Polish Famous Names Starting with Letter W

Was a Polish lawyer, historian and publicist. He lived in the France from the end of World War II un

Was a Polish lawyer, historian and publicist. He lived in the France from the end of World War II until his death in Paris in 2006.

Was a Polish sprint canoer who competed in the 1960s. Competing in three Summer Olympics, he won a b

Was a Polish sprint canoer who competed in the 1960s. Competing in three Summer Olympics, he won a bronze medal in the K-2 1000 m event at Rome in 1960.Zielinski also won a gold in the K-2 500 m event at the 1958 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Prague.

Was a Polish soldier and skier.Zytkowicz was member of the SN PTT-1907 Klub Sportowy Kemping Zakopan

Was a Polish soldier and skier.Zytkowicz was member of the SN PTT-1907 Klub Sportowy Kemping Zakopane, and primarily competed in the B-Class in 1923. As a soldier he took part at the military patrol demonstration events of the 1928 and 1936 Winter Olympics. The team of 1928 placed 7th and the team of 1936 placed 9th.He placed 3rd at the national masterships of ski jumping from 1927 to 1930 in a row[1] and participated in the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 1929. In 1931 he was national master Nordic combined.

(December 5, 1911–July 6, 2000) was a Polish pianist, composer, and memoirist. Outside Poland, Szp

(December 5, 1911–July 6, 2000) was a Polish pianist, composer, and memoirist. Outside Poland, Szpilman is widely known as the protagonist of the Roman Polanski film The Pianist, which is based on his autobiographical book recounting how he survived the Holocaust. In November 1998 Wladyslaw Szpilman was honoured by the president of Poland with a Kommandor Order with a Star of Polonia Restituta.

October 5, 1915, Tallinn – April 22, 1997, Tallinn) was a Ruthenian-Polish Prince. He was a member

October 5, 1915, Tallinn – April 22, 1997, Tallinn) was a Ruthenian-Polish Prince. He was a member of the Lesni (Armia Krajowa; in Wilno Voivodeship), the armed partisan and political organisation in Poland during the World War II and in the period following it.

Was a Polish painter, one of the most popular painters of the interwar and postwar years.a Czech, an

Was a Polish painter, one of the most popular painters of the interwar and postwar years.a Czech, and Teofila, a Polish woman. In 1889 Vlastimil moved to Kraków in Poland, where he studied at St Barbara’s School and then at the Jan III Sobieski high school. In 1896, he became a student at the Academy of Fine Arts in Kraków, where he studied under Jacek Malczewski. In 1899 he went to study painting at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris. In 1902 he had his first showings in an exhibition by the "Sztuka" society. Further exhibitions followed in Munich, Amsterdam, Rome, Berlin, Prague, Vienna, and Warsaw. In 1904 he painted the first of his village (or peasant) "Madonnas".

Is a Polish former volleyball player who competed in the 1972 Summer Olympics and in the 1976 Summer

Is a Polish former volleyball player who competed in the 1972 Summer Olympics and in the 1976 Summer Olympics.In 1972 he was part of the Polish team which finished ninth in the Olympic tournament. He played four matches.Four years later he won the gold medal with the Polish team in the 1976 Olympic tournament. He played all six matches.

Is a Polish poet and painter.

Is a Polish poet and painter.

Was an uhlan of the Home Army unit from Lwow. After 1945, together with Polish inhabitants of his ho

Was an uhlan of the Home Army unit from Lwow. After 1945, together with Polish inhabitants of his hometown, he was deported to territories of Germany, which became part of Poland.In October 1945, the 22-year old Arlamowski decided to escape Communist-controlled Poland. He managed to get into a Soviet Yak-9 plane, which was standing on the tarmac at a military airport in Izbicko (Opole Voivodeship). Reportedly, he wanted to get to Austria, but a Soviet sentry guarding the airport saw him and shot him in the head. Arlamowski died on October 30, 1945, and was buried on the “Mater Dolorosa” cemetery in Bytom.

Was a Polish painter. He was born in Lviv.

Was a Polish painter. He was born in Lviv.

Was a Polish economist.hich was occupied by the Soviet Union. He continued his studies at John Casim

Was a Polish economist.hich was occupied by the Soviet Union. He continued his studies at John Casimir University (now Lviv University) and Leningrad University in the Soviet Union. He then fled to Saratov, where he was a teacher and also worked in a factory. Towards the end of the war, Brus returned to Poland with the Soviet controlled Polish First Army

Born September 13, 1950 in Warsaw, Poland) is a Polish politician. He was a member of the post-commu

Born September 13, 1950 in Warsaw, Poland) is a Polish politician. He was a member of the post-communist Democratic Left Alliance, the Prime Minister of Poland from 1996 to Autumn 1997, the Foreign Minister of Poland in the governments of Leszek Miller (2001-2004

A retired Polish football player.He played for clubs such as Górnik Walbrzych and Stal Mielec. In s

A retired Polish football player.He played for clubs such as Górnik Walbrzych and Stal Mielec. In season 1983/84 he was a topscorer of Polish League, playing for Górnik Walbrzych.He played for Polish national team, for which he played 29 matches and scored 4 goals.Ciolek was a participant at the 1982 FIFA World Cup, where Poland won the third place. He scored the goal against Peru.

Was born in Poryck in Lutsk (Volhynia governorate, Russian Empire), today in Ukraine, and died in Ro

Was born in Poryck in Lutsk (Volhynia governorate, Russian Empire), today in Ukraine, and died in Rome, Italy. He was a cardinal of the Catholic Church. He was part of the Papal diplomacy, and was part of the nuntius in France 1879–1882.

Was a Polish lawyer and political activist in Silesia.Dabrowski participated in the Silesian Uprisin

Was a Polish lawyer and political activist in Silesia.Dabrowski participated in the Silesian Uprisings. He was murdered during World War II by the Germans at Auschwitz concentration camp.

Is a Polish graphic artist and painter, a director of the Institute of Fine Arts at the University o

Is a Polish graphic artist and painter, a director of the Institute of Fine Arts at the University of Zielona Góra.Papla, who graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Poznan in 1976, is an exhibiting artist since 1975. He took part in numerous leading national and international shows, and in 1985 was awarded the Stanislaw Wyspianski Prize for the Young Artists.[1] Papla is the president of Stowarzyszenie Polskich Artystów Malarzy i Grafików "Wielkopolska".

Is a Polish sport wrestler. He is a member of MZKS Orzel Wierzbica (1980–1987) and Legia Warszawa

Is a Polish sport wrestler. He is a member of MZKS Orzel Wierzbica (1980–1987) and Legia Warszawa (since 1987).He was a gold medalist at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta in the Men's Featherweight (57-62 kg) category. Medalist of wrestling world championships (silver: 1995, 2002; bronze: 1994, 1997), wrestling European championships (gold: 1991, 1995, 1999; bronze: 2001).

Was one of the founders of modern quantum chemistry and pioneered accurate calculations on the elect

Was one of the founders of modern quantum chemistry and pioneered accurate calculations on the electronic structure of molecules. The University of Warsaw and the Polish Chemical Society award the Kolos Medal every two years to commemorate his life and career.

Is a contemporary artist based in New England, and since 2001 works from a 6000 sq. ft. studio in Rh

Is a contemporary artist based in New England, and since 2001 works from a 6000 sq. ft. studio in Rhode Island. He is best known for his large-scale abstract paintings.His works are abstract. He uses oil paints and encaustic painting on large canvasses to build up layers with thin washes and impastos, then scratches, splatters, gouges and picks at the paint to create incised geometric forms and lines.[3][2] His works take up to six months to complete,[3] and are usually untitled.

Is a professor of mathematics at Auburn University, with research interests in geometry and topology

Is a professor of mathematics at Auburn University, with research interests in geometry and topology.Although much of Kuperberg's early mathematical work is in topology, he is best known today for his work in geometry, and in particular on packing and covering problems. His first paper in this area (1982) showed that the ratio of packing density to covering density of any convex body in the plane is at least 3/4. His 1990 paper with his son Greg provides the best lower bound known at that time for packing densities of arbitrary two-dimensional convex bodies; with Bezdek (1990) he calculated the exact packing density of the cylinder, which prior to Hales' 1998 solution of the Kepler conjecture was the first nontrivial calculation of the packing density of any three-dimensional convex body.

Born February 28, 1947 in Gliwice-Sosnica) is a former Polish football (soccer) striker, the all-tim

Born February 28, 1947 in Gliwice-Sosnica) is a former Polish football (soccer) striker, the all-time goal scorer for the Polish national team.

A former Polish football player.He played mostly for Zaglebie Sosnowiec.He played for the Polish nat

A former Polish football player.He played mostly for Zaglebie Sosnowiec.He played for the Polish national team (23 matches/3 goals) and was a participant at the 1978 FIFA World Cup.

Was a scorer of the first officially registered soccer goal in Poland.The historic goal was scored o

Was a scorer of the first officially registered soccer goal in Poland.The historic goal was scored on July 14, 1894 in Lwow, during the Second Meeting of Polish Falcons. On that day, numerous sports tournaments took place, among them there was a soccer game between the teams from Lwow and Krakow. Chomicki, who was 16 at the time, netted the ball in the 6th minute, soon afterwards referee Zygmunt Wyrobek from Krakow finished the game, as gymnastics competition was planned on the same pitch.

Was a Polish writer and dramatist, who was a member of the Young Poland movement. His most famous pl

Was a Polish writer and dramatist, who was a member of the Young Poland movement. His most famous plays include Lekkomyslna siostra (1907), Aszantka (1906), and Szczescie Franka (1906).

Was a Polish painter with works in collections of the Warsaw National Museum and Kraków.Tetmajer st

Was a Polish painter with works in collections of the Warsaw National Museum and Kraków.Tetmajer studied painting at the Kraków School of Fine Arts (Szkola Sztuk Pieknych w Krakowie) from 1875 to 1886, than in Viena and Munich (1886-1889), in Paris at the Académie Colarossi, and with Jan Matejko from 1889 to 1895.In 1890 he maried Anna Mikolajczykówna, a peasant’s daughter from Bronowice in the spirit of the Young Poland's return to the roots. His village wedding became the inspiration for the dramatist Stanislaw Wyspianski who wrote defining Polish independence drama called "Wesele" (The Wedding). Tetmajer settled with his wife in a remote house covered with thatch, where he was visited by poet Lucjan Rydel among others.