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


== Physics ==
If a notable Pole is ], please add your request for a new article ]
{{See also|Category:Polish physicists}}
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''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.''
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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.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 ==
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 chemists}}
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* ], modern semiconductors
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* ], electrochemistry of biopolymers
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* ], inventor of kerosene lamp
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* ], ] as ''Sendivogius'': ], physician, discoverer of ]
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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 Świętosławski.jpg|]
File:Zygmunt Wróblewski.PNG|]
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== Biology, medicine ==
''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 biologists|Category:Polish physicians}}
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==History==
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==Science==

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* ], physician, social activist
*], entomologist
* ], physician
*], anthropologist
* ], neurophysiologist, discoverer of ]
*], surgeon
* ], anthropologist
*], physician
* ], anthropologist
*], physician
* ], psychiatrist, creator of the theory of ]
*], neurophysiologist
* ], surgeon
*], anthropologist
* ], biologist
*], revolutionary surgeon
*], biologist * ], physician
*], physician * ], physician, senator of the Republic of Poland, social activist
*], zoologist * ], zoologist, ]
* ], physician, ]
*], zoologist
* ], pathologist and cancer biologist, founder of the ]
*], physician
*], physician * ], neurologist
* ], microbiologist, philosopher of science
*], embryologist
* ], ] and ]
*], microbiologist
* ], coined the term ]
*], zoologist
*], physician * ], physician
* ], embryologist
*], physician
*], biologist * ], neurologist
* ], surgeon
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* ], pharmacologist, physician
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*], biologist * ], physician
*], psychologist * ], microbiologist
* ], neurophysiologist
*], biologist
* ], zoologist
*], biologist
* ], dermatologist
*], ornithologist
*], microbiologist * ], physician
* ], ornithologist
*], medical pioneer
*], botanist * ], biologist
* ], physiologist
*], biologist
*], biologist * ], biologist
* ], paleobiologist
*], cardiologist
* ], physician, scientist
*], biologist
* ], pharmacologist
*], ] enrocrinologist.
* ], neurophysiologist
*], biologist
* ], biologist
*] (born in Poland, of ] descent), botanist
* ], ]
*], ornithologist
* ], medical pioneer
*], embryologist
*], physician * ], biochemist
*], biologist * ], neuropsychiatrist
* ], paediatrician and pioneer of ]
*], physician
* ], neuroscientist
* ], neurologist and professor
* ], physician
* ], psychiatrist influenced by ] and ]
* ], botanist
* ], biologist
* ], biologist
* ], immunologist
* ], cardiologist
* ] (1914–1998), Israeli physician and educator; first President of ]
* ], Polish-Swiss physiologist; 1950 ]
* ], cardiologist
* ], biologist
* ], ]; President of the ]
* ], ] endocrinologist
* ], leading Kleinian ]
* ] (1924–2022), Israeli immunologist; President of the ]
* ], ], ], ]
* ], neurophysiologist
* ] (born in Poland, of German descent), botanist
* ], immunologist
* ], ornithologist
* ], physician
* ], zoologist
* ], embryologist
* ], physician
* ], neuroscientist, pharmacologist and biochemist
* ], physician, social and national activist
* ], botanist
* ], ] vaccine
* ], zoologist
* ], physician influential in ]
* ], physician
* ], neuroscientist
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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|]
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=== Chemistry === == Astronomy ==
{{See also|Category:Polish astronomers}}
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File:Jan Brożek portr.jpg|]
File:Johannes Hevelius(close-up).jpg|]
File:Bohdan Paczyński.jpg|]
File:Aleksander Wolszczan (2007).jpg|]
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== Mathematics ==
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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:Stanisław Leśniewski.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|]
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File:Ulam-stanislaw m.jpg|]
File:Stanislaw Zareba Polish mathematician.jpg|]
File:Henryk Zygalski.jpg|]
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=== Engineering === == Computer science ==
{{See also|Category:Polish computer scientists}}
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*] (Konstanty Ciołkowski), spaceflight pioneer
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*], weponry
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*], aviation
File:Stanislaw Ulam.tif|]
*], aviation
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*], designer of ] fighter
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=== Economics === == Linguistics ==
{{See also|Category:Linguists from Poland}}
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*], PRL economy
* ] (1845–1929), developed the theory of the ] and ].
*], III RP Economic Sciences
* ], Russian-Polish-Russian ], philosopher of language, ]
*], PRL economy
* ] (1856–1939), ] and Polish-language lexicographer
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* ] (1903–1970), ]–English ] (''] Dictionary'')
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* ], Polish language lexicographer
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* ] (1921–2016), Polish–English lexicographer
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File:Aleksander Brückner 1939.jpg|]
File:POL Onufry Kopczyński.jpg|]
File:Alfred Korzybski.jpg|]
File:Samuel Bogumił Linde.JPG|]
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=== Invention === == Invention ==
{{See also|Category:Polish inventors}}
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*], mathematician, engineer * ], mathematician, engineer, inventor of the ]
*] * ], first welded road bridge
*], ] * ], ]
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* ], medical equipment
*], ] audio recorders
* ] in 1884 built the first electric-battery-powered ]
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* ], first successful movable-frame ]
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* ], ]
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* ], Gundlach Rotary Periscope
*], first cinematic camera
* ], pneumatic shock absorbers
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* ], ] audio recorders
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* ], inventor of ]
*], ]
* ], ballast tank funnels
* ], Anecia Safety Capsule
* ], ], ]
* ], ]
* ], precursor of ] and ]; 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:Leski Kazimierz.jpg|]
File:Ignacy Lukasiewicz.jpg|]
File:1959-Magnuski-Henryk-W-Portrait.jpg|]
File:Julian Ochorowicz.jpg|]
File:ICP with Hex Model - 2.jpg|]
File:Marian Rejewski 1932 small.jpg|]
File:Jerzy Rozycki.jpg|]
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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
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* ], first moon rover
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* ], first welded road bridge
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* ], soil solidification
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* ], ]
* ], designer of ] bomber
* ], Polish-Russian engineer, electrician, and inventor
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* ], tank designer
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* ], 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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File:Kazimierz Gzowski.jpg|]
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== Social sciences ==
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* ], archeologist, Egyptologist
* ], sociologist, philosopher
* ], psychologist
* ], anthropologist
* ], psychologist
* ], Renaissance jurist
* ], sociologist
* ], sociologist
* ], ethnographer, archaeologist, historian
* ], a founder of sociology
* ]
* ], sociologist
* ], jurist, professor of international law, rector of ]
* ], ethnographer
* ], 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
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* ], sociologist
* ], cultural anthropologist
* ], sociologist
* ], sociologist
* ], jurist and mayor of ]
* ], historian of ideas
* ], Egyptologist, archeologist
* ], sociologist
* ], sociologist
* ], sociologist, founder of ]'s Institute of Political Studies
* ], sociologist
* ], political scientist and social anthropologist.
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=== Linguistics === == Economics ==
{{See also|Category:Polish economists}}
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=== Physics === == History ==
{{See also|Category:Polish historians}}
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* ], 13th-century historian of Poland
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* ] (1906–1995), Israeli historian and archeologist; President of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem
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* ],<ref>{{cite book|last1=Bojtar|first1=Endre|editor1-last=Cornis-Pope|editor1-first=Marcel|editor2-last=Neubauer|editor2-first=John|title=History of the Literary Cultures of East-Central Europe: Junctures and disjunctures in the 19th and 20th centuries. Volume III: The making and remaking of literary institutions. Vol. III|date=2007|publisher=John Benjamins Publishing|isbn=978-90-272-3455-1|page=294|chapter=Mythologizing Contemporary Baltic Consciousness}}</ref> Polish historian of Lithuania
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* ], ] ] and ] scholar
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* ] (1932-2015), Polish Armed Forces, World War II
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* ], World War II
* ] (1826–1891), historian of ancient Egypt
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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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* ], 1996 ]
* ]
* ]
* ], translator of ] into English, ] editor
* ]
* ]
* ] * ]
* ] * ]
* ]
* ] * ]
* ], aka "]", ] poet and singer
* ] * ]
* ] * ]
* ]
* ] * ]
* ]
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* ]
* ]
* ]
* ] * ]
* ]
* ]
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File:Zbigniew Herbert.jpg|]
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== Philosophy == == Music ==
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* ], singer
* ], drummer
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* ], composer and pianist
* ], singer-songwriter, author and television personality
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* ], singer-songwriter, guitarist
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* ], singer
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* ], lutenist, composer
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* ], singer
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* ], pianist and music teacher
* ], singer
* ], punk performer
* ], composer, ]'s piano teacher
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* ], composer
* ], composer
* ], composer
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* ], singer
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* ], musicologist, composer
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* ], singer
* ], composer
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* ], singer-songwriter
* ], singer
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* ], film score composer
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* ], singer-songwriter
* ]
* ], composer
* ], composer
* ], music critic, writer
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* ], composer
* ], opera singer
* ], composer, virtuoso violinist (about equal to ])
* ], pianist
* ], singer-songwriter
* ], film score composer
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* ], composer
* ], conductor
* ], 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
* ], composer
* ], singer and musician
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* ], composer, guitar player, vocalist, and lyricist
* ], singer-songwriter
* ], singer-songwriter
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* ], 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
* ], 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
* ], conductor
* ], jazz, "Polish (or: The White) ]"
* ], composer
* ], pianist
* ], singer-songwriter
* ], opera singer
* ], composer and pianist
* ], singer-songwriter
* ], composer
* ], composer
* ] (1858–1935), ] ]
* ], composer
* ], composer, ]
* ], composer and leader of ]
* ], Polish-Australian composer
* ], jazz trumpeter
* ], singer-songwriter
* ], singer
* ], singer
* ], composer
* ], pianist
* ]
* ], composer, pedagog
* ], composer, conductor
* ], violinist
* ], pianist
* ], guitarist, singer
* ], composer, concert pianist
* ], composer, pianist
* ], composer
* ], first director of the ]
* ], pianist, composer
* ], singer popularly known as "Basia"
* ], singer
* ], singer
* ], jazz musician
* ], 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
* ], composer, ]'s first professional piano teacher
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File:Chopin, by Wodzinska.JPG|]
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File:Józef Elsner.PNG|]
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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: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|]
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== Visual arts ==
{{See also|List of Polish architects|List of Polish artists|List of Polish painters}}
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* ], sculptor
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* ], painter
* ], sculptor
* ], architect
* ], contemporary artist
* ] (1836–93), illustrator, painter, architect
* ], painter and rector of ]
* ], Italian-Polish portrait painter
* ], computer graphics
* ] (Balthasar Kłossowski de Rola), Polish-French painter
* ], contemporary painter and sculptor
* ], sculptor
* ], painter
* ], Italian-Polish landscape and court painter
* ], painter, illustrator, designer
* ] (1782–1855), painter
* ], painter
* ], painter, lithographer and film director
* ], painter
* ], battle-scene painter
* ], painter and drawer
* ] (1851–1925), painter of historical and military subjects
* ], painter
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* ], painter, poet, art critic
* ], photographer
* ], painter
* ], contemporary sculptor
* ] (1902–1986)
* ], sculptor
* ], Jewish–Polish artist, lithographer, photographer
* ], painter
* ], painter
* ], baroque and ] architect
* ], sculptors and painters
* ], painter
* ], painter
* ], painter, brother of ]
* ], painter
* ], architect
* ], sculptor
* ], Painter, Sculptor and Engraver
* ], architect
* ], sculptor and medallist
* ], architect
* ], painter, illustrator
* ], ]s
* ], sculptor, painter, stage designer
* ], engraver, printmaker
* ], graphic artist and painter
* ], painter, sculptor, pedagogue
* ], architect
* ], photographer
* ], painter, sculptor
* ], painter
* ], sculptor, animated-film scenarist
* ], architect
* ] (1915–1990), painter, theater director
* ], glass maker and sculptor
* ], sculptor
* ], landscape painter
* ], architect
* ], painter, poet
* ], painter
* ], painter, illustrator
* ], painter
* ], 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
* ], painter
* ], illustrator, painter<ref name="Crowley"/>
* ], painter
* ], painter
* ], 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
* ], 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|]
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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|]
File:Kantor09.jpg|]
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|]
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File:Matejko Self-portrait.jpg|]
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File:Igor Mitoraj (15434967636).jpg|]
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== Entertainment ==
* ]
{{See also|List of Polish actors|Category:Polish theatre directors|Category:Polish film directors}}
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* ]
* ], 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
* ], 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
* ], 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
* ], Warner Bros. co-founder
* ], Warner Bros. co-founder
* ], Warner Bros. co-founder
* ], radio announcer, composer, pianist, actor and director
* ], film director
* ], dancer and ballet master
* ], cinematographer
* ], film director
* ], actor, theater director
* ], film director
* ], 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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]''']]
* ], first Prime Minister of Poland in exile (1944–1947)
]''']]
* ], count, Minister-President of Austria (1895–1897)
]''']]
* ], (Mieczysław Biegun), militant ], prime minister of ]
]''']]
* ], Zionist leader and first Prime Minister of Israel (1886–1973)
]''']]
* ], former director of economic policy in the interim coalition administration of ], Prime Minister of Poland (2004–2005)
*], sculptor
* ], leader of communist Poland (1948–1956)
*]
* ], Governor of Galicia (1908–1913)
*], painter, animator, computer graphics
* ] (born 1941), elected to the ] in 2005
*]
* ] (1928–2017), political scientist, advisor to US President ]
*], sculptor
* ], liberal member of the ] assembled in ] (1788–1792)
*], painter
* ], Prime Minister of Poland (1997–2001), ] (2009–2012)
*]
* ] (1810–68), Polish and French politician and diplomat; French Foreign Minister under ].
*], painter
* ], Prime Minister of communistic Poland (1947–1952 and 1954–1970)
*], painter
* ], prince, statesman, Prime Minister (1830–1831)
*], painter
* ], prime minister of the ] (1918)
*], painter, poet, art critic
* ], merchant, mayor of Warsaw (1789–1791)
*], photographer
* ] (1907–1967), writer, journalist, political activist
*], painter
* ], member of the Prussian parliament, philanthropist
*]
* ] (1864–1939), nationalist politician, statesman
*], painter, cartoonist, stage designer
* ], sixth President of the Third Polish Republic (since 2015)
*], sculptor
* ], founder of ] under the original name '']''
*], painter
* ], leader of communist Poland (1970–1980)
*], painter
* ] (born 1976), Polish political scientist and diplomat
*], painter
* ], leader of communist Poland (1956–1970)
*], painter
* ] (1811–1857), politician and revolutionary activist
*], painter, brother of ]
* ], Mayor of Nowy Sącz (1867–1870)
*], painter
* ], Prime Minister of communistic Poland (1970–1980)
*], architect
* ], last leader of communist Poland (1981–1989), first President of the Third Polish Republic (1989–1990)
*], painter, illustrator
* ] (1799–1882) was a ] who in 1831, after fighting in Poland's ], drafted the first constitution for his proposed ].
*], sculptor, painter, stage designer
* ], sixth and last President of Poland in exile (1989–1990)
*], German illustrator and writer, born in what is now ]
* ], identical twin brother of Lech, leader of the ] party, Prime Minister of Poland (2006–2007)
*], (1915-1990) painter, theatre director
* ], fourth President (2005–2010) of Third Polish Republic, died in ] air crash
*], sculptor
* ], co-author of ]
*], painter
* ], fifth President of the Third Polish Republic (2010–2015)
*], painter, illustrator
* ], leader of Silesians during the ]
*], painter
* ], free-market activist
*], video artist
* ], ], politician, ]
*], painter
* ] (1892–1944), archeologist; Prime Minister of Poland, 1934–35.
*], performer
* ], first Prime Minister of Kingdom of Poland (1917–1918)
*], painter
* ], politician, social activist
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* ], judge, lawyer, and member of the Polish Senate
]''']]
* ], third President of the Third Polish Republic (1995–2005)
]''']]
* ], leader of ] and former Vice-PM
]''']]
* ], lawyer and prominent Socialist politician
]''']]
* ], Minister of Justice who introduced the ], state archives and public libraries
]''']]
* ], leader of ] political party

* ], leading ] theoretician
*], cartoonist and illustrator.
* ], political activist in Bydgoszcz, representative at the Reichstag
*], architect
* ], Soviet politician
*]
* ], Prime Minister of Poland (2005–2006)
*], painter
* ], politician, first Prime Minister of the Third Polish Republic (Poland)
*], painter
* ], influential journalist
*], painter
* ], insurgent, general, ]
*], sculptor
* ], member of the Imperial Council of Austria
*]
* ], Prime Minister of Poland (1943–1944), Agrarian Party politician
*], painter
* ], activist, politician and academic
*], illustrator, painter
* ], first Prime Minister of II RP (1918–1919)
*], painter
* ], third President (1926–1939) of the Second Polish Republic
*], painter
* ], the only Polish ], friend of ]
*], painter, graphic artist
* ], British politician and historian
*], painter and illustrator
* ], first President of the Second Polish Republic (1922)
*]
* ], Prime Minister of III RP (1995–1996), Speaker of the ] (1993–1995; 2004–2005)
*], painter, graphic artist, cartoonist, stage designer
* ], ] spokesman, mathematician, alpinist, Minister of Defence
*], painter
* ], Justice of the Oklahoma Supreme Court
*], painter
* ], Minister of Agriculture 1923, Minister of Trade & Industry (1925-6)
*], cartoonist
* ], Founder of ], Poland's signal cultural patron
*], medieval sculptor
* ], third President of Poland in exile (1972–1979)
*], painter
* ], second Prime Minister of the Second Polish Republic (1919)
*], painter
* ], Marshal of the Senate (2001–2005)
*], sculptor, stage designer, theatre director
* ], Prime Minister of Poland (1992 and 1993–1995)
*], painter
*] (born 1976), lawyer and politician
*], painter
* ], President of Israel 2007–2014, Prime Minister of Israel (1984–1986; 1995–1996)
*], sculptor
* ], Costa Rican president, Polish mother
*], painter
* ], statesman, politician and Marshal of Poland
*], painter
* ], revolutionary, independence leader
*], painter
* ], independence activist, founder of ]
*], painter
* ], count, Minister-President of Austria (1870–1871)
*], designer and sculptor of ]
* ], co-author of ]
*]
* ], leading socialist deputy, exiled minister and writer
* ], 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)
* ], writer, adviser, ], founder of the ]
* ], count, president of the ] (1916–1918; 1940–1943)
* ], fifth President of Poland in exile (1986–1989)
* ], vice-president of ] (2004–2007)
* ], general, Prime Minister of Poland (1939–1943)
* ], politician and former foreign minister (2007–2014)
* ], President of Warsaw (1934–1939)
* ], politician and publicist
* ], Prime Minister of Poland, 2015–2017
* ], conceptualised an economic union for Europe in 1885
* ], anticommunist activist, activist for ]
* ], chairman of ]; President of the European Council (2014–2019) and Prime Minister of Poland (2007–2014; 2023–)
* ], Minister of Railways, 1923–25, in ]'s government
* ], trade unionist who started dismantling of the Soviet bloc, the ] in 1983, second President of the Third Polish Republic (1990–1995)
* ], socialist activist in the 19th century
* ], communist activist during ]
* ], 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 the Second Polish Republic (1922–1926)
* ], politician, insurgency commander (1836–1908)
* ], second President of Poland in exile (1947–1972)
* ], chancellor and grand ] of the crown (1542–1605)
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== Entertainment == == Law ==
{{main|List of Polish lawyers}}
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*], actor
*], film director
*] (Sobolewski), Van Halen band
*], film director
*], ] winning short animated movies maker, nominated to ]
*], cinematographer, director and actor.
*], singer and actor
*], Academy Award winning set decorator, costume designer, production designer
*], actor
*], actress, poetry singer
*], actress
*], cinematographer, ] winner.
*], actress
*], director
*], actress, starred in ]
*], actor and singer
*], English theatre and film actor of Polish father from ]
*], legendary film producer
*], theatre reformer
*], film director, nominated to ] and ]
*], actor
*], actor
*], cinematagrapher, nominated to ]
*], actress
*], actress
*], ] winning composer, nominated to ]
*], American actress of Polish parents
*], protest songwriter and singer
*], two ] and ] winning cinematographer and film director
*], ] winning composer
*], film director, nominated to ]
*], actor
*], American actress born into a Polish family
*], film director
*](born Marcin Kunert-Dziewanowski) - writer/director
*], actor
*], actor
*], accomplished cinematographer and film director, nominated for 5 Oscars
*]/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


==Business== == Diplomacy ==
{{See also|Category:Polish diplomats}}
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*] (Patek's partner in Patek, Czapek & Co.).
* ], foreign affairs minister of III RP (1995; 2000–2001)
*], businessman and cosmetician
* ], foreign affairs minister of II RP (1932–1939)
*], technology entrepreneur
* ], Polish-Saxon diplomat, starost of Warsaw
*]
* ], American diplomat
*], humanitarian, philantropist, widow of ]
* ], foreign affairs minister of III RP (2001–2005)
*], legendary merchant, spy, diplomat, opened the first ] in ] in ]
* ], Polish diplomat; ] foreign minister (1804–1806)
*], one of the richest Poles
*], one of the two co-founders of the retail chain ] * ], prince, the main diplomatic agent of the National Government (1863–1864)
* ], foreign affairs minister of II RP (1923)
*] (co-founder of watchmakers ]).
* ], foreign affairs minister of III RP (1997–2000)
*], philanthropist, textile magnate
* ], count, foreign affairs minister of Austria-Hungary (1895–1906)
*], cosmetics industrialist
* ], diplomat and ] of ], author of the ] with Russia (1686)
*] (''Kostyra''; business magnate, author, editor, homemaking advocate of Polish parentage).
* ], diplomat in Rome, to Holy See (1927–1954)
*], the former Chief Executive Officer of ]
* ]
* ], Polish diplomat
* ], ], ], diplomat. Polish ambassador to the Soviet Union (1941–1942), Italy (1945–1947).
* ], Polish ambassador to Germany (1933–1939)
* ], Polish ambassador to the Soviet Union (1934–1936) and France (1936–1939)
* ], diplomat
* ], foreign affairs minister of III RP (2005–2006)
* ], British diplomat and historian
* ], foreign affairs minister of III RP (1993–1995)
* ], foreign affairs minister of II RP (1919) and third prime minister of Poland
* ], foreign affairs minister of II RP (1919–1920)
* ], count, Polish ambassador to the United Kingdom (1934–1945) and foreign affairs minister (1941–1943)
* ], foreign affairs minister of communist Poland (1956–1968)
* ], advocate for a ]
* ], foreign affairs minister of the ] (1943–1944)
* ], foreign affairs minister of III RP (1995–1997)
* ], foreign affairs minister of III RP (2005)
* ], foreign affairs minister of III RP (2007–2014)
* ], foreign affairs minister of II RP (1921–1922)
* ], foreign affairs minister of II RP (1922–1923; 1924–1926)
* ], first foreign affairs minister of III RP (1989–1993)
* ], Polish ambassador to the United States (1955–1961; 1978–1981)
* ], count, foreign affairs deputy secretary (1932–1939)
* ] (1925–1991), Israeli diplomat and President of the ]
* ], Soviet jurist and diplomat
* ], French foreign affairs minister
* ], foreign affairs minister of II RP (1918–1919)
* ], general, Polish ambassador to Italy (1938–1940)
* ], diplomat
* ], foreign affairs minister of II RP (1926–1932)
* ], foreign affairs minister of II RP (1924)
* ], Czech foreign affairs minister
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== Sports == == Military ==
''see also: ]'' {{See also|Category:Polish military personnel}}
{{Main|List of Polish admirals}}
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* ], general, military commander during the ] (1944)
* ], general of artillery of Holland (1639), and Poland (1646)
* ], military commander, commander-in-chief of Hungarian army (1849)
* ], colonel, last chief of staff of the ] (1944–1945)
* ], military commander, victor of ] (1605)
* ], resistance fighter
* ] (Sadok Pasha) (1804–1886), Polish commander-in-chief of an ] ] brigade during the ] (1853–1856)
* ], ] of Poland (1665)
* ], general, military commander during the ]
* ], military commander during the ] and the ] (1871)
* ], military commander in the ] and the Hungarian uprising of 1849
* ], general, ambassador, nominated President of Poland (1939)
* ], general, military commander in the ] (1919)
* ], World War II general
* ] (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>
* ], general, last deputy commander-in-chief of the ] (1944–1945)
* ], major, soldier during World War I, Home Army commandant in World War II and in German POW camps
* ], politician, commander of the Polish Army in France during World War I
* ], general, murdered by the ] in the 1940 ]s
* ], ] (1682/3–1702)
* ] (1913–2005), journalist and World War II hero
* ], Polish-Jewish colonel in the ] and in ]'s ]; commanded the first Jewish military formation in modern history
* ], 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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== Intelligence ==
=== Athletics (track and field) ===
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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
* ], emissary who confirmed the reality of the ] to ]
* ], Polish agent, ] combrig, Polish Army major
* ], engineer, intelligence officer and cryptologist, one of many who broke Soviet ]s during the ] of 1919–1921
* ], Polish Army officer and World War II British ] agent; colleague of ]
* ], Polish Army colonel, ] ] master spy
* ], Polish spy at the ] (1683); founder of ]'s first ], which offered coffee produced from ]s captured from the Turks
* ], head of Poland's ], which from 1932 broke Germany's military ]s
* ], engineer, fighter pilot, World War II "Musketeers" and ] intelligence officer
* ], prewar Section II ] who supervised the General Staff's ]
* ], Olympic gold-medalist ] and Cold-War ]
* ], general, chief of the General Staff's Section II (1929–1932; 1935–January 1938)
* ], Polish agent, covering the area of Soviet Belarus (1922–1926)
* ], Polish ] and intelligence agent in London (1948–1949); the most influential contemporary ] of ]
* ], ], chief of the General Staff's Section II (1926–1929)
* ], aka ''Christine Granville'', World War II British ] agent
* ] (''Rygor-Słowikowski''), Polish Army intelligence officer whose work in North Africa facilitated Allied preparations for the 1942 ] landings
* ], major, Polish spy in Germany (1926–1934) as Georg von Sosnowski, Ritter von Nalecz
* ], Polish ] in Berlin (1932–1939)
* ], World War II British intelligence agent; wife of ]
* ], lieutenant colonel, the first commander of ]
* ], Cold-War Polish intelligence agent convicted of espionage against the United States
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== Holocaust resistance ==
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*], sprinter
* ], ]
*], track athlete
* ], ]
*], sprinter
* ]
*], sprinter
* ]
*], ]
* ]
*], ]
* ]
*], ]
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*], ]
* ]
*], ]
* ] (1910–1945)
*], athlete
*], athlete * ]
* ]
*], athlete
* ]
*], athlete
* ]
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* ]
* ], ] 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
* ], "Polish ]", diplomat in Hungary
* ], another "Polish ]"
* ], Nazi hunter
* ]
* ]
* ]
* ]
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=== Boxing === == Religion ==
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=== Chess ===
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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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File:Jakub Frank.jpg|]
File:Michal Heller by Adam Walanus (53).jpg|]
File:August Hlond portr.jpg|]
File:Stanisław Hozjusz.JPG|]
File:Grobowiec krolowej Jadwigi.jpg|]
File:Stanislaus Kostka Legros n1.jpg|]
File:200px-Faustina.jpg|]
File:Cardinal Adam Kozlowiecki.png|]
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File:SStanisław.JPG|]
File:Adam Stefan Sapieha (1867-1951).jpg|]
File:Józef Teodorowicz-NAC-1-R-925.jpg|]
File:Ursula Leduhovskaya in 1907.jpg|]
File:Vilna Gaon, Winograd picture.jpg|]
File:Pope John Paul II smile.jpg|]
File:Stefan Wyszyński.jpg|]
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== Nobility ==
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== Royalty ==
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{{See also|List of Polish monarchs}}
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* ], first Duke of Poland
*]
* ], first Duchess of Poland
*]
* ] (Gunhild), daughter of ] of Poland, mother of ], King of England, Denmark and Norway
*]
* ], first King of Poland
*]
* ], second King of Poland
*]
* ], queen of Poland
*]
* ], duke of Poland
*]
* ], third King of Poland
*]
* ], duke of Poland
*]
* ], duke of Poland
*]
* ], duke of Greater Poland, Senior Duke of Poland
*]
* ], duke of Cracow, Senior Duke of Poland
*]
* ], 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|]
File:Zygmunt Waza Soutman.jpg|]
File:John III Sobieski of Poland.PNG|]
File:Stanisław Augustus Poniatowski.jpg|]
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=== Fencing === == Assassins ==
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* ], assassin of American President ]
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* ], assassin of Tsar ]
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* ], modernist painter, art critic, assassin of Polish President ]
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* ], assassin of ]
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File:E Niewiadomski.jpg|]
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=== Ice hockey === == 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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=== Skiing ===
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*], ski jumper


=== Football === == 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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File:Krakovia Lajkonik Zamaltzain 8599 (13619274304).jpg|]
File:POL Warszawa Katowicka syrenka 02.jpg|]
</gallery>
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== Fictional characters ==
*], defender
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*], midfielder
* Matteusz Andrzejewski, played by ], a character in '']'', a British ] drama programme, and a ] of the long-running programme '']''
*], goalkeeper
* Captain William Joseph ] in '']''
*], midfielder
* ], a ] from the ] of novels and films, created by ]
*], midfielder
* ], cartoon characters from a Polish children's TV animated comedy series
*], midfielder
* ], Polish version of the forest-dwelling sorceress
*], goalkeeper
* Waldemar Daninsky, wolfman in '']''
*], attacker
* Nicodemus Dyzma, in ]'s novel '']''
*], defender
* Jacob Jankowski, a character played by ] in a 2011 American ] '' ]''
*], coach
* Marcin Jerek, Polish-born British professor and former CIA interrogator, in the TV series '']'', played by ]
*], defender, coach
* Dr. Judym, in ]'s novel '']''
*], attacker, coach
* ]
*], midfielder, coach
* Florentyna Kane in '']'' and '']''
*], defender
* ], grandson of B.J. Blazkowicz
*], attacker
* ] (Captain Kloss), ] secret agent in the Polish ] ''Stake larger than life''
*], attacker
* '']''
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* ], 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 ]
* Dominic Wajda {{div col end}}


== Models ==
*], defender, coach
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*], coach
* ] (Anna Åberg, Anna Yeager), born in Poland
*], attacker
* ], born in ]
*], midfielder
* ], born in ]
*], attacker
* ], born in ]
*], midfielder
* ], born in ]
*], attacker
* ], born in ]
*], defender
* ], born in ]
*], midfielder
* ], born in ]
*], goalkeeper
* ], born in ], glamour model
*], attacker
* ], born in ]
*], attacker
* ], born in ]
*], attacker
* ], born in ], Venezuela
*], defender
* ], 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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=== Swimming === == Athletics ==
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* ], ]
*]
* ], sprinter
*]
* ], shot putter
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* ], ]

* ], athlete
=== Weightlifting ===
* ], sprinter
*]
* ], middle-distance runner
*]
* ], hammer thrower
*]
*] * ], sprinter
* ], steeplechaser
* ], sprinter
* ], sprinter
* ], shot putter
* ], ]
* ], sprinter
* ], athlete
* ], Israeli Olympic runner and long jumper
* ], sprinter
* ], ]
* ], ]
* ], ]
* ], ]
* ], athlete
* ], ]
* ], sprinter
* ], athlete
* ], athlete
* ], athlete
* ], ]er
* ], athlete
* ], athlete
* ], shot putter
* ], discus thrower
* ], sprinter
* ], athlete
* ], sprinter
* ], Israeli Olympic ]er and ]er, and captain of the ]
* ], speed climber
* ], athlete
* ], athlete
* ], athlete
* ], ]
* ], discus thrower
* ], athlete
* ], long-jumper
* ], pole vaulter
* ], ocean sailor
* ], pole vaulter
* ], ]er
* ], sprinter
* ], ]
* ], javelin thrower
* ], hammer thrower
* ], sprinter
* ], triple jumper
* ], sprinter
* ], pole vaulter
* ], sprinter
* ], sprinter
* ], discus thrower
* ], sprinter
* ], sprinter
* ], hammer thrower
* ], ]
* ], sprinter
* ], high jumper
* ], athlete
* ], athlete
* ], hammer thrower
* ], wrestling WWF
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File:Robert Korzeniowski.jpg|]
File:Tomasz Majewski Pedro's Cup Łódź 2016 03.jpg|]
File:Prinstein cropped.jpg|]
File:Anna Rogowska.JPG|]
File:Irena Szewinska 2012.jpg|]
File:Wajsówna.jpg|]
File:Feliks Wiśnik 2020.]
File:AnitaWRio2016 cropped.jpg|]
</gallery>
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=== Sports (Other) === == Basketball ==
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* ]
*], Muay Thai
* ]
*], tennis
* ] (born 1988), ] basketball player
*], table tennis
* ]
*], American football
* ]
*], tennis
* ]
*], racing driver
* ]
*], sailor
* ]
*], canoeing
* ], ]
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* ]
* ]
* ]
* ], American-Polish basketball player
* ]
* ]
* ]
* ]
* ], American-born Polish basketball player
* ]
* ]
* ], Polish-American basketball player
* ], ]
* ]
* ]
* ]
* ]
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File:20160814 Basketball ÖBV Vier-Nationen-Turnier 4428.jpg|]
File:Marcin Gortat (15698879036).jpg|]
File:EuroBasket 2017 Finland vs Poland 22.jpg|]
File:Wojcik Adam.jpg|]
</gallery>
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== Boxing ==
*], judo
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*], canoeing
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*], strongman
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*], biathlete
*], cyclist * ]
* ]
*], handballer
* ]
*], racing driver
* ]
* ]
* ], International Boxing ]
* ]
* ]
* ]
* ]
* ]
* ]
* ]
* ]
* ]
* ], coach
* ]
* ]
* ]
* ]
* ]
* ]
* ]
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File:Tomasz Adamek 11.JPG|]
File:Andrzej Golota 2014.jpg|]
File:Jerzy Kulej 2.jpg|]
File:Dariusz Michalczewski (2007).jpg|]
</gallery>
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==Royalty== == Checkers ==
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== Chess ==
*], 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.
* ] (1905–1985)
*], duke of Poland.
* ] (1905–1941)
*], third King of Poland.
* ] (1888–1952)
*], duke of Poland.
* ] (1890–1920)
*], senior duke of Poland, duke of Silesia.
* ] (1895–unknown)
*], senior duke of Poland, commander of Polish forces in the ] (1241).
* ] (b. 1962)
*], King of Poland.
* ] (1873–1928)
*], Piast Dynasty last King of Poland.
* ] (1900–1941)
*], King and Queen of Poland.
* ] (1834–1902)
*], Lithuanian, King of Poland, victor at the ] (1410).
* ] (1910–1984)
*] (]), King of Poland and ], killed at the ] (1444).
* ] (1910–2000), American born to Polish parents
*], King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania, victor in the ] (1454-1466).
* ] (1885–1944)
*], King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania.
* ] (1894–1920)
*] (], wife of ]).
* ] (b. 1998)
*], Jagiello Dynasty last King of the ].
* ] (1906–1979)
*], ] King of the ].
* ] (1903–1979)
*], King of the ] and King of Sweden.
* ] (b. 1946)
*], elected Tsar of Russia, King of the ].
* ] (1883–1949)
*], King of the ], victor at the ] (1651).
* ] (1880–1926)
*], King of the ], victor at the ] (1683).
* ] (1903–1942)
*] (Marta Skowrońska), second wife of Russian ] ], and ] (1725-27).
* ] (1905–1940)
*], King of the ] and ].
* ] (1905–1982)
*], consort of ], King of France.
* ] (1913–1983)
*], last King of the ], co-author of the ].
* ] (1915–1943)
* ] (1902–1995)
* ]
* ] (1868–1935)
* ] (1868–1927)
* ] (1851–1906)
* ] (1866–1932)
* ] (1895–1940)
* ] (1903–2000), born in Belgium to a Polish-Jewish family
* ] (b. 1938)
* ] (b. 1963), Russian born, moved to Poland in 1992
* ] (1901–1941)
* ] (b. 1955), awarded the title of Chess Grandmaster in 1980
* ] (1892–1970)
* ] (1903–1943)
* ] (1885–1981)
* ] (1877–1934)
* ] (1889–1961)
* ] (1881–1940)
* ] (b. 1977)
* ] (1901–1972)
* ] (1859–1939)
* ] (1881–1943), born in the United States to Polish parents
* ] (b. 1975)
* ] (1910–1997)
* ] (1903–1962)
* ] (1880–1913)
* ] (1903–1939)
* ]
* ] (1915–2004)
* ] (1908–1943)
* ] (1863–1941)
* ] (1860–1918)
* ] (1880–1940)
* ] (b. 1981)
* ] (1894–1954)
* ] (1911–1992)
* ] (1837–1902)
* ] (1889–1920)
* ] (1880–1961)
* ] (1862–1920)
* ] (b. 1943)
* ] (1887–1942)
* ] (1865–1902)
* ] (b. 1978)
* ] (1908–unknown)
* ] (1922–2003)
* ] (b. 1994)
* ] (1887–1956)
* ] (1850–1919)
* ] (1880–1948)
* ] (1944–2011)
* ] (1868–1942)
* ] (1838–1919)
* ] (b. 1987)
* ] (1963–2006)
* ] (1925–2000)
* ] (1860–1928)
* ] (1842–1888)
* ] ({{circa|1811/1812}}–1882)
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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|]
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==Nobility (szlachta)== == 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
* ], high-altitude climber
* ], high-altitude climber
* ], high-altitude climber
* ], high-altitude climber
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File:Jerzy Kukuczka Mount Everest 1980.jpg|]
File:2018 - Pol’and’Rock Festival - Krzysztof Wielicki 02.jpg|]
</gallery>
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==Military== ==Cycling==
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]''']]
* ]
]''']]
* ]
]''']]
* ]
*], 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
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*], U.S. Navy ], ]
{{col-break|width=220px}}
*], (born Konstanty Rokossowski) Marshall of the Soviet Union and Polish defense minister, communist
<gallery mode=nolines widths=100 heights=100 style="width:220px">
*], general, military commander, commander-in-chief of the ]
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*], retired general of the United States Army
File:Rafał Majka, Japan Cup 2012 (cropped).jpg|]
*], general, commander-in-chief of the Polish Armed Forces and Prime Minister of Poland (1939-1943)
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*], General of the Polish Army
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*], commander of the ], which saw action at ] during ] (1944)
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*], general, Commander-in-Chief of Polish Armed Forces (1943-1944)
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*], marshal, military commander, successful in the ], C-i-C of the Polish Army in the ]
</gallery>
*], led the November Uprising (1830)
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*], chancellor of Poland, military commander, conqueror of ] (1610)
*], WWII fighter pilot and ] test pilot


==Politics== == Fencing ==
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]''']]
* ]
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*], 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)
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*], leader of Silesians during the ]
{{col-break|width=220px}}
*], free market activist, economist
<gallery mode=nolines widths=100 heights=100 style="width:220px">
*], Soviet politician
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*] first Prime Minister of Kingdom of Poland (1917-1918),
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*] - Prime Minister of Peru
File:Aleksandra Socha 2014 European Championships SFS-EQ t131715.jpg|]
*], third President of III RP (1995-2005)
File:Witold Woyda c1974.jpg|]
*], Soviet politician
</gallery>
*], Prime Minister of Poland (2005-2006)
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*], 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== == Football ==
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]''']]
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]''']]
* ], defender
*], foreign affairs minister of III RP (1995 and 2000-2001)
* ], coach
*], foreign affairs minister of II RP (1932-1939)
* ], attacker
*], foreign affairs minister of III RP (2001-2005)
* ], defender
*], prince, foreign affairs minister of the Russian Empire (1804-1806)
* ], midfielder
*], prince, the main diplomatic agent of the National Government (1863-1864)
* ], midfielder, head of the ] (PZPN)
*], foreign affairs minister of II RP (1923)
* ], goalkeeper
*], foreign affairs minister of III RP (1997-2000)
* ], midfielder
*], foreign affairs minister of Austria-Hungary (1895-1906)
* ], midfielder
*], diplomat and ] of ], author of the ] with ] (1686)
* ], defender
*], Polish-Austrian diplomat
* ], defender
*], foreign affairs minister of III RP (2005-2006)
* ], midfielder
*], foreign affairs minister of III RP (1993-1995)
* ], midfielder
*], foreign affairs minister of II RP (1919)
* ], midfielder
*], foreign affairs minister of communist Poland (1956-1968)
* ], goalkeeper
*], Polish-Austrian-Mexican-British political adviser
* ], midfielder
*], foreign affairs minister of III RP (1995-1997)
* ], goalkeeper
*], foreign affairs minister of III RP (2005)
* ], attacker
*], foreign affairs minister of II RP (1922-1923 and 1924-1926)
* ], defender/forward
*], first foreign affairs minister of III RP (1989-1993)
* ], coach
*], French foreign affairs minister
* ], defender
*], foreign affairs minister of II RP (1926-1932)
* ], coach
*], foreign affairs minister of II RP (1924)
* ], defender, coach
*], Czech foreign affairs minister
* ], 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
* ], goalkeeper
* ], attacker
* ], goalkeeper
* ], midfielder
* ], midfielder
* ], attacker
* ], attacker
* ], midfielder
* ], midfielder
* ], defender, coach
* ], midfielder
* ], attacker
* ], defender
* ], attacker
* ] midfielder
* ], 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
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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|]
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</gallery>
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==Spies== == Ice hockey ==
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]''']]
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]''']]
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*], Captain
* ]
*], Colonel
* ], mixed Polish descent
*], Lieutenant and ] agent
* ], mixed Polish descent
*], Colonel, ] masterspy during the ]
* ]
*], Captain
*], Major * ]
* ]
*], British ] heroine of WW II
* ]
*], British spy of WW II
* ]
*], Colonel
* ]
* ]
* ]
* ]
* ]
* ]
* ]
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{{col-break|width=220px}}
<gallery mode=nolines widths=100 heights=100 style="width:220px">
File:Mariusz Czerkawski.jpg|]
File:Wojtek Wolski 1 2012-03-09.JPG|]
</gallery>
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==Holocaust resistors== == Skiing ==
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]''']]
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*], Military Leader of Warsaw Ghetto Uprising (1943)
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*]
* ], ]
*]
* ], Alpine ski racer
*]
* ], ski jumper
*], co-founder of ]
* ], ]
*], ]
* ], biathlete
*]
* ], biathlete
*]
* ], Nordic combined skier
*], Polish politician and diplomat in Hungary
* ], 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}}
{{col-break|width=220px}}
<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|]
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==Religion== == Swimming ==
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]''']]
* ]
]''']]
* ]
]''']]
* ]
]''']]
*]. * ]
*]. * ]
* ]
*St. ] (grandson of King Władysław II Jagiełło).
* ]
*St. ].
* ]
*] (beatified Prince).
* ]
*] (Primate of Poland, 1915-26).
* ]
*] (Bishop of Kraków, 1879-94).
* ]
*] (Archbishop of Kraków since 2005).
* ]
*] (Jewish messianic leader who merged Judaism and Christianity).
* ]
*] (religious writer).
* ]
*] (Primate of Poland, 1541-45).
* ]; 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>
*] (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).
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*] (Polish Roman-Catholic Archbishop of Lvov, since 1991).
{{col-break|width=220px}}
*] (Bishop of Kraków, statesman).
<gallery mode=nolines widths=100 heights=100 style="width:220px">
*] (Archbishop of Warsaw).
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*St. ] (Carmelite).
File:Otylia Jędrzejczak 2014.jpg|]
*St. ] (professor at Kraków University).
File:Chwała olimpijczykom - s.071 - Lejzor Szrajbman.tif|]
*St. ] (Franciscan martyr, Auschwitz 1941).
</gallery>
*] (priest, statesman).
{{col-end}}
*St. ] (Jesuit).
*St. ] (Sisters of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Mercy).
*] (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== == Tennis ==
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]''']]
{{col-break}}
*], controversial ufologist
{{div col|colwidth=27em}}
*] (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
* ] (1904–1991), Russian-born German, Polish, and British world-top-ten tennis player
*], California winemaker
* ]
*], top model
* ]
*], bibliophile
* ]
* ]
* ]
* ]
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File:Hurkacz RG19 (10) (48199235282).jpg|]
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File:Agnieszka Radwanska (19027292262).jpg|]
File:Swiatek RG19 (1) (48199020336).jpg|]
</gallery>
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==Criminals== == Volleyball ==
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]''']]
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*], assassin of ] ]
* ]
*], ''Jack the Ripper'' suspect
* ]
*], serial killer
* ]
*], mobster
* ]
*], serial killer
* ]
*], serial killer
* ]
*], serial killer
* ]
*], assassin of Polish President ], modernist painter and art critic
* ]
*], serial killer
* ]
*], assassin
* ]
*], serial killer - dubbed "The Red Spider" and "The Red Ripper"
* ]
*] (Wojciechowski), Chicago mobster and rival of Al Capone, born into a Polish family
* ]
* ]
* ]
* ]
* ]
* ]
* ]
* ]
* ]
* ]
* ]
* ]
* ]
* ]
* ]
* ]
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* ]
* ]
* ]
* ]
* ]
* ]
* ]
* ]
* ]
* ]
* ]
* ]
* ]
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File:Piotr Gruszka - FIVB World Championship European Qualification Women Łódź January 2014.jpg|]
File:Volleyball Nations League Poland - France (28628996908).jpg|]
File:Bartosz Kurek (Legavolley 2014).jpg|]
File:Katarzyna Skowrońska-Dolata 02 - FIVB World Championship European Qualification Women Łódź January 2014.jpg|]
File:Szalpuk Artur 2018.jpg|]
File:Mariusz Wlazły 2014 01.jpg|]
</gallery>
{{col-end}}


== Weightlifting ==
==Controversial figures==
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*], gay rights activist
{{col-break}}
*], mayoral candidate for the city of Białystok
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*father ], infamous priest
* ]
* ]
* ]
* ]
* ]
* ]
* ]
* ]
* ]
* ]
* ]
* ]
* ]
* ]
* ]
* ]
* ]
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<gallery mode=nolines widths=100 heights=100 style="width:220px">
File:Waldemar Baszanowski 1964.jpg|]
File:Szymon Kołecki (2007).jpg|]
</gallery>
{{col-end}}


==Heroes and Freedom fighters== == Others sports ==
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*]
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*]
* ], ]
*]
* ], ]
*]
* ], mixed martial artist
*]
* ], speed skater
* ], ]
* ], soccer official and sports journalist
* ], ]
* ], ]
* ], ]
* ], mixed martial arts
* ], ] ]
* ], ]
* ], ]
* ], ]
* ], ]
* ], ]
* ], ]
* ], ]
* ], former professional ]er for St Kilda
* ], mixed martial arts
* ], ]
* ], ] and ] driver
* ], ]
* ], ]
* ], ]
* ], ] ]
* ], professional poker player
* ], ]
* ], football referee
* ], ]
* ], shooting
* ], ]
* ], ]
* ], speed climbing
* ], ]
* ], ]
* ], ]
* ], windsurfing
* ], ]
* ], ]
* ], former professional ]er for Adelaide and Geelong
* ], ]
* ], ]
* ], ]
* ], ]
* ], ]
* ], ]
* ], shooting
* ], quad rally driver
* ], ]
* ], ] ]
* ], ]
* ], ]
* ], speed skater
* ], ]
* ], ]
* ], ]
* ], ]
* ], ], ]
* ], former professional ]er for Geelong
* ], ]
* ], ]
* ], shooting
* ], ]
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<gallery mode=nolines widths=100 heights=100 style="width:110px">
File:2013 WSDC Sochi - Zbigniew Brodka.JPG|]
File:Joanna Jędrzejczyk.png|]
File:Sebastian Kawa piloting over the Aconcagua.JPG|]
File:2014 Rallye Deutschland by 2eight 8SC0282.jpg|]
File:Climbing World Championships 2018 Speed Final Rudzinska (BT0A6513).jpg|]
File:Mariusz Pudzianowski 5.JPG|]
</gallery>
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==Legendary persons== == See also ==
{{portal|Biography|Lists|Poland}}
*] (Jan z Kolna, Johannes Scolnus or Scolvus), (semi-legendary explorer and discoverer of America before Columbus (1476)
* ]
*] (semi-legendary Faust-like sorcerer, in Polish legends first man on the Moon)
* ]
*] Freedom fighter, hero of riots in Gdynia 1970.
* ]
* ]
* ]
* ]


== References ==
===Fictional characters===
{{reflist}}
]
*]
*Captain William Joseph "B.J." Blazkowicz from ]
*Waldemar Daninsky, wolfman from ]
*Nicodemus Dyzma (in ]'s novel, '']'').
*Dr Judym (in ]'s novel, ''Homeless People'').
*]
*Florentyna Kane from '']'' and '']''
*], grandson of B.J. Blazkowicz
*], space detective
*]
*] from ]
*Abel Rosnovski from '']''
*] (Dr. Walter Langkowski), Marvel superhero
*] I & II, from ]
*]
*], the "Painless Pole" in ]
*]
*] (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, '']'').
*], fictional composer
*Sophie Zawistowski from "]", a book by ] and a film by ].
*], the "Polish Catholic" from the film ]


== External links ==
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* {{Commons category-inline|People of Poland}}
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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

See also: Category:Polish physicists

Chemistry

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Biology, medicine

See also: Category:Polish biologists and Category:Polish physicians

Astronomy

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Mathematics

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Computer science

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Linguistics

See also: Category:Linguists from Poland

Invention

See also: Category:Polish inventors

Engineering

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Social sciences

See also: Category:Polish social scientists

Economics

See also: Category:Polish economists

Other sciences

History

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Philosophy

See also: History of philosophy in Poland

Prose literature

See also: List of Polish writers and List of Polish novelists

Journalism

Main page: Category:Polish journalists

Poetry

See also: List of Polish poets

Music

Visual arts

See also: List of Polish architects, List of Polish artists, and List of Polish painters

Entertainment

See also: List of Polish actors, Category:Polish theatre directors, and Category:Polish film directors

Business

See also: Category:Polish businesspeople

Politics

See also: Lists of Polish politicians

Law

Main article: List of Polish lawyers

Diplomacy

See also: Category:Polish diplomats

Military

See also: Category:Polish military personnel Main article: List of Polish admirals

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

Basketball

Boxing

Checkers

Chess

Climbing

Cycling

Fencing

Football

Ice hockey

Skiing

Swimming

Tennis

Volleyball

Weightlifting

Others sports

See also

References

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  3. ^ Dominic Lieven. The Cambridge History of Russia: Volume 2, Imperial Russia, 1689–1917. Cambridge University Press. 2006. p. 182.
  4. Sal P. Restivo. Science, Technology, And Society: An Encyclopedia. Oxford University Press. 2005. p. 502.
  5. Simon Collier, William F. Sater. A History of Chile, 1808–2002. Cambridge University Press. 2004. p. 98
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