List of Famous people born in Poland

Tomasz Świątek

First Name Tomasz
Born on July 26, 1964 (age 61)

Tomasz Świątek is a Polish rower. He competed in the men's quadruple sculls event at the 1988 Summer Olympics, in which Poland won the "B" Final to finish seventh overall.

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Harry Haft

First Name Harry
Last Name Haft
Born on July 28, 1925
Died on November 3, 2007 (aged 82)

Harry Haft was a survivor of the Auschwitz concentration camp where he boxed fellow inmates to survive. He was briefly a professional boxer in post-war Germany, and boxed as a light heavyweight in the United States from 1948–1949.

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Sebastian Schindzielorz

First Name Sebastian
Last Name Schindzielorz
Born on January 21, 1979 (age 47)
Height 180 cm | 5'11

Sebastian Schindzielorz is a Polish-born German former footballer who has previously played for VfL Wolfsburg.

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Gisela Hahn

First Name Gisela
Born on May 13, 1943 (age 83)

Gisela Hahn is a German film actress. She has appeared in more than 40 films since 1964. She was born in Briesen.

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Jerzy Brzęczek

Jerzy Józef Brzęczek is a Polish professional football manager and former player.

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Mary Fairfax

Marie Wein
First Name Mary
Last Name Fairfax
Born on August 15, 1922
Died on September 17, 2017 (aged 95)

Mary Elizabeth Fairfax, was a Polish-born Australian businesswoman and philanthropist. As the third wife of wealthy media proprietor Sir Warwick Fairfax, she became known as Lady Fairfax upon his knighthood in 1967. She inherited most of his vast fortune upon his death in January 1987, becoming one of Australia's richest women.

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Zbigniew Religa

First Name Zbigniew
Born on December 16, 1938
Died on March 8, 2009 (aged 70)

Zbigniew Eugeniusz Religa was a prominent Polish cardiac surgeon and politician.

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Alfred Kerr

First Name Alfred
Born on December 25, 1867
Died on October 12, 1948 (aged 80)

Alfred Kerr was an influential German theatre critic and essayist of Jewish descent, nicknamed the Kulturpapst.

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Henry Morgentaler

First Name Henry
Last Name Morgentaler
Born on March 19, 1923
Died on May 29, 2013 (aged 90)

Henekh "Henry" Morgentaler,, was a Jewish Polish-born Canadian physician and abortion rights advocate who fought numerous legal battles aimed at expanding abortion rights in Canada. As a youth during World War II, Morgentaler was imprisoned at the Łódź Ghetto and later at the Dachau concentration camp.

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Alfred Gomolka

First Name Alfred
Born on July 21, 1942
Died on March 24, 2020 (aged 77)

Alfred Gomolka was a German politician and member of the European Parliament for Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. He also served as the minister president of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern.

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