This is a Partial List of famous Polish or Polish-speaking/writing persons, or persons born on historically Polish soil. In the interest of fairness and accuracy, a minority of persons of mixed heritage have their respective ancestries credited. 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, in recent years, of ethnic identity in the United States, Canada, the Americas, Europe, Asia, Oceania and Africa. Indicating ancestry is meant to encourage civility in discussions of such often complex questions. Members of the Wikipedia community are, of course, free and encouraged to offer their own approaches to the common effort.
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- Czesław Bieżanko , famous entomologist
- Adam Gruca , surgeon
- Stanisław Burzyński , famous physician
- Tytus Chałubiński , physician
- Napoleon Cybulski , famous neurophysiologist
- Maria Antonina Czaplicka , anthropologist
- Wiktor Dega , revolutionary surgeon
- August Dehnel , biologist
- Jozef Dietl , physician
- Władysław Taczanowski , zoologist
- Marian Gieszczykiewicz , physican
- Ryszard Gryglewski , physician
- Emil Godlewski , embryologist
- Ludwik Hirszfeld , microbiologist
- Walery Jaworski , physician
- Karol Marcinkowski , physician
- Stefan Kopec , biologist
- Rudolf Weigl , biologist
- Jan Czekanowski , anthropologist
- Feliks Paweł Jarocki , zoologist
- Marek Kotański , psychologist
- Zbigniew Kabata , biologist
- Hilary Koprowski , famous biologist
- Andrzej Wiktor Schally , endocrynologist
- Wojciech Jastrzębowski , biologist
- Konstanty Jelski , ornithologist
- Jerzy Konorski , microbiologist
- Tadeusz Krwawicz , medical pioneer
- Marie Elizabeth Zakrzewska , physician
- Andrew Paulukiewichz , biologist
- Bronisław Piłsudski , anthropologist
- Zbigniew Religa , cardiologist
- Józef Rostafiński , biologist
- Bolesław Skarżyński , biologist
- Eduard Adolf Strasburger , (of German descent) (born in Poland) famous 19th century Botanist
- Jan Sztolcman , ornithologist
- Zbylut Twardowski , physician
- Ferdynand Antoni Ossendowski , biologist
- Edward Jan Habich , engineer
- Jacek Jędruch , engineer
- Emil Konopinski , American designer of first atomic bomb with Edward Teller
- Alfred Korzybski , engineer, mathematician
- Ernest Malinowski , engineer
- Ralph Modjeski , famous bridge builder
- Henryk Magnuski , engineer
- Tytus Maksymilian Huber , engineer
- Edmund Obiala , engineer
- Waclaw Olszak , engineer
- Felix Pawlowski , early pioneer of aviation, one of the first American aeronautical engineers
- Walter Golaski , biomedical engineer
- Wojciech Rostafiński , NASA engineer
- Kazimierz Siemienowicz , revolutionary engineer
- Avraham Stern , engineer
- Tadeusz Tański , automobile engineer
- Konstantin Tsiolkovski (Konstanty Cioŀkowski), spaceflight pioneer
- Piotr Wilniewczyc , arms constructor
- Stanisław Wigura , aviation engineer
- Henry Millicer , aviator engineer
- Jerzy Dąbrowski , aeronautical engineer, designer of the PZL.37 Łoś bomber
- Zygmunt Puławski , aeronautical engineer, designer of the PZL P-11 fighter
- Jozef Kosacki , engineer, inventor Mine Detector
- Leo Gerstenzang , inventor Q-Tips
- Stefan Drzewiecki , inventor
- Jozef Piotrowski , inventor
- Janusz Groszkowski , inventor
- Kazimierz Gzowski , inventor
- Rudolf Gundlach , inventor of Tank Periscope
- Włodzimierz Holsztyński , inventor of GAPP
- Stefan Kudelski , inventor Nagra audio recorders
- Edmund Nowak , inventor
- Antoni Patek , pioneer in watchmaking and a creator of Patek Philippe & Co.
- Jan Szczepanik , famous inventor
- Steve Wozniak "The Woz", American engineer, inventor Apple I Apple II
- Tadeusz Sendzimir , engineer, prolific inventor
- Józef Tykociński , inventor Film Sound
- Kazimierz Proszyński , inventor of the first cinema camera
- Casimir Zeglen , first bullet-proof vest
- Henryk Arctowski , scientist, explorer
- Karol J. Bobko , NASA astronaut
- Gerard Ciołek , architect and historian of gardens
- Jan Czerski , geographer and geologist
- Aleksander Czekanowski , geologist
- Kazimierz Dąbrowski , psychologist
- Ignacy Domeyko , (Belarusian-Polish) geologist
- Zygmunt Gloger , ethnographer, archeologist, historian
- Jozef Grzybowski , geologist, paleontologist
- Tomasz Górecki , archeologist
- Ludwig Gumplowicz , founder of sociology
- Mirosław Hermaszewski , the first Polish astronaut
- Antoni Kępiński , psychiatrist
- Mieczysław Klimaszewski , geographer, geomorphologist
- Janusz Korczak , pedagogist
- Józef Kostrzewski , archeologist, museologist
- Jan Kubary , anthropologist
- Oskar Lange , economist
- Henryk Lipszyc , specialist in Japanese culture, translator, embassador of Poland in Tokyo
- Bronisław Malinowski , Polish-British anthropologist
- Władysław Markiewicz , sociologist
- Kazimierz Michałowski , archaeologist
- Karol Myśliwiec , archaeologist
- Stanisław Ossowski , sociologist
- Scott E. Parazynski , NASA astronaut
- Antoni Patek , pioneer in watchmaking and a creator of Patek Philippe & Co.
- James A. Pawelczyk , NASA astronaut
- Michael Alfred Peszke , psychiatrist
- Jan Potocki , linguist, Egyptologist, sociologist
- Józef Rotblat ( Nobel Peace Prize , 1995 )
- Romuald Schild , archaeologist
- Stefan Starzyński , economist
See Also: List of Polish composers
- Michael Anthony , bass player for Van Halen
- Grażyna Bacewicz , composer
- Edyta Bartosiewicz , singer
- Tadeusz Biernacki conductor, pianist
- Tony Blackplait , singer, composer
- Fryderyk Chopin , ( French father of distant Polish heritage, Polish mother), composer
- Krzesimir Dębski , composer
- Andrzej Dobrowolski , composer
- Urszula Dudziak , singer
- Anna German , (German-Polish) singer
- Mikołaj Gomołka , composer
- Ted Gomulka , bandleader in the 1930s
- Henryk Górecki , composer
- Grzegorz Gerwazy Gorczycki , composer
- Mieczyslaw Horszowski , pianist
- Martyna Jakubowicz , singer
- Anna Jantar , singer
- Adam Jarzębski , composer
- Jan A. P. Kaczmarek , film composer (Oscar prize)
- Mieczysław Karłowicz , composer
- Stefan Kisielewski , composer, writer
- Wojciech Kilar , composer
- Eugeniusz Knapik , composer
- Krzysztof Komeda , jazz composer
- Włodzimierz Kotoński , composer
- Kasia Kowalska , singer
- Józef Kozłowski , pianist
- Gene Krupa , composer
- Natalia Kukulska , singer
- Hanna Kulenty , composer
- Theodor Kullak , composer
- Karol Kurpiński , composer
- Wanda Landowska , harpsichordist
- Theodor Leschetizky , pianist, pedagogue
- Franciszek Lilius , composer
- Karol Lipiński , composer
- Witold Lutosławski , composer
- Ray Manzarek , musician, keyboardist for The Doors
- Krzysztof Meyer , composer
- Carl Mikuli , composer
- Marcin Mielczewski , composer
- Moritz Moszkowski , composer
- Stanisław Moniuszko , composer
- Zygmunt Mycielski , composer
- Michał Kleofas Ogiński , composer
- Napolean Orda
- Benjamin Orr , musician, former bass player for The Cars
- Ignacy Jan Paderewski , pianist, composer
- Roman Palester , composer
- Andrzej Panufnik , composer
- Krzysztof Penderecki , composer
- Bartłomiej Pękiel , composer
- Edyta Piecha , singer
- Zbigniew Preisner , composer
- Mikołaj Z Radomia , Middle Ages composer
- Marcin Rozynek , singer
- Arthur Rubinstein , (Jewish) pianist
- Johnny Rzeznik , musician, lead singer for the Goo Goo Dolls
- Bogusław Schaeffer , composer
- Xaver Scharwenka , composer
- Kazimierz Serock , composer
- Michał Spisak , composer
- Tomasz Stańko , jazz trumpeter
- Leopold Stokowski , conductor
- Zygmunt Stojowski , composer
- Witold Szalonek , composer
- Wacław Z Szamotuł , composer
- Stanisław Sylwester Szarzyński , composer
- Tadeusz Szeligowski , composer
- Władysław Szpilman , (Jewish) pianist
- Karol Szymanowski , (Polish father, Swedish mother) composer
- Paweł Szymański , composer
- Barbara Trzetrzelewska , singer
- Piotr Wawrzeniuk , heavy metal drummer and vocalist, former drummer of Swedish Symphonic Metal band, Therion (band)
- Henryk Wieniawski , composer
- D'Arcy Wretzky , (Ukrainian-Polish) former bass player for The Smashing Pumpkins
- Mikołaj Zieleński , composer
- Krystian Zimerman , pianist
See Also: List of Polish writers
- Adam Asnyk Positivist
- Krzysztof Kammil Baczyński , poet
- Stanisław Baliński , poet
- Agnieszka Lipska Baranowska , author
- Charles Bukowski , Polish-American father, German-born mother, poet, writer.
- Władysław Broniewski , poet
- Jan Brzechwa , poet
- Joseph Conrad (Teodor Józef Korzeniowski), English writer
- Józef Czechowicz , poet
- Lucyna Ćwierczakiewiczowa , the first Polish cook book author
- Maria Dąbrowska , novelist
- Johannes Dantiscus (Jan Dantyszek), Latin poet and Prince-Bishop of Warmia
- Tadeusz Dołęga-Mostowicz , novelist
- Jacek Dukaj , science-fiction writer
- Adolf Dygasiński - novelist
- Aleksander Fredro , humorist, artist
- Konstanty Ildefons Gałczyński , poet
- Janusz Głowacki - play-writer, non-fiction writer
- Witold Gombrowicz , novelist and drama writer
- Stefan Grabiński
- Zbigniew Herbert , poet
- Paweł Huelle , essayist
- Kazimiera Iłłakowiczówna , poet
- Jarosław Iwaszkiewicz , poet
- Wincenty Kadłubek political scientist, writer
- Ryszard Kapuściński , writer and journalist
- Jan Kasprowicz poet, translator, essayist
- Jan Kochanowski , poet
- Tadeusz Konwicki
- Zofia Kossak-Szczucka
- Ignacy Krasicki — author of '' Fables And Parables '' and of the first Polish novel.
- Józef Ignacy Kraszewski , writer
- Jan Lechoń , poet
- Stanisław Lem , science-fiction writer, essayist, philosopher
- Bolesław Leśmian , poet
- Ewa Lipska - poet
- Stanisław Lubieniecki writer, astronomer
- Tomasz Łubieński - play-writer, esseist
- Andrzej Majewski - aphorist, writer, poet
- Adam Mickiewicz , poet
- Grazyna Miller , poet, translator, journalist
- Czesław Miłosz , Polish Poet , Nobel Prize In Literature ( 1980 ).
- Andrzej Frycz Modrzewski poet, humanist
- Adam Naruszewicz poet, translator, historian
- Julian Ursyn Niemcewicz poet, playwright, independence activist
- Cyprian Kamil Norwid , poet
- Beata Obertyńska , poet
- Eliza Orzeszkowa Positivist, writer
- Agnieszka Osiecka - poet
- Ferdynand Antoni Ossendowski , writer
- Maria Pawlikowska-Jasnorzewska - poet
- Sergiusz Piasecki , one of the most famous Polish writers
- Krzysztof Piesiewicz , screenwriter and politician
- Halina Poświatowska - poet
- Bolesław Prus — journalist, short-story writer, novelist; wrote the novel, '' Pharaoh ''.
- Ksawery Pruszyński - non-fiction writer
- Julian Przyboś , poet
- Mikołaj Rej , poet
- Władysław Reymont , writer, Nobel Prize In Literature ( 1924 )
- Maria Rodziewiczówna - novelist
- Andrzej Sapkowski , fantasy writer
- Joanna Siedlecka , non-fiction writer
- Henryk Sienkiewicz , writer, Nobel Prize In Literature ( 1905 )
- Isaac Bashevis Singer , writer, Nobel Prize In Literature ( 1966 ).
- Piotr Skarga poet, writer, humanist
- Antoni Słonimski , poet
- Edward Stachura , poet
- Anatol Stern , poet
- Leopold Staff , poet
- Włodzimierz Szymanowicz , poet
- Wisława Szymborska , Polish Poet , Nobel Prize In Literature ( 1996 ).
- Jędrzej Śniadecki terminologist, writer
- Olga Tokarczuk , (Polish-Ukrainian) writer
- Irena Tuwim , poet
- Julian Tuwim , poet
- Jan Twardowski , poet
- Kornel Ujejski , poet
- Melchior Wańkowicz - non fiction writer, author of Monte Cassino
- Barbara Wachowicz - non fiction writer
- Aleksander Wat , poet
- Kazimierz Wierzyński , poet
- Józef Wittlin , poet
- Rafał Wojaczek , poet
- Stanisław Wyspiański ,, painter and writer
- Rafał A. Ziemkiewicz , writer
- Franciszek Zabłocki , comic dramatist and satirist
- Janusz A. Zajdel , science-fiction writer
- Gabriela Zapolska , novelist
- Aleksandra Ziolkowska-Boehm ,non-fiction writer
- Stefan Żeromski , novelist
- Eugeniusz Żytomirski , novelist
See Also: List of Polish artists
See Also: List of Polish painters
- Magdalena Abakanowicz , sculptor
- Paweł Althamer
- Mirosław Bałka
- Krzysztof Bednarski , sculptor
- Christian Boltanski .
- Olga Boznańska , painter.
- Józef Brandt , painter.
- Józef Marian Chełmoński , painter.
- Zbigniew Dłubak , painter.
- Andrzej Dłużniewski
- Xawery Dunikowski , sculptor.
- Stefan Gierowski , painter.
- Zygmunt Gorgolewski , architect
- Wojciech Fangor , painter.
- Tadeusz Kantor , (1915-1990) painter, theatre director.
- Katarzyna Kobro , sculptor.
- Wojciech Kossak , painter.
- Katarzyna Kozyra , video artist.
- Zofia Kulik , performer.
- Tamara De Lempicka , painter.
- Zbigniew Lengren , cartoonist and illustrator.
- Zbigniew Libera
- Jan Matejko , painter
- Teresa Murak , sculptor
- Jerzy Nowosielski , painter
- Roman Opałka , painter
- Aleksander Orłowski , painter
- Joanna Rajkowska
- Jan Sawka , cartoonist
- Wit Stwosz , medieval sculptor
- Henryk Stażewski , painter
- Władysław Strzemiński , painter
- Józef Szajna , sculptor, scenography designer, theatre director
- Piotr Adamczyk , actor
- Piotr Józef Andrzejewski , actor known as Peter J. Lucas
- Józef Arkusz , film director
- Tomasz Baginski , short animated movies maker, nominated to Academy Award and BAFTA Award
- Andrzej Bartkowiak (born in 1950 in Łódź , Poland ), cinematographer, director and actor.
- Tony Blackplait , film director
- Eugeniusz Bodo , singer and actor
- Ewa Braun , Academy Award winning set decorator, costume designer, production designer
- Jacob Bronowski
- Zbigniew Cybulski , actor
- Ewa Demarczyk , actress, poetry singer
- Dagmara Dominczyk , actress
- Pawel Edelman , cinematographer, nominated to Oscar
- Katarzyna Figura , actress
- Malgorzata Foremniak , actress, starred in Avalon
- Ilona Grabarczyk , Filmmaker
- Samuel Goldwyn , (Jewish) film producer
- Gilda Gray , Marianna Winchalaska (or Michalski) ) actress, dancer, vaudeville performer
- Jerzy Grotowski , theatre reformer
- Agnieszka Holland , film director, nominated to Academy Awards and BAFTA Award
- Krystyna Janda , actress
- Jan A.P. Kaczmarek , Academy Award winning composer, nominated to BAFTA Award
- Jacek Kaczmarski , protest songwriter and singer
- Janusz Kaminski , two Oscars and BAFTA Award winning cinematographer and film director
- Bronislau Kaper , Academy Award winning composer
- Jan Kiepura (Polish father, Jewish mother), singer and actor
- Krzysztof Kieślowski , film director, nominated to Academy Awards
- Olek Krupa , actor
- Kazimierz Kutz , film director
- Bogusław Linda , actor
- Herman Mankiewicz , screenwriter, Academy Award winner
- Joseph Mankiewicz , three Oscars and Golden Globe winning director and screenwriter
- Paul Mazursky , film director, screenwriter and producer, nominated to Academy Awards
- Helena Modrzejewska , actress (born Helena Modjeska )
- Pola Negri , actress
- Wacław Niżyński (Vaslav Nijinsky), ballet dancer and choreographer
- Joanna Pacula , actress
- Alan J. Pakula , film director, screenwriter and producer, nominated to Academy Awards
- Ludwika Paleta , Polish- Mexican actress
- Roman Polański , (born Rajmund Liebling) (Catholic mother, Jewish father) film director, writer and actor, Academy Award , Golden Globe , Golden Palm , BAFTA Awards , Golden Berlin Bear , César Award s and Golden Lion winner
- Wojciech Pszoniak , actor of Comedie Francaise
- Daniel Olbrychski , actor
- Teresa Orłowski , adult movie performer and producer
- Jerzy Owsiak , broadcaster
- Zbigniew Rybczynski , Oscar and Emmy Award winning filmmaker
- Leon Schiller , theater director.
- Izabella Scorupco , actress and singer
- Andrzej Seweryn , actor of Comédie Française
- Anna B. Sheppard , costume designer, nominated to Academy Awards and BAFTA Award
- Jerzy Skolimowski , film director
- Ladislas Starevich properly: Władysław Starewicz, film director, stop-motion animator
- Allan Starski , Oscar winning production designer, art director, set designer
- Leopold Stokowski , Academy Award winning composer
- Larry and Andy Wachowski
- Andrzej Wajda , Academy Award , Golden Palm , BAFTA Award , Silver Berlin Bear , César Award and Golden Lion winning film director, one of the greatest film directors of all time
- Albert , Harry and Sam Warner (Jewish)
- Samuel "Billy" Wilder , six Oscars winning film director, screenwriter and producer (Polish Jew)
- Lillian Wilczkowsky , (Jewish) actress known as Chesty Morgan
- Krzysztof Zanussi , film producer
- Andrzej Żuławski , film director
- Mieszko I
- Świętosława (Gunhild), daughter of Mieszko I of Poland, mother of Canute The Great , King of England, Denmark and Norway.
- Bolesław I The Brave , first King of Poland.
- Henryk II The Pious , senior duke of Poland, commander of Polish forces in the Battle Of Legnica .
- Bolesław III Wrymouth .
- Władysław I The Elbow-high .
- Kazimierz III The Great .
- Jadwiga Angevin .
- Władysław II Jagiełło .
- Władysław III Of Varna ( Ulászló I ), King of Poland and Hungary .
- Kazimierz IV Jagiellon , King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania, victor in the Thirteen Years' War (1454-1466) .
- Aleksandra Lisowska ( Khourrem , wife of Suleiman The Magnificent ).
- Stefan Batory , Hungarian-born King of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth .
- Jan III Sobieski , King of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth , victor at the Battle Of Vienna .
- Stanisław Leszczyński , King of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth and Duke Of Lorraine .
- Maria Leszczyńska , consort of Louis XV , King of France.
- Stanisław August Poniatowski , last King of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth , co-author of the Polish Constitution Of May 3, 1791 .
See List Of Szlachta .
See List Of Polish Sports Players
- Krzysztof Oliwa , ice hockey player
- Robert Sycz , rower
- Mateusz Kusznierewicz , sailor
- Adam Małysz , ski jumper
- Tomasz Sikora , biathlete
- Mariusz Pudzianowski , strongman
- Otylia Jędrzejczak , swimmer
- Paweł Korzeniowski , swimmer
- Wojtek Fibak , tennis player
- Waldemar Baszanowski , weightlifter
- Akiba Rubinstein , chessplayer
- Miguel Najdorf , chessplayer
- Stanley Zbyszko , Professional Wrestler
- Daniel Tkaczuk , hockey player
- Wojciech Wolski , hockey player
- Józef Bem , military commander, commander-in-chief of Hungarian army ( 1849 )
- Tadeusz Bór-Komorowski , commander of the Home Army during the Warsaw Uprising
- Jan Karol Chodkiewicz , military commander, victor from Kircholm
- Jerzy Pajaczkowski-Dydynski , (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 UK at the time of his death. {Link without Title}
- Jarosław Dąbrowski , military commander during the January Uprising and the Paris Commune
- Henryk Dembiński , military commander in the November Uprising and the Hungarian uprising of 1849
- Józef Haller , politician, commander of the Polish Army in France during WWI
- Jan Nowak-Jezioranski , (1913-2005) - Polish journalist and WWII hero
- Andrzej Karwowski - Polish general during Kościuszko's Uprising
- Franciszek Karwowski (1896-2005), 109, - Polish soldier
- Tadeusz Kościuszko , (born in modern day Belarus ) commander and revolutionist
- Ryszard Kukliński , Polish Army Colonel, anti-communist spy
- Stanisław Maczek , (1892-1994), 102, commander of the Polish Armoured Division, later C-i-C of the Polish forces in exile after WWII
- Stanisław Sosabowski , commander of the Polish 1st Independent Parachute Brigade , which saw action at Arnhem during Operation Market Garden
- Kazimierz Pułaski , military commander
- Hyman G. Rickover , U.S. Navy Admiral , Father Of The Nuclear Navy
- Konstantin Rokossovsky , (born Konstanty Rokossowski) Marshall of the Soviet Union and Polish defense minister (Polish father and mother)
- Stefan Rowecki , military commander, commander-in-chief of the Home Army
- Władysław Sikorski
- Edward Rydz-Śmigły , military commander, successful in the Polish-Bolshevik War , C-i-C of the Polish Army in the September Campaign
- Aleksander Lisowski , commander of Lisowczycy
- Marian Zacharski , spy
- Stanisław Żółkiewski , chancellor of Poland, military commander, conqueror of Moscow
- Zbigniew Brzeziński , political scientist, advisor to US President Jimmy Carter .
- Roman Dmowski , nationalist politician, statesman
- Feliks Dzierżyński , the founder of the Bolshevik Secret Police , the Cheka
- Krzysztof Grzymułtowski , diplomat and Voivod of Poznań , author of the Eternal Peace Treaty with Russia
- Edward Gierek , leader of communist Poland(1970-1980)
- Wojciech Jaruzelski , the last leader of communist Poland
- Robert Jaworski (see Sports/Basketball section above)
- Jarosław Kaczyński , identical twin brother of Lech, leader of the Law And Justice party
- Lech Kaczyński , President of Poland
- Wojciech Korfanty , leader Silesians during Third Silesian Uprising
- Janusz Korwin-Mikke , publicist, politician
- Stanislav Kosior (Stanisław Kosior), Soviet politician
- Aleksander Kwaśniewski , former President of Poland
- Kazimierz Marcinkiewicz , Prime Minister of Poland
- Tadeusz Mazowiecki , politician, former polish prime minister
- Janusz Onyszkiewicz , vice-president of European Parliament
- Shimon Peres , Israel i politican
- Józef Piłsudski , statesman, politician and marshall
- Adam Rapacki , politician
- Jacek Saryusz-Wolski , vice-president of European Parliament
- Jerzy Urban , journalist, commentator, writer and politician
- Lech Wałęsa , trade unionist who started dismantling of the Soviet bloc
- Edward Werner , (born in Poland to parents of German origin) vice-Minister of Finance, and Polish diplomat during World War II
- Wincenty Witos , politician of the agrarian party
Iraqi/Enduring Freedom
- Baal Shem Tov ,
- Saint Bogumił Of Dobrow
- Casimir Jagiełło , (Polish-Lithuanian descent) (grandson of Władysław II Jagiełło )
- Adam (Albert) Chmielowski ,
- August Czartoryski , Beatified Prince
- Stanisław Dziwisz ,
- Jacob Frank
- Saint Hyacinth ,
- Marian Cardinal Jaworski , (Polish cardinal and archbishop)
- Karol Józef Wojtyła , John Paul II , Pope
- Saint Raphael Kalinowski
- Jan Kanty ,
- Saint Kinga ,
- Maksymilian Maria Kolbe ,
- Hugo Kołłątaj , priest, statesman
- Stanislaus Kostka ,
- Faustyna Kowalska ,
- Stanislaus Of Szczepanów ,
- Stefan Cardinal Wyszyński ,
- Paul Austin , TPF specialist and poet
- Florian Ceynowa
- Franciszek Czapek , watchmaker
- Michał Drzymała
- Max Factor , producer of cosmetics ---This is not a person but a company.
- Wincenty Gostkowski , watchmaker
- Antoni Patek , watchmaker
- Benedykt Polak (Bendict the Pole, Benedictus Polonus), explorer
- Marek Kamiński , adventure traveller
- Ryszard Kukliński , (1930-2004) CIA masterspy during the Cold War
- Daniel Libeskind , architect
- Miguel Najdorf , chess player
- Krystyna Skarbek , SOE heroine of WWII
- Włodzimierz Waloc Trubecki , prince
- Arkadiusz Weremczuk (Ukrainian-Polish) fashion designer, known as Arkadius
- Magdalena Wróbel , top model
- Wilfrid Michael Voynich , bibliophile
- Janusz Żurakowski , WWII fighter pilot and Avro Arrow test pilot
- Władysław Mazurkiewicz , serial killer
- Severin Antoniovich Klosowski , (Russian-Polish?)''Jack the Ripper'' suspect
- Julian Koltun , serial killer
- Bugs Moran , Al Capone rival, half Irish and half Polish
- "Gruby" Janek , mobster
- Stanisław Modzelewski , serial killer
- Zdzisław Marchwicki , serial killer
- Leszek Pękalski , serial killer
- Łucjan Staniak , serial killer - dubbed "The Red Spider" and "The Red Ripper"
- Leon Czolgosz
- John Of Kolno (Jan z Kolna, Johannes Scolnus or Scolvus), (semi?)legendary explorer and discoverer of America before Columbus (1476)
- Twardowski (semi?)legendary Faust-like sorcerer, in Polish legends first man on the Moon
- Janek Wiśniewski Freedom fighter, hero of riots in Gdynia 1970.
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