List of Poles

Famous Polish or Polish-speaking/writing people:

• Stefan Banach, (1892-1945), mathematician
• Frederic Chopin, (1810-1849), composer
• Nicolaus Copernicus, (in , 1473-1543), astronomer
• Marie Curie, (1867-1934), scientist, Nobel Prize winner (twice)
• Krzysztof Kieslowski, (1941-1996), film director
• Tadeusz Kosciuszko, (1746-1817), military commander
• Stanislaw Lem, (born 1921), science-fiction writer
• Adam Mickiewicz, (1798-1855), poet
• Czeslaw Milosz, poet, Nobel Prize winner
• Lech Walesa, (born 1943), trade unionist who started dismantling of the Soviet bloc
• John Paul II, (born 1920), the pope
• Krzysztof Penderecki, (born 1933), composer
• Jozef Pilsudski, (1867-1935), statesman, politician and marshall
• Roman Polanski, film director and actor
• Casimir Pulaski, military commander
• Wladyslaw Reymont, (1867-1925), writer, Nobel Prize winner
• Henryk Sienkiewicz, (1846-1916), writer, Nobel Prize winner
• Waclaw Sierpinski, (1882-1969), mathematician
• Wislawa Szymborska, (born 1923), poetess, Nobel Prize winner
• Alfred Tarski, (1902-1983), mathematician
• Andrzej Wajda, film director

See also:

• Polish literature
• List of Polish composers
• List of Polish painters
• List of Polish language poets
• Polish theater
• Polish film history
• Music in Poland

See also: List of people by nationality