Famous Polish Women

Polish women no doubt are more than what the world sees of them. There is a sea of features that make these Polish women something quite spectacular. And it's not just their outward beauty standards, but even their grit towards standing by what they deserve and not backing out of achieving their rights. The Polish women were one of the earliest to be granted equal legal rights and better access to education. Owing to that, there is a high number of professional working Polish Women, with a very low gender pay gap in the whole of Europe. Pretty amazing! For Polish women, beauty and everything under that have been popular since ancient times. Looking their most elegant even when having to run errands, Polish women have mastered the art of make-up and dressing up throughout the years. Polish women are all about quality and comfortable clothing, light yet flawless makeup routine, ending it on a note by some excellent perfume. Izabella Miko, a famous actress and dancer, is known to be one of the hottest Polish women, Wislawa Szymborska is known worldwide for her contribution towards poetry, and Zofia Kossak-Szczucka for her role in the World War II. This is just a brief of what the Polish women have achieved so far. Read on and find out more!

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 1 
Marie Curie
(The First Woman to Win a Nobel Prize)
Marie Curie
113
Birthdate: November 7, 1867
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Warsaw, Poland
Died: July 4, 1934
 2 
Joanna Jędrzejczyk
(Former Professional Mixed Martial Artist)
Joanna Jędrzejczyk
11
Birthdate: August 18, 1987
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Olsztyn, Poland
Height: 5'6" (168 cm)
 3 
Rosa Luxemburg
(Revolutionary Socialist, Marxist Philosopher & Anti-War Activist)
Rosa Luxemburg
13
Birthdate: March 5, 1871
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Zamosc, Poland
Died: January 15, 1919
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 4 
Irena Sendler
(Polish Humanitarian & Social Worker)
Irena Sendler
16
Birthdate: February 15, 1910
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Warsaw, Poland
Died: May 12, 2008
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 5 
Iga Swiatek
(The Second Youngest Tennis Player To Win the French Open)
Iga Swiatek
8
Birthdate: May 31, 2001
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Warsaw, Poland
Height: 5'9" (175 cm)
 6 
Joanna Krupa
(Actor, Model, Television Personality)
Joanna Krupa
9
Birthdate: April 23, 1979
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Warsaw, Poland
Height: 5'7" (170 cm)
 7 
Karolina Kowalkiewicz
(Polish Mixed Martial Artist)
Karolina Kowalkiewicz
2
Birthdate: October 15, 1985
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Łódź, Poland
Height: 5'3" (160 cm)
 8 
Ola Jordan
(British-Polish Model and Ballroom Dancer)
Ola Jordan
2
Birthdate: September 30, 1982
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Nasielsk, Poland
Height: 5'3" (160 cm)
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 9 
Izabella Miko
(Actress)
Izabella Miko
4
Birthdate: January 21, 1981
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Łódź, Poland
 10 
Jadwiga of Poland
(Former Queen of Poland (1384 - 1399))
Jadwiga of Poland
3
Birthdate: 1373 AD
Birthplace: Buda, Hungary
Died: July 17, 1399
 11 
Morgane Polanski
(Known for Her Role in the TV Series 'Vikings')
Morgane Polanski
6
Birthdate: January 20, 1993
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Paris, France
Height: 5'7" (170 cm)
 12 
Olga Tokarczuk
(Polish Writer Best Known for Her Novel 'Flights' and Winner of 2018 Nobel Prize in Literature)
Olga Tokarczuk
9
Birthdate: January 29, 1962
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Sulechów, Poland
Height: 4'11" (150 cm)
 13 
Tamara de Lempicka
(Painter)
Tamara de Lempicka
6
Birthdate: May 16, 1898
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Warsaw, Poland
Died: March 18, 1980
 14 
Pola Negri
(Actress)
Pola Negri
2
Birthdate: January 3, 1897
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Lipno, Poland
Died: August 1, 1987
Height: 5'0" (152 cm)
 15 
Joanna Pacula
(Actress)
Joanna Pacula
1
Birthdate: January 2, 1957
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Tomaszow Lubelski, Poland
Height: 5'9" (175 cm)
 16 
Augusta Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein
(Queen)
Augusta Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein
2
Birthdate: October 22, 1858
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Lubsko, Poland
Died: April 11, 1921
 17 
Faustyna Kowalska
(Saint)
Faustyna Kowalska
6
Birthdate: August 25, 1905
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Głogowiec, Poland
Died: October 5, 1938
 18 
Margo Dydek
(Polish Basketball Player Who Played as a Center)
Margo Dydek
3
Birthdate: April 28, 1974
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Warsaw, Poland
Died: May 27, 2011
Height: 7'2" (218 cm)
 19 
Helena Rubinstein
(Business women)
Helena Rubinstein
2
Birthdate: March 27, 1870
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Kraków, Austrian Poland
Died: April 1, 1965
 20 
Krystyna Skarbek
(Britain's First and Longest-Serving Female Secret Agent)
Krystyna Skarbek
3
Birthdate: May 1, 1908
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Trzepnica, Poland
Died: June 15, 1952
 21 
Joanna Kulig
(Actress)
Joanna Kulig
2
Birthdate: June 24, 1982
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Krynica-Zdrój, Malopolskie, Poland
Height: 5'2" (157 cm)
 22 
Izabella Scorupco
(Best Known for Her Role as the Bond Girl 'Natalya Simonova' in the Film 'GoldenEye')
Izabella Scorupco
7
Birthdate: June 4, 1970
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Białystok, Poland
Height: 5'9" (175 cm)
 23 
Anja Rubik
(Model)
Anja Rubik
0
Birthdate: June 12, 1983
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Rzeszów, Poland
Height: 5'10" (178 cm)
 24 
Agnieszka Radwańska
(Polish Former Professional Tennis Player)
Agnieszka Radwańska
2
Birthdate: March 6, 1989
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Kraków, Poland
Height: 5'8" (173 cm)
 25 
Alicja Bachleda-Curus
(Actress & Singer)
Alicja Bachleda-Curus
2
Birthdate: May 12, 1983
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Tampico, Mexico
Height: 5'6" (168 cm)
 26 
Sara Egwu-James
(Reality Star Who Appeared in the 4th season of The Voice Kids Poland)
Sara Egwu-James
2
Birthdate: June 10, 2008
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Słubice, Poland
 27 
Wisława Szymborska
(Polish Poet, Essayist, Translator and Winner of 1996 Nobel Prize in Literature)
Wisława Szymborska
1
Birthdate: July 2, 1923
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Kórnik, Poland
Died: February 1, 2012
 28 
Wanda Rutkiewicz
(The First Woman to Reach the Summit of K2 and the Third Woman To Climb Mount Everest)
Wanda Rutkiewicz
0
Birthdate: February 4, 1943
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Plungė, Lithuania
Died: May 13, 1992
 29 
Ingrid Pitt
(Best Known for Her Work in Horror Films of the 1970s)
Ingrid Pitt
4
Birthdate: November 21, 1937
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Czestochowa, Poland
Died: November 23, 2010
Height: 5'5" (165 cm)
 30 
Karolina Wydra
(Actress & model)
Karolina Wydra
3
Birthdate: March 5, 1981
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Opole, Poland
Height: 5'9" (175 cm)
 31 
Margaret
(Polish Pop Singer-Songwriter Known for Her Singles 'Thank You Very Much' and 'Cool Me Down')
Margaret
1
Birthdate: June 30, 1991
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Stargard Szczeciński, Poland
Height: 5'3" (160 cm)
 32 
Olga Sosnovska
(Actress)
Olga Sosnovska
2
Birthdate: May 21, 1972
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Wieluń, Poland
Height: 5'8" (173 cm)
 33 
Magda Linette
(Polish Professional Tennis Player)
Magda Linette
0
Birthdate: February 12, 1992
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Poznań, Poland
Height: 5'7" (170 cm)
 34 
Franceska Mann
(Dancer)
Franceska Mann
0
Birthdate: February 4, 1917
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Warsaw, Poland
Died: October 23, 1943
 35 
Claudia Ciesla
(Actress)
Claudia Ciesla
0
Birthdate: February 12, 1987
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Wodzislaw Slaski, Poland
Height: 5'9" (175 cm)
 36 
Agata Buzek
(Actress & Model)
Agata Buzek
0
Birthdate: September 20, 1976
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Pyskowice, Poland
Height: 5'9" (175 cm)
 37 
Helena Modjeska
(Actress)
Helena Modjeska
1
Birthdate: October 12, 1840
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Free City of Cracow
Died: April 8, 1909
 38 
Viki Gabor
(Singer)
Viki Gabor
19
Birthdate: July 10, 2007
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Hamburg, Germany
 39 
Agnieszka Holland
(Director & Screenwriter)
Agnieszka Holland
1
Birthdate: November 28, 1948
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Warsaw, Poland
 40 
Basia
(Polish Singer-Songwriter Known for Her Latin-Inspired Jazz-Pop Music)
Basia
2
Birthdate: September 30, 1954
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Jaworzno, Poland
 41 
Roksana Wegiel
(Singer)
Roksana Wegiel
9
Birthdate: January 11, 2005
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Jasło, Poland
 42 
Bona Sforza
(Queen of Poland Grand Duchess of Lithuania (18 April 1518 – 1 April 1548))
Bona Sforza
0
Birthdate: February 2, 1494
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Vigevano, Italy
Died: November 19, 1557
 43 
Eva zu Beck
(Polish YouTube Vlogger)
Eva zu Beck
0
Birthdate: April 26, 1991
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Poland
 44 
Susan Wojcicki
(CEO of YouTube)
Susan Wojcicki
66
Birthdate: July 5, 1968
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Santa Clara County, California, United States
 45 
Anna-Maria Sieklucka
(Actress)
Anna-Maria Sieklucka
4
Birthdate: May 31, 1992
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Lublin, Poland
Height: 5'3" (160 cm)
 46 
Zofia Wichlacz
(Actress)
Zofia Wichlacz
1
Birthdate: April 5, 1995
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Warsaw, Poland
Height: 5'8" (173 cm)
 47 
Marika Domińczyk
(Actress)
Marika Domińczyk
3
Birthdate: July 7, 1980
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Kielce, Poland
Height: 5'7" (170 cm)
 48 
Dominika Paleta
(Actress)
Dominika Paleta
0
Birthdate: October 23, 1972
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Kraków, Poland
 49 
Ewa Sonnet
(Model)
Ewa Sonnet
1
Birthdate: March 8, 1985
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Rybnik, Poland
Height: 5'4" (163 cm)
 50 
Anita Włodarczyk
(Polish Hammer Thrower)
Anita Włodarczyk
1
Birthdate: August 8, 1985
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Rawicz, Poland
Height: 5'10" (178 cm)