List of people from Warsaw

The following is a list of notable people who were born, studied, lived or died in Warsaw.

Art and literature[edit]

Nathan Alterman (1910–1970), Israeli poet, playwright, journalist, and translator, born in Warsaw
Paweł Althamer (born 1967), contemporary sculptor, performer and video artist, born and live in Warsaw, studied at the Warsaw Academy of Fine Arts
Mirosław Bałka (born 1958), contemporary sculptor and video artist, born live in Warsaw, studied at the Warsaw Academy of Fine Arts
Bernardo Bellotto (1721-1780), landscape painter, lived and died in Warsaw
Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis (1875-1911), Lithuanian composer and painter, studied at the Warsaw Academy of Fine Arts and at the Warsaw Conservatory
Frédéric Chopin (1810–1849), composer and pianist of the Romantic period, lived in Warsaw and studied at the Warsaw Conservatory
Xawery Dunikowski (1875–1964), sculptor, professor of the Warsaw Academy of Fine Arts
Józef Pius Dziekoński (1844–1924), architect, dean of the Architecture Department at the Warsaw University of Technology
Wojciech Fangor (1922–2015), painter, graphic artist, sculptor, born and lived in Warsaw, studied at the Warsaw Academy of Fine Arts
Michel Foucault (1926–1984), French philosopher, in the years 1958–1959 first director of the University of Warsaw's Centre Français^[1]
Tylman van Gameren (1632-c. 1706), Dutch-Polish architect, lived in Warsaw
Wojciech Gerson (1831–1901), painter, born and lived in Warsaw, studied at the Warsaw Academy of Fine Arts
Aleksander Gierymski (1850–1901), painter, born in Warsaw
Maksymilian Gierymski (1846–1874), painter, born in Warsaw
Samuel Goldwyn (1879 or 1882–1974), American film producer, born in Warsaw
Witold Gombrowicz (1904–1969), writer and dramatist, lived in Warsaw and studied at the University of Warsaw
Zbigniew Herbert (1924–1998), poet, essayist, drama writer and moralist, lived in Warsaw and studied at the University of Warsaw
Agnieszka Holland (born 1948), director and screenwriter, born in Warsaw
Jarosław Iwaszkiewicz (1894–1980), writer, poet, essayist, dramatist and translator, lived in Warsaw
Johann Christian Kammsetzer (1753–1795), Saxon-Polish architect, lived in Warsaw
Jan Kiepura (1902–1966), singer an actor, studied at the University of Warsaw
Stefan Kuryłowicz (1949–2011), architect, born and lived in Warsaw and studied at the Warsaw University of Technology
Marian Lalewicz (1876–1944), architect, dean of the Architecture Department and rector at the Warsaw University of Technology
Tamara de Lempicka (1898–1980), painter, born in Warsaw
Witold Lutosławski (1913–1994), composer and conductor, born and lived in Warsaw, studied at the University of Warsaw
Osip Mandelstam (1891–1938), Russian and Soviet poet, born in Warsaw
Domenico Merlini (1730–1797), Italian-Polish architect, lived in Warsaw
Stanisław Moniuszko (1819–72), composer, "the father of Polish national opera", lived and stuedied in Warsaw
Pola Negri (1897–1987), stage and film actress and singer, lived and made her theatrical debut in Warsaw
Ignacy Jan Paderewski (1860–1941), pianist, composer and Prime Minister of Poland in 1919, studied at the Warsaw Conservatory
Paweł Pawlikowski (born 1957), director, born in Warsaw
Isaac Leib Peretz (1852–1915), Yiddish-language writer, lived in Warsaw
Bohdan Pniewski (1897–1965), architect, born and lived in Warsaw and studied at the Warsaw University of Technology
Władysław Podkowiński (1866–1895), painter and illustrator, born and lived in Warsaw, studied at the Warsaw Academy of Fine Arts
Ewa Podleś (1952–2024), contralto opera and recital singer.^[2]^[3]^[4]
Bolesław Prus (1847–1912), novelist, lived in Warsaw and studied at the University of Warsaw
Władysław Reymont (1867–1925), novelist and recipient of the Nobel Prize for Literature, lived in Warsaw
Henryk Sienkiewicz (1846–1919), writer and recipient of the Nobel Prize for Literature, lived in Warsaw and studied at the University of Warsaw
Isaac Bashevis Singer (1903–1991), Yiddish-language writer and recipient of the Nobel Prize for Literature, lived in Warsaw
Henryk Stażewski (1894–1998), painter, representant of constructivism and geometric abstraction, born and lived in Warsaw, studied at the Warsaw Academy of Fine Arts
Władysław Szpilman (1911–2000), pianist and classical composer, lived in Warsaw and studied at the Chopin Academy of Music
Karol Szymanowski (1882–1937), composer and pianist, lived in Warsaw and studied at the Warsaw Conservatory
Wacław Szymanowski (1859–1930), sculptor, born in Warsaw
Olga Tokarczuk (born 1962), writer and recipient of the Nobel Prize for Literature, studied at the University of Warsaw
Julian Tuwim (1894–1953), poet, studied at the University of Warsaw
Moshe Wilensky (1910–1997), Israeli composer, lyricist, and pianist, born in Warsaw and studied at the Warsaw Conservatory
Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz (1885–1939), writer, painter, philosopher, theorist, playwright, novelist, and photographer, born in Warsaw
Szymon Bogumił Zug (1733–1807), Saxon-Polish architect, lived in Warsaw
Stefan Żeromski (1864–1925), novelist and dramatist, lived and studied in Warsaw

Politicians and statesmen[edit]

Mordechai Anielewicz (1919–1943), leader of the Jewish Fighting Organization during the Warsaw Ghetto uprising
Menachem Begin (1913–1992), sixth Prime Minister of Israel and recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize, studied at the University of Warsaw
Bolesław Bierut (1892–1956), first General Secretary of the Polish United Workers' Party and President of Poland from 1947 to 1952, lived in Warsaw and attended courses at the Warsaw School of Economics
Dawid Ben-Gurion (1886–1973), first Prime Minister of Israel, studied at the University of Warsaw
Włodzimierz Cimoszewicz (born 1950), Prime Minister of Poland from 1996 to 1997, born in Warsaw
Roman Dmowski (1864–1939), polish nationalist politician, studied at the University of Warsaw
Marek Edelman (1919 or 1922–2009), the last surviving leader of the Warsaw Ghetto uprising
Jarosław Kaczyński (born 1949), Prime Minister of Poland from 2006 to 2007, born in Warsaw
Lech Kaczyński (1949–2010), mayor of Warsaw from 2002 to 2005, and President of Poland from 2005 to 2010, born in Warsaw
Rosa Luxemburg (1871–1919), Polish and German revolutionary socialist politician, lived and attended gymnasium (secondary school) in Warsaw
Julian Marchlewski (1866–1925), Polish and German communist politician, lived and attended gymnasium (secondary school) in Warsaw
Tadeusz Mazowiecki (1927–2013), first non-communist Polish prime minister since 1945, studied at the University of Warsaw
Adam Michnik (born 1946), former dissident, co-founder and editor-in-chief of the newspaper Gazeta Wyborcza, born and live in Warsaw, studied at the University of Warsaw
Jan Olszewski (1930–2019), Prime Minister of Poland from 1991 to 1992, born in Warsaw
Ignacy Jan Paderewski (1860–1941), pianist, composer and Prime Minister of Poland in 1919, studied at the Warsaw Conservatory
Józef Piłsudski (1867–1935), Polish statesman, Chief of State from 1918 to 1922 and first Marshal of Poland from 1920, lived and died in Warsaw
Casimir Pulaski (1745–1779), Polish nobleman and American Revolutionary War general, born in Warsaw
Mieczysław Rakowski (1926–2008), second-to-last communist Prime Minister of Poland from 1988 to 1989 and the last General Secretary of the Polish United Workers' Party, studied in Warsaw
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
Stanisław Wojciechowski (1969–1953), second President of Poland, studied at the University of Warsaw

Science[edit]

Casimir Funk (1884–1967), biochemist, born in Warsaw
Mirosław Hermaszewski (1941–2022), Polish cosmonaut, fighter plane pilot, and Polish Air Force officer, studied and died in Warsaw
Leonid Hurwicz (1917–2008), economist and mathematician, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Economics, studied at the University of Warsaw
Benoit Mandelbrot (1924–2010), mathematician and polymath, born in Warsaw
Moshe Prywes (1914–1998), Israeli physician and educator, born in Warsaw and studied at the University of Warsaw
Joseph Rotblat (1908–2005), physicist and recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize, born in Warsaw, studied at the Free Polish University and at the University of Warsaw
Marie Skłodowska-Curie (1867–1934), physicist and chemist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physics and the Nobel Prize in Chemistry, born in Warsaw
Alfred Tarski (1901–1983), logician and mathematician, studied at the University of Warsaw
Ludwik Zamenhof (1859–1917), creator of Esperanto language, lived in Warsaw

Sport[edit]

Mateusz Bartel (born 1985), chess grandmaster
Zbigniew Bartman (born 1987), volleyball player
Anna Czerwińska (1949–2023), mountaineer
Margo Dydek (1974–2011), basketball player
Mariusz Fyrstenberg (born 1980), tennis player
Małgorzata Glinka-Mogentale (born 1978), volleyball player, double European champion
Andrzej Gołota (born 1968), boxer
Anna Kiełbasińska (born 1990), sprinter
Bartosz Kizierowski (born 1977), swimmer
Ewa Kłobukowska (born 1946), sprinter, Olympic champion
Janusz Kusociński (1907–1940), athlete, Olympic champion
Robert Lewandowski (born 1988), footballer, born in Warsaw and studied at the Academy of Sport Education in Warsaw
Paweł Nastula (born 1970), judoka; Olympic champion
Konrad Niedźwiedzki (born 1985), speed skater
Marek Papszun (born 1974), football manager
Jerzy Pawłowski (1932–2005), fencer, Olympic champion
Tadeusz Pietrzykowski (1917–1991), boxer, remembered as the "boxing champion of Auschwitz"
Janusz Pyciak-Peciak (born 1949), modern pentathlete, Olympic champion
Katarzyna Skowrońska-Dolata (born 1983), volleyball player
Pia Skrzyszowska (born 2001), athlete specialising in hurdles
Monika Soćko (born 1978), chess grandmaster
Andrzej Supron (born 1952), wrestler, Olympic medallist
Wojciech Szczęsny (born 1990), footballer
Ilia Szrajbman (born 1907–1943), swimmer
Iga Świątek (born 2001), professional tennis player, ranked as World No. 1, winner of four Grand Slam singles titles, winner of 2023 WTA Finals, born in Warsaw
Grzegorz Tkaczyk (born 1980), handball player
Tomasz Wiktorowski (born 1981), tennis coach
Szymon Winawer (1838–1919), chess player
Krzysztof Włodarczyk (born 1981), boxer
Maja Włoszczowska (born 1983), mountain biker, Olympic medallist
Andrzej Wrona (born 1988), volleyball player
Jacek Wszoła (born 1956), high jumper, Olympic champion
Piotr Wyszomirski (born 1988), handball player
Jan Zieliński (born 1996), tennis player
Marcin Żewłakow (born 1976), football player

Other[edit]

Jan Gotlib Bloch (1836–1902), banker and railway financier
Joe Coral (born Kagarlitski) (1904-1996), bookmaker and founded of Coral bookmakers
Janusz Korczak (1878 or 1879–1942), pediatrician, children's author, pedagogue and children's rights advocate, killed in the Treblinka extermination camp
Leopold Stanisław Kronenberg (1812–1878), banker, investor, and financier
Irena Sendler (1910–2008), humanitarian, social worker, and nurse who served in the Polish Underground Resistance during World War II in German-occupied Warsaw
Anna Szelągowska, feminist and union organizer

References[edit]

^ "Ośrodek Kultury Francuskiej, Prezentacja".
^ Marczyński, Jacek (20 January 2024). "Nie żyje Ewa Podleś, ostatnia polska primadonna" (in Polish). Radio Polskie. Retrieved 23 January 2024.
^ Woolfe, Zachary (22 January 2024). "Ewa Podles, a Rare Contralto With Sweeping Range, Dies at 71". The New York Times. Retrieved 22 January 2024.
^ Kutsch, K. J.; Riemens, Leo (2012). "Podleś, Ewa". Großes Sängerlexikon (in German) (4th ed.). De Gruyter. pp. 3700–3701. ISBN 978-3-59-844088-5.

[1] "Ośrodek Kultury Francuskiej, Prezentacja".

[Marczyński-2] Marczyński, Jacek (20 January 2024). "Nie żyje Ewa Podleś, ostatnia polska primadonna" (in Polish). Radio Polskie. Retrieved 23 January 2024.

[Woolfe-3] Woolfe, Zachary (22 January 2024). "Ewa Podles, a Rare Contralto With Sweeping Range, Dies at 71". The New York Times. Retrieved 22 January 2024.

[Kutsch/Riemens-4] Kutsch, K. J.; Riemens, Leo (2012). "Podleś, Ewa". Großes Sängerlexikon (in German) (4th ed.). De Gruyter. pp. 3700–3701. ISBN 978-3-59-844088-5.

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