List of Famous people born in Poland

Bronisław Malinowski

First Name Bronisław
Died on May 16, 1942

Bronisław Kasper Malinowski was an anthropologist whose writings on ethnography, social theory, and field research were a lasting influence on the discipline of anthropology.

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Sigismund Casimir of Poland

First Name Sigismund
Born on April 1, 1640
Died on August 9, 1647 (aged 7)

Sigismund Casimir, Crown Prince of Poland, was a Polish prince and the only legitimate son of King Ladislaus IV and his first wife Queen Cecilia Renata. He was named after his grandfather Sigismund III, and uncle John Casimir.

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Jacek Woźniakowski

First Name Jacek
Born on April 23, 1920
Died on November 29, 2012 (aged 92)
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Jan Łaski

First Name Jan
Last Name Łaski
Born on January 1, 1499
Died on January 8, 1560 (aged 61)

Jan Łaski or Johannes à Lasco was a Polish Reformed reformer. Owing to his influential work in England during the English Reformation, he is known to the English-speaking world by the Anglicised form John à Lasco.

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Rupert II of Lubin

First Name Rupert
Last Name Lubin
Died on August 24, 1431


Rupert II of Lüben was a Duke of Lubin (Lüben) and Chojnów (Haynau) since 1419/20 until his death.

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Anna Maria Jopek

First Name Anna
Last Name Jopek
Born on December 14, 1970 (age 55)

Anna Maria Jopek is a Polish vocalist, songwriter, and improviser. She represented her country in the 1997 Eurovision Song Contest, with the song "Ale jestem" and finished 11th out of 25 participating acts; and in 2002, she collaborated on an album with jazz guitarist Pat Metheny. She has received numerous awards for her music, including Michel Legrand's Personal Award in Vitebsk in 1994, as well as all of the awards for music in Poland, together with gold and platinum records.

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Christopher von Dohna

First Name Christopher
Last Name Dohna
Died on July 1, 1637

Burgrave Christopher von Dohna was a German politician and scholar during the time of the Thirty Years' War. He came from the Prussian family of the Burgraves of Dohna.

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Johannes Polke

First Name Johannes
Last Name Polke
Born on May 20, 1931
Died on August 7, 2013 (aged 82)
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Władysław Hańcza

First Name Władysław
Born on May 18, 1905
Died on November 19, 1977 (aged 72)

Władysław Hańcza (1905–1977) was a Polish actor and theatre director. During World War II he joined an underground theater. After the war he was a lecturer at the State Theatre Academy in Warsaw.

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Jan Liberda

First Name Jan
Last Name Liberda
Born on November 26, 1936
Died on February 6, 2020 (aged 83)

Jan Konrad Liberda was a Polish football forward. Liberda played mostly for one team, Polonia Bytom, where he remained since 1950, until 1969. He ended his career in 1971 at AZ. He twice was the topscorer of the Ekstraklasa, in 1959 with 21 goals, and in 1962 with 16 goals. Also, in 1962, he won championship of Poland. All together, Liberda played in 304 of Polonia's games, scoring 146 goals.

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