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This is a list of famous Polish Americans.

Lists of Americans
By US state
By ethnicity

For people who are yet unconfirmed as Polish-American, see Talk:List of Polish Americans.

Entertainment

Actors

Arts

Filmmakers

Literature

Music

Other

Military

Politics

Individuals on this list were sourced by The Polish-American Advisory Councilunless noted by another source

Religion

Science

  • Henryk Arctowski,, "Polish-American geophysicist, geologist, geographer, explorer"
  • Mieczyslaw G. Bekker,, "Polish-American engineer and scientist", "contributed significantly to the design and construction of LRV (Lunar Roving Vehicle) used by missions Apollo 15, Apollo 16, and Apollo 17 on the Moon."
  • Gertrude Blanch, Mathematician, , "Gertrude Blanch (1897-1996) was a pioneer in numerical analysis and computation. She was born in Poland, emigrated to the United States in 1907."
  • Karol J. Bobko, NASA astronaut
  • Jacob Bronowski, Scientist/Mathematician, "was born in 1908 in Poland"
  • Martin Dudziak, physicist
  • Elonka Dunin, writer/cryptographer/game devloper, , (daughter of Stanley Dunin/Croatian mother)
  • Stanley Dunin, aerospace engineer
  • Kazimierz Fajans, Physical Chemist
  • Kazimierz Funk, discovered vitamins
  • James Gimzewski, physicist
  • Walter Golaski, "Another engineer and inventor of Polish background was Walter Golaski who perfected the manufacturing techniques for making the first practical artificial vascular replacements"
  • Roald Hoffmann, , "Roald Hoffmann, Polish-Jewish American , chemist, poet, Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1981; PIASA Casimir Funk Award 1995"
  • Emil Konopinski, designer of first atomic bomb with Edward Teller
  • Hilary Koprowski,, "Polish-American physician, educator, virologist, immunologist, recipient of ISNV Pioneer in NeuroVirology Award"
  • Alfred Habdank Skarbek Korzybski, , "Polish-American linguist, pioneer in semantics"
  • Robert Kowalski, mathematician
  • Charlie Kowal, astronomer
  • Stephanie Kwolek, inventor nylon and kevlar
  • Isabella Lugoski, chemist, physicist, Manhattan Project participant
  • Bronislaw Malinowski Anthropologist, , "His father Lucyan, from a noble Polish family, was a linguist. Mother: Jozefa. Malinowska attended King Jan Sobieski public school in Cracow."
  • William Markowitz, Astronomer - Standardization of Time, , "Markowitz was born February 8, 1907 in Mlec, Austria, where his mother was visiting from her native Poland."
  • Ralph Modjeski, Engineer & Bridge Builder
  • Jan Moor-Jankowski, Primatologist & Founder of "The Journal of Medical Primatology"
  • Bohdan Paczynski, ,"Polish-American astronomer, educator, Bruce Gold Medal winner"
  • Scott E. Parazynski, NASA astronaut
  • James A. Pawelczyk, NASA astronaut
  • Felix Pawlowski, early pioneer of aviation, one of the first American aeronautical engineers
  • Michael Alfred Peszke, historian
  • Carl Sagan,astronomer, planetologist, biologist, and writer/commentator of science and space research ,, "his grandfather and grandmother (Polish Jew Leib Gruber and his wife), emigrated in 1904 to the USA from a village Sasow on the river Bug in Galicia (now at the border of Poland and Ukraine)."
  • Andrew W. Schally,, "(aka. Andrzej Wiktor Schally), Polish-American physician- endocrinologist, Nobel Prize in Physiology and Medicine 1977"
  • Stanislaw Ulam,, "Polish-Jewish American mathematician, inventor"
  • Alfred Tarski, Mathematician, Philosopher
  • Frank Wilczek, Physicist, Nobel Prize 2004 (Polish father)
  • Aleksander Wolszczan, "Polish and US astronomer, discoverer of first planets beyond the Solar System, educator, Beatrice M. Tinsley Prize recipient"
  • Richard Woytak, Historian, Author
  • Steve Wozniak, , Computer Pioneer
  • Marie Zakrzewska, "Polish-American physician, medical pioneer ; founder of the second in the USA hospital run by women physicians and surgeons"
  • Peter Zika, Botanist, Nephew of Stanley Dunin
  • Florian Znaniecki, Sociologist/Philosopher, , "Znaniecki was born in a noble family in Swiatniki near Wloclawek (Poland)."
  • Antoni Zygmund, Mathematician - "Trigonometric Series" , , "Antoni Zygmund was born in Warsaw on 26 December 1900"

Sports

Also see: National Polish-American Hall of Fame

Baseball

Basketball

Bowling

Source

Boxing

Figure skating

Football

Golf

Hockey

Olympic athletes

Soccer

Wrestling

Other Sports

Other Notable Polish Americans

Jewish Americans with recent Polish Jewish ancestors

References

Footnotes

  1. "...he was Polish and originally from Detroit..."
  3. "Ellen: So your family's Polish, I heard? Kristen: Hmm mm... Ellen: And are there Polish words you grew up with? Kristen: That's the funny thing about Polish people, is a lot of the Polish people I've met use Polish words when they're growing up and specifically, when I was growing up, I didn't know the American words for some things."
  4. "Polish legend of stage and screen, Elzbieta Czyzewska, is being honored in person with a special tribute at the Opening Night Gala of the week-long New York"
  5. "Dagmara Dominczyk: I came here when I was 7, so I consider myself a Polish-American. I've never made a film or done theater in my native language...
  6. "Polish-born Marika Dominczyk..."
  7. "Polish - American actress, Zofia Goszczynska..."
  8. "Gilda Gray: Polish dancer who went to America and is credited with inventing the "Shimmy.""
  9. ""There are so many children in need and so many clothes you'll never wear again," says Kaczmarek. "I'm a Polish girl from Milwaukee, and I just can't stand to see anything go to waste.""
  10. "...the Polish transplant (she has dual citizenship), model and dancer..."
  11. "...Ted is Polish. And being proud of his Polish ancestry, he couldn't let the special run for an hour without capitalizing on the fact somehow."
  12. (TV Guide, 1987)
  13. ""The Last Mission" to Peter J. Lucas, the Polish-American actor, who is already known from another comedy..."
  14. "Poland's greatest actress of all time was Helena Modjeska (1840-1909) who came to Southern California in 1876 with her husband... Their Polish agricultural colony in the little pioneer town of Anaheim was a financial failure in the drought and depression of 1877."
  16. "Born Tamaszow Lubelski (Poland) Nationality Polish ... Partial Biography This dark-haired beauty honed her craft on stage in her native Poland..."
  17. "she's Polish way back and a practising Catholic..."
  18. "She introduced herself as Beata Pozniak, a Polish actress currently working in Dallas."
  19. , "his live-in father is played by Polish American Robert Prosky"
  20. "A Polish-American, she was born in Passaic, N.J."
  21. "The funny thing is I'm actually a Polish Jew who happens to be born in France."
  22. "The tiny blonde Polish-American singer-actress..."
  24. "Polish-American painter, illustrator, and designer."
  25. "glamorous Polish-born artist..."
  26. "The Polish-born..."
  27. , "Mr. Olbinski, a celebrated Polish-American artist"
  28. "Polish American artist Ed Paschke was born in Chicago..."
  29. "A Chicago born Polish American currently residing in Brasil (but never tied to any..."
  31. "Julian and his family eventually fled Europe to join other Polish refugees living in the jungles..."
  32. "Szyk (pronounced Schick) was a Polish Jew"
  33. "In his day, however, Tworkov, a Polish immigrant who firmly espoused America, didn't set out..."
  34. , "MIT Visual Arts Professor and internationally renowned Polish-American artist Krzysztof Wodiczko, best known for his large scale video projections on architectural facades."
  36. "Andrzej Bartkowiak, the Polish director behind such slick-if-shallow outings as Romeo Must Die"
  37. "Her father, Polish-born avant-garde filmmaker Tad Danielewski, dropped dead."
  38. "From All Movie Guide: In the United States from 1981, Polish-born Janusz Kaminski graduated from Columbia College..."
  39. "Majewski, a filmmaker in mid-career. Majewski, a Polish artist who works..."
  40. "Polish-born Rudolph Maté..."
  41. "Andrzej Sekula, the Polish-born director..."
  42. "Most significant was his outsider status: As a Polish Jew in Austria and..."
  43. "Polish cinematographer Dariusz Wolski..."
  44. "tuart Dybek is probably less known as a Polish-American author..."
  45. "Gorski, who is widely acknowledged as one of our region’s most innovative and compelling poets, is first-generation Polish American."
  46. "Polish-American author, translator and critic, who was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1980."
  47. "This awe-inspiring memoir of a young Polish girl who became a Holocaust rescuer..."
  49. "Polish-born American journalist, novelist, short-story writer, and essayist, who won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1978. Singer's chief subject is the traditional Polish life in various periods of history, largely before the Holocaust. He has especially examined the role of the Jewish faith in the lives of his characters, who are pestered with passions, magic, asceticisms and religious devotion."
  50. "Shea is the author of two fictionalized memoirs, "Selling the Lite of Heaven" and "Hoopi Shoopi Donna," about her Polish-American childhood..."
  51. "...was a Polish American author of novels for young adults. She won the 1965 Newbery Medal for Shadow of a Bull (1964)."
  52. , "The Polish-born, Chicago-based Auguscik...is like a kaleidoscope of styles and influences, variously evoking folk, soul, funk, progressive jazz and techno pop."
  53. "Im a third generation Polish American and I KNOW POLKA!"
  54. "I guess because I was half Polish, and we played a lot of polkas."
  57. "a Polish-born pianist and composer, was considered a piano prodigy from an early age."
  58. "Polish-American artist-saxophonist Lawrence Gwozdz is known internationally. Audiences have heard him in many of the world's cultural centers..."
  59. "Bobby Jarzombek: Yes, I am Polish. I don't have any family (that I know of) in Poland. My father is not sure exactly when our ancestors came to the US."
  60. "Polish composer Jan A.P. Kaczmarek has gained critical acclaim for his Award-winning score for Finding Neverland."
  61. "acclaimed Polish tenor Jan Kiepura..."
  62. "I'm 100% Polish" (stated on KFOX Radio Station 98.5FM)
  63. "...was born to a working-class Polish family in Milwaukee...", "'Pee Wee, how in the hell can a Polish boy from Wisconsin play the accordion, write The Tennessee Waltz, be a star on the Grand Ole Opry, and lead the country's most popular western swing band?"
  64. "Krupa was Polish..."
  65. "Adam Makowicz, an internationally acclaimed Polish jazz pianist and composer..."
  66. "It's because he's Polish. I have no other explanation..."
  67. "Polish drummer, Paul Mazurkiewicz..."
  68. "however, the half-Korean, half-Polish singer is spilling her guts in an entirely different way..."
  69. "the Polish-born, American-raised, England-based artist..."
  70. ,"Rubinstein was born in an Lodz, Poland, on January 28, 1887" , "He was Polish, hence romantic and exotic."
  71. "internationally known Polish soprano..."
  72. "Stojowski was a Polish composer, pianist, teacher, music critic active in Poland, France and the U.S."
  73. "Bobby Vinton earned the title “The Polish Prince” through longevity and sheer talent..."
  74. "Eileen Ford, head of the legendary modeling agency, declared Dickinson, who is Polish, "Much too ethnic. You'll never work."" "My mother, Jennie Marie Pietrzykoski, was the eldest of nine children. Her Polish-born father owned a little pub in Plymouth, Pennsylvania..."
  75. "Joanna Krupa was born April 23, 1981, in Warsaw, Poland. The daughter of prominent hotelier Steven Krupa, she and her family moved to Chicago's Westside -- a huge Polish community -- when she was only 5 years old. "I grew up with the Polish food and even went to a Polish school for six years," she recalls. "We followed our Polish traditions.""
  76. "The pianist and performer Liberace (1919-1987), half-Polish and half-Italian, was born Władzie Valentino Liberace."
  77. "Jim is the probably the most visible Polish American in America today: he is on network television just about everyday..."
  78. "I am Norweigen and Polish."
  79. "Anthony Radziwill, one of a long line of Polish royals and nephew of President John F. Kennedy."
  80. "Evander Holyfield's stunning Polish partner Edyta Sliwinska..."
  81. "She is the girl next door. The blond, WASPy Connecticut lady who lunches occupies the same body as Polish-Catholic Martha Kostyra of Nutley, N.J. She was born in 1941, when the Depression was still a fresh memory, the second of six in a family unencumbered by an abundance of either affection or wealth."
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