List of Polish people

Contents

This is a partial list of famous Polish or Polish-speaking or -writing persons. Persons of mixed heritage have their respective ancestries credited.

History


Askenazy


Bobrzyński


Długosz


Kadłubek


Kołłątaj


Kromer


Lelewel


Manteuffel


Miechowita


Naruszewicz


Peszke

Science

Astronomy


Brudzewski


Copernicus


Brożek


Hevelius


Śniadecki


Wolszczan

Biology, medicine


Babinski

Chałubiński

Cybulski

Flatau


Koprowski

Mlokosiewicz

Schally

Weigl

Chemistry


Łukasiewicz


Skłodowska



Śniadecki

Engineering


Adamiecki



Gzowski


Modjeski



Sikorsky

Economics


Balcerowicz


Hurwicz

Invention


Abakanowicz


Deczkowski


Łukasiewicz


Szczepanik

Computer science

Linguistics


Linde


Zamenhof

Mathematics


Banachiewicz


Bartel


Eilenberg


Kuratowski


Leśniewski


Rejewski


Różycki


Śniadecki


Ulam


Zygalski

Physics


Olszewski

Rotblat

Skłodowska


Smoluchowski

Wróblewski

Zurek

Social sciences


Dawid

Gloger

Kolberg

Krzywicki


Malinowski

Ossowska

Piłsudski

Znaniecki

Other sciences


Bobko




Domeyko


Dybowski




Potocki

Music


Chopin




Kilar




Landowska




Lutosławski




Moniuszko




Niemen




Ogiński




Penderecki


Rostropovich



Rubinstein



Stojowski



Stokowski



Szpilman



Szymanowska



Szymanowski



Wieniawski

Prose literature

See also: List of Polish writers and List of Polish novelists


Boy-Żeleński

Chojecki

Dołęga-Mostowicz

Fredro

Krasicki

Kraszewski

Lem

Orzeszkowa


Potocki

Prus

Rej

Reymont

Sienkiewicz

Witkiewicz

Zapolska

Żeromski

Poetry

Philosophy

Fine arts

See also: List of Polish artists and painters

Entertainment


Bogusławski





Cybulski





Gielgud





Hanuszkiewicz





Kutz





Modjeska





Negri


Niżyński




Olbrychski




Polanski




Skolimowski



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Swit




Wajda




Zanussi

Business


Royalty

Nobility

see: List of szlachta

Military


Anders





Bem





Czarniecki




Dąbrowski





Kościuszko





Maczek





J. A. Poniatowski


Pułaski





Sadeh





Sikorski





Sosnkowski





Sowiński





Tarnowski





Zamoyski





Żółkiewski

Politics

Diplomats

Intelligence

Holocaust resisters

Religion


Chmielowski

Frank

Goren

Hlond

Hozjusz

Jadwiga

Kostka

Kowalska

Lau

Stanisław of Szczepanów

Sapieha


Wojtyła


Wyszyński

Assassins, terrorists


Czolgosz

Hryniewiecki

Niewiadomski

Kaczynski

Miscellaneous

Models


Frackowiak


Krupa


Rubik


Sonnet

Legendary persons

Fictional characters

Sports

Athletics

Boxing

Chess

Climbing

Fencing

Ice hockey

Skiing

Soccer

Swimming

Tennis

Weightlifting

Others

References

  1. ^ "UK | England | Cumbria | UK's 'oldest' man dies, aged 111". BBC News. December 10, 2005. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/cumbria/4516532.stm. Retrieved January 29, 2011. 


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