List of Famous people born in Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland

Nicolaus Copernicus

Niklas Koppernigk
First Name Nicolaus
Died on May 24, 1543

Nicolaus Copernicus was a Renaissance-era mathematician, astronomer, and Catholic canon who formulated a model of the universe that placed the Sun rather than Earth at the center of the universe. In all likelihood, Copernicus developed his model independently of Aristarchus of Samos, an ancient Greek astronomer who had formulated such a model some eighteen centuries earlier.

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Jan Lewan

First Name Jan
Last Name Lewan
Born on November 30, 1940 (age 84)

Jan Lewandowski known professionally as Jan Lewan, is a Polish-American songwriter and polka band leader. Lewan's financial crimes were described by The Morning Call as a "classic Ponzi scheme".

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Ismar Isidor Boas

First Name Ismar
Died on March 15, 1938

Ismar Isidor Boas was a German gastroenterologist born in the town of Exin, then in the Prussian Province of Posen, today in Poland.

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Przemek Karnowski

Przemysław Marcin "Przemek" Karnowski is a Polish basketball player for Stelmet Zielona Góra of the PLK and the VTB United League. He completed his college career at Gonzaga University in the United States in 2017. He has also played for the Polish national team. He had been viewed by some NBA draft analysts as a potential first round pick in the 2016 draft, but chose to return to Gonzaga for his final season of college eligibility in 2016–17.

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Walther Nernst

First Name Walther
Last Name Nernst
Born on June 25, 1864
Died on November 18, 1941 (aged 77)

Walther Hermann Nernst ForMemRS was a German chemist known for his work in thermodynamics, physical chemistry, electrochemistry, and solid state physics. His formulation of the Nernst heat theorem helped pave the way for the third law of thermodynamics, for which he won the 1920 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. He is also known for developing the Nernst equation in 1887.

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Heinz Guderian

Heinz Wilhelm Guderian
First Name Heinz
Last Name Guderian
Born on June 17, 1888
Died on May 14, 1954 (aged 65)

Heinz Wilhelm Guderian was a German general during World War II who, after the war, became a successful memoirist. An early pioneer and advocate of the "blitzkrieg" approach, he played a central role in the development of the panzer division concept. In 1936, he became the Inspector of Motorized Troops.

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Marcel Reich-Ranicki

First Name Marcel
Last Name Reich-Ranicki
Born on June 2, 1920
Died on September 18, 2013 (aged 93)

Marcel Reich-Ranicki was a Polish-born German literary critic and member of the literary group Gruppe 47. He was regarded as one of the most influential contemporary literary critics in the field of German literature and has often been called Literaturpapst in Germany.

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Pola Negri

Apolonia Chalupec
First Name Pola
Last Name Negri
Born on January 3, 1897
Died on August 1, 1987 (aged 90)

Pola Negri was a Polish stage and film actress and singer who achieved worldwide fame during the silent and golden eras of Hollywood and European film for her tragedienne and femme fatale roles and was acknowledged as a sex symbol.

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Anja Antonowicz

First Name Anja
Born on December 22, 1981 (age 42)

Anja Antonowicz is a Polish actress. She appeared in the comedy television series Bao-Bab, czyli zielono mi in 2003. She received a German Television Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress, in 2005, for "Bella Block" in the episode "Die Frau des Teppichlegers". She has also starred in a recurring role in Lindenstraße as Nastya Pashenko.

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Robert Garrison

First Name Robert
Last Name Garrison
Born on July 18, 1872
Died on January 6, 1930 (aged 57)

Robert Garrison was a German-Jewish film actor.

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