List of Famous people born in Poland

Leo Wiener (1862–1939) was an American historian, linguist, author and translator.

Paweł Jan Zygmunt is a retired Polish speed skater. He was born in Krosno. He competed at the 1994 Winter Olympics, 1998 Winter Olympics, 2002 Winter Olympics and 2006 Winter Olympics. In 2002 in Salt Lake City he placed 14th in men's 5,000 metres and 14th in 10,000 metres. In Turin in 2006 he placed 18th in 5,000 metres.

Bogdan Brunon Wenta is a Polish politician and handball coach and former Polish and German handball player. He has been a member of the Poland men's national handball team in 1981–1994 and Germany men's national handball team in 1997–2000, a participant of the Olympic Games Sydney 2000, five-time Polish Champion, and former head coach of Poland. He has been one of the best handball player in the history of Polish handball. Between 2014-2018 he was a Member of the European Parliament for the Polish Civic Platform. In 2018, he was elected as Mayor of Kielce, having run from his own committee with the endorsement of the Civic Platform.

Miroslaw Balka is a contemporary Polish sculptor and video artist. He graduated from the Warsaw Academy of Fine Arts in 1985. He currently works in Otwock and Warsaw, Poland.

Marion Anthony Zioncheck was an American politician who served as a member of the United States House of Representatives from 1933 until his death. He represented Washington's 1st congressional district as a Democrat.