List of Famous people born in Poland

Joachim Halupczok was a Polish racing cyclist. He won the silver medal in the team time trial at the 1988 Summer Olympics along with Andrzej Sypytkowski, Marek Leśniewski and Zenon Jaskuła.

Paulina Agata Brzeźna-Bentkowska is a Polish professional road racing cyclist riding for Polish team TKK Pacific Toruń.

Marek Janowski is a Polish-born German conductor. He is currently chief conductor of the Dresden Philharmonic.

Jan Stanisław Jankowski was a Polish politician, an important figure in the Polish civil resistance during World War II and a Government Delegate at Home. Arrested by the NKVD, he was sentenced in the Trial of the Sixteen and murdered in a Soviet prison.

Andrzej Strejlau is a retired Polish football and handball player.

Jan Śniadecki was a Polish mathematician, philosopher, and astronomer at the turn of the 18th and 19th centuries.

Count Károly Vécsey de Hernádvécse et Hajnácskeő was a honvéd general in the Hungarian Army. He was executed for his part in the Hungarian Revolution of 1848, and is considered one of the 13 Martyrs of Arad.

Magdalena Cielecka is a Polish film and theatre actress.

Stefan Majewski is a retired Polish footballer and football manager. He was born in Bydgoszcz.

Ludwig Philipp Scharwenka was a German composer and teacher of music. He was the older brother of Xaver Scharwenka.