Michael Marks
1859 - 1907
Co-founder of Marks & Spencer
Boleslaw Prus
1847 - 1912
Novelist, short-story writer, publicist
Wojciech Has
1925 - 2000
Film director, screenwriter and film producer
Kazimierz Zimny
1935 - 2022
Long-distance runner
Grazyna Bacewicz
1909 - 1969
Composer and violinist
Stefan Gierowski
1925 - 2022
Painter and professor
Alina Szapocznikow
1926 - 1973
Sculptor and graphic artist
Adam Schaff
1913 - 2006
Marxist philosopher and ideologue
Edith Frank
1900 - 1945
Mother of Anne and Margot Frank
Ivan Fyodorovich Paskevich
1782 - 1856
Field marshal, viceroy of Poland
Maksymilian Maria Kolbe
1894 - 1941
Founder of Militia of Mary Immaculate
Wojciech Karpinski
1943 - 2020
Writer, historian of ideas, literary critic
Henryk Niewodniczanski
1900 - 1968
Nuclear physics
Maria Dworzecka
1941 - 2023
Computational nuclear physicist
Teresa Cieply
1937 - 2006
Olympic medalist in athletics
Wladyslaw Bartoszewski
1922 - 2015
Historian, journalist, politician
Stefan Jaracz
1883 - 1945
Theatre actor and producer
Ewa Demarczyk
1941 - 2020
singer
Maria Kwasniewska
1867 - 1934
Nobel laureate in physics and chemistry
Janusz Sidlo
1933 - 1993
Javelin thrower
Stanislaw Mrozowski
1902 - 1999
Physics professor and researcher
Stanislaw Lem
1921 - 2006
Science fiction writer and philosopher
Wladyslaw Szpilman
1911 - 2000
Pianist and composer
Jozef Oleksy
1946 - 2015
Prime Minister of Poland
Stefania Wilczynska
1886 - 1942
Director of Jewish orphanage
Georges Nomarski
1919 - 1997
Creator of differential interference microscopy
Edward Abramowski
1868 - 1918
Philosopher, psychologist, sociologist
Jan Heweliusz
1611 - 1687
Astronomer, brewer, mayor of Gdańsk
Barbara Piasecka Johnson
1937 - 2013
Heiress of Johnson & Johnson fortune
Leszek Engelking
1955 - 2022
poet, short story writer, novelist, translator
Bronislaw Huberman
1882 - 1947
Violinist
Jadwiga Wajs
1912 - 1990
Discus thrower
Jozef Noji
1909 - 1943
Long-distance runner
Georges Charpak
1924 - 2010
Particle detector inventor
Adam Kozlowiecki
1911 - 2007
Archbishop of Lusaka
Jerzy Trela
1942 - 2022
Theatre and film actor
Magdalena Abakanowicz
1930 - 2017
Sculptor and fiber artist
Wislawa Szymborska
1923 - 2012
Poet and essayist
Jozef Maria Bochenski
1902 - 1995
Dominican priest, professor, rector
Barbara Krafftowna
1928 - 2022
film and theater actress
Irena Kwiatkowska
1912 - 2011
Actress, cabaret artist
Feliks Ankerstein
1897 - 1955
Polish Army major and intelligence officer
Felicjan Slawoj Skladkowski
1885 - 1962
Prime Minister of Poland
Marie Salome Skudofska Curie
1867 - 1934
Physicist chemist
Jerzy Plebanski
1928 - 2005
Theoretical physicist and mathematician
Gebhard Leberecht von Blucher
1742 - 1819
Field marshal
Witold Lutoslawski
1913 - 1994
Composer and conductor
Boleslaus the Brave
967 - 1025
King of Poland, Duke of Bohemia
Franciszka Arnsztajnowa
1865 - 1942
Poet, playwright, and translator
Augustus II the Strong
1670 - 1733
King of Poland and Elector of Saxony
Kazimierz Przerwa-Tetmajer
1865 - 1940
Poet, novelist, playwright, journalist
Maksymilian Faktorowicz
1877 - 1938
Cosmetics entrepreneur and inventor
Elzbieta Zawacka
1909 - 2009
SOE agent, freedom fighter, mathematician
Janusz Kupcewicz
1955 - 2022
Midfielder
Marian Hemar
1901 - 1972
Writer, songwriter, journalist
Henryk Arctowski
1871 - 1958
Polar and Antarctic researcher
Jerzy Chromik
1931 - 1987
Long-distance runner
Nathan Handwerker
1892 - 1974
Founder of Nathan's Famous
Andrzej Dobrowolski
1921 - 1990
Composer and teacher of electronic music
Zbigniew Brzezinski
1928 - 2017
National Security Advisor
Zbigniew Namyslowski
1939 - 2022
Jazz saxophonist, composer and arranger
Roman Czerniawski
1910 - 1985
Polish Air Force captain and Allied double agent
Agenor Maria Goiuchowski
1849 - 1921
Foreign Minister
Jan Kulczyk
1950 - 2015
Founder and owner of Kulczyk Holding
Stanislaw Barcewicz
1858 - 1929
Violinist, conductor and teacher
Kamila Skolimowska
1982 - 2009
Hammer thrower
Michal Bergson
1820 - 1898
Composer and pianist
Ludwik Dorn
1954 - 2022
Deputy Prime Minister, Marshal of the Sejm
Kazimierz Funk
1884 - 1967
Biochemist
Jan Twardowski
1915 - 2006
Poet and Catholic priest
Henryk Mikolaj Gorecki
1933 - 2010
Composer of contemporary classical music
Adam Asnyk
1838 - 1897
Poet and dramatist of the Positivist era
Gabriela Zapolska
1857 - 1921
Novelist, playwright, naturalist writer
Ferdynand Goetel
1890 - 1960
Novelist, playwright, essayist, screenwriter
Rosa Luxemburg
1871 - 1919
Marxist theorist, anti-war activist
Henryk Grohman
1862 - 1939
Textile manufacturer
Zdzislaw Jachimecki
1882 - 1953
Historian of music, professor
Leopold Infeld
1898 - 1968
Relativity theory
Zdzislaw Krzyszkowiak
1929 - 2003
Runner
Krzysztof Penderecki
1933 - 2020
Composer and conductor of classical music
Adam Zagajewski
1945 - 2021
Poet, novelist, translator, and essayist
Isaac Bashevis Singer
1903 - 1991
Novelist, short-story writer, essayist, translator
Waclaw Kuchar
1897 - 1981
Footballer, speed skater, ice hockey player
Aleksander Ford
1908 - 1980
Film director and head of Film Polski
Daniel Passent
1938 - 2022
Journalist and writer for Polityka
Franciszek Pieczka
1928 - 2022
Film and stage actor
Wladyslaw Natanson
1864 - 1937
Theoretical physics
Roman Dmowski
1864 - 1939
Leader of National Democracy
Casimir III the Great
1310 - 1370
King of Poland and Ruthenia
Jan Kowalewski
1892 - 1965
Cryptologist and intelligence officer
Anna Jablonowska
1935 - 2010
poet and translator
Anna-Teresa Tymieniecka
1923 - 2014
Phenomenologist
Stefan Askenase
1896 - 1985
Classical pianist and pedagogue
Jan Matejko
1838 - 1893
History painter
Bronislaw Malinowski
1884 - 1942
Founder of social anthropology and fieldwork
Krzysztof Kieslowski
1941 - 1996
Film director and screenwriter
Henryk Sienkiewicz
1846 - 1916
Novelist and journalist
Zygmunt Bauman
1925 - 2017
Sociologist and philosopher
Ignacy Feliks Dobrzynski
1807 - 1867
Composer, pianist, conductor, teacher
Stanislaw August Poniatowski
1732 - 1798
King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania
Ignacy Jan Paderewski
1860 - 1941
Prime minister and foreign minister of Poland
Tomasz Arciszewski
1877 - 1955
Prime Minister of Poland in exile
Jozef Haller
1873 - 1960
Lieutenant general of the Polish Army
Loda Halama
1911 - 1996
Primabalerina of Grand Theatre, Warsaw
Irena Sendler
1910 - 2008
Social worker and nurse
Joanna Chmielewska
1932 - 2013
Novelist and screenwriter
Jacek Kaczmarski
1957 - 2004
Singer, songwriter, poet and author
Jedrzej Moraczewski
1870 - 1944
Prime Minister of Poland
Ernest Malinowski
1818 - 1899
Civil engineer
Michal Bobrzynski
1849 - 1935
Historian, viceroy of Galicia
Andrzej Wajda
1926 - 2016
Film and theatre director
Miron Bialoszewski
1922 - 1983
Poet, novelist, playwright, actor
Zygmunt Stojowski
1870 - 1946
Composer and pianist
Marian Foik
1933 - 2005
Sprinter
Jan III Sobieski
1629 - 1696
King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania
Jan Gotlib Bloch
1836 - 1902
Railway financier and war analyst
Karol Olszewski
1846 - 1915
Professor of chemistry and physics
Henning von Tresckow
1901 - 1944
Major general in the German Army
Andrzej Panufnik
1914 - 1991
Composer and conductor
Fritz Todt
1891 - 1942
Construction engineer and senior Nazi figure
Wladyslaw Broniewski
1897 - 1962
Poet, writer, translator
Agnieszka Osiecka
1936 - 1997
Poet, writer, author,film director and journalist
Stanislaw Baranczak
1946 - 2014
poet, literary critic, translator
Wieslaw Maniak
1938 - 1982
Olympic medalist and European champion
Jaroslaw Marek Rymkiewicz
1935 - 2022
Poet, essayist, dramatist, translator
Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit
1686 - 1736
Thermometer and temperature scale
Lech Kaczynski
1949 - 2010
President of Poland
Olga Boznanska
1865 - 1940
Painter
Stanislaw Kot
1885 - 1975
History of culture and Reformation in Poland
Konstanty Antoni Gorski
1859 - 1924
Composer, violinist, organist, music teacher
Elzbieta Krzesinska
1934 - 2015
Long jumper
Stanislaw Moniuszko
1819 - 1872
Opera composer
Danuta Siedzikowna
1928 - 1946
Medical orderly in the Home Army
Barbara Janiszewska
1936 - 2000
Sprinter
Janusz Glowacki
1938 - 2017
Writer and playwright
Xawery Dunikowski
1875 - 1964
Sculptor and artist
Wladyslaw Hasior
1928 - 1999
Sculptor, painter, set designer
Stefan Wyszynski
1901 - 1981
Archbishop of Warsaw and Gniezno
Kazimierz Pulaski
1745 - 1779
Military commander
Tadeusz Czacki
1765 - 1813
Historian, pedagogue, numismatist
Roman Aftanazy
1914 - 2004
Author of History of Residences
Krzysztof Kamil Baczynski
1921 - 1944
Poet and Home Army soldier
Sylwester Checinski
1930 - 2021
Film and television director and screenwriter
Hipolit Cegielski
1813 - 1868
Founder of H. Cegielski - Poznań
Jozef Pilsudski
1867 - 1935
Chief of State and Marshal of Poland
Janusz Kusocinski
1907 - 1940
Olympic runner
John Paul II
1920 - 2005
Bishop of Rome and head of the Catholic Church
Ryszard Kuklinski
1930 - 2004
CIA agent, Polish colonel
Ignacy Lukasiewicz
1822 - 1882
Inventor of the kerosene lamp
Myer Prinstein
1878 - 1925
Track and field athlete
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