List of Famous people born in Poland

Hermann Karsten was a German physicist and mineralogist. He was the son of mineralogist Karl Johann Bernhard Karsten (1782–1853) and a cousin to botanist Gustav Karl Wilhelm Hermann Karsten (1817–1908).

Tadeusz Schmidt was a Polish film actor. He appeared in more than 40 films between 1942 and 1976.

Wojciech Michał Olejniczak is a Polish leftist politician and member of the European Parliament.

Hans Krüger was a former member of the NSDAP party and other Nazi organizations who served as an SS judge in occupied Poland during the Second World War. After the war he became West German politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU). He served as Federal Minister for Displaced Persons, Refugees and War Victims of the Federal Republic of Germany from 17 October 1963 to 7 February 1964, in the First Cabinet of Chancellor Ludwig Erhard, as President of the Federation of Expellees from 1959 to 1964, and as a Member of Parliament from 1957 to 1965. He stepped down from cabinet amid controversy about his war-time background.

Józef Świeżyński was the prime minister of the Kingdom of Poland for a short time — from 23 October 1918 to 4 November 1918.

Friedrich Hermann Schottky was a German mathematician who worked on elliptic, abelian, and theta functions and introduced Schottky groups and Schottky's theorem. He was born in Breslau, Germany and died in Berlin.

Heinz Hopf was a German mathematician who worked on the fields of topology and geometry.

Artur Śliwiński is the 8th Prime Minister of Poland from 28 June – 7 July 1922. In 1915 he had presided over the National Central Committee, which sought Polish independence from partitioning powers.

Antoni Baraniak was a Polish Roman Catholic prelate and professed member from the Salesians of Don Bosco who served as the Archbishop of Poznań from mid-1957 until his death. Baraniak studied in Poland and in Rome prior to his ordination and served as the private aide to Cardinals August Hlond and Stefan Wyszyński; he was devoted to both men and served with both during World War II and the increasing communist repression. He served as a bishop in Gniezno before being appointed as an archbishop though just prior to that was arrested. The communist authorities interrogated and tortured Baraniak while he was imprisoned but remained silent and refused to tell his captors about the activities of prelates.

Bartosz Huzarski is a Polish former professional road bicycle racer, who competed professionally between 2002 and 2016 for the Mróz–Action–UNIQA, ISD–NERI and Bora–Argon 18 teams.