List of Famous people born in Poland
George II of Brieg
George II of Brieg, was a Duke of Brzeg from 1547 until his death.
Paweł Kukiz
Paweł Piotr Kukiz is a Polish politician, singer and actor. He is the leader of Kukiz'15, a non-partisan political alliance campaigning for single-member districts, and was a candidate in the 2015 presidential election, in which he received 21% of the votes in the first round of the elections, finishing third. Since 2015 Kukiz is a member of Polish parliament. He is a co-leader of the Polish Coalition.
Henry II, Duke of Münsterberg-Oels
Henry II of Münsterberg-Oels was from 1536 to 1542 Duke of Münsterberg and of Oels (Oleśnica) and from 1542 to 1548 Duke of Bernstadt (Bierutów). He also held the title of Count of Glatz (Kladsko), though he never actually ruled the County itself.
Orest Subtelny
Orest Subtelny was a Ukrainian-Canadian historian. Born in Kraków, Poland, he received his doctorate from Harvard University in 1973. Since 1982, he was a professor in the departments of history and political science at York University in Toronto.
Mieczysław Weinberg
Mieczysław Weinberg was a Polish-born Soviet composer. Ever since a revival concert series in the 2010 Bregenz Festival in Austria, his music has been increasingly described as "some of the most individual and compelling music of the twentieth century". Weinberg's output was extensive, encompassing 26 symphonies, 17 string quartets, nearly 30 sonatas for various instruments, 7 operas, and numerous film scores.
Konstanty Adam Czartoryski
Prince Konstanty Adam Czartoryski was a Polish nobleman. Colonel since 1809 in the Duchy of Warsaw and Brigadier General since 1815 in Congress Poland.
Edgar Moron
Edgar Moron is a German politician for the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD). He served in the Landtag of North Rhine-Westphalia for twenty years, from 1990 to 2010, reaching the position of 1st Vice President in 2005.
Ortwin Runde
Ortwin Runde is a German politician from the Social Democratic party. He was the First Mayor of the Free and Hanseatic City Hamburg from 1997 to 2001.
Edward Raczyński
Count Edward Raczyński, of the Nałęcz coat-of-arms was a Polish conservative politician, protector of arts, founder of the Raczyński Library in Poznań.
Grand Duke Vyacheslav Constantinovich of Russia
Grand Duke Vyacheslav Konstantinovich of Russia,, was a Romanov grand duke and the youngest son of Grand Duke Konstantin Nikolayevich of Russia and his wife Princess Alexandra of Saxe-Altenburg. The English form of his first name is Wenceslas.