List of Famous people born in Poland
Ewa Demarczyk
Ewa Maria Demarczyk was a Polish singer, generally associated with the sung poetry music genre and the Piwnica pod Baranami cabaret.
Friedrich von Ledebur
Friedrich Anton Maria Hubertus Bonifacius Graf von Ledebur-Wicheln was an actor who was known for Moby Dick (1956), Alexander the Great (1955) and Slaughterhouse-Five (1972).
Poldek Pfefferberg
Leopold "Poldek" Pfefferberg, also known as Leopold Page, was a Polish-American Holocaust survivor who inspired the Australian writer Thomas Keneally to write the Booker prize-winning novel Schindler's Ark, which in turn was the basis for Steven Spielberg's critically acclaimed 1993 film Schindler's List.
Günther Anders
Günther Anders was a German philosopher, journalist, essayist and poet.
Władysław Franciszek Jabłonowski
Władysław Franciszek Jabłonowski was a Polish and French general. He is the first known Polish general of African descent.
Thomas Blatt
Thomas "Toivi" Blatt was a Jewish-American Holocaust survivor, writer of mémoires, and public speaker, who at the age of 16 escaped from the Sobibór extermination camp during the uprising staged by the Jewish prisoners in October 1943. The escape was attempted by about 300 inmates, many of whom were recaptured and killed by the German search squads. Following World War II Blatt lived in the Soviet-controlled Poland until the Polish October revolution. In 1957, he emigrated to Israel, and in 1958 settled in the United States.
Ben Wagin
Ben Wagin was a German artist, sculptor, draughtsman, designer, performance artist, author and composer. He ran the Galerie S gallery, and founded the artists' group die Baumpaten which planted trees in cities. He created the installation The Parliament of Trees in Berlin.
Otto Klemperer
Otto Nossan Klemperer was a German-born orchestral conductor and composer, described as "the last of the few really great conductors of his generation."
Adam Nawałka
Adam Nawałka is a retired Polish football former player and current manager, who last managed Lech Poznań.
Dominika Paleta
Dominika Paleta is a Polish-Mexican actress.