List of Famous people born in Poland

Bolesław the Pious was a Duke of Greater Poland during 1239–1247, Duke of Kalisz during 1247–1249, Duke of Gniezno during 1249–1250, Duke of Gniezno-Kalisz during 1253–1257, Duke of whole Greater Poland and Poznań during 1257–1273, in 1261 ruler over Ląd, regent of the Duchies of Mazovia, Płock and Czersk during 1262–1264, ruler over Bydgoszcz during 1268–1273, Duke of Inowrocław during 1271–1273, and Duke of Gniezno-Kalisz from 1273 until his death.

Andrzej Bartkowiak, A.S.C. is a Polish cinematographer and director.

Agata Tuszynska is a Polish writer, poet and journalist.

Aleksander Benedykt Stanisław Sobieski was a Polish prince, nobleman, diplomat, writer, scholar and the son of John III Sobieski, King of Poland, and his wife, Marie Casimire Louise de la Grange d'Arquien.

Prince Adam Kazimierz Czartoryski was an influential Polish aristocrat, writer, literary and theater critic, linguist, traveller and statesman. He was a great patron of arts and a candidate for the Polish crown. He was educated in England and after his return to Poland in 1758, he became a member of the Sejm (parliament), Crown General of Podolia and Marshal of General Confederation of Kingdom of Poland.

Krzysztof Szydłowiecki (1467–1532) was a Polish noble (szlachcic), magnate, Count of Szydłowiec.

Kazimierz Damazy Moczarski was a Polish writer and journalist, officer of the Polish Home Army. Kazimierz Moczarski is primarily known for his book Conversations with an Executioner, a series of interviews with a fellow inmate of the notorious UB secret police prison under Stalinism, the Nazi war criminal Jürgen Stroop, who was soon to be executed. Thrown in jail in 1945 and pardoned eleven years later during Polish October, Moczarski spent four years on death row (1952–56), and was tried three times as an enemy of the state while in prison.

Prince Augustyn Józef Czartoryski was a Polish noble (szlachcic). He was the son of Prince Adam Ludwik Czartoryski and Countess Maria Ludwika Krasińska.

Wiesław Ksawery Rudkowski was a Polish boxer and Olympic silver medalist. He lost the gold medal match to Dieter Kottysch.

Krystyna Zachwatowicz-Wajda is a Polish scenographer, costume designer and actress. She is a daughter of architect and restorer Jan Zachwatowicz and Maria Chodźko h. Kościesza, and wife of film director Andrzej Wajda. Member of the Polish Film Academy. She is a co-founder of Centre of Japanese Art and Technology "Manggha" in Kraków.