Polish celebrities
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Janusz Andrzej Adamiec (born April 29, 1962) is a former Polish ice hockey player. He played for the Poland men’s national ice hockey team at the 1984 Winter Olympics in Sarajevo, the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary, and the 1992 Winter Olympics in A
Lidia Wysocka (June 24, 1916 – January 2, 2006) was a Polish stage, film and voice actress, singer, cabaret performer and creative director, theatre director and costume designer, editorialist.
Nicolaus Copernicus (German: ; Italian: ; Polish: ; in his youth, Niclas Koppernigk; 19 February 1473 – 24 May 1543) was a Renaissance astronomer and the first person to formulate a comprehensive heliocentric cosmology which displaced the Earth fro
Henryk Adam Aleksander Pius Sienkiewicz (also known by the pseudonym “Litwos” 5 May 1846 – 15 November 1916) was a Polish journalist, Nobel Prize in Literature (in 1905) novelist. He is best remembered for his historical novels, especially for his
Stanisław Ustupski (born November 15, 1966 in Zakopane) was a Polish nordic combined skier who competed from 1989 to 1994. He finished eighth in the 15 km individual event at the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville. At the 1994 Winter Olympics in L
Aleksander Kwaśniewski (born 15 November 1954) is a Polish politician and journalist. He served as the President of Poland from 1995 to 2005. He was born in Białogard, and during communist rule he was active in the Socialist Union of Polish Student