List of Famous people born in Poland

Israel Nathan Herstein was a mathematician, appointed as professor at the University of Chicago in 1951. He worked on a variety of areas of algebra, including ring theory, with over 100 research papers and over a dozen books.

Zbigniew Ciesielski was a Polish mathematician, specializing in functional analysis and probability theory.

Tomasz Sapryk is a Polish actor. He appeared in the television series Aby do świtu... in 1992 and in the film The Hexer in 2002. In 2007, he won a Polish Film Award Eagle for Best Supporting Actor in Sztuczki.

Hanna-Renate Laurien was a German politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU).

Jan Jakub Kolski is a Polish film director, cinematographer, and writer.

Mikołaj Górecki is a Polish composer. He is the son of the composer Henryk Górecki (1933-2010). In 1995 he graduated with honours in composition from the Music Academy in Katowice. In 1996, he received two scholarships from The Banff Centre for the Arts in Canada. In 2000 he received a doctorate in composition from Indiana University, Bloomington in the United States. In 2001-2002 he lectured at McGill University in Montreal. He currently lives and works in the United States.