Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index List of famous Poles This is partial list of famous Polish, Polish-speaking/writing people, and people born in Poland. See also North Pole, South Pole Table of contents 1 Science 2 Composers 3 Writers 4 Film 5 Actors 6 Royalty 7 Sport persons 8 Others 9 Bad guys Science Banach, Stefan, (1892-1945), mathematician Karol Borsuk (1905 - 1982), mathematician Nicolaus Copernicus, (1473-1543), astronomer Curie-Skłodowska, Maria, (1867-1934), scientist, Nobel Prize winner (twice), first female Nobel prize winner Samuel Dickstein (1851-1939), mathematician Domeyko, Ignacy, (1802-1889), geologist Samuel Eilenberg, (1913-1998), mathematician Gabriel Fahrenheit, (1686-1736), physicist Funk, Kazimierz (1884-1967), biochemist Gundlach, Rudolf, inventor of tank periscope Johannes Hevelius(Jan Heweliusz in Polish), (1611-1687), astronomer Hofman, Józef, (1876-1957), pianist, inventor of windscreen wipers and car springs Hurewicz, Witold, (1904-1956), mathematician Kac, Mark(1914-1984), mathematician. Korczak, Janusz, (1878-1942), pedagogist Kuperberg, Krystyna, (1944-), mathematician Kuratowski, Kazimierz, (1896-1980), mathematician Łukasiewicz, Ignacy (1822-1882), founder of the world petroleum industry Łukasiewicz, Jan, (1878-1956), mathematician Malinowski, Bronislaw, (1884-1942), anthropologue and ethnologue Mandelbrot, Benoit, (1924-), mathematician Marcinkiewicz, Jozef (1910-1940 ), mathematician Andrzej Frycz Modrzewski, (Andreas Fricius Modrevius), 1503-1572, political theorist and philosopher Wladyslaw Orlicz (1903-1990), mathematician Post, Emil (1897-1954), mathematician Marian Rejewski (1905-1980), mathematician and cryptologist Stanislaw Saks (1897-1942), mathematician Arthur Schopenhauer (1788 - 1860), philosopher Sierpiński Wacław, (1882-1969), mathematician Hugo Steinhaus(1887-1972), mathematician. Strzelecki, Pawel, (1797-1873), explorer Tarski, Alfred (1901-1983), mathematician Ulam, Stanislaw (1909 - 1984), mathematician Wlodkowic, Pawel (1370-1435), scholar and laywer Aleksander Wolszczan (1946-), astronomer Wronski, Josef (1778-1853), mathematician Zamenhof, Ludovic L, (1859-1917), linguist Zarankiewicz, Kazimierz (1902-1959) mathematician Zygmund, Antoni (1900 - 1992) mathematician Composers Frederic Chopin, (1810-1849), Krzysztof Penderecki, (born 1933) Wojciech Kilar, Zbigniew Preisner Henryk Gorecki Karol Szymanowski Witold Lutoslawski Henryk Wieniawski, (1835-1880) Writers Jerzy Kosinski Tadeusz Dolega-Mostowicz Zofia Kossak-Szczucka Andrzej Sapkowski Janusz A. Zajdel Stanislaw Lem, (born 1921), science-fiction writer Wislawa Szymborska, (born 1923), poetess, Nobel Prize winner Wladyslaw Reymont, (1867-1925), writer, Nobel Prize winner Henryk Sienkiewicz, (1846-1916), writer, Nobel Prize winner Adam Mickiewicz, (1798-1855), poet Czeslaw Milosz, poet, Nobel Prize winner Joseph Conrad, writer Bruno Schulz, (1892-1942), writer Witold Gombrowicz (1904-1969), novelist and drama writer Jan Kochanowski (1530 - 1584), poet Stanislaw Witkiewicz writer and painter Johannes Dantiscus, (1485-1548), poet and Prince-Bishop of Warmia. Film Agnieszka Holland Krzysztof Kieslowski, (1941-1996), film director Roman Polanski, film director and actor Andrzej Wajda, film director Andrzej Zulawski Actors Jan Kiepura, (1902–1966), singer and actor Pola Negri, (1895-1987), actress Helena Modrzejewska, (1840-1909), actress Isabella Scorupco, (1970-) Joanna Pacula, (1957-) Ludwika Paleta (born 1978), famous in Mexico. Wojciech Pszoniak, actor of Comedie Francaise Royalty Swiatoslawa, daughter of Mieszko I of Poland, mother of Canute the Great, king of England, Denmark and Norway Boleslaus the Brave, (966/967-1025), first king of Poland Henry II the Pious, (?-1241), senior duke of Poland, commander of Polish forces in Battle of Legnica Jadwiga of Poland, (1372-1399], king (!) of Poland, canonised Casimir IV the Jagiellonian, (1427-1494), king of Poland and grand duke of Lithuania, victor in Thirteen Years' War (1454-1466) Sigismund II Augustus, (1520-1572), king of Poland and grand duke of Lithuania, creator of Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth Jan III Sobieski (John III of Poland), 1629-1696, king of Poland and Great Duke of Lithuania, victor at the Battle of Vienna Stanislaw Leszczynski, (Stanislaus I of Poland), (1677 - 1766), king of Poland and prince of Lorraine Ladislaus III, (Władysław III Warneńczyk, Ulászló I), 1424-1444, king of Poland and Hungary Aleksandra Lisowska (Khourrem) (~1510 - 1558), (wife of Suleiman the Magnificent) Sport persons Wojciech Fortuna Robert Korzeniowski Adam Małysz Zbigniew Boniek Jerzy Dudek Dariusz Michalczewski Andrew Golota Others Krystyna Skarbek (1915-1952), SOE heroine of WW II Miguel Najdorf (1910-1997), chess player John Paul II, (born 1920), the pope Jozef Pilsudski, (1867-1935), statesman, politician and marshall Casimir Pulaski, military commander Lech Walesa, (born 1943), trade unionist who started dismantling of the Soviet bloc Tadeusz Kosciuszko, (1746-1817), military commander Aleksander Lisowski, (1575-1616), commander of Lisowczycy Jozef Bem, (1794-1850), military commander, commander-in-chief of Hungarian army (1849) Zbigniew Brzezinski, (1928-), political scientist, advisor of US president Jimmy Carter. Daniel Chodowiecki, (1726-1801), painter Jerzy Grotowski, (1933-1999), theatre reformer Bad guys Feliks Dzierzynski, (1877-1926), Cheka founder Bronislaw Kaminski, (1899-1944), SS commander and a war criminal See also: Polish literature List of Polish composers List of Polish painters List of Polish language poets Polish theater Polish film history Music in Poland See also: List of people by nationality This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.