List of Famous people born in Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship, Poland
Marika Domińczyk
Marika Domińczyk is a Polish-American actress who became best known in the United States for her role as Dr. Eliza Minnick on Grey's Anatomy, which she originated in its thirteenth season.
Joseph Schleifstein
Joseph Schleifstein is a Polish-born American who survived the Buchenwald concentration camp at the age of four. He was hidden by his father in a large sack, enabling him to avoid detection by SS guards when arriving at the camp. Other prisoners helped his father keep him hidden and Schleifstein survived until the Americans liberated the camp. After the war, Schleifstein and his parents emigrated to the United States. He did not discuss his wartime experiences for decades, even with his children. His case was discovered by chance in 1999 with the anniversary of the movie Life is Beautiful being celebrated. It was discovered Schleifstein's story was inspiration for the script. This led to a search for him and an eventual newspaper interview.
Wiesław Gołas
Wiesław Gołas was a Polish actor and Armia Krajowa soldier. He was cast in the role of Tomasz Czereśniak in Czterej pancerni i pies, a widely popular TV series set during World War II. He appeared in a number of films, including Ogniomistrz Kaleń (1961) and Dzięcioł (1970).
Krystyna Janda
Krystyna Jolanta Janda is a Polish film and theater actress best known internationally for playing leading roles in several films by Polish director Andrzej Wajda, including Man of Marble and Man of Iron.
Andrzej Schinzel
Andrzej Bobola Maria Schinzel is a Polish mathematician, studying mainly number theory.
Karol Bielecki
Karol Bielecki is a former Polish handball player who played for the Polish national team.
Czesław Olech
Czesław Olech was a Polish mathematician. He was a representative of the Kraków school of mathematics, especially the differential equations school of Tadeusz Ważewski.
Barbara Jagiellon
Barbara Jagiellon was a Polish princess member of the Jagiellonian dynasty and by marriage Duchess of Saxony.
Jerzy Sebastian Lubomirski
Prince Jerzy Sebastian Lubomirski was a Polish noble (szlachcic), magnate, politician and military commander. Lubomirski was a Prince of the Holy Roman Empire SRI. He was the initiator of the Lubomirski Rebellion of 1665–1666.
Mikołaj Krzysztof "the Orphan" Radziwiłł
Prince Mikołaj Krzysztof Radziwiłł and nicknamed "the Orphan", was a Polish–Lithuanian nobleman (szlachcic), Ordynat of Nyasvizh from 1586, Court Marshal of Lithuania from 1569, Grand Marshal of Lithuania from 1579, castellan of Trakai from 1586, voivode of Trakai Voivodeship from 1590, voivode of Vilnius Voivodeship from 1604 and governor of Šiauliai. After the treaty at Vienna in 1515 all Radziwills were Imperial Princes and he held a position as Imperial Prince of the Holy Roman Empire.