List of Famous people born in Poland

Henry Wenceslaus, Duke of Oels-Bernstadt was Duke of Bernstadt from 1617 until his death. He also used the titles of Duke of Münsterberg and Count of Glatz, although he never ruled those territories. From 1629 to 1639 he was Governor of Silesia.

Jadwiga Chojnacka was a Polish film actress. She appeared in more than 30 films between 1948 and 1989.

Pawel Edelman is a Polish cinematographer from Łódź, known for his collaborations with acclaimed directors Roman Polanski and Andrzej Wajda. He was named Best European Cinematographer in 2002 at the European Film Awards for his work on The Pianist, for which he also won the César Award for Best Cinematography. He was nominated for an Academy Award and a BAFTA for the same film. He also received a nomination for Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography from the American Society of Cinematographers for Ray. His credits include films both in and outside Poland.

Maurice Bloomfield, Ph.D., LL.D. was an Austrian-born American philologist and Sanskrit scholar.

Jerzy Zelnik is a Polish actor. He has appeared in 57 films and television shows since 1963. He was awarded the Badge of Merit in Culture (1997) and Knight's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta (2007).

Friedrich Wilhelm Ludwig Schubart was a German ancient historian. He was leading authority in the field of papyrology.

Vytautas Bacevičius was a Lithuanian composer of radical and modernistic leanings. Most of his works are in an atonal idiom of his own devising. He developed a theory of 'cosmic music' and came to regard Schoenberg's 12-note music as out-dated, regarding himself as a successor to Scriabin, André Jolivet and Varèse.

Margarete "Grete" Wittkowski was a German economist and politician. Between 1961 and 1967 she served as deputy chair of the East German Council of Ministers, the only woman ever to hold this post. Between 1967 and 1974, she served as President of the East German National Bank.

Alexander Camaro was a German artist (painter) and dancer.