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title full_name born died nationality occupation url
Roman Polanski Roman Polanski 1933 n/a Polish film director, producer, screenwriter, and actor https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Polanski
Rosa Luxemburg Rosa Luxemburg 1871 1919 Polish revolutionary socialist, Marxist philosopher and anti-war activist https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosa_Luxemburg
Israel Epstein Israel Epstein 1915 2005 Polish journalist and author https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel_Epstein
Ben Abraham Ben Abraham 1924 2015 Polish writer and historian who became a naturalized Brazilian citizen https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Abraham
Leo Jogiches Leon "Leo" Jogiches 1867 1919 Polish Marxist revolutionary and politician, active in Poland, Lithuania and Germany https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leo_Jogiches
Raphael Lemkin Raphael Lemkin 1900 1959 Polish lawyer of Jewish descent who is best known for coining genocide and initiating the Genocide Convention, an interest spurred on after learning about the Armenian genocide and being horrified to find out that no international laws existed to prosecute the Ottoman leaders who had perpetrated these crimes https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raphael_Lemkin
Daniel Libeskind Daniel Libeskind 1946 n/a Polish architect, artist, professor and set designer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Libeskind
Haym Salomon Haym Salomon 1740 1785 Polish Jewish businessman and political financial broker who, along with English-born Robert Morris, was a prime financier of the rebel American side during the American Revolutionary War against Great Britain https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haym_Salomon
Jerzy Urban Jerzy Urban 1933 n/a Polish journalist, commentator, writer and politician, editor-in-chief of the weekly Nie and owner of the company which owns it, Urma https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerzy_Urban
Jakub Berman Jakub Berman 1901 1984 Polish communist politician https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jakub_Berman
Chaim Goldberg Chaim Goldberg 1917 2004 Polish artist, painter, sculptor, and engraver https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chaim_Goldberg
Rutka Laskier Rut "Rutka" Laskier 1929 1943 Polish Jewish diarist who is best known for her 1943 diary chronicling the three months of her life during the Holocaust in Poland https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rutka_Laskier
Adam Michnik Adam Michnik 1946 n/a Polish historian, essayist, former dissident, public intellectual, and editor-in-chief of the Polish newspaper, Gazeta Wyborcza https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam_Michnik
Herman Rosenblat Herman A. Rosenblat 1929 2015 Polish author, known for writing a fictitious Holocaust memoir titled Angel at the Fence, purporting to tell the true story of a girl who passed him food through the barbed-wire fence at the Schlieben sub-camp of the Buchenwald concentration camp in World War II. The book was planned to be published in 2009 by Berkley Books, but was cancelled after it turned out that many elements of his memoir were fabricated and some were contrary to verifiable historical facts https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herman_Rosenblat
Johannes Zukertort Johannes Hermann Zukertort 1842 1888 Polish chess master https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johannes_Zukertort
Anatol Fejgin Anatol Fejgin 1909 2002 Polish Jewish communist activist before World War II, and after 1949, commander of the Stalinist political police at the Ministry of Public Security of Poland,Poland: Last surviving leader of 1950s political police dies in charge of its notorious Special Bureau (the 10th Department) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anatol_Fejgin
Paul Baran Paul Baran 1926 2011 Polish engineer who was a pioneer in the development of computer networks https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Baran
Aaron Kosminski Aaron Kosminski 1865 1919 Polish barber and hairdresser, and suspect in the Jack the Ripper case https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aaron_Kosminski
Solomon Asch Solomon Eliot Asch 1907 1996 Polish Gestalt psychologist and pioneer in social psychology https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solomon_Asch
Stanisław Lem Stanisław Herman Lem 1921 2006 Polish writer of science fiction and essays on various subjects, including philosophy, futurology, and literary criticism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanisław_Lem
Jankiel Wiernik Jankiel (Yankel, Yaakov 1889 1972 Polish Jewish Holocaust survivor who was an influential figure in the Treblinka extermination camp resistance https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jankiel_Wiernik
Samuel Goldwyn Samuel Goldwyn 1882 1974 Polish film producer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Goldwyn
Feliks Kon Feliks Yakovlevich Kon 1864 1941 Polish communist activist, politician, ethnographer, publicist and journalist https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feliks_Kon
Isaac Bashevis Singer Isaac Bashevis Singer 1903 1991 Polish Jewish-American writer who wrote and published first in Yiddish and later translated himself into English with the help of editors and collaborators https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaac_Bashevis_Singer
Joseph Kushner Joseph Kushner 1922 1985 Polish real estate investor and developer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Kushner
Henri Tajfel Henri Tajfel 1919 1982 Polish social psychologist, best known for his pioneering work on the cognitive aspects of prejudice and social identity theory, as well as being one of the founders of the European Association of Experimental Social Psychology https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henri_Tajfel
Albert Sabin Albert Bruce Sabin 1906 1993 Polish medical researcher, best known for developing the oral polio vaccine, which has played a key role in nearly eradicating the disease https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Sabin
Józef Unszlicht Józef Unszlicht or Iosif Stanislavovich Unshlikht 1879 1938 Polish revolutionary activist, a Soviet government official and one of the founders of the Cheka https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Józef_Unszlicht
Hilary Minc Hilary Minc 1905 1974 Polish economist and communist politician prominent in Stalinist Poland https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hilary_Minc
Julian Tuwim Julian Tuwim 1894 1953 Polish poet, born in Łódź, then part of the Russian Partition https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julian_Tuwim
Yakov Ganetsky Yakov Hanecki 1879 1937 Polish prominent communist and close associate of Vladimir Lenin, (Zalesskiy K.A. Stalin's Empire https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yakov_Ganetsky
Lee Strasberg Lee Strasberg 1901 1982 Polish actor, director, and theatre practitioner https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_Strasberg
Stanislaw Ulam Stanisław Marcin Ulam 1909 1984 Polish scientist in the fields of mathematics and nuclear physics https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanislaw_Ulam
Arthur Rubinstein Arthur Rubinstein 1887 1982 Polish pianist https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Rubinstein
Zygmunt Bauman Zygmunt Bauman 1925 2017 Polish sociologist and philosopher https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zygmunt_Bauman
Agata Kornhauser-Duda Agata Kornhauser-Duda 1972 n/a Polish former teacher and the current first lady of Poland https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agata_Kornhauser-Duda
Julian Kornhauser Julian Kornhauser 1946 n/a Polish poet and literary critic https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julian_Kornhauser
Jacob Burck Jacob "Jake" Burck 1907 1982 Polish Jewish-American painter, sculptor, and award-winning editorial cartoonist https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacob_Burck
Alfred Tarski Alfred Tarski 1901 1983 Polish logician and mathematician https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Tarski
Joseph Rotblat Sir Joseph Rotblat 1908 2005 Polish physicist, a self-described "Pole with a British passport" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Rotblat
Jan Grabowski Jan Grabowski 1962 n/a Polish professor of history at the University of Ottawa, specializing in Jewish–Polish relations in German-occupied Poland during World War II and the Holocaust in Poland https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_Grabowski
Agnieszka Holland Agnieszka Holland 1948 n/a Polish film and television director and screenwriter, best known for her political contributions to Polish cinema https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agnieszka_Holland
Henry Morgentaler Henekh "Henry" Morgentaler 1923 2013 Polish Jewish-born Canadian physician and abortion rights advocate who fought numerous legal battles aimed at expanding abortion rights in Canada https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Morgentaler
Adolf Berman Adolf Avraham Berman 1906 1978 Polish activist and communist politician https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adolf_Berman
Benoit Mandelbrot Benoit B. Mandelbrot 1924 2010 Polish mathematician and polymath with broad interests in the practical sciences, especially regarding what he labeled as "the art of roughness" of physical phenomena and "the uncontrolled element in life" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benoit_Mandelbrot
Isaac Deutscher Isaac Deutscher 1907 1967 Polish Marxist writer, journalist and political activist who moved to the United Kingdom before the outbreak of World War II. He is best known as a biographer of Leon Trotsky and Joseph Stalin and as a commentator on Soviet affairs https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaac_Deutscher
Marion Kozak Marion Kozak or Marion Kozak Miliband 1934 n/a Polish activist https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marion_Kozak
Roald Hoffmann Roald Hoffmann 1937 n/a Polish theoretical chemist who won the 1981 Nobel Prize in Chemistry https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roald_Hoffmann
Joe Kubert Joseph Kubert 1926 2012 Polish comic book artist, art teacher, and founder of The Kubert School https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Kubert
Gena Turgel Gena Turgel 1923 2018 Polish Jewish author, educator, and Holocaust survivor https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gena_Turgel
Bruno Schulz Bruno Schulz 1892 1942 Polish Jewish writer, fine artist, literary critic and art teacher https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruno_Schulz
Janusz Korczak Janusz Korczak, the pen name of Henryk Goldszmit 1878 1879 Polish Jewish educator, children's author and pedagogue known as Pan Doktor ("Mr. Doctor") or Stary Doktor ("Old Doctor") https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Janusz_Korczak
Julia Brystiger Julia Brystiger 1902 1975 Polish Jewish communist activist and member of the security apparatus in Stalinist Poland https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julia_Brystiger
Jacob Bronowski Jacob Bronowski 1908 1974 Polish mathematician and philosopher https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacob_Bronowski
Georges Charpak Georges Charpak 1924 2010 Polish physicist from a Jewish family who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1992 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georges_Charpak
Yisrael Kristal Yisrael Kristal 1903 2017 Polish supercentenarian recognized in 2014 as the oldest living Holocaust survivor https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yisrael_Kristal
Zeev Sternhell Zeev Sternhell 1935 2020 Polish historian, political scientist, commentator on the Israeli–Palestinian conflict, and writer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zeev_Sternhell
Jerzy Kosiński Jerzy Kosiński 1933 1991 Polish novelist and two-time President of the American Chapter of P.E.N., who wrote primarily in English https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerzy_Kosiński
Helena Rubinstein Helena Rubinstein 1872 1965 Polish businesswoman, art collector, and philanthropist https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helena_Rubinstein
Henryk M. Broder Henryk Marcin Broder 1946 n/a Polish journalist, author, and TV personality https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henryk_M._Broder
Hilary Koprowski Hilary Koprowski 1916 2013 Polish virologist and immunologist active in the United States who demonstrated the world's first effective live polio vaccine https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hilary_Koprowski
David Olère David Olère 1902 1985 Polish painter and sculptor best known for his explicit drawings and paintings based on his experiences as a Jewish Sonderkommando inmate at Auschwitz concentration camp during World War II. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Olère
Michał Kalecki Michał Kalecki 1899 1970 Polish Marxian economist https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michał_Kalecki
Adolf Warski Adolf Warski 1868 1937 Polish communist leader, journalist and theoretician of the communist movement in Poland https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adolf_Warski
Paweł Pawlikowski Paweł Aleksander Pawlikowski 1957 n/a Polish filmmaker and Oscar award winning Filmproducer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paweł_Pawlikowski
Marcel Reich-Ranicki Marcel Reich-Ranicki 1920 2013 Polish literary critic and member of the literary group Gruppe 47 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcel_Reich-Ranicki
Leonard Chess Lejzor Szmuel Czyż 1917 1969 Polish record company executive and the co-founder of Chess Records https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonard_Chess
Marek Edelman Marek Edelman 1919 1922 Polish political and social activist and cardiologist https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marek_Edelman
Leonid Hurwicz Leonid Hurwicz 1917 2008 Polish economist and mathematician, known for his work in game theory and mechanism design https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonid_Hurwicz
Jan T. Gross Jan Tomasz Gross 1947 n/a Polish sociologist and historian https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_T._Gross
Tamara de Lempicka Tamara Łempicka 1898 1980 Polish painter who spent her working life in France and the United States https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tamara_de_Lempicka
Shlomo Goren Shlomo Goren 1917 1994 Polish Orthodox Religious Zionist rabbi and Talmudic scholar who was considered a foremost authority on Jewish law (Halakha) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shlomo_Goren
Roman Romkowski Roman Romkowski born Natan Grünspan-Kikiel 1907 1965 Polish communist official trained by Comintern in Moscow, who settled in Warsaw after the Soviet takeover, and became second in command (the deputy minister) the Ministry of Public Security (MBP or colloquially UB) during the late 1940s and early 1950s https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Romkowski
Samuel Reshevsky Samuel Herman Reshevsky 1911 1992 Polish chess prodigy and later a leading American chess grandmaster https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Reshevsky
Bronisław Kaper Bronisław Kaper 1902 1983 Polish film composer who scored films and musical theater in Germany, France, and the USA. The American immigration authorities misspelled his name as Bronislau Kaper https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bronisław_Kaper
Ludwik Dorn Ludwik Stanisław Dorn 1954 n/a Polish Jewish conservative politician, former Deputy Prime Minister and member of Sejm elected on 5 November 2007 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ludwik_Dorn
Frank Blaichman Frank Blaichman 1922 2018 Polish Jewish leader of a communist armed organization during World War II and a Holocaust survivor https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Blaichman
Abraham Joshua Heschel Abraham Joshua Heschel 1907 1972 Polish rabbi and one of the leading Jewish theologians and Jewish philosophers of the 20th century https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraham_Joshua_Heschel
Savielly Tartakower Savielly Tartakower 1887 1956 Polish chess player https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Savielly_Tartakower
Israel Gutman Israel Gutman 1923 2013 Polish historian and a survivor of the Holocaust https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel_Gutman
Henryk Wieniawski Henryk Wieniawski 1835 1880 Polish virtuoso violinist, composer and pedagogue who is regarded amongst the greatest violinists in history https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henryk_Wieniawski
Tadeusz Reichstein Tadeusz Reichstein 1897 1996 Polish chemist and the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine laureate (1950), which was awarded for his work on the isolation of cortisone https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tadeusz_Reichstein
Samuel Pisar Samuel Pisar 1929 2015 Polish lawyer, author, and a Holocaust survivor https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Pisar
Leopold Trepper Leopold Zakharovitch Trepper 1904 1982 Polish Communist and career Soviet agent of the Red Army Intelligence https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leopold_Trepper
Max Webb Max Webb 1917 2018 Polish real estate developer and philanthropist from Los Angeles, California https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Webb
Balthus Balthasar Klossowski de Rola 1908 2001 Polish modern artist https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balthus
Akiba Rubinstein Akiba Kiwelowicz Rubinstein 1880 1961 Polish chess player https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akiba_Rubinstein
Władysław Szpilman Władysław Szpilman 1911 2000 Polish pianist and classical composer of Jewish descent https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Władysław_Szpilman
Bronisław Geremek Bronisław Geremek null null Polish social historian and politician https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bronisław_Geremek
Szymon Datner Szymon Datner 1902 1989 Polish historian, Holocaust survivor and underground operative from Białystok, best known for his studies of the Nazi war crimes and events of The Holocaust in the Białystok region https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Szymon_Datner
Else Frenkel-Brunswik Else Frenkel-Brunswik 1908 1958 Polish Jewish psychologist https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Else_Frenkel-Brunswik
Wanda Landowska Wanda Aleksandra Landowska 1879 1959 Polish harpsichordist and pianist whose performances, teaching, writings and especially her many recordings played a large role in reviving the popularity of the harpsichord in the early 20th century https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wanda_Landowska
Henryk Szeryng Henryk Szeryng 1918 1988 Polish violinist https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henryk_Szeryng
Jerzy Borejsza Jerzy Borejsza 1905 1952 Polish communist activist and writer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerzy_Borejsza
Stanisław Krajewski Stanisław Krajewski 1950 n/a Polish philosopher, mathematician and writer, activist of the Jewish minority in Poland https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanisław_Krajewski
Franceska Mann Franceska Manheimer-Rosenberg 1917 1943 Polish Jewish ballerina who, according to some accounts, killed a Nazi guard, , while a prisoner at the Auschwitz concentration camp and wounded at least one other, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franceska_Mann
Adam Ulam Adam Bruno Ulam 1922 2000 Polish historian of Jewish descent and political scientist at Harvard University https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam_Ulam
Leo Sternbach Leo Sternbach 1908 2005 Polish chemist who is credited with first synthesizing benzodiazepines, the main class of tranquilizers https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leo_Sternbach
Phil Chess Philip Chess 1921 2016 Polish record producer and company executive, the co-founder with his brother of Chess Records https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phil_Chess
Emanuel Ringelblum Emanuel Ringelblum 1900 none Polish Jewish historian, politician and social worker, known for his Notes from the Warsaw Ghetto, Notes on the Refugees in Zbąszyn chronicling the deportation of Jews from the town of Zbąszyń, and the so-called Ringelblum Archive of the Warsaw Ghetto https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emanuel_Ringelblum
Irena Szewińska Irena Szewińska 1946 2018 Polish sprinter who was one of the world's foremost athletes for nearly two decades, in multiple events https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irena_Szewińska
Rudolph Maté Rudolph Maté 1898 1964 Polish cinematographer, film director and film producer who worked as cameraman and cinematographer in Hungary, Austria, Germany, France and the United Kingdom, before moving to Hollywood in the mid 1930s https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudolph_Maté
Meir Shapiro Yehuda Meir Shapiro 1887 1933 Polish prominent Hasidic rabbi and rosh yeshiva, also known as the Lubliner Rav https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meir_Shapiro
Joseph Epstein Joseph Epstein 1911 1944 Polish Jewish communist activist and a French Resistance leader during World War II. He was executed by the Germans https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Epstein
Henryk Mandelbaum Henryk Mandelbaum 1922 2008 Polish Holocaust survivor https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henryk_Mandelbaum
Hugo Steinhaus Władysław Hugo Dionizy Steinhaus 1887 1972 Polish mathematician and educator https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugo_Steinhaus
Kazimierz Kuratowski Kazimierz Kuratowski 1896 1980 Polish mathematician and logician https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kazimierz_Kuratowski
Bronisław Huberman Bronisław Huberman 1882 1947 Polish Jewish violinist https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bronisław_Huberman
George E. Stone George E. Stone 1903 1967 Polish character actor in movies, radio, and television https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_E._Stone
Stefan Kisielewski Stefan Kisielewski 1911 1991 Polish writer, publicist, composer and politician, and one of the members of Znak, one of the founders of the Unia Polityki Realnej, the Polish libertarian and conservative political party https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stefan_Kisielewski
Janusz Morgenstern Janusz "Kuba" Morgenstern 1922 2011 Polish film director and producer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Janusz_Morgenstern
Józef Retinger Józef Hieronim Retinger 1888 1960 Polish scholar, international political activist with access to some of the leading power brokers of the 20th century, a publicist and writer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Józef_Retinger
Henryk Grossman Henryk Grossman 1881 1950 Polish economist, historian, and Marxist revolutionary active in both Poland and Germany https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henryk_Grossman
Samuel Eilenberg Samuel Eilenberg 1913 1998 Polish mathematician who co-founded category theory (with Saunders Mac Lane) and homological algebra https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Eilenberg
Berek Joselewicz Berek Joselewicz 1764 1809 Polish Jewish colonel of the Polish Army during the Kościuszko Uprising https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berek_Joselewicz
Alexandre Tansman Alexander Tansman 1897 1986 Polish composer, virtuoso pianist and conductor of Jewish origin, since 1938 a French citizen https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexandre_Tansman
Dominika Peczynski Dominika Peczynski 1970 n/a Polish singer, model and television host https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dominika_Peczynski
Izrael Poznański Izrael Kalman Poznański 1833 1900 Polish Jewish businessman, textile magnate and philanthropist in Łódź, Poland (then part of the Russian Empire), and the husband of Eleonora Hertz Poznańska https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Izrael_Poznański
Louis Begley Louis Begley 1933 n/a Polish Jewish novelist https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Begley
John Bluthal John Bluthal 1929 2018 Polish radio, stage, television and film character actor, comedian and voice artist, noted for his six-decade career internationally in Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Bluthal
Ingrid Pitt Ingrid Pitt 1937 2010 Polish actress, author and writer best known for her work in horror films of the 1970s https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ingrid_Pitt
Renia Spiegel Renia Spiegel 1924 1942 Polish Jewish diarist who was killed during World War II in the Holocaust https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renia_Spiegel
Adam Schaff Adam Schaff 1913 2006 Polish Marxist philosopher https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam_Schaff
Victor Alter Victor Alter 1890 1943 Polish Jewish socialist activist and Bund publicist, and a member of the executive committee of the Second International https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victor_Alter
Wojciech Has Wojciech Jerzy Has 1925 2000 Polish film director, screenwriter and film producer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wojciech_Has
Peter Rachman Perec "Peter" Rachman 1919 1962 Polish landlord who operated in Notting Hill, London, England in the 1950s and early 1960s https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Rachman
Simcha Blass Simcha Blass 1897 1982 Polish engineer and inventor who developed the modern drip irrigation system with his son Yeshayahu https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simcha_Blass
Adam Czerniaków Adam Czerniaków 1880 1942 Polish engineer and senator who was head of the Warsaw Ghetto Jewish Council (Judenrat) during World War II. He committed suicide on 23 July 1942 by swallowing a cyanide pill, a day after the commencement of mass extermination of Jews known as the Grossaktion Warsaw https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam_Czerniaków
Ignacy Schwarzbart Ignacy Izaak Schwarzbart 1888 1961 Polish prominent Zionist, and one of Jewish representatives on the Polish National Council of the Polish Government-in-Exile during the Second World War, along with Szmul Zygielbojm https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ignacy_Schwarzbart
Szmul Zygielbojm Szmul Zygielbojm null null Polish Jewish socialist politician, Bund trade-union activist, and member of the National Council of the Polish government-in-exile https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Szmul_Zygielbojm
Sholem Asch Sholem Asch 1880 1957 Polish Jewish novelist, dramatist, and essayist in the Yiddish language who settled in the United States https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sholem_Asch
Two-Gun Cohen Morris (Moishe) Abraham Cohen 1887 1970 Polish adventurer of Jewish origin who became aide-de-camp to Sun Yat-sen and a major-general in the Chinese National Revolutionary Army https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Two-Gun_Cohen
Aron Bielski Aron Bielski 1927 n/a Polish Jew and former member of the Bielski partisans group, the largest armed rescuers of Jews by Jews during World War II. He was also known as Arczyk Bielski https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aron_Bielski
Arthur Szyk Arthur Szyk 1894 1951 Polish Jewish artist who worked primarily as a book illustrator and political artist throughout his career https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Szyk
Jerzy Hoffman Jerzy Hoffman 1932 n/a Polish director, screenwriter, and producer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerzy_Hoffman
Franciszek Wójcicki Franciszek Wójcicki 1900 1983 Polish politician https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franciszek_Wójcicki
Stanisław Jerzy Lec Stanisław Jerzy Lec 1909 1966 Polish aphorist and poet https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanisław_Jerzy_Lec
Jakub Lejkin Jakub Lejkin 1906 1942 Polish lawyer, deputy commander subordinate to the Germans at the Warsaw Ghetto https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jakub_Lejkin
Leopold Infeld Leopold Infeld 1898 1968 Polish physicist who worked mainly in Poland and Canada (1938–1950) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leopold_Infeld
Samuel Willenberg Samuel Willenberg, nom de guerre Igo 1923 2016 Polish Holocaust survivor, artist, and writer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Willenberg
Ignaz Friedman Ignaz Friedman null null Polish pianist and composer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ignaz_Friedman
Ludwig Gumplowicz Ludwig Gumplowicz 1838 1909 Polish sociologist, jurist, historian, and political scientist, who taught constitutional and administrative law at the University of Graz https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ludwig_Gumplowicz
Krystyna Skarbek Maria Krystyna Janina Skarbek 1908 1952 Polish agent of the British Special Operations Executive (SOE) during the Second World War https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krystyna_Skarbek
Marie Rambert Dame Marie Rambert, Mrs Dukes DBE 1888 1982 Polish dancer and pedagogue who exerted great influence on British ballet, both as a dancer and teacher https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marie_Rambert
Jan Kiepura Jan Wiktor Kiepura 1902 1966 Polish singer (tenor) and actor https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_Kiepura
Ned Glass Nusyn "Ned" Glass 1906 1984 Polish character actor who appeared in more than eighty films and on television more than one hundred times, frequently playing nervous, cowardly, or deceitful characters https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ned_Glass
Joseph Jastrow Joseph Jastrow 1863 1944 Polish psychologist, noted for inventions in experimental psychology, design of experiments, and psychophysics https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Jastrow
Mary Fairfax Mary Elizabeth Fairfax 1922 2017 Polish businesswoman and philanthropist https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Fairfax
Anna Held Helene Anna Held 1872 1918 Polish stage performer and singer on Broadway https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anna_Held
Roman Zambrowski Roman Zambrowski 1909 1977 Polish communist politician https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Zambrowski
Mark Kac Mark Kac 1914 1984 Polish mathematician https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Kac
Tadeusz Różewicz Tadeusz Różewicz 1921 2014 Polish poet, playwright, writer, and translator https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tadeusz_Różewicz
Elie Nadelman Elie Nadelman 1882 1946 Polish sculptor, draughtsman and collector of folk art https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elie_Nadelman
Vladek Sheybal Vladek Sheybal 1923 1992 Polish character actor, singer and director of both television and stage productions https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vladek_Sheybal
Marek Borowski Marek Stefan Borowski 1946 n/a Polish left-wing politician https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marek_Borowski
Bronisław Wildstein Bronisław Wildstein 1952 n/a Polish former dissident, a journalist, freelance author and, from 11 May 2006 to 28 February 2007, was the chief executive officer of Telewizja Polska (Polish state-owned television) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bronisław_Wildstein
Anna Bikont Anna Bikont 1954 n/a Polish journalist for the Gazeta Wyborcza newspaper in Warsaw https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anna_Bikont
Kazimiera Szczuka Kazimiera Szczuka 1966 n/a Polish literary historian, literary critic, feminist and television personality, known from the Polish edition of The Weakest Link https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kazimiera_Szczuka
Ida Haendel Ida Haendel 1928 2020 Polish violinist https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ida_Haendel
Kayah (singer) Katarzyna Magdalena Rooijens 1967 n/a Polish singer-songwriter performing a variety of music genres, including pop, soul, jazz, world and dance https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kayah_(singer)
Marceli Handelsman Marceli Handelsman 1882 1945 Polish historian, a Warsaw University professor, medievalist, modern historian, and historical methodologist https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marceli_Handelsman
Gustaw Herling-Grudziński Gustaw Herling-Grudziński 1919 2000 Polish writer, journalist, essayist, World War II underground fighter, and political dissident abroad during the communist system in Poland https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gustaw_Herling-Grudziński
Jan Kott Jan Kott 1914 2001 Polish political activist, critic and theoretician of the theatre https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_Kott
Ephraim Avigdor Speiser Ephraim Avigdor Speiser 1902 1965 Polish Jewish-born American Assyriologist https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ephraim_Avigdor_Speiser
Joseph Lawende Joseph Lawende 1847 1925 Polish cigarette salesman, who is, with Israel Schwartz, among the most discussed of witnesses in the series of murders committed by Jack the Ripper in and around the Whitechapel district of London in 1888 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Lawende
Zalman Gradowski Zalman Gradowski or Chaim Zalman Gradowski 1910 1944 Polish Jewish prisoner of the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp during the Holocaust in occupied Poland https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zalman_Gradowski
David Krech David Krech 1909 1977 Polish experimental and social psychologist who lectured predominately at the University of California, Berkeley https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Krech
Aleksander Ford Aleksander Ford 1908 1980 Polish film director; and head of the Polish People's Army Film Crew in the Soviet Union during World War II. Following the war he was appointed director of the Film Polski company https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aleksander_Ford
Michael Marks Michael Marks 1859 1907 Polish businessman and entrepreneur, who with Thomas Spencer co-founded the British retail chain Marks & Spencer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Marks
Julian Aleksandrowicz Julian Aleksandrowicz 1908 1988 Polish medical professional, professor of medicine, and a notable specialist on leukemia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julian_Aleksandrowicz
Paul Kletzki Paul Kletzki 1900 1973 Polish conductor and composer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Kletzki
Stanisław Aronson Stanisław Witold Aronson 1925 n/a Polish Jew and an Israeli citizen, as well as a former officer of the Polish Home Army (AK) with a rank of Lieutenant Colonel https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanisław_Aronson
Stanisław Mazur Stanisław Mieczysław Mazur 1905 1981 Polish mathematician and a member of the Polish Academy of Sciences https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanisław_Mazur
Fred Rose (politician) Fred Rose 1907 1983 Polish politician and trade union organizer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Rose_(politician)
Piotr Fronczewski Piotr Fronczewski 1946 n/a Polish actor and singer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piotr_Fronczewski
Jacob Wolfowitz Jacob Wolfowitz 1910 1981 Polish Jewish statistician and Shannon Award-winning information theorist https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacob_Wolfowitz
Mieczysław Horszowski Mieczysław Horszowski 1892 1993 Polish pianist who had one of the longest careers in the history of the performing arts https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mieczysław_Horszowski
Grzegorz Fitelberg Grzegorz Fitelberg 1879 1953 Polish conductor, violinist and composer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grzegorz_Fitelberg
Jan Brzechwa Jan Brzechwa 1898 1966 Polish poet, author and lawyer, known mostly for his contribution to children's literature https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_Brzechwa
Antoni Słonimski Antoni Słonimski 1895 1976 Polish poet, artist, journalist, playwright and prose writer, president of the Union of Polish Writers in 1956–1959 during the Polish October, known for his devotion to social justice https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antoni_Słonimski
Chaïm Perelman Chaïm Perelman 1912 1984 Polish philosopher of law, who studied, taught, and lived most of his life in Brussels https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chaïm_Perelman
Ben Barenholtz Ben Barenholtz 1935 2019 Polish film exhibitor, distributor and producer, who was a presence in the independent film scene since the late 1960s, when he opened The Elgin Cinema in New York City in 1968 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Barenholtz
Joseph Tykociński-Tykociner Joseph Tykociński-Tykociner 1877 1969 Polish engineer and a pioneer of sound-on-film technology https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Tykociński-Tykociner
Jurek Becker Jurek Becker 1937 1997 Polish writer, screenwriter and East German dissident https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jurek_Becker
Maurycy Gottlieb Maurycy Gottlieb ; 21/28 February 1856 – 17 July 1879) null null Polish realist painter of the Romantic period https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maurycy_Gottlieb
Bolesław Leśmian Bolesław Leśmian 1877 1937 Polish poet, artist and member of the Polish Academy of Literature, one of the first poets to introduce Symbolism and Expressionism to Polish verse https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bolesław_Leśmian
Andrzej Munk Andrzej Munk 1921 1961 Polish film director, screen writer and documentalist https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrzej_Munk
Moriz Rosenthal Moriz Rosenthal 1862 1946 Polish pianist and composer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moriz_Rosenthal
Ben Helfgott Sir Ben Helfgott 1929 n/a Polish Holocaust survivor and former champion weightlifter https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Helfgott
Stefan Meller Stefan Meller 1942 2008 Polish diplomat and academician https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stefan_Meller
Krzysztof Kamil Baczyński Krzysztof Kamil Baczyński 1921 1944 Polish poet and Home Army soldier, one of the most well known of the Generation of Columbuses, the young generation of Polish poets, of whom several perished in the Warsaw Uprising and during the German occupation of Poland https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krzysztof_Kamil_Baczyński
Casimir Funk Kazimierz Funk 1884 1967 Polish biochemist, generally credited with being among the first to formulate (in 1912) the concept of vitamins, which he called "vital amines" or "vitamines" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casimir_Funk
David Seymour (photographer) David Seymour 1911 1956 Polish photographer and photojournalist https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Seymour_(photographer)
Emil Leon Post Emil Leon Post 1897 1954 Polish mathematician and logician https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emil_Leon_Post
Szymon Winawer Szymon Abramowicz Winawer 1838 1919 Polish Jewish chess player who won the German Chess Championship in 1883 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Szymon_Winawer
Rose Schneiderman Rose Schneiderman 1882 1972 Polish socialist and feminist, and one of the most prominent female labor union leaders https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rose_Schneiderman
Salo Wittmayer Baron Salo Wittmayer Baron 1895 1989 Polish historian, described as "the greatest Jewish historian of the 20th century" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salo_Wittmayer_Baron
Moshe Czerniak Moshe Czerniak 1910 1984 Polish chess player https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moshe_Czerniak
Peter Malkin Peter Zvi Malkin 1927 2005 Polish secret agent and member of the Mossad intelligence agency https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Malkin
Melvin Dresher Melvin Dresher 1911 1992 Polish mathematician, notable for developing, with Merrill Flood, the game theoretical model of cooperation and conflict known as the Prisoner's dilemma while at RAND in 1950 (Albert W. Tucker gave the game its prison-sentence interpretation, and thus the name by which it is known today) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melvin_Dresher
Zvi Hecker Zvi Hecker 1931 n/a Polish architect https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zvi_Hecker
Paweł Edelman Paweł Edelman 1958 n/a Polish cinematographer from Łódź, known for his collaborations with acclaimed directors Roman Polanski and Andrzej Wajda https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paweł_Edelman
Alexander Ramati Alexander Ramati 1921 2006 Polish writer and film director https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Ramati
Haim Hefer Haim Hefer 1925 2012 Polish songwriter, poet and writer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haim_Hefer
Myer Prinstein Myer (or Meyer) Prinstein 1878 1925 Polish track and field athlete and member of the Irish American Athletic Club https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myer_Prinstein
Jerzy Einhorn Jerzy Einhorn 1925 2000 Polish medical doctor, researcher and politician (Kristdemokrat) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerzy_Einhorn
Julius Fromm Julius Fromm 1883 1945 Polish entrepreneur, chemist, and one of the inventors of the rubber condom and who also made several other elastomeric products such as rubber gloves and hot water bottles https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julius_Fromm
Milton Rokeach Milton Rokeach 1918 1988 Polish social psychologist https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milton_Rokeach
Julian Klaczko Julian Klaczko 1825 n/a Polish author, proficient in Hebrew, Polish, French, and German https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julian_Klaczko
Herman Auerbach Herman Auerbach 1901 1942 Polish mathematician and member of the Lwów School of Mathematics https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herman_Auerbach
Henryk Wars Henryk Wars 1947 1902 Polish composer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henryk_Wars
Konstanty Gebert Konstanty Gebert 1953 n/a Polish journalist and a Jewish activist, as well as one of the most notable war correspondents of various Polish daily newspapers https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Konstanty_Gebert
Irving Glassberg Irving Glassberg, A.S.C. 1906 1958 Polish cinematographer, who worked on many Universal Pictures during the forties and fifties https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irving_Glassberg
Bella Darvi Bella Darvi 1928 1971 Polish film actress and stage performer who was active in France and the United States https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bella_Darvi
Witold Hurewicz Witold Hurewicz 1904 1956 Polish mathematician https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Witold_Hurewicz
Alona Frankel Alona Frankel 1937 n/a Polish writer and illustrator of many classic children's books as well as recently published poetic memoirs for young adults https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alona_Frankel
Helene Deutsch Helene Deutsch 1884 1982 Polish psychoanalyst and colleague of Sigmund Freud https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helene_Deutsch
Alice Miller (psychologist) Alice Miller 1923 2010 Polish psychologist, psychoanalyst and philosopher of Jewish origin, who is noted for her books on parental child abuse, translated into several languages https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alice_Miller_(psychologist)
Roman Totenberg Roman Totenberg 1911 2012 Polish violinist and educator https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Totenberg
Bruno Jasieński Bruno Jasieński 1901 1938 Polish poet, novelist, playwright, Catastrophist, and leader of the Polish Futurist movement in the interwar period https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruno_Jasieński
Szymon Goldberg Szymon Goldberg 1909 1993 Polish Jewish classical violinist and conductor, latterly an American https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Szymon_Goldberg
Israel Joshua Singer Israel Joshua Singer 1893 1944 Polish Jewish novelist who wrote in Yiddish https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel_Joshua_Singer
Benjamin Feigenbaum Benjamin Feigenbaum 1860 1932 Polish Jewish socialist, newspaper editor, translator, and satirist https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_Feigenbaum
Temerl Bergson Temerl Bergson 1830 n/a Polish Jewish businesswoman https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Temerl_Bergson
Irena Krzywicka Irena Krzywicka née Goldberg 1899 1994 Polish feminist, writer, translator and activist for women's rights, who promoted sexual education, contraception and planned parenthood https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irena_Krzywicka
Moïse Kisling Moïse Kisling 1891 1953 Polish painter https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moïse_Kisling
Ludwik Fleck Ludwik Fleck 1896 1961 Polish Jewish physician and biologist who did important work in epidemic typhus in Lwów, Poland, with Rudolf WeiglT https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ludwik_Fleck
Felix Zandman Felix Zandman 1928 2011 Polish entrepreneur and founder of Vishay Intertechnology – one of the world's largest manufacturers of electronic components https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Felix_Zandman
Maria Szymanowska Maria Szymanowska 1789 1831 Polish composer and one of the first professional virtuoso pianists of the 19th century https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_Szymanowska
Henryk Gold Henryk Gold 1902 1977 Polish composer, arranger, and orchestra director https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henryk_Gold
Alter Mojze Goldman Alter Mojze Goldman 1909 1988 Polish Jew who was active in the French Résistance during World War II. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alter_Mojze_Goldman
Alojzy Ehrlich Alojzy "Alex" Ehrlich 1914 1992 Polish table tennis player, widely regarded as one of the best players in Polish history of this sport, who three times won silver in the World Championships https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alojzy_Ehrlich
Kazimierz Fajans Kazimierz Fajans 1887 1975 Polish physical chemist of Polish-Jewish origin, a pioneer in the science of radioactivity and the discoverer of chemical element protactinium https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kazimierz_Fajans
Juliusz Schauder Juliusz Paweł Schauder 1899 1943 Polish mathematician of Jewish origin, known for his work in functional analysis, partial differential equations and mathematical physics https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juliusz_Schauder
Roman Brandstaetter Roman Brandstaetter 1906 1987 Polish writer, poet, playwright, journalist and translator https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Brandstaetter
Michał Bergson Michał Bergson (Bergsohn) 1820 1898 Polish composer and pianist, promoter of Frédéric Chopin https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michał_Bergson
Jerzy Petersburski Jerzy Petersburski 1895 1979 Polish Jewish pianist and composer of popular music, renowned mostly for his Tangos, some of which (such as To ostatnia niedziela, Już nigdy and Tango Milonga) were milestones in popularization of the musical genre in Poland and are still widely known today, more than half a century after their creation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerzy_Petersburski
Sala Burton Sala Galante Burton 1925 1987 Polish politician who served as a United States Representative from California from 1983 until her death from colon cancer in Washington, D. C., in 1987 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sala_Burton
Dawid Przepiórka Dawid Przepiórka 1880 1940 Polish prominent chess player of the early twentieth century https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dawid_Przepiórka
Artur Gold Artur (Arthur) Gold 1897 1943 Polish Jewish violinist and dance-music composer during the Interbellum https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artur_Gold
Mordechaï Podchlebnik Mordechaï Podchlebnik or Michał Podchlebnik 1907 1985 Polish Jew who managed to survive the Holocaust https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mordechaï_Podchlebnik
Alfred Lampe Alfred Lampe 1900 1943 Polish communist politician and theorist https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Lampe
Adam Daniel Rotfeld Adam Daniel Rotfeld 1938 n/a Polish researcher, diplomat, and former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Poland from 5 January 2005 until 31 October 2005 when a change of government took place https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam_Daniel_Rotfeld
Kurt Katch Kurt Katch 1893 1958 Polish film and television actor https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kurt_Katch
Anatol Stern Anatol Stern 1899 1968 Polish poet, writer and art critic https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anatol_Stern
Joseph Schleifstein Joseph Schleifstein 1941 n/a Polish who survived the Buchenwald concentration camp at the age of four https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Schleifstein
Naftali Botwin Izaak Naftali Botwin null null Polish communist and labour activist who was executed for the murder of a police informant https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naftali_Botwin
Shmuel Ben-Artzi Shmuel Ben-Artzi 1914 2011 Polish writer, poet and educator https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shmuel_Ben-Artzi
Lidia Zamenhof Lidia Zamenhof 1904 1942 Polish writer, publisher, translator and the youngest daughter of Klara (Silbernik) and L. L. Zamenhof, the creator of Esperanto https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lidia_Zamenhof
Christian David Ginsburg Christian David Ginsburg 1831 1914 Polish Bible scholar and a student of the Masoretic tradition in Judaism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_David_Ginsburg
Paulino Frydman Paulino (Paulin) Frydman 1905 1982 Polish chess master https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paulino_Frydman
Marian Hemar Marian Hemar 1901 1972 Polish poet, journalist, playwright, comedy writer, and songwriter https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marian_Hemar
Wanda Wiłkomirska Wanda Wiłkomirska 1929 2018 Polish violinist and academic teacher https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wanda_Wiłkomirska
Stefan Themerson Stefan Themerson 1910 1988 Polish writer of children's literature, poet and inventor of Semantic Poetry, novelist, script writer filmmaker, composer and philosopher https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stefan_Themerson
Joseph Burstyn Joseph Burstyn 1899 1953 Polish film distributor who specialized in the commercial release of foreign-language and American independent film productions https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Burstyn
Irma May Irma May 1899 n/a Polish social reformer and humanitarian who sought to publicise within North America the plight of Eastern European Jews during the 1920s https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irma_May
Gerda Weissmann Klein Gerda Weissmann Klein 1924 n/a Polish writer and human rights activist https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerda_Weissmann_Klein
Ralph Korngold Ralph Korngold 1882 1964 Polish author and businessman https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ralph_Korngold
Maria Gurowska Maria Gurowska 1915 1998 Polish judge in the People's Republic of Poland https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_Gurowska
Anatol Mühlstein Anatol Mühlstein 1889 1957 Polish diplomat and writer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anatol_Mühlstein
Szapsel Rotholc Szapsel Rotholc 1913 1996 Polish boxer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Szapsel_Rotholc
Rosa Raisa Rosa Raisa 1893 1963 Polish and Italian-trained Russian-Jewish dramatic operatic soprano who became a naturalized American https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosa_Raisa
Hanna Krall Hanna Krall 1935 n/a Polish writer with a degree in journalism from the University of Warsaw, specializing among other subjects in the history of the Holocaust in occupied Poland https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanna_Krall
Robert Remak Robert Remak 1815 1865 Polish Jewish-German embryologist, physiologist, and neurologist, born in Posen, Prussia, who discovered that the origin of cells was by the division of pre-existing cells https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Remak
Abe Goldberg Abraham "Abe" Goldberg 1929 2016 Polish Jewish businessman whose Linter Group of companies grew to be a major textile and clothing manufacturing group in the 1980s, before collapsing under a mountain of debt https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abe_Goldberg
Szymon Askenazy Szymon Askenazy 1865 1935 Polish Jewish historian, educator, statesman and diplomat, founder of the Askenazy school https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Szymon_Askenazy
Wanda Jakubowska Wanda Jakubowska 1907 1998 Polish film director https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wanda_Jakubowska
Uri Orlev Uri Orlev 1931 n/a Polish children's author and translator https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uri_Orlev
Joshua Falk Joshua ben Alexander HaCohen Falk 1555 1614 Polish Halakhist and Talmudist, best known as the author of the Beit Yisrael commentary on the Arba'ah Turim as well as Sefer Me'irat Enayim (סמ"ע) on Shulkhan Arukh https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joshua_Falk
Edward Flatau Edward Flatau 1868 1932 Polish neurologist and psychiatrist https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Flatau
Gersz Salwe Gersz Salwe 1862 1920 Polish chess master https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gersz_Salwe
Alessandro Fersen Alessandro Fersen 1911 2001 Polish dramatist, actor, theater director, author and drama teacher https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alessandro_Fersen
Mark Lidzbarski Mark Lidzbarski 1868 1928 Polish philologist, Semitist and translator of Mandaean texts https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Lidzbarski
Karl Tausig Karl Tausig 1841 1871 Polish virtuoso pianist, arranger and composer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_Tausig
Szolem Mandelbrojt Szolem Mandelbrojt 1899 1983 Polish mathematician who specialized in mathematical analysis https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Szolem_Mandelbrojt
Paul Kochanski Paul Kochanski 1887 1934 Polish violinist, composer and arranger active in the United States https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Kochanski
Jankel Adler Jankel Adler 1895 1949 Polish painter and printmaker https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jankel_Adler
Zuzanna Ginczanka Zuzanna Ginczanka, pen name of Zuzanna Polina Gincburg 1917 1945 Polish Jewish poet of the interwar period https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zuzanna_Ginczanka
André Tchaikowsky André Tchaikowsky 1935 1982 Polish composer and pianist https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/André_Tchaikowsky
Samuel Rosenthal Samuel Rosenthal 1837 1902 Polish chess player https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Rosenthal
Allan Starski Allan Mieczysław Starski 1943 n/a Polish Oscar-winning production designer and set decorator https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allan_Starski
Albert Lewis (producer) Albert E. Lewis 1884 1978 Polish Broadway and film producer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Lewis_(producer)
Henry Orenstein Henry Orenstein 1923 2021 Polish Jewish-American toymaker, professional poker player, entrepreneur and Holocaust survivor who resided in Verona, New Jersey https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Orenstein
Lew Rywin Lew Rywin 1945 n/a Polish film producer associated with Heritage Films (est https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lew_Rywin
Eva Kotchever Eva Kotchever 1891 1943 Polish Jewish émigré librarian and writer, who is the author of Lesbian Love and from 1925 to 1926 ran a popular, openly lesbian literary salon in Greenwich Village, Lower Manhattan, called Eve’s Hangout https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eva_Kotchever
Jan Woleński Jan Hertrich-Woleński 1940 n/a Polish philosopher specializing in the history of the Lwów–Warsaw school of logic and in analytic philosophy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_Woleński
Ignace Gelb Ignace Jay Gelb 1907 n/a Polish ancient historian and Assyriologist who pioneered the scientific study of writing systems https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ignace_Gelb
Émile Meyerson Émile Meyerson 1859 1933 Polish epistemologist, chemist, and philosopher of science https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Émile_Meyerson
Mieczysław Maneli Mieczysław Maneli 1922 1994 Polish lawyer, diplomat and academic best remembered for his work with the International Control Commission (ICC) during the Vietnam War, especially the "Maneli Affair" of 1963 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mieczysław_Maneli
Ignatz Waghalter Ignatz Waghalter 1881 1949 Polish composer and conductor https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ignatz_Waghalter
José Ber Gelbard José Ber Gelbard 1917 1977 Polish activist and politician, and a member of the Argentine Communist Party https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/José_Ber_Gelbard
Józef Wieniawski Józef Wieniawski 1837 1912 Polish pianist, composer, conductor and teacher https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Józef_Wieniawski
Louis Lewandowski Louis Lewandowski 1821 1894 Polish Jewish-Jewish composer of synagogal music https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Lewandowski
Alexander Flamberg Alexander Flamberg 1880 1926 Polish chess master https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Flamberg
Edward Marczewski Edward Marczewski 1907 1976 Polish mathematician https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Marczewski
Henryk Friedman Henryk Friedman (Friedmann) 1903 1942 Polish chess master https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henryk_Friedman
Alexander Bogen Alexander Bogen 1916 2010 Polish visual artist, a decorated leader of partisans during World War II, a key player in 20th century Yiddish culture, and one of the trailblazers for art education and Artists' associations in the emerging state of Israel https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Bogen
Itzhak Katzenelson Itzhak Katzenelson 1886 1944 Polish Jewish teacher, poet and dramatist https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Itzhak_Katzenelson
Leopold Tyrmand Leopold Tyrmand 1920 1985 Polish novelist, writer, and editor https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leopold_Tyrmand
Mickey Duff Mickey Duff 1929 2014 Polish boxer, matchmaker, manager and promoter https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mickey_Duff
Leo Fuchs Leo Fuchs 1911 1994 Polish actor https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leo_Fuchs
Krystyna Feldman Krystyna Zofia Feldman 1916 2007 Polish actress https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krystyna_Feldman
Léopold Zborowski Léopold Zborowski 1889 1932 Polish poet, writer and art dealer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Léopold_Zborowski
Aleksander Bardini Aleksander Bardini 1913 1995 Polish theatre and opera director, actor, notable professor at the State Theatre School in Warsaw https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aleksander_Bardini
Jan Gotlib Bloch Jan Gotlib (Bogumił) Bloch 1836 1902 Polish banker and railway financier who devoted his private life to the study of modern industrial warfare https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_Gotlib_Bloch
Stefan Askenase Stefan Askenase 1896 1985 Polish classical pianist and pedagogue https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stefan_Askenase
Antoni Lange Antoni Lange 1863 1929 Polish poet, philosopher, polyglot (15 languages), writer, novelist, science-writer, reporter and translator https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antoni_Lange
Sarah Schenirer Sarah Schenirer 1883 1935 Polish Jewish schoolteacher who became a pioneer of Jewish education https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarah_Schenirer
George Zames George Zames 1934 1997 Polish control theorist and professor at McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Zames
Morris Michael Edelstein Morris Michael Edelstein 1888 1941 Polish Congressional Representative from the state of New York https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morris_Michael_Edelstein
Herman Lieberman Herman Lieberman 1870 1941 Polish lawyer and socialist politician https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herman_Lieberman
Daniel I. Arnon Daniel Israel Arnon 1910 1994 Polish plant physiologist whose research led to greater insights into the operation of photosynthesis and nutrition in plants https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_I._Arnon
Leon Sperling Leon Sperling 1900 1941 Polish Olympic footballer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leon_Sperling
Józef Klotz Józef Klotz 1900 1941 Polish footballer who played centre-half https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Józef_Klotz
Adolf Lindenbaum Adolf Lindenbaum 1904 1941 Polish Jewish logician and mathematician best known for Lindenbaum's lemma and Lindenbaum–Tarski algebras https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adolf_Lindenbaum
Jan A. Rajchman Jan Aleksander Rajchman 1911 1989 Polish electrical engineer and computer pioneer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_A._Rajchman
Poldek Pfefferberg Leopold "Poldek" Pfefferberg 1913 2001 Polish Holocaust survivor who inspired the Australian writer Thomas Keneally to write the Booker prize-winning novel Schindler's Ark, which in turn was the basis for Steven Spielberg's critically acclaimed 1993 film Schindler's List https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poldek_Pfefferberg
Ida Kamińska Ida Kamińska 1899 1980 Polish actress and director https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ida_Kamińska
Ridley Haim Herschell Ridley Haim Herschell 1807 1864 Polish minister who converted from Judaism to evangelical Christianity https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ridley_Haim_Herschell
Tamara Czartoryska Princess Tamara Laura Czartoryska 1978 n/a Polish former model, television star, and aristocrat https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tamara_Czartoryska
Gene Gutowski Witold Bardach 1925 2016 Polish film producer who produced many of Roman Polanski's films, including Repulsion (1965), Cul-de-Sac (1966), The Fearless Vampire Killers (1967), and The Pianist (2002) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gene_Gutowski
Abram Blass Moshe Aba Blass 1896 1971 Polish chess master https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abram_Blass
Ludwik Rajchman Ludwik Witold Rajchman 1881 1965 Polish physician and bacteriologist https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ludwik_Rajchman
Eddie Rosner Adolph Ignatievich Rosner 1910 1976 Polish jazz trumpeter sometimes called "The White Louis Armstrong" or "Polish Louis Armstrong" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eddie_Rosner
Abraham Nahum Stencl Abraham Nahum Stencl 1897 1983 Polish Yiddish poet https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraham_Nahum_Stencl
Casimir Oberfeld Casimir Oberfeld 1903 1945 Polish composer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casimir_Oberfeld
Józef Koffler Józef Koffler 1896 n/a Polish composer, music teacher, musicologist and musical columnist https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Józef_Koffler
Stanisław Saks Stanisław Saks 1897 1942 Polish mathematician and university tutor, a member of the Lwów School of Mathematics, known primarily for his membership in the Scottish Café circle, an extensive monograph on the theory of integrals, his works on measure theory and the Vitali–Hahn–Saks theorem https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanisław_Saks
Richard Burgin (violinist) Richard Burgin 1892 1981 Polish violinist, best known as associate conductor and the concertmaster of the Boston Symphony Orchestra (BSO) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Burgin_(violinist)
Krzysztof Kowalewski Krzysztof Kowalewski 1937 2021 Polish actor and comedian https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krzysztof_Kowalewski
Zygmunt Steuermann Zygmunt Steuermann 1899 1941 Polish footballer who played as a forward and is one of the most renowned members of the Hasmonea Lwów Football Club https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zygmunt_Steuermann
Ludwik Gintel Ludwik Gintel 1899 1973 Polish Olympic footballer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ludwik_Gintel
Pesach Burstein Pesach "Peishachke" Burstein 1896 1986 Polish comedian, singer, coupletist, and director of Yiddish vaudeville/theater https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pesach_Burstein
Casimir Lewy Casimir Lewy 1919 1991 Polish philosopher of Jewish descent https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casimir_Lewy
Manfred Lachs Manfred H. Lachs 1914 1993 Polish diplomat, Judge of the International Court of Justice, and jurist who greatly influenced the development of international law after World War II. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manfred_Lachs
Paweł Finder Paweł Finder 1904 1944 Polish Communist leader and First Secretary of the Polish Workers' Party (PPR) from 1943 to 1944 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paweł_Finder
Josef Hassid Josef Hassid 1923 1950 Polish violinist https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josef_Hassid
Adam Ważyk Adam Ważyk born Ajzyk Wagman 1905 1982 Polish poet, essayist and writer born to a Jewish family in Warsaw https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam_Ważyk
Katarzyna Weiglowa Katarzyna Weiglowa (Wajglowa) 1460 1539 Polish woman who was burned at the stake for apostasy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katarzyna_Weiglowa
Joseph Opatoshu Joseph Opatoshu 1886 1954 Polish Yiddish novelist and short story writer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Opatoshu
Aleksander Zederbaum Aleksander Ossypovich Zederbaum 1816 1893 Polish Jewish journalist who wrote primarily in Hebrew https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aleksander_Zederbaum
Kitty Hart-Moxon Kitty Hart-Moxon, OBE 1926 n/a Polish Holocaust survivor https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kitty_Hart-Moxon
Fanny Rabel Fanny Rabel 1922 2008 Polish artist who is considered to be the first modern female muralist and one of the youngest associated with the Mexican muralism of the early to mid 20th century https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fanny_Rabel
Ya'akov Grundman Ya'akov "Yankela" Grundman 1939 2004 Polish Ashkenazi Israeli professional football player and manager https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ya'akov_Grundman
Zishe Breitbart Siegmund Breitbart 1893 1925 Polish circus performer, vaudeville strongman and Jewish folklore hero https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zishe_Breitbart
Mina Bern Mina Bern 1911 2010 Polish actress https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mina_Bern
Henry Lowenfeld Henry Lowenfeld in Polish, Henryk Loewenfeld 1859 1931 Polish entrepreneur and theatrical impresario https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Lowenfeld
Julian Stryjkowski Julian Stryjkowski 1905 1996 Polish journalist and writer, notable for his social prose of radical leftist leanings https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julian_Stryjkowski
Nachman Aronszajn Nachman Aronszajn 1907 1980 Polish mathematician https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nachman_Aronszajn
Irving Saraf Irving Saraf 1932 2012 Polish film producer, film editor, film director and academic https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irving_Saraf
Piotr Szulkin Piotr Szulkin 1950 2018 Polish film director and writer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piotr_Szulkin
Menachem Oren Menachem Oren 1903 1962 Polish chess player and mathematician https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Menachem_Oren
Mojżesz Presburger Mojżesz Presburger, or Prezburger 1904 1943 Polish Jewish mathematician, logician, and philosopher https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mojżesz_Presburger
Anna Langfus Anna Langfus 1920 1966 Polish author https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anna_Langfus
Jean Taubenhaus Jean (Jan) Taubenhaus 1850 1919 Polish chess master https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Taubenhaus
Jacob Glatstein Jacob Glatstein 1896 1971 Polish poet and literary critic who wrote in the Yiddish language https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacob_Glatstein
Erwin Axer Erwin Axer 1917 2012 Polish theatre director, writer and university professor https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erwin_Axer
Arthur Dunkelblum Arthur Dunkelblum 1906 1979 Polish chess master https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Dunkelblum
Henryk Gotlib Henryk Gotlib 1890 1966 Polish painter, draughtsman, printmaker, and writer, who settled in England during World War II and made a significant contribution to modern British art https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henryk_Gotlib
Eugeniusz Zak Eugeniusz Zak 1884 1926 Polish artist https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eugeniusz_Zak
Alexander Imich Alexander Imich 1903 2014 Polish chemist, parapsychologist, zoologist and writer who was the president of the Anomalous Phenomena Research Center in New York City https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Imich
Ryszard Horowitz Ryszard Horowitz 1939 n/a Polish photographer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ryszard_Horowitz
Jacob B. Agus Jacob B. Agus 1911 1986 Polish liberal Conservative rabbi and theologian who played a key role in the Conservative Rabbinical Assembly https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacob_B._Agus
Harry Schneiderman Harry Schneiderman 1885 1975 Polish Jewish-American communal administrator and editor https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Schneiderman
Robert Stiller Robert Reuven Stiller 1928 2016 Polish polyglot, writer, poet, translator, and editor https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Stiller
Rachel Korn Rachel (Rokhl) Häring Korn 1898 1982 Polish Yiddish language poet and author https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rachel_Korn
Jakob Gimpel Jakob Gimpel 1906 1989 Polish concert pianist and educator https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jakob_Gimpel
Henryka Łazowertówna Henryka Łazowertówna 1909 1942 Polish lyric poet https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henryka_Łazowertówna
Bernard Zakheim Bernard Baruch Zakheim 1898 1985 Polish San Francisco muralist, best known for his work on the Coit Tower murals https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernard_Zakheim
Henryk Grynberg Henryk Grynberg 1936 n/a Polish writer and actor who survived the Nazi occupation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henryk_Grynberg
Michael Heilprin Michael Heilprin 1823 1888 Polish Jewish biblical scholar, critic, and writer, born at Piotrków, Russian Poland, to Jewish parents https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Heilprin
George Him George Him 1900 1982 Polish born British designer responsible for a number of notable posters, book illustrations and advertising campaigns for a wide range of clients https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Him
Anna Komorowska Anna Julia Komorowska 1953 n/a Polish classical philologist and former First Lady of Poland, as the wife of 5th President of Poland, Bronisław Komorowski https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anna_Komorowska
Adolf Beck (physiologist) Adolf Beck 1863 1942 Polish physician of and professor of physiology at the University of Lwów https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adolf_Beck_(physiologist)
Gusta Dawidson Draenger Gusta Dawidson Draenger, code name Justyna 1917 1943 Polish Jewish activist in Kraków in the late 1930s and during the Nazi occupation in World War II. She wrote a detailed account of her activities while in Montelupich Prison in early 1943 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gusta_Dawidson_Draenger
Izaak Appel Izaak (Isaak) Appel 1905 1941 Polish chess master https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Izaak_Appel
Ester Rachel Kamińska Ester Rachel Kamińska née Halpern 1870 1925 Polish Jewish actress, known as the mother of Yiddish theatre https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ester_Rachel_Kamińska
Leon Kremer Leon Kremer 1901 1941 Polish chess master https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leon_Kremer
David Werdyger David Werdyger 1919 2014 Polish Hasidic Jewish hazzan and solo singer who was considered one of the pioneers of 20th-century Jewish music https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Werdyger
Itshak Holtz Itshak Jack Holtz 1925 2018 Polish and an Israeli Orthodox Jewish painter, who is best known for his paintings and drawings that depict traditional scenes of Jewish life https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Itshak_Holtz
Aryeh Leib Malin Aryeh Leib Malin 1906 1962 Polish Haredi Jewish rabbi, Talmudic scholar, and Mussarist who taught the Torah and spread rabbinical education in Europe, China, Japan, and the United States https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aryeh_Leib_Malin
Roman Kantor Roman Józef Kantor 1912 1943 Polish Olympic épée fencer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Kantor
Franciszka Siedliska Maria Franciszka Siedliska 1842 1902 Polish Roman Catholic professed religious and the founder of the Sisters of the Holy Family of Nazareth https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franciszka_Siedliska
Emanuel Schlechter Emanuel Schlechter 1904 1943 Polish Jewish artist, lyricist, screenwriter, librettist, writer, satirist, translator, composer and director https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emanuel_Schlechter
Piotr Skrzynecki Piotr Cezary Skrzynecki 1930 1997 Polish choreographer, director and cabaret impresario, known for his involvement with the cabaret Piwnica pod Baranami (The Cellar under the Rams), of which he was the founder https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piotr_Skrzynecki
Samuel Hirszenberg Samuel Hirszenberg 1865 1908 Polish Jewish realist and later symbolist painter active in the late 19th and early 20th century https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Hirszenberg
Jerzy Fitelberg Jerzy Fitelberg 1903 1951 Polish composer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerzy_Fitelberg
Felicja Blumental Felicja Blumental 1908 1991 Polish pianist and composer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Felicja_Blumental
Teodor Parnicki Teodor Parnicki 1908 1988 Polish writer, notable for his historical novels https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teodor_Parnicki
Leopold Gottlieb Leopold Gottlieb 1879 1934 Polish Jewish modernist painter https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leopold_Gottlieb
Adolf Rudnicki Adolf Rudnicki 1912 1990 Polish author and essayist, best known for his works about The Holocaust and the Jewish resistance in Poland during World War II. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adolf_Rudnicki
Samuel Dickstein (mathematician) Samuel Dickstein 1851 1939 Polish mathematician of Jewish origin https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Dickstein_(mathematician)
Franciszka Arnsztajnowa Franciszka Arnsztajnowa 1865 1942 Polish poet, playwright, and translator of Jewish descent https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franciszka_Arnsztajnowa
Isaac Erter Isaac Erter 1792 1851 Polish Jewish satirist and poet of the Galician Haskalah https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaac_Erter
Léon Hollaenderski Léon Hollaenderski 1808 1878 Polish Jewish author, translator, and poet https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Léon_Hollaenderski
Enrico Glicenstein Enrico Glicenstein 1870 1942 Polish sculptor who lived in Italy and the United States https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enrico_Glicenstein
Leopold Stanisław Kronenberg Leopold Stanisław Kronenberg 1812 1878 Polish banker, investor, and financier, and a leader of the 1863 January uprising against the Russian Empire https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leopold_Stanisław_Kronenberg
Helen Schamroth Helena Jeannette Schamroth null null Polish craft artist and author https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helen_Schamroth
Samuel Factor Samuel ("S. D.") Factor (Faktor) 1883 1949 Polish chess master https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Factor
Lawrence Lipton Lawrence Lipton 1898 1975 Polish Jewish journalist, writer, and Beat poet, as well as the father of James Lipton https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawrence_Lipton
Max Théon Max Théon 1848 1927 Polish Jewish Kabbalist and Occultist https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Théon
Gersz Rotlewi Gersz (Georg, George, Gersh) Rotlewi 1889 1920 Polish chess master https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gersz_Rotlewi
Jerzy Wasowski Jerzy Ryszard Wasowski 1913 1984 Polish acoustics engineer, radio announcer, composer, pianist, actor and director https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerzy_Wasowski
Maurice Frydman Maurice Frydman 1901 1976 Polish Jew who subsequently converted to Hinduism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maurice_Frydman
Abe Coleman Abe Kelmer / Abba Kelmer 1905 2007 Polish professional wrestler, promoter and referee, known by the ring names Abe Coleman, Hebrew Hercules, and Jewish Tarzan https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abe_Coleman
Aleksander Lesser Aleksander Lesser 1814 1884 Polish painter, illustrator, sketch artist, art critic, and amateur researcher of antiquities who was of Jewish descent https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aleksander_Lesser
Joseph Szydlowski Joseph Szydlowski (originally Józef Szydłowski; November 21, 1896, Skryhiczyn 1896 n/a Polish aircraft engine designer who founded Turbomeca in France https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Szydlowski
Ludwik Margules Ludwik Margules Coben 1933 2006 Polish theatre, opera and film director https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ludwik_Margules
Samuel Klein (businessman) Samuel Klein 1923 2014 Polish business magnate and philanthropist who founded the Casas Bahia chain of department stores in Brazil, building them into the top retailer in the country https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Klein_(businessman)
Frumka Płotnicka Frumka Płotnicka 1914 1943 Polish resistance fighter during World War II; activist of the Jewish Fighting Organization (ŻOB) and member of the Labour Zionist organization Dror https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frumka_Płotnicka
Israel Isaac Kahanovitch Israel Isaac Kahanovitch 1872 1945 Polish Orthodox Jewish rabbi who served as Chief Rabbi of Winnipeg and Western Canada for nearly 40 years https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel_Isaac_Kahanovitch
Pinchas Hirschprung Pinchas Hirschprung 1912 1998 Polish rabbi, posek, and rosh yeshiva, who served as Chief Rabbi of Montreal from 1969 until his death https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pinchas_Hirschprung
Jacob Avigdor Rabbi Dr. Yaakov Avigdor 1896 1967 Polish rabbi, author and Holocaust survivor https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacob_Avigdor
Oswald Rufeisen Shmuel Oswald Rufeisen 1922 1998 Polish Jew who survived the Nazi invasion of his homeland, in the course of which he converted to Christianity, becoming a Catholic and a friar of the Discalced Carmelite Order https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oswald_Rufeisen
Maria Kalergis Maria Kalergis von Nesselrode-Ereshoven 1822 1874 Polish noblewoman, pianist, salon hostess and patron of the arts https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_Kalergis
Juliusz Wertheim Juliusz Edward Wertheim 1880 1928 Polish pianist, conductor and composer, a member of a prominent family, who had a significant influence on the career of Arthur Rubinstein https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juliusz_Wertheim
Ludwik Gross Ludwik Gross 1904 1999 Polish virologist who discovered two different tumor viruses, murine leukemia virus and mouse polyomavirus, capable of causing cancers in laboratory mice https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ludwik_Gross
Simhah Pinsker Simhah Pinsker 1801 1864 Polish Jewish scholar and archeologist born at Tarnopol, Galicia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simhah_Pinsker
Tobias Cohn Tobias Cohn or Tobias Kohn null null Polish Jewish physician of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tobias_Cohn
Leon Pasternak Leon Pasternak 1910 n/a Polish poet and satirist https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leon_Pasternak
Andrzej Włast Andrzej Włast 1885 1942 Polish Jewish songwriter https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrzej_Włast
Juliusz Bardach Juliusz Bardach 1914 2010 Polish legal historian https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juliusz_Bardach
Ludwik Starski Ludwik Starski 1903 1984 Polish Jewish lyricist, sound engineer and screenwriter of the twentieth century https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ludwik_Starski
Szlama Ber Winer Szlama Ber Winer, nom de guerre Yakov (Ya'akov) Grojanowski 1911 none Polish Jew from Izbica Kujawska, who escaped from the Chełmno extermination camp during the Holocaust in German-occupied Poland https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Szlama_Ber_Winer
Hilda Eisen Hilda Eisen 1917 2017 Polish businessperson, philanthropist, and Holocaust survivor https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hilda_Eisen
Pinchas Kehati Pinchas Kehati 1910 1976 Polish rabbi, teacher, and author https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pinchas_Kehati
Józef Hen Józef Hen 1923 n/a Polish novelist, essayist, playwright, screenwriter, and reporter of Jewish origin https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Józef_Hen
Lucjan Dobroszycki Lucjan Dobroszycki 1925 1995 Polish scientist and historian specializing in modern Polish-Jewish history https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucjan_Dobroszycki
Józef Schreier Józef Schreier 1909 1943 Polish mathematician of Jewish origin, known for his work in functional analysis, group theory and combinatorics https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Józef_Schreier
Isaac Satanow Isaac Satanow null null Polish Jewish maskil, scholar, and poet https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaac_Satanow
Arnold Walfisz Arnold Walfisz 1892 1962 Polish Jewish mathematician working in analytic number theory https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arnold_Walfisz
Mieczysław Jastrun Mieczysław Jastrun born Mojsze Agatstein 1903 1983 Polish poet and essayist of Jewish origin https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mieczysław_Jastrun
Herman Kruk Herman Kruk 1897 1944 Polish Jewish librarian and Bundist activist who kept a diary recording his experiences in the Vilna Ghetto during World War II. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herman_Kruk
Tadeusz Peiper Tadeusz Peiper 1891 1969 Polish poet, art critic, theoretician of literature and one of the precursors of the avant-garde movement in Polish poetry https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tadeusz_Peiper
Stanisław Kohn Stanisław Kohn 1895 1940 Polish chess master https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanisław_Kohn
Pola Nirenska Pola Nirenska 1910 1992 Polish performer of modern dance https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pola_Nirenska
Adam Pragier Adam Szymon Pragier 1886 1976 Polish economist, Doctor of Jurisprudence professor at the Free Polish University, socialist activist, politician, member of the Polish Legions and writer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam_Pragier
Raquel Liberman Raquel Liberman 1900 1935 Polish immigrant to Argentina, a victim of human trafficking https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raquel_Liberman
Moshe Wilensky Moshe Wilensky 1910 1997 Polish composer, lyricist, and pianist https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moshe_Wilensky
Irene Lieblich Irene Lieblich 1923 2008 Polish artist and Holocaust survivor noted for illustrating the books of Nobel laureate Isaac Bashevis Singer and for her paintings highlighting Jewish life and culture https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irene_Lieblich
Joseph Bau Joseph Bau 1920 2002 Polish artist, philosopher, inventor, animator, comedian, commercial creator, copy-writer, poet, and survivor of the Płaszów concentration camp https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Bau
Johan Kemper Johan Christian Jacob Kemper 1670 1716 Polish Sabbatean Jew who converted from Judaism to Lutheran Christianity https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johan_Kemper
Alicia Appleman-Jurman Alicia Appleman-Jurman 1930 2017 Polish memoirist, born in Rosulna, Poland (present-day Rosilna, Ukraine), who has written and spoken about her experiences of the Holocaust in her autobiography, Alicia: My Story https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alicia_Appleman-Jurman
Leon Feiner Leon Feiner 1885 1945 Polish Jewish lawyer, an activist of the General Jewish Labour Bund in Poland and between November 1944 and January 1945 the director (prezes) and vice-chairman of the Council to Aid Jews "Żegota" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leon_Feiner
Noach Pryłucki Noach (Nojach) Pryłucki 1882 1941 Polish Jewish politician from the Folkspartei https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noach_Pryłucki
Ryszard Schnepf Ryszard Marian Schnepf null null Polish politician and diplomat https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ryszard_Schnepf
Edward Gerstenfeld Edward (Eduard) Issakovich Gerstenfeld 1915 1943 Polish chess master https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Gerstenfeld
Adrienne Górska Adrienne Górska 1899 1969 Polish architect who worked in the Modernist and Art Deco styles in Paris between the world wars https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adrienne_Górska
Jan Smeterlin Jan Smeterlin 1892 1967 Polish concert pianist https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_Smeterlin
Chaim Levanon Chaim Levanon 1899 1986 Polish politician and mayor of Tel Aviv between 13 April 1953 and 1959 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chaim_Levanon
Kazimierz Łaski Kazimierz Łaski 1921 2015 Polish economist https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kazimierz_Łaski
Itche Goldberg Itche Goldberg 1904 2006 Polish Yiddish language writer of children's books, poet, librettist, educator, literary critic, camp director, publisher, fundraiser, essayist, literary editor, Yiddish language and culture scholar, and left-wing political activist https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Itche_Goldberg
Rajzel Żychlińsky Rajzel Żychlińsky 1910 2001 Polish writer of poetry in Yiddish https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rajzel_Żychlińsky
Max Factor (person) Maksymilian Faktorowicz 1877 1938 Polish businessman, beautician, entrepreneur and inventor https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Factor_(person)
Stefania Jabłońska Stefania Jabłońska 1920 2017 Polish physician and professor specializing in dermatology https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stefania_Jabłońska
Jan Henryk de Rosen Jan Henryk de Rosen 1891 1982 Polish painter and patriot, who created mural and mosaic works, in exile and active in the United States after 1939 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_Henryk_de_Rosen
Fayga Ostrower Fayga Perla Ostrower 1920 2001 Polish engraver, painter, designer, illustrator, art theorist and university professor https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fayga_Ostrower
Henryk Kuna Henryk Kuna 1885 1945 Polish sculptor, active in the early twentieth century https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henryk_Kuna
Solomon J. Buchsbaum Solomon J. Buchsbaum 1929 1993 Polish physicist and technologist, best known as chair of the White House Science Council under Presidents Ronald Reagan and George H. W. Bush, and as a senior executive at Bell Laboratories https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solomon_J._Buchsbaum
Natalia Karp Natalia Karp 1911 2007 Polish concert pianist and Holocaust survivor https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natalia_Karp
Joseph Wilf Joseph Wilf 1925 2016 Polish businessman, Holocaust survivor, and the co-founder of Garden Homes, one of the largest real estate development companies in the United States https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Wilf
Willy Rozenbaum Willy Rozenbaum 1945 n/a Polish physician https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willy_Rozenbaum
Miriam Akavia Miriam Akavia also Matylda Weinfeld 1927 2015 Polish writer and translator, a Holocaust survivor, and the president of the Platform for Jewish-Polish Dialogue https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miriam_Akavia
Benjamin Wolf Löw Benjamin Wolf Löw 1775 1851 Polish rabbi https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_Wolf_Löw
André Charpak André Charpak 1928 2006 Polish actor, dialoguist, film director and screenwriter https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/André_Charpak
Marya Freund Marya Freund 1876 1966 Polish soprano https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marya_Freund
Aaron Walden Aaron Walden 1835 1912 Polish Jewish Talmudist, editor, and author https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aaron_Walden
Alexander Weissberg-Cybulski Alexander Weissberg-Cybulski 1901 1964 Polish physicist, book author and businessman of Jewish descent https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Weissberg-Cybulski
Joanna Olczak-Ronikier Joanna Olczak-Roniker 1934 n/a Polish writer and scenarist, co-founder of the Piwnica pod Baranami cabaret in Kraków https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joanna_Olczak-Ronikier
Róża Etkin-Moszkowska Róża Etkin 1908 1945 Polish pianist https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Róża_Etkin-Moszkowska
Zygmunt Turkow Zygmunt Turkow 1896 1970 Polish actor, director, playwright and director of Jewish origin from Warsaw, who became famous for roles in the pre-war Jewish films and stage plays in Yiddish https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zygmunt_Turkow
Sydor Rey Sydor Rey born Izydor Reiss 1908 1979 Polish poet and novelist https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sydor_Rey
Henio Zytomirski Henio Zytomirski 1933 1942 Polish Jew born in Lublin, Poland, who was murdered at the age of 9 in a gas chamber at Majdanek concentration camp during the German Nazi occupation of Poland https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henio_Zytomirski
Ary Abramovich Sternfeld Ary Sternfeld 1905 1980 Polish engineer of Jewish origin, who studied in Poland and France https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ary_Abramovich_Sternfeld
Nathan Shapell Nathan Shapell 1922 2007 Polish survivor of The Holocaust, as well as a real estate developer whose Shapell Industries was one of the largest real estate companies in California; he was also a philanthropist https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nathan_Shapell
Louis-Christophe Zaleski-Zamenhof Louis-Christophe Zaleski-Zamenhof 1925 2019 Polish civil and marine engineer, specializing in the design of structural steel and concrete construction https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis-Christophe_Zaleski-Zamenhof
Haim Hanani Haim Hanani none 1991 Polish mathematician, known for his contributions to combinatorial design theory, in particular for the theory of pairwise balanced designs and for the proof of an existence theorem for Steiner quadruple systems https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haim_Hanani
Jan Hartman (philosopher) Jan Marek Hartman 1967 n/a Polish philosopher specializing in bioethics, writer, opinion journalist and politician, professor of the humanities https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_Hartman_(philosopher)
Ossip Klarwein Ossip (Yosef) Klarwein 1893 1970 Polish architect who designed many works in Germany and Israel https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ossip_Klarwein
Leopold Pilichowski Leopold Pilichowski 1869 1933 Polish realist painter in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, active during the final years of the foreign partitions of Poland https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leopold_Pilichowski
Wiera Gran Wiera Gran, real name Dwojra Grynberg 1916 2007 Polish singer and actress of Jewish ancestry https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiera_Gran
Kasia Adamik Katarzyna "Kasia" Adamik 1972 n/a Polish director and storyboard artist https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kasia_Adamik
David Faber (author) David Faber 1928 2015 Polish Jew who survived nine concentration camps in occupied Poland and Nazi Germany https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Faber_(author)
Eva Rubinstein Eva Rubinstein 1933 n/a Polish photographer whose artistic works present portraits, nudes and interiors, often taken in Europe as well as the United States https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eva_Rubinstein
Shimon Ratner Shimon Ratner null null Polish football player and coach, who coached the Mandatory Palestine national football team in 1934, taking control of them for their first ever match during the 1934 FIFA World Cup qualification campaign https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shimon_Ratner
Samuel Goldflam Samuel Wulfowicz Goldflam 1852 1932 Polish Jewish neurologist best known for his brilliant 1893 analysis of myasthenia gravis (Erb-Goldflam syndrome) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Goldflam
Kazimierz Krukowski Kazimierz Krukowski 1901 1984 Polish cabaret performer and writer, revue and film actor https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kazimierz_Krukowski
Saul Raphael Landau Saul Raphael 1870 1943 Polish Jewish lawyer, journalist, publicist and Zionist activist https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saul_Raphael_Landau
Magdalena Łazarkiewicz Magdalena Łazarkiewicz, née Holland 1954 n/a Polish film director and screenwriter https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magdalena_Łazarkiewicz
Juliusz Kühl Juliusz Kühl also known as Julius 1913 1985 Polish diplomat, Holocaust rescuer and – after the World War II – Canadian construction businessman https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juliusz_Kühl
Daniel Singer (journalist) Daniel Singer 1926 2000 Polish socialist writer and journalist https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Singer_(journalist)
Helen Jonas-Rosenzweig Helen Jonas-Rosenzweig 1925 2018 Polish Holocaust survivor who was interned during World War II at the Płaszów concentration camp where she was forced to work as a maid for SS camp commandant Amon Göth https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helen_Jonas-Rosenzweig
Moshe Rosen (Nezer HaKodesh) Rabbi Moshe Rosen 1870 1957 Polish Orthodox rabbi who befriended the Chazon Ish while serving as a rabbi in Lithuania and later became a well respected Torah scholar in the United States of America https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moshe_Rosen_(Nezer_HaKodesh)
Phillip Blashki Phillip Blashki 1837 1916 Polish immigrant to Australia who rose to be a successful businessman, magistrate, JP, holder of many positions of public responsibility and associated with numerous community and charitable events in Melbourne https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phillip_Blashki
Sigmund Strochlitz Sigmund Strochlitz 1916 2006 Polish Jewish entrepreneur, political activist, and Holocaust survivor https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sigmund_Strochlitz
Tova Berlinski Tova Berlinski 1915 2022 Polish painter who was considered to be a doyenne of the painting community in Jerusalem https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tova_Berlinski
Wiktor Eckhaus Wiktor Eckhaus 1930 2000 Polish mathematician, known for his work on the field of differential equations https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiktor_Eckhaus
Zygmunt Wilhelm Birnbaum Zygmunt Wilhelm Birnbaum 1903 2000 Polish mathematician and statistician who contributed to functional analysis, nonparametric testing and estimation, probability inequalities, survival distributions, competing risks, and reliability theory https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zygmunt_Wilhelm_Birnbaum
Fredda Brilliant Fredda Brilliant 1903 1999 Polish sculptor and actress, born in Łódź, Poland https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fredda_Brilliant
Morris Jastrow Jr. Morris Jastrow Jr. 1861 1921 Polish orientalist and librarian associated with the University of Pennsylvania https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morris_Jastrow_Jr.
Stanisław Piasecki Stanisław Piasecki 1900 1941 Polish right-wing activist, politician and journalist of partially Jewish descent https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanisław_Piasecki
Marian Filar (pianist) Marian Filar 1917 2012 Polish concert pianist and virtuoso composer living in the United States https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marian_Filar_(pianist)
Ethel Rosenfield Ethel Rosenfield 1910 2000 Polish sculptor who lived in Montreal, Quebec https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethel_Rosenfield
Maurycy Orzech Maurycy Orzech 2004 312 Polish Jewish economist, journalist, politician and a leader of the Jewish Bund in interwar Poland https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maurycy_Orzech
Sara Topelson de Grinberg Sara Topelson de Grinberg 1945 n/a Polish architect https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sara_Topelson_de_Grinberg
Haim Nathan Dembitzer Haim Nathan Dembitzer 1820 1820 Polish rabbi and historian https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haim_Nathan_Dembitzer
Frans Krajcberg Frans Krajcberg 1921 2017 Polish painter, sculptor, engraver and photographer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frans_Krajcberg
Rafał Taubenschlag Rafał Taubenschlag 1881 1958 Polish historian of law, a specialist in Roman law and papyrology https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rafał_Taubenschlag
Józef Lustgarten Józef Lustgarten 1889 1973 Polish Jewish footballer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Józef_Lustgarten
Bolesław Kon Bolesław Kon 1906 1936 Polish concert pianist who won international acclaim in his brief career https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bolesław_Kon
Moses Margoliouth Moses Margoliouth 1820 1881 Polish scholar and Jewish convert to Christianity https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moses_Margoliouth
Stanisław Kronenberg Stanisław Leopold Kronenberg 1846 1894 Polish financier https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanisław_Kronenberg
Zew Wawa Morejno Zew Wawa Morejno 1916 2011 Polish rabbi https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zew_Wawa_Morejno
Leon Schwartzmann Leon Schwartzmann 1887 1942 Polish chess master https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leon_Schwartzmann
Henri Hayden Henri Hayden 1883 1970 Polish painter https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henri_Hayden
Achilles Frydman Achilles Frydman 1904 1940 Polish chess player https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Achilles_Frydman
Aleksander Hertz Aleksander Hertz 1879 1928 Polish film producer and director https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aleksander_Hertz
Jonasz Kofta Jonasz Kofta, real name: Janusz Kofta 1942 1988 Polish songwriter and a poet https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonasz_Kofta
Sidney Stanley Sidney (or Sydney) Stanley 1899 1905 Polish émigré to the UK who became a dubious businessman of precarious ethics before claiming to be a contact man, able to influence politicians and civil servants in return for cash bribes, claims that led to a great scandal and investigation by the Lynskey tribunal of 1948 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sidney_Stanley
Benny Goldberg Benny Goldberg 1918 2001 Polish bantamweight boxer and a top rated contender for the Bantamweight title for a five-year stretch in the 1940s https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benny_Goldberg
Franciszek Zachara Franciszek Zachara null null Polish pianist and composer who concertized extensively throughout Europe in the years leading up to 1928 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franciszek_Zachara
Julius Eisenstein Julius (Judah David) Eisenstein 1854 1956 Polish Jewish-American anthologist, diarist, encyclopedist, Hebraist, historian, philanthropist, and Orthodox polemicist born in Międzyrzec Podlaski (known in Yiddish as Mezritch d'Lita), a town with a large Jewish majority in what was then Congress Poland https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julius_Eisenstein
Anita Lobel Anita Lobel 1934 n/a Polish illustrator of children's books, including On Market Street, written by her husband Arnold Lobel and a Caldecott Honor Book for illustration, A New Coat for Anna, Alison's Zinnia, and This Quiet Lady https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anita_Lobel
Sabina Zimering Sabina Zimering 1923 2021 Polish ophthalmologist and memoirist known for sharing her experiences during the Holocaust https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sabina_Zimering
Magda Umer Magda Umer 1949 n/a Polish singer and performer of sung poetry, journalist, author, film director, screenwriter, actress, and author of recitals https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magda_Umer
Abraham Silberschein Adolf Henryk Silberschein 1882 1951 Polish Jewish lawyer, activist of the World Jewish Congress, Zionist, member of the Polish Sejm (1922–27) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraham_Silberschein
Jakub Wygodzki Jakub Wygodzki 1856 n/a Polish Jewish politician, Zionist activist and a medical doctor https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jakub_Wygodzki
William Ungar William Ungar 1913 2013 Polish author, philanthropist, Holocaust survivor, and founder of the National Envelope Corporation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Ungar
Leo Rosner Leopold Rosner 1918 2008 Polish musician https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leo_Rosner
Ostap Ortwin Ostap Ortwin 1876 1942 Polish Jewish journalist and literary critic https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ostap_Ortwin
Nate Mack Nathan Mack 1891 1965 Polish banker https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nate_Mack
Agnieszka Graff Agnieszka Graff 1970 n/a Polish writer, translator, commentator, feminist and women's and human rights activist https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agnieszka_Graff
Simon Pullman Simon Pullman 1890 1942 Polish violinist, conductor, music teacher and founder and Director of the Pullman Ensemble and Orchestra, and a seminal figure in the evolution of chamber music performance https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_Pullman
Abraham Stern (inventor) Abraham Jacob Stern 1762 1769 Polish Jewish maskil, inventor, educator, and poet https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraham_Stern_(inventor)
Simon Rawidowicz Simon Rawidowicz 1897 1957 Polish Jewish philosopher https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_Rawidowicz
Daniel Passent Daniel Passent 1938 2022 Polish journalist and writer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Passent
Józef Wittlin Józef Wittlin 1896 1976 Polish novelist, poet and translator https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Józef_Wittlin
Jan Deutsch Jan Ginter Deutsch 1935 2016 Polish philosopher and legal scholar best known for his work on the philosophy of corporate law, jurisprudence, and the cultural underpinnings of capitalist democracy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_Deutsch
Pessah Bar-Adon Pessah Bar-Adon 1907 1985 Polish archaeologist and writer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pessah_Bar-Adon
Richard Krygier Henry Richard Krygier OBE 1917 1986 Polish Jewish anti-communist publisher and journalist, and a founder of Quadrant magazine https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Krygier
Leopold Julian Kronenberg Baron Leopold Julian Kronenberg 1849 1937 Polish banker https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leopold_Julian_Kronenberg
Theodore S. Hamerow Theodore Stephen Hamerow 1920 2013 Polish historian, focusing on modern history, especially German history of the 19th and 20th century https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theodore_S._Hamerow
Jan Rosen Jan Bogumił Rosen 1854 1936 Polish painter of Jewish ancestry, known primarily for his battle scenes https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_Rosen
Dawid Daniuszewski Dawid Daniuszewski 1885 1944 Polish chess master https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dawid_Daniuszewski
Stefan Staszewski Stefan Staszewski 1906 1989 Polish communist politician https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stefan_Staszewski
Ludwik Finkel Ludwik Michał Emanuel Finkel 1858 1930 Polish historian, and rector of the Lviv University https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ludwik_Finkel
Władysław Kopaliński Władysław Kopaliński 1907 2007 Polish lexicographer, publisher, writer and translator https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Władysław_Kopaliński
Henryk Lipszyc Henryk Lipszyc 1941 n/a Polish scientist of Jewish ancestry, specialist in Japanese culture, theatre and a translator from Japanese https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henryk_Lipszyc
Stanislaus Sittenfeld Stanislaus Sittenfeld 1865 1902 Polish chess master https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanislaus_Sittenfeld
Henryk Pogorieły Henryk Pogorieły 1908 1943 Polish chess master https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henryk_Pogorieły
Henryk Szaro Henryk Szaro 1900 1942 Polish screenwriter and film director https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henryk_Szaro
Adam Zamenhof Adam Zamenhof 1888 1940 Polish physician known for his work on ophthalmology and the son of L. L. Zamenhof, the inventor of Esperanto https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam_Zamenhof
Łucja Frey Łucja Frey or Łucja Frey-Gottesman 1889 1942 Polish physician and neurologist, known for describing the syndrome later named after her https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Łucja_Frey
Hillel Katz Hillel Katz 1905 n/a Polish Jewish Communist, who was an important member of a Soviet espionage network in occupied France, that the German Abwehr intelligence service later called the "Red Orchestra" ("Rote Kapelle") https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hillel_Katz
Józef Feldman Józef Feldman 1899 1946 Polish historian of Jewish ethnicity, professor of the Jagiellonian University in Kraków and a member of the Polish Academy of Learning https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Józef_Feldman
Jan Le Witt Jan Le Witt 1907 1991 Polish abstract artist, graphic designer and illustrator https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_Le_Witt
Rywka Lipszyc Rywka Bajla Lipszyc 1929 1945 Polish Jewish teenage girl who wrote a personal diary while in the Łódź Ghetto during the Holocaust in Poland https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rywka_Lipszyc
Arthur Felix Arthur Felix, FRS 1887 1956 Polish microbiologist and serologist https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Felix
Ruth Posner Ruth Posner 1933 n/a Polish Holocaust survivor, former dancer and choreographer and is today an actress and a former member of the Royal Shakespeare Company https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruth_Posner
Simon Laks Simon (Szymon) Laks 1901 1983 Polish Jewish composer and violinist, who became head of the prisoners' orchestra at Birkenau-Auschwitz https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_Laks
Sigismund Danielewicz Sigismund Danielewicz 1847 1927 Polish labor organizer in San Francisco https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sigismund_Danielewicz
Lydia Sarfati Lydia Sarfati null null Polish esthetician, entrepreneur, consultant and author https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lydia_Sarfati
Maryla Jonas Maryla Jonas 1911 1959 Polish classical pianist, who escaped Nazism to settle in Brazil and later the United States https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maryla_Jonas
Rose Tobias Shaw Rose Tobias Shaw 1919 2015 Polish casting director https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rose_Tobias_Shaw
Samuel Adalberg Samuel Adalberg 1868 1939 Polish historian of folklore, literature, a paremiologist and a state official https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Adalberg
Henech Kon Henech Kon or Henryk Kon 1890 1972 Polish composer and cabaret performer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henech_Kon
Henryk Berlewi Henryk Berlewi 1894 1967 Polish painter, graphic designer and art theorist, who is primarily remembered as an abstract artist who paved the way for optical art, but he was also an important figure in Yiddish book design and typography in the early 1920s https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henryk_Berlewi
Mira Fuchrer Mira Fuchrer 1920 1943 Polish Jewish activist of the Jewish resistance movement in the Warsaw Ghetto during the occupation of Poland in World War II; member of the Jewish Combat Organization (ŻOB), and fighter in Warsaw Ghetto Uprising of 1943 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mira_Fuchrer
Zygmunt Białostocki Zygmunt Białostocki 1897 1942 Polish Jewish musician and composer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zygmunt_Białostocki
Ignacy Sachs Ignacy Sachs 1927 n/a Polish economist https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ignacy_Sachs
Józef Lewartowski Józef Lewartowski 1895 1942 Polish communist politician of Jewish origin, revolutionary, member of the KPP and PPR one of the first organizers of the Jewish resistance in Nazi occupied Poland, co-founder of the Anti-Fascist Bloc https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Józef_Lewartowski
Vitka Kempner Vitka Kempner 1920 2012 Polish Jewish partisan leader during World War II. She served in the United Partisan Organization (Fareynikte Partizaner Organizatsye) and, alongside Rozka Korczak and founder Abba Kovner, assumed a leadership role in its successor group, the Avengers (Nokmim) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vitka_Kempner
Jan Czyński Jan Kazimierz Czyński 1801 1867 Polish independence activist, lawyer by education, writer and publicist, fighter for the emancipation of the Jews, trade supporter, utopian socialist, and radical democrat https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_Czyński
Zuzanna Shonfield Zuzanna Shonfield 1919 2000 Polish writer and historian https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zuzanna_Shonfield
Gołda Tencer Gołda Tencer 1949 n/a Polish actress and singer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gołda_Tencer
Seymour Rexite Seymour Rexite 1908 2002 Polish singer and actor https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seymour_Rexite
Maksymilian Fajans Maksymilian Fajans 1827 1890 Polish artist, lithographer and photographer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maksymilian_Fajans
Severin Eisenberger Severin Eisenberger 1879 1945 Polish concert pianist, composer and teacher https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Severin_Eisenberger
Stacha Halpern Stanislav "Stacha" Halpern 1919 1969 Polish painter and sculptor https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stacha_Halpern
Jakub Kolski Jakub (Josek) Kolski 1899 1941 Polish chess master https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jakub_Kolski
Marcin Meller Marcin Meller 1968 n/a Polish historian, journalist and editor-in-chief of the Polish edition of Playboy magazine https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcin_Meller
Samson ben Pesah Ostropoli Samson ben Pesah Ostropoli 1648 n/a Polish rabbi from Ostropol who was martyred at Polonnoye, Volhynia, during the Khmelnytsky Uprising https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samson_ben_Pesah_Ostropoli
Zdzisław Belsitzmann Zdzisław Belsitzmann 1890 1920 Polish chess master https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zdzisław_Belsitzmann
Ewa Kuryluk Ewa Kuryluk 1946 n/a Polish artist https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ewa_Kuryluk
Jakub Chlebowski Jakub Chlebowski or Jakob Chlebowski 1905 1969 Polish Jewish professor and doctor, who was Chancellor and Vice-Chancellor of the Medical Academy in Bialystok, Poland (now the Medical University of Bialystok) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jakub_Chlebowski
Helen Kleinbort Krauze Helen Kleinbort Krauze null null Polish Jewish journalist who worked for over five decades as an interviewer, features and travel writer and columnist https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helen_Kleinbort_Krauze
Romek Marber Romek Marber 1925 2020 Polish graphic designer and academic known for his work illustrating the covers of Penguin Books https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romek_Marber
Yaakov Malkin Yaakov Malkin 1926 2019 Polish educator, literary critic, and professor emeritus in the Faculty of Arts at Tel Aviv University https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yaakov_Malkin
Edmond Wilhelm Brillant Edmond Wilhelm Brillant Halevi 1916 2004 Polish naval architect and one of the founding fathers of the Israeli navy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edmond_Wilhelm_Brillant
Abraham Blum Abraham Blum 1905 n/a Polish Jewish socialist activist, one of the leaders of the Bund in the Warsaw Ghetto and a participant in the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraham_Blum
Rose Mandel Rose Mandel 1910 2002 Polish photographer, who was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1967 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rose_Mandel
Eliezer Gruenbaum Eliezer Grynbaum or Eliezer Gruenbaum 1908 1948 Polish Jewish communist activist https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eliezer_Gruenbaum
Samuel Peltyn Samuel Zvi Hirsh "Henryk" Peltyn 1831 1896 Polish Jewish writer, translator, and publisher https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Peltyn
Zofia Kuratowska Zofia Kuratowska 1931 1999 Polish doctor, politician, and diplomat of Jewish descent https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zofia_Kuratowska
Filip Friedman Filip (Philip) Friedman 1901 1960 Polish Jewish historian and the author of several books on history and economics https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filip_Friedman
Yakov Doletsky Yakov Genrikhovich Doletsky 1888 1937 Polish revolutionary and long-serving head of the Soviet news agency TASS. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yakov_Doletsky
David Beigelman David Beigelman 1887 1945 Polish violinist, orchestra leader, and composer of Yiddish theatre music and songs https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Beigelman
Debora Vogel Debora Vogel 1902 1942 Polish Jewish philosopher and poet https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Debora_Vogel
Shlomo Dykman Shlomo Dykman 1917 1965 Polish translator and classical scholar https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shlomo_Dykman
Emanuel Tanay Emanuel Tanay 1928 2014 Polish physician, a forensic psychiatrist, and a Jewish Holocaust survivor https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emanuel_Tanay
David Blis David Blis 1872 1942 Polish Jew, who emigrated to the Americas https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Blis
Adam Aston Adam Aston 1902 1993 Polish singer, actor, and pianist of Jewish origin https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam_Aston
Marcus Sachs Marcus Sachs 1812 1869 Polish Jew who emigrated to Scotland and became Professor of Hebrew at the Free Church Divinity Hall in Aberdeen (later known as Christ's College https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcus_Sachs
Michel Adam Lisowski Michel Adam Lisowski null null Polish businessman and the founder and sole owner of Fashion TV. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michel_Adam_Lisowski
Artur Sandauer Artur Sandauer 1913 1989 Polish and Jewish literary critic, essayist and professor at the University of Warsaw https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artur_Sandauer
Esther Nisenthal Krinitz Esther Nisenthal Krinitz 1927 2001 Polish Jewish artist https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esther_Nisenthal_Krinitz
Alina Margolis-Edelman Alina Margolis-Edelman 1922 2008 Polish physician, Holocaust survivor and resistance fighter during the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, who was forced to flee Poland during a revival of anti-Semitism in Poland in 1968 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alina_Margolis-Edelman
Stefanie Horovitz Stefanie Horovitz 1887 1942 Polish Jewish chemist known for experimental work proving the existence of isotopes https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stefanie_Horovitz
George O. Zimmerman George Ogurek Zimmerman 1935 2019 Polish scientist, researcher, inventor, professor of physics and physics department chair at Boston University https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_O._Zimmerman
Jack J. Grynberg Jack J. Grynberg 1932 2021 Polish businessman https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_J._Grynberg
Eugénie Ginsberg Eugénie Ginsberg or Eugénie Ginsberg-Blaustein 1905 1944 Polish philosopher and psychologist noted for her works on descriptive psychology and her analysis of existential dependence, independence, and related concepts as applied in the area of psychology https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eugénie_Ginsberg
Gela Seksztajn Gela Seksztajn 1907 1943 Polish Jewish artist and painter https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gela_Seksztajn
Antoni Libera Antoni Libera 1949 n/a Polish writer, translator, literary critic, and theater director https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antoni_Libera
Józef Sandel Józef Sandel 1894 1962 Polish Jewish art historian and critic, an art dealer and collector, and an advocate on behalf of Jewish artists in postwar Poland https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Józef_Sandel
Stefania Grodzieńska Stefania Grodzieńska 1914 2010 Polish writer, stage and theatrical actress during the Interbellum; dancer, radio announcer, and satirist known as the First Lady of Polish Humor https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stefania_Grodzieńska
Rena Kornreich Gelissen Rena Kornreich Gelissen 1920 2006 Polish Jew, known for her memoir, Rena's Promise: A Story of Sisters in Auschwitz, her story of surviving the Nazi concentration camps with her sister Danka https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rena_Kornreich_Gelissen
Czesław Mordowicz Czesław Mordowicz 1919 2001 Polish Jew who, with Arnošt Rosin, escaped from the Auschwitz concentration camp in German-occupied Poland on 27 May 1944, at the height of the Holocaust https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Czesław_Mordowicz
Lionel S. Reiss Lionel S. Reiss 1894 1988 Polish Jewish painter born in Jaroslaw, Poland, and grew up on the Lower East Side of Manhattan where he studied commercial art https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lionel_S._Reiss
Leon Bibel Leon Bibel 1913 1995 Polish painter and printmaker during the Great Depression https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leon_Bibel
Sabine Zlatin Sabine Zlatin 1907 1996 Polish Jewishwoman who hid Jewish children during World War II. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sabine_Zlatin
Szymon Szurmiej Szymon Symcha Szurmiej 1923 2014 Polish actor, director, and general manager of the Ester Rachel Kamińska and Ida Kamińska State Jewish Theater in Warsaw https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Szymon_Szurmiej
Rozka Korczak Rozka or Ruzka Korczak 1921 1988 Polish Jewish partisan leader during World War II. She served in the United Partisan Organization (Fareynikte Partizaner Organizatsye) and, alongside Vitka Kempner and founder Abba Kovner, assumed a leadership role in its successor group, the Avengers (Nokmim)--the only known undefeated ghetto uprising in the history of the Holocaust https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rozka_Korczak
Harry Wilf Harry Wilf 1921 1992 Polish businessman, and the co-founder of Garden Homes, one of the largest real estate development companies in the United States https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Wilf
Bronislav Gimpel Bronislav Gimpel 1911 1979 Polish violinist, and teacher https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bronislav_Gimpel
Diana Reiter Diana Reiter [Reiterówna] 1902 1943 Polish architect of Jewish descent, one of the first female architects in Kraków https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diana_Reiter
Jakub Goldberg Jakub Goldberg 1924 2002 Polish scriptwriter, assistant director and actor https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jakub_Goldberg
Vadim Brodski Vadim Brodski 1950 n/a Polish violinist, longtime resident of Rome, Italy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vadim_Brodski
Salomon Szapiro Salomon Szapiro (Schapiro) known as Dr. Szeffer 1882 1944 Polish chess master https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salomon_Szapiro
Agnieszka Kołakowska Agnieszka Kołakowska 1960 n/a Polish philosopher, philologist, translator and essayist https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agnieszka_Kołakowska
Gedali Szapiro Gedali Shapiro 1929 1972 Polish chess master, born in Siedlce https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gedali_Szapiro
Mattithiah ben Solomon Delacrut Mattithiah ben Solomon Delacrut null null Polish Jewish scholar; he lived in the middle of the 16th century https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mattithiah_ben_Solomon_Delacrut
Rafał Feinmesser Rafał Feinmesser 1895 none Polish chess master https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rafał_Feinmesser
Marian Fuks (historian) Marian Fuks 1914 n/a Polish historian specializing in the history of Polish Jews in Warsaw https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marian_Fuks_(historian)
Stanisław Frenkiel Stanisław Frenkiel RWA 1918 2001 Polish expressionist painter, graphic artist, art historian, teacher, academic and writer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanisław_Frenkiel
Rachel Feldhay Brenner Rachel Feldhay Brenner 1946 2021 Polish college professor, writer, and scholar of Jewish literature https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rachel_Feldhay_Brenner
Louis D. Gibbs Louis DeWitt Gibbs 1880 1929 Polish Jewish-American lawyer, politician, and judge from New York https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_D._Gibbs
Nathalie Zand Nathalie Zylberlast-Zand 1883 1942 Polish Jewish neurologist who died in a Nazi prison during World War II. She published research under several names including Nathalie Zylberlast-Zandowa https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nathalie_Zand
Resia Schor Resia Schor 1910 2006 Polish artist who lived and worked in New York City from 1941 until her death in 2006 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Resia_Schor
Moshe Dluznowsky Moshe Dluznowsky (Dunow) 1903 1977 Polish journalist, publicist, writer, dramatist, and editor of the journal https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moshe_Dluznowsky
Ferdynand Zweig Ferdynand Zweig 1896 1988 Polish sociologist and economist noted for his studies of the British working classes https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferdynand_Zweig
Philip Bialowitz Philip Bialowitz 1925 2016 Polish Holocaust survivor and resistance fighter https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_Bialowitz
Michal Hornstein Michal Hornstein 1920 2016 Polish businessman, art collector and philanthropist https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michal_Hornstein
Reizl Bozyk Reizl Bozyk 1914 1993 Polish actress of the Yiddish theatre https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reizl_Bozyk
Philip Riteman Philip Riteman, ONS, ONL 1922 2018 Polish Auschwitz survivor who, in 1989, after forty years of silence, lectured on his experiences in public and private schools, community centres and universities in North America https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_Riteman
Janina Bauman Janina Bauman 1926 2009 Polish journalist and writer of Jewish origin https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Janina_Bauman
Mimi Lerner Mimi Lerner 1945 2007 Polish mezzo-soprano and later head of the voice department at Carnegie Mellon University https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mimi_Lerner
Mieczysław Grydzewski Mieczysław Grydzewski 1894 1970 Polish historian and journalist, founder and editor-in-chief of Wiadomości Literackie ('The Literary News') weekly https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mieczysław_Grydzewski
Max Berliner Max Berliner 1919 2019 Polish actor, author, film director and theater director https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Berliner
Anna Kurska Anna Maria Kurska 1929 2016 Polish politician and lawyer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anna_Kurska
Agata Passent Agata Maria Passent 1973 n/a Polish journalist and writer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agata_Passent
Leon Kasman Leon Kasman, pseudonyms "Adam," "Bolek," "Janowski," "Zygmunt" 1905 1984 Polish communist journalist and politician of Jewish descent https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leon_Kasman
Izrael Abraham Staffel Izrael Abraham Staffel 1814 1884 Polish Jewish inventor, watchmaker, mechanic, designer of calculating machines https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Izrael_Abraham_Staffel
Abram Szpiro Abram (Abraham) Szpiro 1912 1943 Polish chess master https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abram_Szpiro
Izaak Grynfeld Izaak Grynfeld 1912 unknown Polish chess master https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Izaak_Grynfeld
Jan Marcin Szancer Jan Marcin Szancer 1902 1973 Polish illustrator, scenographer and professor at the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_Marcin_Szancer
Władysław Godik Władysław Godik 1892 1952 Polish Jewish singer, actor and director in Polish, Russian, and Yiddish theatre https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Władysław_Godik
Hipolit Wawelberg Hipolit Wawelberg 1843 1901 Polish Jewish banker, and one of the most prominent members of the Wawelberg banking family https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hipolit_Wawelberg
Chaim Janowski Chaim (Chajkel) Janowski 1853 1935 Polish chess master and organizer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chaim_Janowski
Halina Górska Halina Górska 1898 1942 Polish writer and a communist activist https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halina_Górska
Ignace Tiegerman Ignacy Tiegerman 1893 1968 Polish pianist and teacher https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ignace_Tiegerman
Mayer Kirshenblatt Mayer Kirshenblatt 1916 2009 Polish painter and author https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mayer_Kirshenblatt
Zygmunt Zalcwasser Zygmunt Zalcwasser 1898 1943 Polish mathematician from the Warsaw School of Mathematics in the period between the World Wars collaborating especially in the fields of logic, set theory, general topology and real analysis https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zygmunt_Zalcwasser
Bogumil Dawison Bogumil Dawison 1818 1872 Polish actor https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bogumil_Dawison
Tamara Deutscher Tamara Deutscher 1913 1990 Polish writer and editor who researched the leaders of Soviet Communism, together with her husband Isaac Deutscher https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tamara_Deutscher
Samuel Schwarz (historian) Samuel Schwarz 1880 1953 Polish Jewish mining engineer, archaeologist, and historian of the Jewish diaspora, specifically of the Sephardic and crypto-Jewish communities of Portugal and Spain https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Schwarz_(historian)
Nelly Toll Nelly Toll 1932 2021 Polish Jewish artist, writer, and teacher, and was a survivor of the Holocaust https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nelly_Toll
Adam Próchnik Adam Feliks Próchnik 1892 1942 Polish socialist activist, politician and historian https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam_Próchnik
Jacques Calmanson Jacques Calmanson 1722 1811 Polish Jewish maskilic writer, translator, and personal physician of King Stanislaw II. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacques_Calmanson
Joseph Stillitz Chaim Joseph Stillitz 1903 1966 Polish businessman, who founded and was chairman of the Gor-Ray skirts company https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Stillitz
Jesekiel David Kirszenbaum Jesekiel David Kirszenbaum 1900 1954 Polish painter forced to leave his native town in Poland in order to both flee persecution as a Jew and develop his art https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesekiel_David_Kirszenbaum
Albert Katz Albert Katz 1858 1923 Polish rabbi, writer, and journalist https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Katz
Alfred Schreyer Alfred Schreyer 1922 2015 Polish fiddler and singer, a pupil of Bruno Schulz and survivor of the Holocaust https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Schreyer
Albert Marchinsky Albert Marchinsky 1875 1930 Polish stage magician https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Marchinsky
Stanley Silverstein Stanley Oscar Silverstein 1924 2016 Polish entrepreneur who was co-founder with his brother Mike of Nina Footwear, a company that manufactures "fashionable but affordable shoes" for women https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanley_Silverstein
Severyn Ashkenazy Severyn Ashkenazy 1936 n/a Polish hotelier and philanthropist https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Severyn_Ashkenazy
Israel Frenkel Israel Frenkel 1853 1890 Polish Jewish Hebraist, translator, and educator https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel_Frenkel
Feivel Schiffer Feivel Schiffer 1809 1871 Polish maskilic poet and writer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feivel_Schiffer
Jakub Natanson Jakub Natanson 1832 1884 Polish chemist and banker, one of the discoverers of Fuchsine https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jakub_Natanson
Maurycy Minkowski Maurycy Minkowski 1881 1930 Polish painter of Jewish ancestry, best-known for his genre scenes of daily life in the shtetls https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maurycy_Minkowski
Anda Rottenberg Anda Rottenberg 1944 n/a Polish art historian, art critic, writer, former director of the Zachęta National Gallery of Art in Warsaw and member of the International Association of Art Critics (AICA), International "Manifesta" Foundation and the International "Germinations" Foundation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anda_Rottenberg
Felka Platek Felka Platek 1899 1944 Polish artist https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Felka_Platek
Yehuda Nir Yehuda Nir 1930 2014 Polish Holocaust survivor, psychiatrist and author of The Lost Childhood https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yehuda_Nir
Doda Conrad Doda Conrad 1905 1997 Polish bass operatic singer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doda_Conrad
Klara Zamenhof Klara Zamenhof 1863 1924 Polish Esperantist https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Klara_Zamenhof
Heinrich Racker Heinrich Racker 1910 1961 Polish psychoanalyst of Austrian-Jewish origin https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heinrich_Racker
Eleonora Bergman Eleonora Bergman 1947 n/a Polish architecture historian who worked on the preservation of Jewish heritage in Poland https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eleonora_Bergman
Gabriel Judah Lichtenfeld Gabriel Judah Lichtenfeld 1811 1887 Polish Jewish maskilic mathematician, poet, and author https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gabriel_Judah_Lichtenfeld
Paul Kaznelson Paul Kaznelson 1898 1959 Polish scientist credited with describing the first case of pure red cell aplasia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Kaznelson
Stanisław Mendelson Stanisław 1858 1913 Polish socialist politician and publicist of Jewish descent https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanisław_Mendelson
Zofia Zamenhof Zofia Zamenhof 1889 1942 Polish pediatrician and the daughter of Klara (Silbernik) and L. L. Zamenhof, the inventor of Esperanto https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zofia_Zamenhof
Feliks Tych Feliks Tych 1929 2015 Polish Jewish historian and educator https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feliks_Tych
Marian Einbacher Marian Einbacher 1900 1943 Polish footballer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marian_Einbacher
Shlomo Zabludowicz Shlomo Zabludowicz 1914 1994 Polish businessman https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shlomo_Zabludowicz
Kurt Weber Kurt Weber 1928 2015 Polish cinematographer known for working on comedic and dramatic filmse from the 1950s to the 1980s, primarily in Poland and West Germany https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kurt_Weber
Jerzy Lewi Jerzy Lewi 1949 1972 Polish chess master https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerzy_Lewi
Alex Karczmar Alexander George Karczmar 1917 2017 Polish neuroscientist and academic https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alex_Karczmar
Reuven Fahn Reuven Fahn 1878 1944 Polish Jewish scholar, writer, historian, ethnographer and epigraphist https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reuven_Fahn
Regina Lilientalowa Regina Lilientalowa born Gitla née Eiger; 24 November 1875 Zawichost — 4 December 1924, Warsaw) null null Polish ethnographer, translator and journalist of Jewish origin https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regina_Lilientalowa
Gustav Bychowski Gustav Bychowski 1895 1972 Polish psychiatrist, psychoanalyst and author https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gustav_Bychowski
Morris Katz Morris Katz 1932 2010 Polish painter https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morris_Katz
David Shapell David Shapell 1921 2015 Polish real estate developer and philanthropist from Los Angeles, California https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Shapell
Józef Berkowicz Józef Berkowicz also known as Joseph Berkovitz 1789 1846 Polish military officer of Jewish origin, the only son of Berek Joselewicz https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Józef_Berkowicz
Nathan Reiber Nathan Reiber 1927 2014 Polish businessman, lawyer, philanthropist, and real-estate developer in Miami https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nathan_Reiber
Maria Pogonowska Maria Pogonowska 1897 2009 Polish scientist of Jewish origin https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_Pogonowska
Beata Rank Beata Rank-Minzer 1886 1961 Polish psychoanalyst https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beata_Rank
Luba Blum-Bielicka Luba Bielicka Blum 1906 1973 Polish socialist activist of the Bund, and a nurse in the Warsaw Ghetto https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luba_Blum-Bielicka
Abram Wolf Edelman Abram Wolf Edelman 1832 1907 Polish rabbi https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abram_Wolf_Edelman
Janina Katz Janina Katz 1939 2013 Polish writer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Janina_Katz
Beno Dorn Beno Dorn null null Polish master tailor known for providing the Beatles with their first suits out of his shop in Birkenhead, England, suits that are often mentioned as part of the rebranding that contributed to their breakthrough in 1962 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beno_Dorn
Krystyna Magdalena Munk Krystyna Magdalena Munk 1913 1999 Polish medical doctor who completed her studies at the Polish School of Medicine at the University of Edinburgh during World War II. She was awarded a King's Commendation for Brave Conduct https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krystyna_Magdalena_Munk
Juan Luria Juan Luria 1862 1943 Polish Jewish operatic baritone https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juan_Luria
Edward Olearczyk Edward Olearczyk 1915 1994 Polish composer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Olearczyk
Yosef Rosenthal Yosef Rosenthal 1844 1913 Polish Jewish Hebrew writer and lawyer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yosef_Rosenthal
Simón Bajour Simón Bajour also Szymsia Bajour 1928 2005 Polish Jewish-Argentine violinist who was known for both his popular and classical repertoires https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simón_Bajour
Szymon Kataszek Szymon Kataszek 1898 1943 Polish Jewish composer, bandleader, pianist, a pioneer of Polish jazz https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Szymon_Kataszek
Julia Keilowa Julia Keilowa (Ringel) 1902 1943 Polish artist industrial designer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julia_Keilowa
Jakub Weinles Jakub Weinles 1870 1938 Polish painter of Jewish ancestry, creating art around Jewish culture, and an active participant of the Jewish Society of the Nurture of Fine Arts (Yiddish: Jidiszer Gezelszaft cu Farszprajnt Kunst, Polish: Żydowskie Towarzystwo Krzewienia Sztuk Pięknych) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jakub_Weinles
Janusz Weiss Janusz Alfred Weiss 1948 n/a Polish journalist, television personality and co-founder of the one of the most popular radio stations in Poland, Radio ZET. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Janusz_Weiss
Wiktor Weintraub Wiktor Weintraub 1908 1988 Polish historian who specialized in history of Polish literature https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiktor_Weintraub
Jakub Egit Jakub Egit 1908 1996 Polish Jewish leader https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jakub_Egit
Izaak Towbin Izaak Towbin 1899 1941 Polish chess master and organizer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Izaak_Towbin
Hanna Mortkowicz-Olczakowa Hanna Mortkowicz-Olczakowa 1905 1968 Polish poet and writer, author of novels for children and young people https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanna_Mortkowicz-Olczakowa
Mojżesz David Kirszbraun Mojżesz David Kirszbraun 1903 1942 Polish mathematician, mostly known for the Kirszbraun theorem on extensions of Lipschitz maps https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mojżesz_David_Kirszbraun
Aron Zabłudowski Aron Zabłudowski 1909 1941 Polish chess master https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aron_Zabłudowski
Andrzej Krzysztof Wróblewski Andrzej Krzysztof Wróblewski 1935 2012 Polish journalist https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrzej_Krzysztof_Wróblewski
Mojżesz Pfefer Mojżesz Pfefer 1856 1919 Polish Jewish industrialist and landowner, as well as philanthropist and social activist https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mojżesz_Pfefer
Arthur Benni Arthur William Benni 1839 1867 Polish citizen, known in Russia (where his name was spelled Арту′р Ива′нович Бе′нни) as a journalist, Hertzen associate, Socialist activist and women liberation commune-founder https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Benni
Michał Weinzieher Michał Weinzieher 1903 1944 Polish art historian and art critic, museologist, and separately also a writer on constitutional law (known for his studies of the thought of Leon Petrazycki) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michał_Weinzieher
Shaul Berezovsky Shaul Berezovsky 1908 1975 Polish composer, pianist, and music director https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shaul_Berezovsky
Maurycy Allerhand Maurycy Allerhand 1868 1942 Polish lawyer and the Professor of Law at the Lviv University (then John Casimir University) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maurycy_Allerhand
Henryk Domski Henryk Stein-Domski 1883 1937 Polish communist politician and activist, who led the Communist Party of Poland in 1925, before being ousted and repressed as a suspected Trotskyist https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henryk_Domski
N. B. Minkoff Nahum Baruch Minkoff 1893 1958 Polish Jewish Yiddish poet, newspaper editor, and educator https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/N._B._Minkoff
Michel Sima Michel Sima, a pseudonym for Michał Smajewski 1912 n/a Polish artist, known as a sculptor, photographer and ceramicist https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michel_Sima
Selig Newman Selig Newman 1788 1871 Polish Hebraist and educator https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Selig_Newman
Jakub Kagan Jakub Kagan 1896 1942 Polish popular-Jewish composer, pianist, jazz musician and arranger https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jakub_Kagan
Walter Plywaski Walter Plywaski 1929 n/a Polish Holocaust survivor who emigrated to the United States after World War II. He established a legal precedent allowing immigrants to the country to make a secular affirmation as an alternative to the Oath of allegiance and received the Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland for his role as a Holocaust educator https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Plywaski
Batia Grossbard Batia Friedkes Grossbard 1910 1995 Polish painter influenced by American abstract expressionism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batia_Grossbard
Moshe Rynecki Moshe Rynecki 1881 1943 Polish artist of Jewish origins https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moshe_Rynecki
Julia Pirotte Julia Pirotte 1908 2000 Polish photojournalist known for her work in Marseille during the Second World War when she documented the French Resistance, and for photographs taken in the aftermath of the Kielce Pogrom of 1946 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julia_Pirotte
Zina Morhange Zenaida Paley 1909 1987 Polish physician and a member of the French Resistance during the Second World War https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zina_Morhange
Artur Eisenbach Artur Eisenbach 1906 1992 Polish Jewish historian; an expert on the history of Jews in Poland, member of Polish Academy of Sciences and the head of the Jewish Historical Institute in Warsaw between 1966 and 1968 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artur_Eisenbach
Leon Rodal Leon Rodal 1913 1943 Polish journalist, Zionist-Revisionist party activist, co-founder and one of the commanders of the Jewish Military Union https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leon_Rodal
Stanisław Flato Stanisław (Moishe) Flato 1910 1972 Polish army intelligence officer and diplomat https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanisław_Flato
Andrzej Morozowski Andrzej Morozowski 1957 n/a Polish journalist, television personality and writer, connected with Radio ZET and TVN 24 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrzej_Morozowski
Louis Meyer (poet) Louis Meyer 1796 1869 Polish Jewish poet and merchant https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Meyer_(poet)
Monika Krajewska Monika Krajewska null null Polish activist, mizrah artist, writer, photographer, and Jewish gravestone art and Hebrew language calligraphy specialist https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monika_Krajewska
Francis de Sales Lewental Francis de Sales Lewental null null Polish Jewish publisher; born at Włocławek, Congress Poland, 1839; died at Wiesbaden on 24 September 1902 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_de_Sales_Lewental
Mieczysław Centnerszwer Mieczysław Centnerszwer 1874 1944 Polish chemist and professor at the Technical University of Riga and at the University of Warsaw https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mieczysław_Centnerszwer
Szymon Buchbinder Szymon Buchbinder, or Simeon Buchbinder 1853 1908 Polish painter https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Szymon_Buchbinder
Maurice Raichenbach Maurice Raichenbach 1915 1998 Polish draughts champion https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maurice_Raichenbach
Gershon Dua-Bogen Gershon Dua-Bogen 1892 1948 Polish communist https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gershon_Dua-Bogen
Mira Żelechower-Aleksiun Mira Żelechower-Aleksiun 1941 n/a Polish painter of Jewish descent https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mira_Żelechower-Aleksiun
Józef Mieses Józef Mieses 1882 1941 Polish teacher, linguist, rabbi and military officer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Józef_Mieses
Adam Bromberg Adam Bromberg 1912 1993 Polish publisher https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam_Bromberg
Dov ben Samuel Baer Dov ben Samuel Baer null null Polish Ḥasidic writer of the end of the 18th century https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dov_ben_Samuel_Baer
Włodzimierz Press Włodzimierz Press 1939 n/a Polish theatre and dubbing actor and screenwriter, most notable for playing Grigorij Saakaszwili in the TV series Czterej pancerni i pies https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Włodzimierz_Press
Zygmunt Łempicki Zygmunt Łempicki 1886 1943 Polish literature theoretician, Germanist, philosopher, and culture historian https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zygmunt_Łempicki
Maria Orwid Maria Orwid 1930 2009 Polish psychiatrist and pioneer of Child and Family psychiatry and of Family therapy in Poland https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_Orwid
Wiktor Ormicki Wiktor Ormicki 1898 1941 Polish geographer and cartographer, and a university professor https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiktor_Ormicki
Yitzchak Lowy Yitzchak Lowy 1887 1942 Polish Yiddish theater actor https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yitzchak_Lowy
Rachela Fiszel Rachela Fiszel 1496 1519 Polish banker https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rachela_Fiszel
Teofil Simchowicz Teofil Simchowicz 1879 1957 Polish neurologist who was born in Ciechanowiec near Warsaw, Poland https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teofil_Simchowicz
Cecylia Słapakowa Cecylia Słapakowa 1900 1942 Polish Jewish journalist and translator https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cecylia_Słapakowa
Sławomir Grünberg Slawomir Grünberg 1951 n/a Polish naturalized American documentary producer, director and cameraman https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sławomir_Grünberg
Stephan Ross Stephan Ross 1931 2020 Polish holocaust survivor who spearheaded the creation of the New England Holocaust Memorial https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephan_Ross
Jerzy Kluger Jerzy Kluger 1921 2011 Polish Jewish businessman who lived in Rome https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerzy_Kluger
Victor Zorza Victor Zorza 1925 1996 Polish born journalist who contributed to the West's understanding of the Soviet Union, and was later known for pioneering work promoting palliative care in Russia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victor_Zorza
Morris Feinstone Morris Charles Feinstone 1878 1943 Polish Jewish-born British labor activist https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morris_Feinstone
Daniel Neufeld Daniel Neufeld 1814 1874 Polish Jewish author, poet, and educator https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Neufeld
Herman Diamand Herman Diamand 1860 1931 Polish lawyer and socialist politician of Jewish origin, cofounder of Workers' Party of Galicia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herman_Diamand
Rut Wermuth Rut Wermuth-Burak null null Polish survivor of the Nazi Holocaust, whose life story was published in Polish as "Spotkałam Ludzi", ("Encounters with the Decent") in 2002, and in English as "Leap for Life" in 2010 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rut_Wermuth
Marcus Younker Marcus Younker 1839 1926 Polish retail executive who co-founded the Younker Brothers department store https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcus_Younker
Pinchas Goldhar Pinchas Goldhar 1901 1947 Polish and then Australian writer and translator, who wrote mainly in the Yiddish language https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pinchas_Goldhar
Eva Fastag Eva Fastag 1917 2021 Polish Holocaust survivor and resistant https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eva_Fastag
Wiktor Brillant Wiktor Brillant 1877 1942 Polish pharmacist from Jaroslaw (Galicia, Poland) who was killed by the Nazis https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiktor_Brillant
Hanna Sawicka Hanka Sawicka, real name Hanna Krystyna Szapiro, pseudonym Hanka 1917 1943 Polish communist, represented in Polish People's Republic propaganda as the first leader of the Union of Youth Struggle https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanna_Sawicka
Wolf Krakowski Wolf Krakowski 1947 n/a Polish Yiddish-speaking songwriter, singer, and guitarist https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolf_Krakowski
J. C. Blumenfeld J. C. Blumenfeld null null Polish Jewish revolutionary and poet https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._C._Blumenfeld
Henoch Barczyński Henoch (Henryk) Barczyński 1896 1941 Polish painter of Jewish descent, graphic artist, illustrator https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henoch_Barczyński
Roizl Fishels Roizl bas Yosef Fishels of Krakow null null Polish Jewish printer and teacher https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roizl_Fishels
Ilia Szrajbman Ilia Szrajbman 1907 1943 Polish Olympic freestyle swimmer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ilia_Szrajbman
Samuel Eleazar Kronenberg Samuel Eleazer Kronenberg 1773 1826 Polish Jewish banker and industrialist https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Eleazar_Kronenberg
Maria Ajzensztadt Maria Ajzensztadt 1922 1942 Polish singer, who was murdered in the Holocaust https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_Ajzensztadt
Moshe Hirschbein Moshe Hirschbein 1894 1940 Polish chess master https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moshe_Hirschbein
Józef Celmajster Józef Celmajster 1901 1968 Polish physician of Jewish descent, first lieutenant of the Polish Army, chief of medical department of the Jewish Military Union (ŻZW) in the Warsaw Ghetto and OW-KB. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Józef_Celmajster
Aaron Selig ben Moses of Zolkiev Aaron Selig ben Moses of Zolkiev null null Polish Jewish author who flourished in the seventeenth century https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aaron_Selig_ben_Moses_of_Zolkiev
Leon Felhendler Leon Felhendler 1910 1945 Polish resistance fighter known for his role in organizing the 1943 prisoner uprising at Sobibor extermination camp together with Alexander Pechersky https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leon_Felhendler
Sara Zyskind Sara Zyskind 1927 1995 Polish prominentIsraeli writer on the Holocaust https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sara_Zyskind
Paweł Hertz Paweł Hertz 1918 2001 Polish writer, poet, translator and publisher https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paweł_Hertz
Philip Laskowsky Philip Laskowsky 1884 1960 Polish composer, arranger, bandleader, comedian and actor of the Yiddish theatre https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_Laskowsky
Jacob Mącznik Jacob Mącznik 1905 1945 Polish Jewish artist, a young painter of the École de Paris until its destruction by the Nazis https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacob_Mącznik
Josima Feldschuh Josima Feldschuh 1929 1943 Polish pianist and composer of Jewish origin https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josima_Feldschuh
Stanislas Hernisz Stanislas Hernisz 1805 1866 Polish freedom-fighter, journalist, physician, employee of the United States Department of State and sinologist of Jewish descent https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanislas_Hernisz
Stefan Napierski Stefan Napierski, actually Stefan Marek Eiger 1899 1940 Polish poet of Jewish origin, translator and essayist, in the years 1938–1939 publisher of the bimonthly https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stefan_Napierski
Igor S. Korntayer Igor S. Korntayer 1890 1942 Polish Jewish actor, lyricist, poet, and coupletist https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Igor_S._Korntayer
Ludwik Flaszen Ludwik Flaszen 1930 2020 Polish theatre director and writer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ludwik_Flaszen
Jacques Stückgold Jacques Stückgold 1877 1953 Polish tenor and voice teacher https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacques_Stückgold
Nachman Blumental Nachman Blumental 1902 1983 Polish Jewish historian who served as the head of the Jewish Historical Institute in Warsaw between 1947 and 1949 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nachman_Blumental
Jacob Brandenburg Jacob Brandenburg 1899 1981 Polish sculptor https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacob_Brandenburg
Stanisław Wygodzki Stanisław Wygodzki 1907 1992 Polish writer of Jewish origin https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanisław_Wygodzki
Janina Mortkowicz Janina Mortkowicz, real name: Żaneta Mortkowicz née Horwitz 1875 1960 Polish writer, translator and bookseller https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Janina_Mortkowicz
Meir Bosak Meir Bosak 1912 1992 Polish historian, writer and poet https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meir_Bosak
Henryk Biegeleisen Henryk Biegeleisen 1855 1934 Polish historian, literary critic, publisher, journalist, and ethnographer specializing in the history of Polish literature from the sixteenth through the nineteenth century https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henryk_Biegeleisen
Dina Halpern Dina Halpern 1909 1989 Polish actress of the Yiddish theater, who came to the United States in 1938, on the eve of the Second World War, and spent the rest of her life there https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dina_Halpern
Israel Reichert Israel Reichert 1891 1975 Polish agriculturist and biologist who established the field of phytopathology in Israel https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel_Reichert
Jan Rzewuski Jan Rzewuski 1916 1994 Polish theoretical physicist, a member of Polish resistance during World War II and a participant in the Warsaw Uprising https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_Rzewuski
Filip Eisenberg Filip Pinkus Eisenberg 1876 1942 Polish Jewish doctor and bacteriologist https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filip_Eisenberg
Marcin Kitz Marcin Kitz 1891 1943 Polish Jewish painter https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcin_Kitz
Kazimierz Reychman Kazimierz Reychman 1882 1936 Polish diplomat of Jewish origin https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kazimierz_Reychman
Horacy Safrin Horacy Safrin 1899 1980 Polish poet, comedian, author and translator https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horacy_Safrin
Chaja Goldstein Chaja Ruchel Goldstein 1908 1999 Polish dancer and singer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chaja_Goldstein
Saul Amsterdam Saul Amsterdam 1898 1937 Polish communist activist, a lawyer by profession https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saul_Amsterdam
Ludwik Holcman Ludwik Holcman 1889 1942 Polish violinist https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ludwik_Holcman
Chana Blaksztejn Chana Blaksztejn null null Polish Jewish writer and journalist active in Vilna in the 1920s https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chana_Blaksztejn
Abraham ben Joseph ha-Levi Avraham ben Yosef HaLevi Segal 1620 1670 Polish commentator born in Cracow https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraham_ben_Joseph_ha-Levi
Irit Amiel Irit Amiel 1931 2021 Polish poet, writer and translator https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irit_Amiel
Marian Neuteich Marian Neuteich 1890 1943 Polish Jewish composer, cellist and conductor https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marian_Neuteich
Saul Kaplun Saul Kaplun 1924 1964 Polish aerodynamicist at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saul_Kaplun
Paula Szalit Paulina Szalitówna 1885 1942 Polish pianist and composer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paula_Szalit
Ludwik Kowalski Ludwik Kowalski 1931 n/a Polish physicist, anti-communist author, and professor emeritus of Montclair State University in Montclair, New Jersey https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ludwik_Kowalski
Marian Marzyński Marian Marzyński 1937 n/a Polish documentary filmmaker https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marian_Marzyński
Jacob Fishman Jacob Fishman 1878 1946 Polish Jewish Yiddish newspaper editor and Zionist https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacob_Fishman
Yechiel Granatstein Yechiel Granatstein 1913 2008 Polish Jewish author and writer in Yiddish and Hebrew, as well as a partisan fighter in World War II and a Jewish refugee activist following the Holocaust https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yechiel_Granatstein
Jacob Milch Yankev Zoyermilkh 1866 1945 Polish Jewish-American socialist, Yiddish writer, and chocolate manufacturer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacob_Milch
Jacob Lofman Jacob Lofman 1911 2002 Polish photojournalist https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacob_Lofman
Iso Szajewicz Israel "Iso" Szajewicz 1910 none Polish Jewish composer and conductor born in Kutno, Poland https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iso_Szajewicz
Walter Spitzer (artist) Walter Spitzer 1927 2021 Polish artist and painter https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Spitzer_(artist)
Boaz Young Boaz Yungvits (Youngwitz), aka Bernard Young 1870 n/a Polish actor https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boaz_Young
Estelle Sapir Estelle Sapir 1923 1926 Polish Jewish Holocaust survivor who achieved a measure of fame for her successful battle with the Swiss banking industry, in particular Credit Suisse, after a half-century of fighting for the return of her family's money, which had been deposited by her father, Józef Sapir, before he was murdered in the Nazi concentration camp at Majdanek during World War II. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Estelle_Sapir
Mayer Hersh Mayer Hersh MBE 1926 2016 Polish Jew who survived the Auschwitz concentration camp https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mayer_Hersh
Iza Bieżuńska-Małowist Iza Bieżuńska-Małowist 1917 1995 Polish historian of the Ancient Era, professor at the Historical Institute of the University of Warsaw https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iza_Bieżuńska-Małowist
Jacob Epstein (banker) Jacob Epstein 1771 1843 Polish banker and philanthropist of Jewish descent https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacob_Epstein_(banker)
Max Helfman Max Helfman 1901 1963 Polish Jewish composer, choral conductor, and educator https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Helfman
Abraham Straski Abraham Straski 1903 1987 Polish born painter who moved to the United States after surviving the Nazi concentrations camps in the Holocaust https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraham_Straski
Willy Schapiro Salomon Wolf Willy Schapiro 1910 1944 Polish Jew, and a soldier in the FTP-MOI French liberation army in the Manouchian group) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willy_Schapiro
Shmuel Fershko Shmuel Fershko 1914 1990 Polish composer and musician https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shmuel_Fershko
Jakub Mortkowicz Jakub Mortkowicz 1876 1931 Polish book publisher and bookseller https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jakub_Mortkowicz
Jakub Michlewicz Jakub Michlewicz (or Jakov Michaeli, served under the name Ryszard Trzaskowski, nom-de-guerre Rysiek) 1929 2013 Polish Jewish member of the Polish Home Army and a child soldier in the Warsaw Uprising https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jakub_Michlewicz
Jakub Heilpern Jakub Heilpern 1850 1910 Polish chess master https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jakub_Heilpern
Aleksander Weintraub Aleksander Weintraub 1897 1943 Polish poet and writer, from a Jewish family from Lwów https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aleksander_Weintraub
Leopold Augustus Leo Leopold Augustus Leo 1794 1868 Polish ophthalmologist of Jewish origin https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leopold_Augustus_Leo
Solomon Rubinstein Solomon Rubinstein 1868 1931 Polish chess master https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solomon_Rubinstein
Izaak Aaronowicz Izaak Aaronowicz 1629 n/a Polish author and printer of Hebrew books https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Izaak_Aaronowicz
Lucian Kozminski Lucian Ludwig Kozminski null null Polish who was convicted in 1982 of swindling some 3,000 of his fellow Holocaust survivors https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucian_Kozminski
Hermann Warszawiak Hermann Warszawiak 1865 1921 Polish Jew who became a Presbyterian missionary in New York https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hermann_Warszawiak
Benjamin Orenstein Benjamin Orenstein 1926 2021 Polish Holocaust survivor https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_Orenstein
Simon Gutman Simon Gutman 1923 2020 Polish Holocaust survivor https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_Gutman
Lola Folman Lola Folman 1908 1979 Polish Jewish singer and composer popular in Poland in the 1930s https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lola_Folman
Henryk Hochman Henryk Herszel Hochman 1879 1881 Polish Jewish sculptor from the Academy of Fine Arts in Kraków https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henryk_Hochman
Joseph Cukierman Joseph (Józef, Iosif) Cukierman (Zukermann) 1899 1940 Polish chess master https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Cukierman
Emil Sommerstein Emil Sommerstein 1883 1957 Polish Jewish lawyer, philosopher, activist and politician https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emil_Sommerstein
Marian Auerbach Marian Auerbach a.k.a. Mayer [Majer] Auerbach 1882 1941 Polish classical philologist of Jewish background https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marian_Auerbach
Icchok Malmed Icchok Malmed 1903 1943 Polish Jew and fighter of the Białystok Ghetto during the German occupation of Poland in World War II. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Icchok_Malmed
Benjamin Nehemiah Solomon Benjamin Nehemiah Solomon 1790 n/a Polish Jewish convert to Christianity who had moved to England https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_Nehemiah_Solomon
Klara Segałowicz Klara Segałowicz 1897 1943 Polish actress https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Klara_Segałowicz
Berachah the Hero Berachah the Hero null null Polish Jewish soldier who was killed in the battle near Moscow in the Polish–Muscovite War in 1610 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berachah_the_Hero
Natasza Zylska Natasza Zylska, real name Natasza Zygelman 1933 1995 Polish Jewish singer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natasza_Zylska
Joanna Wiszniewicz Joanna Wiszniewicz 1947 2009 Polish academic and historian https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joanna_Wiszniewicz
Bina Landau Bina Landau 1925 1988 Polish Soprano folk and art singer active from the 1950s to the 1970s https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bina_Landau
Aharon Mor Aharon Mor 1947 n/a Polish civil servant who, as senior director, heads the Restitution of Rights and Jewish Property Department at the Israeli Ministry of Pensioner Affairs, which is affiliated with the Prime Minister's Office https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aharon_Mor
William Newcorn William Newcorn 1868 1946 Polish Jewish-American lawyer, politician, and judge from New Jersey https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Newcorn
Ruth Sagall Ruth Sagall 1929 2021 Polish actress of stage, screen and television https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruth_Sagall
Tadeusz Puder Tadeusz Puder 1908 1945 Polish Roman Catholic priest of Jewish origin https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tadeusz_Puder
Pinkus Kartin Pinkus Kartin 1914 1942 Polish Jewish communist activist and anti-Nazi resistance fighter https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pinkus_Kartin
Lejb Wulman Lejb (Leon) Wulman 1887 1971 Polish Jewish physician and social activist, the co-author (with Joseph Tenenbaum) of a monograph on the Polish-Jewish physicians murdered in the Holocaust (The Martyrdom of Jewish physicians in Poland) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lejb_Wulman
Isaj Dratwer Isaj Dratwer 1905 1985 Polish Jewish bacteriologist and esperantist https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaj_Dratwer