Famous Polish or Polish-speaking/writing people:
- Stefan Banach, (1892-1945), mathematician
- Frederic Chopin, (1810-1849), composer
- Nicolaus Copernicus, (in , 1473-1543), astronomer
- Marie Curie, (1867-1934), scientist, Nobel Prize winner (twice)
- Krzysztof Kieslowski, (1941-1996), film director
- Tadeusz Kosciuszko, (1746-1817), military commander
- Stanislaw Lem, (born 1921), science-fiction writer
- Adam Mickiewicz, (1798-1855), poet
- Czeslaw Milosz, poet, Nobel Prize winner
- Lech Walesa, (born 1943), trade unionist who started dismantling of the Soviet bloc
- John Paul II, (born 1920), the pope
- Krzysztof Penderecki, (born 1933), composer
- Jozef Pilsudski, (1867-1935), statesman, politician and marshall
- Roman Polanski, film director and actor
- Casimir Pulaski, military commander
- Wladyslaw Reymont, (1867-1925), writer, Nobel Prize winner
- Henryk Sienkiewicz, (1846-1916), writer, Nobel Prize winner
- Waclaw Sierpinski, (1882-1969), mathematician
- Wislawa Szymborska, (born 1923), poetess, Nobel Prize winner
- Alfred Tarski, (1902-1983), mathematician
- Andrzej Wajda, film director
See also:
See also: List of people by nationality