List of Famous people born in Poland
Max Friedlaender
Max Friedlaender was a German bass singer, music editor, and musicologist. He specialized in German Lieder.
Sonya Golden Hand
Sofia Ivanovna Blyuvshtein, was a female con artist who lived in the Russian Empire and was eventually convicted of theft. She committed several carefully planned robberies, and was eventually captured and exiled to the Sakhalin penal colony. She became the basis of several books and films, in which she is romanticized as a Robin Hood figure, who never killed, and who stole only from the rich.
Holger Czukay
Holger Czukay was a German musician, probably best known as a co-founder of the krautrock group Can. Described as "successfully bridg[ing] the gap between pop and the avant-garde", Czukay was also notable for having created early important examples of ambient music, for having explored "world music" well before the term was coined, and for having been a pioneer of sampling.
Casimir Pulaski
Kazimierz Michał Władysław Wiktor Pułaski of Ślepowron was a Polish nobleman, soldier and military commander who has been called, together with his counterpart Michael Kovats de Fabriczy, "the father of the American cavalry."
Fritz Laband
Fritz Laband was a German footballer. He was born in Hindenburg.
Margaret
Małgorzata Jamroży, known professionally as Margaret, is a Polish singer and songwriter. She rose to prominence in her native country in 2013, and achieved moderate chart success in some European territories with her singles "Thank You Very Much" (2013) and "Cool Me Down" (2016). After signing an international record deal with Warner Music in 2016, she became particularly successful in Sweden, and participated in the country's music competition Melodifestivalen in two consecutive years with the songs "In My Cabana" and "Tempo", respectively.
Tomasz Schafernaker
Tomasz Schafernaker is a Polish-British meteorologist for BBC Weather.
Zbigniew Rau
Zbigniew Rau is a Polish politician, lawyer, diplomat and the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Poland since 26 August 2020. He previously served as the voivode and governor of Łódź Voivodeship from 8 December 2015 to 11 November 2019.
Anja Antonowicz
Anja Antonowicz is a Polish actress. She appeared in the comedy television series Bao-Bab, czyli zielono mi in 2003. She received a German Television Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress, in 2005, for "Bella Block" in the episode "Die Frau des Teppichlegers". She has also starred in a recurring role in Lindenstraße as Nastya Pashenko.
Heinrich George
Georg August Friedrich Hermann Schulz, better known as Heinrich George, was a German stage and film actor.