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WARSAW

Most Famous People Born in Warsaw, Poland

Notable people
2,811
Peak decade
1900s
Median birth year
1926
Most distinctive
Chess 7.5×

A city that keeps having to rebuild its memory. Warsaw's distinctive professions are chess masters, fencers, mathematicians, physicists, and rowers — a combination that maps almost exactly onto the Jewish and intellectual life that the city lost in the 1940s and never fully recovered. The dataset's most famous Varsovian was born in 1867 and left at twenty-four; many of the rest of the brightest names share some version of that biography.

Through the Decades

One face per decade — the most globally famous figure born in Warsaw during each.

Notable Births by Decade

Click a decade to filter the list below. Peak: 1900s with 256 notable births.

What Warsaw Is Known For

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Actor is Warsaw's biggest profession — 9% of all notables (254).

Warsaw over-indexes on chess7.5× the global rate.

Warsaw under-produces football — only 0.3× the global rate.

  1. Actor254
  2. Politician159
  3. Painter143
  4. Writer119
  5. Football90
  6. Composer86
  7. Journalist76
  8. Sport72
  1. Chess437.5×
  2. Fencer387.0×
  3. Mathematician523.7×
  4. Physicist433.7×
  5. Rower292.8×
  6. Historian692.3×
  7. Composer862.3×
  8. Poet642.2×
  1. Football900.3×
  2. Politician1590.5×

Profession Mix Over Time

Each band shows a profession family's share of Warsaw's notable births by decade. Hover the chart for the breakdown at any decade.

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Showing 256 of 2,811 notable people

0014 MATHEMATICIAN

Alfred Tarski

1901 - 1983

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0017 PHYSICIST

Joseph Rotblat

1908 - 2005

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0028 PHILOSOPHER

Abraham Joshua Heschel

1907 - 1972

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0039 PSYCHOLOGIST

Solomon Asch

1907 - 1996

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0040 SCREENWRITER

Jerzy Andrzejewski

1909 - 1983

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0057 POET

Konstanty Ildefons Gałczyński

1905 - 1953

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0073 RUNNER

Janusz Kusociński

1907 - 1940

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0074 COMPOSER

Bronisław Kaper

1902 - 1983

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0087 MUSIC

Miliza Korjus

1909 - 1980

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0103 WRITER

Kazimierz Moczarski

1907 - 1975

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0114 DRIVER

Hans Stuck

1900 - 1978

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0120 MATHEMATICIAN

Karol Borsuk

1905 - 1982

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0122 FILLE

Lidia Zamenhof

1904 - 1942

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0123 POET

Aleksander Wat

1900 - 1967

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0127 MATHEMATICIAN

Antoni Zygmund

1900 - 1992

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0132 SPY

Krystyna Skarbek

1908 - 1952

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0138 COMPOSER

Mack Gordon

1904 - 1959

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0139 HISTORIAN

Aleksander Kamiński

1903 - 1978

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0145 MARXIST

Max Shachtman

1904 - 1972

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0158 POLITICIAN

Jakub Berman

1901 - 1984

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0160 SINGER

Hanka Ordonówna

1902 - 1950

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0171 SINGER

Mieczysław Fogg

1901 - 1990

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0174 FILM

Wanda Jakubowska

1907 - 1998

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0188 POET

Anna Świrszczyńska

1909 - 1984

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0210 ACTOR

Adolf Dymsza

1900 - 1975

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0221 PAINTER

David Olère

1902 - 1985

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0222 ACTOR

Jan Kreczmar

1908 - 1972

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0228 COMPOSER

Henryk Wars

1902 - 1977

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0250 COMPOSER

Simon Laks

1901 - 1983

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0274 RABBI

Baruch Ashlag

1907 - 1991

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0283 ATHLETE

Eugeniusz Lokajski

1908 - 1944

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0290 FILM

Leonard Buczkowski

1900 - 1967

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0316 MUSIC

Moses Asch

1905 - 1986

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0358 POLITICIAN

Adolf Berman

1906 - 1978

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0366 SPORT

Tomasz Stankiewicz

1902 - 1940

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0372 PIANIST

Felicja Blumental

1908 - 1991

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0398 EXPLORER

Czesław Centkiewicz

1904 - 1996

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0409 MATHEMATICIAN

Edward Marczewski

1907 - 1976

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0429 PAINTER

Sabine Zlatin

1907 - 1996

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0430 MATHEMATICIAN

Nachman Aronszajn

1907 - 1980

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0431 POET

Adam Ważyk

1905 - 1982

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0450 LEXICOGRAPHER

Władysław Kopaliński

1907 - 2007

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0453 NURSE

Hanna Helena Chrzanowska

1902 - 1973

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0454 ACTOR

Andrzej Bogucki

1904 - 1978

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0466 WRITER

Jean Malaquais

1908 - 1998

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0472 PRINCE

Augustyn Józef Czartoryski

1907 - 1946

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0486 ACTOR

Mikhail Astangov

1900 - 1965

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0494 SCENOGRAPHER

Lazare Meerson

1900 - 1938

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0504 FILM

Henryk Szaro

1900 - 1942

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0525 COMPOSER

Jerzy Fitelberg

1903 - 1951

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0530 ACTOR

Lyda Roberti

1906 - 1938

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0531 ACTOR

Nato Vachnadze

1904 - 1953

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0569 CHESS

Kazimierz Makarczyk

1901 - 1972

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0598 CHESS

Paulino Frydman

1905 - 1982

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0608 RABBI

Yitzchok Hutner

1906 - 1980

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0609 LAWYER

Tadeusz Żenczykowski

1907 - 1997

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0611 AUTHOR

Janusz Meissner

1901 - 1978

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0667 PIANIST

Ignace Strasfogel

1909 - 1994

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0671 WRITER

Maria Krüger

1904 - 1999

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0675 FILM

Józef Lejtes

1901 - 1983

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0678 ARTIST

Zbigniew Turski

1908 - 1979

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0681 TEST PILOT

Constantin Rozanoff

1905 - 1954

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0702 ART HISTORIAN

Charles Sterling

1901 - 1991

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0714 HUMANITARIAN

Maurice Frydman

1901 - 1976

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0723 POLITICIAN

Jan Mosdorf

1904 - 1943

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0731 ACTOR

Adam Aston

1902 - 1993

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0735 MATHEMATICIAN

Adolf Lindenbaum

1904 - 1941

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0739 ACTOR

Irena Eichlerówna

1908 - 1990

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0746 PIANIST

Artur Balsam

1906 - 1994

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0749 POET

Yonatan Ratosh

1908 - 1981

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0760 ARCHITECT

Helena Syrkus

1900 - 1982

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0763 ANTHROPOLOGIST

Sula Benet

1903 - 1982

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0764 COMPOSER

Róża Etkin-Moszkowska

1908 - 1945

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0771 CONSTRUCTION

Stanisław Wigura

1903 - 1932

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0774 OFFICER

Józef Różański

1907 - 1981

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0784 MATHEMATICIAN

Stanisław Jaśkowski

1906 - 1965

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0810 ACTOR

Dina Halpern

1909 - 1989

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0841 MATHEMATICIAN

Mojżesz Presburger

1904 - 1943

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0843 PAINTER

Franciszka Themerson

1907 - 1988

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0876 WRITER

Vladimir Sterligov

1904 - 1973

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0883 PAINTER

Feliks Topolski

1907 - 1989

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0886 SCULPTOR

Felícia Leirner

1904 - 1996

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0895 POLITICIAN

Jerzy Borejsza

1905 - 1952

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0960 POLITICIAN

Roman Zambrowski

1909 - 1977

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0975 POLITICIAN

Stefan Staszewski

1906 - 1989

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0989 PHOTOGRAPHER

Sylwester Braun

1909 - 1996

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0997 DOCENT

E. N. Tigerstedt

1907 - 1979

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1005 SURVIVOR

Alexander Donat

1905 - 1983

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1022 NOVELIST

Hanna Ożogowska

1904 - 1995

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1024 ACTOR

Dina Gralla

1905 - 1994

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1028 POLITICIAN

Stanisław Dubois

1901 - 1942

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1041 ACTOR

Zdzisław Karczewski

1903 - 1970

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1070 CARVER

Stanisław Ostoja-Chrostowski

1900 - 1947

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1088 ROWER

Janusz Ślązak

1907 - 1985

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1096 ACTOR

Diana Blumenfeld

1903 - 1961

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1103 PSYCHOLOGIST

Leonid Zankov

1901 - 1977

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1108 PAINTER

Abram Topor

1903 - 1992

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1110 COMPOSER

Antoni Szalowski

1907 - 1973

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1118 POET

Stanisław Ryszard Dobrowolski

1907 - 1985

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1165 HOCKEY

Alexander Kowalski (ice hockey)

1902 - 1940

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1169 AUTHOR

Wiesław Wernic

1906 - 1986

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1197 ACTOR

Stefania Górska

1907 - 1986

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1201 ACTOR

Aleksander Żabczyński

1900 - 1958

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1204 ACTOR

Jadwiga Chojnacka

1905 - 1992

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1207 COMPOSER

Władysław Daniłowski

1902 - 2000

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1218 FILM

Léon Jeannot

1908 - 1997

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1225 CONDUCTOR

George Andreani

1901 - 1979

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1242 PSYCHOLOGIST

Alina Szeminska

1907 - 1986

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1267 PAINTER

Gela Seksztajn

1907 - 1943

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1280 ACTOR

Shulamit Bat-Dori

1904 - 1985

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1309 COMPOSER

Emanuel Amiran-Pougatchov

1909 - 1993

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1317 ROWER

Stanisław Urban

1907 - 1940

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1362 SPRINT

Zygmunt Weiss

1903 - 1977

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1376 CONDUCTOR

Grigori Gamburg

1900 - 1967

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1381 WRITER

Lelord Kordel

1904 - 2001

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1383 ACTOR

Maria Chmurkowska

1901 - 1979

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1408 POET

Lucjan Szenwald

1909 - 1944

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1435 CHESS

Karol Piltz

1903 - 1939

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1440 PHYSICIST

Stanisław Mrozowski

1902 - 1999

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1450 ROWER

Edward Kobyliński

1908 - 1992

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1459 ART HISTORIAN

Maciej Masłowski

1901 - 1976

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1465 ENGINEER

Stanisław Prauss

1903 - 1997

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1482 MILITAR

Stanisław Wycech

1902 - 2008

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1487 POLITICIAN

Anatol Fejgin

1909 - 2002

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1489 SONGWRITER

Henryk Gold

1902 - 1977

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1508 AUTHOR

Nathan Asch

1902 - 1964

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1512 POET

Binem Heller

1908 - 1998

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1513 ZOOLOGIST

August Dehnel

1903 - 1962

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1527 PAINTER

Willy Mucha

1905 - 1995

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1531 POET

Hanna Mortkowicz-Olczakowa

1905 - 1968

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1536 ACTOR

Jan Koecher

1908 - 1981

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1542 ACTOR

Loda Niemirzanka

1909 - 1984

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1568 ACTOR

Giuseppe Varni

1902 - 1965

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1586 PAINTER

Halina Korn

1902 - 1978

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1603 ARCHITECT

Józef Sigalin

1909 - 1983

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1605 MATHEMATICIAN

Salomon Lubelski

1902 - 1941

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1617 ACTOR

Kazimierz Fabisiak

1903 - 1971

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1620 ACTOR

Janusz Ziejewski

1906 - 1973

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1648 POLITICIAN

Emma Talmi

1905 - 2004

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1651 PHILOLOGIST

Alexander Turyn

1900 - 1981

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1655 CONDUCTOR

Leo Ginzburg

1901 - 1979

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1659 HISTORIAN

Mieczysław Żywczyński

1901 - 1978

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1667 POLITICIAN

Meir Talmi

1909 - 1994

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1688 NURSE

Rachela Hutner

1909 - 2008

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1696 LAWYER

Zbigniew Stypułkowski

1904 - 1979

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1700 HOCKEY

Karol Szenajch

1907 - 1928

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1712 URBAN PLANNER

Zygmunt Stępiński

1908 - 1982

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1724 PAINTER

Aniela Cukier

1900 - 1944

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1740 ACTOR

Czesław Piaskowski

1903 - 1994

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1756 FILM

Saul Goskind

1907 - 2003

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1757 PAINTER

Alice Hohermann

1902 - 1943

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1764 ACTOR

Stefan Witas

1908 - 2006

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1777 FOOTBALL

Henryk Przeździecki

1909 - 1977

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1781 PAINTER

Georges Spiro

1909 - 1984

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1786 DESIGNER

Stanisław Zamecznik

1909 - 1971

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1787 CHESS

Pjotr Wassiljewitsch Dubinin

1909 - 1983

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1789 ASTRONOMER

Jeremi Wasiutyński

1907 - 2005

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1814 HOCKEY

Edmund Czaplicki

1904 - 1940

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1820 FOOTBALL

Kazimierz Materski

1906 - 1971

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1828 ACTOR

Stanisława Umińska

1901 - 1977

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1869 POLITICIAN

Rachel Dübendorfer

1900 - 1973

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1878 ART HISTORIAN

Armand Vetulani

1909 - 1994

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1894 SWIMMER

Ilja Szrajbman

1907 - 1943

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1908 ACTOR

Stanisława Angel-Engelówna

1908 - 1958

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1915 POET

Henryka Łazowertówna

1909 - 1942

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1930 ACTOR

Maria Balcerkiewiczówna

1903 - 1975

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1937 POLITICIAN

Edmund Pszczółkowski

1904 - 1997

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1962 WORLD WAR

Antoni Koper

1906 - 1990

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1966 POLITICIAN

Zofia Gomułkowa

1902 - 1986

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1967 ENGINEER

Jerzy Drzewiecki

1902 - 1990

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1976 POET

Andrzej Nowicki (writer)

1909 - 1986

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1982 PIANIST

Mieczyslaw Kolinski

1901 - 1981

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1987 COMPOSER

Maria Dziewulska

1909 - 2006

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2011 LAWYER

Leon Crestohl

1900 - 1963

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2012 HOCKEY

Stanisław Pastecki

1907 - 1988

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2013 DESIGNER

Wanda Zawidzka-Manteuffel

1906 - 1994

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2039 TRANSLATOR

Stefan Flukowski

1902 - 1972

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2043 ATHLETIC

Felicja Schabińska

1909 - 1996

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2055 POLITICIAN

Victor Fay

1903 - 1991

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2065 ACTOR

Ryszard Kierczyński

1902 - 1971

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2066 ACTOR

Stanisława Nowicka

1905 - 1990

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2080 CHESS

Henryk Pogorieły

1908 - 1943

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2083 ECONOMIST

Jean Marczewski

1908 - 1990

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2098 ENGINEER

Henryk Magnuski

1909 - 1978

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2101 EDUCATION

Ludwika Wawrzyńska

1908 - 1955

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2109 AUTHOR

Justyn Wojsznis

1909 - 1965

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2119 SPORT

Ludwik Turowski

1901 - 1973

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2144 SPORT

Jerzy Lipiński

1908 - 2000

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2174 OFFICER

Jan Włodarkiewicz

1900 - 1942

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2183 POLITICIAN

Daniel Moszkowicz

1905 - 1943

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2215 PAINTER

Irene Kowaliska

1905 - 1991

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2220 BOTANIST

Nikolái Goncharov

1900 - 1942

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2222 SPORT

Wiktor Olecki

1909 - 1981

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2233 SPORT

Józef Oksiutycz

1904 - 1965

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2234 DIPLOMAT

Joseph L. Lichten

1906 - 1987

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2255 SPORT

Eugeniusz Michalak

1908 - 1988

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2256 DIPLOMAT

Katriel Katz

1908 - 1988

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2267 BACTERIOLOGIST

Isaj Dratwer

1905 - 1985

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2268 COMPOSER

Bolesław Kon

1906 - 1936

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2273 SPORT

Stanisław Podgórski

1905 - 1981

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2277 PAINTER

Igor Talwinski

1907 - 1983

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2293 MANAGER

Yosef Shofman

1903 - 1978

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2301 POLITICIAN

Wacek Komar

1909 - 1972

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2311 COMPOSER

Stefan Frenkel

1902 - 1979

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2313 SPORT

Józef Popowski

1904 - 1961

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2319 PRINCESS

Princess Malgorzata Izabella Czartoryska

1902 - 1929

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2321 ACTOR

Henryk Rzętkowski

1901 - 1972

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2326 ORGANIST

Józef Chwedczuk

1902 - 1979

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2342 ATHLETIC

Stefan Ołdak

1904 - 1969

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2343 ATHLETIC

Feliks Żuber

1905 - 1940

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2348 ARCHITECT

Mieczysław Kuźma

1907 - 1983

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2351 SPORT

Stanisław Jerzy Rothert

1900 - 1962

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2359 BIOLOGIST

Estera Tenenbaum

1904 - 1963

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2363 COXSWAIN

Antoni Brzozowski

1900 - 1957

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2366 PLAYER

Stanislaw Czetwertynski

1903 - 1990

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2386 WRITER

Charles I. Glicksberg

1900 - 1998

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2389 CONCERTMASTER

Zofia Adamska

1903 - 1988

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2393 TEACHER

Shmuel Zytomirski

1900 - 1944

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2394 DYNAMICIST

Max Taitz

1904 - 1980

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2396 ATHLETIC

Stefan Szelestowski

1900 - 1987

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2432 BALLET

Roman Jasinski

1907 - 1991

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2433 MATHEMATICIAN

Zenon Waraszkiewicz

1909 - 1946

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2448 MILITAR

Jerzy Mondschein

1909 - 1944

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2451 POLITICIAN

Władysław Wicha

1904 - 1984

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2459 SPORT

Michal Sawicki

1909 - 1986

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2461 ACTOR

Mihkel Lepper

1900 - 1980

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2463 MILITAR

Kazimierz Pawluk

1906 - 1944

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2474 POLITICIAN

Max Ingberg

1904 - 1983

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2476 COLLECTOR

Yakov Rubinstein

1900 - 1983

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2487 ATHLETIC

Alina Hulanicka

1907 - 1989

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2506 FOOTBALL

Aleksander Szenajch

1904 - 1987

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2524 PHOTOGRAPHER

Nat Farbman

1907 - 1988

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2529 DANCER

Nina Novak

Born 1900

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2532 PUBLISHER

Jerzy Osiński

1906 - 1982

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2547 ROWER

Józef Łaszewski

Born 1901

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2550 ACTOR

Ola Lilith

1906 - 1980

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2553 PHYSICIAN

Józef Celmajster

1901 - 1968

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2555 MILITAR

Kazimierz Skorupka

1901 - 1944

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2574 POLITICIAN

Bolesław Kotowski

1908 - 1996

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2582 MUSIC

Leo Barkin

1905 - 1992

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2591 FOOTBALL

Kazimierz Piontkowski

1903 - 1938

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2592 PAINTER

Moisey Feigin

1904 - 2008

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2614 POLITICIAN

Witold Bieńkowski

1906 - 1965

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2655 ACTOR

Edward Raquello

1900 - 1976

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2660 CHOREOGRAPHER

Albert Gaubier

1908 - 1990

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2664 SCIENTIST

Izaak Opatowski

1905 - 1976

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2671 MATHEMATICIAN

Stefan Lech Sokołowski

1904 - 1940

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2672 BUSINESS

Joseph Stillitz

1903 - 1966

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2676 OPÉRATEUR

Séverin Frankiel

1907 - 2001

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2703 ARTIST

Wanda Rewska Colacino

1907 - 1986

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2715 ACTOR

Miriam Orleska

1900 - 1943

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2748 COLECIONADOR

Isai Leirner

1903 - 1962

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2755 BASEBALL

Nap Kloza

1903 - 1962

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2758 FILM

Adolphe-Abraham Landau

1904 - 1984

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2768 BIOLOGIST

Georges Barski

1909 - 1985

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2809 BALLET

Jan Cieplinsky

1900 - 1972

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