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

This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (August 2008)

History

Askenazy
Długosz
Kadłubek
Kołłątaj
Kromer
Lelewel
Manteuffel
Naruszewicz
Peszke

Science

Astronomy

Hevelius
Copernicus
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Śniadecki
Wolszczan

Biology, medicine

Babinski
Chałubiński
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Cybulski
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Flatau
Goldflam
Koprowski
Schally
Weigl

Chemistry

Łukasiewicz
Skłodowska
Śniadecki
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Świętosławski

Engineering

Adamiecki
Gzowski
Modjeski
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Sikorsky

Economics

Balcerowicz
Hurwicz
Szwedowski

Invention

Abakanowicz
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Deczkowski
Łukasiewicz
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Szczepanik

Computer science

Linguistics

Brückner
Linde
Zamenhof

Mathematics

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Banachiewicz
Bartel
Eilenberg
Kuratowski
Leśniewski
Rejewski
Różycki
Śniadecki
Ulam
Zygalski

Physics

Maria Skłodowska
Skłodowska
Karol Olszewski
Olszewski
Józef Rotblat
Rotblat
Marian Smoluchowski
Smoluchowski
Zygmunt Wróblewski
Wróblewski
Wojciech H. Zurek
Zurek

Social sciences

Jan Władysław Dawid
Dawid
Zygmunt Gloger
Gloger
Oskar Kolberg
Kolberg
Ludwik Krzywicki
Krzywicki
Maria Ossowska
Ossowska
Florian Znaniecki
Znaniecki

Other sciences

Bobko
Domeyko
Hermaszewski

Music

see also: List of Polish composers

Chopin
Kilar
Landowska
Lutosławski
Moniuszko
Niemen
Ogiński
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Rostropovich
Rubinstein
Stojowski
Stokowski
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Szpilman
Szymanowska
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Szymanowski
Wieniawski

Prose literature

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

Chojecki
Dołęga-Mostowicz
Fredro
Kraszewski
Lem
Orzeszkowa
Potocki
Prus
Rej
Reymont
Sienkiewicz
Witkiewicz
Zapolska
Żeromski

Poetry

Herbert
Kasprowicz
Kochanowski
Krasicki
Krasiński
Leśmian
Mickiewicz

See also: List of Polish poets.


Norwid
Rej
Słowacki
Staff
Szymborska
Tuwim
Wierzyński

Philosophy

Hoene–Wroński
Jonston
Kołakowski
Libelt
Modrzewski


Staszic
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Jan Śniadecki
Świętochowski
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Tatarkiewicz
Twardowski

Fine arts

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Chełmoński
Fałat
Gerson
Grottger
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Kantor
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Kobro
Malczewski
Matejko

See also: List of Polish artists and painters

Norblin
Orłowski
Podkowiński
Schuch
Witkiewicz
Witkacy
Wyczółkowski
Wyspiański

Entertainment

Bogusławski
Cybulski
Gielgud
Hanuszkiewicz
Kutz
Modjeska
Negri
Niżyński
Olbrychski
Polanski
Swit
Wajda
Zanussi

Business

Cegielski
Leopold Kronenberg
Patek
Poznański

Royalty

Mieszko I
Casimir III the Great
Casimir IV Jagiellon
Stefan Batory
Jan III Sobieski
Stanisław August Poniatowski

Nobility (szlachta)

see: List of szlachta

Military

Anders
J. H. Dąbrowski
Kościuszko
Poniatowski
Sikorski
Sosnkowski
Sowiński
Tarnowski
Zamoyski
Żółkiewski

Politics

Brzeziński
A.J. Czartoryski
Daszyński
Dmowski
Filipowicz
Kaczyński
Korfanty
Lieberman
Paderewski
Piłsudski
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Witos
Wałęsa

Diplomats

Bartoszewski
Beck
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W. Czartoryski
Lipski
Raczyński
R. Sikorski

Intelligence

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Ciężki
Kowalewski
Kukliński
Kulczycki
Leski
Pełczyński
Schaetzel

Holocaust resisters

Edelman
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Kossak-Szczucka
Pilecki
Sendler

Religion

Chmielowski
Frank
Hozjusz
Jadwiga
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Kostka
Kowalska
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Jan Łaski (Protestant)
Stanisław of Szczepanów
Wojtyła
Wyszyński

Assassins and terrorists

Hryniewiecki
Niewiadomski
Kaczynski

Miscellaneous

Voynich
Ossowiecki

Models

Joanna Krupa

Legendary persons

  • John Scolvus (Jan z Kolna), semi-legendary explorer and discoverer of America before Columbus (1476).
  • Pan Twardowski, semi-legendary Faust-like sorcerer; in Polish legend, the first man on the Moon.
  • Janek Wiśniewski, freedom fighter, hero of 1970 Gdynia riots.

Fictional characters

Sports

see also: list of Polish sports players

Climbing

Wanda Rutkiewicz himalaist

Track and field

Boxing

Chess

Fencing

Ice hockey

Skiing

Football (Soccer)

Swimming

Tennis

Weightlifting

Others

Pudzianowski



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