famous people from poland
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BILLY WILDER
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
He was born in Galicia, in the current Poland, son of Max Wilder
and Eugenia Dittler, both Jews. He originally intended to become a
lawyer, but when he moved to Vienna, he abandoned the career
becoming a journalist. Later, with the experience gained he worked
on a major tabloid in Berlin, where he began his film career as a
screenwriter in 1929. After the rise of Hitler in 1933, he emigrated
to France and then to the United States. His mother and
grandparents died in Auschwitz.
CAREER
His career as a screenwriter, filmmaker and producer
spanned more than 50 years in over 60 films. He is
remembered as one of the most brilliant filmmakers of his
time in Hollywood and several of his films have been
acclaimed both by audiences and by critics.
Despite not speaking English when she arrived in
Hollywood, he quickly learned the language and had the
help of Peter Lorre to join the American film industry.
Original Title Year
Buddy Buddy 1981
Fedora 1978
The Front Page 1974
Avanti! 1972
The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes 1970
The Fortune Cookie 1966
Kiss Me, Stupid 1964
Irma la Douce 1963
One, Two, Three 1961
The Apartment 1960
Some Like It Hot 1959
Witness for the Prosecution 1957
Love in the Afternoon 1957
The Spirit of St. Louis 1957
The Seven Year Itch 1955
Sabrina 1954
Stalag 17 1953
BIOGRAPHY
MARIE CURIE
Marie Curie was born in Warsaw, Poland, on November 7, 1867. Marie had four brothers and sisters. The oldest sister and her mother died when she was 11. Her father was a patriot, whose views about an independent Poland put his job in danger.
Marie finished high school when she was 15, with the highest grades. When she was 24, she moved to Paris to
study mathematics and physics at the Sorbonne. She wanted to return to Poland after she got her teacher’s
diploma. But Marie didn’t return to Poland. In 1894, she met a French scientist called Pierre Curie. He was a
member of the School of Industrial Physics and Chemistry. She married Pierre and they had 2 daughters.
Nicolas Copernicus
Biography
Nicolas Copernicus was born on 19th February, 1473 in Toru, Poland. He died on 24th May, 1543 in Frauenburg.
Occupation: Astronomer
Nicholas Copernicus proposed the idea of a heliocentric (sun centered) solar system and the idea that the Earth, besides orbiting the Sun annually, also turns once daily on its own axis. Copernicus's theory had important consequences for later scientific thinkers, including such major figures as Galileo, Kepler, Descartes, and Newton.
Roman Polanski
Bibliography Roman Polanski (born 18 August
1933) is a French-Polish film director, producer, writer and actor. Having made films in Poland, Britain, France and the USA, he is considered one of the few "truly international filmmakers.
Continuation … Born in Paris to Polish parents, he moved with his
family back to Poland in 1937, shortly before the outbreak of World War II. He survived the Holocaust and was educated in Poland and became a director of both art house and commercial films.Polanski's first feature-length film, Knife in the Watr (1962), made in Poland, was nominated for a United States Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film but was beaten by Federico Fellini's 8½. He has since received five more Oscar nominations, along with two Baftas, four Césars, a Golden Globe Award and the Palme d'Or of the Cannes Film Festival in France.
Films
Hear FilmsOscar
NominationOscar
1962Nóz w wodzie (Knife in the Water)
1
1968 Rosemary's Baby 2 1
1974 Chinatown 11 1
1979 Tess 6 3
1986 Pirates 1
2002 The Pianist 7 3
2005 Oliver Twist
2007To Each His Own Cinema (segmento Cinéma erotique)
2010The Ghost Writer (O Escritor Fantasma (Pt-BR))
2010 Smoke on the Water
Two poland football Players
Jakub BlaszczykowskiArtur Boruc
Jakub Blaszczykowski
Date of birth: 14 December 1985 (age 26)Place of birth: Truskolasy, PolandHeight: 1.75 mPlayer position: MidfielderCurrent club: Borussia Dortmund
Jakub Blaszczykowski
Senior career
Years Team Apps† (Gls)†
2003–2004 KS Częstochowa 24 (11)
2005–2007 Wisła Kraków 51 (4)
2007– Borussia Dortmund
125 (8)
National team
2004 Poland U19 8 (0)
2005–2006 Poland U21 3 (1)
2005 Poland B 1 (0)
2006– Poland 48 (8)
Artur Boruc
Date of birth: 20 February 1980Place of birth: Siedlce, PolandHeight: 1,93mPlaying position: GoalkeeperCurrent club: Fiorentina
Artur Boruc
Senior career*
Years Team Apps† (Gls)†
1998–1999 Pogoń Siedlce 12 (0)
1999–2005 Legia Warszawa 69 (1)
2000→ Dolcan Ząbki (loan) 12 (0)
2005 → Celtic (loan) 9 (0)
2005–2010 Celtic 153 (0)
2010– Fiorentina 42 (0)
National team‡
2004–2010 Poland 46 (0)