Famous Polish People

List of Polish People

1016-07-25 Casimir I the Restorer, Polish nobleman (Duke of Poland, 1040-58), born in Kraków, Poland (d. c. 1058)
1030-07-26 Stanislaus, Polish clergyman (Bishop of Kraków, 1072-79), martyr, and Catholic saint, born in Szczepanowa, Kingdom of Poland, (d. 1079)
1459-12-27 John I Albert [Jan I Olbracht], Polish sovereign (King of Poland, 1492-1501; Duke of Głogów, 1491-98), born in Kraków, Kingdom of Poland (d. 1501)
1473-02-19 Nicolaus Copernicus, Polish mathematician and astronomer who theorized that planets revolve around the sun (Heliocentric theory), born in Toruń, Royal Prussia, Kingdom of Poland (d. 1543)
1480-06-01 Tiedemann Giese, Polish Catholic bishop (d. 1550)
1526-11-01 Catherine Jagellion, Polish princess and queen of Sweden as the wife of John III of Sweden, born in Kraków, Poland (d. 1583)
1574-12-15 Samuel Besler, German-Polish composer, born in Brzeg, Duchy of Brezeg (d. 1625)
1576-12-20 Jan Sarkander, Polish-Czech Roman Catholic priest, martyr, and saint, born in Skoczów, Bohemia (now in Poland) (d. 1620)
1585-11-01 Jan Brożek, Polish mathematician, physician, and astronomer, born in Kurzelów, Sandomierz Province, Poland (d. 1652)
1586-06-28 Paul Siefert, German composer and organist, born in Danzig, Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth (d. 1666)
1595-02-24 Matthias C. Sarbiewski [Sarbievius], Polish Jesuit and poet (d. 1640)
1603-11-16 Augustyn Kordecki, Polish prior, born in Iwanowice, Kalisz, Poland (d. 1673)
1611-01-28 Johannes Hevelius, Polish astronomer who pioneered lunar topography (Prodromus Astronomiae - catalogue of over 1500 stars), born in Danzig (d. 1687)
1612-06-25 John Albert Vasa, Polish bishop, born in Warsaw, Poland (d. 1634)
1623-08-23 Stanisław Lubieniecki, Polish astronomer, born in Raków, Kielce County, Poland (d. 1675)
1640-05-31 Michał Wiśniowiecki, King of Poland (1669-73), born in Biały Kamień, Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth (d. 1673)
1675-03-17 Petrus Laurentius Wockenfuss, Polish composer, born in Bruskowo Wielkie, Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth (d. 1721)
1686-05-24 Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit, Dutch-German-Polish physicist, inventor, and scientific instrument maker, who invented the thermometer and the Fahrenheit scale, born in Danzig, Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth (d. 1736)
1700-09-30 Stanisław Konarski, Polish political writer and Catholic priest who influenced education reform in Poland, born in Żarczyce Duże, Poland (d. 1773)
1713-10-08 Yechezkel Landau, Polish rabbi and Talmudist, born in Opatów, Poland (d. 1793)
1720-04-03 Elia van Vilnius [Elijahu ben Salomo Zalman], Latvian rabbi, born in Sialiec, Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth (d. 1797)
1726-10-16 Daniel Chodowiecki, Polish painter (d. 1801)
1732-01-17 Stanislaw II August Poniatowski, last King of Poland (1764-95), born in Wołczyn, Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth (d. 1795)
1740-04-07 Haym Salomon, Polish-born American broker who helped finance the American Revolution, born in Leszno, Poland (d. 1785)
1740-10-26 Ernest Louis Muller, Polish composer and flautist, born in Warsaw, Poland (d. 1811)
1746-02-04 Tadeusz Kościuszko, Polish-Lithuanian military leader and statesman considered a national hero, born in Mereczowszczyzna, Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth (d. 1817)
1746-03-17 Jan Dawid Holland, Polish composer, born in Sankt Andreasberg, Electorate of Saxony, Holy Roman Empire (d. 1827)
1747-03-06 Casimir Pulaski, Polish military leader, known as "the father of American cavalry', born in Warsaw, Poland (d. 1779) [some source give date as March 4]
1749-11-10 Prince Maciej Radziwiłł, Polish-Lithuanian noble, composer and librettist, born in Szydłowiec, Poland (d. 1800)
1750-02-28 Ignacy Potocki, Polish politician and influential nobleman (co-wrote 3 May Constitution), born in Radzyń, Poland (d. 1809)
1751-06-02 Antoni Weinert, Polish composer, born in Lusdorf, Kingdom of Bohemia (d. 1850)
1756-05-13 Wojciech Żywny, Polish pianist, composer, and Chopin's first piano teacher, born in Mšeno, Kingdom of Bohemia (d. 1842)
1756-08-29 Jan Śniadecki, Polish mathematician and astronomer, born in Żnin, Poland (d. 1830)
1756-10-02 Józef Javurek, Polish-Russian composer, born in Benešov, Czech Republic (d. 1840)
1757-02-06 Julian Ursyn Niemcewicz, Polish scholar & statesman, born in Skoki, Poland (d. 1841)
1757-04-09 Wojciech Boguslawski, Polish composer, born in Glinno, Poznań County, Poland (d. 1829)
1763-05-07 Józef Antoni Poniatowski, Polish general and marshal of France, born in Vienna, Austria (d. 1813)
1765-09-25 Michał Ogiński, Polish diplomat, violinist, balalaika player, and composer (Farewell to My Homeland), born in Guzów, Kingdom of Poland (d. 1833)
1768-10-26 Eustachy Erazm Sanguszko, Polish general and politician, born in Radzyń Podlaski, Poland (d. 1844)
1768-11-30 Jędrzej Śniadecki, Polish writer, physician, chemist (creation of modern Polish terminology in the field of chemistry), born in Żnin, Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth (d. 1838)
1769-06-01 Józef Elsner, Polish composer, musicologist, and teacher of Chopin, born in Grodków, Poland (d. 1854)
1775-06-13 Antoni Radziwiłł, Polish-Lithuanian politician, cellist, and composer, born in Vilnius, Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth (d. 1833)
1777-03-09 Aleksander Orłowski, Polish painter, cartoonist and graphic artist, born in Warsaw, Poland (d. 1832)
1777-11-02 Fortunat Alojzy Gonzaga Żółkowski, Polish actor, comedist, translator, editor of humour magazines, born near Nowogródek, Poland (d. 1822)
1778-01-03 Antoni Melchior Fijałkowski, Polish bishop (d. 1861)
1778-08-13 George Bridgetower, Polish-African violinist (musical prodigy and friend of Beethoven), born in Eastern Poland (d. 1860)
1778-12-28 Franciszek Ksawery Drucki-Lubecki, Polish politician (d. 1846)
1779-11-06 Michal Bogdanowicz, Polish composer (d. 1830)
1780-02-09 Walenty Karol Kratzer, Polish composer, born in Kraków, Poland (d. 1855)
1782-01-29 Franciszek Ścigalski, Polish violinist, composer, conductor, and teacher, born in Grodzisk Wielkopolski, Poland (d. 1846)
1783-10-13 Frantiszek Sołtyk, Polish composer, born in Piastów, Poland (d. 1865)
1785-03-06 Karol Kurpiński, Polish composer (Pygmalion; Kalmora, or The Paternal Right of the Americans), conductor (Warsaw Opera, 1810-40), and pedagogue, born in Włoszakowice, Poland (d. 1857)
1789-12-14 Maria Szymanowska (née Wołowska), Polish pianist and composer, born in Warsaw, Poland (d. 1831)
1790-10-30 Karol Joseph Lipinski, Polish composer and virtuoso violinist, born in Radzyń Podlaski, Poland (d. 1861)
1791-03-31 Franciszek Wincenty Mirecki, Polish composer, conductor and pedagogue, born in Kraków, Poland (d. 1862)
1793-07-20 Aleksander Fredro, Polish poet and comedy writer (Pan Jowiolski), born in Surochów, Poland (d. 1876)
1797-07-20 Paweł Edmund Strzelecki, Polish explorer and geologist, born in Glausche, Kingdom of Prussia (d. 1873)
1798-12-24 Adam Mickiewicz, Polish national poet (Pan Tadeusz), born in Zavosse, Belarus (d. 1855)
1800-04-16 Jozef Stefani, Polish composer, born in Warsaw, Poland (d. 1876)
1800-05-06 Roman Sanguszko, Polish aristocrat and general, born in Volhynia (d. 1881)
1800-06-23 Karol Marcinkowski, Polish physician and social activist, born in Posen, Kingdom of Prussia (d. 1846)
1800-09-16 Józef Nowakowski, Polish pianist and composer, born in Koryciska, Przysucha County, Poland (d. 1865)
1801-12-15 August Freyer, Polish organist (Warsaw Evangelical Church, 1837-83), composer, and pedagogue, born in Mildenau, Electorate of Saxony (d. 1883)
1802-01-03 Feliks Ostrowski, Polish pianist and composer, born in Kraśnik, Russian Empire (d. 1860)
1806-02-22 Józef Kremer, Polish messianistic philosopher (d. 1875)
1807-01-02 Tomasz Napoleon Nidecki, Polish composer, born in Studzianka, West Galicia (now Poland) (d. 1852)
1807-02-15 Ignacy Feliks Dobrzynski, Polish composer, born in Romanów, Russian Empire (d. 1867)
1808-10-01 Eduard Sobolewski, Polish-American violinist and composer, born in Königsberg (d. 1872)
1809-09-04 Juliusz Slowacki, Polish poet (Trip to H Land), born in Kremenets, Russian Empire (d. 1849)
1810-03-01 Frédéric Chopin, Polish pianist and composer (Concerto in F Minor), born in Żelazowa Wola, Duchy of Warsaw (d. 1849) (baptismal record states 22nd Feb)
1812-12-18 Wiktor Kazynski, Polish composer, born in Vilnius, Russian Empire (d. 1867)
1814-02-22 Oskar Kolberg, Polish ethnographer, folklorist, and composer (Lud), born in Przysucha, Poland (d. 1890)
1815-03-30 Wincenty Studzinski, Polish violinist and composer, born in Kraków, Poland (d. 1854)
1816-09-15 Edward Wolff, Polish pianist and composer, born in Warsaw, Poland (d. 1880)
1816-09-25 Anton de Kontski [Antoni Kątski], Polish-American pianist and composer (Awakening Of The Lion), born in Kraków, Poland (d. 1899) [some sources cite birth as 1817-10-27]
1817-10-27 Anton de Kontski [Antoni Kątski], Polish-American pianist and composer (Awakening Of The Lion), born in Kraków, Poland (d. 1899)
1818-04-25 Marek Konrad Sokolowski, Polish guitarist and composer, born in Zhytomyr, Ukraine (d. 1883)
1819-05-05 Stanisław Moniuszko, Polish conductor, composer (Straszny dwór - The Haunted Manor), and teacher, born in Ubiel, Minsk Governate, Russian Empire (now Belarus) (d. 1872)
1819-10-20 Karol Mikuli, Polish composer, pianist, and friend of Frederic Chopin, born in Czerniowice, Bukovina (now Chernivtsi, Ukraine) (d. 1897)
1821-09-24 Cyprian Norwid, Polish painter, poet and playwright (Wanda), born in Głuchy, Poland (d. 1883)
1822-03-01 Albin Francisco Schoepf, Polish-American Brigadier General (Union Army), born in Podgórze, Kraków, Poland (d. 1886)
1822-03-08 Ignacy Łukasiewicz, Polish engineer, businessman and inventor who built the 1st modern oil refinery and invented the kerosene lamp, born in Zaduszniki, Mielec, Austrian Empire (d. 1882)
1822-10-29 Mieczysław Halka-Ledóchowski, Polish Catholic Cardinal (d. 1902)
1823-08-26 Wilhelm Troszel, Polish operatic bass, composer and voice teacher, born in Warsaw (d. 1887)
1824-01-13 Ignacy Marceli Komorowski, Polish composer, born in Warsaw, Russian Poland (d. 1857)
1824-07-08 Waldimir "Kriz" Krzyzanowski, Polish-American engineer, politician, and Brigadier General (Union Army), born in Greater Poland Voivodeship, Poland (d. 1887)
1825-04-03 Adolf Rzepko, Polish composer, born in Prague, Kingdom of Bohemia (d. 1892)
1826-10-16 Piotr Studzinski, Polish conductor and composer, born in the Free City of Cracow (d. 1869)
1826-12-24 Ignacy Krzyzanowski, Polish composer, born in Opatów, Poland (d. 1905)
1827-03-26 Emanuel Kania, Polish composer, born in Uszyce, Poland (d. 1887)
1828-01-24 Karol Studzinski, Polish violinist and composer, born in The Free, Independent, and Strictly Neutral City of Cracow (now Kraków, Poland) (d. 1883)
1829-09-06 Marie Zakrzewska, Polish physician, born in Berlin, Germany (d. 1902)
1830-06-22 Theodor Leschetizky, Polish pianist, composer, and teacher (Contes de Jeunesse), born in Łańcut, Austrian Poland (d. 1915)
1830-12-23 Adam Minchejmer, Polish composer and conductor, born in Warsaw, Russian Poland (d. 1904)
1831-03-14 Leon Leopold Lewandoski, Polish composer, born in Kalisz, Poland (d. 1896)
1833-05-09 Boleslaw Dembinski, Polish organist and composer, born in Poznań, Grand Duchy of Posen, Kingdom of Prussia (d. 1914)
1833-06-27 Władysław Zaremba, Polish pianist and composer, born in Dunajowce, Podolia Governorate of the Russian Empire (now Ukraine) (d. 1902)
1834-02-26 Aleksander Zarzycki, Polish composer (Warsaw Music Society), born in Lviv, Austria-Hungary (now Ukraine) (d. 1895)
1834-07-01 Jadwiga Łuszczewska, Polish poet, born in Warsaw, Poland (d. 1908)
1835-03-06 Ludwik Grossman, Polish composer (Duch Wojewody - The Ghost of Voyvode), born in Tureck, Poland (d. 1915)
1835-07-10 Henryk Wieniawski, Polish violinist and composer (Souv de Moscou), born in Lubin, Poland (d. 1880)
1836-01-31 Henryk Szulc, Polish composer, born in Poland (d. 1903)
1836-07-24 Jan Bloch, Polish military theorist and peace activist, born in Radom, Poland (d. 1902)
1837-05-23 Józef Wieniawski, Polish pianist, composer, conductor and teacher, born in Lublin, Poland (d. 1912)
1837-06-08 Jan Kleczyński Sr., Polish painist and composer, born in Janiewicze, Russian Empire (d. 1895)
1837-07-06 Władysław Żeleński, Polish organist and composer, born in Grodkowice (d. 1921)
1837-09-19 Adolf Sonnenfeld, Polish violinist and composer, born in Wrocław, Poland (d. 1914)
1839-11-25 Stanisław Duniecki, Polish composer, born in Lviv, Ukraine (d. 1870)
1840-03-20 Franz Mertens, Polish mathematician, born in Schroda, Grand Duchy of Posen, Kingdom of Prussia (d. 1927)
1840-10-12 Helena Modjeska [Modrzejewska], Polish Shakespearian actress (Hamlet), born in Kraków, Poland (d. 1909)
1841-06-06 Eliza Orzeszkowa, Polish novelist (Dziurdziowie), born in Milkowszczyzna, Poland (d. 1910)
1841-11-04 Carl Tausig, Polish pianist, student and protégé of Liszt, and composer noted for his transcriptions, born in Warsaw (d. 1871)
1844-02-22 Kazamierz Julian Kratzer, Polish composer, born in Kraków, Poland (d. 1890)
1844-12-22 Izydor Lotto, Polish violinist and composer, born in Warsaw, Poland (d. 1927)
1845-08-20 Albert Chmielowski, Polish Catholic Saint, born in Igołomia, Małopolskie, Congress Poland (d. 1916)
1845-10-28 Zygmunt Florenty Wróblewski, Polish physicist and chemist, born in Grodno, Russian Empire (d. 1888)
1846-01-29 Karol Olszewski, Polish scientist (d. 1915)
1846-05-02 Zygmunt Noskowski, Polish composer, conductor, and pedagogue, born in Warsaw, Russian Poland (d. 1909)
1846-05-05 Henryk Sienkiewicz, Polish author (Quo Vadis, Nobel 1905), born in Wola Okrzejska, Poland (d. 1916)
1846-06-07 Władysław Górski, Polish violinist, composer and teacher, born in Warsaw, Poland (d. 1915)
1846-11-10 Paul Kuczynski, Polish composer, born in Szczecin, Poland (d. 1897)
1846-12-06 Henryk Jarecki, Polish composer, born in Warsaw, Poland (d. 1918)
1847-03-31 Jarolslaw Zielinski, Polish-American concert pianist, teacher, and composer, born in Lubycza Królewska, Poland (d. 1922)
1847-08-20 Bolesław Prus, Polish writer (The Outpost), born in Hrubieszów, Congress Poland (d. 1912)
1850-01-14 Jean de Reszke, Polish tenor, born in Warsaw, Poland (d. 1925)
1851-03-15 Józef Surzyński, Polish organist, composer, conductor, and theologian, born in Śrem, Poland (d. 1919)
1851-05-23 Antoni Stolpe, Polish pianist and composer, born in Pulawy, Poland (d. 1872)
1852-11-07 Bohdan Borkowski, Polish composer, born in Tenczynek, Kraków, Poland (d. 1901)
1854-02-28 Juliusz Zarębski, Polish pianist, composer, and pedagogue, born in Zhytomyr, Kingdom of Poland, Russian Empire (now Ukraine) (d. 1885)
1854-04-21 Władysław Rzepko, Polish composer, born in Piórków, Poland (d. 1932)
1854-08-23 Moritz Moszkowski, Polish-German composer, born in Breslau, Prussia (d. 1925)
1855-02-17 Aleksander Różycki, Polish pianist, composer, and music teacher, born in Zhitomir, Russian Empire (d. 1915)
1855-07-03 Piotr Maszyński, Polish composer, born in Warsaw, Poland (d. 1934)
1855-08-31 Stefan Surzynski, Polish conductor and composer, born in Srem, Poland (d. 1919)
1856-06-08 Natalia Janotha, Polish pianist and composer, born in Warsaw, Poland (d. 1932)
1856-08-18 Jan Karol Gall, Polish conductor an composer of mostly vocal pieces (Mizerna, cicha), born in Warsaw (d. 1912)
1857-09-13 Michał Drzymała, Polish peasant rebel (Drzymała's wagon), born in Province of Posen, Poland (d. 1937)
1857-11-02 Joseph Babinski, Polish-French neurologist (Babinski reflex), born in Paris (d. 1932)
1857-12-03 Joseph Conrad, Polish-English novelist (Lord Jim, Heart of Darkness), born in Berdychiv, Poland (d. 1924)
1857-12-15 Eugeniusz Pankiewicz, Polish composer, born in Siedlce, Poland (d. 1898)
1859-01-21 Antoni Wincenty Rutkowski, Polish composer and pianist, born in Warsaw, Russian Poland (d. 1886)
1859-10-16 Henryk Pachulski, Polish pianist, composer, and educator (Moscow Conservatory, 1886-1917), born in Łazy, Poland (d. 1921)
1859-11-04 Stanisław Niewiadomski, Polish composer, born in Soposzyn, Kingdom of Galicia, Austrian Empire (now Ukraine) (d. 1936)
1859-12-15 L. L. Zamenhof, Polish physician and linguist (Esperanto), born in Białystok, Poland, Russian Empire (d. 1917)
1859-12-24 Roman Statkowski, Polish composer, born in Szczypiorno, Poland (d. 1925)
1860-11-18 Ignacy Jan Paderewski, Polish pianist, composer and statesman (Prime Minister of Poland, 1919), born in Kuryłówka, Russian Empire (now Ukraine) (d. 1941)
1863-02-07 Mieczyslaw Soltys, Polish composer, born in Lemberg, Kingdom of Galicia. Austrian Empire (now Lviv, Ukraine) (d. 1929)
1863-04-29 Mary Theresa Ledóchowska, Polish-Austrian Catholic nun (founded the Missionary Sisters of St. Peter Claver), born in Loosdorf, Lower Austria, Austrian Empire (d. 1922)
1863-05-28 Georg Adler, Polish state economist, born in Poznań, Poland (d. 1908)
1864-08-31 Max Wilhelm Zach, Polish-American violinist and conductor (Boston Symphony 1896-1907; St. Louis Symphony, 1907-21), born in Lemberg, Galicia (now Lviv, Ukraine) (d. 1921)
1865-02-12 Kazimierz Tetmajer, Polish writer and poet (Young Poland), born in Ludźmierz, Galicia (d. 1940)
1865-04-17 Ursula Ledóchowska, Polish-Austrian Catholic saint and foundress of the Ursulines of the Agonizing Heart of Jesus, born in Loosdorf, Austrian Empire (d. 1939)
1865-05-05 Felicjan Szopski, Polish composer, born in Krzeszowice, Poland (d. 1939)
1866-10-07 Wlodimir Ledochowski, Polish-Austrian director of the Society of Jesus (d. 1942)
1866-12-22 Mieczyslaw Surzynski, Polish organ virtuoso and composer (1904 Organ Concerto), born in Środa, Poland (d. 1924)
1866-12-28 Szymon Askenazy, Polish historian and diplomat (d. 1935)
1867-01-01 Lew Fields [Moses Schoenfeld], Polish-American vaudeville and film comedian (Weber and Fields), and theatrical producer, born in Poland (d. 1941)
1867-10-25 Józef Dowbór-Muśnicki, Polish general, serving with the Imperial Russian and then Polish armies, born in Stary Garbów, Poland (d. 1937)
1867-11-04 Tomasz Arciszewski, 31st Prime Minister of Poland, 3rd Prime Minister of the Polish government-in-exile in London (1944-47), born in Sierzchowy, Piotrków Governorate, Congress Poland (d. 1955)
1867-11-07 Marie Curie, Polish-French scientist who discovered radium and the 1st woman to win a Nobel Prize (1903, 1911), born in Warsaw, Poland (d. 1934)
1867-12-05 Józef Piłsudski, Father of the Second Polish Republic who served as its Chief of State (1918-22), Marshall of Poland and later its de facto leader (1926-35), born in Zułów, Russian Empire (d. 1935)
1868-01-07 Mark Lidzbarski, Polish-German philologist, born in Płock, Russian Empire (d. 1928)
1868-03-28 Wojciech Gawroński, Polish pianist and composer, born in Sejmany, Russian Empire (now Lithuania) (d. 1910)
1868-05-07 Władysław Reymont [Rejment], Polish novelist (Chłopi (The Peasants) - Nobel Prize for Literature, 1924), born in Kobiele Wielkie, Petrokov Governorate, Congress Poland, Russian Empire (now Poland) (d. 1925)
1869-01-15 Stanisław Wyspiański, Polish dramatist, born in Kraków, Poland (d. 1907)
1869-09-21 Henryk Melcer-Szczawiński, Polish pianist, composer, and conductor, born in Marcelin, Poland (d. 1928)
1869-12-01 Eligiusz Niewiadomski, Polish assassin of Gabriel Narutowicz (d. 1923)
1870-01-13 Henryk Opieński, Polish violinist, conductor, choral director, composer (Zygmunt August and Barbara), and musicologist (Moniuszko), born in Kraków, Russian Poland (d. 1942)
1870-02-13 Leopold Godowsky, Polish-American pianist, composer (Java Suite; Triakontameron; 53 Studies on Chopin's Études), and pedagogue, born in Žasliai, Russian Empire (now Lithuania), (d. 1938)
1870-05-14 Zygmunt Stojowski, Polish-American concert pianist, composer, and pedagogue, born near Kielce, Russian Poland (d. 1946)
1870-07-18 Emil Młynarski, Polish violinist, conductor and composer, born in Kybartai, Russian Empire (now Lithuania) (d. 1935)
1870-12-25 Helena Rubinstein, Polish-born American cosmetics industrialist (d. 1965)
1871-03-05 Rosa Luxemburg, Polish-German Marxist revolutionary and founder of the Spartacus League, born in Zamość, Poland (d. 1919)
1871-05-04 Mynona, Polish writer (The Creator), born in Gołańcz, Poland (d. 1946)
1872-03-19 Anna Held, Polish-born French actress and singer (A Parisian Model), born in Warsaw (d. 1918)
1872-04-01 Tadeusz Joteyko, Polish conductor, composer, and musicologist (Zygmunt August), born in Poczujki, Russian Empire (d. 1932)
1872-05-28 Marian Smoluchowski, Polish physicist (pioneer of statistical physics), born in Vorder-Brühl, Austria-Hungary (d. 1917)
1873-07-20 Witold Maliszewski, Polish composer (founder and first director of Odessa Conservatory), born in Mohyliv-Podilskyi, Russian Empire (now Ukraine) (d. 1939)
1873-09-28 Wacław Rawicz [Berent], Polish biologist and writer, born in Warsaw, Poland (d. 1940)
1874-01-22 Wincenty Witoz, Polish politician (Prime Minister of Poland 1920-21, 1923, 1926), born in Wierczhoslawice, Austria-Hungary (d. 1945)
1874-04-08 Stanisław Taczak, Polish general, commander-in-chief of the Greater Poland Uprising, born in Mieszków, Greater Poland Voivodeship, Poland (d. 1960)
1874-05-10 Moses Schorr, Polish rabbi, senator, historian and orientalist (d. 1941)
1874-08-15 Joseph Klausner, Polish-Israeli new testament expert, born in Valkininkai, Lithuania (d. 1958)
1875-04-04 Jozef Szulc, Polish composer, born in Warsaw, Russian Poland (d. 1956)
1875-11-27 Władysław Orkan [Franciszek Ksawery Smaciarz], Polish author (Nowele Zebrane), born in Poręba Wielka, Austria-Hungary (d. 1930)
1876-01-20 Józef Hofmann, Polish-American pianist, composer, educator (Curtis Institute, 1924-38), and inventor, born in Podgórze, Austro-Hungarian Galicia (now Poland) (d. 1957)
1876-05-27 Ferdynand Antoni Ossendowski, Polish writer (Lenin: God of the Godless), born in Ludza, Russian Empire (d. 1945)
1876-11-02 Eugeniusz Morawski-Dabrowa, Polish composer, born in Warsaw, Poland (d. 1948)
1876-12-11 Mieczysław Karłowicz, Polish composer and conductor (Rebirth Symphony, Op. 7), born in Vishnyeva, Russian Empire (now Belarus) (d. 1909)
1877-02-07 Feliks Nowowiejski, Polish organist and composer, born in Wartenburg, East Prussia, German Empire (d. 1946)
1877-09-11 Felix Dzerzhinsky [Iron Felix, Bloody Felix], Polish-born Bolshevik leader established and developed Soviet secret police (Cheka, forerunner to the KGB), born in Ivyanets, Lithuania (d. 1926)
1877-09-15 Max Factor, Polish-American make-up artist, inventor and founder of cosmetics manufacturer Max Factor & Company, born in Zduńska Wola, Poland, Russian Empire (d. 1938)
1878-02-06 Waclaw Gieburowski, Polish conductor and composer, born in Bydgoszcz, Poland (d. 1943)
1878-07-22 Janusz Korczak [Henryk Goldszmit], Polish-Jewish educator and pedagogue (ran an orphanage in the Warsaw Ghetto) [or born in 1879], born in Warsaw, Congress Poland (d. 1942)
1878-11-14 Leopold Staff, Polish poet (d. 1957)
1878-12-21 Jan Łukasiewicz, Polish logician, philosopher, professor, and author, born in Lembeck, Galacia (now Lviv, Ukraine) (d. 1956)
1879-07-03 Alfred Korzybski, Polish-American scientist and philosopher, born in Warsaw, Poland (d. 1950)
1879-07-05 Wanda Landowska, Polish-French harpsichordist (Musique Ancienne), born in Warsaw, Poland (d. 1959)
1879-10-18 Grzegorz Fitelberg, Polish violinist/conductor/composer, born in Daugavpils, Russian Empire (now Latvia); (d. 1953)
1879-11-27 Adam Tadeusz Wieniawski, Polish composer, born in Warsaw, Russian Empire (d. 1950)

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