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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.

This is a partial list of famous Polish or Polish-speaking/writing persons. In the interest of fairness and accuracy, a minority of persons of mixed heritage have their respective ancestries credited.

Please add names to the various categories of this list in alphabetical order. The order of the Polish alphabet is:
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.

This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items.

History

Długosz
Kołłątaj
Lelewel

Science

Astronomy

Biology

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Babiński
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Cybulski
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Hirszfeld
Schally

Chemistry

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Funk
Skłodowska
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Świętosławski
Śniadecki

Engineering

Adamiecki
Gzowski
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Siemienowicz
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Tsiolkovski

Economics

Balcerowicz

Invention

Abakanowicz
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Szczepanik

Computer Science

Linguistics

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Zamenhof

Mathematics

Bartel
Bronowski
Kuratowski
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Mazurkiewicz
Rejewski
Śniadecki
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Tarski
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Zygmund

Physics

Skłodowska
Smoluchowski
Zurek

Social sciences

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Piłsudski
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Znaniecki

Other sciences

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Bobko
Domeyko
Hermaszewski
Rotblat

Music

see also: List of Polish composers

Chopin
Kilar
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Komeda
Lutosławski
Moniuszko
Paderewski
Penderecki
Stojowski
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Szymanowski
Wieniawski

Literature

See also: List of Polish writers

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Conrad
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Kraszewski
Lem
Potocki
Prus
Reymont
Śniadecki
Żeromski

Poetry

See also: List of Polish poets.

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Gałczyński
Kochanowski
Krasicki
Niemcewicz
Rej
Tuwim

Philosophy

Staszic
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Tatarkiewicz

Fine arts

see also: List of Polish artists and painters

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Chełmoński
Fałat
Grottger
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Kobro
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W. Kossak
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Malczewski
Matejko
Orłowski
Norblin
Wyspiański

Entertainment

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Kieślowski
Krakowski
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Kutz
Modjeska
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Negri
Niżyński
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Seweryn
Stokowski
Swit
Wajda

Business

Patek
Stewart

Sports

see also: list of Polish sports players

Athletics (track and field)

Boxing

Chess

Fencing

Ice hockey

Skiing

Football

Swimming

Weightlifting

Sports (Other)

Royalty

Stefan Batory
Jan III Sobieski
Stanisław August Poniatowski

Nobility (szlachta)

see: List of szlachta

Military

H. Dąbrowski
Kościuszko
Sikorski
Sosnkowski
Żółkiewski

Politics

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Brzeziński
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Czartoryski
Daszyński
Dmowski
Korfanty
Piłsudski
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Witos

Diplomats

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Beck
Paderewski
Rapacki

Spies

Kowalewski
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Skarbek

Holocaust resistors

Pilecki

Religion

Frank
Hedwig
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Kolbe
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Kostka
Stanislaus of Szczepanów
Wojtyła

Other

Voynich

Criminals

Hryniewiecki
Niewiadomski

Controversial figures

Heroes and Freedom fighters

Sowiński

Legendary persons

  • John of Kolno (Jan z Kolna, Johannes Scolnus or Scolvus), (semi-legendary explorer and discoverer of America before Columbus (1476)
  • Twardowski (semi-legendary Faust-like sorcerer, in Polish legends first man on the Moon)
  • Janek Wiśniewski Freedom fighter, hero of riots in Gdynia 1970.

Fictional characters

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