List of Famous people born in Poland
Fayge Ilanit
Fayge Ilanit was a Zionist activist and Israeli politician. She was a granddaughter of Rabbi Shimon Shkop and mother of IDF soldier Uri Ilan.
Jerzy Bińczycki
Jerzy Bińczycki was a Polish stage and film actor. He appeared in 50 films between 1962 and 1998. He starred in the 1975 film Nights and Days, which was entered into the 26th Berlin International Film Festival.
Julie Wolfthorn
Julie Wolfthorn was a German painter. Born as Julie Wolf(f) to a middle-class Jewish family, she later styled herself as Julie Wolfthorn after her city of birth Thorn (Toruń).
Esther Kreitman
Hinde Ester Singer Kreytman, known in English as Esther Kreitman, was a Yiddish-language novelist and short story writer. She was born in Biłgoraj, Congress Poland to a rabbinic Jewish family. Her younger brothers Israel Joshua Singer and Isaac Bashevis Singer subsequently became writers.
Boris Kaufman
Boris Abelevich Kaufman, A.S.C. was a Russian-American cinematographer and the younger brother of filmmakers Dziga Vertov and Mikhail Kaufman.
Anna Polony
Anna Polony is a Polish stage, film and television actress, as well as the stage director and former Prorector of Cracow's Academy of Dramatic Arts. The media dubbed Polony 'the First Lady of Polish Theatre' or 'the Dame of the Polish Theatre".
Siegfried Muehsam
Radosław Pazura
Tomasz Lis
Tomasz Rafał Lis (
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Tomasz Tomiak
Tomasz Piotr Tomiak was a Polish rower. He was born in Nowy Tomyśl.