Polish Famouse Personalities

Wojciech Jaruzelski

Wojciech Jaruzelski was a Polish military officer and a Communist –de facto“ dictator of Poland who governed the nation from 1981 to 1989.

Born: 06 July 1923/ Polish

Witold Pilecki

Nazi-era Polish Army Officer

Witold Pilecki was a Polish army officer, intelligence agent, social worker, and community leader of the ‘Nazi’ era. Check out this biography to know about his childhood, personal life, career, and achievements.

Born: 13 May 1901/ Polish

Witold Lutoslawski

Witold Lutoslawski was one of the renowned European composers of the 20th century. Dig deep into this biography to know all about his childhood, life and timeline.

Born: 25 January 1913/ Polish

Wisława Szymborska

Wisława Szymborska was a Polish poet, essayist and translator who won the 1996 Nobel Prize in Literature. Check out this biography to know about her childhood, life, achievements, works & timeline.

Born: 02 July 1923/ Polish

Tadeusz Reichstein

Tadeusz Reichstein was a Polish born Swiss chemist known for his discoveries concerning hormones of the adrenal cortex. This biography of Tadeusz Reichstein provides detailed information about his childhood, life, achievements, works & timeline.

Born: 20 July 1897/ Polish

Sergiusz Piasecki

Sergiusz Piasecki is a famous Polish writer renowned for his works such as ‘The Lover of Ursa Major’ and World War II memorial ‘Adam and Eve’. To know more about his childhood, career, profile and timeline read on

Born: 01 April 1901/ Polish

Robert Lewandowski

Robert Lewandowski is a Polish footballer who plays for the Bayern Munich Football Club. Check out this biography to know about his childhood, family life, achievements and fun facts about him.

Born: 21 August 1988/ Polish

Reinhard Selten

Reinhard Selten is a German economist who won a share of the 1994 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences. This biography of Reinhard Selten provides detailed information about his childhood, life, achievements, works & timeline

Born: 05 October 1930/ Polish

Raphael Kalinowski

Discalced Carmelite Friar

Raphael Kalinowski was a Polish Discalced Carmelite friar who was canonized by Pope John Paul II in 1991. This biography gives detailed information about his childhood, life, works and timeline.

Born: 01 September 1835/ Polish

Ola Kowal

Ola Kowal is a Polish model, blogger and Instagram star currently based in Brooklyn, New York City. Check out this biography to know about her childhood, family life, achievements and fun facts about her life.

Born: 1990 AD/ Polish

Nicolaus Copernicus

Nicolaus Copernicus, the famous mathematician and astronomer was the first to discover that the earth revolves around the sun and not the other way round. Read on to know more about his childhood, profile, timeline and career

Born: 19 February 1473/ Polish

Maximilian Kolbe

Maximilian Kolbe was a Polish Conventual Franciscan friar who volunteered to die in the place of a Jewish refugee at the Nazi concentration camp at Auschwitz. Check out this biography to know about his, childhood, family life, achievements and death.

Born: 08 January 1894/ Polish

Margo Dydek

Margo Dydek was a Polish basketball player and coach who was famous for being the tallest WNBA player ever. Check out this biography to know about her childhood, family life, achievements and fun facts about her.

Born: 28 April 1974/ Polish

Lech Walesa

Lech Walesa is a former Polish labour activist turned politician, who rose to become the President of the country. Check out this biography to know about his childhood, family, life history, achievements and fun facts about him.

Born: 29 September 1943/ Polish

Konstantin Rokossovsky

Soviet Officer

Konstantin Rokossovsky was a prominent Russian military general during World War II. Check out this biography to know about his childhood, family life, achievements, etc.

Born: 21 December 1896/ Polish

Pope John Paul II

The 264th Pope Bishop of Rome

John Paul II, also known as Blessed John Paul, served as the Pope of the Catholic Church for more than two and half decades. Scroll down to acquaint yourself with the eventful life of this great man.

Born: 18 May 1920/ Polish

Józef Piłsudski

Józef Piłsudski was a Polish political leader and the chief of state (head of state) of Poland from 1918 to 1922.

Born: 05 December 1867/ Polish

Irena Sendler

Irena Sendler was a Polish nurse who along with her network is credited to have saved the lives of 2,500 Jewish children during the Holocaust. .

Born: 15 February 1910/ Polish

Ignacy Domeyko

Ignacy Domeyko was a scientist and educator of international repute, renowned for his contribution to the field of geology and mining. To know more about his childhood, career, profile and timeline read on

Born: 31 July 1802/ Polish

Frédéric Chopin

Frederic Chopin was a Polish composer and virtuoso pianist. This biography of Frederic Chopin provides detailed information about his childhood, life, achievements, works & timeline

Born: 01 March 1810/ Polish

Ferdinand Cohn

Founder of Bacteriology and Microbiology

Ferdinand Cohn was a German biologist who is considered as the father of bacteriology and microbiology. Check out this biography to know about his childhood, life, achievements, works & timeline.

Born: 24 January 1828/ Polish

Donald Tusk

President of the European Council

Donald Tusk is a Polish politician and the current president of the ‘European Council.’ He has also been the longest-serving prime minister of the Polish Republic to date. Check out this biography to know about his family, personal life, career, and

Born: 22 April 1957/ Polish

Czesław Miłosz

Czeslaw Milosz was a prominent Polish-American novelist, translator, essayist and a Nobel laureate. This biography profiles his childhood, life, career achievements and timeline

Born: 30 June 1911/ Polish

Keralis

Check out all that you wanted to know about Keralis, the famous YouTube gamer; his birthday, his family and personal life, fun trivia facts and more.

Born: 30 April 1980/ Polish

Alfred Korzybski

Scholar who developed the field of General

Alfred Korzybski was a Polish American scholar who developed a field called general semantics. This biography of Alfred Korzybski provides detailed information about his childhood, life, achievements, works & timeline.

Born: 03 July 1879/ Polish

Abraham Joshua Heschel

Abraham Joshua Heschel was a distinguished rabbi and fore bearer of Jewish theology, who also worked as a teacher. Read more about his childhood, profile, timeline and career in this section

Born: 11 January 1907/ Polish

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