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This is a partial list of famous Polish , Polish-speaking/writing people, and people born in Poland .
Science Stefan Banach (1892-1945), mathematicianKarol Borsuk (1905-1982), mathematicianNicolaus Copernicus (1473-1543), astronomerMaria Curie-Skłodowska (1867-1934), scientist, Nobel Prize winner (twice), first female Nobel prize winnerJan Czekanowski (1882-1965), anthropologistJan Czerski (1845-1892), geographer and geologist Samuel Dickstein (1851-1939), mathematician Ignacy Domeyko (1802-1889), geologistSamuel Eilenberg (1913-1998), mathematicianGabriel Fahrenheit (1686-1736), physicistKazimierz Funk (1884-1967), biochemistRudolf Gundlach (1894-1957), inventor of tank periscopeMirosław Hermaszewski (b. 1941), the first Polish astronautJohannes Hevelius (Jan Heweliusz ) (1611-1687), astronomerJozef Hofman (1876 -1957 ), pianist, inventor of windscreen wipers and car springsWitold Hurewicz (1904-1956), mathematicianRoman Ingarden (1893-1970), philosopher Mark Kac (1914-1984), mathematicianAntoni Kepinski (1918-1972), psychiatristJanusz Korczak (1878-1942), pedagogistJan Kubary (1846-1896), anthropologist Krystyna Kuperberg (1944-), mathematicianKazimierz Kuratowski (1896-1980), mathematicianIgnacy Łukasiewicz (1822-1882), founder of the world petroleum industryJan Łukasiewicz (1878-1956), mathematicianHenryk Magnuski (1909-1978), engineer, inventor of the Walkie-talkie Bronisław Malinowski (1884-1942), anthropologue and ethnologueBenoit Mandelbrot (1924-), mathematicianJózef Marcinkiewicz (1910-1940), mathematician Ralph Modjeski (1861-1940), engineerAndrzej Frycz Modrzewski (Andreas Fricius Modrevius ) (1503-1572), political theorist and philosopherWladyslaw Orlicz (1903-1990), mathematicianEmil Leon Post (1897-1954), mathematicianBohdan Paczyński (1940-) astronomerBronisław Piłsudski (1866-1918), anthropologistMarian Rejewski (1905-1980), mathematician and cryptologistStanislaw Saks (1897-1942), mathematicianArthur Schopenhauer (1788 - 1860), philosopherWacław Sierpiński (1882-1969), mathematicianMarian Smoluchowski (1872-1917), physicistHugo Steinhaus (1887-1972), mathematician.Pawel Strzelecki (1797-1873), explorerAlfred Tarski (1901-1983), mathematicianStanislaw Ulam (1909 - 1984), mathematicianRudolf Weigl (1883-1957), biologist and the inventor of the typhus vaccinePiotr Wilniewczyc (1887-1960), arms constructorPaweł Włodkowic (1370-1435), scholar and laywerEdmund Wnuk-Lipinski (1944-), sociologist Aleksander Wolszczan (1946-), astronomerZygmunt Wróblewski (1845-1888), physicistJózef Hoene-Wroński (1778-1853), mathematician and philosopher Ludwik Zamenhof (1859-1917), linguistKazimierz Zarankiewicz (1902-1959) mathematicianAntoni Zygmund (1900 - 1992) mathematician
Music
Literature Jan Brzechwa (1900 –1966 ), poetJoseph Conrad (Teodor Józef Korzeniowski) (1857 –1924 ), English writerLucyna Cwierczakiewiczowa (1829 –1901 ), the first Polish cook book authorJohannes Dantiscus (Jan Dantyszek) (1485 –1548 ), Latin poet and Prince-Bishop of Warmia Tadeusz Dołęga-Mostowicz (1898 –1939 ), novelist Jacek Dukaj (b. 1974 ), science-fiction writerWitold Gombrowicz (1904 –1969 ), novelist and drama writerZbigniew Herbert (1924 –1998 ), poetRyszard Kapuściński (b. 1932 ), writer and journalistJan Kochanowski (1530 –1584 ), poetTadeusz Konwicki (b1926 -)Jerzy Kosiński (1933 –1991 )Zofia Kossak-Szczucka (1890 –1968 ) Stanisław Lem (b. 1921 ), science-fiction writer, essayist, philosopherAdam Mickiewicz (1798 –1855 ), poetCzesław Miłosz , Polish poet , Nobel Prize in Literature in 1980 (June 30 , 1911 – August 14 , 2004 )Cyprian Kamil Norwid (1821 –1883 ), poetKrzysztof Piesiewicz (b. 1945 ), screenwriter and politicianWładysław Reymont (1867 –1925 ), writer, Nobel Prize in Literature in 1924 Marcel Reich-Ranicki (b. June 2 , 1920 ), literary critic Andrzej Sapkowski (b. 1948 ), fantasy writerHenryk Sienkiewicz (1846 –1916 ), writer, Nobel Prize in Literature in 1905 Wisława Szymborska (b. 1923 ), Polish poet , Nobel Prize in Literature in 1996 Bruno Schulz (1892 –1942 ), writerStanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz (“Witkacy”) (1885 –1939 ), writer and painterStanisław Witkiewicz (1851 –1915 ), writer, painter and art theoreticianStanisław Wyspiański , (1869 –1907 ), painter and writerFranciszek Zabłocki (1754 –1821 ), comic dramatist and satiristJanusz A. Zajdel (1938 –1995 ), science-fiction writer
Arts
Entertainment Agnieszka Holland (1948-), film directorKazimierz Kutz (1929-), film directorKrzysztof Kieslowski (1941-1996), film directorRoman Polański (1933-), film director and actorAndrzej Wajda (1926-), film directorAndrzej Zulawski (1940-), film directorJózef Arkusz, (1921-1996), film director Eugeniusz Bodo (1899-1943), singer and actorZbigniew Cybulski (1927-1967), actor Katarzyna Figura (1962-), actress Jan Kiepura (1902-1966), singer and actor Bogusław Linda (1952-), actorHelena Modrzejewska (1840-1909), actress known as Helena Modjeska Pola Negri (1894-1987), actressJoanna Pacula (1957-), actressEwa Demarczyk , (1941-), actress, poetry singerLudwika Paleta (1978-), Mexican actressWojciech Pszoniak (1942-), actor of Comedie Francaise Daniel Olbrychski (1945-), actor Izabella Scorupco (1970-) actressJacek Kaczmarski , (1957-2004), protest songwriter and singer
Royalty Swiatoslawa (Gunhild) (967-1014), daughter of Mieszko I of Poland, mother of Canute the Great , king of England, Denmark and NorwayBoleslaus the Brave (966/967-1025), first king of PolandHenry II the Pious (?-1241), senior duke of Poland, commander of Polish forces in Battle of Legnica Casimir IV the Jagiellonian (1427-1494), king of Poland and grand duke of Lithuania, victor in Thirteen Years' War (1454-1466)Jan III Sobieski (John III of Poland ) (1629-1696), king of Poland and Great Duke of Lithuania, victor at the Battle of Vienna Stanislaw Leszczynski , (Stanislaus I of Poland ) (1677-1766), king of Poland and prince of LorraineMaria Leszczynska , wife of Louis XV king of FranceLadislaus III , (Władysław III Warneńczyk, Ulászló I), 1424-1444, king of Poland and HungaryAleksandra Lisowska (Khourrem) (~1510 - 1558), (wife of Suleiman the Magnificent )
Sports Waldemar Baszanowski (1935 -), weightlifter Zbigniew Boniek (1956 -), soccer forwardMariusz Czerkawski (1972 -), ice hockey playerKazimierz Deyna (1947 -1989 ), soccer playerJerzy Dudek (1973 -), soccer goalkeeperWojtek Fibak (1952 -), tennis playerMalgorzata Glinka (1978 -), volleyball player Robert Gadocha (1946 -), soccer player Tomasz Gollob (1971 -), speedway driver Andrew Golota (1968 -), boxerJerzy Gorgon (1949 -), soccer player Andrzej Grubba (1958 -), table tennis player Zenon Jaskula (1962 -), cyclerOtylia Jedrzejczak (1983 -), swimmerHenryk Kasperczak (1946 -), soccer player Robert Korzeniowski (1968 -), athleteJerzy Kukuczka (1948 - 1989 ), climberJerzy Kulej (1940 -), boxer Grzegorz Lato (1950 -), soccer player Wlodzimierz Lubanski (1947 -), soccer player Adam Malysz (1977 -), ski jumperWaldemar Marszalek (1942 -), powerboating racer Dariusz Michalczewski (1968 -), boxerArtur Partyka (1969 -), high jumper Mariusz Pudzianowski (1979 -), strongmanWanda Rutkiewicz (1943 - 1992 ), climberAndrzej Szarmach (1950 -) soccer playerIrena Szewinska (1946 -), sprinterJan Szurkowski (1946 -), cycler Jan Tomaszewski (1948 -), soccer goalkeeper Krzysztof Wielicki (1950 -), climberSobieslaw Zasada (1930 -), rally driver
Military Józef Bem (1794 -1850 ), military commander, commander-in-chief of Hungarian army (1849 )Jan Karol Chodkiewicz (1560 -1621 ), military commander, victor from Kircholm Jarosław Dąbrowski (1836 -1871 ), military commander during the January Uprising and the Paris Commune Henryk Dembiński (1791 -1864 ), military commander in the November Uprising and the Hungarian uprising of 1849 Józef Haller (1873 -1960 ), politician, commander of the Polish Army in France during WWI Tadeusz Komorowski (1895 -1966 ), commander of the Home Army during the Warsaw Uprising Tadeusz Kosciuszko (1746 -1817 ), commander and revolutionistStanislaw Maczek (1892 -1994 ), commander of the Polish Armoured Division, later C-i-C of the Polish forces in exile after WWII Stanislaw Sosabowski (1892 -1967 ), commander of the Polish 1st Independent Parachute Brigade , which saw action at Arnhem during Operation Market Garden Casimir Pulaski , military commanderStefan Rowecki (1895 -1944 ?), military commander, commander-in-chief of the Home ArmyEdward Śmigły-Rydz (1886 -1941 ), military commander, successful in the Polish-Bolshevik war, C-i-C of the Polish Army in the September Campaign Aleksander Lisowski (1575 -1616 ), commander of Lisowczycy Stanislaus Zolkiewski (1547 -1620 ), chancellor of Poland, military commander, conqueror of Moscow
Politics and diplomacy
People who resisted Holocaust
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Controversial persons
Legendary persons John of Kolno (Jan z Kolna, Johannes Scolnus or Scolvus), (semi?)legendary explorer and discoverer of America before Columbus (1476)
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List of Poles - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (1791 words)
This is a partial list of famous Polish or Polish-speaking/writing persons, or persons born in other countries, which are now Poland, or on historically Polish soil. This list has been subject to dispute as to which persons may properly be listed as Poles , due to Polish terrorities having been at various times occupied by foreign countries, and due to the spirited discussions, in recent years, of ethnic identity in the United States, Canada, the Americas, Europe, Asia, Oceania and Africa. This list is incomplete; you can help by expanding it.
::: American Indians of the Pacific Northwest Collection ::: (0 words)
The figures carved on Northwest Coast poles generally represent ancestors and supernatural beings that were once encountered by the ancestors of the lineage, who thereby acquired the right to represent them as crests, symbols of their identity, and records of their history. This pole was damaged by fire in Pioneer Square in 1938, and a replica was carved by a group of Tlingit carvers from Ketchikan as part of a Civilian Conservation Corps project. Poles were often "copied," that is, new versions were commissioned when new houses were built, or when members of the family married and moved to other villages.
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