344 people
Famous People
Browse profiles of notable people from around the world.
Chrystian Piotr Aigner
Polish architect (1756-1841)
1756 — 1841
Berek Joselewicz
Polish army commander (1764-1809)
1764 — 1809
Tytus Maksymilian Huber
Polish mechanical engineer (1872–1950)
1872 — 1950
Tytus Czyżewski
Polish artist (1880-1945)
1880 — 1945
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Izaak Yitzchak of Lublin
Polish rabbi
1745 — 1815
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Pinchas of Koretz
Polish rabbi
1726 — 1790
Akiba Rubinstein
Russian-Polish chess player
1882 — 1961
Jeremi Wiśniowiecki
Polish-Lithuanian politician (1612-1651)
1612 — 1651
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Yoram Gross
Polish-Australian animation producer and director (1926–2005)
1926 — 2015
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Elimelech of Lizhensk
Polish rabbi
1717 — 1787
Apollo Korzeniowski
Polish writer (1820–1869)
1820 — 1869
Simcha Rotem
Polish resistance fighter (1924–2018)
1924 — 2018
Paule Mink
French feminist and socialist revolutionary of Polish descent (1839-1901)
1839 — 1901
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Nechama Tec
Polish historian (1931–2023)
1931 — 2023
Ludwik Gintel
Polish footballer (1899-1973)
1899 — 1973
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Menachem Mendel of Kotzk
Polish rabbi
1787 — 1859
Menachem Avidom
Israeli composer of Polish descent (1908-1995)
1908 — 1995
Pati Yang
Polish singer-songwriter
1980 — present
Kazimir Malevich
Russian avant-garde artist of Polish ancestry. Founder of the Suprematist movement (1879–1935)
1879 — 1935
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Matylda Getter
Polish nun and Righteous Among the Nations (1870–1968)
1870 — 1968
Hillel Zeitlin
Polish writer (1871–1942)
1871 — 1942
Franciszka Sikora
Polish association football player
1991 — present
Franciszka Themerson
Polish painter, designer, filmmaker (1907-1988)
1907 — 1988
Franciszka Arnsztajnowa
Polish poet, playwright, and translator
1865 — 1942
Franciszka Urszula Wiśniowiecka
Polish-Lithuanian noble
1705 — 1753
Franciszka Mann
Polish dancer
1917 — 1943
Konstanty Władysław Filip Sobieski
Polish noble, son of John III Sobieski, King of Poland
1680 — 1726
Konstanty Tyszkiewicz
Polish noble and archaeologist (1806-1868)
1806 — 1868
Konstanty Plisowski
Polish general (1890–1940)
1890 — 1940
Konstanty Niesiołowski
Polish politician, entomologist
1944 — present
Konstanty Laszczka
Polish artist (1865-1956)
1865 — 1956
Konstanty Radziwiłł
Polish politician and doctor
1958 — present
Konstanty Jelski
Polish zoologist and ornithologist (1837-1896)
1837 — 1896
Konstanty Gorski
Polish musician (1859–1924)
1859 — 1924
Konstanty Adam Czartoryski
Polish nobleman and military commander (1777–1866)
1773 — 1860
Konstanty Rokicki
Polish consular officer, vice consul of the Republic of Poland in Riga and Bern, Holocaust rescuer
1899 — 1958
Konstanty Ildefons Gałczyński
Polish writer (1905-1953)
1905 — 1953
Ferdynand Ruszczyc
Polish artist (1870-1936)
1870 — 1936
Ferdynand Olszewski
Polish lawyer and politician (1930–2019)
1930 — 2019
Ferdynand Antoni Ossendowski
Polish explorer and writer (1878–1945)
1878 — 1945
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Cyprian Bazylik
Polish composer and writer
1535 — 1622
Cyprian Godebski
Polish poet, Army officer
1765 — 1809
Cyprian Norwid
Polish poet (1821–1883)
1821 — 1883
Eugen Polanski
Polish-German footballer
1986 — present
Sigismund Casimir of Poland
Polish prince
1640 — 1647
Sigismund III Vasa
King of Poland, Grand Duke of Lithuania and king of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth from 1587 until 1632 and King of Sweden from 1592 until 1599 (1566–1632)
1566 — 1632
Leokadia Niemirzanka
Polish actress (1909-1984)
1909 — 1984
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Ludwik Silberstein
Polish physicist (1872–1948)
1872 — 1948