Flashcards: Polish people

Stefan Wyszyński (3 August 1901 – 28 May 1981) was a Polish prelate of the Roman Catholic Church.

Blessed Władysław Findysz (13 December 1907 - 21 August 1964) was a Polish Roman Catholic priest.

There is a long history of Poles in Azerbaijan (Polish: Polacy w Azerbejdżanie, Azerbaijani: Azərbaycan polyakları).

Polish personal names, like names in most European cultures, consist of two main elements: imię, the first name, or the given name; followed by nazwisko, the last name, surname, or family name.

Alexandre Kojève (French: [alɛksɑ̃dʁ koʒɛv]; 28 April 1902 – 4 June 1968) was a Russian-born French philosopher and statesman whose philosophical seminars had an immense influence on 20th-century French philosophy, particularly via his integration of Hegelian concepts into twentieth century Continental philosophy.

Blessed Janina Szymkowiak (10 July 1910 - 29 August 1942) - in religious Sancja - was a Polish Roman Catholic professed religious from the Daughters of the Sorrowful Mother of God.

Saint Stanislaus Papczyński, M.

Dora Diamant (Dwojra Diament, also Dymant) (March 4, 1898 – August 15, 1952) is best remembered as the lover of the writer Franz Kafka and the person who kept some of his last writings in her possession until they were confiscated by the Gestapo in 1933.

Bernard of Wąbrzeźno (Polish: Bernard z Wąbrzeźna, pronounced [ˈbɛrnard zvɔmˈbʐɛʑna], born Błażej Pęcharek, pronounced [ˈbwaʐɛj pɛ̃ˈxarɛk], February 3, 1575 – June 2, 1603) was a Roman Catholic priest and a Benedictine monk from the Benedictine Abbey in Lubiń, Poland.

Blessed Maria Luiza Merkert (21 September 1817 - 14 November 1872) was a Polish Roman Catholic professed religious and the co-foundress of the Sisters of Saint Elizabeth.

Katarzyna Pakosińska (born April 9, 1972) is a Polish actress, comedian and former member of Polish cabaret group Kabaret Moralnego Niepokoju.

Saint Szymon of Lipnica (c. 1437 – 18 July 1482) was a Polish Roman Catholic priest and a professed member from the Order of Friars Minor.

Bogusław Szwacz [ˈbɔɡuswav] [ˈszvat͡sz] (born 27 March 1912 in Leżajsk, died 24 February 2009 in Warsaw) was a Polish-born artist, painter, sculptor, professor and lecturer at Warsaw Academy of Fine Arts.

Kubec Glasmon (August 12, 1897 – March 13, 1938) was an American screenwriter from Poland, who was nominated for the now defunct category of Best Story at the 4th Academy Awards.

Tomasz Szukalski (born December 25, 1947 in Warsaw, Polish People's Republic, registered by soviet authorities January 8, 1948. - died August 2, 2012 in Piaseczno, Poland) was a Polish jazz saxophone player, composer and improviser.

Jerzy Karol Kurnatowski (1 July 1874 – 22 May 1934) was a Polish lawyer, economist, academic, author, politician, public official, and political scientist.

Joanna Mytkowska (1970) is a Polish curator, art critic and museum director.

Paweł Kwiek (born 1951 in Warsaw) – Polish contemporary artist, photographer, cinematographer, lighting director.

Piotr Balcerowicz (born 1964) is an orientalist, philosopher, professor at University of Warsaw and founder of the Association for Peace Education.

Rudolf Komórek (11 October 1890 - 11 December 1949) was a Polish priest and a professed member of the Salesians of Don Bosco while also serving as part of the missions in Brazil.

Joseph Yasser (April 16, 1893 – September 6, 1981) was a Russian-American organist, music theorist, author, and musicologist.

Renata Georgievna Akhunova (Russian: Рената Георгиевна Ахунова; 4 November 1981) is an entrepreneur turned venture capitalist based in the United States.

Bartłomiej Henryk Sienkiewicz (born 29 July 1961) is a Polish politician who served as the minister of interior from 25 February 2013 to 22 September 2014.

Stanislas Leibler (born 1957) is a Polish theoretical and experimental biologist and physicist.

Antoni Stefan Koper (September 6, 1906 – June 13, 1990) was active in the Polish resistance movement during World War II and served as a lieutenant in the Polish Home Army.

Peter Saraf is an American film producer whose feature film credits include Adaptation (2002), Little Miss Sunshine (2006), Our Idiot Brother (2011) and The Kings of Summer (2013).

André Charpak (4 September 1928 - 23 June 2006) was a French actor, dialoguist, film director and screenwriter.

This is a partial list of notable Polish or Polish-speaking or -writing persons.