Famous Poles

(ur. 4 June 1952 in Obornikach Śląskich)

Polish politician, a trained historian, on August 6, 2010 President of the Polish Republic.

Bronisław Komorowski

JAN PAWEŁ ||

JAN PAWEŁ II - born 18 May 1920 in Wadowice. died 2 April 2005 in Watykan. Polish Roman Catholic clergyman, Archbishop of Krakow, Cardinal, Pope.

Marek Grechuta

MAREK GRECHUTA - born 10 December 1945 in Zamość, died 9 October 2006 in Kraków.Polish singer, poet, composer and painter, an architect. Was also interested in sculpture and philosophy.

Wisława Szymborska - born 2 July 1923 in Prowencie. Polish poet and literary critic, translator. Member of the Polish Writers' Association and the Polish Academy of Sciences, Nobel Prize laureate (1996).

Wisława Szymborska

Władysław Reymont - born 7 May 1867 in Kobiele Wielkie , died 5 December 1925 in Warsaw .Polish novelist, short story writer and novelist, one of the main representatives of realism with elements of naturalism in fiction Young Polish.

WŁADYSŁAW REYMONT

Czesław NiemenCzeslaw Niemen - born 16 February 1939 in Stare Wasiliszki, died 17 January 2004 in Warsaw . Polish singer, composer, musician and songwriter. His most popular song was a song entitled "Strange World"

Lech Wałęsa

Lech Wałęsa - born 29 September 1943 in Popów. Polish politician and union activist, a professional electrician. Polish president in 1990-1995.Nobel Peace Prize (1983).

Maria Skłodowska-Curie - born 7 November 1867 in Warsaw . died 4 July 1934 in Passy .physicist and chemist of Polish descent.Most of life spent in France, where he developed his research career.Twice awarded the Nobel Prize for scientific achievements, for the first time in 1903 in physics with Henri Becquerel and her husband for his research on the phenomenon discovered by Becquerel of radioactivity, the second time in 1911 in chemistry for the separation of pure radium

MARIA SKŁODOWSKA-CURIE

Henryk Sienkiewicz

Henryk Sienkiewicz - born 5 May 1846 in Wola Okrzejska , died 15 November 1916 in Vevey . Polish novelist, a novelist and journalist of Tartar origin .  Nobel Laureate in Literature (1905) Lifetime Achievement Award, one of the most popular Polish writers of the late nineteenth and early twentieth century.

Born December 3, 1977 in Wisla. Polish ski jumper, Olympic multimedalista, the most successful ski jumper in the history of the individual world championship competitions in ski jumping.

ADAM MAŁYSZ

Robert KubicaBorn December 7, 1984 in Krakow.Polish racing driver. In 2005 he won the title in the World Series by Renault. Since the 2006 season Competing in Formula 1 racing Since the 2010 season Represents the Renault F1 Team. Kubica is the first and only Pole in history competed in Formula 1, Also Stood on top of the podium at the Grand Prix Formula 1