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. This is a partial list of partial lists on Wikipedia. ... Polish (język polski, polszczyzna) is the official language of Poland. ...

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History

Gallus Anonymus, first Polish historian (12th century) Szymon Askenazy, historian and diplomat Michał Bobrzyński, historian of law Jan Długosz, 15th-century chronicler of Poland Marian Kamil Dziewanowski, Poland, Russia, modern Europe Kazimierz Godłowski, historian and archeologist Oskar Halecki, Polish history Marceli Handelsman, Polish history Paweł Jasienica, Polish history Wincenty Kadłubek, 13th-century historian of Poland Józef Kasparek, constitutions; World War II era Hugo Kołłątaj, 18th-19th-century historian, philosopher and politician Feliks Koneczny, Polish history, social philosophy Władysław Kozaczuk, military history, military intelligence, World War II Marian Kukiel, military historian Joachim Lelewel, historian of Poland Tadeusz Manteuffel, medievalist Teodor Narbutt, Polish historian of Lithuania Adam Naruszewicz, 18th-century historian, participant in the Great Sejm Szymon Okolski, 17th-century historian Michael Alfred Peszke, Polish Armed Forces, World War II Richard Pipes, Polish-American historian of Russia and the Soviet Union Tadeusz Sulimirski, historian and archeologist Władysław Tatarkiewicz, philosophy and esthetics Piotr S. Wandycz, Polish-American historian of Central and Eastern Europe Richard Woytak, World War II Norbert Wójtowicz, historian of Polish political thought

Długosz Kołłątaj Lelewel Naruszewicz

Gallus Anonymus (Polish: Gall Anonim) living in 11th and 12th century was the first Polish historian, author of Cronicae et gesta ducum sive principum Polonorum (c. ... Szymon Askenazy (1866?-1935) was a Polish historian, diplomat and politician, founder of the Askenazy school. ... Michael Bobrzynski (30 September 1849–3 July 1935) was a Polish historian, born at Cracow, in Galicia. ... Jan DÅ‚ugosz Jan DÅ‚ugosz, also known as Joannes Longinus or Joannes Dlugossius (1415-1480) was a Polish historian (a chronicler) and a secretary of Bishop Zbigniew OleÅ›nicki of Kraków. ... Marian Kamil Dziewanowski (1913-2005) was a historian of Poland, Russia and modern Europe. ... Kazimierz GodÅ‚owski (1934-09-12 in Kraków - 1995-09-07) was a Polish archaeologist. ... Oskar Halecki (1891 in Vienna - 1973 near New York) Polish historian, social and Catholic activist. ... Marceli Handelsman (1882-1945) was a Polish historian and university professor, one of the most notable Polish medievists of 20th century and a tutor of numerous Polish historians. ... PaweÅ‚ Jasienica was the pen-name of Leon Lech Beynar (November 10, 1909 – August 19, 1970), a Polish amateur historian, journalist, writer, soldier. ... Wincenty KadÅ‚ubek, also known as Vincent Kadlubek, Vincent Kadlubo, Vincent Kadlubko, Vincent of Cracow. ... Józef Kasparek (1915-2002) was a Polish lawyer, historian and political scientist. ... Noble Family KoÅ‚Å‚Ä…taj Coat of Arms Kotwica Parents Antoni KoÅ‚Å‚Ä…taj Marianna MierzeÅ„ska Consorts None Children None Date of Birth April 1, 1750 Place of Birth NiecisÅ‚owice Date of Death February 28, 1812 Place of Death Warsaw Hugo KoÅ‚Å‚Ä…taj (1750-1812) was a Polish Roman Catholic... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... WÅ‚adysÅ‚aw Kozaczuk (1923 — 2003, Warsaw, Poland) was a Polish historian who published a dozen books, several of them in multiple editions. ... Marian Włodzimierz Kukiel Marian Włodzimierz Kukiel pseudonym: Marek Kąkol, Stach Zawierucha (b. ... Joachim Lelewel (Warsaw, March 22, 1786- May 29, 1861), was a Polish historian and politician, from a naturalized Polish family of Prussian background. ... Polish 2,500-zÅ‚oty postage stamp issued 1992, commemmorating the 90th anniversary of Tadeusz Manteuffels birth. ... The late Teodor Narbutt. ... Noble Family Naruszewicz Coat of Arms Wadwicz Parents  ? Consorts none Children none Date of Birth October 20, 1733 Place of Birth Polesie Date of Death July 8, 1796 Place of Death Janów Podlaski Adam Naruszewicz (1733-1798) was a Polish nobleman, poet, historian, dramatist, translator, publicist, Jesuit and titular... Sejm Czteroletni (Four-Year Sejm, also known as Sejm Wielki, the Great Sejm) was a Sejm of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth held in Warsaw, inaugurated in 1788. ... Szymon Okolski (also known as Simon Okolski) (1580-1653) was a well-known Polish historian, theologian, specialist in heraldry. ... Michael Alfred Peszke (born 1932, Dęblin, Poland) is a Polish-American psychiatrist and historian of the Polish Armed Forces in World War II. After the outbreak of World War II and the Soviet invasion of eastern Poland, Peszke, his mother Eugenia Halina Grębocka Peszke, and his... Richard Pipes, Warsaw (Poland), October 20, 2004 Richard Edgar Pipes (b. ... Tadeusz Sulimirski (1898–1983) was a Polish-born historian and archaeologist, who emigrated to the United Kingdom in 1939. ... WÅ‚adysÅ‚aw Tatarkiewicz WÅ‚adysÅ‚aw Tatarkiewicz (April 3, 1886, Warsaw – April 4, 1980, Warsaw) was a Polish philosopher, historian of philosophy, historian of art, esthetician, and author of works in ethics. ... Piotr Stefan Wandycz is a Polish-American historian, President of the Polish Institute of Arts & Sciences of America, and profesor emeritus at Yale University, specializing in Eastern and Central European history. ... Richard Andrew Woytak (Poland, December 18, 1940 — March 6, 1998, Monterey, California, USA) was an American historian of Polish descent who specialized in European history of the Interbellum and World War II. He was the author of the 1979 book, On the Border of War and Peace: Polish Intelligence and... Norbert Wójtowicz (born 1 December 1972) – Polish historian and theologian from WrocÅ‚aw. ... This image has been released into the public domain by the copyright holder, its copyright has expired, or it is ineligible for copyright. ... This image has been released into the public domain by the copyright holder, its copyright has expired, or it is ineligible for copyright. ... Jan DÅ‚ugosz Jan DÅ‚ugosz, also known as Joannes Longinus or Joannes Dlugossius (1415-1480) was a Polish historian (a chronicler) and a secretary of Bishop Zbigniew OleÅ›nicki of Kraków. ... Image File history File links Size of this preview: 458 × 599 pixels Full resolution (480 × 628 pixel, file size: 71 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Józef Peszka, Painting of Hugo KoÅ‚Å‚Ä…taj. ... Image File history File links Size of this preview: 458 × 599 pixels Full resolution (480 × 628 pixel, file size: 71 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Józef Peszka, Painting of Hugo KoÅ‚Å‚Ä…taj. ... Noble Family KoÅ‚Å‚Ä…taj Coat of Arms Kotwica Parents Antoni KoÅ‚Å‚Ä…taj Marianna MierzeÅ„ska Consorts None Children None Date of Birth April 1, 1750 Place of Birth NiecisÅ‚owice Date of Death February 28, 1812 Place of Death Warsaw Hugo KoÅ‚Å‚Ä…taj (1750-1812) was a Polish Roman Catholic... 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Image File history File links Size of this preview: 450 × 600 pixelsFull resolution‎ (1,704 × 2,272 pixels, file size: 383 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Bishop Adam Naruszewicz, 17th or 18th century portrait. ... Noble Family Naruszewicz Coat of Arms Wadwicz Parents  ? Consorts none Children none Date of Birth October 20, 1733 Place of Birth Polesie Date of Death July 8, 1796 Place of Death Janów Podlaski Adam Naruszewicz (1733-1798) was a Polish nobleman, poet, historian, dramatist, translator, publicist, Jesuit and titular...

Science

Astronomy

Franciszek Armiński Albert Brudzewski Tadeusz Banachiewicz Władysław Dziewulski Jan Heweliusz (Johannes Hevelius) Felicjan Kępiński Mikołaj Kopernik (Nicolaus Copernicus) Marian Albertovich Kowalski Aleksander Wolszczan (co-discoverer of first extrasolar planets) Bohdan Paczyński Marcin Poczobutt-Odlanicki Adam Prazmowski Konrad Rudnicki Wiesław Wiśniewski

Heweliusz Kopernik

Franciszek Armiński (b. ... Wojciech Brudzewski Albert Blar Brudzewski, also known as Wojciech Brudzewski or Albert Blar of Brudzewo (Latin: Albertus de Brudzewo) (1445 in Brudzewo, Masovia – 1497 in Vilnius) was a Polish astronomer, mathematician and prominent professor at the Akademia Krakowska in Cracow, where he stayed for twenty years. ... Categories: People stubs | 1882 births | 1954 deaths | Polish astronomers | Polish geodesists | Polish mathematicians | PAU | PAN ... Władysław Dziewulski (IPA:)(1878 – February 6, 1962), was a Polish astronomer and mathematician. ... Johannes Hevelius Johannes Hevelius (Latin), also called Johann Hewelke, Johannes Höwelcke or Johannes Hewel (in German), or Jan Heweliusz (in Polish), (born January 28, 1611 – died January 28, 1687), was a councillor and mayor in Danzig (Gdańsk). ... Felicjan Kępiński (1885 - 1966) was a Polish astronomer. ... Copernicus redirects here. ... Marian Albertovich Kowalski (Russian: Мариан Альбертович Ковальский) (August 15, 1821 or October 15, 1821 – May 28, 1884 or July 9, 1884) was a Polish-Russian astronomer. ... Aleksander Wolszczan (b. ... An extrasolar planet, or exoplanet, is a planet beyond the Solar System. ... Bohdan Paczyński (born 8 February 1940) is a Polish astronomer, a leading scientist in theory of the evolution of stars. ... See also Poczobutt crater Categories: Mathematician stub | 1728 births | 1810 deaths | Polish astronomers | Polish mathematicians ... Adam Prażmowski (1821-1885) was a Polish astronomer and astrophysicist of the 19th century. ... Konrad Rudnicki is a Polish astronomer. ... Wiesław Z. Wiśniewski (1931-1994) was a Polish astronomer. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Johannes Hevelius Johannes Hevelius (Latin), also called Johann Hewelke, Johannes Höwelcke or Johannes Hewel (in German), or Jan Heweliusz (in Polish), (born January 28, 1611 – died January 28, 1687), was a councillor and mayor in Danzig (Gdańsk). ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (556x648, 99 KB) de: Nikolaus Kopernikus (Portrait aus Thorn - Beginn des 16. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (556x648, 99 KB) de: Nikolaus Kopernikus (Portrait aus Thorn - Beginn des 16. ... Copernicus redirects here. ...

Biology

Babiński Cybulski Hirszfeld Joseph Babiński, physician Edmund Biernacki, physician Czesław Bieżanko, entomologist Jan Czekanowski, anthropologist Adam Gruca, surgeon Stanisław Burzyński, physician Tytus Chałubiński, physician Napoleon Cybulski, neurophysiologist Maria Antonina Czaplicka, anthropologist Wiktor Dega, revolutionary surgeon August Dehnel, biologist Jozef Dietl, physician Jan Dzierżon, zoologist Władysław Taczanowski, zoologist Marian Gieszczykiewicz, physician Ryszard Gryglewski, physician Emil Godlewski, embryologist Ludwik Hirszfeld, microbiologist Feliks Paweł Jarocki, zoologist Walery Jaworski, physician Karol Marcinkowski, physician Zbigniew Kabata, biologist

Schally Weigl Stefan Kopec, biologist Marek Kotański, psychologist Hilary Koprowski, biologist Wojciech Jastrzębowski, biologist Konstanty Jelski, ornithologist Jerzy Konorski, microbiologist Tadeusz Krwawicz, medical pioneer Abraham Low, neuropsychiatrist Ludwik Mlokosiewicz, botanist Ferdynand Antoni Ossendowski, biologist Andrew Paulukiewichz, biologist Zbigniew Religa, cardiologist Józef Rostafiński, biologist Andrzej Wiktor Schally, Nobel laureate enrocrinologist. Bolesław Skarżyński, biologist Eduard Adolf Strasburger (born in Poland, of German descent), botanist Jan Sztolcman, ornithologist Andrzej K. Tarkowski, embryologist Zbylut Twardowski, physician Rudolf Weigl, biologist Marie Elizabeth Zakrzewska, physician

Image File history File links Metadata No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links Metadata No higher resolution available. ... Joseph Jules François Félix Babinski (born November 17, 1857, Paris; died October 29, 1932, Paris) was a Polish neurologist. ... Image File history File links Ncybul. ... Image File history File links Ncybul. ... Napoleon Cybulski - (1854 - 1919) - Polish physiologist, discoverer of adrenaline, one of pioneers of endocrinology, and electroencephalography. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Ludwik Hirszfeld (1884-1954) was a Polish microbiologist. ... Joseph Jules François Félix Babinski (born November 17, 1857, Paris; died October 29, 1932, Paris) was a Polish neurologist. ... Edmund Faustyn Biernacki (b. ... CzesÅ‚aw Marian Bieżanko (b. ... Jan Czekanowski (1882 - 1965), Polish anthropologist, statistician and linguist He worked at the University of Lviv and University of Poznan. ... Adam Gruca was a famous Polish orthopaedist and surgeon. ... StanisÅ‚aw Burzynski (born 1943 in Lublin, Poland) is a Polish biochemist and physician, the discoverer of the controversial Antioneoplastons, a unique cancer treatment. ... Tytus ChaÅ‚ubiÅ„ski (b. ... Napoleon Cybulski - (1854 - 1919) - Polish physiologist, discoverer of adrenaline, one of pioneers of endocrinology, and electroencephalography. ... Maria Antonina Czaplicka (sometimes referred to as Marie Antoinette Czaplicka, 1886-1921) was a cultural anthropologist who is best known for her ethnography of Siberian shamanism. ... Wiktor Dega (1896-1995) was a revolutionary Polish surgeon. ... This page may meet Wikipedias criteria for speedy deletion. ... Józef Dietl (1804-1878) was a Polish physician. ... Jan Dzierżon Jan Dzierżon Jan Dzierżon (Polish) or Johann Dzierzon (German) (16 January 1811 – 26 October 1906) was Polish apiarist best known for his discovery of parthenogenesis among bees and for designing a movable-frame beehive. ... This article does not cite its references or sources. ... Marian Teodor Ludwik Gieszczykiewicz (b. ... Ryszard Gryglewski (b. ... Emil Godlewski (1875-1944) was a famous Polish embryologist. ... Ludwik Hirszfeld (1884-1954) was a Polish microbiologist. ... Feliks PaweÅ‚ Jarocki (b. ... Walery Jaworski (1849-1924), Polish astroenterologist, one of the pioneers of gastroenterology in Poland. ... Karol Marcinkowski (23 June 1800 in Poznań-6 November 1846) was a Polish physician, social activist in the Greater Poland region (also called the Grand Duchy of Poznań), supporter of the basic education (Praca organiczna) programmes, organizer of the Scientific Help Society (Towarzystwo Pomocy Naukowej) and the Poznan... Professor Zbigniew Bob Kabata (born 17 March 1924) is a highly respected parasitologist, veteran of the Polish Armia Krajowa during World War 2, poet, fisherman, translator and scientific administrator. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Schally_portrait. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Schally_portrait. ... Andrzej Wiktor Schally (born November 20, 1926) in Wilno, Poland), is a Polish endocrinologist and Nobel Prize winner in 1977 in Medicine for research work. ... From http://lwow. ... From http://lwow. ... Rudolf Weigl Professor Rudolf Stefan Weigl (1883 - 1957) was a famous Czech-Polish biologist and inventor of the first effective vaccine for epidemic typhus. ... Stefan Kopec (1888-1941) was a famous Polish biologist. ... Marek KotaÅ„ski, known by his given name Marek, (March 11, 1942 - August 19, 2002) was a Polish charity worker and campaigner on behalf of disadvantaged people, including the homeless and those with HIV. He died in a car accident in Nowy Dwór Mazowiecki, near Warsaw. ... Hilary Koprowski, Warsaw (Poland), September 16, 2007 Hilary Koprowski Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Hilary Koprowski Hilary Koprowski (b. ... Wojciech JastrzÄ™bowski (1799 Gierwaty - 1882 Warszawa), polish biologist, author Ergonomics. ... Konstanty Jelski (1837–1896) was an acclaimed Polish ornithologist and zoologists. ... Jerzy Konorski (b. ... Tadeusz Krwawicz (1910-1988) was a Polish pioneer in medicine. ... Abraham A. Low (1891-1954), is a neuro psychiatrist who is noted for his work in self-help for the mentally ill. ... Ludwik Mlokosiewicz Ludwik Franciszek Mlokosiewicz (August 25, 1831 - 1909) was a Polish explorer, zoologist and botanist, who studied extensively in the Caucasus Mountains. ... Antoni Ferdynand Ossendowski (1876-1945) was a Polish writer, journalist, traveller, globetrotter, explorer and university professor. ... Andrew Paulukiewichz (born 5/7/1958) is a micro-biologist from Poland. ... Zbigniew Religa (born December 16, 1938 in Miedniewice, Poland) is a prominent cardiologist and politician. ... Józef Rostafinski (1850-1928) was one of Polands most famous botanists. ... Andrzej Wiktor Schally (born November 20, 1926) in Wilno, Poland), is a Polish endocrinologist and Nobel Prize winner in 1977 in Medicine for research work. ... The Nobel Prizes (pronounced no-BELL or no-bell) are awarded annually to people who have done outstanding research, invented groundbreaking techniques or equipment, or made outstanding contributions to society. ... BolesÅ‚aw SkarżyÅ„ski (1901-1963) was a renowned Polish biologist. ... Eduard Adolf Strasburger (February 1, 1844, Warsaw - May 19, 1912, Bonn) was one of the most famous German botanists of the 19th century. ... Jan Sztolcman (Jean Stanislaus Stolzmann) (1854-April 28, 1928) was a Polish ornithologist. ... Andrzej Krzysztof Tarkowski (born 1933) is a Polish embryologist and a professor at Warsaw University. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Rudolf Weigl Professor Rudolf Stefan Weigl (1883 - 1957) was a famous Czech-Polish biologist and inventor of the first effective vaccine for epidemic typhus. ... Maria Zakrzewska (1829-1902), a Polish physician, was born in Berlin to Ludwig Martin Zakrzewski and Caroline Fredericke Wilhelmina Urban. ...

Chemistry

Funk Skłodowska Józef Boguski Jan Czochralski Maria Skłodowska (Marie Curie), two Nobel Prizes. Tadeusz Estreicher Kazimierz Fajans Kazimierz Funk Antoni Grabowski Roald Safran (Nobel Prize, 1981) Adolf Joszt Sylwester Porowski Wiktor Kemula Stanisław Kostanecki Marek Gatty-Kostyal Ignacy Łukasiewicz, inventor of kerosene lamp.

Świętosławski Śniadecki Leon Marchlewski Ignacy Mościcki Marceli Nencki Karol Olszewski Tadeusz Reichstein Michał Sędziwój Edward Sucharda Jędrzej Śniadecki Wojciech Świętosławski Bohdan Szyszkowski Włodzimierz Trzebiatowski Józef Zawadzki

Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Kazimierz Funk (February 23, 1884 - January 19, 1967), commonly anglicized as Casimir Funk, was a Polish biochemist, generally credited with the first formulation of the concept of Vitamins in 1912, which he called vital amines or vitamines. ... This image has been released into the public domain by the copyright holder, its copyright has expired, or it is ineligible for copyright. ... This image has been released into the public domain by the copyright holder, its copyright has expired, or it is ineligible for copyright. ... Marie Curie, one of the few people to win two Nobel Prizes in different fields, was one of the most significant researchers of radiation and its effects as a pioneer of radiology. ... Józef Boguski (1853-1933) was a Polish chemist. ... Jan Czochralski (pronounced cho-HRAL-skee) (October 23, 1885 - April 22, 1953) was a Polish chemist who discovered the Czochralski process, which is used to grow single crystals and is used in the production of semiconductor wafers. ... This article is about the chemist and physicist. ... The Nobel Prize (Swedish: ), as designated in Alfred Nobels will in 1895, is awarded in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, Literature, and Peace. ... Tadeusz Estreicher (1871-1952) was a famous Polish chemist, and historian. ... Kazimierz Fajans (sometimes referred to as Kasimir or Casimir; 27 May 1887 - 18 May 1975), was a Polish-American chemist who did valuable work on chemical bonding and on radioactivity and isotopes. ... Kazimierz Funk (February 23, 1884 - January 19, 1967), commonly anglicized as Casimir Funk, was a Polish biochemist, generally credited with the first formulation of the concept of Vitamins in 1912, which he called vital amines or vitamines. ... Antoni GRABOWSKI ( June 15, 1857 in Nowe Dobre near Chełmno – July 4, 1921 in Warsaw) was a Polish chemical engineer, and an activist of the early esperanto-movement. ... Roald Hoffmann (born July 18, 1937 as Roald Safran --- Hoffmann is the surname of his stepfather) is an American theoretical chemist of Polish-Jewish origin. ... The Nobel Prize (Swedish: ), as designated in Alfred Nobels will in 1895, is awarded in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, Literature, and Peace. ... Adolf Joszt (1889, Lvov-1957) was a Polish chemist, considered to be a significant precursor to the practices of biotechnology and environmental protection. ... Sylwester Porowski is a renowned Polish chemist who invented the blue semiconductor laser, a pioneering feet in the study of optoelectronics. ... Wiktor Kemula (1902-1985) was a famous Polish chemist, electrochemist, and polarographist. ... StanisÅ‚aw Kostanecki (born 1860 in Myszków, Poland – 1910) was a Polish organic chemist who pioneered in vegetable dye chemistry. ... Marek Gatty-Kostyal (1886-1965) was a famous Polish chemist and pharmacist, known for his many contributions to pharmacutical science. ... Jan Józef Ignacy Łukasiewicz Jan Józef Ignacy Łukasiewicz (1822 - 1882) was a Polish pharmacist and inventor of the first method of distilling kerosene from seep oil. ... Image File history File links C001swie. ... Image File history File links C001swie. ... Wojciech SwiÄ™tosÅ‚awski (1881-1968) was a Polish physicist. ... ImageMetadata File history File links Jedrzej_Sniadecki. ... ImageMetadata File history File links Jedrzej_Sniadecki. ... JÄ™drzej Åšniadecki JÄ™drzej Åšniadecki (1768 - 1838) was a Polish writer, physician, chemist and biologist. ... Leon Paweł Marchlewski (b. ... Office Term of office from June 1, 1926, until September 30, 1939 Profession Professor of chemistry Political party none (until 1892, Proletariat) Spouse Maria, née DobrzaÅ„ska Date of birth December 1, 1867 Place of birth Mierzanów, Poland Date of death October 2, 1946 Place of death Versoix... Marceli Nencki (1847-1901) was a famous Polish chemist. ... Categories: Stub | 1846 births | 1915 deaths | Polish chemists | Polish mathematicians | Polish physicists ... Tadeus Reichstein (July 20, 1897 - August 1, 1996) was a Polish Nobel Prize-winning chemist. ... Portrait of MichaÅ‚ SÄ™dziwój. ... Edward Sucharda (1891-1947) was a renowned Polish chemist and engineer. ... JÄ™drzej Åšniadecki JÄ™drzej Åšniadecki (1768 - 1838) was a Polish writer, physician, chemist and biologist. ... Wojciech SwiÄ™tosÅ‚awski (1881-1968) was a Polish physicist. ... Bohdan Szyszkowski (b. ... WÅ‚odzimierz Trzebiatowski was a Polish chemist, physicist and mathematician. ... Józef Zawadzki Józef Zawadzki (b. ...

Engineering

Adamiecki Gzowski Krzysztof Arciszewski Karol Adamiecki Mieczysław G. Bekker, first moon rover Stefan Bryła Romuald Cebertowicz, soil solidification Zdzisław Celiński Jerzy Dąbrowski, designer of PZL.37 Łoś bomber. Walter Golaski Kazimierz Gzowski Edward Jan Habich Tytus Maksymilian Huber Jacek Jędruch Alfred Korzybski, mathematician, semanticist.

Siemienowicz Tsiolkovski Henryk Magnuski Ernest Malinowski Henry Millicer, aviation. Ralph Modjeski, bridge designer. Zygmunt Puławski, designer of PZL P.11 fighter. Wojciech Rostafiński, NASA Kazimierz Siemienowicz, rocketry pioneer. Igor Sikorsky, pioneer of aviation. Avraham Stern Tadeusz Tański Konstantin Tsiolkovski (Konstanty Ciołkowski), spaceflight pioneer. Stanisław Wigura, aviation. Piotr Wilniewczyc, weaponry

Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Karol Adamiecki (b. ... Download high resolution version (723x857, 60 KB)Kazimierz Gzowski This image has been released into the public domain by the copyright holder, its copyright has expired, or it is ineligible for copyright. ... Download high resolution version (723x857, 60 KB)Kazimierz Gzowski This image has been released into the public domain by the copyright holder, its copyright has expired, or it is ineligible for copyright. ... Kazimierz StanisÅ‚aw Gzowski The Honourable Sir Kazimierz StanisÅ‚aw Gzowski (March 5, 1813 – August 24, 1898), was an engineer who served as acting Lieutenant Governor of Ontario from 1896 to 1897. ... Krzysztof Arciszewski (1592-1656} was a Polish military man, engineer, and ethnographer. ... Karol Adamiecki (b. ... MieczysÅ‚aw G. Bekker (1905 - 1989) was a Polish engineer and scientist. ... Stefan BryÅ‚a Stefan BryÅ‚a (b. ... Romuald Adam Cebertowicz (b. ... ZdzisÅ‚aw CeliÅ„ski (1847-1929) was a Polish engineer. ... Jerzy DÄ…browski (1899-1967) was a Polish aeronautical engineer. ... PZL.37 ŁoÅ› - the second prototype The PZL.37 ŁoÅ› (Polish: ) was a Polish twin-engine medium bomber, used in the Invasion of Poland in 1939. ... Walter Golaski (1913–1996) was a Polish-American Mechanical-Bio-Medical Engineer. ... Kazimierz StanisÅ‚aw Gzowski The Honourable Sir Kazimierz StanisÅ‚aw Gzowski (March 5, 1813 – August 24, 1898), was an engineer who served as acting Lieutenant Governor of Ontario from 1896 to 1897. ... Edward Jan Habich (b. ... Maksymilian Tytus Huber (1872-1950) was a world renown Polish mechanical engineer and scientist. ... Jacek JÄ™druch (Warsaw, Poland, 1927 – Athens, Greece, 1995) was a Polish-American nuclear engineer and historian of Polish representative government. ... Alfred Habdank Skarbek Korzybski is a philosopher and scientist born on July 3, 1879 in Warsaw, Congress Poland, Russian Empire and died on March 1, 1950, in Lakeville, Connecticut, USA. He is probably best-remembered for developing the theory of general semantics. ... The introduction to this article provides insufficient context for those unfamiliar with the subject matter. ... picture of kazimierz siemenowicz This image has been released into the public domain by the copyright holder, its copyright has expired, or it is ineligible for copyright. ... picture of kazimierz siemenowicz This image has been released into the public domain by the copyright holder, its copyright has expired, or it is ineligible for copyright. ... 20th century artistic vision of Kazimierz Siemenowicz Siemienowicz coat of arms, Ostoja Siemenowicz multi-stage rocket, from his Artis Magnae Artilleriae pars prima Kazimierz Siemienowicz (Lithuanian: Kazimieras Simonavičius, (born c. ... Image File history File links Please see the file description page for further information. ... Image File history File links Please see the file description page for further information. ... Konstantin Eduardovich Tsiolkovsky Konstantin Eduardovich Tsiolkovsky (Konstanty Ciołkowski), (Константин Эдуардович Циолковский; September 5, 1857 new style – September 19, 1935... Henryk W. Magnuski Henryk Władysław Magnuski (1909-1978) was a Polish telecommunications engineer who worked for Motorola in Chicago. ... Ernest Adam Malinowski (b. ... Henry K. Millicer was a Polish-Australian aircraft designer and pilot. ... Ralph Modjeski (born Rudolf Modrzejewski) (1861-1940) was a Polish-born engineer who achieved prominence in the United States. ... Zygmunt PuÅ‚awski Zygmunt PuÅ‚awski (October 24, 1901 - March 21, 1931) was a Polish aircraft designer and pilot. ... The PZL P.11 was a Polish fighter aircraft, designed in early-1930s by PZL in Warsaw. ... Wojciech RostafiÅ„ski (b. ... The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) (IPA [ˈnæsÉ™]) is an agency of the United States government, responsible for the nations public space program. ... 20th century artistic vision of Kazimierz Siemenowicz Siemienowicz coat of arms, Ostoja Siemenowicz multi-stage rocket, from his Artis Magnae Artilleriae pars prima Kazimierz Siemienowicz (Lithuanian: Kazimieras Simonavičius, (born c. ... A rocket is a vehicle, missile or aircraft which obtains thrust by the reaction to the ejection of fast moving exhaust from within a rocket engine. ... For another meanings and similar spellings, see Sikorsky. ... Aviation encompasses all the activities relating to airborne devices created by human ingenuity, generally known as aircraft. ... Avraham Stern Avraham Stern (Hebrew: אברהם שטרן Avraham Shtern), alias Yair (Hebrew: יאיר) (December 23, 1907 - February 12, 1942) was the founder and leader of the Zionist underground organization later known as Lehi and also known as the Stern Gang. Stern was born in Suwalki, Poland, immigrated to Israel in 1925, and studied... Tadeusz TaÅ„ski (b. ... Konstantin Eduardovich Tsiolkovsky Konstantin Eduardovich Tsiolkovsky (Konstanty Ciołkowski), (Константин Эдуардович Циолковский; September 5, 1857 new style – September 19, 1935... StanisÅ‚aw Wigura StanisÅ‚aw Wigura (b. ... Piotr Wilniewczyc (1887-1960) was a Polish engineer and arms constructor. ...

Economics

Balcerowicz Karol Adamiecki Leszek Balcerowicz, implementer of 1990s "shock therapy." Franciszek Ksawery Drucki-Lubecki Władysław Grabski

Hurwicz Leonid Hurwicz, the 2007 Nobel Prize in Economics Michał Kalecki Eugeniusz Kwiatkowski Oskar Lange, PRL economy Hilary Minc, PRL economy Sławomir Szwedowski

Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 482 × 599 pixels Full resolution (1076 × 1338 pixel, file size: 186 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Leszek Balcerowicz, Polish politician and economist (in Wrocław, during his honoris causa title celebration) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link... Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 482 × 599 pixels Full resolution (1076 × 1338 pixel, file size: 186 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Leszek Balcerowicz, Polish politician and economist (in Wrocław, during his honoris causa title celebration) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link... Leszek Balcerowicz Leszek Balcerowicz (pronounced: [lεʃεk balʦεrɔviʧ]) (born January 19, 1947) is one of the greatest economist from Poland and former chairman of the National Bank of Poland. ... Karol Adamiecki (b. ... Leszek Balcerowicz Leszek Balcerowicz (pronounced: [lεʃεk balʦεrɔviʧ]) (born January 19, 1947) is one of the greatest economist from Poland and former chairman of the National Bank of Poland. ... Ksawery Drucki-Lubecki, the founder of the first central bank of Poland Franciszek Ksawery Drucki-Lubecki (Russian: ; sometimes spelled Xawery, 1778 - 1846) was an important politician of the first half of the 18th century in the partitioned Poland. ... Władysław Grabski Władysław Grabski (July 7, 1874 - March 3, 1938) was a Polish politician, economist and Prime Minister of Poland. ... Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 631 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (1759 × 1672 pixel, file size: 542 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) File historyClick on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time. ... Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 631 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (1759 × 1672 pixel, file size: 542 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) File historyClick on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time. ... Leonid Leo Hurwicz (born August 21, 1917, Moscow, Russia) is Regents’ Professor of Economics Emeritus at the University of Minnesota. ... Leonid Leo Hurwicz (born August 21, 1917, Moscow, Russia) is Regents’ Professor of Economics Emeritus at the University of Minnesota. ... The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel, commonly called the Nobel Prize in Economics, is a prize awarded each year for outstanding intellectual contributions in the field of economics. ... Michał Kalecki (22nd June 1899-18 April 1970) was one of the greatest Polish economists. ... Eugeniusz Kwiatkowski (30 December 1888 - 22 August 1974), was a Polish politician and economist. ... Hilary Minc (1905 - 1974) was an economist and member of Communist Party of Poland. ... Sławomir Szwedowski (1928-1999) is a Polish economist, professor at the Institute of Economic Sciences of the Polish Academy of Sciences. ...

Invention

Abakanowicz Bruno Abakanowicz, mathematician, engineer Stefan Drzewiecki Rudolf Gundlach, tank periscope Jozef Kosacki, mine detector Stefan Kudelski, Nagra audio recorders

Szczepanik Józef Piotrowski Kazimierz Proszyński, first cinematic camera Jan Szczepanik Tadeusz Sendzimir Józef Tykociński, sound film

Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Bruno Abakanowicz. ... Bruno Abakanowicz. ... Stefan Drzewiecki Stefan Drzewiecki (b. ... Rudolf Gundlach (1894-1957) was a Polish engineer, tank constructor and inventor. ... The Vickers Tank Periscope MK.IV, invented by Polish engineer Rudolf Gundlach, was first patented in 1936 as Gundlach Peryskop obrotowy. ... Jozef Stanislaw Kosacki (?-?) was a Polish engineer, inventor, and soldier. ... The Mine detector (Polish) Mark I was a metal detector for landmines developed during World War II in the winter of 1941/1942 by Polish lieutenant Józef Stanisław Kozacki. ... Stefan Kudelski is a Polish audio engineer, famous for creating the top quality Nagra series of professional audio recorders. ... Nagra is a generic term referring to any of the series of professional audio recorders produced by Kudelski S.A., based in Cheseaux-sur-Lausanne, Switzerland. ... Jan Szczepanik. ... Jan Szczepanik. ... Categories: Stub | 1872 births | 1926 deaths | Polish inventors ... For other persons of the same name, see Józef Piotrowski. ... Kazimierz Proszyński Kazimierz Proszyński (1875 - 1945) was a Polish inventor. ... Categories: Stub | 1872 births | 1926 deaths | Polish inventors ... Tadeusz Sendzimir (originally Sędzimir¹, July 15, 1894, Lwów — September 1, 1989, Waterbury, Connecticut²) was an American and Polish engineer and inventor of international renown with 120 patents in mining and metallurgy, 73 of which were awarded to him in the United States³. His name has been given to... Józef Tykociński (Joseph Tykociner) (b. ... Sound-on-film refers to a class of sound film processes where the sound accompanying picture is physically recorded onto photographic film, usually, but not always, the same film strip of film carrying the picture. ...

Computer Science

Piotr Anweiler Piotr Zbigniew Anweiler (born May 27, 1961 in Warsaw, Poland) is the founder of AplusB Software Corporation, where presently he holds a CEO position. ... Jacek Karpiński, pioneer in computer engineering and computer science. ... Marek Karpinski is a computer scientist known for his research in the theory of algorithms and their applications, combinatorial optimization, computational complexity, and mathematical foundations. ... Marian Mazur (Radom, December 7, 1909 – Warsaw, January 21, 1983) was an expert in cybernetics and the theory of messages. ... StanisÅ‚aw Radziszowski - Currently a professor of Computer Science at the Rochester Institute of Technology since 1984, Prof. ... Akira Fujimoto is president of Integra Incorporated - a Japanese software company producing visual computing systems which he founded in 1986. ... Marek Sell (1951 - June 13, 2004) was a Polish computer programmer, best known as the creator of the first Polish anti-virus program, MkS_Vir. ... Stephan Gary Woz Wozniak (born August 11, 1950 in San Jose, California) is an American computer engineer and the co-founder of Apple Computer (now Apple Inc. ... Andrzej Trybulec, (born January 29, 1941) is a Polish mathematician and computer scientist, noted for development of the Mizar system. ... The Mizar system consists of a language for writing strictly formalized mathematical definitions and proofs, a computer program which is able to check proofs written in this language, and a library of definitions and proved theorems which can be referred to and used in new articles. ... Jan WÄ™glarz (born 1947 in PoznaÅ„) is a Polish computer scientist. ... Michal Zalewski is a hacker in the Jargon File meaning of the word and a young yet well-known computer security expert from Poland. ...

Linguistics

Jan Niecisław Baudouin de Courtenay Jan Czekanowski Alfred Korzybski Jerzy Kuryłowicz Jan Miodek Jaroslav Rudnyckyj Antoni Józef Śmieszek Anna Wierzbicka Ludwik Zamenhof, inventor of Esperanto.

Zamenhof

Jan Niecislaw Baudouin de Courtenay (March 13, 1845 - November 3, 1929) was a Polish linguist, best known for his theory of the phoneme and phonetic alternations. ... Jan Czekanowski (1882 - 1965), Polish anthropologist, statistician and linguist He worked at the University of Lviv and University of Poznan. ... Alfred Habdank Skarbek Korzybski is a philosopher and scientist born on July 3, 1879 in Warsaw, Congress Poland, Russian Empire and died on March 1, 1950, in Lakeville, Connecticut, USA. He is probably best-remembered for developing the theory of general semantics. ... A Polish linguist (1895-1978) who was one of the greatest 20th-century students of Indo-European languages. ... Jan Miodek (born 1946 in Tarnowskie Góry, Poland), Professor of Wroclaw University, is a linguist in the normative tradition. ... Jaroslav Bohdan Rudnyckyj (1910 – October 19, 1995) was a Ukrainian-Canadian linguist, lexicographer with a specialty in etymology and onomastics, folklorist, travel writer, and publicist. ... Antoni Józef Åšmieszek (1881-1943) was a Polish Egyptologist and linguist Åšmieszek studied linguistics and classical philology at the University of Krakow, 1901 and later at the Universities of Munich, Berlin and London. ... Anna Wierzbicka (b. ... Dr. Ludovic Lazarus (Ludwik Lejzer) Zamenhof (December 15, 1859–April 14, 1917) was a Polish-Jewish ophthalmologist, philologist, and the initiator of Esperanto, the most widely spoken planned language to date. ... This article is about the language. ... Image File history File links Size of this preview: 427 × 599 pixelsFull resolution‎ (1,364 × 1,914 pixels, file size: 1. ... Image File history File links Size of this preview: 427 × 599 pixelsFull resolution‎ (1,364 × 1,914 pixels, file size: 1. ... Dr. Ludovic Lazarus (Ludwik Lejzer) Zamenhof (December 15, 1859–April 14, 1917) was a Polish-Jewish ophthalmologist, philologist, and the initiator of Esperanto, the most widely spoken planned language to date. ...

Mathematics