Polish Famous Names Starting with Letter K

(b. 1929) is a Polish film director, author, journalist and politician, one of the representatives o

(b. 1929) is a Polish film director, author, journalist and politician, one of the representatives of the Polish Film School and a deputy speaker of the Senate of Poland.

Is a Polish actor and television presenter. He has made over 40 appearances in film and television.[

Is a Polish actor and television presenter. He has made over 40 appearances in film and television.[1]He starred in the 1986-1987 television series Zmiennicy but is well known for hosting the Polish version of Jeopardy!.

Is a Polish documentary filmmaker.Although his work is now rarely seen, his most famous film, a 10-m

Is a Polish documentary filmmaker.Although his work is now rarely seen, his most famous film, a 10-minute documentary short entitled Muzykanci, can be found as an extra on the Criterion Collection edition of Krzysztof Kieslowski's film The Double Life of Véronique. Kieslowski, whom Karabasz mentored, chose Muzykanci as one of his personal top ten films of all-time in a 1992 poll conducted by the film magazine Sight & Sound [1].

(March 2, 1921 – May 23, 2006) was a legendary coach of Poland national football team and honorary

(March 2, 1921 – May 23, 2006) was a legendary coach of Poland national football team and honorary president of Polish Football Union (Polski Zwiazek Pilki Noznej, PZPN).

A retired Polish football player, who played almost all his career for Wisla Kraków, where he playe

A retired Polish football player, who played almost all his career for Wisla Kraków, where he played 304 league matches and scored 153 goals. This makes him the best goalscorer in history of the club. He also played for Larissa (1982/83-1984/85) and won the first Greek cup for the history of the team, in 1985.He played for Polish national team, for which he played 35 matches and scored 8 goals. He was a participant at the 1972 Summer Olympics, where Poland won the gold medal, 1974 FIFA World Cup, where Poland won the bronze medal and 1976 Summer Olympics, where Poland won the silver medal.[1]

(b. October 11, 1903 in Poznan - March 11, 1981 in Kraków, Poland) was a Polish astronomer.n 1956 h

(b. October 11, 1903 in Poznan - March 11, 1981 in Kraków, Poland) was a Polish astronomer.n 1956 he discovered the Kordylewski clouds which are large transient concentrations of dust at the Trojan points of the Earth-Moon system.

Was a Polish noble, politician and patron of art.The last Grand Camp Leader of the Crown (since 1763

Was a Polish noble, politician and patron of art.The last Grand Camp Leader of the Crown (since 1763) of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. He was Chamberlain of King Stanislaw Leszczynski and starost of Krasnystaw and Nowe Miasto Korczyn.In the youth he stayed on the court of King Louis XV and then educated on the Military Cadet School of Stanislaw Leszczynski in Lunéville.During the Four-Year Sejm in 1788, he was a member of the Military Commission of the Commonwealth and a supporter of the 3rd May Constitution.

(Warsaw, February 2, 1896–June 18, 1980) was a Polish mathematician and logician.

(Warsaw, February 2, 1896–June 18, 1980) was a Polish mathematician and logician.

Was a Polish ice hockey player who competed in the 1932 Winter Olympics.In 1932 he was a member of t

Was a Polish ice hockey player who competed in the 1932 Winter Olympics.In 1932 he was a member of the Polish ice hockey team which finished fourth in the Olympic tournament. He played all six matches.He fought in the September Campaign of World War II and later served in the corps of general Wladyslaw Anders. Materski returned to Poland in 1947.

Was a Polish Olympic fencer and military officer. Laskowski served since 1918 in the Polish Army. He

Was a Polish Olympic fencer and military officer. Laskowski served since 1918 in the Polish Army. He fought in the September Campaign of World War II and eventually spent rest of the war in the POW camp.

Was a Polish engineer, co-designer of Polish submarines ORP Sep and ORP Orzel, a fighter pilot, and

Was a Polish engineer, co-designer of Polish submarines ORP Sep and ORP Orzel, a fighter pilot, and an officer of the World War II Home Army's intelligence and counter-intelligence. He is credited, during World War II, with at least 25 journeys across German-held Europe, usually in the uniform of a Wehrmacht Major General.After the war, he was imprisoned by the communist authorities of the People's Republic of Poland. He spent seven years on death row before being rehabilitated in 1956. Thereafter he resumed his career as an engineer.

(June 21, 1912 – May 27, 2000), was a Polish engineer, fighter pilot and officer of the Home Army'

(June 21, 1912 – May 27, 2000), was a Polish engineer, fighter pilot and officer of the Home Army's intelligence and counter-intelligence during the years of World War II.

Was a Polish wrestler and Olympic champion in Greco-Roman wrestling.Lipien has competed in three Oly

Was a Polish wrestler and Olympic champion in Greco-Roman wrestling.Lipien has competed in three Olympics, from 1972 to 1980. At the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich he received a bronze medal in Greco-Roman wrestling, the featherweight.[1] At the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal he won a gold medal in Greco-Roman wrestling (featherweight).[1] He finished 6th in Moscow in 1980.

Was a football player of the Polish team Warta Poznan as well as Polish International Team. He playe

Was a football player of the Polish team Warta Poznan as well as Polish International Team. He played in the 1930s and late 1940s, back then Warta was one of top teams of Poland (in 1935 it was third overall, in 1938 - second). Also, Lis was a member of the reserve team of Poland in the 1938 World Cup in France (he did not go to the tournament and stayed at home). Lis also played in Warta after World War Two, in 1947 he was member of the team that won Championships of Poland.

Was a Polish physician, priest and Polish Scouting founder - activist.

Was a Polish physician, priest and Polish Scouting founder - activist.

(born 1 January 1901, Warsaw – died 27 May 1972, Lódz) was a Polish chess master.

(born 1 January 1901, Warsaw – died 27 May 1972, Lódz) was a Polish chess master.

(born December 20, 1959 in Gorzów Wielkopolski) is a Polish politician who served as Prime Minister

(born December 20, 1959 in Gorzów Wielkopolski) is a Polish politician who served as Prime Minister of Poland from October 31, 2005 to July 14, 2006.

(b. November 11, 1901 in Tarnopol - January 1, 1981 in Warsaw, Poland) was a Polish archaeologist an

(b. November 11, 1901 in Tarnopol - January 1, 1981 in Warsaw, Poland) was a Polish archaeologist and Egyptologist, and the founder of Nubiology.

A former Polish international football (soccer) player. His most recent club was Górnik Zabrze.Mosk

A former Polish international football (soccer) player. His most recent club was Górnik Zabrze.Moskal made six appearances for the Poland national football team, scoring one goal.

Was a Polish traveller, correspondent and photographer, born in Stryi. After the First World War he

Was a Polish traveller, correspondent and photographer, born in Stryi. After the First World War he lived in Poznan.From 1931 to 1936, he travelled alone, on foot and by bicycle across Africa, covering a distance of 40,000 km [1]. He was probably the first man in the world to do this.

Was a Polish painter.After World War II in 1945 he reported together with his father and two brother

Was a Polish painter.After World War II in 1945 he reported together with his father and two brothers to the Urban Office in Gdynia where he was given the task of changing the street names and signs on the buildings of State institutions. In the same year he began his painting studies at the Academy of the Fine Arts in Sopot. In 1949 he received a scholarship from the French government to study in Paris where he apprenticed to the famous French painter Fernand Léger. In 1950 he came back to Gdynia and married Halina Krywald, with whom he had two children. From 1964 to 1987 he was professor in the painting atelier at the Academy of Fine Arts in Gdansk. In October 1981 he received the title of associate professor.

Is a retired boxer from Poland, who competed in the Lightweight division during his career as an ama

Is a retired boxer from Poland, who competed in the Lightweight division during his career as an amateur.[1]Pazdzior won twice the Lightweight Gold Medal - in the European Amateur Boxing Championships at Prague 1957,[2] and at the 1960 Rome Olympic Games.[3]

Was a Polish academic and physician. Professor of the Stefan Batory University in Vilnius and pionee

Was a Polish academic and physician. Professor of the Stefan Batory University in Vilnius and pioneer of oncology research and treatment, he was murdered in the Ponary massacre.During the following years he worked in Collegium Medicum in Kraków, as well as in Germany and France. In 1929 he got his habilitation, and in 1930 he was invited to the Stefan Batory University in Vilnius, Wilno Voivodship in Poland, to head the Department of General and Experimental Pathology of Faculty of Medicine (from 1930 to 1939). He also was the head of Department of Bacteriology (1935-1937), the dean (school year 1937-1938) and vice-dean in the following year. Under his leadership the Vilnius Department of Medicine flourished, with many important publications, and with students who would went to become notable academics and physicians themselves (like professor J. Olszewski of Toronto, member of the Moscow Academy of Sciences M. Beklemishev, and J. Sztachelski, Poland's Minster of Health). In 1936 he organized the international 4th Congress Against Cancer in Vilnius.

Was a Polish socialist and independence activist. Member of the Polish Socialist Party, arrested sev

Was a Polish socialist and independence activist. Member of the Polish Socialist Party, arrested several times by the Russian Empire's and exiled to Siberia. During the Russian Revolution, he was active in socialist organizations in Ukraine. Afterwards he lived in the newly independents Second Polish Republic, where he was involved in various socialist activities.

Is a retired boxer from Poland, who won the bronze medal in the lightweight division (– 60 kg) at

Is a retired boxer from Poland, who won the bronze medal in the lightweight division (– 60 kg) at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, Soviet Union. In the semifinals he was beaten by eventual gold medalist Ángel Herrera of Cuba.