List of Famous people born in Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland
Julius von Gierke
Olaf Lubaszenko
Olaf Sergiusz Linde-Lubaszenko is a Polish actor and film director. He is the son of Edward Linde-Lubaszenko, who is an actor of German and Swedish descent and Asja Łamtiugina, a Russian actress.
Karel Purkyně
Karel Purkyně was a painter in the Austro-Hungarian Empire. He was one of the most prominent proponents of realism in Czech art in the second half of the 19th century.
Charles II, Duke of Münsterberg-Oels
Charles II of Münsterberg-Oels was Duke of Oels from 1565 to 1617 and Duke of Bernstadt from 1604 to 1617. He also held the titles of Duke of Münsterberg and Count of Glatz. From 1608 to 1617 he was Governor of Silesia under the emperors Rudolf and Matthias.
Rupert II of Lubin
Rupert II of Lüben was a Duke of Lubin (Lüben) and Chojnów (Haynau) since 1419/20 until his death.
Rudolf Hamburger
Rudolf Albert Hamburger was a German Bauhaus-inspired architect. Many of his most important commissions were undertaken in Shanghai where he lived and worked between 1930 and 1936. Late in 1930 his wife was recruited to work for Soviet intelligence: he supported her espionage related activities in various practical ways till their divorce in 1939, after which he became involved with spying for the Soviets on his own account.
Maria Peszek
Maria Teresa Peszek is a Polish singer, songwriter and actor. She embarked on a professional acting career in the early 1990s and went on to appear in over 40 stage plays, as well as a number of feature films and television series. In 2005, Peszek released her debut album, the commercially successful and critically acclaimed Miasto mania, followed by Maria Awaria (2008) and Jezus Maria Peszek (2012) which both topped the Polish albums chart and received favourable reviews. Peszek is noted for controversial lyrics and subjects of her work.
Hildegard von Gierke
Anna of Stolberg-Wernigerode
Countess Anna of Stolberg-Wernigerode was a German noblewoman. She was a deaconess and matron of the Bethanien ("Bethany") hospital in Berlin.
Friedel Apelt
Friedel Apelt was a German political activist, trades union official and politician (KPD/SED). During the Nazi years she participated actively in anti-fascist resistance, and spent much of the time in prison or as a concentration camp internee. After the war she was able to resume her political career in the Soviet occupation zone.