List of Famous people born in Poland
Józef Oleksy
Józef Oleksy (
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Joanna Grudzińska
Joanna Grudzińska was a Polish noble, a Princess of Łowicz and the second wife of Grand Duke Constantine Pavlovich of Russia, the de facto viceroy of the Kingdom of Poland. This marriage cost Constantine the crown of Russia.
Robert Gonera
Robert Gonera is a Polish film, stage and television actor. He played leading roles in Krzysztof Krauze's political drama Street Games and the thriller The Debt, for which he received Best Actor at the Polish Film Awards:Eagles. He became widely known after starring in a record audience television series L for Love aired on TVP2.
Łukasz Bodnar
Łukasz Bodnar is a Polish former road bicycle racer, who competed professionally between 2003 and 2016 for the Intel–Action, CCC–Polsat–Polkowice, Bank BGŻ, and Verva ActiveJet teams. He is the brother of fellow racing cyclist Maciej Bodnar.
Kazimierz Marcinkiewicz
Kazimierz Marcinkiewicz is a Polish conservative politician who served as Prime Minister of Poland from 31 October 2005 to 14 July 2006. He was a member of the Law and Justice party.
Piotr Paziński
Piotr Paziński is a Polish writer. He has written three books: two on James Joyce and his fiction, and a novel Pensjonat, which won the Paszport Polityki award as well as the EU Prize for Literature. He works at the Warsaw-based Jewish magazine Midrash.
Marian Krzaklewski
Marian Krzaklewski is a Polish politician. A member of Solidarity since the 1980s, he was one of the most known and influential Polish politicians in the late 1990s, when he created the Solidarity Electoral Action (AWS). The AWS coalition, especially when it joined forces with Freedom Union, was a major accomplishment in Polish politics, transforming the fragmented post-Solidarity camp into a powerful political force.
Kazimierz Nycz
Kazimierz Nycz is a Polish prelate, a Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He is the current Archbishop of Warsaw, having previously served as Bishop of Koszalin-Kołobrzeg from 2004 to 2007. Pope Benedict XVI elevated Archbishop Nycz to the status of Cardinal in the consistory of 20 November 2010.
Anatoly Reznikov
Jan Krenz
Jan Krenz was a Polish composer and orchestra conductor.