List of Famous people born in Poland
Abraham Robinson
Abraham Robinson was a mathematician who is most widely known for development of non-standard analysis, a mathematically rigorous system whereby infinitesimal and infinite numbers were reincorporated into modern mathematics. Nearly half of Robinson's papers were in applied mathematics rather than in pure mathematics.
Krzysztof Piesiewicz
Krzysztof Marek Piesiewicz is a Polish lawyer, screenwriter, and politician. From 1991 to 1993 and from 1997 to 2011 he was a member of Polish Senate. He was the head of the Ruch Społeczny (RS) or Social Movement Party.
Hanna Zdanowska
Hanna Elżbieta Zdanowska is a Polish politician. Zdanowska is a member of the Civic Platform and the current city mayor of Łódź since December 13, 2010.
Władysław Stasiak
Władysław Augustyn Stasiak was a senior official and politician of the Republic of Poland.
Krzysztof Kwiatkowski
Krzysztof Kwiatkowski is a Polish lawyer, politician and government official who served as the Minister of Justice of Poland in Cabinet of Donald Tusk from 2009 until 2011, Public Prosecutor General from 2009 until 2010, and as the President of the Supreme Audit Office (NIK) from 2013 until 2019. He was also a member of Senate from 2007 until 2011.
Tadeusz Płoski
Tadeusz Płoski D.Sc., Ph.D. was a Polish military bishop and Major General. He was born in Lidzbark Warmiński.
Kurt Schwaen
Kurt Schwaen was a German composer.
Leszek Miller
Leszek Cezary Miller is a Polish politician. He has served as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) since July 2019.
Israel Joshua Singer
Israel Joshua Singer was a Polish-born Jewish-American novelist who wrote in Yiddish.
Alexandre Chorin
Alexandre Joel Chorin is known for his contributions to computational fluid mechanics, turbulence, and computational statistical mechanics.