Famous people of Polish origin

Nicolaus Copernicus (1473 - 1543)

Polish mathematician and astronomer

Marie Curie (1867 - 1934)

Polish chemist and physicist

Frédéric Chopin (1810 - 1849)

Polish pianist and composer

Irena Sendler (1910 - 2008)

Polish nurse and social worker

Robert Lewandowski (30)

Polish football player

Mariusz Pudzianowski (42)

Polish strongman and mixed martial artist

Dagmara Dominczyk (42)

Polish actress

Władysław Szpilman (1911 - 2000)

Polish pianist and composer

Wojciech Szczęsny (27)

Polish footballer

Agnieszka Radwańska (30)

Polish tennis player

Lech Wałęsa (75)

Polish politician, 2nd President of Poland

Izabella Scorupco (49)

Polish actress

Jakub Błaszczykowski (33)

Polish footballer

Maximilian Kolbe (1894 - 1941)

Polish martyr and saint

Józef Piłsudski (1867 - 1935)

Polish military officer and politician

Anja Rubik (36)

Polish model

Artur Boruc (39)

Polish footballer

Ewa Sonnet (34)

Polish model and pop singer

Robert Kubica (34)

Polish race car driver

Krzysztof Kieślowski (1941 - 1996)

Polish director

Izabella Miko (38)

Polish actress and model

Łukasz Fabiański (34)

Polish footballer

Łukasz Piszczek (34)

Polish footballer

Jerzy Dudek (46)

Polish footballer

Iga Wyrwał (30)

Polish model and actress

Stanisław Lem (1921 - 2006)

Polish author

Andrzej Wajda (1926 - 2016)

Polish director

Tamara de Lempicka (1898 - 1980)

Polish painter

Tomasz Adamek (42)

Polish boxer

Leopold Stokowski (1882 - 1977)

Polish conductor

Lech Kaczyński (1949 - 2010)

Polish politician

Tomasz Kuszczak (37)

Polish footballer

Krzysztof Penderecki (85)

Polish composer and conductor

Janusz Korczak (1878 - 1942)

Polish author and pediatrician

Wisława Szymborska (1923 - 2012)

Polish essayist, editor, poet and Nobel laureate

Adam Mickiewicz (1798 - 1855)

Polish poet

Olga Sosnovska (47)

Polish actor

Jerzy Grotowski (1933 - 1999)

Polish director

Andrzej Sapkowski (70)

Polish writer

Donald Tusk (62)

Polish politician

Witold Lutosławski (1913 - 1994)

Polish composer and conductor

Edyta Sliwinska (37)

Polish dancer

Henryk Sienkiewicz (1846 - 1916)

Polish writer

Wojciech Jaruzelski (1923 - 2014)

Polish military officer and politician, 1st President of Poland

Czesław Miłosz (1911 - 2004)

Polish poet and writer

Urszula Radwańska (28)

Polish tennis player

Adam Darski (42)

Polish singer-songwriter and musician

Bronisław Komorowski (67)

Polish politician and historian, 5th President of Poland

Ryszard Kapuściński (1932 - 2007)

Polish journalist

Stefan Wyszyński (1901 - 1981)

Polish cardinal

Jerzy Kukuczka (1948 - 1989)

Polish mountaineer

Ignacy Jan Paderewski (1860 - 1941)

Polish pianist, composer, and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of the Republic of Poland