List of Famous people born in Poland

Elżbieta Franke-Cymerman

First Name Elżbieta

Born on March 10, 1940 (age 86)

Born in Poland, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship

Height 160 cm | 5'3

Elżbieta Franke-Cymerman is a Polish fencer. She competed in the women's individual and team foil events at the 1968 and 1972 Summer Olympics.

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Jack Tramiel

Juda Jacek Trzmiel

First Name Jack

Last Name Tramiel

Born on December 13, 1928

Died on April 8, 2012 (aged 83)

Born in Poland, Łódź Voivodeship

Jack Tramiel was a Polish American businessman and Holocaust survivor, best known for founding Commodore International. The Commodore PET, Commodore VIC-20 and Commodore 64 are some home computers produced while he was running the company. Tramiel later formed Atari Corporation after he purchased the remnants of the original Atari, Inc. from its parent company.

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Henryk Talar

First Name Henryk

Born on June 25, 1945 (age 81)

Born in Poland, Silesian Voivodeship

Actor

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Henryk Szeryng

First Name Henryk

Born on September 22, 1918

Died on March 3, 1988 (aged 69)

Born in Poland, Masovian Voivodeship

Henryk Szeryng was a Polish violinist.

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Roman Kent

First Name Roman

Last Name Kent

Born on April 18, 1929

Died on May 21, 2021 (aged 92)

Born in Poland, Łódź Voivodeship

Roman R. Kent was a Polish Holocaust survivor. He was a Łódź Ghetto and Auschwitz Concentration Camp inmate. He was president of the International Auschwitz Committee.

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Adrian Zieliński

First Name Adrian

Last Name Zieliński

Born on March 28, 1989 (age 37)

Born in Poland, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship

Height 170 cm | 5'7

Adrian Edward Zieliński is a Polish weightlifter. He is the 2012 Olympic champion in the men's 85 kg category.

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Konrad Emil Bloch

First Name Konrad

Last Name Bloch

Born on January 21, 1912

Died on October 15, 2000 (aged 88)

Born in Poland, Opole Voivodeship

Konrad Emil Bloch, ForMemRS was a German American biochemist. Bloch received the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1964 for discoveries concerning the mechanism and regulation of the cholesterol and fatty acid metabolism.

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Wiesław Banyś

First Name Wiesław

Born on August 30, 1951 (age 75)

Born in Poland, Lesser Poland Voivodeship

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Wacław Kuchar

Wacław Michał Kuchar

First Name Wacław

Born on September 16, 1897

Died on February 13, 1981 (aged 83)

Born in Poland, Podkarpackie Voivodeship

Wacław Michał Kuchar was a Polish sports champion, olympian, and multiple football, track and field and speed skating champion of the country.

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Karol Musioł

First Name Karol

Last Name Musioł

Born on September 30, 1944 (age 82)

Born in Poland, Silesian Voivodeship

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