List of Famous people born in Poland

Maria Naryshkina

First Name Maria
Last Name Naryshkina
Died on September 6, 1854

Maria Antonovna Naryshkina, born Princess Maria Czetwertyńska-Światopełk, was a Polish noblewoman who was the mistress of Tsar Alexander I of Russia for 19 years.

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Gustav Kalixt von Biron

First Name Gustav
Born on January 29, 1780
Died on June 20, 1821 (aged 41)
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Dagmar Nick

First Name Dagmar
Born on May 30, 1926 (age 100)
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Jan Kreczmar

First Name Jan
Last Name Kreczmar
Born on May 6, 1908
Died on August 29, 1972 (aged 64)

Jan Kreczmar was a Polish theatre and film actor.

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Władysław of Legnica

First Name Władysław
Born on June 6, 1296
Died on January 1, 1352 (aged 55)

Władysław of Legnica, was a Duke of Legnica during 1296–1312, of Brzeg and Wrocław during 1296–1311.

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Catherine Opalińska

First Name Catherine
Last Name Opalińska
Born on October 13, 1680
Died on March 19, 1747 (aged 66)

Countess Catherine Opalińska, known as Catherine Opalinska in the French and English languages, was by birth member of House of Opaliński, Queen consort of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth twice and Duchess consort of Lorraine through her marriage with Stanisław I of Poland.

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Aleksander Krupa

First Name Aleksander
Last Name Krupa
Born on March 18, 1947 (age 79)

Aleksander Krupa, often credited as Olek Krupa, is a Polish character actor, active in film and television roles and best known for playing villains and/or criminals, such as in Eraser, Blue Streak, Home Alone 3 as Petr Beaupre and The Italian Job as Mashkov. He also notably portrayed a Bosnian Serb general engaged in genocide against Bosnian Muslims in 2001's Behind Enemy Lines and portrayed the President of Russia in 2010's action thriller film Salt. Krupa continued to have minor roles in many Hollywood movies, such as X-Men: First Class, Hidden Figures, and The Fate of the Furious.

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Elizabeth Richeza of Poland

First Name Elizabeth
Last Name Poland
Born on September 1, 1286
Died on October 18, 1335 (aged 49)

Elizabeth Richeza of Poland, was a Polish princess member of the House of Piast and by her two marriages Queen consort of Bohemia, Poland and Duchess consort of Austria and Styria.

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Henry XI of Legnica

First Name Henry
Last Name Legnica
Born on February 23, 1539
Died on March 3, 1588 (aged 49)

Henry XI of Legnica, was a thrice Duke of Legnica: 1551-1556, 1559–1576 and 1580-1581.

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Constantine, Prince of Hohenzollern-Hechingen

Friedrich Wilhelm Konstantin Hermann Thassilo von Hohenzollern-Hechingen
First Name Constantine,
Born on February 16, 1801
Died on September 3, 1869 (aged 68)

Constantin, Prince of Hohenzollern-Hechingen, was the last Prince of Hohenzollern-Hechingen. Constantine was the only child of Frederick, Prince of Hohenzollern-Hechingen and his wife, Princess Pauline of Courland, the daughter of the last Duke of Courland, Peter von Biron.

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