Poland
People of this nationality
Anna Ciepielewska
1936 – 2006
actor
Krzysztof Michalski
1948 – 2013
philosopher
Rościsław Żerelik
b. 1956
historian
Irving Glassberg
1906 – 1958
cinematographer
Andrzej Potocki
1964 – 2025
politician
Ignatz von Popiel
1863 – 1941
chess player
Jerzy Wójcik
1930 – 2019
film director
Barbara Patoleta
b. 2000
arachnologist
Maurice Frydman
1901 – 1976
philosopher
Stanisław Łyżwiński
b. 1954
politician
Mieczyslaw Ryś-Trojanowski
1881 – 1945
military officer
Hardy Rodenstock
1941 – 2018
music publisher
Ewa Pajor
b. 1996
association football player
Wacław Szymanowski
1859 – 1930
sculptor
Martyna Kubka
b. 2001
tennis player
Maurycy Allerhand
1868 – 1942
jurist
Filip Dylewicz
b. 1980
basketball player
Józef Matlak
b. 1946
luger
Sokrates Starynkiewicz
1820 – 1902
military officer
Antoni Peretiatkowicz
1884 – 1956
legal scholar
Teresa Korwin Gosiewska
1601 – 1708
Stanislas Hernisz
1805 – 1866
journalist
Bogusław Pietrzak
b. 1958
association football player
Piotr Kirpsza
b. 1989
sport cyclist
Janusz Kaczmarek
b. 1961
politician
Stanley Radwan
1908 – 1998
amateur wrestler
Ryszard Rynkowski
b. 1951
singer
Alicja Simon
1879 – 1957
musicologist
Roman Tokarczyk
1942 – 2022
philosopher
Witold Urbanowicz
1908 – 1996
flying ace
Andrzej Sośnierz
b. 1951
politician
Władysław Słowiński
1930 – 2024
composer
Aleksander Ostrowski
1988 – 2015
athletics competitor
Grzegorz Kmiecik
b. 1984
association football player
Józef Nowicki
1944 – 2026
politician
Karol Dziwisz
1911 – 1982
association football player
Mieczysław Jastrun
1903 – 1983
writer
Zbigniew Herbert
1924 – 1998
poet
Julita Macur
b. 1959
sport shooter
Grzegorz Hedwig
b. 1988
canoeist
Zbigniew Paradowski
b. 1932
rower
Zbigniew Szymczak
1952 – 2019
chess player
Aleksander Koniecpolski
1555 – 1609
military personnel
Julija Szełuchina
b. 1979
volleyball player
Agnieszka Ścigaj
b. 1975
sociologist
Jan Włodarkiewicz
1900 – 1942
military officer
Jan Łączny
b. 1950
politician
Jakub Kot
b. 1990
ski jumper
Mariusz Zaruski
1867 – 1941
athlete
Jan Kanty Pawluśkiewicz
b. 1942
composer
Marek Surmacz
b. 1955
politician
Michał Przybylski
b. 1997
association football player
Zyta Gilowska
1949 – 2016
economist
Witold Sobków
b. 1961
politician
Bohdan Bartosiewicz
1918 – 2015
basketball player
Mikołaj Sęp Szarzyński
1550 – 1581
poet
Antoni Weynerowski
1864 – 1939
entrepreneur
Janusz Kamiński
b. 1959
cinematographer
Gabi Swiatkowska
b. 1970
writer
Wojciech Nowicki
b. 1989
hammer thrower
Tomasz Stańko
1942 – 2018
trumpeter
Adam Idźkowski
1798 – 1879
architect
Mieczysław Ostojski
b. 1954
engineer
Janusz Przymanowski
1922 – 1998
linguist
Paulina Krakowowa
1813 – 1882
children's writer
Władysław Leon Sapieha
1853 – 1920
politician
Stanisław Schayer
1899 – 1941
linguist
Robert Kuśnierz
b. 1977
historian
John Albert Vasa
1612 – 1634
Catholic priest
Beata Kozłowska-Chyła
b. 1970
jurist
Zygfryd Józefiak
b. 1954
athlete
Tomasz Mendelski
b. 1981
canoeist
Mikołaj Wejher
politician
Juzefs Petkēvičs
1940 – 2024
chess player
Damian Jaroń
b. 1990
association football player
Krzysztof Skowroński
b. 1965
journalist
Andrzej Mateja
1935 – 2019
athlete
Zofia Czartoryska
1778 – 1837
Halina Szymańska
1906 – 1989
spy
Teresa Bogucka
b. 1945
journalist
Kazimierz Sokołowski
1908 – 1998
ice hockey player
Achacy Grochowski
1501 – 1633
Catholic priest
Kazimierz Gierzod
1936 – 2018
music educator
Nitrous Oxide
b. 1984
disc jockey
Stanisław of Skarbimierz
1365 – 1431
Catholic priest
Andrzej Gąsienica-Makowski
b. 1952
politician
Jan Habdas
b. 2003
ski jumper
Simon Pohoryles
athlete
Franciszek Pytel
1918 – 1988
association football player
Tadeusz Cymański
b. 1955
politician
Sancja Szymkowiak
1910 – 1942
translator
Michał Janicki
b. 1982
association football player
Michel-Jean Borch
1753 – 1810
naturalist
Avraham Yehoshua Heschel
1595 – 1663
rabbi
Joanna Horodyńska
b. 1975
model
Wacław Kowalski
1916 – 1990
actor
Maciej Stuhr
b. 1975
actor
Antoni Trzaskowski
1941 – 2025
association football player
John of Tobolsk
1651 – 1715
theologian
Tomasz Urbanowicz
b. 1959
architect