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''The Polish people, who in ] had a world-wide population of some 22 million, experienced a major population surge in the ] and by ] had attained a world-wide population of over 45 million.''
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This is a ''']''' of people who made an impact on a society (whether in a good or bad way) and are considered to be ] by being in any way connected to the ] (former or current land), language, ethnicity, or culture. In the interest of fairness and accuracy, the minority of persons of mixed heritage have their complete ancestries credited.
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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 of ethnic identity across the world. Indicating ancestry is meant to encourage civility in discussions of such often complex questions. Members of the Misplaced Pages community are, of course, free and encouraged to offer their own approaches to the common effort.
This is a partial list of notable ] or ] people. People of partial Polish heritage have their respective ancestries credited.


== Physics ==
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{{See also|Category:Polish physicists}}
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* ]
* ]
* ], 1995 Nobel Prize
* ]
* ]
* ]
* ], Polish-American computational nuclear physicist
* ], British-Polish, one of the independent inventors (in 1991) of ]
* ], mathematical physicist
* ], high-energy nuclear physicist
* ]
* ]
* ]
* ]
* ]
* ]
* ]
* ], Polish-French-American
* ], theoretical physicist
* ]
* ], American, 1907 Nobel Prize
* ], Polish-Australian
* ]
* ]
* ], Polish-American nuclear physicist
* ]
* ]
* ]
* ], theoretical physicist
* ]
* ], theoretical physicist
* ], blue ]
* ], 1995 ]
* ], nuclear physicist
* ], theoretical physicist
* ] (Marie Curie), two Nobel Prizes
* ]
* ], ], ]
* ]
* ], ], ], ], writer and French ]
* ], mathematical physicist
* ], ], medieval ]
* ]
* ], Polish-American
* ]
* ], theoretical physicist
* ]
* ], theoretical physicist
* ], theoretical physicist
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File:Marie Curie 1903.jpg|]
File:Artur Ekert 2011.jpg|]
File:Leopold Infeld 1960.jpg|]
File:Karol Olszewski.jpg|]
File:Joseph Rotblat Los Alamos identity badge photo.jpg|]
File:Marian Smoluchowski (106197299) (cropped).jpg|]
File:Haroun Tazieff à l'Hôtel de ville de Saint-Denis de La Réunion le 20 octobre 1972.jpg|]
File:August Wikowski - professor and rector of Jagiellonian University, 1910.jpeg|]
File:Wojciech H. Zurek.gif|]
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==Science== == Chemistry ==
{{See also|Category:Polish chemists}}
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* ]
* ]
* ]
* ], modern semiconductors
* ]
* ], ] pioneer
* ], Polish-American physical chemist
* ], ], the concept of vitamins
* ]
* ], chemical engineer
* ]
* ]
* ]
* ], Israeli pioneer in ] of ]s
* ]
* ]
* ], organic chemist
* ]
* ]
* ], inventor of kerosene lamp
* ]
* ]
* ]
* ], Polish-American
* ], British materials scientist and engineer
* ]
* ]
* ]
* ], biochemist
* ]
* ]
* ], Polish-Swiss ] winner
* ], ] as ''Sendivogius'': ], physician, discoverer of ]
* ], Polish-American
* ], two-time ] winner
* ]
* ]
* ], "father of ]"
* ]
* ]
* ], pioneer of ]
* ]
* ], physical chemist
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File:Józef Jerzy Boguski.jpg|]
File:Marie Curie (Nobel-Chem).jpg|]
File:Jan-czochralski.jpg|]
File:Kazimierz Fajans.jpg|]
File:Casimir Funk 01.jpg|]
File:Andrzej.jpg|]
File:Ignacy Lukasiewicz.jpg|]
File:Krzysztof Matyjaszewski 03.jpg|]
File:Thadeus Reichstein ETH-Bib Portr 10137.jpg|]
File:Poland Alchemist Michał Sędziwój.jpg|]
File:Jędrzej Śniadecki.PNG|]
File:Wojciech Swietoslawski (72263376) (cropped).jpg|]
File:Zygmunt Wróblewski.PNG|]
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=== Astronomy === == Biology, medicine ==
{{See also|Category:Polish biologists|Category:Polish physicians}}
]
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* ], French-Polish neurologist, discoverer of the ]
*].
* ], botanist
*].
* ], physician, discoverer of ]
*] (])
* ], entomologist
*].
* ], physician, social activist
*].
* ], physician
*].
* ], neurophysiologist, discoverer of ]
*].
* ], anthropologist
*].
* ], anthropologist
*].
* ], psychiatrist, creator of the theory of ]
*].
* ], surgeon and orthopedist

* ], biologist
=== Biology ===
* ], physician

* ], physician, senator of the Republic of Poland, social activist
*], physician
* ], zoologist, ]
*], physician
* ], physician, ]
]
* ], American pediatric pathologist and cancer biologist, founder of the ]
*], famous entomologist
*], surgeon * ], neurologist
* ], Polish-Israeli microbiologist, philosopher of science
*], famous physician
* ], ] and ]
*], physician
* ], biochemist, coined the term ]
*], famous neurophysiologist
* ], physician and bacteriologist
*], anthropologist
* ], embryologist
*], revolutionary surgeon
*], biologist * ], neurologist
* ], surgeon and orthopaedist
*], physician
* ], pharmacologist, physician
*], zoologist
* ] (born 1974), physician
*], physican
* ], microbiologist and ]
*], physician
* ], neurophysiologist
*], embryologist
* ], zoologist and entomologist
*], microbiologist
* ], dermatologist
*], physician
*], physician * ], physician
*], biologist * ], ornithologist
*], biologist * ], biologist
* ] (born 1937), biologist and ]
*], anthropologist
* ], paleobiologist
*], zoologist
* ], physician, scientist
*], psychologist
* ], Polish-American pharmacologist
*], biologist
* ], neurophysiologist
]
*], famous biologist * ], biologist
* ], ]
*], endocrynologist
* ], medical pioneer
*], biologist
* ] (born 1930), biochemist
*], biologist
* ], American neuropsychiatrist
*], ornithologist
* ], British paediatrician and pioneer of ]
*], microbiologist
* ], neuroscientist
*], medical pioneer
* ], neurologist and professor
*], physician
* ], physician
*], microbiologist
* ], psychiatrist influenced by ] and ]
*], anthropologist
* ], botanist
*], cardiologist
*], biologist * ], biologist
*], biologist * ], biologist
* ] (born 1945) , Polish-American immunologist
*], (of German descent) (born in Poland) famous 19th century Botanist
* ], cardiologist
* ] (1914–1998), Israeli physician and educator; first President of ]
* ] (1897–1996), Polish-Swiss physiologist; 1950 ]
* ], cardiologist
* ], biologist
* ], ]; President of the ]
* ] (1926–2024), Polish-American ] endocrinologist
* ], British leading Kleinian ]
* ] (1924–2022), Israeli immunologist; President of the ]
* ], ], ], ]
* ], neurophysiologist
* ] (born in Poland, of German descent), botanist
* ], immunologist
* ], ornithologist * ], ornithologist
*], physician * ], Polish-American physician
* ], zoologist
*], biologist
* ], embryologist
* ], Polish-American physician
* ], neuroscientist, pharmacologist and biochemist
* ], physician, social and national activist
* ], botanist and biologist
* ], ] vaccine
* ], zoologist
* ], English physician influential in ]
* ], Polish-American physician
* ], neuroscientist
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File:Jozef Babinski.jpg|]
File:Edmund Biernacki foto (cropped).jpg|]
File:Napoleon Nikodem Cybulski.jpeg|]
File:Jan Czekanowski.jpg|]
File:Jan Dierżoń.png|]
File:Edward Flatau.jpg|]
File:Dr. Eva Frommer FRPsych.jpg|]
File:Samuel Goldflam.jpg|]
File:Jerzy Gryglewski fot Lech Polcyn.jpg|]
File:Ludwik Hirszfeld1.jpg|]
File:Hilary Koprowski. Photograph. Wellcome V0027622.jpg|]
File:Maksymilian Sila Nowicki.jpg|]
File:Albert Sabin.jpg|]
File:Schally portrait.jpg|]
File:Jerzy Vetulani TEDx Krakow (cropped).jpg|]
File:Weigl-Lwow.jpg|]
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=== Chemistry === == Astronomy ==
{{See also|Category:Polish astronomers}}
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* ]
* ]
* ]
* ]
* ], Polish astronomer, the son of a Polish father and a mother who was of mixed German-Polish descent; he is also often considered a German by Germans
* ]
* ]
* ]
* ]
* ], Mayor of Gdańsk; he is also often considered as a German
* ]
* ]
* ]
* ]
* ]
* ]
* ]
* ]
* ]
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* ]
* ]
* ]
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* ]
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* ], first discovery of ]s
* ]
* ]
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File:Albert Brudzewski.jpg|]
File:Nikolaus Kopernikus.jpg|]
File:Jan Brożek portr.jpg|]
File:Johannes Hevelius(close-up).jpg|]
File:Bohdan Paczyński.jpg|]
File:Aleksander Wolszczan (2007).jpg|]
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== Mathematics ==
*].
{{See also|Category:Polish mathematicians}}
*].
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*].
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*] (with German ancestors).
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]
* ], Polish-American
*].
* ], American-French
*] (with German ancestors).
*]. * ]
* ]
*].
*]. * ]
* ]
*].
*]. * ]
* ], Polish-British
*]
*]. * ]
* ], Polish-American
*]
*]. * ]
* ], Polish-American
*].
*]. * ]
*]. * ]
* ]
*].
* ], Polish-American
*].
* ]
*].
* ], logician
*].
* ], Polish-American
*].
* ], Polish-American
*].
*]. * ]
* ], computer scientist
*]
* ]
* ]
* ]
* ], American-British logician
* ]
* ], Polish-American
* ]
* ]
* ], Polish-Canadian
* ]
* ]
* ]
* ]
* ]
* ]
* ], logician, inventor of the ''parenthesis-free'' ]
* ], Polish-born French-American
* ]
* ]
* ]
* ]
* ]
* ]
* ]
* ], Polish-American
* ]
* ]
* ]
* ], Polish-American
* ]
* ]
* ], Polish-Canadian
* ]
* ], mathematician-cryptologist who broke the German ]
* ], ]-breaker
* ]
* ]
* ]
* ]
* ]
* ]
* ]
* ], Polish-Russian
* ]
* ]
* ], logician
* ]
* ], Polish-Russian
* ]
* ], Polish-American
* ]
* ], co-designer (with ]) of the ]
* ]
* ]
* ]
* ]
* ]
* ]
* ], ]-breaker
* ], Polish-American
* ]
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File:عالم الرياضيات البولندى ستيفان بناخ.jpg|]
File:Kazimierz Bartel (46302151) (cropped).jpg|]
File:Borsuk.jpeg|]
File:Samuel Eilenberg MFO.jpeg|]
File:Andrzej Grzegorczyk (2008).jpg|]
File:Henryk Iwaniec.JPG|]
File:Zygmunt Janiszewski.jpg|]
File:Mark Kac.jpg|]
File:Bronislaw Knaster.jpeg|]
File:Kazimierz Kuratowski.jpg|]
File:Stanislaw Lesniewski (69447640) (cropped).jpg|]
File:Benoit Mandelbrot mg 1804c.jpg|]
File:Stanislaw Mazur Polish mathematician.jpg|]
File:Andrzej Mostowski.jpg|]
File:Jerzy Neyman2.jpg|]
File:Radziwill maksym.jpg|]
File:MR 1932 small.jpg|]
File:Jerzy Rozycki.jpg|]
File:Wacław Sierpiński.jpg|]
File:Hugo Steinhaus.jpg|]
File:Jan Śniadecki cr.jpg|]
File:AlfredTarski1968.jpeg|]
File:Ulam-stanislaw m.jpg|]
File:Stanislaw Zareba Polish mathematician.jpg|]
File:Henryk Zygalski.jpg|]
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=== Engineering === == Computer science ==
{{See also|Category:Polish computer scientists}}
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* ]
* ], American
* ], Polish-American
* ]
* ], Polish-American
* ], Polish-American, known for his ]
* ], Polish-American
* ]
* ]
* ]
* ]
* ], Polish-American
* ]
* ], American
* ], Polish-American
* ], Polish-American
* ], Polish-American
* ], ]
* ]
* ]
* ]
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<gallery mode=nolines widths=100 heights=100 style="width:220px">
File:Jacek Karpiński.jpg|]
File:Targowski-Lazienki-2011-2.JPG|]
File:Jack Tramiel retuschiert.jpg|]
File:Stanislaw Ulam.tif|]
</gallery>
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== Linguistics ==
*], engineer
{{See also|Category:Linguists from Poland}}
*], engineer
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*], engineer
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*], hydrotechnician
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*], built the first moon rover
* ]
*], engineer
* ]
*], enginee
* ] (1845–1929), developed the theory of the ] and ].
]
* ], Russian-Polish-Russian ], philosopher of language, ]
*], engineer
* ] (1856–1939), ] and Polish-language lexicographer
*], engineer
* ] (1903–1970), ]–English ] (''] Dictionary'')
*], engineer, mathematician
* ]
*], engineer
* ]
*], famous bridge builder
* ]
*], engineer
* ]
*], engineer
* ]
*], engineer
* ], creator of ] ]
*], biomedical engineer
* ], originator of ]
*], engineer
* ]
*], ] engineer
* ]
*], revolutionary engineer
* ], Polish language lexicographer
*], engineer
* ]
*], automobile engineer
* ]
*] (Konstanty Cioŀkowski), spaceflight pioneer
* ]
*], arms constructor
* ] (1921–2016), Polish–English lexicographer
*], aviation engineer
* ]
*], aeronautical engineer, designer of the ] bomber
* ], Polish–English lexicographer
*], aeronautical engineer, designer of the ] fighter
* ]
* ]
* ]
* ]
* ], inventor of ]
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File:Professor Andrzej Boguslawski.jpg|]
File:Aleksander Brückner (98443413).jpg|]
File:POL Onufry Kopczyński.jpg|]
File:Alfred Korzybski.jpg|]
File:Samuel Bogumił Linde.JPG|]
File:1908-kl-t-zamenhof.jpg|]
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====Invention==== == Invention ==
{{See also|Category:Polish inventors}}
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* ], mathematician, engineer, inventor of the ]
* ], first welded road bridge
* ], ]
* ], ]
* ], medical equipment
* ] in 1884 built the first electric-battery-powered ]
* ], first successful movable-frame ]
* ], ]
* ], Gundlach Rotary Periscope
* ], pneumatic shock absorbers
* ], ] audio recorders
* ], inventor of ]
* ], ballast tank funnels
* ], Anecia Safety Capsule
* ], ], ]
* ], ]
* ], precursor of radio and television; philosopher, psychologist
* ], petroleum-drilling platform inventor
* ], cinematic camera
* ], broke German ] ]s, invented the ]
* ], invented "clock" method used in breaking German ] ]s
* ], processing steel
* ], first puppet-animated film
* ], first computing-machine and device for calculating the square roots of numbers
* ], seaborne direction finding antenna, which made a vital contribution to the defeat of ]s in the ]
* ], television patents
* ],<ref name="Giganci_Nauki">{{cite web |title=Tryliński Władysław |access-date=2023-05-21 |publisher=] |website=Giganci Nauki |url=https://gigancinauki.pl/gn/biogramy/83957,Trylinski-Wladyslaw.html |language=pl |first=Bolesław |last=Orłowski |archive-date=2022-11-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221129110343/https://gigancinauki.pl/gn/biogramy/83957,Trylinski-Wladyslaw.html |url-status=live }}</ref> '']''
* ], ]
* ], automotive and audio improvements
* ], precursor of ]
* ], bullet-proof vest
* ], ]
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File:Bruno-abakanowicz.png|]
File:Stefan Drzewiecki.jpg|]
File:Jan Dierżoń.png|]
File:Josef Hofman.jpg|]
File:Leski Kazimierz.jpg|]
File:Ignacy Lukasiewicz.jpg|]
File:1959-Magnuski-Henryk-W-Portrait.jpg|]
File:Julian Ochorowicz (cropped).jpg|]
File:ICP with Hex Model - 2.jpg|]
File:Marian Rejewski 1932 small.jpg|]
File:Jerzy Rozycki.jpg|]
File:Straus photo 02 mod01 col bal.jpg|]
File:Jan Szczepanik - autograph 2.jpg|]
File:Joseph Tykocinski-Tykociner.jpg|]
File:Stefan Tyszkiewicz 1952.jpg|]
File:Henryk Zygalski.jpg|]
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== Engineering ==
*], engineer, inventor ]
{{See also|Category:Polish engineers}}
*], inventor ]
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*], inventor
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*], inventor
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*], inventor
* ]
*], inventor
* ]
*], inventor of ]
* ], first moon rover
*], inventor ] audio recorders
* ]
*], inventor
* ], first welded road bridge
*], famous inventor
* ], soil solidification
*] "The Woz", ] engineer, inventor ] ]
* ]
*], engineer, prolific inventor
*], inventor ] * ], ]
*], inventor of the first cinema camera * ], designer of ] bomber
* ], Polish-Russian engineer, electrician, and inventor
* ]
* ], tank designer
* ]
* ]
* ]
* ]
* ]
* ], electronics engineer, inventor of the ] tape recorder
* ], ]
* ], inventor
* ], '']''
* ], 19th-century constructor of Peru's '']'', the world's highest railway at the time
* ], aviation
* ], bridge designer
* ], materials science engineer
* ], first man to fly over the North Pole
* ], pioneer in watchmaking and a creator of Patek Philippe & Co.
* ]
* ], designer of ] fighter
* ], engineer and urbanist in ]
* ], engineer and social activist
* ], ]
* ],<ref>{{cite book|last1=Rossi|first1=Cesare|last2=Russo|first2=Flavio|title=Ancient Engineers' Inventions: Precursors of the Present|url=https://archive.org/details/ancientengineers00ross_073|url-access=limited|date=2009|publisher=Springer|isbn=978-9048122523|page=|edition=Second}}</ref> pioneer of ]
* ], automotive engineer, inventor of the airport luggage trolley
* ], aviation
* ], weaponry
* ], aviation
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File:Karol Adamiecki (12652896) (cropped).jpg|]
File:Kazimierz Gzowski.jpg|]
File:Stefan Kudelski by Erling Mandelmann.jpg|]
File:Ernest Malinowski cropped.jpg|]
File:Rudolf.Modrzejewski.1931.jpg|]
File:ICP with Hex Model - 2.jpg|]
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==== Computer Science ==== == Social sciences ==
{{See also|Category:Polish social scientists}}
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* ], archeologist, Egyptologist
* ], sociologist, philosopher
* ], psychologist
* ], anthropologist
* ], psychologist
* ], psychologist
* ], Renaissance jurist
* ], sociologist
* ], sociologist
* ], ethnographer, archaeologist, historian
* ], historian and archeologist
* ], a founder of sociology
* ]
* ], sociologist
* ], jurist, professor of international law, rector of ]
* ], ethnographer
* ], archeologist, museologist
* ], psychologist
* ] (1892–1944), archeologist; Prime Minister of Poland, 1934–35.
* ], anthropologist, economist, sociologist
* ], naturalist, ethnographer
* ], creator of the legal concept of ]
* ], creator of the legal concept of ]
* ], psychologist
* ], anthropologist
* ], sociologist
* ], archeologist, Egyptologist
* ], archeologist, Egyptologist
* ], psychologist, philosopher, inventor
* ], sociologist
* ], sociologist
* ], cultural anthropologist
* ], sociologist
* ], sociologist
* ], jurist and mayor of ]
* ], historian and archeologist
* ], historian of ideas
* ], Egyptologist, archeologist
* ], sociologist
* ], sociologist
* ], sociologist, founder of ]'s Institute of Political Studies
* ], psychologist
* ], sociologist
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File:Zigmunt Bauman na 20 Forumi vydavciv(Cropped).jpg|]
File:Maria Czaplicka (96425723) (cropped).jpg|]
File:Barbara Engelking 2018.jpg|]
File:Zygmunt Gloger.jpg|]
File:Гумплович.jpg|]
File:OskarKolberg(photo).png|]
File:Leon Kozłowski.PNG|]
File:Ludwik krzywicki 1882.jpg|]
File:Bronislawmalinowski.jpg|]
File:Kazimierz Michałowski MNW 01.jpg|]
File:Karol Mysliwiec.jpg|]
File:Julian Ochorowicz (cropped).jpg|]
File:Maria Ossowska.jpg|]
File:Profesor Stanisław Ossowski.jpg|]
File:Bronisław Piłsudski.jpg|]
File:Jadwiga Staniszkis (3) (cropped).jpg|]
File:Jerzy Szacki 2004.jpg|]
File:Florian Znaniecki.jpg|]
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== Economics ==
*]
{{See also|Category:Polish economists}}
*] (Polish mother)
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File:Balcerowicz.wywiad.do.radia.jpg|]
File:Wladyslaw Grabski ca 1930 (777649) (cropped).jpg|]
File:Leonid Hurwicz.jpg|]
File:Michal Kalecki.jpg|]
File:Stanisław Kronenberg (60763).jpg|]
File:Eugeniusz Kwiatkowski.PNG|]
File:Ludwik Maurycy Landau.jpg|]
File:Oskar Lange 20-65.jpg|]
File:1986 Szczepanik EF 3 old.jpg|]
File:Halina Wasilewska-Trenkner, Polish finance minister.jpeg|]
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=== Linguists === == Other sciences ==
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* ] (1871-1958), geophysicist, meteorologist, Antarctic explorer
* ], explorer<ref name="Lieven"/>
* ], scholar, archaeologist, professor
* ], geologist<ref name="Lieven"/>
* ],<ref name="Lieven">Dominic Lieven. ''The Cambridge History of Russia: Volume 2, Imperial Russia, 1689–1917''. ]. 2006. p. 182.</ref> explorer of Siberia
* ], paleontologist, explorer of Siberia
* ], socialist politician, suffragist
* ], psychoanalyst
* ], geophysicist, meteorologist, polar explorer
* ], geologist<ref name="Restivo">Sal P. Restivo. ''Science, Technology, And Society: An Encyclopedia.'' ]. 2005. p. 502.</ref><ref>Simon Collier, William F. Sater. ''A History of Chile, 1808–2002''. ]. 2004. p. 98</ref>
* ], naturalist, explorer of Siberia
* ], traveller, interpreter, explorer
* ], explorer<ref name="Lieven"/>
* ], the first Polish cosmonaut
* ], engineer, explorer of Asian Russia<ref name="Lieven"/><ref>Michael Church, Olav Slaymaker. ''Field and Theory: Lectures in Geocryology''. UBC Press. 1985. p. 19.</ref>
* ], critic and theoretician of literature, feminist
* ], founding father of physical education
* ], physiologist, psychologist and pedagogue
* ], psychiatrist
* ], pedagogue, writer
* ], feminist, writer, translator
* ], geologist, museum founder
* ], specialist in Japanese culture, translator, ambassador of Poland in Tokyo
* ], Marxist political theorist, socialist philosopher, and revolutionary
* ], mineralogist, petrographer<ref name="Lieven"/>
* ], paleontologist
* ], journalist and explorer, best known for discovering the sources of the ]
* ] (1932-2015), psychiatrist, historian
* ] (Benedict the Pole, Benedictus Polonus), explorer
* ], linguist, Egyptologist, sociologist, author of '']''
* ], cartographer
* ], political scientist
* ] (1797-1873), geologist, explorer of Australia
* ], Egyptologist
* ], polar explorer<ref name="Lieven"/>
* ], "father of Polish cartography"
* ] (1931-2020), diplomat, founder of the ] in ]
* ], jurist
* ], hydrologist
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== History ==
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{{See also|Category:Polish historians}}
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* ], historian of former Eastern Borderlands and librarian
* ], historian and diplomat
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* ], ] historian
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* ], British-Polish historian
* ], historian, Byzantist
* ], 15th-century chronicler of Poland
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* ], Poland, Russia, modern Europe
* ], father of Polish ]
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* ], art historian, museum director, custodian of ]
* ]
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* ], historian of Poland
* ], historian of Poland
* ], historian of Poland
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* ], 13th-century historian of Poland
* ], constitutions; World War II era
* ], 19th-century Polish history
* ], 1944 ]
* ], archaeologist, ] and historian of the ] in antiquity<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mpov.uw.edu.pl/en/thesaurus/persons/kolendo-jerzy|title=Jerzy Kolendo|website=Migration Period between Odra and Vistula|access-date=2022-03-31}}</ref>
* ], 18th–19th-century historian, philosopher and politician
* ], Polish history, social philosophy
* ], Polish and world history
* ], historian, president of the ]
* ], historian, ], ]
* ], military history, military intelligence, World War II
* ], history of Polish culture and literature
* ], 16th-century ], secretary to two Polish kings, and historian of Poland
* ], historian and politician
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* ]
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* ], Poland, Polish law, Kraków
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* ]
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* ], ]
* ], World War II
* ], World War II Polish and Soviet armor
* ], medievalist
* ], ]
* ] (1906–1995), Israeli historian and archeologist; President of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem
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* ],<ref>{{cite book|last1=Bojtar|first1=Endre|editor1-last=Cornis-Pope|editor1-first=Marcel|editor2-last=Neubauer|editor2-first=John|title=History of the Literary Cultures of East-Central Europe: Junctures and disjunctures in the 19th and 20th centuries. Volume III: The making and remaking of literary institutions. Vol. III|date=2007|publisher=John Benjamins Publishing|isbn=978-90-272-3455-1|page=294|chapter=Mythologizing Contemporary Baltic Consciousness}}</ref> Polish historian of Lithuania
* ],<ref>{{cite book|editor1-last=Woolf|editor1-first=Daniel Robert|editor1-link=Daniel Woolf|title=A Global Encyclopedia of Historical Writing. Vol. 2|date=1998|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-0815315148|page=649}}</ref> 18th-century historian, participant in the ]
* ], ] ] and ] scholar
* ], 17th-century historian
* ], Polish and Czech ] scholar
* ] (1932-2015), Polish Armed Forces, World War II
* ], historian of Poland during World War II
* ], Polish-American historian of Russia and the Soviet Union
* ], World War II, Polish-Jewish relations; engineer
* ]
* ], historian of law
* ], historian specializing in ]
* ]
* ], military historian
* ]
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* ], historian, writer, poet
* ]
* ], Polish World War II history
* ], historian and novelist
* ]
* ], Polish literature
* ], philosophy and aesthetics
* ], history of law
* ], historian, specializing in the ]
* ], World War II ] massacres of Poles
* ], Polish-American historian of Russia and the Soviet Union
* ], history of law
* ], Polish-American historian of Central and Eastern Europe
* ]
* ], historian and papyrologist
* ], World War II era
* ] (1931–1993), historian, classical scholar, archaeologist
* ], 16th-century Poland
* ]
* ], World War II
* ] (1826–1891), historian of ancient Egypt
* ], historian and journalist
* ], archaeologist
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=== Mathematics === == Philosophy ==
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=== Other === == Prose literature ==
{{See also|List of Polish writers|List of Polish novelists}}
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==Music==
{{main|List of Polish composers}}
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==Literature==
{{main|List of Polish writers}}
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* ] Positivist
* ], author
* ], Polish-American father, German-born mother, poet, writer.
* ], poet
* ] (Teodor Józef Korzeniowski), English writer
* ], the first ] cook book author
* ], novelist
* ] (Jan Dantyszek), ] poet and Prince-Bishop of ]
* ], novelist
* ], science-fiction writer * ], science-fiction writer
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* ], humorist, artist * ], short story writer
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* ] - play-writer, non-fiction writer * ], poet, comedy writer
* ], legendary émigré editor ('']'')
* ], novelist and drama writer
* ], playwright, nonfiction author
* ]
* ], novelist, playwright, essayist
* ], poet
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* ], horror writer
* ], legendary editor ('']'', '']'')
* ], writer
* ], literary and theater critic
* ], novelist, essayist, playwright, screenwriter, and reporter
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* ], famous writer
* ], crime writer, known for his series of novels set in pre-war ] with ] as the protagonist
* ], writer
* ], author of the first Polish novel, '']'', and of '']''
* ], Poland's most prolific writer (and one of the world's most prolific), noted especially for his ]s
* ], novelist, screenwriter, film critic
* ], writer, poet, philosopher
* ], science-fiction writer, essayist, philosopher * ], science-fiction writer, essayist, philosopher
* ] writer, astronomer * ], writer, astronomer* ], writer
* ] - poet * ], writer, journalist
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* ], novelist
* ] Positivist, writer
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* ] - poet
* ], writer * ], writer
* ], historical novelist
* ], one of the most famous Polish writers
* ], memoirist
* ], writer
* ], screenwriter and politician * ], screenwriter and politician
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* ]- poet
* ], journalist, short-story writer, novelist. * ], columnist and novelist
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==Journalism==
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== Poetry ==
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== Music ==
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* ], Israeli singer-songwriter
* ], pianist
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* ], pianist composer, promoter of Chopin and father of ]
* ], electronic music composer
* ], pianist
* ], composer ("the Chopin of guitar")
* ], singer-songwriter
* ], singer
* ], drummer
* ], composer, singer, guitarist
* ], composer, singer
* ], composer and pianist
* ], singer-songwriter, author and television personality
* ], singer
* ], conductor and organist
* ], singer-songwriter, guitarist
* ], singer-songwriter, composer
* ], singer
* ], composer
* ], lutenist, composer
* ], composer
* ], singer
* ], composer
* ], pianist and music teacher
* ], singer
* ], punk performer
* ], composer, ]'s piano teacher
* ], Polish-Czech singer
* ], singer
* ], rock singer
* ], singer
* ], composer
* ], composer
* ], composer
* ], composer and violinist
* ], composer
* ], singer
* ], singer-songwriter, composer, and lyricist
*] (1919–1994), composer and music editor
* ], rapper
* ], pianist and pedagogue
* ], Polish-American pianist
* ], Polish-American pianist
* ], violinist
* ], singer-songwriter
* ], musicologist, composer
* ], singer
* ], singer
* ], composer
* ], singer, musician
* ], singer-songwriter
* ], singer
* ], ]-winning film composer
* ], singer-songwriter
* ], Polish-German pianist
* ], film composer
* ], composer
* ], conductor
* ], singer
* ], guitarist
* ], composer, writer
* ], composer
* ], jazz composer
* ], composer
* ], film score composer
* ], controversial singer-songwriter
* ], singer
* ] (1911–1982), violinist and composer
* ], singer-songwriter
* ], singer-songwriter
* ]
* ], composer
* ], composer
* ], music critic, writer
* ], harpsichordist
* ], Austrian-Polish pianist, pedagogue
* ], singer-songwriter, model
* ], composer
* ], opera singer
* ], composer, virtuoso violinist (about equal to ])
* ], Canadian pianist
* ], singer-songwriter
* ], film score composer
* ], composer
* ], composer
* ], conductor
* ], American musician, singer, keyboardist of ]
* ], singer-songwriter
* ], pop rock singer
* ], rapper
* ], bassist, member of the German rock band ]
* ], singer, double bass player, and composer
* ], composer
* ], pianist and pedagogue
* ], composer
* ], producer
* ], composer
* ], conductor and composer
* ], composer
* ], German-Polish composer
* ], Polish-Danish singer and musician
* ], pianist and composer
* ], composer, guitar player, vocalist, and lyricist
* ], singer-songwriter
* ], singer-songwriter
* ], guitarist and singer
* ], composer
* ], composer
* ], singer-songwriter
* ], opera singer
* ], composer
* ],<ref>{{cite book|last1=McKee|first1=Eric|title=Decorum of the Minuet, Delirium of the Waltz: A Study of Dance-music Relations in 3/4 Time|date=2012|publisher=Indiana University Press|isbn=978-0-253-35692-5|page=134}}</ref> composer
* ], singer, actress, dancer
* ], rapper, musician
* ], pianist, composer
* ], composer
* ], jazz musician, composer
* ], composer
* ], singer-songwriter
* ], pianist, composer
* ] (1881–1962), pianist of Dutch extraction who never lived in Holland; lived and worked in Poland, 1927–31 August 1939; was fluent in Polish.
* ], rapper
* ], composer
* ], singer-songwriter, actor, and television personality
* ], Israeli pop singer, composer
* ], singer
* ], singer
* ], guitarist
* ], composer
* ], drummer
* ], rhythm and blues singer
* ], conductor
* ], singer
* ], drummer
* ], Middle Ages composer
* ], bass
* ], violinist and mezzo-soprano, parents of opera stars
* ], tenor
* ], soprano
* ], singer
* ], singer
* ], Polish-American conductor
* ], jazz, "Polish (or: The White) ]"
* ], composer
* ], Polish-American pianist
* ], singer-songwriter
* ], opera singer
* ], composer and pianist
* ], singer-songwriter
* ], composer
* ], composer
* ] (1858–1935), ] ]
* ], composer
* ], Polish-Austrian composer, ]
* ], composer and leader of ]
* ], Polish-Australian composer
* ], jazz trumpeter
* ], singer-songwriter
* ], singer
* ], singer
* ], composer
* ], pianist
* ]
* ], composer, pedagog
* ], composer, conductor
* ], Polish-Mexican violinist
* ], pianist
* ], guitarist, singer
* ], composer, concert pianist
* ], composer, pianist
* ], composer
* ], first director of the ]
* ], pianist, composer
* ], singer popularly known as "Basia"
* ], singer
* ], Nigerian and Polish singer
* ], jazz musician
* ], Polish-Israeli composer, lyricist, and pianist
* ], singer-songwriter
* ], pianist
* ], composer
* ], violinist
* ], conductor
* ], guitarist, singer
* ], singer, musician, composer, actor and TV presenter
* ], guitarist, singer
* ], jazz singer
* ], composer
* ], pianist
* ], composer
* ], Czech-born Polish composer, ]'s first professional piano teacher
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File:Jan A.P. Kaczmarek, PL Poznań 2011 (2).jpg|]
File:Wojciech Kilar.jpg|]
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File:Stanisłaŭ Maniuška. Станіслаў Манюшка (T. Maleszewski, 1865).jpg|]
File:Popiersie Czesław Niemen ssj 20060914.jpg|]
File:Michał Kleofas Ogiński.jpg|]
File:Andrzej Panufnik Polish composer.jpg|]
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File:Krzysztof Penderecki 20080706.jpg|]
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File:Karol Szymanowski.jpg|]
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== Visual arts ==
{{See also|List of Polish architects|List of Polish artists|List of Polish painters}}
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* ], sculptor
* ], painter
* ], painter
* ], sculptor
* ], architect
* ], contemporary artist
* ] (1836–93), illustrator, painter, architect
* ], painter and rector of ]
* ], Italian-Polish portrait painter
* ], computer graphics
* ] (Balthasar Kłossowski de Rola), Polish-French painter
* ], contemporary painter and sculptor
* ], sculptor
* ], painter
* ], Italian-Polish landscape and court painter
* ], painter, illustrator, designer
* ] (1782–1855), painter
* ], painter
* ], painter, lithographer and film director
* ], painter
* ], battle-scene painter
* ], painter and drawer
* ] (1851–1925), painter of historical and military subjects
* ], painter
* ], architect and historian of gardens
* ], painter
* ], painter, poet, art critic
* ], photographer
* ], painter
* ], contemporary sculptor
* ] (1902–1986)
* ], sculptor
* ], Jewish–Polish artist, lithographer, photographer
* ], painter
* ], painter
* ], baroque and ] architect
* ], sculptors and painters
* ], painter
* ], painter
* ], painter, brother of ]
* ], painter
* ], architect
* ], sculptor
* ], Painter, Sculptor and Engraver
* ], architect
* ], sculptor and medallist
* ], architect
* ], painter, illustrator
* ], ]s
* ], sculptor, painter, stage designer
* ], engraver, printmaker
* ], 19th century architect in ]
* ], graphic artist and painter
* ], painter, sculptor, pedagogue
* ], architect
* ], photographer
* ], painter, sculptor
* ], painter
* ], sculptor, animated-film scenarist
* ], architect
* ] (1915–1990), painter, theater director
* ], ] architect in Bydgoszcz
* ], architect
* ], glass maker and sculptor
* ], sculptor
* ], landscape painter
* ], architect
* ], painter, poet
* ], painter
* ], painter, illustrator
* ], painter
* ], modernist architect
* ], video artist
* ], painter, photographer, illustrator; brother of ]
* ], painter
* ], painter
* ], performer
* ], architect
* ], painter
* ], painter
* ], cartoonist and illustrator
* ], graphic designer and cartoonist
* ], painter
* ], painter
* ], architect
* ], graphic artist, painter of the horror of war
* ], sculptor, ceramicist and creator of the ]
* ], painter
* ], painter member of ]
* ], painter
* ], painter, writer, climber
* ], painter, founder of ]
* ], painter
* ], painter
* ], painter, photographer, graphic designer, FIMO figurines designer and hand-maker
* ], painter<ref name="Crowley"/>
* ], painter
* ], painter
* ], painter and pedagogue
* ], ]'s first portraitist
* ], sculptor
* ], sculptor
* ], ] artist of ] origin
* ], painting, drawing, caricature
* ], painter
* ], painter, illustrator, ethnographer
* ], illustrator, painter
* ], painter
* ], painter
* ], early portrait photographer, known as "Walery"
* ], celebrated photographer son of the other Ostroróg
* ], painter, graphic artist
* ], portrait painter
* ], painter and professor at the Academy of Fine Arts in ]
* ], painter and illustrator
* ], architect
* ], painter
* ], painter, sculptor
* ], 18th-century portrait painter
* ], contemporary artist; designer of ]'s artificial ]
* ], painter
* ], painter, graphic artist, cartoonist, stage designer
* ], painter
* ], architect
* ], painter
* ], painter, print-maker, architect, graphic designer, multi-media artist
* ], garden designer, architect
* ], painter<ref name="Crowley">David Crowley. ''National Style and Nation-State: Design in Poland from the Vernacular Revival to the International Style''. ]. 1992. p. 36.</ref>
* ], photographer
* ], painter
* ], painter
* ], illustrator, painter<ref name="Crowley"/>
* ], painter
* ], painter
* ], 19th century architect
* ], sculptor, stage designer, theatre director
* ], sculptor, painter
* ], illuminator, war cartoonist, book illustrator
* ], painter, sculptor, designer of ]
* ], architect
* ], painter<ref name="Crowley"/>
* ], painter, illustrator, stage designer
* ], painter
* ], ] painter and draughtsman
* ], illustrator, painter, writer and filmmaker
* ], sculptor
* ], watercolor and drawing
* ], illustrator and ] pioneer
* ], painter
* ], painter
* ], designer and architect in Bydgoszcz
* ], art critic
* ], painter and draughtsman
* ], sculptor
* ], painter
* ], painter, architect
* ] (''Witkacy''), painter, photographer, playwright, novelist, philosopher
* ], painter
* ], painter
* ], painter
* ], sculptor
* ], graphic artist, caricaturist, stage designer
* ], architect
* ], painter and art theorist
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File:Michal Elwiro Andriolli.jpg|]
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File:Karol Beyer - Portret Henryki Beyer przy sztaludze (cropped).jpg|]
File:Self-portrait by Anna Bilińska-Bohdanowiczowa, 1887.jpg|]
File:Olga Boznańska 1900 Autoportret 1900.jpg|]
File:ChelmonskiJozef.1902.Autoportret.jpg|]
File:Julian Fałat, Autoportret.jpg|]
File:Wojciech Gerson.jpg|]
File:Aleksander Gierymski.jpg|]
File:Artur Grottger, Portret własny.jpg|]
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File:Jacek Malczewski, Autoportret z paletą.jpg|]
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== Entertainment ==
{{See also|List of Polish actors|Category:Polish theatre directors|Category:Polish film directors}}
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* ] (1947–2017) , film director
* ], film director
* ], creator of short animated films, ] winner, ] nominee
* ], cinematographer, director, actor
* ], singer and actor
* ], actor, theater director, playwright; "father of the Polish Theater"
* ], film director
* ], Academy Award-winning set decorator, costume designer, production designer
* ], actress, poetry singer
* Doda (]), actress, singer<ref name="doda.net.pl"></ref>
* ], cinematographer, ] winner
* ], director
* ], actor and singer
* ], theatre reformer
* ], dancer, actor
* ], actor, theater director
* ], film director
* ], songwriter, cabaret artist
* ], film director
* ], film director, nominated for ] and ]
* ], film and television director
* ], cinematographer, nominated for ]
* ], ballet dancer, choreographer and teacher
* ], actor, theater producer
* ], ]-winning composer, nominated to ]
* ], protest songwriter, poetry singer, guitarist
* ], two-time-]- and ]-winning cinematographer and film director
* ], ]-winning composer
* ], film director, nominated for ]
* ], radio journalist and politician
* ], Polish-American TV personality, producer, writer
* ], actress and supermodel
* ], film director
* ] (1912–2011), actress
* ], film actress, singer
* ] (Wacław Niżyński), ] considered the greatest male lead of the early 20th century
* ] (1902–50), singer, dancer, actress
* ], broadcaster
* ], dancer, choreographer and ballet director
* ], film director
* ] (1763–1816), actress, opera singer
* ] (born 1937), satirist, ] performer
* ], award-winning film director raised and educated in Poland
* ], Polish-American actress, director, activist, writer, producer
* ], writer, actor and singer
* ], cinematographer
* ], influential ballet pedagogue and director
* ], ]- and ]-winning filmmaker
* ], film producer
* ], screenwriter, film director
* ], theatre director
* ], Polish-born Hollywood-actress and singer
* ], film director
* ], cinematographer
* ], cinematographer
* ], ]-winning production designer, art director, set designer
* ] (Strzechowski), Polish-Australian television, film, and voice actress
* ], actor, film director
* ], filmmaker and artist
* ], mime
* ], singer
* ], Japanese singer, actress, model of Polish descent
* ], ], ], ], ], ] and ] winning film director
* ], American Warner Bros. co-founder
* ], American Warner Bros. co-founder
* ], American Warner Bros. co-founder
* ], radio announcer, composer, pianist, actor and director
* ], film director
* ], dancer and ballet master
* ], cinematographer
* ], film director
* ], actor, theater director
* ] (1901–1997), choreographer and dancer, nominated for an Academy Award
* ] (1940-2016), film director
* ], Polish-British drag performer
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File:Krzysztof Kieślowski Portrait 1994.jpg|]
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== Business ==
{{See also|Category:Polish businesspeople}}
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* ], railway financier who in 1898 predicted the railroad-moblized ] of ]
* ], financier, philanthropist, co-founder of ]
* ], entrepreneur, investor and philanthropist, founder and ] of ]
* ]
* ], ], ], collector and philanthropist
* ], automotive industrialist
* ], co-founder of the ] retail chain
* ], co-partner in Patek, Czapek & Co.
* ], businessman
* ], businesswoman
* ], cosmetics entrepreneur
* ], bookshop entrepreneur
* ], textile manufacturer and patron of the arts
* ]
* ], early social and industrial entrepreneur, magnate
* ], entrepreneur, financier and philanthropist
* ], humanitarian, philanthropist, widow of ]
* ], banker
* ], financier
* ], merchant, spy, opened first ] in Vienna (1683)
* ], businesswoman
* ], businesswoman, philanthropist, art collector
* ], CEO of ], richest 21st-century Pole
* ], businessman
* ], mining engineer, entrepreneur, deputy of the State Duma of the Russian Empire
* ], theatrical impresario and brewing entrepreneur
* ], early industrialist co-founder, with his brothers, of ] textile industry
* ], banker, lawyer, industrial pioneer and Russian exile (1848)
* ], textile entrepreneur in ]
* ], co-founder of ] retail chain
* ], businessman and entrepreneur, founder of CCC SA.
* ], cosmetics entrepreneur
* ], editor
* ], co-founder of watchmakers ]
* ], banker and industrialist who developed ] into an international port (1780s)
* ], textile magnate, philanthropist
* ], cosmetics entrepreneur, one of the richest women who ever lived
* ], textile magnate
* ], landowner and philanthropist
* ], businessman and media tycoon, owner of ] and ]
* ], businessman and rally driver
* ], industrial pioneer, ''King of Zinc''
* ], founder of ], sportswear manufacturer
* ], businessman and computer scientist, co-founder of ] platform ]
* ], founder of ] early Polish car manufacturer
* ], Polish-Jewish banker and philanthropist
* ], ], confectioner
* ], founder in Bydgoszcz of the firm ]
* ], financier co-founder of ]
* ], initiated river transportation
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== Politics ==
{{See also|Lists of Polish politicians}}
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* ] (1877–1955), first Prime Minister of Poland in exile (1944–47)
* ] (1846–1909), count, Minister-President of Austria (1895–97)
* ] (born Mieczysław Biegun; 1913–1992), founder of both ] and ], sixth Prime Minister of ]
* ] (born David Grün; 1886–1973), head of the ], first Prime Minister of Israel
* ] (born 1952), director of economic policy in the interim coalition administration of ], Prime Minister of Poland (2004–05)
* ] (1892–1956), leader of communist Poland (1948–56)
* ] (1849–1935), Governor of Galicia (1908–13)
* ] (born 1941), elected to the ] in 2005
* ] (1928–2017), Polish-American political scientist, advisor to US President ]
* ] (1745–1814), liberal member of the ] assembled in Warsaw (1788–92)
* ] (born 1940), Prime Minister of Poland (1997–2001), ] (2009–12)
* ] (1887–1973), Ambassador to the United States
* ] (1810–1868), Polish and French politician and diplomat; French Foreign Minister under ].
* ] (1911–1989), Prime Minister of communistic Poland (1947–52 and 1954–70)
* ] (1770–1861), prince, statesman, Prime Minister (1830–31)
* ] (1866–1936), prime minister of the ] (1918)
* ] (1738–1790), merchant, mayor of Warsaw (1789–90)
* ] (1907–1967), writer, journalist, political activist
* ] (1840–1901), member of the Prussian parliament, philanthropist
* ] (1864–1939), nationalist politician, statesman
* ] (born 1972), sixth President of the Third Polish Republic (since 2015)
* ] (1877–1926), founder of ] under the original name '']''
* ] (1913–2001), leader of communist Poland (1970–80)
* ] (born 1976), political scientist and diplomat
* ] (1905–1982), leader of communist Poland (1956–70)
* ] (1811–1857), politician and revolutionary activist
* ] (1823–1890), Mayor of Nowy Sącz (1867–70)
* ] (1909–1992), Prime Minister of communist Poland (1970–80)
* ] (1923–2014), last leader of communist Poland (1981–89), first President of the Third Polish Republic (1989–90)
* ] (1799–1882) was a ] who in 1831, after fighting in Poland's ], drafted the first constitution for his proposed ].
* ] (1919–2010) ), sixth and last President of Poland in exile (1989–90)
* ] (born 1949), identical twin brother of Lech, leader of ] party, Prime Minister of Poland (2006–07)
* ] (1949–2010), fourth President (2005–10) of Third Polish Republic, died in ]
* ] (1750–1812), co-author of ]
* ] (born 1952), fifth President of the Third Polish Republic (2010–15)
* ] (1873–1939), leader of Silesians during the ]
* ] (born 1942), free-market activist
* ] (1885–1975), historian, politician, diplomat
* ] (1892–1944), archeologist; Prime Minister of Poland (1934–35).
* ] (born 1987), ]
* ] (1876–1952) , first Prime Minister of Kingdom of Poland (1917–18)
* ] (1934–2004), politician, social activist
* ] (1929–2016), judge, lawyer, and member of the Polish Senate
* ] (born 1954), third President of the Third Polish Republic (1995–2005)
* ] (1954–2011, leader of ] and Deputy Prime Minister
* ] (1870–1941), lawyer and prominent Socialist politician
* ] (1758–1848), Minister of Justice, introduced the ], state archives, and public libraries
* ] (born 1969), leader of ] political party
* ] (1871–1919), leading ] theoretician
* ] (1818–1889), political activist in Bydgoszcz, representative at the Reichstag
* ] (1866–1925), Soviet politician
* ] (born 1959), Prime Minister of Poland (2005–06)
* ] (1927–2013), politician, first Prime Minister of the Third Polish Republic (Poland)
* ] (born 1946), influential journalist
* ] (1814–1878), insurgent, general, ]
* ] (1827–1900), member of the Imperial Council of Austria
* ] (1901–1966), Prime Minister of Poland (1943–44), Agrarian Party politician
* ] (1937–2019), activist, politician and academic
* ] (1870–1944), first Prime Minister of II RP (1918–19)
* ] (1867–1946), third President (1926–39) of the Second Polish Republic
* ] (1840–1889), ], friend of ]
* ] (1888–1960), British politician and historian
* ] (1865–1922), first President of the Second Polish Republic (1922)
* ], Prime Minister of III RP (1995–96), Speaker of the Sejm (1993–95; 2004–05)
* ] (born 1937), ] spokesman, mathematician, alpinist, Minister of Defence
* ], Justice of the Oklahoma Supreme Court
* ], Minister of Agriculture 1923, Minister of Trade & Industry (1925-26)
* ] (1748–1826), founder of ], Poland's signal cultural patron
* ] (1892–1982), third President of Poland in exile (1972–79)
* ] (1860–1941), second Prime Minister of the Second Polish Republic (1919)
* ] (born 1935), Marshal of the Senate (2001–05)
* ] (born 1959), Prime Minister of Poland (1992 and 1993–95)
*] (born 1976), lawyer and politician
* ] (born Szymon Perski; 1923–2016), President of Israel (2007–14), Prime Minister of Israel (1984–86; 1995–96)
* ] (1900–1960), Costa Rican president, Polish mother
* ] (1867–1935), statesman, politician and Marshal of Poland
* ] (1806–1831), revolutionary, independence leader
* ] (1808–1889), independence activist, founder of ]
* ] (1817 or 1822–1889), count, Minister-President of Austria (1870–71)
* ] (1750–1809), co-author of ]
* ] (1886-1976), leading socialist deputy, exiled minister and writer
* ] (1885–1947), first President of Poland in exile (1939–47)
* ] (1891–1993), fourth President of Poland in exile (1979–86)
* ] (1775–1833), prince, the Duke-Governor of Grand Duchy of Posen (Poznań) (1815–31)
* ] (1888–1960), writer, adviser, ], founder of the ]
* ] (1881–1952), count, president of the ] (1916–18; 1940–43)
* ] (1913–1989), fifth President of Poland in exile (1986–89)
* ] (born 1948), vice-president of ] (2004–07)
* ] (1881–1943), general, Prime Minister of Poland (1939–43)
* ] (born 1963), politician and former foreign minister (2007–14)
* ] (1893–1939), President of Warsaw (1934–39)
* ] (1867–1953), politician and publicist
* ] (born 1973), Ambassador to the UN
* ] (born 1963), Prime Minister of Poland (2015–17)
* ] (1846–1901), conceptualised an economic union for Europe in 1885
* ] (born 1954), anticommunist activist, activist for ]
* ] (born 1957), chairman of ]; President of European Council (2014–19) and Prime Minister of Poland (2007–14; 2023–)
* ] (1872–1951), Minister of Railways (1923–25), in ]'s government
* ] (born 1943), trade unionist who started dismantling of the Soviet bloc, the ] in 1983, second President of the Third Polish Republic (1990–95)
* ] (1856–1889), socialist activist in the 19th century
* ] (1905–1964), communist activist during ]
* ] (1878–1945), born in Poland to parents of German origin; vice-Minister of Finance, and Polish diplomat during World War II
* ] (1803–1877), count, Marquis of Gonzaga, statesman
* ] (1874–1945), politician of the agrarian party
* ] (1869–1953), second President of the Second Polish Republic (1922–26)
* ] (1836–1908), politician, insurgency commander
* ] (born 1958), Ambassador to the UN
* ] (1883–1972), second President of Poland in exile (1947–72)
* ] (1542–1605), chancellor and grand ] of the crown
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File:Edward Gierek 1980.jpg|]
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File:Stanisław Kot 1933.jpg|]
File:Leon Kozłowski 2.jpg|]
File:Aleksander Kwaśniewski - Europejski Kongres Gospodarczy 2013 (5).jpg|]
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File:Tadeusz Mazowiecki - Europeana 1989 - TV Interview.jpg|]
File:Adam Michnik 2018.jpg|]
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File:Jozef Pilsudski1.jpg|]
File:Emilia Plater.PNG|]
File:Hanna Suchocka, Prime Minister of Poland 1992-1993.jpg|]
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== Law ==
{{main|List of Polish lawyers}}

== Diplomacy ==
{{See also|Category:Polish diplomats}}
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* ] (1922–2015), foreign affairs minister of III RP (1995; 2000–2001)
* ] (1894–1944), foreign affairs minister of II RP (1932–1939)
* ] (1739–1793), Polish-Saxon diplomat, starost of Warsaw
* ] (born 1964), American diplomat
* ] (born 1950), foreign affairs minister of III RP (2001–2005)
* ] (1770–1861), Polish diplomat; ] foreign minister (1804–1806)
* ] (1828–1894), prince, the main diplomatic agent of the National Government (1863–1864)
* ], foreign affairs minister of II RP (1923)
* ], foreign affairs minister of III RP (1997–2000)
* ], count, foreign affairs minister of Austria-Hungary (1895–1906)
* ], diplomat and ] of ], author of the ] with Russia (1686)
* ], diplomat in Rome, to Holy See (1927–1954)
* ] (1893–1993)
* ] (1825–1906), Polish diplomat
* ], ], ], diplomat. Polish ambassador to the Soviet Union (1941–1942), Italy (1945–1947).
* ], Polish ambassador to Germany (1933–1939)
* ], Polish ambassador to the Soviet Union (1934–1936) and France (1936–1939)
* ] (1884–1975), Soviet diplomat
* ], foreign affairs minister of III RP (2005–2006)
* ] (1888–1960), British diplomat and historian
* ], foreign affairs minister of III RP (1993–1995)
* ], foreign affairs minister of II RP (1919) and third prime minister of Poland
* ], foreign affairs minister of II RP (1919–1920)
* ], count, Polish ambassador to the United Kingdom (1934–1945) and foreign affairs minister (1941–1943)
* ], foreign affairs minister of communist Poland (1956–1968)
* ] (1888–1960), advocate for a ]
* ], foreign affairs minister of the ] (1943–1944)
* ], foreign affairs minister of III RP (1995–1997)
* ], foreign affairs minister of III RP (2005)
* ], foreign affairs minister of III RP (2007–2014)
* ], foreign affairs minister of II RP (1921–1922)
* ], foreign affairs minister of II RP (1922–1923; 1924–1926)
* ] (1926– 2010), first foreign affairs minister of III RP (1989–1993)
* ], Polish ambassador to the United States (1955–1961; 1978–1981)
* ], count, foreign affairs deputy secretary (1932–1939)
* ] (1925–1991), Israeli diplomat and President of the ]
* ], Soviet jurist and diplomat
* ], Polish and French foreign affairs minister
* ], foreign affairs minister of II RP (1918–1919)
* ], general, Polish ambassador to Italy (1938–1940)
* ] (born 1953), Russian diplomat
* ] (1883–1972), foreign affairs minister of II RP (1926–1932)
* ] (1871–1939), foreign affairs minister of II RP (1924)
* ] (born 1946), Czech foreign affairs minister
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File:WP Agenor Goluchowski der Jüngere.jpg|]
File:Stanisław Kot 1933.jpg|]
File:Edward Bernard Raczyński.jpg|]
File:Tadeusz Romer.PNG|]
File:RadoslawSikorki2.jpg|]
File:Count Alexander Walewski by Sir George Hayter 1832.jpg|]
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== Military ==
{{See also|Category:Polish military personnel}}
{{Main|List of Polish admirals}}
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* ], general, military commander during the ] (1944)
* ], general of artillery of Holland (1639), and Poland (1646)
* ], military commander, commander-in-chief of Hungarian army (1849)
* ], colonel, last chief of staff of the ] (1944–1945)
* ] (1916–2004)
* ] (1911–2003), Israeli Major-General and Israeli Minister of Transportation
* ], military commander, victor of ] (1605)
* ], resistance fighter
* ] (Sadok Pasha) (1804–1886), Polish commander-in-chief of an ] ] brigade during the ] (1853–1856)
* ], ] of Poland (1665)
* ], general, military commander during the ]
* ], military commander during the ] and the ] (1871)
* ], military commander in the ] and the Hungarian uprising of 1849
* ], general, ambassador, nominated President of Poland (1939)
* ], general, military commander in the ] (1919)
* ], World War II general
* ] (1894–2005), soldier in World War I and in the 1920–21 ]; at his death, he was the oldest man in the United Kingdom (111 years old)<ref>{{cite web| author = Staff | url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/cumbria/4516532.stm |title= UK's 'Oldest' Man Dies, Aged 111 |publisher= ] |date= 10 December 2005 |access-date= 4 October 2012}}</ref>
* ], general, last deputy commander-in-chief of the ] (1944–1945)
* ], major, soldier during World War I, Home Army commandant in World War II and in German POW camps
* ], politician, commander of the Polish Army in France during World War I
* ], general, murdered by the ] in the 1940 ]s
* ] (died 2024), Lieutenant Colonel of the Israeli Defense Forces and the first female military judge in the world
* ], ] (1682/3–1702)
* ] (1913–2005), journalist and World War II hero
* ], Polish-Jewish colonel in the ] and in ]'s ]; commanded the first Jewish military formation in modern history
* ], first ] of Poland (1503–1515)
* ], SS Hauptsturmführer war criminal, Kreisleiter of the NSDAP, Mayor of Bydgoszcz
* ], general, founder of the resistance movement "Polish Victory Service" (27 September 1939)
* ], most decorated ] officer of World War II
* ], second lieutenant of the Polish Secret Military Organization (1940–1944)
* ], general, the Chief of the ] (1941–1943)
* ], general, commander-in-chief of the ] (1943–1944), during ] (1944)
* ], ] (1632–1646)
* ], general, the Chief of the ] (1943–1946)
* ], Polish and American commander, general and revolutionist
* ], colonel, commander during the ]
* ], Polish ] general in the ]; ]'s first cousin
* ], World War II general, historian
* ], general, military governor of Warsaw during the 1920 ]
* ], commander of 17th-century '']''
* ], Prince, ] (1657–1664), victor at the ] (Cudnów) (1660)
* ], captain in the ], abductor of King ]
* ] (1892–1994), commander of the Polish Armored Division; after World War II, commander-in-chief of Polish forces in exile
* ], Polish–Jewish general
* ], general and minister of Polish–Jewish family
* ], general, last commander-in-chief of the ] (1944–1945)
* ], officer in the ] (1830–1831)
* ], Marshall of the confederation army 1665-6
* ], chief of staff of the ] (''ZWZ / AK'') (1941–1944)
* ], statesman, interwar ]
* ], countess, heroine of the ]
* ], prince, Polish general and marshal of France
* ] (Casimir Pulaski), Polish and American military commander
* ], Marshal of the Soviet Union during WWII
* ], general, military commander, commander-in-chief of the ] (''ZWZ'') (1940–1942) and ] (1942–1943)
* ], general, Chief of Staff during the ]
* ], marshal, military commander, successful in the ], C-in-C of the Polish Army in the ]
* ] (born Isaac Landsberg; 1890–1952), a founder of the ]
* ] (1928–1946), medical orderly in Polish Army
* ], general, commander-in-chief of the Polish Armed Forces and Prime Minister of Poland (1939–1943)
* ] (1885–1962), general, physician and 28th Prime Minister of Poland (1936–1939)
* ], general of the Polish Army, was murdered by the ] in the ]
* ], commander of the ], which saw action at the ] during ] (1944)
* ], general, Commander-in-Chief of Polish Armed Forces (1943–1944)
* ], former deputy chief executive of the European Defence Agency
* ], general, hero of the ] (1830–1831)
* ] ("Łupaszko")
* ], veteran of ] and ] (on the Confederate side)
* ] (1882–1959), vice admiral in the Polish navy under British command during ]
* ], ] (1527–1561), victor of ] (1531)
* ] (1884–1973), German-born vice-admiral in Polish navy, imprisoned in ] during WWII
* ] (1899–1997), brigadier general, head of Women's Auxiliary Military Service (1928–1949)
* ] (1942–1963), a Persian bear, ] ] enlisted soldier
* ] (1912–2005), Captain in the ], pilot in ] during Second World War, where known as Barbara Wojtulanis
* ], led the November Uprising (1830)
* ], lieutenant colonel, independence activist and organiser of women's military squads (1917–1921)
* ], general; chief of the Polish state police (1935–1939)
* ], Great Chancellor of Poland (1578–1605) and ] (1581–1605)
* ], general in the ], diplomat (1803–1868)
* ], general; the only woman among the ]
* ], chancellor of Poland, military commander, conqueror of Moscow (1610), ] (1613–1620)
* ], World War II fighter pilot and ] test pilot
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== Intelligence ==
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* ], interwar ] officer and deputy to ] in Office 2 of the General Staff's Section II (Intelligence)
* ], interwar ] officer and coordinator of ]'s ] project to dismember the Soviet Union
* ], chief of the Polish ]'s German section (''BS–4''), which from 1932 decrypted German ]s, paving the way for Britain's World War II ]
* ], Polish Air Force captain and British ] agent
* ], ] (AK) colonel, chief of the General Staff's Section II (intelligence) (1942–1943)
* ], close collaborator of Foreign Minister ], and chief of the secret prewar K-7 organization that supervised certain Polish ]s
* ], prewar deputy chief of the Polish ]'s Section II
* ], ] Polish, Soviet, and American-CIA agent
* ], emissary who confirmed the reality of ] to ]
* ], Polish agent, ] combrig, Polish Army major
* ], engineer, intelligence officer and cryptologist, one of many who broke Soviet ]s during the ] of 1919–1921
* ], Polish Army officer and World War II British ] agent; colleague of ]
* ], Polish Army colonel, ] ] master spy
* ], Polish spy at the ] (1683); founder of ]'s first ], which offered coffee produced from ]s captured from the Turks
* ], head of Poland's ], which from 1932 broke Germany's military ]s
* ], engineer, fighter pilot, World War II "Musketeers" and ] intelligence officer
* ], prewar Section II ] who supervised the General Staff's ]
* ], Olympic gold-medalist ] and Cold-War ]
* ], general, chief of the General Staff's Section II (1929–1932; 1935–January 1938)
* ], Polish agent, covering the area of Soviet Belarus (1922–1926)
* ], Polish ] and intelligence agent in London (1948–1949); the most influential contemporary ] of ]
* ], ], chief of the General Staff's Section II (1926–1929)
* ], aka ''Christine Granville'', World War II British ] agent
* ] (''Rygor-Słowikowski''), Polish Army intelligence officer whose work in North Africa facilitated Allied preparations for the 1942 ] landings
* ], major, Polish spy in Germany (1926–1934) as Georg von Sosnowski, Ritter von Nalecz
* ], Polish ] in Berlin (1932–1939)
* ], World War II British intelligence agent; wife of ]
* ], lieutenant colonel, the first commander of ]
* ], Cold-War Polish intelligence agent convicted of espionage against the United States
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File:Płk Ryszard Kukliński.jpg|]
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File:Leski Kazimierz.jpg|]
File:Tadeusz Pełczyński - Grzegorz.jpg|]
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File:Wlodarkiewicz jan.jpg|]
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== Holocaust resistance ==
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* ]
* ], ]
* ], ]
* ]
* ]
* ] (1916–2010), partisan leader
* ]
* ]
*]
* ]
* ] (1910–1945)
* ] (1924–1988), partisan fighter
* ] (1922–2011), ]
* ]
* ]
* ]
* ]
* ]
* ], ] officer, ] officer, historian of aid given to Jews in ] by the ] and by ordinary Polish civilians
* ]
* ]
* ]
* ]
* ], co-founder of ]
* ], co-founder of ]
* ]
* ]
* ], Polish de facto Ambassador to ]
* ] (1926–2022), Polish-American Holocaust survivor, educator, and philanthropist
* ]
* ]
* ], Polish consul in ] who forged ]an passports to rescue ]
* ], Polish ambassador to Japan and in ]
* ], Polish diplomat
* ], saved nearly 2,500 Jewish children in World War II
* ] (Józef Serczuk; 1919–1993), leader of a Jewish partisan unit in the Lublin area
* ], "Polish ]", diplomat in Hungary
* ], another "Polish ]"
* ] (1909–2008), known for his participation in the ]
* ], Nazi hunter
* ]
* ] (י1888-1972), influential figure in the Treblinka extermination camp resistance
*] (1923–2016)
* ]
* ]
* ]
* ]

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== Religion ==
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* ], Rebbe founder of the ] Hasidic dynasty
* ], Roman Catholic archbishop of Lwów (1815–33) and archbishop of Prague (1833–1838)
* ] (Yisroel ben Eliezer, 1698–1760), rabbi and founder of ]
* ] ] (1850–1912), ] missionary among ] in Madagascar
* St. ], Roman Catholic Archbishop of Lwów, 1900–1923
* St. ], ]
* St. Evan Yurewicz, ], missionary
* ], elected first ] after the restoration of the ]
* ], Polish-Belarusian humanist and Arian priest
* ], Polish Lutheran bishop killed by the Germans at ]
* St. ], grandson of King Władysław II Jagiełło
* St. ] (Albertine order)
* Bl. ], Prince
* ], Primate of Poland, Cardinal, 1915–1926
* ], Bishop of Kraków, Cardinal, 1879–1894
* ], Archbishop of Kraków, since 2005, Cardinal
* St. ], founder of the ], Archbishop of Warsaw (1862), exiled and Titular Archbishop of ] (1882)
* ], Archbishop of Warsaw, 1856–1861
* ], Jewish messianic leader who combined Judaism and Christianity
* ], vicar, humanist, and theologian
* ], Primate of Poland, 1541–1545
* ], military bishop, ], theologian, archbishop
* ], Primate of Poland, 1981–2006
* ], ]
* ], physicist and philosopher, ] laureate
* ], Primate of Poland, 1926–1948, Cardinal
* ], legate to Poland, Cardinal and Prince-Bishop of Warmia
* ], Dominican
* ], Queen of Poland, 1384–1399
* ], Prelate, Chaplain of "Solidarność"
* ], Roman Catholic Archbishop of Lviv, 1991–2008, Cardinal
* ], Archbishop of Warsaw, Cardinal
* St. ], Carmelite
* St. ], professor at Kraków University
* ], Primate of Poland, 1581–1603; Interrex, 1586–1587
* St. ], priest and preacher
* ], Chief Rabbi of Congregation ] ], founder and ] of the ] ] in ]
* St. ], Franciscan martyr, Auschwitz 1941
* ], priest, statesman
* ], Archbishop of Wrocław, 1972–1974, Cardinal
* St. ], Jesuit
* St. ], Sisters of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Mercy
* ], Archbishop of the ], introduced ] in 1929
* ], ], Archbishop of ], ]
* ], inspiration of the ]
* ], Primate of Poland
* ], Bishop of Kamieniec Podolski, 1757–1798
* ], Archbishop of Philadelphia, Cardinal, 1961–1988
* ], Primate of Poland, 1866–1886, Cardinal
* ], missionary, founder of the ]
* Saint ], religious, founder of the ]
* ], ] (1915–1942)
* ] (1456–1531), Primate of Poland, 1510–1531
* ] (1499–1560), ] reformer; nephew of the Primate
* ], Archbishop of Lwów, Primate of Poland, 1759–1767; Interrex, 1763–1764
* ], Archbishop of Kraków, 1978–2005, Cardinal
* ], catholic priest and national activist
* ], ] of Polish Muslims ] and ] of ]
* ], Roman Catholic Archbishop of Lviv, since 2008
* ] (1576–1646), Jesuit
* ], Bishop of Kraków, 1423–1455; first Cardinal of Polish origin, from 1449; statesman
* ], nephew of Zbigniew Oleśnicki; Cardinal Primate of Poland, 1481–1493
* ], bishop of ]
* ], spiritual leader of the ]
* ], Catholic priest and dissident assassinated by the Polish security service in 1984, martyr of the Church
* ] (died 1749), Count; converted to Judaism as Avrohom ben Avrohom, the Ger Tzedek of Vilna
* ] (1908–1945), Polish Roman Catholic priest of Jewish origin
* ], Bishop of Kraków, 1895–1911, Cardinal
* ], Bishop of Kraków, Cardinal, 1591–1600
* ], the first ] ], 1817–1855
* ], Redemptorist, broadcast radio controller
* ], Roman Catholic priest, theologian, university rector
* St. ], Bishop of Kraków, martyr 1079
* ], Bishop/Archbishop of Kraków, Cardinal, 1911–1951
* ], religious, founder of ]
* ], Jesuit preacher
* ], Bishop of Kyiv, 1756–59; Bishop of Kraków, 1759–1788
* ], the first ] and an officer of the Polish Army before and during World War II
* ], Roman Catholic Archbishop of Minsk-Mohilev; Apostolic Administrator of Pinsk, Cardinal
* ], Catholic Archbishop of Detroit, Cardinal 1981–1990
* ] (1884–1966), ] of Poland, translated portions of ] into Polish
* ], last ] Archbishop of ] (1864–1938)
* ], theologian
* ], priest, philosopher and first chaplain of the trade union, Solidarity
* ], philosopher and 19th century ]
* ], Archbishop of Gniezno, first Primate of Poland, 1418–1422
* ], Primate of Poland, 1562–1581; Interrex, 1572–73 and 1574–1575
* ] (1720–1797), non-] Jewish leader, the "saintly genius from Vilnius"
* ], priest, economist and activist (1849–1910)
* ] (1822–1887), rabbi
* ], Auxiliary Bishop of Kraków 1958–1963, Archbishop of Kraków 1963–1978, Pope John Paul II 1978–2005
* ], Primate of Poland, Cardinal, 1948–1981
* ], ], decorated Polish Canadian, (1908–2006)
* ], first ] ] (1745–1810)
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== Nobility ==
{{further|List of szlachta}}

== Royalty ==
{{See also|List of Polish monarchs}}
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* ], first Duke of Poland
* ], first Duchess of Poland
* ] (Gunhild), daughter of ] of Poland, mother of ], King of England, Denmark and Norway
* ], first King of Poland
* ], second King of Poland
* ], queen of Poland
* ], duke of Poland
* ], third King of Poland
* ], duke of Poland
* ], duke of Poland
* ], duke of Greater Poland, Senior Duke of Poland
* ], duke of Cracow, Senior Duke of Poland
* ], duke of Cracow, Senior Duke of Poland
* ], duke of Silesia, Senior Duke of Poland
* ], duke of Mazovia and Kuyavia
* ], senior duke of Poland, commander of Polish forces in the ] (1241)
* ], King of Poland
* ], king of Poland
* ], king of Poland
* ], ] in Poland
* ], Piast Dynasty last King of Poland
* ], first female monarch of Poland
* ], Lithuanian, king of Poland, victor at the ] (1410)
* ] (]), king of Poland and Hungary, killed at the ] (1444)
* ], king of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania, victor in the ] (1454–1466)
* ], king of Poland
* ], grand duke of Lithuania and king of Poland
* ], king of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania
* ] (], wife of ])
* ], consort of ]
* ], Queen consort of Poland
* ], last ] king of the ]
* ], reigned together with her husband Stephen Báthory
* ], king of Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth
* ], ] king of the ]
* ], king of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth and king of Sweden
* ], elected Tsar of Russia, king of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
* ], Queen of Poland, Grand Duchess of Lithuania
* ], king of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, victor at the ] (1651)
* ], king of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, victor at the ] (1683)
* ], queen of France, England, Scotland and Ireland
* ], king of Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth
* ], king of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth and ]
* ], Queen consort of France
* ], queen of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth and Duchess of Lorraine
* ], consort of ], king of France
* ], king of Poland, ]
* ], king of Poland, Elector of Saxony
* ], consort of ], king of Spain
* ], last king of the Poland, co-author of the ]
* ], Princess Carignano ]
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<gallery mode=nolines widths=100 heights=100 style="width:220px">
File:Mieszko I (274939) (cropped).jpg|]
File:Bacciarelli - Chrobry.jpeg|]
File:Władysław Łokietek.jpg|]
File:Boleslaus III of Poland.PNG|]
File:Jadwiga by Bacciarelli.jpg|]
File:Kazimierz III Wielki (76845281) (cropped).jpg|]
File:Jagajła. Ягайла (M. Godlewski, 1863).jpg|]
File:Kober Anna Jagiellon in coronation robes.jpg|]
File:Anonymous Stephen Báthory (detail) 01.jpg|]
File:Zygmunt Waza Soutman.jpg|]
File:John III Sobieski of Poland.PNG|]
File:Stanisław Augustus Poniatowski.jpg|]
</gallery>
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== Assassins ==
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* ], American assassin of American President ]
* ], assassin of Tsar ]
* ], modernist painter, art critic, assassin of Polish President ]
* ], assassin of ]
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<gallery mode=nolines widths=100 heights=100 style="width:220px">
File:I Grinevizky.jpg|]
File:E Niewiadomski.jpg|]
</gallery>
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== Miscellany ==
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* ], controversial ]
* ], sailor
* ], watchmaker
* ], explorer who holds the record for the longest open-water kayak voyage ever made
* ], resistance hero
* ], contract bridge champion
* ], watchmaker
* ], war hero
* ], fashion designer, founder of ]
* ], wheelchair dancing world champion
* ], resistance movement and anti-communist activist
* ], adventure traveler
* ], diarist, killed during the ] ]
* ], engraver
* ], ]
* ], cartographer and geographer
* ], physician, soldier
* ], bacteriologist, founder of ]
* ], postage stamp and banknote engraver
* ], diarist, killed during the ] ], known as "the Polish Anne Frank"
* ], ] ], early 20th century
* ], bibliophile, ] of the mysterious ]
* ], California winemaker
* ], journalist, television personality, drummer, comedian, and columnist
* ], physician, pioneering female doctor in the United States
* ], fashion designer
{{div col end}}
{{col-break|width=220px}}
<gallery mode=nolines widths=100 heights=100 style="width:220px">
File:Marek okulary1.JPG|]

File:Ludwik Rajchman.jpg|]
File:Michael Voynich.jpg|]
File:Maria E. Zakrzewska.jpg|]
</gallery>
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== Legendary persons ==
==Fine arts==
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{{main|List of Polish artists}}
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{{main|List of Polish painters}}
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]
* ], legendary prince and founder of ]
*], sculptor
* ], legendary founder of the ]
*]
* ] (''Piast Kołodziej''), semi-legendary figure in prehistoric Poland (9th century); founder of the ]
*]
* ], semi-legendary 9th-century ruler of the ]; last of the ]
*], sculptor
* ], a ] half-man-half-horse figure representing a Mongol invader, with his own festival after the feast of ]
*].
* ] (known also as "the Black Madonna"), foremost of Polish religious icons
*], painter.
* ], legendary Jewish figure, said to have been named prince of the western Polans after the death of Popiel in 842
*], painter.
* ], ancient proto-] tribe that fed the idea of '']'' during the ]
*], painter.
* ], semi-legendary sailor of the late 15th century
*], painter.
* ], legendary fresh-water mermaid said to have been rescued by ] fishermen. Iconic symbol of Warsaw
*]
* ], semi-legendary Faust-like sorcerer; in Polish legend, the first man on the Moon (in the 16th century)
*], sculptor.
* ], freedom fighter; hero of 1970 ] riots
*], painter.
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*], painter.
{{col-break|width=220px}}
*], (1915-1990) painter, theatre director.
<gallery mode=nolines widths=100 heights=100 style="width:110px;">
*], sculptor.
File:Krakovia Lajkonik Zamaltzain 8599 (13619274304).jpg|]
*], painter.
File:POL Warszawa Katowicka syrenka 02.jpg|]
*], video artist.
</gallery>
*], performer.
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]
*], painter.
*], cartoonist and illustrator.
*]
*], painter
*], sculptor
*], painter
*], painter
*], painter
*]
*], cartoonist
*], medieval sculptor
*], painter
*], painter
*], sculptor, scenography designer, theatre director
*], painter
]
*], painter.
*], painter.
*], painter.
*]m painter.
*], painter
*], sculptor.
*].


== Fictional characters ==
==Entertainment==
{{div col|colwidth=32em}}
*], actor
* Matteusz Andrzejewski, played by ], a character in '']'', a British ] drama programme, and a ] of the long-running programme '']''
*], film director
* Captain William Joseph ] in '']''
*] (born in ] in ], ]), cinematographer, director and actor.
* ], a ] from the ] of novels and films, created by ]
*], nicknamed CliffyB, a lead designer for the successful game development company Epic Games.
* ], cartoon characters from a Polish children's TV animated comedy series
*], singer and actor
* ], Polish version of the forest-dwelling sorceress
*], (]? or ] father?, Polish mother).
* Waldemar Daninsky, wolfman in '']''
*].
* Nicodemus Dyzma, in ]'s novel '']''
*], actor
* Jacob Jankowski, a character played by ] in a 2011 American ] '' ]''
*], actress, poetry singer
* Marcin Jerek, Polish-born British professor and former CIA interrogator, in the TV series '']'', played by ]
*], actress
* Dr. Judym, in ]'s novel '']''
*], actress
* ]
*], actress
* Florentyna Kane in '']'' and '']''
*], (Jewish) film producer
* ], grandson of B.J. Blazkowicz
*], ]
* ] (Captain Kloss), ] secret agent in the Polish ] ''Stake larger than life''
*], Marianna Winchalaska (or Michalski) ) actress, dancer, vaudeville performer
* '']''
*], theatre reformer
* ], space detective
*], (Born ] to a Polish-German father and a German mother in Zoppot, now ], ])
* Sugar "Kane" Kowalczyk, a singer of Polish descent played by ] in ]'s 1959 ] film '']''
*] (born ] on January 24, 1961) is a German-born actress of Polish ancestry, and the daughter of the late Polish-German actor Klaus Kinski.
* ], a penguin in the children's film '']''
]
* ], in ]' play '']''
*], film director
* ], Polish-American Chicago policeman in the 1990s Canadian television series '']''
*], protest songwriter and singer
* Walt Kowalski, Polish-American ] veteran and retired Ford worker, in ]'s 2008 film '']''
*], singer and actor
* Lucyna "Lucy" Kushinada, a netrunner of mixed Polish and Japanese descent in '']''
*], film director
* ], heroine of ]'s novel, ]
*], actor
* ], symbol of ] and title of ]'s film
*], (part German?) film director
* ], like the bear and the horse, the goat is part of Polish folklore, here in ]'s rendition
*], actor
* ] (with Steve Roper), an American adventure comic strip (1936–2004)
*], actor known as ]
* Count Olenski, estranged husband of Ellen Olenska in ]'s novel '']'' (1920)
*], actress (born ])
* '']'', poetic distillation of Polish patriotism and nostalgia
*], actress
* ], in ]'s '']'', went from police officer to school teacher
*] (Vaslav Nijinsky), ballet dancer and choreographer
* Officer Eddie Pulaski in '']''
*], adult movie performer and producer
* Stefan "Steve" Radecki, a character played by ] in 1941 British ] '']''
*], actress
* Abel Rosnovski in '']''
*], Polish-] actress
* ], adventurer created by ]
*], model and singer in the band ]
* ], humorous morality tale about neighbour relations, a favourite children's poem
*], (born Rajmund Liebling) (Catholic mother, Jewish father) film director and actor
* ] (Dr. Walter Langkowski), Marvel superhero
*], actor of ]
* ], archetypal abandoned girl, "Little orphan Mary", living with ]
*], actor
* ], the "Polish Catholic" in the film '']''
*], broadcaster
* ] I & II, superheroines in '']''
*], actress and singer
* Stanislau, ace pilot in '']''
*], film director
* Stanisław Tarkowski (''Staś''), protagonist of ] '']'' by ] ]
*], American film actress, (French-born Polish father, Jewish mother)
* ], also known as ], one of the main characters in American television series '']'' broadcast on ] and played by ]
*] properly: Władysław Starewicz, film director, stop-motion animator
* ], in '']''
*], film director
* Tadzio, a Polish boy (inspired by ]) in ]'s novel '']'' as well as 1971 film adaptation ] by ] played by ]
*], ] and ] (Jewish)
* ], main protagonist in several works of ] such as '']'', '']'', '']'' and '']''
*], (Jewish) actress known as ]
* Kasia Tomaszewski, played by ], a character in '']'', a 2019 ] ] broadcast on ]
*], (Part Italian?) film producer
* Maciej Tomczyk ala ], in the 1981 film '']'', directed by ]
*], film director
* ], a ]-like figure of Polish legend, literature and film.
* ], Polish ] heroes
]]]
* ], cartoon character
* ], the "Painless Pole" in the film '']''
* ], in the ] by ]
* ] (Jan Paweł Wieczorek) in the '']'' series
* Stanisław Wokulski, protagonist of ]' novel '']''
* Stanley Thaddeus "Wojo" Wojciehowicz, played by ], in the American television sitcom '']''
* ], brass ]s that first appeared on the city's pavements in 2005
* ], composer in a spoof ] documentary
* Sophie Zawistowski, played by ], in '']'' based on '']'' by ]
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==Royalty== == Models ==
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* ] (Anna Åberg, Anna Yeager), Swedish-American, born in Poland
* ], born in ]
* ], born in ]
* ], born in Kraków
* ], born in ]
* ], born in ]
* ], born in ]
* ], born in ]
* ], born in ]
* ], born in ], glamour model
* ], born in ]
* ], born in ]
* ], Polish-Venezuelan, born in ], Venezuela
* ], Polish-American, born in ]
* ], born in ]
{{div col end}}
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<gallery mode=nolines widths=100 heights=100 style="width:220px">
File:Malgosia Bela.jpg|]
File:Magdalena Frackowiak copyright Ed Kavishe.jpg|]
File:Joanna Krupa Benchwarmer 2008.jpg|]
File:Anja Rubik Copyright Ed Kavishe.JPG|]
</gallery>
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== Athletics ==
*] (Gunhild), daughter of ] of Poland, mother of ], King of England, Denmark and Norway.
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*], first King of Poland.
{{col-break}}
*], senior duke of Poland, commander of Polish forces in the ].
{{div col|colwidth=27em}}
*].
* ] (1943–2008), Olympic ]
*].
* ] (born 1989), Olympic sprinter
*].
* ] (born 1997), Olympic ]ter
*].
* ] (born 1977), Olympic ] and ]
*].
* ] (1931–1987), Olympic long-distance runner
*] (]), King of Poland and ].
* ] (1937–2006), Olympic sprinter and ]
*], King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania, victor in the ].
* ] (born 1995), Olympic middle-distance runner
*] (], wife of ]).
* ] (born 1989), Olympic ]er
*].
* ] (1933–2005), Olympic sprinter
*], King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania, victor at the ].
* ] (born 1977), ]r
*], King of Poland and ].
* ] (born 1938), Polish and German Olympic sprinter
*], consort of ], King of France.
* ] (born 1977), Olympic sprinter
*].
* ] (born 1992), Olympic shot putter
* ] (born 1959), Olympic ]
* ] (1936–2000), Olympic sprinter
* ] (1936–2024), French Olympic middle- and long-distance runner
* ] (born 1938), Israeli Olympic sprinter and ]er
* ] (born 1946), Olympic sprinter
* ] (1940–1998), Olympic champion shot putter
* ] (1900–1989), Polish-American Olympic champion ]
* ] (born 1968), Olympic champion ]
* ] (born 1953), Lithuanian-born Polish Olympic champion ]
* ] (born 1989), Olympic sprinter
* ] (1934–2015), Olympic champion long jumper
* ] (born 1989), Olympic sprinter
* ] (1929–2003), Olympic champion steeplechaser
* ] (born 1989), Olympic middle-distance runner
* ] (1897–1981), ]
* ] (1907–1940), Olympic champion long-distance runner; murdered by the Nazis
* ] (1913–2007), Olympic ]er
* ] (born 1987), Olympic middle-distance runner
* ] (born 1981), Olympic champion shot putter
* ] (born 1983), Olympic discus thrower
* ] (1938–1982), Olympic sprinter
* ] (1951–1981), Olympic champion steeplechaser
* ] (born 1970), Olympic sprinter
* ] (1933–2022), Israeli Olympic ]er and long jumper, and captain of the ]
* ] (1909–1943), Olympic long-distance runner, murdered in Auschwitz concentration camp
* ] (born 1989), Olympic sprinter
* ] (born 1959), Olympic long-distance runner
* ] (born 1969), Olympic high jumper
* ] (1936–2016), Olympic discus thrower
* ] (born 1981), Olympic hurdler and sprinter
* ] (1878–1925), Polish-American Olympic champion long-jumper and triple-jumper
* ] (born 1980), Olympic pole vaulter
* ] (born 1981), Olympic pole vaulter
* ] (1931–2002), Olympic hammer thrower
* ] (born 1974), Olympic sprinter
* ] (born 1958), shot putter
* ] (1933–1993), Olympic javelin thrower
* ] (1982–2009), Olympic champion hammer thrower
* ] (1946–2018), Olympic champion sprinter
* ] (1935–2024), Olympic champion triple jumper
* ] (born 1997), Olympic sprinter
* ] (1950–1998), Olympic champion pole vaulter
* ] (born 1992), Olympic champion sprinter
* ] (born 1976), Olympic sprinter
* ] (1912–1990), Olympic discus thrower
* ] (1911–1980), Polish-American Olympic champion sprinter
* ] (1946–2014), Olympic sprinter
* ] (born 1985), Olympic champion hammer thrower
* ] (born 1989), Olympic pole vaulter
* ] (born 1956), Olympic sprinter
* ] (born 1956), Olympic champion high jumper
* ] (born 1993), Olympic champion sprinter
* ] (1935–2022), Olympic long-distance runner
* ] (born 1976), Olympic champion hammer thrower
{{div col end}}
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<gallery mode=nolines widths=100 heights=100 style="width:110px;">
File:Robert Korzeniowski.jpg|]
File:Tomasz Majewski Pedro's Cup Łódź 2016 03.jpg|]
File:Prinstein cropped.jpg|]
File:Anna Rogowska.JPG|]
File:Irena Szewinska 2012.jpg|]
File:Wajsówna.jpg|]
File:Feliks Wiśnik 2020.]
File:AnitaWRio2016 cropped.jpg|]
</gallery>
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==Baseball==
==Nobility (szlachta)==
See ].
Victor Przybyla


* ] (1935–2006), Polish-born American ] player
==Sports==
* ] (born 1936), American baseball player, Hall of Fame
* ] (born 1946), American baseball player


== Basketball ==
See ]
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{{div col|colwidth=27em}}


* ] (born 2000), basketball player
*], american football player (Born in Canada of Polish parents)
* ] (born 1988), Kosovan-Polish basketball player
]
* ] (born 1988), ] basketball player
*], athlete
* ] (born 1987), French-Polish basketball player
*], athlete
* ] (born 1990), basketball player
*], athlete
* ] (1974-2011), basketball player, FIBA Hall of Fame
*], athlete
* ] (born 1980), basketball player
*], athlete
* ] (born 1993), basketball player
*], athlete
* ] (born 1984), Polish-American ] (NBA), ] player
*], athlete
* ] (born 1989), basketball player
*], athlete
* ] (born 1984), basketball player
*], athlete
* ] (born 1955), American NBA referee
*], athlete
* ] (born 1993), basketball player
*], baseball player (Polish origin)
*], baseball player (Polish origin) * ] (born 1982), American-Polish basketball player
* ] (born 1989), basketball player
*], baseball player (Polish origin)
* ] (born 1984), basketball player
*], baseball player (Polish origin)
* ] (born 1987), basketball player
*], baseball player (Aloysius Szymański, polish origin)
* ] (born 1985), Polish-Swedish NBA basketball player
*], basketball player (Polish origin)
*], basketball player (Polish origin) * ] (born 1982), American-born Polish basketball player
* ] (born 1996), basketball player
*], basketball player (Polish origin)
* ] (born 1993), basketball player
*], climber
* ] (born 1987), Polish-American basketball player
*], climber
* ] (born 2003), Polish-American NBA player, ]
*], cycler
* ] (born 1992), basketball player
*], racing driver
* ] (born 1984), basketball player
*], NASCAR driver (Polish origin)
* ] (born 1989), basketball player
*], fencer
*], ice hockey player * ] (1970-2017), basketball player
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*], ice hockey player
<gallery mode=nolines widths=100 heights=100 style="width:220px">
*], rower
File:20160814 Basketball ÖBV Vier-Nationen-Turnier 4428.jpg|]
*], sailor
File:Marcin Gortat (15698879036).jpg|]
*], ski jumper
File:EuroBasket 2017 Finland vs Poland 22.jpg|]
*], biathlete
File:Wojcik Adam.jpg|]
*], soccer player
</gallery>
*], soccer player
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*], soccer player
*], soccer player
*], soccer player
*], strongman
*], swimmer
*], (German father) soccer player (born in Poland)
*], swimmer
*], tennis player
*], tennis player (Franciszek Pajkowski, polish origin)
*], weightlifter
*], chessplayer
*], soccer player
*], chessplayer
*] - Colorado Avalanche Prospect


===]=== == Boxing ==
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*], Polish boxer
{{col-break}}
*], Polish-American boxer
{{div col|colwidth=27em}}
*], Polish boxer
* ]
*] (known as ]), Polish-American boxer
* ]
*], Polish boxer
* ]
*], boxer, nickname: "Tiger" (born on ], ] in ], ])
* ]
*], Polish boxer
* ]
*], Polish-American boxer, known as the Jersey City Pole or the Polish Giant.
* ], International Boxing ]
*], boxer
* ]
*], boxer (real name Anthony Florian Zaleski), boxer of Polish origin. Nicknamed: "The man of steel.")
* ]
* ]
* ]
* ]
* ]
* ]
* ]
* ]
* ], coach
* ]
* ]
* ]
* ]
* ]
* ]
* ]
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<gallery mode=nolines widths=100 heights=100 style="width:110px">
File:Tomasz Adamek 11.JPG|]
File:Andrzej Golota 2014.jpg|]
File:Jerzy Kulej 2.jpg|]
File:Dariusz Michalczewski (2007).jpg|]
</gallery>
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===]=== == Checkers ==
*] (Jewish origin) * ] (born 1991)
*]
*]
*]
*]
*]
*]
*]
*]
*]
*]
*]
*]
*] - ] for the ]
*]
*] (Ronald "Jaws" Jaworski), (Polish-Catholic parents) Polish-American football player
*] and ]
*]
*]
*]
*]
*]
*]
*]
*]
*]
*]
*]
*]
*]
*]
*] His Polish-born father Henry Wilczek changed name.
*]
*]
*]
*]
*]


===]=== == Chess ==
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* ] (better known by his stage name of ''Ole Anderson'')
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* ]
{{div col|colwidth=27em}}
* ]
* ] (1905–1985), Polish-Israeli chess master
* ]
* ] (1905–missing), chess master
* ]
* ] (1888–1952), Polish-French chess master
* ]
* ] (1890–1920), chess master
* ], ]
* ] (1895–1971), Polish-Israeli chess master
* ], ] (better known by his stage name of ''Rob Van Dam'')
* ] (b. 1962), woman chess grandmaster
* ], ]
* ] (1873–1928)
* ]
* ] (1900–1941), Polish-born French grandmaster
* ] (1834–1902), Polish-French chess master
* ] (1910–1984), Polish-Israeli International Master
* ] (1910–2000), American born to Polish parents, grandmaster
* ] (1885–1944), chess master
* ] (1894–1920), chess master
* ] (b. 1998), grandmaster
* ] (1906–1979), Polish-Belgian International Master
* ] (1903–1979), Polish-Belgian-Israeli chess master
* ] (b. 1946), woman grandmaster
* ] (1883–1949), Polish-American chess master
* ] (1880–1926), chess master
* ] (1903–1942), chess master
* ] (1905–1940), chess player, died in a Nazi concentration camp
* ] (1905–1982), Polish-Argentinean chess master
* ] (1913–1983), chess player
* ] (1915–1943), chess master, killed in the Holocaust
* ] (born 1956), grandmaster
* ] (1912-?), later known as Ignacy Branicki, Polish-born Israeli chess master
* ] (1902–1995), Woman International Master
* ], Woman International Master
* ] (1868–1935), chess master
* ] (1868–1927), chess player
* ] (1851–1906), American chess player
* ] (1866–1932), German chess player
* ] (1895–1940), chess master
* ] (1903–2000), American International Master born in Belgium to a Polish-Jewish family, set the world's blindfold record by playing 34 chess games simultaneously while blindfolded, and set a record for playing 56 consecutive blindfold games at ten seconds per move (winning 50, drawing 6).
* ] (b. 1938), Polish-Serbian chess master
* ] (b. 1963), Russian-born grandmaster, moved to Poland in 1992
* ] (1901–1941), chess master
* ] (b. 1955), grandmaster
* ] (1892–1970), American chess master
* ] (1903–1943), Dutch chess player, died in a Nazi concentration camp
* ] (1885–1981), German-American chess International Master
* ] (1877–1934), German chess master
* ] (1889–1961), Soviet grandmaster
* ] (1881–1940), Ukrainian–Polish chess master, died in a Nazi concentration camp
* ] (b. 1977), grandmaster
* ] (1901–1972), chess master
* ] (1859–1939), chess master
* ] (1881–1943), American chess master, born in the US to Polish parents
* ] (b. 1975), chess International Master
* ] (1910–1997), Polish-Argentine grandmaster
* ] (1903–1962), Polish-born Israeli chess player
* ] (1880–1913), Austrian chess player
* ] (1903–1939), chess master
* ], chess master
* ] (1915–2004), International Master
* ] (1908–1943), chess master, murdered in the Holocaust
* ] (1863–1941), Polish-Ukrainian chess player
* ] (1860–1918), chess master
* ] (1880–1940), won the first Polish championship, murdered in the Holocaust
* ] (b. 1981), International Master and Woman Grandmaster
* ] (1894–1954), chess master
* ] (1911–1992), Polish-American grandmaster
* ] (1837–1902), Polish-born French chess player
* ] (1889–1920), chess master
* ] (1880–1961), Polish-Belgian International Grandmaster
* ] (1862–1920), chess master
* ] (b. 1943), grandmaster
* ] (1887–1942), Polish–French chess master, murdered in Auschwitz concentration camp
* ] (1865–1902), Polish–French chess master
* ] (b. 1978), grandmaster and Woman Grandmaster
* ] (1908–1997), Polish-Australian chess master
* ] (1922–2003), International Master
* ] (b. 1994), Polish-American grandmaster
* ] (Grzegorz Szapiro; 1929–1972), chess master
* ] (1887–1956), Polish-French International Grandmaster
* ] (1850–1919), Polish–born French chess master
* ] (1880–1948), Poland-born German–American chess master
* ] (1944–2011), Russian grandmaster
* ] (1868–1942)
* ] (1838–1919), chess player
* ] (b. 1987), grandmaster
* ] (1963–2006), Polish-American grandmaster
* ] (1925–2000), Canadian grandmaster
* ] (1860–1928), chess master
* ] (1842–1888), Polish-born British-German chess master
* ] ({{circa|1811/1812}}–1882), Polish-British chess master
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<gallery mode=nolines widths=100 heights=100 style="width:110px">
File:Duda und Giri 2018 Dortmund (cropped).jpg|]
File:Miguel Najdorf 1973.jpg|]
File:Akiba-RubinsteinC.jpg|]
File:Monika Soćko 2013.jpg|]
File:Dariusz Świercz POLch 2014.jpg|]
File:Ksawery Tartakower.jpg|]
File:Radoslaw Wojtaszek POLch 2014.jpg|]
</gallery>
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==Military== == Climbing ==
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* ], Tatra guide and mountain rescuer
* ], mountaineer
* ], ski mountaineer and climber
* ], high-altitude climber
* ], high-altitude climber
* ], high-altitude climber and rock climber
* ] (born 1994), Olympic champion ]
* ], high-altitude climber
* ], high-altitude climber
* ], high-altitude climber
* ], high-altitude climber
{{div col end}}
{{col-break|width=220px}}
<gallery mode=nolines widths=100 heights=100 style="width:220px">
File:Jerzy Kukuczka Mount Everest 1980.jpg|]
File:2018 - Pol’and’Rock Festival - Krzysztof Wielicki 02.jpg|]
</gallery>
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==Cycling==
*], military commander, commander-in-chief of Hungarian army (])
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*], military commander, victor from ]
{{col-break}}
*], (1894-2005), 111, - Polish soldier of World War I and of the 1920-1921 Polish War against Soviet Russia. He was the oldest man in the ] at the time of his death.
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*], military commander during the ] and the ]
* ]
*], military commander in the ] and the Hungarian uprising of ]
* ]
*], (Polish-German) politician, commander of the Polish Army in ] during ]
* ]
*], (1913-2005) - Polish journalist and WW2 hero
* ]
*] - Polish general during Kościuszko's Uprising
* ]
*] (1896-2005), 109, - Polish soldier
* ]
*], commander of the ] during the ]
* ]
*], (born in modern day ]) commander and revolutionist
* ]
*], Polish Army Colonel, anti-communist spy
* ]
*], (1892-1994), 102, commander of the Polish Armoured Division, later C-i-C of the Polish forces in exile after ]
* ]
*], commander of the ], which saw action at ] during ]
* ]
*], military commander
* ]
*], U.S. Navy ], ]
* ]
*], (born Konstanty Rokossowski) Marshall of the Soviet Union and Polish defense minister (Polish father, Russian mother)
* ]
*], military commander, commander-in-chief of the ]
*] * ]
* ]
*], military commander, successful in the ], C-i-C of the Polish Army in the ]
* ]
*], commander of ]
* ]
*], chancellor of Poland, military commander, conqueror of ]
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== Fencing ==
==Politics and diplomacy==
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*], former director of economic policy in the interim coalition administration of ] & Prime Minister
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* ] (born 1975), Olympic épée fencer
*] , political scientist, advisor of US president ]
* ] (1942–2016), Olympic épée fencer
*], the founder of the ] ], the ]
* ] (born 1942), Olympic épée fencer
*], diplomat and ] of ], author of the ] with ]
* ] (1921–2019), foil and sabre fencer, and coach
*], leader of communist Poland(1970-1980)
* ] (1935–2022), Olympic champion foil fencer
*], the last leader of communist Poland
* ] (born 1952), Olympic champion foil fencer
*], (Polish-Austrian-American) ] during the ]
* ] (born 1981), Olympic foil fencer
*], leader Silesians during ]
* ] (1912–1943), Olympic épée fencer, murdered in the ]
*] (Stanisław Kosior), Soviet politician
* ] (born 1988), Olympic épée fencer
*], President of Poland
* ] (born 1983), Olympic sabre fencer
*], Prime Minister of Poland
* ] (born 1952), Polish-born American fencing master
*], politician, former polish prime minister
* ] (born 1965), Olympic foil fencer
*], vice-president of ]
* ] (1938–2017), Olympic foil fencer
*], ]i politican
* ] (1932–2005), Olympic champion sabre fencer
*], statesman, politician and marshall
* ] (born 1977), Olympic foil fencer
*], politician
* ] (born 1967), Olympic foil fencer
*], vice-president of ]
* ] (born 1982), Olympic sabre fencer
*], trade unionist who started dismantling of the Soviet bloc
* ] (1972–2014), Olympic sabre fencer
*], (born in Poland to parents of German origin) vice-Minister of Finance, and Polish diplomat during World War II
* ] (born 1989), Olympic épée fencer
*], politician of the agrarian party
* ] (1939–2008), Olympic champion foil fencer
* ] (born 1949), Olympic foil fencer
* ] (1930–2020), Olympic sabre fencer
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File:Witold Woyda c1974.jpg|]
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==Holocaust resistors== == Football ==
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* ], defender
* ], coach
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* ], defender
* ], midfielder
* ], midfielder, head of the ] (PZPN)
* ], goalkeeper
* ], midfielder
* ], midfielder
* ], defender
* ], defender
* ], midfielder
* ], midfielder
* ], midfielder
* ], goalkeeper
* ], midfielder
* ], goalkeeper
* ], attacker
* ], defender/forward
* ], coach
* ], defender
* ], coach
* ] (Jakub Grundman' 1939-2004), midfielder and manager
* ], defender, coach
* ], attacker
* ], defender
* ], attacker, coach
* ], midfielder, coach
* ], attacker
* ], defender; murdered by the Nazis<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.eurojewcong.org/ejc/news.php?id_article=5604 |author=Eldad Beck |title=Anti-Semitism feared ahead of Euro 2012 |publisher=] |date=August 9, 2010 |access-date=December 24, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120731004503/http://www.eurojewcong.org/ejc/news.php?id_article=5604 |archive-date=July 31, 2012 }}</ref>
* ], attacker
* ], goalkeeper
* ], midfielder, coach
* ], goalkeeper
* ], attacker
* ], attacker
* ], attacker
* ], attacker
* ], midfielder, manager
* ], defender, coach
* ], football referee
* ], goalkeeper
* ], attacker
* ], goalkeeper
* ], midfielder
* ], midfielder
* ], attacker
* ], attacker
* ], midfielder
* ], midfielder
* ], defender, coach
* ], midfielder
* ], attacker
* ], defender
* ], attacker
* ], midfielder
* ], defender
* ] (Jeszaja Szwagier), Olympic defender
* ], attacker
* ], midfielder
* ], forward (left wing)
* ], forward
* ], midfielder
* ], goalkeeper
* ], attacker
* ], defender
* ], goalkeeper
* ], goalkeeper
* ] (born 1971), midfielder
* ], attacker
* ], goalkeeper
* ], midfielder
* ], attacker
* ], attacker
* ], defender
* ], attacker
* ], attacker
* ], goalkeeper
* ], midfielder
* ], defender
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File:Kazimierz Deyna.jpg|]
File:Jerzy Dudek (cropped).jpg|]
File:V.l.n.r. Lato, Boniek en trainer Kulesza, Bestanddeelnr 930-4929 (Lato cropped).jpg|]
File:Robert Lewandowski FCB.jpg|]
File:Arkadiusz Milik 2016 (cropped).jpg|]
File:Wojciech Szczęsny 2018.jpg|]
File:Aankomst Pools elftal op Schiphol 15 Tomaszewski, kop, 16 Deyna, kop, Bestanddeelnr 928-2029.jpg|]
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== Ice hockey ==
*] Military Leader of Warsaw Ghetto Uprising
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*] Polish diplomat * ], mixed Polish descent
* ], mixed Polish descent
* ]
* ]
* ]
* ]
* ], Polish-Canadian
* ]
* ]
* ]
* ]
* ]
* ], Polish-Canadian
* ]
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==Religion== ==Judo==
*],
*]
*], (Polish-Lithuanian descent) (grandson of ])
*],
*], Beatified Prince
*],
*]
*],
*], (Polish cardinal and archbishop)
]
*Karol Józef Wojtyła, ], Pope (mother of Jewish extraction)
*Saint ]
*],
*],
*],
*], priest, statesman
*],
*],
*],
*],


* ] (born 1967), Olympic ]
==Other==
* ] (born 1963), Olympic champion judoka
* ] (born 1970), Olympic champion judoka


== Skating ==
*], TPF specialist and poet
*]
*], watchmaker
*]
*], producer of cosmetics ---This is not a person but a company.
*[[Wincenty Gostkowski, watchmaker
*], watchmaker
*] (Benedictus Polonus, Benedykt Polak), explorer
*], adventure traveller
*], (1930-2004) ] masterspy during the ]
*], architect
*], chess player
*] - Polish-Canadian, architect and journalist
*], ] heroine of WW II
*] (Ukrainian-Polish) fashion designer, known as ]
*], top model
*], (Polish born German or Russian) bibliophile
*], WW II fighter pilot and ] test pilot


* ], ]
==Criminal persons==
* ], speed skater
*], serial killer
* ], ]
*], (Russian-Polish?)''Jack the Ripper'' suspect
* ], speed skater
*] (Russian-Polish), ] of U.S. President ]
* ], speed skater
*], mobster
*], mobster
*], (Polish name) the Unabomber
*], (born April 11, 1935), mobster
*], younger brother of ], Murderer
*], serial killer
*], (Polish name), serial killer
*], (Polish name), gang-member
*], (Polish or Czech name), serial killer accomplice
*], (Polish or Polish Jewish name) - the ''Brownout Strangler''
*], (Polish-Irish) mobster
*], serial killer
*], serial killer
*], serial killer
*], mobster
*], (Polish name), (alias Pallas), mobster, member of the gang led by Paul Jarwarski
*], serial killer - dubbed "The Red Spider" and "The Red Ripper".
*], (half-Polish? half-Jewish?) (born Earl Wojciechowski) mobster


== Skiing ==
==Controversial persons==
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*], assassin of Tsar ]
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*], (Part Russian or Tatar?) ] founder
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* ], ]
* ], Alpine ski racer
* ], ski jumper
* ], ]
* ], biathlete
* ], biathlete
* ], Nordic combined skier
* ], ski jumper
* ], ]
* ], ski jumper
* ], ski jumper
* ], cross-country skier
* ], ski jumper
* ], World War II ] escort of intelligence agent ]
* ], ski jumper
* ], biathlete
* ], ]
* ], cross-country skiing
* ], ski jumper
* ], ski jumper
* ], ski jumper
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== Swimming ==
==SS Officers of Partial Polish heritage, ethnicity or descent==
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*], (1899-1944) (SS Officer) (to a Polish father and German mother in Tsarist Russia) (born Bronislaw Vladislavovich Kaminski)
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*], (SS Officer) (born into a middle-class Austrian family of Polish heritage) (June 12, 1908 - July 5, 1975)
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* ]
* ]
* ]
* ]
* ]
* ]
* ], Australian
* ]
* ]
* ], Australian
* ]
* ]
* ]
* ]
* ]; murdered by the Nazis in ]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://docs.newsbank.com/g/GooglePM/DP/lib00153,0EAF44D611BD8AC2.html |author=Tom Archdeacon |title=Memories never dim from Games of Shame; Message of "Nazi Olympics'still vital |work= The Denver Post|date=April 26, 1998 |access-date=December 24, 2010}}</ref>
* ]
* ]
* ]
* ]
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File:KonradCzerniak-0137.jpg|]
File:Otylia Jędrzejczak 2014.jpg|]
File:Chwała olimpijczykom - s.071 - Lejzor Szrajbman.tif|]
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== Tennis ==
==Germans born on current Polish land==
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*] (Nazi Leader) (September 2, 1878 - March 22, 1946) (born in Stargard, Pomerania, Germany (now Stargard Szczecinski, Poland))
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*] (full name Paul Ludwig Hans Anton von Beneckendorff und von Hindenburg) (October 2, 1847 – August 2, 1934) born in what was then Posen (now ]) on Podgorna street (, ]), located in the ]
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*]
*] * ]
*] * ]
* ]
*], ]
* ]
* ]
* ]
* ]
* ], German
* ]
* ]
* ], German
* ]
* ]
* ] (1904–1991), Russian-born German, Polish, and British world-top-ten tennis player
* ]
* ]
* ]
* ]
* ]
* ], Danish
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== Volleyball ==
==Heroes and Freedom fighters==
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*] (family of distant German origin)
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*]
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*]
* ]
* ]
* ]
* ]
* ]
* ]
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* ]
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* ] (born 1937)
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File:Piotr Gruszka - FIVB World Championship European Qualification Women Łódź January 2014.jpg|]
File:Volleyball Nations League Poland - France (28628996908).jpg|]
File:Bartosz Kurek (Legavolley 2014).jpg|]
File:Katarzyna Skowrońska-Dolata 02 - FIVB World Championship European Qualification Women Łódź January 2014.jpg|]
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== Weightlifting ==
==Legendary persons==
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* ] (1935–2011)
* ] (born 1982)
* ] (1944–1972), flyweight weightlifter killed in the ]
* ] (1929–2023), Polish-born British
* ] ( 1946–2023)
* ] (born 1982)
* ] (born 1981)
* ]
* ]
* ]
* ]
* ] (1924–2016), American
* ]
* ]
* ] (1925–1997), American
* ]
* ]
* ] (1929–2005)
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== Others sports ==
*] (Jan z Kolna, Johannes Scolnus or Scolvus), (semi?)legendary explorer and discoverer of America before Columbus (1476)
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*] Freedom fighter, hero of riots in Gdynia 1970.
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*] (his mother was Partly Polish) King of Denmark, England, and Norway
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* ], ] WWF
===Fictional characters===
* ], ]
*]
* ], ]
*William Joseph Blazkowicz of ]
* ], ]
*]
* ], soccer official and sports journalist
*]
* ], ]
* ], ]
* ], mixed martial arts
* ], ] ]
* ], ]
* ], ]
* ], ]
* ], mixed martial arts
* ], ]
* ], gliding
* ], former professional ]er for St Kilda
* ], mixed martial arts
* ], ] and ] driver
* ], ]
* ], ]
* ], ] ]
* ], professional poker player
* ], canoeing
* ], shooting
* ], auto racing
* ], American football
* ], American football
* ], windsurfing
* ], ]
* ], former professional ]er for Adelaide and Geelong
* ], strongman
* ], ]
* ], ]
* ] (1928–2002), ocean sailor
* ], ]
* ], ]
* ], shooting
* ], quad rally driver
* ], ]
* ], ] ]
* ], ]
* ], canoeing
* ], rowing
* ], handball
* ], strongman, ]
* ], former professional Australian rules footballer for Geelong
* ], ]
* ], wrestling
* ], shooting
* ], auto racing
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==See also== == See also ==
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This is a partial list of notable Polish or Polish-speaking or -writing people. People of partial Polish heritage have their respective ancestries credited.

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History

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Music

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Intelligence

Holocaust resistance

Religion

Nobility

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Assassins

Miscellany

Legendary persons

Fictional characters

Wrocław's dwarfs

Models

Athletics

Baseball

Basketball

Boxing

Checkers

Chess

Climbing

Cycling

Fencing

Football

Ice hockey

Judo

Skating

Skiing

Swimming

Tennis

Volleyball

Weightlifting

Others sports

See also

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