Esta es una lista parcial de personas notables de origen polaco o de habla o escritura polaca . Las personas de ascendencia polaca parcial tienen sus respectivos ancestros acreditados.
Física
Química
Biología, medicina
Astronomía
Matemáticas
Ciencias de la Computación
Lingüística
Invención
Ingeniería
Ciencias sociales
Ciencias económicas
Otras ciencias
Historia
- Roman Aftanazy , historiador de las antiguas fronteras orientales y bibliotecario
- Szymon Askenazy , historiador y diplomático
- Marcin Bielski , cronista
- Michał Bobrzyński , historiador y político
- Józef Borzyszkowski , historiador casubio
- Felipe Calímaco
- Alina Cała
- Marek Jan Chodakiewicz
- Piotr Cywinski
- Tadeusz Czacki
- Norman Davies , historiador británico-polaco
- Małgorzata Dąbrowska , historiadora, bizantista
- Jan Długosz , cronista polaco del siglo XV
- María Dzielska
- Marian Kamil Dziewanowski , Polonia, Rusia, Europa moderna
- Karol Estreicher (senior) , padre de la bibliografía polaca
- Stanislaw Estreicher
- Tadeusz Estreicher
- Józef Feldman
- Mieczysław Gębarowicz , historiador del arte, director del museo, custodio de Ossolineum
- Alejandro Gieysztor
- Kazimierz Godłowski , historiador y arqueólogo
- Wladyslaw Grabski
- Romano Grodecki
- Oskar Halecki , historiador de Polonia
- Marceli Handelsman , historiador de Polonia
- Paweł Jasienica , historiador de Polonia
- Jacek Jędruch
- Wincenty Kadłubek , historiador de Polonia del siglo XIII
- Józef Kasparek , constituciones; Época de la Segunda Guerra Mundial
- Stefan Kieniewicz , historia polaca del siglo XIX
- Jerzy Kirchmayer , Levantamiento de Varsovia de 1944
- Jerzy Kolendo , arqueólogo, epigrafista e historiador de la cuenca mediterránea en la antigüedad [7]
- Hugo Kołłątaj , historiador, filósofo y político del siglo XVIII y XIX
- Feliks Koneczny , historia polaca, filosofía social
- Władysław Konopczyński , historia polaca y mundial
- Iwona Korga , historiadora, presidenta del Instituto de América Józef Piłsudski
- Stanisław Kot , historiador, político , diplomático
- Władysław Kozaczuk , historia militar, inteligencia militar, Segunda Guerra Mundial
- Manfred Kridl , historia de la cultura y la literatura polacas
- Marcin Kromer , obispo de Warmia del siglo XVI , secretario de dos reyes polacos e historiador de Polonia.
- Jan Kucharzewski , historiador y político
- Marian Kukiel , historiador militar y político
- Lucyna Kulinska
- Ewa Kurek
- Stanisław Kutrzeba , Polonia, derecho polaco, Cracovia
- Gerard Labuda
- Joachim Lelewel , historiador de Polonia
- Jerzy Jan Lerski
- Dariusz Libionka
- Waclaw Lipinski (1861-1943) fue un poeta y dramaturgo inglés.
- Stanisław Lorentz , historiador del arte
- Czesław Madajczyk , Segunda Guerra Mundial
- Janusz Magnuski , blindados polacos y soviéticos de la Segunda Guerra Mundial
- Tadeusz Manteuffel , medievalista
- Maciej Masłowski , historiador del arte
- Benjamin Mazar (1906-1995), historiador y arqueólogo israelí; presidente de la Universidad Hebrea de Jerusalén
- Maciej Miechowita
- Lidia Milka-Wieczorkiewicz
- Karol Modzelewski
- Esteban Mizwa
- Teodor Narbutt , [8] historiador polaco de Lituania
- Adam Naruszewicz , [9] historiador del siglo XVIII, participante en el Gran Sejm
- Kasper Niesiecki , lexicógrafo jesuita y erudito en heráldica
- Szymon Okolski , historiador del siglo XVII
- Bartosz Paprocki , estudioso de la heráldica polaco y checo
- Michael Alfred Peszke (1932-2015), Fuerzas Armadas de Polonia, Segunda Guerra Mundial
- Tadeusz Piotrowski , historiador de Polonia durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial
- Richard Pipes , historiador polaco-estadounidense de Rusia y la Unión Soviética
- Iwo Cyprian Pogonowski , Segunda Guerra Mundial, relaciones polaco-judías, ingeniero
- Teresa Prekerowa
- Stanisław Salmonowicz , historiador del derecho
- Henryk Samsonowicz , historiador especializado en la Polonia medieval
- Constanza Skirmuntt
- Julian Stachiewicz , historiador militar
- Szymon Starowolski
- Aneta Stawiszyńska
- Dariusz Stola
- Maciej Stryjkowski , historiador, escritor, poeta
- Irena Strzelecka
- Tomasz Strzembosz , historia polaca de la Segunda Guerra Mundial
- Tadeusz Sulimirski , historiador y arqueólogo
- Karol Szajnocha , historiadora y novelista
- Józef Szujski
- Zygmunt Szweykowski , literatura polaca
- Władysław Tatarkiewicz , filosofía y estética
- Rafał Taubenschlag , historia del derecho
- Janusz Tazbir , historiador, especializado en la cultura y religión de Polonia en los siglos XVI y XVII.
- Józef Turowski , Masacres de polacos de la OUN en la Segunda Guerra Mundial
- Adam Ulam , historiador polaco-estadounidense de Rusia y la Unión Soviética
- Adam Vetulani , historia del derecho
- Piotr S. Wandycz , historiador polaco-estadounidense de Europa central y oriental
- León Wasilewski
- Ewa Wipszycka , historiadora y papiróloga
- Richard Woytak , época de la Segunda Guerra Mundial
- Julia Zabłocka (1931-1993), historiadora, estudiosa clásica, arqueóloga
- Wincenty Zakrzewski , Polonia del siglo XVI
- Adán Zamoyski
- Janusz K. Zawodny , Segunda Guerra Mundial
- Ignacy Żagiell (1826-1891), historiador del antiguo Egipto
- Marek Żukow-Karczewski , historiador y periodista
Filosofía
Literatura en prosa
Periodismo
Poesía
Música
Artes visuales
Entretenimiento
Negocio
Politics
Law
Diplomacy
Military
Intelligence
Holocaust resistance
Religion
Nobility
Royalty
Assassins
Miscellany
Legendary persons
Fictional characters
- Matteusz Andrzejewski, played by Jordan Renzo, a character in Class, a British science fiction drama programme, and a spin-off of the long-running programme Doctor Who
- Captain William Joseph B.J. Blazkowicz in Wolfenstein 3D
- Ernst Stavro Blofeld, a villain from the James Bond series of novels and films, created by Ian Fleming
- Bolek i Lolek, cartoon characters from a Polish children's TV animated comedy series
- Baba Jaga, Polish version of the forest-dwelling sorceress
- Waldemar Daninsky, wolfman in La Marca del Hombre Lobo
- Nicodemus Dyzma, in Tadeusz Dołęga-Mostowicz's novel The Career of Nicodemus Dyzma
- Jacob Jankowski, a character played by Robert Pattinson in a 2011 American romantic drama film Water for Elephants
- Marcin Jerek, Polish-born British professor and former CIA interrogator, in the TV series NCIS, played by W. Morgan Sheppard
- Dr. Judym, in Stefan Żeromski's novel Homeless People
- Kajko i Kokosz
- Florentyna Kane in The Prodigal Daughter and Shall We Tell the President?
- Commander Keen, grandson of B.J. Blazkowicz
- Hans Kloss (Captain Kloss), World War II secret agent in the Polish TV serial Stake larger than life
- Kordian
- Funky Koval, space detective
- Sugar "Kane" Kowalczyk, a singer of Polish descent played by Marilyn Monroe in Billy Wilder's 1959 romantic comedy film Some Like It Hot
- Kowalski, a penguin in the children's film Madagascar
- Stanley Kowalski, in Tennessee Williams' play A Streetcar Named Desire
- Detective Stanley Kowalski, Polish-American Chicago policeman in the 1990s Canadian television series Due South
- Walt Kowalski, Polish-American Korean War veteran and retired Ford worker, in Clint Eastwood's 2008 film Gran Torino
- Lucyna "Lucy" Kushinada, a netrunner of mixed Polish and Japanese descent in Cyberpunk: Edgerunners
- Ligia, heroine of Sienkiewicz's novel, Quo Vadis?
- Man of Iron, symbol of Solidarity and title of Wajda's film
- Koziołek Matołek, like the bear and the horse, the goat is part of Polish folklore, here in Kornel Makuszyński's rendition
- Mike Nomad (with Steve Roper), an American adventure comic strip (1936–2004)
- Count Olenski, estranged husband of Ellen Olenska in Edith Wharton's novel The Age of Innocence (1920)
- Pan Tadeusz, poetic distillation of Polish patriotism and nostalgia
- Roland "Prez" Pryzbylewski, in HBO's The Wire, went from police officer to school teacher
- Officer Eddie Pulaski in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
- Stefan "Steve" Radecki, a character played by Anton Walbrook in 1941 British war film Dangerous Moonlight
- Abel Rosnovski in Kane and Abel
- Pan Samochodzik, adventurer created by Zbigniew Nienacki
- Paweł i Gaweł, humorous morality tale about neighbour relations, a favourite children's poem
- Sasquatch (Dr. Walter Langkowski), Marvel superhero
- Sierotka Marysia, archetypal abandoned girl, "Little orphan Mary", living with dwarves
- Walter Sobchak, the "Polish Catholic" in the film The Big Lebowski
- Silk Spectre I & II, superheroines in Watchmen
- Stanislau, ace pilot in Blackhawk
- Stanisław Tarkowski (Staś), protagonist of young-adult novel In Desert and Wilderness by Nobel laureate Henryk Sienkiewicz
- Mieczysław Stilinski, also known as Stiles Stilinski, one of the main characters in American television series Teen Wolf broadcast on MTV and played by Dylan O'Brien
- Michael Stivic, in All in the Family
- Tadzio, a Polish boy (inspired by Władysław Moes) in Thomas Mann's novel Death in Venice as well as 1971 film adaptation of the same name by Luchino Visconti played by Björn Andrésen
- Ijon Tichy, main protagonist in several works of Stanisław Lem such as The Star Diaries, The Futurological Congress, Peace on Earth and Observation on the Spot
- Kasia Tomaszewski, played by Zofia Wichłacz, a character in World on Fire, a 2019 war drama miniseries broadcast on BBC One
- Maciej Tomczyk ala Lech Wałęsa, in the 1981 film Man of Iron, directed by Andrzej Wajda
- Pan Twardowski, a Faust-like figure of Polish legend, literature and film.
- Tytus, Romek i A'Tomek, Polish comic book heroes

- Miś Uszatek, cartoon character
- Walter Koskiusko Waldowski, the "Painless Pole" in the film MASH
- Konrad Wallenrod, in the narrative poem by Adam Mickiewicz
- John Paul Wiggin (Jan Paweł Wieczorek) in the Ender's Game series
- Stanisław Wokulski, protagonist of Bolesław Prus' novel The Doll
- Stanley Thaddeus "Wojo" Wojciehowicz, played by Max Gail, in the American television sitcom Barney Miller
- Wrocław's dwarfs, brass manikins that first appeared on the city's pavements in 2005
- Piotr Zak, composer in a spoof BBC documentary
- Sophie Zawistowski, played by Meryl Streep, in Sophie's Choice based on a novel by William Styron
- Dominic Wajda
Models
Athletics
Basketball
Boxing
Checkers
Chess
Climbing
Cycling
Fencing
Football
Ice hockey
Skiing
Swimming
Tennis
Volleyball
Weightlifting
Others sports
See also
- List of Polish Americans
- List of Polish Jews
- List of Polish Nobel laureates
- Poles
- Timeline of Polish science and technology
References
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- ^ Sal P. Restivo. Science, Technology, And Society: An Encyclopedia. Oxford University Press. 2005. p. 502.
- ^ Simon Collier, William F. Sater. A History of Chile, 1808–2002. Cambridge University Press. 2004. p. 98
- ^ Michael Church, Olav Slaymaker. Field and Theory: Lectures in Geocryology. UBC Press. 1985. p. 19.
- ^ "Jerzy Kolendo". Migration Period between Odra and Vistula. Retrieved 31 March 2022.
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- ^ McKee, Eric (2012). Decorum of the Minuet, Delirium of the Waltz: A Study of Dance-music Relations in 3/4 Time. Indiana University Press. p. 134. ISBN 978-0-253-35692-5.
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- ↑ Eldad Beck (9 de agosto de 2010). «Antisemitismo temido antes de la Eurocopa 2012». Congreso Judío Europeo . Archivado desde el original el 31 de julio de 2012. Consultado el 24 de diciembre de 2010 .
- ^ Tom Archdeacon (26 de abril de 1998). "Los recuerdos nunca se borran de los Juegos de la Vergüenza; el mensaje de las 'Olimpiadas nazis' sigue siendo vital". The Denver Post . Consultado el 24 de diciembre de 2010 .