List of Famous people born in Lublin province, Poland
Henio Zytomirski
Henio Zytomirski was a Polish Jew born in Lublin, Poland, who was murdered at the age of 9 in a gas chamber at Majdanek concentration camp during the German Nazi occupation of Poland. Henio became an icon of the Holocaust, not only in Lublin but all over Poland. His life story became a part of the curriculum taught in the general education system in Poland. The "Letters to Henio" project has been held in Lublin since 2005. Henio Zytomirski is one of the heroes of "The Primer" permanent exhibition at barrack 53 of the Majdanek Museum, an exhibition dedicated to children held in the camp.
Patryk Chojnowski
Patryk Chojnowski is a para table tennis player who competes for Poland. He is currently world number one in his sports class category. He is a Paralympic champion, four-time World champion and eight-time European champion.
Julia Hartwig
Julia Hartwig-Międzyrzecka was a Polish writer, poet and translator, considered to be one of Poland's most important poets.
Nina Petrovna Khrushcheva
Nina Petrovna Khrushcheva was the second wife of the Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev.
Johannes Zukertort
Johannes Hermann Zukertort was a Polish-German-British chess master. He was one of the leading world players for most of the 1870s and 1880s, but lost to Wilhelm Steinitz in the World Chess Championship 1886, which is generally regarded as the first World Chess Championship match. He was also defeated by Steinitz in 1872 in an unofficial championship.
Witold Pyrkosz
Witold Pyrkosz was a Polish actor.
Józef Mélèze-Modrzejewski
Joseph Mélèze-Modrzejewski was a Polish-French historian and professor of ancient history at the Pantheon-Sorbonne University.
Hieronim Florian Radziwiłł
Prince Hieronim Florian Radziwiłł Polish pronunciation (1715–1760) was a Polish–Lithuanian szlachcic.
Joanna Pacuła
Joanna Pacuła is a Polish-American actress and model. Born in Tomaszów Lubelski and emigrating to the United States in the early 1980s, she first gained prominence through her modeling work for Vogue. Her breakthrough performance in the 1983 film Gorky Park earned her a Golden Globe nomination for Best Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture. In the years since, she established herself as a prolific character actress, appearing in numerous high-profile films and television series.
Katarzyna Kiedrzynek
Katarzyna Kiedrzynek is a Polish professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for VfL Wolfsburg and the Poland national team.