Polish Famous Names Starting with Letter L

Was a Polish stop-motion animator who used insects and animals as his protagonists. (His name can al

Was a Polish stop-motion animator who used insects and animals as his protagonists. (His name can also be spelled Starevitch, Starewich and Starewitch.)a long and strange story about a loving dog puppet who practically goes through Hell to get an orange to a girl dying of scurvy, selected by Terry Gilliam as one of the ten best animated films of all time[1]. La Voix du rossignol was awarded the Hugo Riesenfeld Medal for being the "most novel short subject motion picture in the USA during the year 1925".

Is a Polish figure skater. She has been competing for three seasons on the Junior Grand Prix circuit

Is a Polish figure skater. She has been competing for three seasons on the Junior Grand Prix circuit and has competed twice at the World Junior Figure Skating Championships.She started skating at the age of 7 in Germany and continued it in Warsaw, where she moved three years later. She used to practice there in the Marymont Skating Club until November 2007 when she moved to Katowice.

Was a Polish architect, active mainly in Warsaw. His father was Enrico Marconi, also a famed archite

Was a Polish architect, active mainly in Warsaw. His father was Enrico Marconi, also a famed architect associated with that city, while his cousin was Leonard Marconi, a sculptor.He was born Leandro Jan Ludwik Marconi April 23, 1834 in Warsaw, then in in Kingdom of Poland. His father Enrico Marconi was a noted architect, who moved to Poland in 1822 and settled in Warsaw, while his mother was Malgorzata (English: Margaret) neé Heiton, a lady of Scottish descent.Marconi graduated from the local gymnasium in Warsaw and started career as an architect under the tutelage of his father. Initially both Marconis collaborated at the construction of the expensive Hotel Europejski (1856-1859). He also collaborated with his father and Jan Kacper Heurich at the construction of a parochial church in Wilanów (1857-1860). His first major project was a villa built for a mighty Rau family of enterpreneurs, financed by Wilhelm Ellis Rau. The building (finished in 1868) was considered successful and soon Marconi's career started for good. Until the end of the decade he authored, among others, the plan of refurbishment of his father's villa at Ujazdów Av. (dubbed "palace under the artichoke"), the monumental seat of Bank Handlowy (1873), house of Stanislaw Zamoyski, and a villa for Sobanski family (1877). The best-known of his designs - the Great Synagogue in Warsaw - was commissioned in 1877, after two successive architectural competitions were unsuccessful.

Is the President of the Republic of Poland and a politician of the conservative party Prawo i Sprawi

Is the President of the Republic of Poland and a politician of the conservative party Prawo i Sprawiedliwosc (Law and Justice, PiS.) Kaczynski served as President of Warsaw from 2002 until December 22, 2005, the day before his presidential inauguration. He is the identical twin brother of the former Prime Minister of Poland, Jaroslaw Kaczynski.

(born June 18, 1949) is the President of the Republic of Poland and a politician of the conservative

(born June 18, 1949) is the President of the Republic of Poland and a politician of the conservative party Prawo i Sprawiedliwosc (Law and Justice, PiS.) Kaczynski served as President of Warsaw from 2002 until December 22, 2005, the day before his presidential inauguration.

Polish writer, journalist, publicist and Kashubian-Pomeranian activist, promoter of regional history

Polish writer, journalist, publicist and Kashubian-Pomeranian activist, promoter of regional history and culture, co-founder and leader of the Kashubian-Pomeranian Association, opponent of the Communist rules in postwar Poland.Lech Badkowski was born Leszek Buntkowski on the 24th January 1920 in Torun, Poland. There he completed primary school and a male gymnasium. In 1938 he entered law faculty at the Józef Pilsudski University in Warsaw, but was first drafted into the Polish army, and in 1939 took part in the September campaign, that he later described in his book "Soldiers from the Bzura River”. In 1940, he managed to escape to France, and then England. He fought under Narvik in Norway, where he showed immense courage. In July 1941 he was decorated by Gen. Wladyslaw Sikorski the Silver Cross of the Virtuti Militari War Order, the biggest Polish military honour. He underwent partisan-parachutist instructing course and was to be sent to Poland. He finished the army as a sublieutenant. In England he learned the language, educated himself and was active in Pomeranian Union. amongst others he wrote a booklet „The Pomeranian Political Thought” (1945).

Lawyer and judge, since October 17, 1998 Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Poland.

Lawyer and judge, since October 17, 1998 Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Poland.

Is a Polish former volleyball player who competed in the 1976 Summer Olympics and in the 1980 Summer

Is a Polish former volleyball player who competed in the 1976 Summer Olympics and in the 1980 Summer Olympics.In 1976 he was part of the Polish team which won the gold medal in the Olympic tournament. He played all six matches.Four years later he finished fourth with the Polish team in the 1980 Olympic tournament. He played all six matches again.

Is a Polish-American film and theatre director, writer, poet, and painter.In 2006, the Museum of Mod

Is a Polish-American film and theatre director, writer, poet, and painter.In 2006, the Museum of Modern Art in New York City hosted a complete (until then) retrospective of Majewski's work. This was their first ever full retrospective of a Polish filmmaker, and one of their only ever mid-career retrospectives. For that program, Majewski created the film eventually called Glass Lips, though initially it was known as Blood of a Poet.

Born September 29, 1943) is a Polish politician and a former trade union and human rights activist.

Born September 29, 1943) is a Polish politician and a former trade union and human rights activist. He co-founded Solidarity (Solidarnosc), the Soviet bloc's first independent trade union, won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1983, and served as President of Poland from 1990 to 1995

Was a Polish Olympic freestyle swimmer.Szrajbman was born in Warsaw, Poland.[1] He competed in the f

Was a Polish Olympic freestyle swimmer.Szrajbman was born in Warsaw, Poland.[1] He competed in the for Poland at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, Germany.[1]

Was a Polish engineer and general.Served as an officer in the Russian Army but joined the Polish Leg

Was a Polish engineer and general.Served as an officer in the Russian Army but joined the Polish Legions during World War I (commander of a regiment, battalion, member of headquarters). Distinguished himself in the Battle of Rasna in 1915. After the Oath crisis in 1917, he headed the Polish Auxiliary Corps and was the training inspector in Polnische Wehrmacht. After Poland regained independence in 1918, he joined the Polish Army, was promoted to general in June that year

Was a Polish-Austrian statesman. He had several important political functions in the Habsburg Monarc

Was a Polish-Austrian statesman. He had several important political functions in the Habsburg Monarchy and independent Poland: He was Minister of Finance of Austria (1895–97, 1909–11) and Austria-Hungary, Gouvernor of Bosnia and Herzegovina (1912-1915), Minister of Finance of the Republic of Poland (1919), president of the Supreme National Committee (1914-1917) and Galician ruler (1895-1897).

Was a Polish rower who competed in the 1928 Summer Olympics.In 1928 he won the bronze medal as membe

Was a Polish rower who competed in the 1928 Summer Olympics.In 1928 he won the bronze medal as member of the Polish boat in the coxed fours event.

Was a Polish avant-garde painter, theoretician of modern art, literary critic, logician, philosopher

Was a Polish avant-garde painter, theoretician of modern art, literary critic, logician, philosopher and mathematician.In the 1920s-30s, many European philosophers attempted to reform traditional philosophy by means of mathematical logic. Leon Chwistek did not believe that such reform could succeed. He thought that reality could not be described in one homogeneous system, based on the principles of formal logic, because there was not one reality but many.

Was a Polish-Jewish lawyer, an activist of the Bund and between November 1944 and January 1945 the d

Was a Polish-Jewish lawyer, an activist of the Bund and between November 1944 and January 1945 the director (prezes) and vice-chairman of the Council to Aid Jews "Zegota".After the outbreak of World War II with the Nazi invasion of Poland, the Soviet Union also invaded Poland on September 17, as part of the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact between Nazi Germany and Soviet Union. Feiner was caught in the Soviet part of occupied Poland, was arrested by the NKVD and spent several months in a Soviet prison in Lida, near Wilno.[2] Despite the fact that before the war on several occasions he had defended Polish Communists in court as an attorney, and that he had belonged to a socialist organization (the Bund), the Soviets authorities charged him with being a "fascist" and a "counter revolutionary"[2] After the Nazi invasion of the Soviet Union Feiner managed to escape after the Soviets fled Lida in 1941, and made his way to Nazi occupied Warsaw.

Was a Polish speed skater who competed in the 1924 Winter Olympics. In 1924 he finished 17th in the

Was a Polish speed skater who competed in the 1924 Winter Olympics. In 1924 he finished 17th in the 500 metres event, 15th in the 1500 metres competition, 16th in the 5000 metres event, and 14th in the 10000 metres competition. In the all-round event he f

Was a Polish painter and political activist.Kaplinski studied art in Poland and later in Paris. His

Was a Polish painter and political activist.Kaplinski studied art in Poland and later in Paris. His first known works are copies of paintings by famous Italian artists; later he became known and appreciated for his patriotic historical paintings as Wernyhora (1855). His best works are portraits: of his mother Julia (1860), the writer Bohdan Zaleski (1857), Count Adam Jerzy Czartoryski (about 1860), and an autoportrait as a Templar (about 1872). Many of his paintings and other works have perished or been lost. Mainly influenced by classical Italian art and his contemporary Rodakowski, L.K. continued the tradition of academic painting and had no interest for the emerging modernist tendencies of the mid-nineteenth century

Is a Polish historian. He was the president of a Instytut Pamieci Narodowej (Institute of National R

Is a Polish historian. He was the president of a Instytut Pamieci Narodowej (Institute of National Remembrance) (8 June 2000 - 22 December 2005).Leon Kieres was born on May 25, 1948 in Kolonia Zielona, Poland. He graduated from the University of Wroclaw, the Department of Law. Since 1971 he has been working as an academic teacher at the Department of Law and Administration at the University of Wroclaw. In 1976 he defended his doctoral thesis, while in 1985 he successfully completed the habilitation process. In 1991 he was awarded a title of professorship. Since 1996 he holds the prestigious title of professor appointed by the President of the Republic of Poland.

Was a Polish chess master.He played several times in the Warsaw championships, and won in 1929. He a

Was a Polish chess master.He played several times in the Warsaw championships, and won in 1929. He also took 6th in 1925 (Stanislaw Kohn won), took 4th in 1926 (Abram Blass and Paulin Frydman won), shared 1st with Kohn in 1927, tied for 6-8th in 1928 (Blass won), and took 3rd in 1930 (Frydman won).

Was a Polish writer and publicist, and a prominent figure of the Polish theatre in the post-WWII per

Was a Polish writer and publicist, and a prominent figure of the Polish theatre in the post-WWII period. He wrote books and dramas. His most known work is the drama "Niemcy" (Germans) written in 1949.A left-wing activist before WWII, he spent the war in the German POW camps. After the war he became a communist activist in People's Poland. In the years 1945-1948 he was a Deputy Minister of Culture and Art. Leon Kruczkowski has also held the following positions: Deputy to Polish parliament (Sejm) from 1946 to 1956; member of the Polish Council of State from 1957. He is recognized as having a significant influence on post-war Polish cultural policy.

Is Polish teacher, writer and translator.He graduated from Catholic University of Lublin in 1955. Af

Is Polish teacher, writer and translator.He graduated from Catholic University of Lublin in 1955. After that he became a teacher in econdary schools in Cieszyn. He is a member of Macierz Ziemi Cieszynskiej. From 1981 to 1996 he was a chairman of this organization.

December 15, 1869 in Wloclawek – January 16, 1946 in Kraków, Poland) was a Polish chemist.

December 15, 1869 in Wloclawek – January 16, 1946 in Kraków, Poland) was a Polish chemist.

Was a Polish philosopher, legal scholar and sociologist. He is considered one of the important forer

Was a Polish philosopher, legal scholar and sociologist. He is considered one of the important forerunners of the sociology of law.In 1906 Petrazycki was elected to the ill-fated First Duma as a member of the Constitutional Democratic Party. When the legislature was dissolved after a few months, he was convicted and incarcerated for his protests. He was appointed to the Supreme Court of Russia in 1917, but had to flee the country when the Bolshevik revolution succeeded. He found a new home in Poland and became the first professor of Sociology at Warsaw University in 1919.

Was a Polish scientist, diplomat, art historian and politician. A professor of Roman law and one-tim

Was a Polish scientist, diplomat, art historian and politician. A professor of Roman law and one-time rector of the Lwów University (1928-1929), he devoted most of his life to political career in his hometown of Lwów (modern Lviv, Ukraine), initially in Austria-Hungary and then in Poland.