List of Famous people born in Poland

Przemysł I, a member of the Piast dynasty, was Duke of Greater Poland from 1239 until his death, from 1241 with his brother Bolesław the Pious as co-ruler. He was able to re-acquire large parts of Greater Poland, ruling as Duke of Poznań and Gniezno from 1247 and, upon several inheritance conflicts with his brother, as Duke of Poznań and Kalisz from 1249, sole Duke of Greater Poland from 1250, and Duke of Poznań from 1253 until his death.

Adam Nergal Darski, often referred to by his stage name Nergal, is a Polish musician and television personality. He is best known as the frontman of extreme metal band Behemoth.

Małgorzata Maria Gersdorf is a Polish lawyer and judge who served as the First President of the Supreme Court of Poland. She was appointed in 2014 and her six-year term ended on 30 April 2020.

Zenon Czechowski was a Polish cyclist. He competed in the individual road race and the team time trial events at the 1968 Summer Olympics.

Nahum Stutchkoff, Yiddish נחם סטוטשקאָװ [nɔxəm (nʊxəm) stʊtʃkɔv], originally Polish Nachum Stuczko or Yiddish נחם סטוטשקאָ [nɔxəm (nʊxəm) stʊtʃkɔ], was a Yiddish-Polish and later Yiddish-American actor, author, lexicographer, and radio host. The largest Yiddish dictionary ever to be finished was compiled by him: the Oytser fun der yidisher shprakh.

Krzysztof Kowalewski was a Polish actor and comedian.

Ruth Lommel (1918–2012) was a German stage and film actress. She was the daughter of the actor Ludwig Manfred Lommel. Her brother Ulli Lommel also became an actor, while another brother Manuel Lommel is a cinematographer.

Sophie of Pomerania (1498–1568) was queen of Denmark and Norway as the spouse of Frederick I. She is known for her independent rule over her fiefs Lolland and Falster, the castles in Kiel and Plön, and several villages in Holstein as queen.

Prince Friedrich Wilhelm of Prussia was a member of the House of Hohenzollern, great-grandson of Frederick William III of Prussia.

Berthold Lasker (also, per birth registry Jonathan Berthold Barnett) was a German physician, writer and chess master.