List of Famous people born in Poland

Konrad IV the Older was a Duke of Oels (Oleśnica), Koźle, half of Bytom and half of Ścinawa during 1412–1416, since 1416 sole ruler over Kąty (Kanth), Bierutów, Prudnik and Syców and since 1417 Bishop of Wrocław and Duke of Nysa.

Louis of Anhalt-Pless was a German prince of the House of Ascania and ruler of the principality of Anhalt-Pless.

George II of Münsterberg-Oels was a Duke of Münsterberg 1536-1542 and Duke of Oels. He also held the title of a Count of Glatz.

Edward Ochab was a Polish communist politician and top leader of Poland between March and October 1956.

Sebastian Boenisch is a Polish professional footballer who plays as a left-back.

Princess Anna Alojza Ostrogska (1600–1654) was a Polish–Lithuanian noblewoman and heiress, known for her great fortune, and famously pious and ascetic lifestyle.

Meir Shamgar was the chief justice of the Israeli Supreme Court from 1983 to 1995.

Mirosława Danuta Wałęsa, is the wife of the former President of Poland Lech Wałęsa. In 1983 she accepted the Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo, Norway on behalf of her husband, who feared, at a time of great political upheaval in the country, that the Polish government might not allow him to return if he travelled to Oslo himself. Lech and Danuta have been married since 8 November 1969 and have eight children.

Adam Michnik is a Polish historian, essayist, former dissident, public intellectual, and editor-in-chief of the Polish newspaper, Gazeta Wyborcza.