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
(First woman to win a Nobel Prize)

07 November 1867

Polish

Robert LewandowskiRobert Lewandowski
(Footballer)

21 August 1988

Polish

Joanna KrupaJoanna Krupa
(Actor, Model, Television Personality)

23 April 1979

Polish,American

Abraham Joshua HeschelAbraham Joshua Heschel
(Rabbi)

11 January 1907

Polish

Anna HeldAnna Held
(Actress, Singer)

08 March 1872

French

Alfred KorzybskiAlfred Korzybski
(Scholar who developed the field of General Semantics)

03 July 1879

Polish

Witold LutoslawskiWitold Lutoslawski
(Composer)

25 January 1913

Polish

Ola KowalOla Kowal
(Model, Blogger, Instagram Star)

1990 AD

Polish

Andrew GolotaAndrew Golota
(Boxer)

05 January 1968

Polish

Benoit MandelbrotBenoit Mandelbrot
(Mathematician, Economist, Professor, Scientist, Writer, Computer scientist)

20 November 1924

French,Polish,American

Konstantin RokossovskyKonstantin Rokossovsky
(Soviet officer)

21 December 1896

Polish,Russian

Janusz KorczakJanusz Korczak
(Educationist, Pediatrician, Children's writer)

22 July 1878

Polish

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Tamara de LempickaTamara de Lempicka
(Painter)

16 May 1898

Polish,American

Janusz Korwin-MikkeJanusz Korwin-Mikke
(Politician, Bridge player, Economist, Journalist, Esperantist)

27 October 1942

Polish

Alfred TarskiAlfred Tarski
(Mathematician, Philosopher)

14 January 1901

Polish,American

Hilary KoprowskiHilary Koprowski
(Virologist, Immunologist)

05 December 1916

Polish,American

Osip MandelstamOsip Mandelstam
(Poet, Writer, Translator, Literary critic, Essayist)

15 January 1891

Polish,Russian

Joseph RotblatJoseph Rotblat
(Physicist)

04 November 1908

Polish,British

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Adam MichnikAdam Michnik
(Journalist, Writer, Trade unionist)

17 October 1946

Polish

Antoni MacierewiczAntoni Macierewicz
(Politician, Historian, Journalist, Trade unionist)

03 August 1948

Polish

Kazimierz KuratowskiKazimierz Kuratowski
(Mathematician, Logician)

02 February 1896

Polish

Anna Maria JopekAnna Maria Jopek
(Singer, Jazz musician, Pianist, Lyricist, Songwriter, Record producer)

14 December 1970

Polish

Chaïm PerelmanChaïm Perelman
(Philosopher, University teacher)

20 May 1912

Belgian,Polish

Agnieszka OsieckaAgnieszka Osiecka
(Poet)

09 October 1936

Polish

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Elżbieta DmochElżbieta Dmoch
(Singer, Musician)

29 September 1951

Polish

KayahKayah
(singer, jazz musician)

05 November 1967

Polish

Slavomir RawiczSlavomir Rawicz

01 September 1915

Polish

Bronisław GeremekBronisław Geremek
(Historian)

06 March 1932

Polish

Jarosław KaczyńskiJarosław Kaczyński
(Former Prime Minister of Poland)

18 June 1949

Polish

Krzysztof KieślowskiKrzysztof Kieślowski
(Polish film director)

27 June 1941

Polish

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Lech KaczyńskiLech Kaczyński
(Former President of Poland)

18 June 1949

Polish,Russian

Stanisław MoniuszkoStanisław Moniuszko
(Composer)

05 May 1819

Polish

Sławomir PetelickiSławomir Petelicki
(Officer)

13 September 1946

Polish

Wacław SierpińskiWacław Sierpiński
(Mathematician)

14 March 1882

Polish

Witold LutosławskiWitold Lutosławski
(Composer)

25 January 1913

Polish

Wojciech SzczęsnyWojciech Szczęsny
(Polish footballer)

18 April 1990

Polish

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Władysław BartoszewskiWładysław Bartoszewski
(Journalist, Politician, Diplomat, Historian, Academic, Non-fiction writer, University teacher, Writer)

19 February 1922

Polish

Włodzimierz CimoszewiczWłodzimierz Cimoszewicz
(Politician, Diplomat, University teacher, Farmer)

13 September 1950

Polish

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