List of Famous people born in Poland
Janusz Aleksander Sanguszko
Janusz Aleksander Sanguszko was a magnate in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. He held the titles of miecznik and Court Marshal of Lithuania.
Jolanta Kwaśniewska
Jolanta Kwaśniewska is a Polish lawyer and charity activist who was First Lady of Poland between 1995 and 2005, as the wife of the then President Aleksander Kwaśniewski.
Brigitte Janner
Louise Elisabeth of Württemberg-Oels
Louise Elisabeth of Württemberg-Oels, was a Duchess of Württemberg-Oels by birth and by marriage Duchess of Saxe-Merseburg-Lauchstädt. In 1709, she revived the Ducal Württemberg-Oels Order of the Skull as a chivalric order for ladies.
Bruno Cassirer
Bruno Cassirer was a publisher and gallery owner in Berlin who had a considerable influence on the cultural life of the city.
Krzysztof Opaliński
Krzysztof Opaliński was a Polish nobleman, politician, writer, satirist and Governor of Poznań. A notable figure during the Swedish Deluge, Opaliński was a skilled diplomat who opposed King John II Casimir and published many of his works concerning the daily political or social matters in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth.
Anna Emilie of Anhalt-Köthen-Pleß
Monika Gabriel
Władysław Bartoszewski
Władysław Bartoszewski was a Polish politician, social activist, journalist, writer and historian. A former Auschwitz concentration camp prisoner, he was a World War II resistance fighter as part of the Polish underground and participated in the Warsaw Uprising. After the war he was persecuted and imprisoned by the communist Polish People's Republic due to his membership in the Home Army and opposition activity.
Stanisław Ernest Denhoff
Stanisław Michał Ernest Denhoff was a Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth aristocrat, Grand Master of the Hunt of Lithuania, Grand Chorąży of the Crown (1704–1721), voivode of Połock (1721–1728), politician and a military commander.