Poland
Historical figures born in Poland
12,424 notable historical figures were born in Poland. These are the most notable:
Poland ranks #13 of 197 countries by number of historical figures on Histiphy, just behind Canada, China and Brazil.
By era
- Medieval: 3
- Early Modern: 6
- Modern: 31
By occupation
- Politician: 14
- Writer/Author: 14
- Philosopher: 8
- Activist: 7
- Physicist: 6
- Monarch/Royalty: 6
- Lawyer: 5
- Translator: 5
- Marie Curie (1867 to 1934, Science)
- Catherine the Great (1729 to 1796, Politics)
- Nicolaus Copernicus (1473 to 1543, Science)
- John Paul II (1920 to 2005, Religion)
- Lukas Podolski (born 1985, Sports)
- Robert Lewandowski (born 1988, Sports)
- Wernher von Braun (1912 to 1977, Science)
- Frédéric Chopin (1810 to 1849, Arts & Music)
- Arthur Schopenhauer (1788 to 1860, Philosophy)
- David Ben-Gurion (1886 to 1973, Politics)
- Paul von Hindenburg (1847 to 1934, Politics)
- Lech Wałęsa (born 1943, Politics)
- Donald Tusk (born 1957, Politics)
- Rosa Luxemburg (1871 to 1919, Politics)
- Dietrich Bonhoeffer (1906 to 1945, Religion)
- Andrzej Duda (born 1972, Politics)
- Fritz Haber (1868 to 1934, Science)
- Max Born (1882 to 1970, Science)
- Benzion Netanyahu (1910 to 2012, Literature)
- Magnus Hirschfeld (1868 to 1935, Entertainment)
- Radosław Sikorski (born 1963, Politics)
- Lech Kaczyński (1949 to 2010, Politics)
- Maria Leszczynska of Poland-Lithuania (1703 to 1768, Politics)
- Edith Stein (1891 to 1942, Religion)
- Jarosław Kaczyński (born 1949, Politics)
- Günter Grass (1927 to 2015, Literature)
- Casimir Pulaski (1745 to 1779, Politics)
- Miroslav Klose (born 1978, Sports)
- Wojciech Jaruzelski (1923 to 2014, Politics)
- Isaac Bashevis Singer (1903 to 1991, Literature)
- Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit (1686 to 1736, Science)
- Mateusz Morawiecki (born 1968, Politics)
- Benoit Mandelbrot (1924 to 2010, Science)
- Tamara de Lempicka (1898 to 1980, Arts & Music)
- Augusta Victoria (1858 to 1921, Politics)
- Paul Ehrlich (1854 to 1915, Science)
- Władysław III (1424 to 1444, Politics)
- Casimir III the Great (1310 to 1370, Politics)
- Paul Tillich (1886 to 1965, Religion)
- Johann Gottfried Herder (1744 to 1803, Philosophy)
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