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This is a partial list of notable Polish or Polish-speaking or -writing people. People of partial Polish heritage have their respective ancestries credited ...
Polish polymath Nicolaus Copernicus (1473–1543) formulated a model of the universe that placed the Sun rather than Earth at its center. This is a list of Polish inventors and discoverers. The following incomplete list comprises people from Poland and of Polish origin, and also people of predominantly Polish heritage, in alphabetical order of ...
Konstanty Rokossowski (1896–1968), one of the most prominent Red Army commanders of World War II, Marshal of the Soviet Union and Marshal of Poland, Poland's Defence Minister from 1949 to 1956, born in Warsaw; Adolf Warski (1868–1937), Polish communist leader and journalist; David Shiffman (1923– 1982), Israeli Deputy Minister of Transport
Krzysztof Pastor (born 1956), dancer, choreographer and director of the Polish National Ballet; Barbara Tuge-Erecińska (born 1956), diplomat; Pawel Huelle (born 1957), writer and journalist; Donald Tusk (born 1957), former President of the European Council & Prime Minister of Poland, journalist and historian; Marek Kamiński (born 1964), traveler
Kazimierz Michał Władysław Wiktor Pułaski (Polish: [kaˈʑimjɛʂ puˈwaskʲi] ⓘ; March 4 or 6, 1745 [a] – October 11, 1779), anglicized as Casimir Pulaski (/ ˈ k æ z ɪ m ɪər p ə ˈ l æ s k i / KAZ-im-eer pə-LASK-ee), was a Polish nobleman, [b] soldier, and military commander who has been called "The Father of American cavalry" or "The Soldier of Liberty".
Lists of Polish people by occupation (5 C, 26 P) + Lists of Polish women (3 P) C. Lists of people by city in Poland (7 P) Pages in category "Lists of Polish people"
Maurycy Gottlieb [279] (1856–1879), Jewish Polish painter; Stanisław Zaremba [280] (1863–1942), mathematician and engineer; Ignacy Daszyński (1866–1936), Polish socialist politician, journalist, and the first Prime Minister of the Second Polish Republic; Dagny Juel [281] (1867–1901), Norwegian writer
In 2008, Pudzianowski took part in the 7th season of Dancing with the Stars in his native Poland. [76] He advanced to the final episode, but ultimately finished second, losing to actress Magdalena Walach. [77] Pudzianowski was a contestant in the 1st season of the singing reality show Just the Two of Us in Poland. [78]