List of Famous people born in Poland
Albert Barillé
Albert Barillé was a French television producer, creator, screenwriter, cartoonist, and founder of Procidis. He is the creator of the puppet animated series Les Aventures de Colargol, and the series Once Upon a Time.... He was also an author of medical documentaries, theater pieces, and popularized philosophy.
Borys Szyc
Borys Michał Szyc-Michalak is a Polish actor and musician.
Kurt Sanderling
Kurt Sanderling, CBE was a German conductor.
Isaac Berenblum
Isaac Berenblum, was an Israeli biochemist.
Jerzy Mazur
Jerzy Mazur is a Polish Roman Catholic bishop, being the head of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Ełk since 2003. He was previously a missionary, as well as a bishop in Siberia and the titular bishop of Tabunia.
Heidemarie Steiner
Heidemarie Steiner married Walther, is a German figure skating coach and former competitor. She competed in pair skating and ladies singles.
Andrzej Olechowski
Andrzej Marian Olechowski (
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Andrzej Maria Deskur
Andrzej Maria Deskur was President emeritus of the Pontifical Council for Social Communications and a Cardinal of the Catholic Church.
Wlodzimierz Roman Juszczak
Włodzimierz Roman Juszczak OSBM is the current bishop ordinary of the Wrocław-Gdańsk Eparchy of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church.
Stanisław Ryłko
Stanisław Marian Ryłko is a Polish Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He held positions in the Roman Curia beginning in 1987 and was president of the Pontifical Council for the Laity from 2003 to 2016. He was made a cardinal in 2007. He has been Archpriest of the Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore since 28 December 2016.