List of Famous people born in Poland

Walther Oskar Ernst Amelung was a German classical archaeologist who was a native of Stettin. Amelung specialized in investigations of ancient Greek and Roman sculpture.

Heinrich John Rickert was a German philosopher, one of the leading neo-Kantians.

Janusz Gerard Pyciak-Peciak is a Polish modern pentathlete, Olympic champion and several times world champion.

Friedrich Daniel Ernst Schleiermacher was a German Reformed theologian, philosopher, and biblical scholar known for his attempt to reconcile the criticisms of the Enlightenment with traditional Protestant Christianity. He also became influential in the evolution of higher criticism, and his work forms part of the foundation of the modern field of hermeneutics. Because of his profound effect on subsequent Christian thought, he is often called the "Father of Modern Liberal Theology" and is considered an early leader in liberal Christianity. The neo-orthodoxy movement of the twentieth century, typically seen to be spearheaded by Karl Barth, was in many ways an attempt to challenge his influence. As a philosopher he was a leader of German Romanticism.

Mariusz Duda is a Polish musician and composer best known as the bassist and vocalist in the band Riverside.

Ferdinand Julius Cohn was a German biologist. He is one of the founders of modern bacteriology and microbiology.

Marcin Dunin Sulgostowski of Łabędź coat of arms was archbishop of Poznań and Gniezno, primate of Poland.

Michał Tomasz Kamiński is a Polish politician and a member of the Senate with the Union of European Democrats. He was chairman of the European Conservatives and Reformists in the European Parliament from July 2009 until March 2011.

Bruno Mondi was a German cameraman and director of photography.

Paul Nikolaus von Falkenhorst was a German general and a war criminal during World War II. He planned and commanded the German invasion of Denmark and Norway in 1940, and was commander of German troops during the occupation of Norway from 1940 to 1944.