List of Famous people born in Kraków, Poland
Zygmunt Konieczny
Zygmunt Konieczny is a Polish composer of theatre and film music.
Grzegorz Ryś
Grzegorz Ryś is a Polish Roman Catholic bishop, being the archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Łódź since 2017. He was previously an auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Kraków and titular bishop of Arcavica from 2011 to 2017. Since June 2020, Ryś also serves as an apostolic administrator of the Diocese of Kalisz.
Ludwik Gross
Ludwik Gross was a Polish-American virologist who discovered two different tumor viruses, murine leukemia virus and mouse polyomavirus, capable of causing cancers in laboratory mice.
Georg Clam Martinic
Gustaw Holoubek
Gustaw Teofil Holoubek was a Polish actor, director, member of the Polish Sejm, and a senator.
Wojciech Stattler
Wojciech Korneli Stattler or Albert Kornel Stattler was a Polish Romantic painter of Swiss aristocratic ancestry, who started training in Vienna and at age 17 went to St. Luke's Academy in Rome. From 1831 he taught as professor at the School of Fine Arts in Kraków. 1850 he returned to Rome. His most famous pupil was Poland's leading painter of historical figures and events, Jan Matejko.
Karol Stanisław Radziwiłł
Prince Karol Stanisław Radziwiłł (1669–1719) was a Polish-Lithuanian nobleman and diplomat.
Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz
Władysław Marcin Kosiniak-Kamysz is a Polish physician and politician. Since 2015, he has served as the chairman of the Polish People's Party (PSL). From 2011 to 2015, he was Minister of Labor and Social Affairs in the governments of Donald Tusk and Ewa Kopacz. He was a candidate for president in 2020.
Marek Walczewski
Marek Walczewski was a Polish actor. He appeared in 55 films and television shows between 1963 and 2004.
Małgosia Bela
Małgosia Bela is a Polish fashion model and actress. She made her debut as a runway model for Comme des Garçons, Givenchy, and Balenciaga in 1998, and appeared in various photoshoots for Vogue. In 2004, she made her film debut in the Polish film Ono, and in 2018 appeared in Luca Guadagnino's remake Suspiria.