List of Famous people born in Poland
Jadwiga Barańska
Jadwiga Barańska is a Polish actress and screenwriter. Jadwiga Barańska is married to Polish director Jerzy Antczak and the mother of Mikołaj Antczak, born in 1964.
Małgosia Bela
Małgosia Bela is a Polish fashion model and actress. She made her debut as a runway model for Comme des Garçons, Givenchy, and Balenciaga in 1998, and appeared in various photoshoots for Vogue. In 2004, she made her film debut in the Polish film Ono, and in 2018 appeared in Luca Guadagnino's remake Suspiria.
Jan Kazimierz Denhoff
Jan Kazimierz Denhoff (1649–1697) was a Polish cardinal from 1686, Abbot of the Mogiła Abbey in 1666, canon of Warsaw, Dean of Płock, a canon of Kraków in 1681 and Bishop of Cesena in 1688. He is the author of several theological works.
Lucyna Winnicka
Lucyna Winnicka was a Polish actress. She appeared in 21 films between 1954 and 1978. She played the lead role in the film Mother Joan of the Angels, which won the Special Jury Prize at the 1961 Cannes Film Festival. In 1967 she was a member of the jury of the 5th Moscow International Film Festival.
Ewa Błaszczyk
Ewa Błaszczyk is a Polish actress. She has made over 35 appearances in film and television. She starred in Krzysztof Kieślowski's Dekalog: Nine and in the 1980s TV series Zmiennicy.
Stanisław Przybyszewski
Stanisław Przybyszewski was a Polish novelist, dramatist, and poet of the decadent naturalistic school. His drama is associated with the Symbolist movement. He wrote both in German and in Polish.
Edward Marczewski
Edward Marczewski was a Polish mathematician. He was born Szpilrajn but changed his name while hiding from Nazi persecution.
Avraham Stern
Avraham Stern, alias Yair was one of the leaders of the Jewish paramilitary organization Irgun. In September 1940, he founded a breakaway militant Zionist group named Lehi, called the "Stern Gang" by the British authorities and by the mainstream in the Yishuv Jewish establishment.
Jean de Reszke
Jean de Reszke was a Polish tenor and opera star.
Andy Hopper
Andrew Hopper is Treasurer and Vice-President of the Royal Society, Professor of Computer Technology, former Head of the University of Cambridge Department of Computer Science and Technology, an Honorary Fellow of Trinity Hall, Cambridge and Corpus Christi College, Cambridge and serial entrepreneur.