Warsaw has produced a number of well-known physicists, football players, models, philosophers, actresses and several other personalities from other spheres. Our list of famous people from Warsaw includes Marie Curie, Robert Lewandowski, Joanna Krupa, Abraham Joshua Heschel, Anna Held, and many others.

Famous People Born In Warsaw

Marie CurieMarie Curie
07 November 1867, French, Polish
First woman to win a Nobel Prize
Robert LewandowskiRobert Lewandowski
21 August 1988, Polish
Footballer

Joanna KrupaJoanna Krupa
23 April 1979, Polish, American
Actor, Model, Television Personality

Abraham Joshua HeschelAbraham Joshua Heschel
11 January 1907, Polish
Rabbi

Alfred KorzybskiAlfred Korzybski
03 July 1879, Polish
Scholar who developed the field of General

Anna HeldAnna Held
08 March 1872, French
Actress, Singer
Witold LutoslawskiWitold Lutoslawski
25 January 1913, Polish
Composer

Ola KowalOla Kowal
1990 AD, Polish
Model, Blogger, Instagram Star

Andrew GolotaAndrew Golota
05 January 1968, Polish
Boxer

Janusz Korwin-MikkeJanusz Korwin-Mikke
27 October 1942, Polish
Politician, Bridge player, Economist, Journalist,
Konstantin RokossovskyKonstantin Rokossovsky
21 December 1896, Polish, Russian
Soviet officer

Benoit MandelbrotBenoit Mandelbrot
20 November 1924, French, Polish, American
Mathematician, Economist, Professor, Scientist,
Janusz KorczakJanusz Korczak
22 July 1878, Polish
Educationist, Pediatrician, Children's writer

Tamara de LempickaTamara de Lempicka
16 May 1898, Polish, American
Painter

Alfred TarskiAlfred Tarski
14 January 1901, Polish, American
Mathematician, Philosopher
Hilary KoprowskiHilary Koprowski
05 December 1916, Polish, American
Virologist, Immunologist

Osip MandelstamOsip Mandelstam
15 January 1891, Polish, Russian
Poet, Writer, Translator, Literary critic,
Joseph RotblatJoseph Rotblat
04 November 1908, Polish, British
Physicist

Adam MichnikAdam Michnik
17 October 1946, Polish
Journalist, Writer, Trade unionist

Władysław BartoszewskiWładysław Bartoszewski
19 February 1922, Polish
Journalist, Politician, Diplomat, Historian,
Antoni MacierewiczAntoni Macierewicz
03 August 1948, Polish
Politician, Historian, Journalist, Trade unionist

Anna Maria JopekAnna Maria Jopek
14 December 1970, Polish
Singer, Jazz musician, Pianist, Lyricist,
Kazimierz KuratowskiKazimierz Kuratowski
02 February 1896, Polish
Mathematician, Logician

Chaïm PerelmanChaïm Perelman
20 May 1912, Belgian, Polish
Philosopher, University teacher

Włodzimierz CimoszewiczWłodzimierz Cimoszewicz
13 September 1950, Polish
Politician, Diplomat, University teacher, Farmer

Sławomir PetelickiSławomir Petelicki
13 September 1946, Polish
Officer
Agnieszka OsieckaAgnieszka Osiecka
09 October 1936, Polish
Poet
Elżbieta DmochElżbieta Dmoch
29 September 1951, Polish
Singer, Musician

KayahKayah
05 November 1967, Polish
singer, jazz musician

Slavomir RawiczSlavomir Rawicz
01 September 1915, Polish
 

Bronisław GeremekBronisław Geremek
06 March 1932, Polish
Historian
Jarosław KaczyńskiJarosław Kaczyński
18 June 1949, Polish
Former Prime Minister of Poland

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Krzysztof KieślowskiKrzysztof Kieślowski
27 June 1941, Polish
Polish film director

Lech KaczyńskiLech Kaczyński
18 June 1949, Polish, Russian
Former President of Poland

Stanisław MoniuszkoStanisław Moniuszko
05 May 1819, Polish
Composer

Wacław SierpińskiWacław Sierpiński
14 March 1882, Polish
Mathematician
Witold LutosławskiWitold Lutosławski
25 January 1913, Polish
Composer

Wojciech SzczęsnyWojciech Szczęsny
18 April 1990, Polish
Polish footballer