Born on Poland
15 famous people found
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Wernher von Braun
German and American aerospace engineer and space architect
1912 - 1977 -
Lech WALESA
Polish statesman, dissident, union organizer, and Nobel Peace Prize laureate
1943 -
Marie CURIE
French-Polish chemist and physicist
1867 - 1934 -
JEAN-PAUL II
Head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State from 1978 until his death in 2005
1920 - 2005 -
Frédéric CHOPIN
Polish composer and virtuoso pianist
1810 - 1849 -
Bronislaw KOMOROWSKI
Polish politician and historian who served as President of Poland from 2010 to 2015
1952 -
Pola NEGRI
Polish stage and film actress and singer
1897 - 1987 -
Irena SENDLER
Polish humanitarian, social worker, and nurse
1910 - 2008 -
Isaac Bashevis Singer
Polish-born American Jewish writer
1902 - 1991 -
Alexander VON FALKENHAUSEN
German general and war criminal
1878 - 1966 -
Edward Bernard RACZYNSKI
Polish diplomat, writer, politician and President of Poland in exile between 1979 and 1986
1891 - 1993 -
Alexandre COLONNA WALEWSKI
Polish and French politician and diplomat, the (unacknowledged) illegitimate son of Napoleon I by his mistress, Countess Marie Walewska
1810 - 1868 -
Marian Kukiel
Polish major general, historian, social and political activist
1885 - 1972 -
Marie Wilbouchewitch-Nageotte
French physician
1864 - 1941 -
SAINT CASIMIR
Prince of the Kingdom of Poland and of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania
1458 - 1484