List of Famous people born in West Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland
Fritz Sänger
Dariusz Zięba
Chava Alberstein
Chava Alberstein is an Israeli singer, lyricist, composer, and musical arranger.
Agata Kulesza
Agata Kulesza-Figurska is a Polish film, television and stage actress, and a member of the Polish Film Academy. In 2013, she appeared in the critically acclaimed Ida. She was a contestant in season eight of Polish-version Dancing with the Stars in 2008. She gained wide popularity in mass media after winning the competition. Kulesza was also the first winner of the show who donated the prize to charity.
Elisabeth Cruciger
Elisabeth Cruciger, a German writer, was the first female poet and hymnwriter of the Protestant Reformation and a friend of Martin Luther.
Aleksander Wolszczan
Aleksander Wolszczan (
listen) is a Polish astronomer. He is the co-discoverer of the first extrasolar planets and pulsar planets.
Angelika Zahrnt
Andrzej Sypytkowski
Andrzej Sypytkowski is a Polish former racing cyclist. He won the silver medal in the team time trial at the 1988 Summer Olympics and finished 6th in the road race at the 1992 Summer Olympics.
Karl-Heinz Marbach
Karl-Heinz Marbach was a German officer who served in the Kriegsmarine, the navy of Nazi Germany, during World War II, and later in the West German Navy. From 1950 to 1959 he was Principal Agent of the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency-funded network with the codename LCCASSOCK, which was one of CIA's Psychological warfare efforts directed against Eastern Germany.
Paul Brasack
The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross and its variants were the highest awards in the military of the Third Reich during World War II. The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded for a wide range of reasons and across all ranks, from successful military leadership to extreme battlefield bravery. A total of 7,321 awards were made between its first presentation on 30 September 1939 and its last bestowal on 17 June 1945. This number is based on the analysis and acceptance of the order commission of the Association of Knight's Cross Recipients (AKCR). Presentations were made to members of the three military branches of the Wehrmacht—the Heer (Army), Kriegsmarine (Navy) and Luftwaffe —as well as the Waffen-SS, the Reichsarbeitsdienst and the Volkssturm. There were also 43 recipients in the military forces of allies of the Third Reich.