List of Polish people
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This is a partial list of famous Polish or Polish-speaking or -writing persons. Persons of mixed heritage have their respective ancestries credited.
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[edit] History
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[edit] Science
[edit] Astronomy
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[edit] Biology, medicine
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[edit] Chemistry
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[edit] Engineering
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[edit] Economics
[edit] Invention
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[edit] Computer science
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[edit] Linguistics
[edit] Mathematics
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[edit] Physics
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[edit] Social sciences
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[edit] Other sciences
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[edit] Music
See also: List of Polish composers
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[edit] Prose literature
See also: List of Polish writers and List of Polish novelists
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[edit] Poetry
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See also: List of Polish poets
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[edit] Philosophy
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[edit] Fine arts
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See also: List of Polish artists and painters
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[edit] Entertainment
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[edit] Business
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[edit] Royalty
- Mieszko I, first Duke of Poland.
- Dubrawka, first Duchess of Poland.
- Świętosława (Gunhild), daughter of Mieszko I of Poland, mother of Canute the Great, King of England, Denmark and Norway.
- Bolesław I the Brave, first King of Poland.
- Mieszko II Lambert, second King of Poland.
- Richeza of Lotharingia, Queen of Poland.
- Casimir I the Restorer, Duke of Poland.
- Bolesław II the Bold, third King of Poland.
- Bolesław III Wrymouth, Duke of Poland.
- Mieszko III the Old, Duke of Greater Poland, Senior Duke of Poland.
- Casimir II the Just, Duke of Cracow, Senior Duke of Poland.
- Leszek I the White, Duke of Cracow, Senior Duke of Poland.
- Henry I the Bearded, Duke of Silesia, Senior Duke of Poland.
- Henry II the Pious, Senior Duke of Poland, commander of Polish forces in the Battle of Legnica (1241).
- Przemysł II, King of Poland.
- Władysław I the Elbow-high, King of Poland.
- Casimir III the Great, Piast Dynasty last King of Poland.
- Jadwiga Angevin, King and Queen of Poland.
- Władysław II Jagiełło, Lithuanian, King of Poland, victor at the Battle of Grunwald (1410).
- Władysław III of Varna (Ulászló I), King of Poland and Hungary, killed at the Battle of Varna (1444).
- Casimir IV Jagiellon, King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania, victor in the Thirteen Years' War (1454–1466).
- John I Albert, King of Poland.
- Alexander Jagiellon, Grand Duke of Lithuania and King of Poland.
- Sigismund I the Old, King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania.
- Roxelana (Khourrem, wife of Suleiman the Magnificent).
- Barbara Radziwiłłówna, consort of Sigismund II August.
- Sigismund II Augustus, last Jagiellon king of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth.
- Anna Jagiellon, reigned together with her husband Stephen Báthory
- Stephen Báthory, Hungarian-born King of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth.
- Sigismund III Vasa, King of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth and King of Sweden.
- Władysław IV Vasa, elected Tsar of Russia, King of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth.
- John II Casimir Vasa, King of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, victor at the Battle of Beresteczko (1651).
- John III Sobieski, King of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, victor at the Battle of Vienna (1683).
- Maria Clementina Sobieska, Queen of France, England, Scotland and Ireland.
- Catherine I (Marta Skowrońska), second wife of Russian Tsar Peter the Great, and Empress of Russia (1725–27).
- Stanisław Leszczyński, King of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth and Duke of Lorraine.
- Catherine Opalińska, Queen of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth and Duchess of Lorraine.
- Maria Leszczyńska, consort of Louis XV, King of France.
- Stanisław August Poniatowski, last King of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, co-author of the Constitution of May 3, 1791.
[edit] Nobility
see: List of szlachta
[edit] Military
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[edit] Politics
- Wiktor Alter
- Tomasz Arciszewski, first Prime Minister of Poland in exile (1944–1947)
- Kazimierz Feliks Badeni, count, Minister-President of Austria (1895–1897)
- Menachem Begin Israeli politician and Prime Minister (1913–1992)
- David Ben Gurion, Zionist leader and first Prime Minister of Israel (1886–1973)
- Marek Belka, former director of economic policy in the interim coalition administration of Iraq, Prime Minister of Poland (2004–2005)
- Bolesław Bierut, leader of communist Poland (1948–1956)
- Michał Bobrzyński, Governor of Galicia (1908–1913)
- Zbigniew Brzeziński, political scientist, advisor to US President Jimmy Carter.
- Józef Cyrankiewicz, Prime Minister of communistic Poland (1947–1952 and 1954–1970)
- Adam Jerzy Czartoryski, prince, statesman, Prime Minister (1830–1831)
- Ignacy Daszyński, Prime Minister of the Temporary People's Government of the Republic of Poland (1918)
- Jan Dekert, merchant, Mayor of Warsaw (1789–1791)
- Roman Dmowski, nationalist politician, statesman
- Feliks Dzierżyński, the founder of the Bolshevik secret police, the Cheka
- Marek Edelman
- Henryk Ehrlich
- Tytus Filipowicz
- Jaś Gawroński, Italian politician
- Edward Gierek, leader of communist Poland (1970–1980)
- Agaton Giller
- Władysław Gomułka, leader of communist Poland (1956–1970)
- Michał Hruszewski, first President of Ukraine (1918)
- Piotr Jaroszewicz, Prime Minister of communistic Poland (1970–1980)
- Wojciech Jaruzelski, last leader of communist Poland (1981–1989), first President of the Third Polish Republic (1989–1990)
- Janusz Jędrzejewicz
- Henryk Józewski
- Ryszard Kaczorowski, sixth and last President of Poland in exile (1989–1990)
- Jarosław Kaczyński, identical twin brother of Lech, leader of the Law and Justice party, Prime Minister of Poland (2006–2007)
- Lech Kaczyński, fourth President of the Third Polish Republic (2005–2010), "first President of the Fourth Polish Republic", died in Smolensk air crash
- Hugo Kołłątaj, co-author of Constitution of May 3, 1791
- Bronisław Komorowski, fifth President of the Third Polish Republic (since 2010)
- Wojciech Korfanty, leader of Silesians during the Third Silesian Uprising
- Janusz Korwin-Mikke, free-market activist
- Stanisław Kosior, Soviet politician
- Tadeusz Kościuszko
- Jan Kucharzewski, first Prime Minister of Kingdom of Poland (1917–1918),
- Pedro Pablo Kuczynski, Prime Minister of Peru (2005–2006)
- Jacek Kuroń, politician, social activist
- Aleksander Kwaśniewski, third President of the Third Polish Republic (1995–2005)
- Andrzej Lepper, leader of Samoobrona and former Vice-PM
- Herman Lieberman
- Stanisław Mackiewicz
- Julian Marchlewski, Soviet politician
- Tadeusz Mazowiecki, politician, first Prime Minister of the Third Polish Republic (Poland)
- Vyacheslav Menzhinsky, the second chairman of the OGPU (1926–34)
- Teodoro Picado Michalski, President of Costa Rica (1944–1948)
- Stanisław Mikołajczyk, Prime Minister of Poland (1943–1944), politician of the agrarian party
- Jędrzej Moraczewski, first Prime Minister of II RP (1918–1919)
- Ignacy Mościcki, third President (1926–39) of the Second Polish Republic
- Edmund Muskie, American politician
- Lewis Bernstein Namier, British politician and historian
- Gabriel Narutowicz, first President of the Second Polish Republic (1922)
- Julian Ursyn Niemcewicz
- Josef Olechowski, Polish senator, lawyer and counter-espionage role in pre World War II.
- Marian P. Opala, Justice of the Oklahoma Supreme Court
- Stanisław Ostrowski, third President of Poland in exile (1972–1979)
- Ignacy Paderewski, second Prime Minister of the Second Polish Republic (1919)
- Longin Pastusiak, Marshal of the Senat 2001–2005
- Waldemar Pawlak, Prime Minister of Poland (1992 and 1993–95)
- Józef Piłsudski, statesman, politician and Marshal of Poland
- Władysław Broel-Plater, independence activist, founder of Polish Museum, Rapperswil
- Axel Poniatowski, prince, French politician
- Michel Poniatowski, prince, French politician
- Alfred Józef Potocki, count, Minister-President of Austria (1870–1871)
- Ignacy Potocki, co-author of Constitution of May 3, 1791
- Adam Próchnik
- Władysław Raczkiewicz, first President of Poland in exile (1939–1947)
- Edward Raczyński, fourth President of Poland in exile (1979–1986)
- Iveta Radičová, Prime Minister of Slovakia (since 2010)
- Antoni Radziwiłł, prince, the Duke-Governor of Grand Duchy of Posen (Poznań) (1815–1831)
- Adam Ronikier, count, president of the Central Welfare Council (1916–1918) and (1940–1943)
- Dan Rostenkowski, American politician
- Kazimierz Sabbat, fifth President of Poland in exile (1986–1989)
- Jacek Saryusz-Wolski, vice-president of European Parliament (2004–2007)
- Władysław Sikorski, general, Prime Minister of Poland (1939–1943)
- Walery Sławek
- Anatoly Sobczak, first post-Soviet mayor of St Petersburg
- Stefan Starzyński, President of Warsaw (1934–1939)
- Andrzej Stelmachowski
- Władysław Studnicki, politician and publicist
- Donald Tusk, chairman of the Civic Platform, Prime Minister of Poland (since 2007)
- Lech Wałęsa, trade unionist who started dismantling of the Soviet bloc, the Nobel Peace Prize in 1983, second President of the Third Polish Republic (1990–1995)
- Ludwik Waryński, socialist activist in 19th c.
- Roy Welensky, Prime Minister of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland
- Edward Werner, (born in Poland to parents of German origin) vice-Minister of Finance, and Polish diplomat during World War II
- Alexander Wielopolski, count, Marquis of Gonzaga, statesman
- Wincenty Witos, politician of the agrarian party
- Stanisław Wojciechowski, second President of the Second Polish Republic (1922–1926)
- Tadeusz Wróblewski
- Viktor Yanukovych, President of Ukraine (since 2010)
- August Zaleski, second President of Poland in exile (1947–1972)
- Andrzej Artur Zamoyski
- Jan Zamoyski, chancellor and grand hetman of the crown (1542–1605)
[edit] Diplomats
- Władysław Bartoszewski, foreign affairs minister of III RP (1995 and 2000–2001)
- Józef Beck, foreign affairs minister of II RP (1932–1939)
- Alois Friedrich von Brühl, Polish-Saxon diplomat, starost of Warsaw
- Matthew Bryza, American diplomat
- Włodzimierz Cimoszewicz, foreign affairs minister of III RP (2001–2005)
- Adam Jerzy Czartoryski, Polish and Russian diplomat; Russian Imperial foreign minister (1804–6)
- Władysław Czartoryski, prince, the main diplomatic agent of the National Government (1863–1864)
- Roman Dmowski, foreign affairs minister of II RP (1923)
- Bronisław Geremek, foreign affairs minister of III RP (1997–2000)
- Agenor Maria Gołuchowski, count, foreign affairs minister of Austria-Hungary (1895–1906)
- Krzysztof Grzymułtowski, diplomat and voivod of Poznań, author of the Eternal Peace Treaty with Russia (1686)
- Stanisław Janikowski, diplomat in Rome, to Holy See (1927–1954)
- Wacław Jędrzejewicz
- Julian Klaczko, Polish-Austrian diplomat
- Stanisław Kot, Polish ambassador to the Soviet Union (1941–1942) and to Italy (1945–1947)
- Józef Lipski, Polish ambassador to Germany (1933–1939)
- Juliusz Łukasiewicz, Polish ambassador to the Soviet Union (1934–1936) and France (1936–1939)
- Ivan Maysky, Soviet diplomat
- Stefan Meller, foreign affairs minister of III RP (2005–2006)
- Edmund Muskie, American diplomat, U.S. Secretary of State (1980–1981)
- Lewis Bernstein Namier, British diplomat and historian
- Andrzej Olechowski, foreign affairs minister of III RP (1993–1995)
- Ignacy Paderewski, foreign affairs minister of II RP (1919) and third prime minister of Poland
- Stanisław Patek, foreign affairs minister of II RP (1919–1920)
- Edward Bernard Raczyński, count, Polish ambassador to the United Kingdom (1934–1945) and foreign affairs minister (1941–1943)
- Adam Rapacki, foreign affairs minister of communist Poland (1956–1968)
- Józef Retinger, advocate for a European Union
- Tadeusz Romer, foreign affairs minister of the Polish Government in Exile (1943–1944)
- Dariusz Rosati, foreign affairs minister of III RP (1995–1997)
- Adam Daniel Rotfeld, foreign affairs minister of III RP (2005)
- Radosław Sikorski, foreign affairs minister of III RP (since 2007)
- Konstanty Skirmunt, foreign affairs minister of II RP (1921–1922)
- Aleksander Skrzyński, foreign affairs minister of II RP (1922–1923 and 1924–1926)
- Krzysztof Skubiszewski, first foreign affairs minister of III RP (1989–1993)
- Romuald Spasowski, Polish ambassador to the United States (1955–1961 and 1978–1981)
- Jan Szembek, count, foreign affairs deputy secretary (1932–1939)
- Andrey Vyshinsky, Soviet jurist and diplomat
- Alexandre Joseph Count Colonna-Walewski, French foreign affairs minister
- Leon Wasilewski, foreign affairs minister of II RP (1918–1919)
- Bolesław Wieniawa-Długoszowski, general, Polish ambassador to Italy (1938–1940)
- August Zaleski, foreign affairs minister of II RP (1926–1932)
- Maurycy Klemens Zamoyski, foreign affairs minister of II RP (1924)
- Josef Zieleniec, Czech foreign affairs minister
- Sergey Yastrzhembsky, Russian diplomat
[edit] Intelligence
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[edit] Holocaust resisters
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[edit] Religion
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[edit] Miscellaneous
- George Adamski, controversial ufologist
- Florian Ceynowa, Kashubian activist
- Krystyna Chojnowska-Liskiewicz, first woman to sail solo around the world
- Franciszek Czapek, watchmaker
- Michał Drzymała, resistance hero
- Piotr Gawryś, contract bridge champion
- Wincenty Gostkowski, watchmaker
- Piotr Iwanicki, wheelchair dancing world champion
- Marek Kamiński, adventure traveller
- Adam Michnik, journalist
- Piotr Naszarkowski, engraver
- Stefan Ossowiecki, psychic
- Józef Piotrowski
- Anthony Radziwill, U.S. news journalist/producer (nephew of John F. Kennedy)
- Wilfrid Michael Voynich, bibliophile
- Warren Winiarski, California winemaker
[edit] Models
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[edit] Legendary persons
- Krakus, a legendary prince and founder of Kraków.
- Lech, a legendary founder of the Polish nation.
- Piast the Wheelwright (Piast Kołodziej), a semi-legendary figure in prehistoric Poland (9th cent. AD), the founder of the Piast dynasty.
- Popiel, a semi-legendary 9th century ruler of western Polans, the last member of the Popielids.
- Abraham Prochownik, a legendary Jewish figure, to have been nominated prince of western Polans, after the death of Popiel, in 842 CE.
- John Scolvus, a semi-legendary sailor of the late 15th century.
- Pan Twardowski, a semi-legendary Faust-like sorcerer; in Polish legend, the first man on the Moon (the 16th century).
- Janek Wiśniewski, freedom fighter, hero of 1970 Gdynia riots.
[edit] Fictional characters
- Captain William Joseph "B.J." Blazkowicz in Wolfenstein 3D
- Bolek i Lolek
- Waldemar Daninsky, wolfman in La Marca del Hombre Lobo
- Nicodemus Dyzma (in Tadeusz Dołęga-Mostowicz's novel, The Career of Nicodemus Dyzma).
- Dr Judym (in Stefan Żeromski's novel, Homeless People).
- Kajko i Kokosz
- Florentyna Kane in The Prodigal Daughter and Shall We Tell the President?
- Commander Keen, grandson of B.J. Blazkowicz
- Hans Kloss (Captain Kloss), World War II secret agent in the Polish TV serial More Than Life at Stake
- Kordian
- Funky Koval, space detective
- Stanley Kowalski in Tennessee Williams' play, A Streetcar Named Desire
- Stanley Kowalski, a Polish-American detective in the 1990s Canadian television series Due South
- Walt Kowalski—a Polish-American Korean War veteran and retired Ford worker, in Clint Eastwood's 2008 film Gran Torino
- Kowalski, a penguin on the List of characters in Madagascar (franchise)
- Koziołek Matołek
- Magneto, mutant (Marvel Comics)
- Mike Nomad (with Steve Roper), an American adventure comic strip (1936–2004)
- Count Olenski, estranged husband of Ellen Olenska in Edith Wharton's novel, The Age of Innocence (1920)
- Roland "Prez" Pryzbylewski, in HBO's The Wire, from police officer to school teacher
- Officer Eddie Pulaski in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
- Abel Rosnovski in Kane and Abel
- Pan Samochodzik, an adventurer created by Zbigniew Nienacki
- Sasquatch (Dr. Walter Langkowski), Marvel superhero
- Walter Sobchak, the "Polish Catholic" in the film, The Big Lebowski
- Silk Spectre I & II, superheroines in Watchmen
- Stanislau, ace pilot in Blackhawk (comics)
- Michael Stivic in All in the Family
- Maciej Tomczyk ala Lech Wałęsa in the 1981 film, Man of Iron, directed by Andrzej Wajda
- Tytus, Romek i A'Tomek, Polish comic book heroes
- Miś Uszatek, cartoon character
- Walter Koskiusko Waldowski, the "Painless Pole" in the film, MASH
- Konrad Wallenrod, in the narrative poem by Adam Mickiewicz
- John Paul Wiggin (Jan Paweł Wieczorek) in the Ender's Game series
- The Witcher, fantasy hero created by Sapkowski
- Stanisław Wokulski, protagonist of Bolesław Prus' novel, The Doll.
- Mike Bruski, character in a video game Mafia II, junkyard operating stolen cars expert.
- Piotr Zak, composer in a spoof BBC documentary
- Sophie Zawistowski in Sophie's Choice, a novel by William Styron and film by Alan J. Pakula.
[edit] Sports
See also: list of Polish sports players
[edit] Athletics
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[edit] Boxing
[edit] Chess
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[edit] Climbing
- Leszek Cichy, himalaist
- Jerzy Kukuczka, himalaist
- Wojciech Kurtyka, himalaist, rock climber
- Wanda Rutkiewicz, himalaist
- Krzysztof Wielicki, himalaist
- Andrzej Zawada, himalaist
[edit] Fencing
[edit] Ice hockey
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[edit] Skiing
- Bronisław Czech
- Wojciech Fortuna, ski jumper
- Justyna Kowalczyk, cross country skier
- Józef Łuszczek, cross country skier
- Adam Małysz, ski jumper
- Jan Marusarz, brother of Stanisław Marusarz, WWII escort of Krystyna Skarbek
- Stanisław Marusarz, ski jumper
- Stefan Hula, Sr., Nordic combined skier
- Stefan Hula, Jr., ski jumper
- Kamil Stoch, ski jumper
[edit] Soccer
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[edit] Swimming
[edit] Tennis
[edit] Weightlifting
- Waldemar Baszanowski
- Marcin Dołęga
- Ben Helfgott
- Szymon Kołecki
- Mieczysław Nowak
- Ireneusz Paliński
- Agata Wróbel
- Marian Zieliński
[edit] Others
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[edit] References
- ^ "UK | England | Cumbria | UK's 'oldest' man dies, aged 111". BBC News. December 10, 2005. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/cumbria/4516532.stm. Retrieved January 29, 2011.
