List of Famous people born in Poland
Ludwig Geiger
Ludwig Geiger was a German author and historian.
Stephen Sulyk
Stephen Sulyk was a Ukrainian-American hierarch who was an archbishop of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church. He died during the COVID-19 pandemic due to complications brought on by COVID-19.
Maciej Kozłowski
Maciej Kozlowski was a Polish actor, mostly known for his roles in Kingsajz, Psy, Kiler, With Fire and Sword and Schindler's List and the TV series M jak miłość.
Friedrich Wilhelm Eduard Gerhard
Friedrich Wilhelm Eduard Gerhard was a German archaeologist. He was co-founder and secretary of the first international archaeological society.
Gerard Kusz
Gerard Alfons Kusz was a Polish Roman Catholic prelate. He was auxiliary bishop of Opole (1985–1992) and Gliwice (1992–2014).
Abraham Esau
Robert Abraham Esau was a German physicist.
Jürgen Colombo
Jürgen Colombo is a retired track cyclist from West Germany, who won the gold medal in the Men's 4000m Team Pursuit at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, alongside Günther Schumacher, Günter Haritz, and Udo Hempel.
Jan Lenica
Jan Lenica was a Polish graphic designer and cartoonist.
Dariusz Wdowczyk
Dariusz Wdowczyk is a Polish football player and coach, who was previously the manager of Piast Gliwice. He played for Gwardia Warszawa, Legia Warsaw, Celtic, Reading, and Polonia Warsaw. He has subsequently carved out a career in football management. In the 2005/06 season he led Legia Warsaw to the league title.
Bruno Duday
Bruno Duday was a German film producer. After military service during the First World War Duday worked for many years at Germany's largest studio UFA where he oversaw several films of the Swedish star Zarah Leander including To New Shores (1937). Duday was head of a production unit, under the overall control of studio head Ernst Hugo Correll. When the Second World War began he resigned from UFA and volunteered for military service. He was in charge of a POW camp. Following his later capture by Allied forces at the end of the war, he suffered from ill health and died in Berlin in 1946. He was married several times including to the Hungarian actress Maria von Tasnady.