List of Famous people born in Poland

Wojciech Gerson was a leading Polish painter of the mid-19th century, and one of the foremost representatives of the Polish school of Realism during the foreign Partitions of Poland. He served as long-time professor of the School of Fine Arts in Warsaw, and taught future luminaries of Polish neo-romanticism including Józef Chełmoński, Leon Wyczółkowski, Władysław Podkowiński, Józef Pankiewicz and Anna Bilińska-Bohdanowiczowa among others. He also wrote art-reviews and published a book of anatomy for the artists. A large number of his paintings were stolen by Nazi Germany in World War II, and never recovered.

Zygmunt Denis Antoni Jordan de Stojowski was a Polish pianist and composer.

Ernst von Klipstein was a German film and television actor. von Klipstein became a prominent actor during the Nazi era, appearing in a large number of action films.

Henryk Marian Tomasik is the current bishop of Radom since his installation on 14 November 2009. He previously served as Auxiliary Bishop of Siedlce.

Johannes Pfuhl was a German sculptor.