List of Polish people
This is a partial list of notable Polish or Polish-speaking or -writing persons. Persons of mixed heritage have their respective ancestries credited.
History
- Szymon Askenazy, historian and diplomat
- Marcin Bielski, chronicler
- Michał Bobrzyński, historian and politician
- Józef Borzyszkowski, Pomeranian history
- Filip Callimachus
- Marek Jan Chodakiewicz
- Piotr Cywiński
- Tadeusz Czacki
- Jan Długosz, 15th-century chronicler of Poland
- Marian Kamil Dziewanowski, Poland, Russia, modern Europe
- Karol Estreicher (senior), father of Polish Bibliography
- Stanisław Estreicher
- Tadeusz Estreicher
- Aleksander Gieysztor
- Kazimierz Godłowski, historian and archeologist
- Władysław Grabski
- Oskar Halecki, historian of Poland
- Marceli Handelsman, historian of Poland
- Paweł Jasienica, historian of Poland
- Jacek Jędruch
- Wincenty Kadłubek, 13th-century historian of Poland
- Józef Kasparek, constitutions; World War II era
- Stefan Kieniewicz, 19th-century Polish history
- Jerzy Kirchmayer, 1944 Warsaw Uprising
- Hugo Kołłątaj, 18th–19th-century historian, philosopher and politician
- Feliks Koneczny, Polish history, social philosophy
- Władysław Konopczyński, Polish and world history
- Stanisław Kot, historian and politician
- Władysław Kozaczuk, military history, military intelligence, World War II
- Manfred Kridl, history of Polish culture and literature
- Marcin Kromer, 16th-century Bishop of Warmia, secretary to two Polish kings, and historian of Poland
- Jan Kucharzewski, historian and politician
- Marian Kukiel, military historian and politician
- Stanisław Kutrzeba, Poland, Polish law, Kraków
- Gerard Labuda
- Joachim Lelewel, historian of Poland
- Jerzy Jan Lerski
- Wacław Lipiński
- Stanisław Lorentz, art historian
- Czesław Madajczyk, World War II
- Janusz Magnuski, World War II Polish and Soviet Armor
- Tadeusz Manteuffel, medievalist
- Maciej Miechowita
- Stephen Mizwa
- Teodor Narbutt,[1] Polish historian of Lithuania
- Adam Naruszewicz,[2] 18th-century historian, participant in the Great Sejm
- Kasper Niesiecki, Jesuit lexicographer and heraldic scholar
- Szymon Okolski, 17th-century historian
- Bartosz Paprocki, Polish and Czech heraldic scholar
- Michael Alfred Peszke, Polish Armed Forces, World War II
- Tadeusz Piotrowski, historian of Poland during World War II
- Richard Pipes, Polish-American historian of Russia and the Soviet Union
- Iwo Cyprian Pogonowski, World War II, Polish-Jewish relations
- Stanisław Salmonowicz, historian of law
- Julian Stachiewicz, military historian
- Szymon Starowolski
- Maciej Stryjkowski, historian, writer, poet
- Tomasz Strzembosz, Polish World War II history
- Tadeusz Sulimirski, historian and archeologist
- Karol Szajnocha, historian and novelist
- Zygmunt Szweykowski, Polish literature
- Władysław Tatarkiewicz, philosophy and aesthetics
- Rafał Taubenschlag, history of law
- Janusz Tazbir
- Józef Turowski, World War II OUN massacres of Poles
- Adam Ulam, Polish-American historian of Russia and the Soviet Union
- Adam Vetulani, history of law
- Piotr S. Wandycz, Polish-American historian of Central and Eastern Europe
- Leon Wasilewski
- Richard Woytak, World War II era
- Wincenty Zakrzewski, 16th-century Poland
- Adam Zamoyski
- Janusz K. Zawodny, World War II
- Marek Żukow-Karczewski, historian and journalist
- Andrew Buczynski, American author and historian of Polish descent
Science
Astronomy
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Biology, medicine
Chemistry
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Engineering
Economics
Invention
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Computer science
Linguistics
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Mathematics
Physics
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Social sciences
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Other sciences
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Music
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Prose literature
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Poetry
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Philosophy
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Visual arts
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Entertainment
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Business
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Royalty
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Nobility
Military
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Politics
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Diplomats
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Intelligence
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Holocaust resisters
Religion
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Assassins
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Lawyers
Miscellaneous
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Legendary persons
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- Krakus, legendary prince and founder of Kraków
- Lech, legendary founder of the Polish nation
- Piast the Wheelwright (Piast Kołodziej), semi-legendary figure in prehistoric Poland (9th century); founder of the Piast dynasty
- Popiel, semi-legendary 9th-century ruler of the western Polans; last of the Popielids
- Lajkonik, a Kraków half-man-half-horse figure representing a Mongol invader, with his own festival after the feast of Corpus Christi
- Our Lady of Częstochowa (known also as "the Black Madonna"), foremost of Polish religious icons
- Abraham Prochownik, legendary Jewish figure, said to have been named prince of the western Polans after the death of Popiel in 842
- Sarmatians, ancient proto-Persian tribe that fed the idea of Sarmatism during the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
- John Scolvus, semi-legendary sailor of the late 15th century
- Syrenka warszawska, legendary fresh-water mermaid said to have been rescued by Vistula fishermen. Iconic symbol of Warsaw
- Pan Twardowski, semi-legendary Faust-like sorcerer; in Polish legend, the first man on the Moon (in the 16th century)
- Janek Wiśniewski, freedom fighter; hero of 1970 Gdynia riots
Fictional characters
- Captain William Joseph B.J. Blazkowicz in Wolfenstein 3D
- Ernst Stavro Blofeld, a villain from the James Bond series of novels and films, created by Ian Fleming
- Bolek i Lolek, cartoon characters from a Polish children's TV animated comedy series
- Baba Jaga, Polish version of the forest-dwelling sorceress
- Waldemar Daninsky, wolfman in La Marca del Hombre Lobo
- Nicodemus Dyzma, in Tadeusz Dołęga-Mostowicz's novel The Career of Nicodemus Dyzma
- Geralt of Rivia, fantasy hero in The Witcher book series created by Andrzej Sapkowski
- Marcin Jerek, Polish-born British professor and former CIA interrogator, in the TV series NCIS, played by W. Morgan Sheppard
- 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 Stake larger than life
- Kordian
- Funky Koval, space detective
- Stanley Kowalski, in Tennessee Williams' play A Streetcar Named Desire
- Stanley Kowalski, Polish-American detective in the 1990s Canadian television series Due South
- Walt Kowalski, Polish-American Korean War veteran and retired Ford worker, in Clint Eastwood's 2008 film Gran Torino
- Kowalski, a penguin in the children's film Madagascar
- Ligia, heroine of Sienkiewicz's novel, Quo Vadis?
- Man of Iron, symbol of Solidarity and title of Wajda's film
- Koziołek Matołek, like the bear and the horse, the goat is part of Polish folklore, here in Kornel Makuszyński's rendition
- 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)
- Pan Tadeusz, poetic distillation of Lithuanian-Polish patriotism and nostalgia
- Roland "Prez" Pryzbylewski, in HBO's The Wire, went from police officer to school teacher
- Officer Eddie Pulaski in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
- Abel Rosnovski in Kane and Abel
- Pan Samochodzik, adventurer created by Zbigniew Nienacki
- Paweł i Gaweł, humorous morality tale about neighbour relations, a favourite children's poem
- Sasquatch (Dr. Walter Langkowski), Marvel superhero
- Sierotka Marysia, archetypal abandoned girl, "Little orphan Mary", living with dwarves
- Walter Sobchak, the "Polish Catholic" in the film The Big Lebowski
- Silk Spectre I & II, superheroines in Watchmen
- Stanislau, ace pilot in Blackhawk
- Mieczysław Stilinski, also known as Stiles Stilinski, one of the main characters in American television series Teen Wolf broadcast on MTV and played by Dylan O'Brien
- Michael Stivic, in All in the Family
- Ijon Tichy, main protagonist in several works of Stanisław Lem such as The Star Diaries, The Futurological Congress, Peace on Earth and Observation on the Spot
- Maciej Tomczyk ala Lech Wałęsa, in the 1981 film Man of Iron, directed by Andrzej Wajda
- Pan Twardowski, a Faust-like figure of Polish legend, literature and film.
- 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
- Stanisław Wokulski, protagonist of Bolesław Prus' novel The Doll
- Wrocław's dwarfs, brass manikins that first appeared on the city's pavements in 2005
- 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
Sport
Athletics
Basketball
Boxing
Chess
- Izak Aloni (1905–1985)
- Izaak Appel (1905–1941)
- Arnold Aurbach (1888–1952)
- Zdzisław Belsitzmann (1890–1920)
- Abram Blass (1895-Unknown)
- Agnieszka Brustman (1962–)
- Oscar Chajes (1873–1928)
- Josef Cukierman (1900–1941)
- Hieronim Czarnowski (1834–1902)
- Moshe Czerniak (1910–1984)
- Arthur Dake (1910–2000), American born to Polish parents
- Dawid Daniuszewski (1885–1944)
- Józef Dominik (1894–1920)
- Arthur Dunkelblum (1906–1979)
- Boruch Israel Dyner (1903–1979)
- Hanna Ereńska (1946–)
- Samuel Factor (1883–1949)
- Alexander Flamberg (1880–1926)
- Henryk Friedman (1903–1942)
- Achilles Frydman (1905–1940)
- Paulino Frydman (1905–1982)
- Regina Gerlecka (1913–1983)
- Edward Gerstenfeld (1915–1943)
- Róża Herman (1902–1995)
- Krystyna Hołuj-Radzikowska
- Chaim Janowski (1868–1935)
- Dawid Janowski (1868–1927)
- Max Judd (1851–1906)
- Bernhard Kagan (1866–1932)
- Stanislaw Kohn (1895–1940)
- George Koltanowski (1903–2000), born in Belgium to a Polish-Jewish family
- Henrijeta Konarkowska-Sokolov (1938–)
- Michał Krasenkow (1963–), Russian born, moved to Poland in 1992
- Leon Kremer (1901–1941)
- Adam Kuligowski (1955–), awarded the title of Chess Grandmaster in 1980
- Abraham Kupchik (1892–1970)
- Salo Landau (1903–1943)
- Edward Lasker (1885–1981)
- Paul Saladin Leonhardt (1877–1934)
- Grigory Levenfish (1889–1961)
- Moishe Lowtzky (1881–1940)
- Bartłomiej Macieja (1977–)
- Kazimierz Makarczyk (1901–1972)
- Kalikst Morawski (1859–1939)
- Stasch Mlotkowski (1881–1943), born in the United States to Polish parents
- Piotr Murdzia (1975–)
- Miguel Najdorf (1910–1997)
- Menachem Oren (1903–1962)
- Julius Perlis (1880–1913)
- Jusefs Petkevich (1940–)
- Karol Piltz (1903–1939)
- Oskar Piotrowski
- Kazimierz Plater (1915–2004)
- Henryk Pogorieły (1908–1943)
- Ignatz von Popiel (1863–1941)
- Artur Popławski
- Dawid Przepiórka
- Iweta Rajlich
- Teodor Regedziński
- Samuel Reshevsky
- Jakob Rosanes
- Samuel Rosenthal
- Gersz Rotlewi
- Akiba Rubinstein
- Gersz Salwe
- Włodzimierz Schmidt
- Leon Schwartzmann
- Stanislaus Sittenfeld
- Monika Soćko
- Franciszek Sulik
- Bogdan Śliwa
- Dariusz Świercz
- Savielly Tartakower
- Jean Taubenhaus
- Oscar Tenner
- Vitaly Tseshkovsky
- Alexander Wagner
- Szymon Winawer
- Aleksander Wojtkiewicz
- Daniel Yanofsky
- Józef Żabiński
- Johannes Zukertort
- Adolf Zytogorski
Climbing
- Leszek Cichy, himalaist
- Jerzy Kukuczka, himalaist
- Wojciech Kurtyka, himalaist, rock climber
- Piotr Pustelnik, himalaist
- Wanda Rutkiewicz, himalaist
- Krzysztof Wielicki, himalaist
- Andrzej Zawada, himalaist
Fencing
Ice hockey
- Mariusz Czerkawski
- Wayne Gretzky, mixed Polish descent
- Gordie Howe, mixed Polish descent
- Mike Komisarek
- Ed Olczyk
- Krzysztof Oliwa
- Brian Rafalski
- Peter Sidorkiewicz
- Bryan Smolinski
- Pete Stemkowski
- Lee Stempniak
- Daniel Tkaczuk
- James Wisniewski
- Wojtek Wolski
- Travis Zajac
Skiing
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Football
Swimming
Tennis
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Weightlifting
Others
See also
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