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This is a partial list of notable PolishorPolish-speaking or -writing people. People of partial Polish heritage have their respective ancestries credited.

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.

Science

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Physics

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See also: Category:Polish physicists

Chemistry

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See also: Category:Polish chemists

Biology, medicine

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See also: Category:Polish biologists and Category:Polish physicians

Astronomy

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See also: Category:Polish astronomers

Mathematics

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See also: Category:Polish mathematicians

Computer science

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See also: Category:Polish computer scientists

Linguistics

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See also: Category:Linguists from Poland

Invention

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See also: Category:Polish inventors

Engineering

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See also: Category:Polish engineers

Social sciences

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See also: Category:Polish social scientists

Economics

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See also: Category:Polish economists

Other sciences

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History

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  • Szymon Askenazy, historian and diplomat
  • Marcin Bielski, chronicler
  • Michał Bobrzyński, historian and politician
  • Józef Borzyszkowski, Kashubian historian
  • Filip Callimachus
  • Alina Cała
  • Marek Jan Chodakiewicz
  • Piotr Cywiński
  • Tadeusz Czacki
  • Norman Davies, British-Polish historian
  • Małgorzata Dąbrowska, historian, Byzantist
  • Jan Długosz, 15th-century chronicler of Poland
  • Maria Dzielska
  • Marian Kamil Dziewanowski, Poland, Russia, modern Europe
  • Karol Estreicher (senior), father of Polish Bibliography
  • Stanisław Estreicher
  • Tadeusz Estreicher
  • Józef Feldman
  • Mieczysław Gębarowicz, art historian, museum director, custodian of Ossolineum
  • Aleksander Gieysztor
  • Kazimierz Godłowski, historian and archeologist
  • Władysław Grabski
  • Roman Grodecki
  • Oskar Halecki, historian of Poland
  • Marceli Handelsman, historian of Poland
  • Paweł Jasienica, historian of Poland
  • Jacek Jędruch
  • Wincenty Kadłubek, 13th-century historian of Poland
  • Józef Kasparek, constitutions; World War II era
  • Stefan Kieniewicz, 19th-century Polish history
  • Jerzy Kirchmayer, 1944 Warsaw Uprising
  • Jerzy Kolendo, archaeologist, epigraphist and historian of the Mediterranean Basin in antiquity[7]
  • Hugo Kołłątaj, 18th–19th-century historian, philosopher and politician
  • Feliks Koneczny, Polish history, social philosophy
  • Władysław Konopczyński, Polish and world history
  • Iwona Korga, historian, president of the Józef Piłsudski Institute of America
  • Stanisław Kot, historian, politician, diplomat
  • Władysław Kozaczuk, military history, military intelligence, World War II
  • Manfred Kridl, history of Polish culture and literature
  • Marcin Kromer, 16th-century Bishop of Warmia, secretary to two Polish kings, and historian of Poland
  • Jan Kucharzewski, historian and politician
  • Marian Kukiel, military historian and politician
  • Lucyna Kulińska
  • Ewa Kurek
  • Stanisław Kutrzeba, Poland, Polish law, Kraków
  • Gerard Labuda
  • Joachim Lelewel, historian of Poland
  • Jerzy Jan Lerski
  • Dariusz Libionka
  • Wacław Lipiński
  • Stanisław Lorentz, art historian
  • Czesław Madajczyk, World War II
  • Janusz Magnuski, World War II Polish and Soviet armor
  • Tadeusz Manteuffel, medievalist
  • Maciej Masłowski, art historian
  • Benjamin Mazar (1906–1995), Israeli historian and archeologist; President of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem
  • Maciej Miechowita
  • Lidia Milka-Wieczorkiewicz
  • Karol Modzelewski
  • Stephen Mizwa
  • Teodor Narbutt,[8] Polish historian of Lithuania
  • Adam Naruszewicz,[9] 18th-century historian, participant in the Great Sejm
  • Kasper Niesiecki, Jesuit lexicographer and heraldic scholar
  • Szymon Okolski, 17th-century historian
  • Bartosz Paprocki, Polish and Czech heraldic scholar
  • Michael Alfred Peszke, Polish Armed Forces, World War II
  • Tadeusz Piotrowski, historian of Poland during World War II
  • Richard Pipes, Polish-American historian of Russia and the Soviet Union
  • Iwo Cyprian Pogonowski, World War II, Polish-Jewish relations; engineer
  • Teresa Prekerowa
  • Stanisław Salmonowicz, historian of law
  • Henryk Samsonowicz, historian specializing in medieval Poland
  • Konstancja Skirmuntt
  • Julian Stachiewicz, military historian
  • Szymon Starowolski
  • Aneta Stawiszyńska
  • Dariusz Stola
  • Maciej Stryjkowski, historian, writer, poet
  • Irena Strzelecka
  • Tomasz Strzembosz, Polish World War II history
  • Tadeusz Sulimirski, historian and archeologist
  • Karol Szajnocha, historian and novelist
  • Józef Szujski
  • Zygmunt Szweykowski, Polish literature
  • Władysław Tatarkiewicz, philosophy and aesthetics
  • Rafał Taubenschlag, history of law
  • Janusz Tazbir, historian, specializing in the culture and religion of Poland in the 16th and 17th centuries
  • Józef Turowski, World War II OUN massacres of Poles
  • Adam Ulam, Polish-American historian of Russia and the Soviet Union
  • Adam Vetulani, history of law
  • Piotr S. Wandycz, Polish-American historian of Central and Eastern Europe
  • Leon Wasilewski
  • Ewa Wipszycka, historian and papyrologist
  • Richard Woytak, World War II era
  • Julia Zabłocka (1931–1993), historian, classical scholar, archaeologist
  • Wincenty Zakrzewski, 16th-century Poland
  • Adam Zamoyski
  • Janusz K. Zawodny, World War II
  • Marek Żukow-Karczewski, historian and journalist

    • Philosophy

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    See also: History of philosophy in Poland

    Prose literature

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

    Journalism

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    Main page: Category:Polish journalists

    Poetry

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    See also: List of Polish poets

    Music

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    Visual arts

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    See also: List of Polish architects, List of Polish artists, and List of Polish painters

    Entertainment

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    See also: List of Polish actors, Category:Polish theatre directors, and Category:Polish film directors

    Business

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    See also: Category:Polish businesspeople

    Politics

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    See also: Lists of Polish politicians

    Law

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    Main article: List of Polish lawyers

    Diplomacy

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    See also: Category:Polish diplomats

    Military

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    See also: Category:Polish military personnel
    Main article: List of Polish admirals

    Intelligence

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    Holocaust resistance

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    Religion

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    Nobility

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    Further information: List of szlachta

    Royalty

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    See also: List of Polish monarchs

    Assassins

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    Miscellany

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    Legendary persons

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    Fictional characters

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  • Captain William Joseph B.J. BlazkowiczinWolfenstein 3D
  • Ernst Stavro Blofeld, a villain from the James Bond series of novels and films, created by Ian Fleming
  • Bolek i Lolek, cartoon characters from a Polish children's TV animated comedy series
  • Baba Jaga, Polish version of the forest-dwelling sorceress
  • Waldemar Daninsky, wolfman in La Marca del Hombre Lobo
  • Nicodemus Dyzma, in Tadeusz Dołęga-Mostowicz's novel The Career of Nicodemus Dyzma
  • Jacob Jankowski, a character played by Robert Pattinson in a 2011 American romantic drama film Water for Elephants
  • Marcin Jerek, Polish-born British professor and former CIA interrogator, in the TV series NCIS, played by W. Morgan Sheppard
  • Dr. Judym, in Stefan Żeromski's novel Homeless People
  • Kajko i Kokosz
  • Florentyna Kane in The Prodigal Daughter and Shall We Tell the President?
  • Commander Keen, grandson of B.J. Blazkowicz
  • Hans Kloss (Captain Kloss), World War II secret agent in the Polish TV serial Stake larger than life
  • Kordian
  • Funky Koval, space detective
  • Sugar "Kane" Kowalczyk, a singer of Polish descent played by Marilyn MonroeinBilly Wilder's 1959 romantic comedy film Some Like It Hot
  • Kowalski, a penguin in the children's film Madagascar
  • Stanley Kowalski, in Tennessee Williams' play A Streetcar Named Desire
  • Detective Stanley Kowalski, Polish-American Chicago policeman in the 1990s Canadian television series Due South
  • Walt Kowalski, Polish-American Korean War veteran and retired Ford worker, in Clint Eastwood's 2008 film Gran Torino
  • Lucyna "Lucy" Kushinada, a netrunner of mixed Polish and Japanese descent in Cyberpunk: Edgerunners
  • Ligia, heroine of Sienkiewicz's novel, Quo Vadis?
  • Man of Iron, symbol of Solidarity and title of Wajda's film
  • Koziołek Matołek, like the bear and the horse, the goat is part of Polish folklore, here in Kornel Makuszyński's rendition
  • Mike Nomad (with Steve Roper), an American adventure comic strip (1936–2004)
  • Count Olenski, estranged husband of Ellen Olenska in Edith Wharton's novel The Age of Innocence (1920)
  • Pan Tadeusz, poetic distillation of Polish patriotism and nostalgia
  • Roland "Prez" Pryzbylewski, in HBO's The Wire, went from police officer to school teacher
  • Officer Eddie Pulaski in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
  • Stefan "Steve" Radecki, a character played by Anton Walbrook in 1941 British war film Dangerous Moonlight
  • Abel Rosnovski in Kane and Abel
  • Pan Samochodzik, adventurer created by Zbigniew Nienacki
  • Paweł i Gaweł, humorous morality tale about neighbour relations, a favourite children's poem
  • Sasquatch (Dr. Walter Langkowski), Marvel superhero
  • Sierotka Marysia, archetypal abandoned girl, "Little orphan Mary", living with dwarves
  • Walter Sobchak, the "Polish Catholic" in the film The Big Lebowski
  • Silk Spectre I & II, superheroines in Watchmen
  • Stanislau, ace pilot in Blackhawk
  • Stanisław Tarkowski (Staś), protagonist of young-adult novel In Desert and WildernessbyNobel laureate Henryk Sienkiewicz
  • Mieczysław Stilinski, also known as Stiles Stilinski, one of the main characters in American television series Teen Wolf broadcast on MTV and played by Dylan O'Brien
  • Michael Stivic, in All in the Family
  • Tadzio, a Polish boy (inspired by Władysław Moes) in Thomas Mann's novel Death in Venice as well as 1971 film adaptation of the same namebyLuchino Visconti played by Björn Andrésen
  • Ijon Tichy, main protagonist in several works of Stanisław Lem such as The Star Diaries, The Futurological Congress, Peace on Earth and Observation on the Spot
  • Kasia Tomaszewski, played by Zofia Wichłacz, a character in World on Fire, a 2019 war drama miniseries broadcast on BBC One
  • Maciej Tomczyk ala Lech Wałęsa, in the 1981 film Man of Iron, directed by Andrzej Wajda
  • Pan Twardowski, a Faust-like figure of Polish legend, literature and film.
  • Tytus, Romek i A'Tomek, Polish comic book heroes
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    Wrocław's dwarfs

    Models

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    Sport

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    See also: list of Polish sports players

    Athletics

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    Basketball

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    Boxing

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    Checkers

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    Chess

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    Climbing

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    Cycling

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    Fencing

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    Football

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    Ice hockey

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    Skiing

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    Swimming

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    Tennis

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    Volleyball

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    Weightlifting

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    Others

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    See also

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    References

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    1. ^ Orłowski, Bolesław. "Tryliński Władysław". Giganci Nauki (in Polish). Institute of National Remembrance. Archived from the original on 29 November 2022. Retrieved 21 May 2023.
  • ^ Rossi, Cesare; Russo, Flavio (2009). Ancient Engineers' Inventions: Precursors of the Present (Second ed.). Springer. p. 235. ISBN 978-9048122523.
  • ^ a b c d e f g Dominic Lieven. The Cambridge History of Russia: Volume 2, Imperial Russia, 1689–1917. Cambridge University Press. 2006. p. 182.
  • ^ Sal P. Restivo. Science, Technology, And Society: An Encyclopedia. Oxford University Press. 2005. p. 502.
  • ^ Simon Collier, William F. Sater. A History of Chile, 1808–2002. Cambridge University Press. 2004. p. 98
  • ^ Michael Church, Olav Slaymaker. Field and Theory: Lectures in Geocryology. UBC Press. 1985. p. 19.
  • ^ "Jerzy Kolendo". Migration Period between Odra and Vistula. Retrieved 31 March 2022.
  • ^ Bojtar, Endre (2007). "Mythologizing Contemporary Baltic Consciousness". In Cornis-Pope, Marcel; Neubauer, John (eds.). History of the Literary Cultures of East-Central Europe: Junctures and disjunctures in the 19th and 20th centuries. Volume III: The making and remaking of literary institutions. Vol. III. John Benjamins Publishing. p. 294. ISBN 978-90-272-3455-1.
  • ^ Woolf, Daniel Robert, ed. (1998). A Global Encyclopedia of Historical Writing. Vol. 2. Routledge. p. 649. ISBN 978-0815315148.
  • ^ Hendricks, Vincent F.; Malinowski, Jacek, eds. (2003). Trends in Logic: 50 Years of Studia Logica. Springer. p. 1.
  • ^ McKee, Eric (2012). Decorum of the Minuet, Delirium of the Waltz: A Study of Dance-music Relations in 3/4 Time. Indiana University Press. p. 134. ISBN 978-0-253-35692-5.
  • ^ a b c d David Crowley. National Style and Nation-State: Design in Poland from the Vernacular Revival to the International Style. Manchester University Press. 1992. p. 36.
  • ^ doda.net.pl
  • ^ Staff (10 December 2005). "UK's 'Oldest' Man Dies, Aged 111". BBC News. Retrieved 4 October 2012.
  • ^ Eldad Beck (9 August 2010). "Anti-Semitism feared ahead of Euro 2012". European Jewish Congress. Archived from the original on 31 July 2012. Retrieved 24 December 2010.
  • ^ Tom Archdeacon (26 April 1998). "Memories never dim from Games of Shame; Message of "Nazi Olympics'still vital". The Denver Post. Retrieved 24 December 2010.
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