List of Famous people born in Poland
Anton Denikin
Anton Ivanovich Denikin was a Russian Lieutenant General in the Imperial Russian Army (1916), later served as the Deputy Supreme Ruler of Russia during the Russian Civil War of 1917–1922. He was also a military leader of South Russia.
Piotr Trochowski
Piotr Artur Trochowski is a German professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder. According to his FIFA World Cup 2010 profile he is a playmaker known for "his speed, agility, tricky dribbling and refined technique."
Wolfgang Fürstner
Wolfgang Fürstner was a German Wehrmacht captain who was appointed as commander and later vice-commander of Berlin's Olympic village during the 1936 Summer Olympics.
Eugeniusz Faber
Eugeniusz Faber was a Polish footballer who played as a forward for Ruch Chorzów and Lens.
Ryszard Kalisz
Ryszard Roman Kalisz is a Polish leftist politician and a former member of the Democratic Left Alliance party. In early years he joined the Socialist Union of Polish Students, where he was deputy director of the Main Auditing Committee. He was a member of the communist Polish United Workers' Party) from 1978 until its dissolution in 1990.
Kora
Olga Aleksandra Sipowicz, also known by the mononym of Kora, was a Polish rock vocalist and songwriter. She was the lead singer of the rock band Maanam from 1976 to 2008. Jackowska also provided the voice of Edna Mode in the Polish dubs of both Incredibles films.
Agata Kornhauser-Duda
Agata Kornhauser-Duda is a Polish former teacher and the current First Lady of Poland, as the wife of current President of Poland, Andrzej Duda.
Peter Peschel
Peter Peschel is a German former professional football who played mainly as a midfielder. He was with his family resettled as Aussiedler from Poland to West Germany at the age of five. Peschel was married to a gymnast Magdalena Brzeska, with whom he had two children.
Jan Kulczyk
Jan Jerzy Kulczyk was a Polish billionaire businessman. He was the founder and owner of Kulczyk Holding and an international investment house Kulczyk Investments with headquarters in Luxembourg and offices in London and Kiev. According to Forbes, Kulczyk was the richest Pole at the time of his death.
Kurt Wintgens
Leutnant Kurt Wintgens was a German World War I fighter ace. He was the first military fighter pilot to score a victory over an opposing aircraft, while piloting an aircraft armed with a synchronized machine gun. Wintgens was the recipient of the Iron Cross and the Pour le Mérite.