Polish Famous Names Starting with Letter W

Was a Polish actor and film director. During World War II he joined an underground theater. After th

Was a Polish actor and film director. During World War II he joined an underground theater. After the war he was a lecturer at the Theater Academy in Warsaw.

(born May 14, 1928 in Nowy Sacz; died July 14, 1999 in Kraków) – one of the leading Polish contem

(born May 14, 1928 in Nowy Sacz; died July 14, 1999 in Kraków) – one of the leading Polish contemporary sculptors connected with the Podhale region. He was also a painter and theatre set designer.

Was a Polish historian of philosophy, psychologist, professor at Kraków University and member of th

Was a Polish historian of philosophy, psychologist, professor at Kraków University and member of the Polish Academy of Learning.Settling in Kraków, Heinrich conducted research in this spirit (Teorie i wyniki badan psychologicznych—Theories and Results of Psychological Research, 1902). He authored the first report in experimental psychology to be presented to the Academy of Learning, O wahaniach natezenia zaledwie dostrzegalnych wrazen (On Fluctuations in the Intensity of Barely Perceptible Sensations, 1898).[1]

Was a Polish noble (szlachcic), conservative politician.Wladyslaw participated in the November Upris

Was a Polish noble (szlachcic), conservative politician.Wladyslaw participated in the November Uprising in 1830–1831. He was owner of Gumniski estate and ran there an Arabian horse stud farm. From 1861 to 1869 member of the National Sejm in Galicia and member of the Herrenhaus. An opposite of the January Uprising of 1863–1864. Since 1854 chairman of the "Society of Friends of Arts" in Kraków.

Was a Polish Olympic fencer and military officer.

Was a Polish Olympic fencer and military officer.

(January 14, 1887 - February 25, 1972) was a Polish mathematician and educator.

(January 14, 1887 - February 25, 1972) was a Polish mathematician and educator.

(June 9, 1595 – May 20, 1648) was the son of Sigismund III Vasa and his wife, Anna of Austria (als

(June 9, 1595 – May 20, 1648) was the son of Sigismund III Vasa and his wife, Anna of Austria (also known as Anna Habsburg). Wladyslaw IV reigned as King of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth from November 8, 1632, to his death in 1648.

Was a Polish inventor and airman.Swiatecki invented the slip bomb device, which he patented in 1926.

Was a Polish inventor and airman.Swiatecki invented the slip bomb device, which he patented in 1926.The device was planned for the Karas light bomber but not used, though the device was handed over to the Polish Air Force before the war and used by other European air forces. Escaped from Poland in 1939 through Hungary, Yugoslavia and Italy to France (Paris) where he worked as engineer in military industry. Then, when France collapsed in June 1940, he escaped again, with his family, travelling to North Africa and then by ship to England. There he demonstrated his device to the Ministry of Aircraft Production. He went on to serve in the Royal Air Force as a Flight Lieutenant.

Was a Polish footballer and coach. Engel began his career in football at an early age playing at loc

Was a Polish footballer and coach. Engel began his career in football at an early age playing at local club Junak Wloclawek, before moving to Polonia Warszawa (1975-76), Hutnik Warszawa (1976-77) and several other clubs.Engel, nicknamed "Jurek", began playing in midfield or attack before, at the age of 22, being cruelly forced to cut his career short because of injury. With spirits dampened only slightly, he immediately turned to coaching and took over at Polonia Warsaw in the 1976/1977 season.

Was a Polish footballer. Kawula played for Pradniczanka Kraków, Wisla Kraków, White Eagles Chicago

Was a Polish footballer. Kawula played for Pradniczanka Kraków, Wisla Kraków, White Eagles Chicago, Victoria Jaworzno and Kalwarianka Kalwaria over the course of his career. He died February 1, 2008 aged 70.[1]Kawula joined Wisla Kraków in 1951, at the young age of 20-years-old and went on to score 26 goals in 329 appearances, which is still a club record to date.

(April 11, 1940 – August 17, 1998) was a Polish shot put champion, who was born in Kaunas. In 1972

(April 11, 1940 – August 17, 1998) was a Polish shot put champion, who was born in Kaunas. In 1972 Olympics in Munich he won a gold medal (21.18 m). Known for womanizing and drinking, after his successful sports career, he was a movie and theater star, as well as a singer.

Was a Polish lexicographer, publisher, writer and translator.[1] He was a prolific author and winner

Was a Polish lexicographer, publisher, writer and translator.[1] He was a prolific author and winner of numerous awards for his work.[1]Kopalinski also authored several books which are not dictionaries, including 125 Fairy Stories To Tell the Children, Lexicon of Love Themes, and the Book of Quotations from Polish Belles-Lettres.[1]Kopalinski was a member of the Polish Writers' Society. He also wrote a regular column in Zycie Warszawy, ran a Polish radio station, and translated English-language books into Polish.[1]

Was a Polish communist politician, who served as Sejm Marshal during first Sejm of the Communist Pol

Was a Polish communist politician, who served as Sejm Marshal during first Sejm of the Communist Poland (1947 – 1952) and, ex officio, as the head of state (Acting President of the State National Council) for one day (February 4 – February 5, 1947). He was also a publisher and writer.

(December 23, 1923 – September 26, 2003) was a Polish Army colonel and a military and intelligence

(December 23, 1923 – September 26, 2003) was a Polish Army colonel and a military and intelligence historian.Kozaczuk published a dozen books, several of them in multiple editions. They dealt chiefly with World War II, Nazi Germany and intelligence.

(born December 8, 1953) is a Polish pole vault jumper.Kozakiewicz was born to a Polish family in Ša

(born December 8, 1953) is a Polish pole vault jumper.Kozakiewicz was born to a Polish family in Šalcininkai (Polish: Soleczniki) near Vilnius, in the Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic.

Was a Polish painter.

Was a Polish painter.

Was a Polish sculptor who created a monument of Adam Mickiewicz in Miloslaw.

Was a Polish sculptor who created a monument of Adam Mickiewicz in Miloslaw.

(b. 2 January 1920 in Ostrów Wielkopolski) is a Polish sociologist; professor of Adam Mickiewicz Un

(b. 2 January 1920 in Ostrów Wielkopolski) is a Polish sociologist; professor of Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznan since 1966, and Warsaw University since 1972, director of the Western Institute (Instytut Zachodni) in Poznan in years 1966-1973, member of Polish Academy of Sciences (Polska Akademia Nauk, PAN) since 1972.

(1911 - January 31, 1957) was a Polish serial killer who lived in the city of Cracow (Kraków), Pola

(1911 - January 31, 1957) was a Polish serial killer who lived in the city of Cracow (Kraków), Poland and also had property in Warsaw.

Polish barrister, mayor of Cieszyn since 1929.He became doctor of law in 1904 and worked as barriste

Polish barrister, mayor of Cieszyn since 1929.He became doctor of law in 1904 and worked as barrister in Lwów since 1908. Michejda returned to Cieszyn in 1919, where he opened his lawyer office.In 1929 he became mayor of Cieszyn and served in this office until 1937.

Was a Polish teacher, writer and poet from Zaolzie region of Cieszyn Silesia.He attended Polish elem

Was a Polish teacher, writer and poet from Zaolzie region of Cieszyn Silesia.He attended Polish elementary school in Gródek and later a Polish Gymnasium in Czeski Cieszyn where he expressed his interest about the poetry of Adam Mickiewicz. Mlynek then worked as a teacher in Polish schools in Zaolzie - in Trzyniec, Gnojnik, Milików, Bukowiec and at Kamienity hill.He set up and conducted many choirs in schools where he worked and was an art director of Gorol men's choir in Jablonków from 1978 and art director of Gorolski Swieto festival from 1983.

(1864–1937) was a Polish physicist.n about 1900, as a Professor of Theoretical Physics in Kraków,

(1864–1937) was a Polish physicist.n about 1900, as a Professor of Theoretical Physics in Kraków, he published a series of papers on the problems of thermodynamically irreversible processes, becoming a pioneer in the modern thermodynamics of irreversible processes.

Is a Polish historian and writer. He is a son of Wincenty Ogrodzinski.During the Second World War he

Is a Polish historian and writer. He is a son of Wincenty Ogrodzinski.During the Second World War he was arrested and imprisoned in the German concentration camp Auschwitz.

Was a Polish sculptor who created a monument of Adam Mickiewicz in Poznan.

Was a Polish sculptor who created a monument of Adam Mickiewicz in Poznan.

Was a Polish writer from the Young Poland period. He is known as one of the greatest Polish writers

Was a Polish writer from the Young Poland period. He is known as one of the greatest Polish writers from Podhale region and Górale folk; most famous of his works portray the common people from that region.During the First World War he joined the Polish Legions (4th Regiment). For most of his life he stayed in Poreba village. In addition to writing, he was also an activist for the region, cofounder and member of Podhale Association (Tatras Highlanders Union, 1918) and supporter of peasants’ movement. After the war, he continued to write; particularly notable are lyrical poems constituting a cycle Pochwala zycia, the drama Widma (1917-1927), the novel Czantoria (1928-1929) and his articles and essays Listy ze wsi (1925-1927). He died in Kraków; shortly before he could collect the 1930 City of Warsaw’s Award for Literature. He is buried at the Rakowicki Cemetery, but next year he was exhumed and moved to a Remembrance Cemetery at Peksowy Brzyzk, Zakopane.