
* ] (1934–2015), Olympic champion long jumper
* ] (born 1989), Olympic sprinter
* ] (1929–2003), Olympic champion steeplechaser
* ] (born 1989), Olympic middle-distance runner
* ] (1897–1981), ]
* ] (1907–1940), Olympic champion long-distance runner; murdered by the Nazis
* ] (1913–2007), Olympic ]er
* ] (born 1987), Olympic middle-distance runner
* ] (born 1981), Olympic champion shot putter
* ] (born 1983), Olympic discus thrower
* ] (1938–1982), Olympic sprinter
* ] (1951–1981), Olympic champion steeplechaser
* ] (born 1970), Olympic sprinter
* ] (1933–2022), Israeli Olympic ]er and long jumper, and captain of the ]
* ] (1909–1943), Olympic long-distance runner, murdered in Auschwitz concentration camp
* ] (born 1989), Olympic sprinter
* ] (born 1959), Olympic long-distance runner
* ] (born 1969), Olympic high jumper
* ] (1936–2016), Olympic discus thrower
* ] (born 1981), Olympic hurdler and sprinter
* ] (1878–1925), Polish-American Olympic champion long-jumper and triple-jumper
* ] (born 1980), Olympic pole vaulter
* ] (born 1981), Olympic pole vaulter
* ] (1931–2002), Olympic hammer thrower
* ] (born 1974), Olympic sprinter
* ] (born 1958), shot putter
* ] (1933–1993), Olympic javelin thrower
* ] (1982–2009), Olympic champion hammer thrower
* ] (1946–2018), Olympic champion sprinter
* ] (1935–2024), Olympic champion triple jumper
* ] (born 1997), Olympic sprinter
* ] (1950–1998), Olympic champion pole vaulter
* ] (born 1992), Olympic champion sprinter
* ] (born 1976), Olympic sprinter
* ] (1912–1990), Olympic discus thrower
* ] (1911–1980), Polish-American Olympic champion sprinter
* ] (1946–2014), Olympic sprinter
* ] (born 1985), Olympic champion hammer thrower
* ] (born 1989), Olympic pole vaulter
* ] (born 1956), Olympic sprinter
* ] (born 1956), Olympic champion high jumper
* ] (born 1993), Olympic champion sprinter
* ] (1935–2022), Olympic long-distance runner
* ] (born 1976), Olympic champion hammer thrower
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File:Anna Rogowska.JPG|]
File:Irena Szewinska 2012.jpg|]
File:Wajsówna.jpg|]
File:Feliks Wiśnik 2020.]
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==Baseball==


* ] (1935–2006), Polish-born American ] player
=== Skiing ===
* ] (born 1936), American baseball player, Hall of Fame
*]
* ] (born 1946), American baseball player
*], ]
*], ski jumper
*], ski jumper


=== Football === == Basketball ==
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* ] (born 2000), basketball player
*], defender
* ] (born 1988), Kosovan-Polish basketball player
*], midfielder
* ] (born 1988), ] basketball player
*], goalkeeper
* ] (born 1987), French-Polish basketball player
*], midfielder
* ] (born 1990), basketball player
*], midfielder
* ] (1974-2011), basketball player, FIBA Hall of Fame
*], midfielder
* ] (born 1980), basketball player
*], goalkeeper
* ] (born 1993), basketball player
*], attacker
* ] (born 1984), Polish-American ] (NBA), ] player
*], defender
* ] (born 1989), basketball player
*], coach
* ] (born 1984), basketball player
*], defender, coach
* ] (born 1955), American NBA referee
*], attacker, coach
* ] (born 1993), basketball player
*], midfielder, coach
* ] (born 1982), American-Polish basketball player
*], defender
* ] (born 1989), basketball player
*], attacker
* ] (born 1984), basketball player
*], attacker
* ] (born 1987), basketball player
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* ] (born 1985), Polish-Swedish NBA basketball player
* ] (born 1982), American-born Polish basketball player
* ] (born 1996), basketball player
* ] (born 1993), basketball player
* ] (born 1987), Polish-American basketball player
* ] (born 2003), Polish-American NBA player, ]
* ] (born 1992), basketball player
* ] (born 1984), basketball player
* ] (born 1989), basketball player
* ] (1970-2017), basketball player
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File:Wojcik Adam.jpg|]
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== Boxing ==
*], defender, coach
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*], attacker * ]
* ]
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* ]
*], midfielder
* ]
*], attacker
* ], International Boxing ]
*], defender
* ]
*], midfielder
* ]
*], goalkeeper
* ]
*], attacker
* ]
*], attacker
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*], attacker
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*], defender
* ]
* ]
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* ], coach
* ]
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=== Swimming === == Checkers ==
* ] (born 1991)
*]
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=== Weightlifting === == Chess ==
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* ] (1905–1985), Polish-Israeli chess master
*]
* ] (1905–missing), chess master
* ] (1888–1952), Polish-French chess master
* ] (1890–1920), chess master
* ] (1895–1971), Polish-Israeli chess master
* ] (b. 1962), woman chess grandmaster
* ] (1873–1928)
* ] (1900–1941), Polish-born French grandmaster
* ] (1834–1902), Polish-French chess master
* ] (1910–1984), Polish-Israeli International Master
* ] (1910–2000), American born to Polish parents, grandmaster
* ] (1885–1944), chess master
* ] (1894–1920), chess master
* ] (b. 1998), grandmaster
* ] (1906–1979), Polish-Belgian International Master
* ] (1903–1979), Polish-Belgian-Israeli chess master
* ] (b. 1946), woman grandmaster
* ] (1883–1949), Polish-American chess master
* ] (1880–1926), chess master
* ] (1903–1942), chess master
* ] (1905–1940), chess player, died in a Nazi concentration camp
* ] (1905–1982), Polish-Argentinean chess master
* ] (1913–1983), chess player
* ] (1915–1943), chess master, killed in the Holocaust
* ] (born 1956), grandmaster
* ] (1912-?), later known as Ignacy Branicki, Polish-born Israeli chess master
* ] (1902–1995), Woman International Master
* ], Woman International Master
* ] (1868–1935), chess master
* ] (1868–1927), chess player
* ] (1851–1906), American chess player
* ] (1866–1932), German chess player
* ] (1895–1940), chess master
* ] (1903–2000), American International Master born in Belgium to a Polish-Jewish family, set the world's blindfold record by playing 34 chess games simultaneously while blindfolded, and set a record for playing 56 consecutive blindfold games at ten seconds per move (winning 50, drawing 6).
* ] (b. 1938), Polish-Serbian chess master
* ] (b. 1963), Russian-born grandmaster, moved to Poland in 1992
* ] (1901–1941), chess master
* ] (b. 1955), grandmaster
* ] (1892–1970), American chess master
* ] (1903–1943), Dutch chess player, died in a Nazi concentration camp
* ] (1885–1981), German-American chess International Master
* ] (1877–1934), German chess master
* ] (1889–1961), Soviet grandmaster
* ] (1881–1940), Ukrainian–Polish chess master, died in a Nazi concentration camp
* ] (b. 1977), grandmaster
* ] (1901–1972), chess master
* ] (1859–1939), chess master
* ] (1881–1943), American chess master, born in the US to Polish parents
* ] (b. 1975), chess International Master
* ] (1910–1997), Polish-Argentine grandmaster
* ] (1903–1962), Polish-born Israeli chess player
* ] (1880–1913), Austrian chess player
* ] (1903–1939), chess master
* ], chess master
* ] (1915–2004), International Master
* ] (1908–1943), chess master, murdered in the Holocaust
* ] (1863–1941), Polish-Ukrainian chess player
* ] (1860–1918), chess master
* ] (1880–1940), won the first Polish championship, murdered in the Holocaust
* ] (b. 1981), International Master and Woman Grandmaster
* ] (1894–1954), chess master
* ] (1911–1992), Polish-American grandmaster
* ] (1837–1902), Polish-born French chess player
* ] (1889–1920), chess master
* ] (1880–1961), Polish-Belgian International Grandmaster
* ] (1862–1920), chess master
* ] (b. 1943), grandmaster
* ] (1887–1942), Polish–French chess master, murdered in Auschwitz concentration camp
* ] (1865–1902), Polish–French chess master
* ] (b. 1978), grandmaster and Woman Grandmaster
* ] (1908–1997), Polish-Australian chess master
* ] (1922–2003), International Master
* ] (b. 1994), Polish-American grandmaster
* ] (Grzegorz Szapiro; 1929–1972), chess master
* ] (1887–1956), Polish-French International Grandmaster
* ] (1850–1919), Polish–born French chess master
* ] (1880–1948), Poland-born German–American chess master
* ] (1944–2011), Russian grandmaster
* ] (1868–1942)
* ] (1838–1919), chess player
* ] (b. 1987), grandmaster
* ] (1963–2006), Polish-American grandmaster
* ] (1925–2000), Canadian grandmaster
* ] (1860–1928), chess master
* ] (1842–1888), Polish-born British-German chess master
* ] ({{circa|1811/1812}}–1882), Polish-British chess master
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<gallery mode=nolines widths=100 heights=100 style="width:110px">
File:Duda und Giri 2018 Dortmund (cropped).jpg|]
File:Miguel Najdorf 1973.jpg|]
File:Akiba-RubinsteinC.jpg|]
File:Monika Soćko 2013.jpg|]
File:Dariusz Świercz POLch 2014.jpg|]
File:Ksawery Tartakower.jpg|]
File:Radoslaw Wojtaszek POLch 2014.jpg|]
</gallery>
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=== Sports (Other) === == Climbing ==
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* ], Tatra guide and mountain rescuer
* ], mountaineer
* ], ski mountaineer and climber
* ], high-altitude climber
* ], high-altitude climber
* ], high-altitude climber and rock climber
* ] (born 1994), Olympic champion ]
* ], high-altitude climber
* ], high-altitude climber
* ], high-altitude climber
* ], high-altitude climber
{{div col end}}
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<gallery mode=nolines widths=100 heights=100 style="width:220px">
File:Jerzy Kukuczka Mount Everest 1980.jpg|]
File:2018 - Pol’and’Rock Festival - Krzysztof Wielicki 02.jpg|]
</gallery>
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==Cycling==
*], Muay Thai
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*], tennis
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*], table tennis
{{div col|colwidth=27em}}
*], American football
* ]
*], tennis
* ]
*], racing driver
* ]
*], sailor
* ]
*], canoeing
* ]
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* ]
* ]
* ]
* ]
* ]
* ]
* ]
* ]
* ]
* ]
* ]
* ]
* ]
* ], ]
* ]
* ]
* ], ]
* ]
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<gallery mode=nolines widths=100 heights=100 style="width:220px">
File:Fourmies - Grand Prix de Fourmies, 6 septembre 2015 (B087).JPG|]
File:Rafał Majka, Japan Cup 2012 (cropped).jpg|]
File:Canyon tour de france 1508615 (Katarzyna).jpg|]
File:UCI Track World Championships 2018 245.jpg|]
File:Ryszard Szurkowski 2.jpg|]
File:Majawloszczowska1.jpg|]
</gallery>
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== Fencing ==
*], judo
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*], canoeing
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*], strongman
{{div col|colwidth=27em}}
*], biathlete
* ] (born 1975), Olympic épée fencer
*], cyclist
* ] (1942–2016), Olympic épée fencer
*], handballer
* ] (born 1942), Olympic épée fencer
*], racing driver
* ] (1921–2019), foil and sabre fencer, and coach
* ] (1935–2022), Olympic champion foil fencer
* ] (born 1952), Olympic champion foil fencer
* ] (born 1981), Olympic foil fencer
* ] (1912–1943), Olympic épée fencer, murdered in the ]
* ] (born 1988), Olympic épée fencer
* ] (born 1983), Olympic sabre fencer
* ] (born 1952), Polish-born American fencing master
* ] (born 1965), Olympic foil fencer
* ] (1938–2017), Olympic foil fencer
* ] (1932–2005), Olympic champion sabre fencer
* ] (born 1977), Olympic foil fencer
* ] (born 1967), Olympic foil fencer
* ] (born 1982), Olympic sabre fencer
* ] (1972–2014), Olympic sabre fencer
* ] (born 1989), Olympic épée fencer
* ] (1939–2008), Olympic champion foil fencer
* ] (born 1949), Olympic foil fencer
* ] (1930–2020), Olympic sabre fencer
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<gallery mode=nolines widths=100 heights=100 style="width:220px">
File:Chwała olimpijczykom - s.064a - Roman Kantor.tif|]
File:Jerzy Pawłowski 1968.jpg|]
File:Aleksandra Socha 2014 European Championships SFS-EQ t131715.jpg|]
File:Witold Woyda c1974.jpg|]
</gallery>
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==Royalty== == Football ==
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]''']]
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]''']]
* ], defender
* ], coach
* ], attacker
* ], defender
* ], midfielder
* ], midfielder, head of the ] (PZPN)
* ], goalkeeper
* ], midfielder
* ], midfielder
* ], defender
* ], defender
* ], midfielder
* ], midfielder
* ], midfielder
* ], goalkeeper
* ], midfielder
* ], goalkeeper
* ], attacker
* ], defender/forward
* ], coach
* ], defender
* ], coach
* ] (Jakub Grundman' 1939-2004), midfielder and manager
* ], defender, coach
* ], attacker
* ], defender
* ], attacker, coach
* ], midfielder, coach
* ], attacker
* ], defender; murdered by the Nazis<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.eurojewcong.org/ejc/news.php?id_article=5604 |author=Eldad Beck |title=Anti-Semitism feared ahead of Euro 2012 |publisher=] |date=August 9, 2010 |access-date=December 24, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120731004503/http://www.eurojewcong.org/ejc/news.php?id_article=5604 |archive-date=July 31, 2012 }}</ref>
* ], attacker
* ], goalkeeper
* ], midfielder, coach
* ], goalkeeper
* ], attacker
* ], attacker
* ], attacker
* ], attacker
* ], midfielder, manager
* ], defender, coach
* ], football referee
* ], goalkeeper
* ], attacker
* ], goalkeeper
* ], midfielder
* ], midfielder
* ], attacker
* ], attacker
* ], midfielder
* ], midfielder
* ], defender, coach
* ], midfielder
* ], attacker
* ], defender
* ], attacker
* ], midfielder
* ], defender
* ] (Jeszaja Szwagier), Olympic defender
* ], attacker
* ], midfielder
* ], forward (left wing)
* ], forward
* ], midfielder
* ], goalkeeper
* ], attacker
* ], defender
* ], goalkeeper
* ], goalkeeper
* ] (born 1971), midfielder
* ], attacker
* ], goalkeeper
* ], midfielder
* ], attacker
* ], attacker
* ], defender
* ], attacker
* ], attacker
* ], goalkeeper
* ], midfielder
* ], defender
{{div col end}}
{{col-break|width=220px}}
<gallery mode=nolines widths=100 heights=100 style="width:110px">
File:Jakub Błaszczykowski 2019.jpg|]
File:Boniek Zbigniew.jpg|]
File:Kazimierz Deyna.jpg|]
File:Jerzy Dudek (cropped).jpg|]
File:V.l.n.r. Lato, Boniek en trainer Kulesza, Bestanddeelnr 930-4929 (Lato cropped).jpg|]
File:Robert Lewandowski FCB.jpg|]
File:Arkadiusz Milik 2016 (cropped).jpg|]
File:Wojciech Szczęsny 2018.jpg|]
File:Aankomst Pools elftal op Schiphol 15 Tomaszewski, kop, 16 Deyna, kop, Bestanddeelnr 928-2029.jpg|]
</gallery>
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== Ice hockey ==
*], first Duke of Poland.
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*] (Gunhild), daughter of ] of Poland, mother of ], King of England, Denmark and Norway.
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*], first King of Poland.
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*], second King of Poland.
* ]
*], duke of Poland.
* ], mixed Polish descent
*], third King of Poland.
* ], mixed Polish descent
*], duke of Poland.
* ]
*], senior duke of Poland, duke of Silesia.
* ]
*], senior duke of Poland, commander of Polish forces in the ] (1241).
* ]
*], King of Poland.
* ]
*], Piast Dynasty last King of Poland.
* ], Polish-Canadian
*], King and Queen of Poland.
* ]
*], Lithuanian, King of Poland, victor at the ] (1410).
* ]
*] (]), King of Poland and ], killed at the ] (1444).
* ]
*], King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania, victor in the ] (1454-1466).
* ]
*], King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania.
* ]
*] (], wife of ]).
* ], Polish-Canadian
*], Jagiello Dynasty last King of the ].
* ]
*], ] King of the ].
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*], King of the ] and King of Sweden.
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*], elected Tsar of Russia, King of the ].
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*], King of the ], victor at the ] (1651).
File:Mariusz Czerkawski.jpg|]
*], King of the ], victor at the ] (1683).
File:Wojtek Wolski 1 2012-03-09.JPG|]
*] (Marta Skowrońska), second wife of Russian ] ], and ] (1725-27).
</gallery>
*], King of the ] and ].
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*], consort of ], King of France.
*], last King of the ], co-author of the ].


==Judo==
==Nobility (szlachta)==
''see: ]''


* ] (born 1967), Olympic ]
==Military==
* ] (born 1963), Olympic champion judoka
]''']]
* ] (born 1970), Olympic champion judoka
]''']]
]''']]
]''']]
]''']]
*], general, military commander during the ] (1944)
*], military commander, commander-in-chief of Hungarian army (1849)
*], military commander, victor from ] (1605)
*] (Sadyk Pasha), (1804-1886), Polish-Ukrainian commander-in-chief of an Ottoman Cossack Brigade during the ] (1853-1856)
*], (1894-2005), 111, - Polish soldier of World War I and of the 1920-1921 Polish War against Soviet Russia. He was the oldest man in the ] at the time of his death.
*], general, military commander during the ]
*], military commander during the ] (1863), and the ] (1871)
*], military commander in the ] and the Hungarian uprising of 1849
*], politician, commander of the Polish Army in ] during ]
*], (1913-2005) - Polish journalist and WWII hero
*], general, founder of the resistance movement "Polish Victory Service" (27 September 1939)
*], general, commander of the ] during the ] (1944)
*], (born in modern day ]) Polish and American commander and revolutionist.
*] Polish general on the Union side during the American Civil War
*], general, military commander, historian
*], commander of ] (17th c.)
*], (1892-1994), commander of the Polish Armoured Division, later C-i-C of the Polish forces in exile after ]
*], general, last commander-in-chief of the ]
*], prince, Polish general and marshal of France
*] (Cassimir Pulaski), Polish and American military commander
*], U.S. Navy ], ]
*], (born Konstanty Rokossowski) Marshall of the Soviet Union and Polish defense minister, communist
*], general, military commander, commander-in-chief of the ]
*], retired general of the United States Army
*], general, commander-in-chief of the Polish Armed Forces and Prime Minister of Poland (1939-1943)
*], General of the Polish Army
*], commander of the ], which saw action at ] during ] (1944)
*], general, Commander-in-Chief of Polish Armed Forces (1943-1944)
*], marshal, military commander, successful in the ], C-i-C of the Polish Army in the ]
*], led the November Uprising (1830)
*], chancellor of Poland, military commander, conqueror of ] (1610)
*], WWII fighter pilot and ] test pilot


==Politics== == Skating ==
]''']]
]''']]
]''']]
]''']]
]''']]
]''']]
]''']]
*], first Prime Minister of Poland in exile (1944-1947)
*], count, Minister-President of Austria (1895-1897)
*], former director of economic policy in the interim coalition administration of ] & Prime Minister
*], leader of communist Poland (1948-1956)
*], Governor of Galicia (1908-1913)
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*] , political scientist, advisor to US President ].
*], Prime Minister of communistic Poland (1947-1952 and 1954-1970)
*], prince, statesman, Prime Minister (1830-1831)
*], Prime Minister of the Temporary People’s Government of the Republic of Poland (1918)
*], nationalist politician, statesman
*], the founder of the ] ], the ]
*], Italian politician
*], leader of communist Poland (1970-1980)
*], leader of communist Poland (1956-1970)
*], Prime Minister of communistic Poland (1970-1980)
*], last leader of communist Poland (1981-1989), first President of III RP (1989-1990)
*], sixth and last President of Poland in exile (1989-1990)
*], identical twin brother of Lech, leader of the ] party, Prime Minister of Poland (since 2006)
*], fourth President of III RP (since 2005)
*], leader of Silesians during the ]
*], free market activist, economist
*], Soviet politician
*] first Prime Minister of Kingdom of Poland (1917-1918),
*] - Prime Minister of Peru
*], third President of III RP (1995-2005)
*], Soviet politician
*], Prime Minister of Poland (2005-2006)
*], politician, first Prime Minister of III RP (Poland)
*], Prime Minister of Poland (1943-1944), politician of the agrarian party
*], first Prime Minister of II RP (1918-1919)
*], third President of II RP (1926-1939)
*], British politician and historian
*], first President of II RP (1922)
*], Justice of the Oklahoma Supreme Court
*], third President of Poland in exile (1972-1979)
*], second Prime Minister of II RP (1919)
*], statesman, politician and Marshal of Poland
*], prince, French politician
*], count, Minister-President of Austria (1870-1871)
*], first President of Poland in exile (1939-1947)
*], fourth President of Poland in exile (1979-1986)
*], prince, the Duke-Governor of Grand Duchy of Posen (Poznań) (1815-1831)
*], American politician
*], fifth President of Poland in exile (1986-1989)
*], vice-president of ] (2004-2007)
*], general, Prime Minister of Poland (1939-1943)
*], first post-Soviet mayor of St Petersburg
*], trade unionist who started dismantling of the Soviet bloc, second President of III RP (1990-1995)
*], socialist activist in 19th c.
*], Prime Minister of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland
*], (born in Poland to parents of German origin) vice-Minister of Finance, and Polish diplomat during World War II
*], count, Marquis of Gonzaga, statesman
*], politician of the agrarian party
*], second President of II RP (1922-1926)
*], second President of Poland in exile (1947-1972)


* ], ]
==Diplomats==
* ], speed skater
]''']]
* ], ]
]''']]
* ], speed skater
]''']]
* ], speed skater
*], foreign affairs minister of III RP (1995 and 2000-2001)
*], foreign affairs minister of II RP (1932-1939)
*], foreign affairs minister of III RP (2001-2005)
*], prince, foreign affairs minister of the Russian Empire (1804-1806)
*], prince, the main diplomatic agent of the National Government (1863-1864)
*], foreign affairs minister of II RP (1923)
*], foreign affairs minister of III RP (1997-2000)
*], foreign affairs minister of Austria-Hungary (1895-1906)
*], diplomat and ] of ], author of the ] with ] (1686)
*], Polish-Austrian diplomat
*], foreign affairs minister of III RP (2005-2006)
*], foreign affairs minister of III RP (1993-1995)
*], foreign affairs minister of II RP (1919)
*], foreign affairs minister of communist Poland (1956-1968)
*], Polish-Austrian-Mexican-British political adviser
*], foreign affairs minister of III RP (1995-1997)
*], foreign affairs minister of III RP (2005)
*], foreign affairs minister of II RP (1922-1923 and 1924-1926)
*], first foreign affairs minister of III RP (1989-1993)
*], French foreign affairs minister
*], foreign affairs minister of II RP (1926-1932)
*], foreign affairs minister of II RP (1924)
*], Czech foreign affairs minister


==Spies== == Skiing ==
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]''']]
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*], Captain
* ], ]
*], Colonel
* ], Alpine ski racer
*], Lieutenant and ] agent
* ], ski jumper
*], Colonel, ] masterspy during the ]
*], Captain * ], ]
*], Major * ], biathlete
* ], biathlete
*], British ] heroine of WW II
* ], Nordic combined skier
*], British spy of WW II
*], Colonel * ], ski jumper
* ], ]
* ], ski jumper
* ], ski jumper
* ], cross-country skier
* ], ski jumper
* ], World War II ] escort of intelligence agent ]
* ], ski jumper
* ], biathlete
* ], ]
* ], cross-country skiing
* ], ski jumper
* ], ski jumper
* ], ski jumper
{{div col end}}
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<gallery mode=nolines widths=100 heights=100 style="width:220px">
File:Kowalczyk-Trondheim09.jpg|]
File:Adam Malysz (2).jpg|]
File:Tomasz Sikora - 21-01-2010 (cropped).jpg|]
File:20170106 VST Bischofshofen 5186.jpg|]
</gallery>
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==Holocaust resistors== == Swimming ==
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*], Military Leader of Warsaw Ghetto Uprising (1943)
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*]
*] * ]
*] * ]
* ]
*], co-founder of ]
* ]
*], ]
*] * ]
*] * ]
* ], Australian
*], Polish politician and diplomat in Hungary
* ]
* ]
* ], Australian
* ]
* ]
* ]
* ]
* ]; murdered by the Nazis in ]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://docs.newsbank.com/g/GooglePM/DP/lib00153,0EAF44D611BD8AC2.html |author=Tom Archdeacon |title=Memories never dim from Games of Shame; Message of "Nazi Olympics'still vital |work= The Denver Post|date=April 26, 1998 |access-date=December 24, 2010}}</ref>
* ]
* ]
* ]
* ]
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<gallery mode=nolines widths=100 heights=100 style="width:220px">
File:KonradCzerniak-0137.jpg|]
File:Otylia Jędrzejczak 2014.jpg|]
File:Chwała olimpijczykom - s.071 - Lejzor Szrajbman.tif|]
</gallery>
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==Religion== == Tennis ==
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* ]
]''']]
* ]
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*]. * ]
*]. * ]
* ]
*St. ] (grandson of King Władysław II Jagiełło).
* ]
*St. ].
* ], German
*] (beatified Prince).
* ]
*] (Primate of Poland, 1915-26).
* ]
*] (Bishop of Kraków, 1879-94).
* ], German
*] (Archbishop of Kraków since 2005).
* ]
*] (Jewish messianic leader who merged Judaism and Christianity).
* ]
*] (religious writer).
* ] (1904–1991), Russian-born German, Polish, and British world-top-ten tennis player
*] (Primate of Poland, 1541-45).
* ]
*] (Primate of Poland, 1981-2007).
* ]
*] (Queen of Poland, 1384-99).
* ]
*] (Primate of Poland, 1926-48).
* ]
*] (legate to Poland, Cardinal and Prince-Bishop of Warmia).
* ]
*] (Dominican).
* ], Danish
*] (Polish Roman-Catholic Archbishop of Lvov, since 1991).
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*] (Bishop of Kraków, statesman).
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*] (Archbishop of Warsaw).
<gallery mode=nolines widths=100 heights=100 style="width:220px">
*St. ] (Carmelite).
File:Hurkacz RG19 (10) (48199235282).jpg|]
*St. ] (professor at Kraków University).
File:Kubot WM16 (1) (28136044530).jpg|]
*St. ] (Franciscan martyr, Auschwitz 1941).
File:Agnieszka Radwanska (19027292262).jpg|]
*] (priest, statesman).
File:Swiatek RG19 (1) (48199020336).jpg|]
*St. ] (Jesuit).
</gallery>
*St. ] (Sisters of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Mercy).
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*] (Primate of Poland).
*] (Bishop of Kamieniec Podolski, 1757-98).
*] (Archbishop of Philadelphia, 1961-88).
*] (Primate of Poland, 1866-86).
*] (Primate of Poland, 1510-31).
*] (Archbishop of Kraków, 1978-2005).
*] (Count; converted to Judaism as Avrohom ben Avrohom, the Ger Tzedek of Vilna; died 1749).
*] (Bishop of Kraków, 1895-1911).
*] (Bishop of Kraków, 1591-1600).
*St. ] (Bishop of Kraków, martyr 1079).
*] (Bishop/Archbishop of Kraków, 1911-51).
*] (Jesuit).
*] (Bishop of Kiev, 1756-59; Bishop of Kraków, 1759-88).
*] (Archbishop of Detroit, 1981-90).
*] (Archbishop of Gniezno, first Primate of Poland, 1418-22).
*] (Primate of Poland, 1562-81; Interrex, 1572-73 and 1574-75).
*] (priest and economist).
*] (Pope John Paul II, 1978-2005).
*] (Primate of Poland, 1948-81).
*Reverend Monsignor (Wawrzyniec) ] (Protonotary Apostolic).


==Other== == Volleyball ==
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*], controversial ufologist
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*] (Bendict the Pole, Benedictus Polonus), explorer
* ]
*], journalist
* ]
*], Kashubian activist
* ]
*], watchmaker
* ]
*]
* ]
*], traveller, interpreter, explorer
* ]
*], contract bridge champion
* ]
*], watchmaker
* ]
*], wheelchair dancing world champion
* ]
*], adventure traveller
* ]
*], engraver
* ]
*], U.S. news journalist/producer (nephew of ])
* ]
*], prince
* ]
*] (Ukrainian-Polish) fashion designer
* ]
*], California winemaker
* ]
*], top model
* ]
*], bibliophile
* ]
* ]
* ]
* ]
* ]
* ]
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* ] (born 1937)
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<gallery mode=nolines widths=100 heights=100 style="width:220px">
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== References ==
===Fictional characters===
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*Captain William Joseph "B.J." Blazkowicz from ]
*Waldemar Daninsky, wolfman from ]
*Nicodemus Dyzma (in ]'s novel, '']'').
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*], the "Painless Pole" in ]
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*] (Jan Paweł Wieczorek) from ]
*], aka Mike Nowak. Steve Roper and Mike Nomad was an American adventure comic strip that ran under various titles from November 1936 to December 26, 2004.
*Stanisław Wokulski (in ]' novel, '']'').
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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

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Chemistry

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Biology, medicine

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Astronomy

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Invention

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Engineering

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Other sciences

History

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Philosophy

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Prose literature

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Journalism

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Poetry

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Music

Visual arts

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Entertainment

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Business

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Politics

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Law

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Diplomacy

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Military

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Intelligence

Holocaust resistance

Religion

Nobility

Further information: List of szlachta

Royalty

See also: List of Polish monarchs

Assassins

Miscellany

Legendary persons

Fictional characters

Wrocław's dwarfs

Models

Athletics

Baseball

Basketball

Boxing

Checkers

Chess

Climbing

Cycling

Fencing

Football

Ice hockey

Judo

Skating

Skiing

Swimming

Tennis

Volleyball

Weightlifting

Others sports

See also

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