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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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2,811 notable people

2701 POLITICIAN

Wilhelm Hopp

Born 1912

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2702 FOOTBALL

Maciej Rybaczuk

Born 1983

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2703 ARTIST

Wanda Rewska Colacino

1907 - 1986

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2704 WRITER

Maciej Kranz

Born 1964

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2705 PLAYER

Marcin Lubiejewski

Born 1981

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2706 HANDBALL

Weronika Kordowiecka

Born 1995

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2707 PHYSICIST

François Frenkiel

1910 - 1986

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2708 FOOTBALL

Arkadiusz Najemski

Born 1996

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2709 ACTOR

Mary Corwyn

Born 1895

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2710 ACTOR

Friedrich Ludwig Alexander Gensichen

1806 - 1840

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2711 BASKET

Jadwiga Korbasińska

1972 - 2014

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2712 SINGER

Aga Lahowska

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2713 WIDERSTAND

Zalman Friedrich

1911 - 1943

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2714 SPORT

Mateusz Nowicki

Born 1972

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2715 ACTOR

Miriam Orleska

1900 - 1943

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2716 BUSINESS

Henryk Korab-Janiewicz

1897 - 1971

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2717 ACTOR

Camille Astor

1896 - 1944

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2718 BASKET

Mirosław Kalinowski

1949 - 2019

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2719 ARCHITECT

Irena Bieniek-Kotela

1922 - 2013

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2720 ZOOLOGIST

Julian Simashko

1821 - 1893

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2721 MUSIC

Ches Themann

Born 1954

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2722 KÄMPFER

Wolf Rozowski

1913 - 1943

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2723 JOURNALIST

Halszka Wasilewska (journalist)

Born 1943

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2724 SCULPTOR

Wojciech Święcki

1823 - 1873

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2725 SPORT

Grzegorz Polkowski

Born 1983

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2726 BASKET

Aleksandra Komacka

1959 - 2000

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2727 PAINTER

Georg Krajewski

1925 - 2007

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2728 FOOTBALL

Remigiusz Trawiński

Born 1958

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2729 ARTIST

Magdalena Kinga Ljung

Born 1975

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2730 MARRIED TO

Eric Czapnik

1958 - 2009

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2731 WRESTLER

Tadeusz Kudelski

1953 - 1988

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2732 PRESENTER

Paulina Tomborowska

Born 1975

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2733 BUSINESS

Miguel Skrobot

1873 - 1912

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2734 BOXER

Tomasz Lempart

1915 - 2005

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2735 ACTOR

Nepomucena Kostecka

1807 - 1847

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2736 ACTOR

Joanna Moskwa

Born 1985

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2737 MISSING

Chaim Hermann

Died 1944

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2738 PUBLISHER

Nina Bourne

1916 - 2010

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2739 CONDUCTOR

Eduard Andreevitch Krushevsky

1851 - 1916

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2740 PLAYER

Anna Świderek

Born 1979

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2741 AMBASSADOR

Ryszard Krystosik

Died 2014

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2742 BANDLEADER

Krzysztof Zawadzki

Born 1959

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2743 POLITICIAN

Max Gurny

1899 - 1994

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2744 ARCHITECT

Adolf Woliński

1821 - 1895

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2745 ABBOT

Konrad Ryushin Marchaj

Born 1953

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2746 SPORT

Shimcha Finkelstein

1917 - 1987

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2747 ATHLETE

Karolina Batożyńska

Born 1993

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2748 COLECIONADOR

Isai Leirner

1903 - 1962

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2749 BANK

Michael Wawelberg

Born 1880

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2750 PAINTER

Stefan Garwatowski

1931 - 2019

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2751 FILM

Agnieszka Glińska

Born 1975

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2752 MISSING

Kasia Pisarek

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2753 CONDUCTOR

Piotr Gajewski

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2754 ARCHITECT

Aleksander Jan Woyde

1834 - 1889

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2755 BASEBALL

Nap Kloza

1903 - 1962

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2756 PHYSICIAN

Theodor Toeplitz

1850 - 1919

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2757 LIBÉRATION

Génia Oboeuf

Born 1923

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2758 FILM

Adolphe-Abraham Landau

1904 - 1984

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2759 SKATER

Oliwia Rzepiel

Born 2001

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2760 RESISTANCE

Ryszard Piotrowski

1924 - 2016

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2761 FENCER

Olgierd Porebski

1922 - 1995

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2762 RÉSISTANT

Eva Fastag

Born 1917

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2763 POLITICIAN

Felix Stika

1887 - 1971

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2764 MISSING

Schlomo Lajtman

Died 1943

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2765 EDITOR

Benjamin Feigenbaum

1860 - 1932

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2766 FOOTBALL

Piotr Misztal (footballer)

Born 1987

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2767 OPERA

Regina Pinkert

1869 - 1931

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2768 BIOLOGIST

Georges Barski

1909 - 1985

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2769 PAINTER

Marcin Bogusławski

Born 1980

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2770 LAWYER

Wanda Grażyna Gałecka-Szmurło

1899 - 1993

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2771 COSTUME DESIGNER

Alexandra Staszko

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2772 PAINTER

Kamila Wozniakowska

Born 1956

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2773 CHESS

Aleksandr Goldstein

1911 - 1988

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2774 JOURNALIST

Anna Karsten

Born 1988

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2775 JUDO

Michal Popiel

Born 1985

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2776 ENGINEER

Alex Rosner

Born 1935

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2777 ENGINEER

Alberto Lutowski

1809 - 1871

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2778 POLITICIAN

Lucien Finel

1928 - 2013

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2779 PUBLISHER

Frank Z. Temerson

1890 - 1963

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2780 VIOLONISTE

Marie Poznanska

1819 - 1873

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2781 KAPELLMEISTER

Georg Maliniak

1895 - 1949

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2782 OPERA

Joanna Borowska-Isser

Born 1959

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2783 FOOTBALL

Bartłomiej Fogler

Born 1985

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2784 RABBI

Henri-Léon Champagne

1898 - 1948

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2785 FILM

Aneta Panek

Born 1976

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2786 JOCKEY

Jacek Sienkiewicz

Born 1976

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2787 JOURNALIST

Israel Bursztyn

1896 - 1941

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2788 FIGHTER

Chaike Belchatowska Spiegel

1920 - 2002

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2789 ARCHITECT

Alexander Wargon

1926 - 2010

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2790 TRADE UNION

Gisèle Joannès

1918 - 1992

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2791 WIDERSTAND

Leib Gruzalc

Died 1943

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2792 MUSIC

Thomas Gruberski

Born 1974

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2793 ACADEMIC

Halina Neujahr

1924 - 2006

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2794 SKI

Jakub Brzosko

Born 1978

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2795 BALLET

Halina Schmolz

1892 - 1939

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2796 PAINTER

Mikołaj Kasprzyk (Maler)

Born 1953

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2797 PAINTER

Polikarp Gumiński

1820 - 1907

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2798 PHOTOGRAPHER

Joanna Piotrowska

Born 1985

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2799 GENERALMAJOR

Wilhelm von Schon (General, 1800)

1800 - 1857

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2800 PIANIST

Henryk Darlowski

Born 1953

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2801 SPORT

Urszula Łoś

Born 1994

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2802 WIDERSTAND

Leib Rozowski

1915 - 1943

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2803 JUDGE

George Dobry

1918 - 2018

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2804 SPORT

Arkadiusz Miłoszewski

Born 1973

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2805 ARCHITECT

Leon Frejtag

1862 - 1927

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2806 PHYSICIST

Georgij Antonov

1880 - 1959

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2807 CHEMIST

Karol Jan Henneberg

1834 - 1906

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2808 SINGER

Adela Wilgocka

1875 - 1960

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2809 BALLET

Jan Cieplinsky

1900 - 1972

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2810 OPERA

Józef Szczepkowski (Sänger, 1849)

1849 - 1909

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2811 CELLIST

Carl Ignatius Bartholomeus Megelin

1763 - 1833

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