Notable Alumni of Warsaw University of Technology [Sorted List]

1. Zygmunt Zaleski

1882-1967 (aged 85)

literary historian historian diplomat pianist linguist

Zygmunt Zaleski of Lubicz coat of arms, pseudonymes R. de Bron, R. Debron, was a Polish literature historian, literary critic, poet, publicist, and translator. Awarded the Légion d'honneur.

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2. Włodzimierz Mucha

1956-2019 (aged 63)

architect

Włodzimierz Mucha was a Polish architect, designer and partner at Bulanda & Mucha Architects. Co-winner of SARP Honorary Award in 2015.

3. Jan Michał Małek

1928-2022 (aged 94)

chemical engineer businessperson translator

John Michael Małek was a Polish-American engineer, entrepreneur, real estate investor and developer, economics enthusiast, and activist and philanthropist.

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4. Jerzy Pietrzyk

1955-. (aged 71)

athletics competitor sprinter

Jerzy Pietrzyk is a retired Polish sprinter who specialized in the 400 metres.

5. Ryszard Bartel

1897-1982 (aged 85)

military flight engineer military officer engineer

Ryszard Bartel was a Polish engineer, aircraft designer and aviator, one of Poland's aviation pioneers.

6. Marian Suski

1905-1993 (aged 88)

fencer scientist military officer electrical engineer

Marian Suski was a Polish fencer and engineer. He won a bronze medal in the team sabre event at the 1932 Summer Olympics. He served in the Polish Army and commanded the communication during the defense of Warsaw in 1939. After capitulation he was sent to oflag and eventually to Oflag VII-A Murnau.

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7. Wacław Struszyński

1904-1980 (aged 76)

engineer

Wacław Struszyński was a Polish electronics engineer who made a vital contribution to the defeat of U-boats in the Battle of the Atlantic. He designed an exceptional radio antenna which enabled effective high frequency (HF) radio direction finding systems to be installed on Royal Navy convoy escort ships. Such direction finding systems were referred to as HF/DF or Huff-Duff, and...

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8. Andrzej Piotr Ruszczyński

1951-. (aged 75)

university teacher mathematician chess composer

Andrzej Piotr Ruszczyński is a Polish-American applied mathematician, noted for his contributions to mathematical optimization, in particular, stochastic programming and risk-averse optimization.

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9. Grzegorz Rozenberg

1942-. (aged 84)

computer scientist mathematician university teacher

Grzegorz Rozenberg is a Polish and Dutch computer scientist.

10. Ulrich Schrade

1943-2009 (aged 66)

university teacher philosopher

Ulrich Schrade was a Polish philosopher, educationist and ethicist. Born in Patryki.

11. Gerard Antoni Ciołek

1909-1966 (aged 57)

architect

Gerard Ciołek was a Polish architect, as well as a leading historian of parks and gardens.

12. Bronisław Żurakowski

1911-2009 (aged 98)

military flight engineer athlete engineer

Bronisław Żurakowski was a Polish engineer, aeroplane constructor, and glider test pilot.

13. Wacław Zalewski

1917-2016 (aged 99)

architect

Wacław Piotr Zalewski was a Polish construction engineer and designer, creator of innovative buildings such as "Spodek" in Katowice, "Supersam" in Warsaw from the roof of the structure funikularnej, or train station in Katowice. He was Professor Emeritus of Structural Design at the School of Architecture of MIT.

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14. Stanisław Kuś

1925-2020 (aged 95)

civil engineer

Stanisław Kuś was a Polish professor of technical sciences, designer, civil engineer, and rector of the Rzeszów University of Technology Poland.

15. Adolf Ciborowski

1919-1987 (aged 68)

architect politician

Adolf Ciborowski was a Polish architect, urban planner and politician.

16. Andrzej Wach

1955-. (aged 71)

electrical engineer

Andrzej Wach is the President of Polskie Koleje Państwowe S.A.. He replaced the previous president, Macieja Męclewskiego, in September 2004. He has worked for Polish railways since 1980, and previously held the position of Chairman at PKP Energetyka.

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17. Zbigniew Burzyński

1902-1971 (aged 69)

mechanical engineer military officer

Zbigniew Jan Władysław Antoni Burzyński, was a Polish balloonist and constructor of balloons, pioneer of Polish balloons, who twice won the Gordon Bennett Cup in ballooning, also beat the world record.

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18. Tadeusz Chyliński

1911-1978 (aged 67)

mechanical engineer military flight engineer

Tadeusz Chylińnski – was a Polish airplane designer and constructor, a researcher at the Institute of Aviation in Warsaw and specialist in aircraft structures.

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19. Mieczysław Janowski

1947-. (aged 79)

engineer politician

Mieczysław Edmund Janowski is a Polish politician and Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for the Subcarpathian Voivodship with the Law and Justice, part of the Union for a Europe of Nations. He sits on the European Parliament's Committee on Regional Development.

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20. Barbara Brukalska

1899-1980 (aged 81)

university teacher architect

Barbara Brukalska was a Polish architect, an architectural theorist, a prominent exponent of Functionalism, a member of the Praesens group, and a professor at Warsaw Polytechnic. She was also the wife of architect Stanisław Brukalski.

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21. Stanisław Żaryn

1910-1964 (aged 54)

teacher conservator architect urban planner engineer

Stanisław Żaryn was an architect, urbanist, historian and academic teacher who significantly contributed to the process of the reconstruction of historical Polish architecture after its destruction by the Germans during WWII. He was born in Warsaw to Eugenia and Franciszek Zaryn.

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22. Tadeusz Gronowski

1894-1990 (aged 96)

exlibrist painter illustrator architect graphic artist

Tadeusz Lucjan Gronowski was a Polish graphic artist, architect who worked as an interior designer, painter, and a book illustrator.

23. Piotr Chmielowski

1848-1904 (aged 56)

literary critic writer philosopher literary historian journalist

Piotr Chmielowski was a Polish philosopher, literary historian and critic.

24. Stanisław Rogalski

1904-1976 (aged 72)

engineer military flight engineer

Stanisław Rogalski was a Polish aircraft designer, born in Olomouc, best known as one of the founding trio (the other two being Stanisław Wigura and Jerzy Drzewiecki) of the inter-war period RWD airplane factory in Warsaw. He obtained his degree at Warsaw University of Technology. During World War II he became technical director at the Turk Hava Kurumu Ucak Fabrikasi...

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25. Konrad Fiałkowski

1939-2020 (aged 81)

computer scientist writer university teacher

Konrad R. Fiałkowski was a Polish engineer, information technology scientist and hard science fiction writer.

26. Stanisław Herbst

1907-1973 (aged 66)

historian

Stanisław Herbst was a Polish historian, researcher of modern history, and military historian. He was a professor at the University of Warsaw and the Dzerzhinsky Political-Military Academy in Warsaw, and was also the president of the Polish Historical Society. Pupils of his included Zdzisław Spieralski and Tomasz Strzembosz.

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27. Maciej Nowicki

1941-. (aged 85)

university teacher ecologist politician

Maciej Nowicki is a Polish politician, manager and scientist. Minister of the Environment of the Republic of Poland in the cabinet of Donald Tusk (from 16 November 2007 to 1 February 2010).

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28. Józef Szanajca

1902-1939 (aged 37)

university teacher architect

Józef Szanajca was a Polish architect.

29. Tomasz Kołodziejczak

1967-. (aged 59)

science fiction writer poet writer editing staff publisher

Tomasz Kołodziejczak is a Polish science fiction and fantasy writer, screenwriter, publisher and editor of books, comics and role-playing games.

30. Henryk Skolimowski

1930-2018 (aged 88)

university teacher philosopher environmentalist

Henryk Skolimowski was a Polish philosopher. He completed technical studies, musicology and philosophy in Warsaw. He received his Ph.D. in philosophy from Oxford University.

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31. Eugeniusz Czykwin

1949-. (aged 77)

politician engineer journalist

Eugeniusz Czykwin is a Polish politician. He was elected to Sejm on 25 September 2005, getting 14181 votes in 24 Białystok district as a candidate from the Democratic Left Alliance list.

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32. Antoni Bohdziewicz

1906-1970 (aged 64)

film director screenwriter

Antoni Bohdziewicz was a Polish screenplay writer and director, best known for his 1956 adaptation of Zemsta by Aleksander Fredro.

33. Halina Skibniewska

1921-2011 (aged 90)

university teacher architect politician

Halina Skibniewska was a Polish architect, lecturer on Architecture at the Warsaw University of Technology, and served in the Polish sejm from 1965 to 1985. During her career, she was the first woman to serve as the Deputy Marshal of the Sejm, a post which she held from 1971 to 1985, the first architect to design independent housing for disabled...

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34. Jolanta Hibner

1951-. (aged 75)

engineer politician

Jolanta Emilia Hibner is a Polish politician. She was elected to the Sejm on 25 September 2005, getting 3512 votes in 19 Warsaw district as a candidate from the Civic Platform list. She was re-elected on 21 October 2007.

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35. Andrzej Smirnow

1938-. (aged 88)

politician electrical engineer

Andrzej Smirnow is a Polish politician. He was elected to the Sejm on 25 September 2005, getting 10,263 votes in 20 Warsaw district as a candidate from the Civic Platform list.

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36. Antoni Palluth

1900-1944 (aged 44)

engineer military officer

Antoni Palluth was a founder of the AVA Radio Company. The company built communications equipment for the Polish military; the work included not only radios but also cryptographic equipment.

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37. Władysław Findeisen

1926-2023 (aged 97)

university teacher engineer politician

Władysław Findeisen was a Polish engineer, academic and politician.

38. Leon Suzin

1901-1976 (aged 75)

architect

Leon Suzin was a Polish architect. His work was part of the architecture event in the art competition at the 1928 Summer Olympics.

39. Henryk Orfinger

1951-. (aged 75)

entrepreneur

Henryk Orfinger is a Polish entrepreneur. He is the president of the management board at the cosmetic firm Dr. Irena Eris and holds several positions in Polish business institutions. Together with his wife, Irena Eris, he is listed within the 100 richest Poles in 2013 by the Polish edition of Forbes Magazine.

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40. Antoni Kocjan

1902-1944 (aged 42)

design engineer military flight engineer

Antoni Kocjan was a renowned Polish glider constructor and a contributor to the intelligence services of the Polish Home Army during World War II.

41. Marian Mazur

1909-1983 (aged 74)

electrotechnician information scientist physicist electrical engineer engineer

Marian Mazur was a Polish scientist who specialized in electrothermics and cybernetics, and the founding father of the Polish school of cybernetics.

42. Maciej Parowski

1946-2019 (aged 73)

literary critic journalist writer science fiction writer editing staff

Maciej Parowski was a Polish journalist, essayist, science fiction writer, editor and translator.

43. Marian Walentynowicz

1896-1967 (aged 71)

caricaturist illustrator architect graphic artist photographer

Marian Walentynowicz was a Polish graphic artist, architect, teacher, writer and comics artist in Poland.

44. Andrew Targowski

1937-. (aged 89)

computer scientist tennis player engineer

Andrew Stanislaw Targowski (born October 9, 1937) is a Polish–American computer scientist specializing in enterprise computing, societal computing, information technology impact upon civilization, information theory, wisdom theory, and civilization theory. One of the pioneers of applied information systems in Poland, he is an executive, university professor, scientist, civilizationist, philosopher, visionary, writer, and generalist.

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45. Zygmunt Puławski

1901-1931 (aged 30)

military flight engineer military personnel engineer

Zygmunt Puławski was a Polish aircraft designer and pilot. He invented a gull-wing aircraft design, also known as "Puławski wing" and designed a series of Polish PZL fighter aircraft.

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46. Ryszard Białous

1914-1992 (aged 78)

military officer architect engineer

Ryszard Białous codename: Jerzy was a Polish scoutmaster (harcmistrz) captain of the AK-Szare Szeregi. Commander of the Batalion Zośka before and during the Warsaw Uprising. He was also known under the noms de guerre "Zygmunt" and "Taran".

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47. Louis-Christophe Zaleski-Zamenhof

1925-2019 (aged 94)

engineer Esperantist

Louis-Christophe Zaleski-Zamenhof was a Polish-born French civil and marine engineer, specializing in the design of structural steel and concrete construction. He was a grandson of the Polish Jewish L. L. Zamenhof, the inventor of the international auxiliary language Esperanto. From the 1960s until his death, Zaleski-Zamenhof lived in France.

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48. Stefan Themerson

1910-1988 (aged 78)

film director writer philosopher publisher art theorist

Stefan Themerson was a Polish writer of children's literature, poet and inventor of Semantic Poetry, novelist, script writer, filmmaker, composer, and philosopher. He wrote in at least three languages. With his wife, Franciszka Themerson, they are regarded as leading husband-and-wife exponents of European Surrealism and publishers.

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49. Stanisław Jankowski

1911-2002 (aged 91)

military personnel architect

Stanisław Jankowski was an SOE agent and Polish resistance fighter during World War II, and an architect thereafter, who played a prominent role in the post-war reconstruction of Warsaw.

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50. Maciej Kalenkiewicz

1906-1944 (aged 38)

engineer military officer

Maciej Kalenkiewicz was a Polish engineer and lieutenant colonel of the Polish Army. During World War II was a soldier of Henryk Dobrzański's military unit, member of cichociemni, officer of the Home Army, partisan commander in the Nowogródek District of the Home Army.

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51. Tadeusz Iwiński

1944-. (aged 82)

Esperantist politician

Tadeusz Iwiński is a Polish politician. He was from 1991 to 2015 a member of the Sejm (the lower house of the Polish parliament), elected to represent the Olsztyn electoral district from the list presented by the Democratic Left Alliance (Sojusz Lewicy Demokratycznej). He had earlier (1967–1990) been a long-serving member of the communist Polish United Workers' Party (Polska Zjednoczona...

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52. Jan Zachwatowicz

1900-1983 (aged 83)

university teacher conservator art historian architect restorer

Jan Zachwatowicz was a Polish architect, architectural historian, and restorer. He is notable for being the creator of the Blue Shield cultural heritage symbol.

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53. Jan Lenica

1928-2001 (aged 73)

postage stamp designer university teacher painter scenographer illustrator

Jan Lenica was a Polish graphic designer and cartoonist.

54. Jerzy Werner

1909-1977 (aged 68)

engineer

Jerzy Werner was a professor at the Technical University of Lodz, the constructor of the first Polish lorries, the Star 20 and Valentina, a builder of chassis for trucks at PZInż (National Industry Works) prior to World War II, and a Pawiak prisoner.

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55. Pablo Álvarez Fernández

1988-. (aged 38)

astronaut aerospace engineer

Pablo Álvarez Fernández is a Spanish aeronautical engineer and astronaut. In November 2022, he was selected by the European Space Agency (ESA) as a full astronaut in the class of 2022 and it was in April 2024 when he graduated as such.

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56. Czesław Mroczek

1964-. (aged 62)

politician

Czesław Mroczek is a Polish politician. He was elected to the Sejm on 25 September 2005, getting 8,311 votes in 18 Siedlce district as a candidate from the Civic Platform list. He was re-elected with 33,207 votes.

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57. Bohdan Pniewski

1897-1965 (aged 68)

university teacher architect

Bohdan Wiktor Kazimierz Pniewski was a Polish modernist architect, professor at the Warsaw University of Technology and the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw. He is mostly known as a designer of state buildings in pre-war and post-war Poland, though the working conditions of an architect, in these eras, palpably varied. Pniewski, popular amongst the Polish political interwar elite (he...

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58. Stefan Kuryłowicz

1949-2011 (aged 62)

university teacher architect

Stefan Kuryłowicz was a Polish architect and professor who is widely credited with transforming the architecture and skyline of Warsaw, Poland, in the twenty years following the collapse of Communism in 1989. Media reports have called Kuryłowicz "one of the most influential Polish architects." He and the late architect Jacek Syropolski created the architecture company, Kurylowicz & Associates.

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59. Mieczysław G. Bekker

1905-1989 (aged 84)

scientist mechanical engineer engineer

Mieczysław Gregory Bekker was a Polish vehicular engineer and professor.

60. Edward Redliński

1940-2024 (aged 84)

opinion journalist prose writer writer journalist playwright

Edward Redliński was a Polish novelist, publicist, and dramatist.

61. Włodzimierz Karpiński

1961-. (aged 65)

politician

Włodzimierz Witold Karpiński is a Polish politician. Karpiński served as Minister of State Treasury in the Cabinets of Donald Tusk and Ewa Kopacz.

62. Krzysztof Tchórzewski

1950-. (aged 76)

politician electrical engineer

Krzysztof Józef Tchórzewski is a Polish engineer and politician. He serves as the Minister of Energy in the cabinet of Beata Szydło (since 1 December 2015). Prior to this, Tchórzewski was a minister without portfolio.

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63. Stanisław Wigura

1903-1932 (aged 29)

athlete military flight engineer lecturer aircraft pilot engineer

Stanisław Wigura was a Polish aircraft designer and aviator, co-founder of the RWD aircraft construction team and lecturer at the Warsaw University of Technology. Along with Franciszek Żwirko, he won the international air contest Challenge 1932.

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64. Tomasz Gębala

1995-. (aged 31)

handball player

Tomasz Gębala is a Polish handball player for Industria Kielce.

65. Tadeusz Sołtyk

1909-2004 (aged 95)

engineer military flight engineer

Tadeusz Sołtyk was a Polish aircraft designer and aerospace engineer, most famous as the creator of the PZL TS-11 Iskra

66. Stanisław Kopański

1895-1976 (aged 81)

engineer military officer

General Stanisław Kopański was a Polish military commander, politician, diplomat, an engineer and one of the best-educated Polish officers of the time, serving with distinction during World War II. He is best known as the creator and commander of the Polish Independent Carpathian Brigade and Polish 3rd Carpathian Infantry Division.

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67. Maciej Lasek

1967-. (aged 59)

engineer

Maciej Grzegorz Lasek is a Polish engineer, specializing in flight mechanics, PhD, Chairman of the Committee for Investigation of National Aviation Accidents. He was the head of a commission that investigated the 2010 Polish Air Force Tu-154 crash.

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68. Jakub Przygoński

1985-. (aged 41)

rally raid rider

Jakub Przygoński is a Polish racing driver. As a rally raid driver, he won the FIA World Cup for Cross-Country Rallies in 2018. In addition to racing in rally raids, he has raced in other disciplines, especially motorcycling, such as motocross and enduro. He has also competed in drifting competitions, having won the bronze medal at 2022 FIA Motorsport Games...

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69. Henryk Magnuski

1909-1978 (aged 69)

inventor engineer

Henryk Władysław Magnuski was a Polish telecommunications engineer who worked for Motorola in Chicago. He was a primary contributor in the development of one of the first Walkie-Talkie radios, the Motorola SCR-300, and influenced the company's success in the field of radio communication.

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70. Wieslaw Kazimierz Binienda

1956-. (aged 70)

academic engineer

Wiesław Kazimierz Binienda is a Polish-American scientist, researcher, PhD, and professor and co-director of the Gas and Turbine Research and Testing Laboratory on the Department of Civil Engineering at the University of Akron.

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71. Wadim Tyszkiewicz

1958-. (aged 68)

politician

Wadim Tyszkiewicz is a Polish politician. He was elected to the Senate of Poland (10th term) representing the constituency of Zielona Góra. Despite announcing a retirement from politics in early June 2025, he instead created the New Poland political party a few weeks later.

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72. Jerzy Wasowski

1913-1984 (aged 71)

composer pianist journalist actor

Jerzy Ryszard Wasowski was a Polish acoustics engineer, radio announcer, composer, pianist, actor and director. He was the son of Józef Wasowski and the husband of Maria Wasowska and the father of Grzegorz Wasowski. Together with Jeremi Przybora he created Kabaret Starszych Panów (Old Gentlemen's Cabaret).

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73. Krzysztof Jurgiel

1953-. (aged 73)

politician surveyor

Krzysztof Jurgiel is a Polish politician. He is the former Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development in the cabinet of Beata Szydło (from 16 November 2015 to 2018).

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74. Joanna Rutkowska

1981-. (aged 45)

computer scientist

Joanna Rutkowska is a Polish computer security researcher, primarily known for her research on low-level security and stealth malware, and as founder of the Qubes OS security-focused desktop operating system.

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75. Henryk Wujec

1940-2020 (aged 80)

physicist politician trade unionist dissident

Henryk Wujec was a Polish politician who served as a member of the Sejm.

76. Michał Vituška

1907-1945 (aged 38)

politician

Michal Apanasavič Vituška was a Belarusian leader of the Black Cats, a unit of the SS-Jagdverbände, during World War II.

77. Władysław Tatarkiewicz

1886-1980 (aged 94)

art historian philosopher

Władysław Tatarkiewicz was a Polish philosopher, historian of philosophy, historian of art, esthetician, and ethicist.

78. Rafał Olbiński

1943-. (aged 83)

art educator painter designer illustrator graphic artist

Rafał Olbinski is a Polish illustrator, painter, and educator, living in the United States. He is considered one of the major representatives of the Polish School of Posters.

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79. Marcin Mroczek

1982-. (aged 44)

dancer actor

Marcin Mroczek is a Polish actor and dancer.

80. Jacek Gmoch

1939-. (aged 87)

association football player association football coach

Jacek Wojciech Gmoch is a Polish former professional footballer, manager, and commentator. As a player he spent the majority of his career playing for Legia Warsaw as a defender, and represented Poland 29 times internationally. After a career-ending injury he became a successful trainer, winning multiple titles in Poland, Greece, and Cyprus, while also managing the Poland National Team.

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81. Tomasz Knapik

1943-2021 (aged 78)

broadcaster

Tomasz Knapik was a Polish film, radio and television voice-over translation artist (known as lektor in Polish). He held a doctorate in electrical engineering and also served as a lecturer at the Faculty of Transport of the Warsaw University of Technology. He was widely regarded as a legend in the field of voice-over translation in Poland.

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82. Tomasz Bagiński

1976-. (aged 50)

screenwriter film director film producer animator

Tomasz "Tomek" Bagiński is a Polish illustrator, animator, producer and director. He is a self-taught artist.

83. Przemysław Gintrowski

1951-2012 (aged 61)

composer singer-songwriter engineer film score composer

Przemysław Adam Gintrowski was a Polish composer and musician.

84. Waldemar Łysiak

1944-. (aged 82)

writer journalist art historian architect

Waldemar Łysiak is a bestselling Polish writer, art historian and journalist, who has written under his own name as well as the pseudonyms 'Valdemar Baldhead' (a rough translation of his name), 'Archibald', 'Mark W. Kingden', 'Rezerwowy Ł.'. He is notable as an author of numerous books on the Napoleonic era, both historical and fiction. He also owns a large number...

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85. Janusz Weiss

1948-2023 (aged 75)

television presenter cabaret performer writer journalist radio personality

Janusz Alfred Weiss was a Polish journalist, actor, television personality and co-founder of one of the most popular radio stations in Poland, Radio ZET.

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86. Paweł Rabiej

1971-. (aged 55)

deputy philologist politician

Paweł Mariusz Rabiej is a political and opinion journalist. He is one of the co-founders of the Modern centrist party, and was its spokesperson from 2016 to 2017. From 2018 to 2020 he was a deputy mayor of Warsaw, Poland.

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87. Jakub Kulesza

1990-. (aged 36)

computer scientist politician

Jakub Kulesza is a Polish politician and a former Member of Parliament.

88. Waldemar Pawlak

1959-. (aged 67)

farmer politician

Waldemar Pawlak [valˈdɛmar ˈpavlak] is a Polish politician. He has twice served as Prime Minister of Poland, briefly in 1992 and again from 1993 to 1995. From November 2007 to November 2012 he served as Deputy Prime Minister and the Minister of Economy. Pawlak remains Poland's youngest prime minister to date.

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89. Joanna Chmielewska

1932-2013 (aged 81)

writer children's writer

Joanna Chmielewska, was the pen name of Irena Kühn (née Becker), a Polish novelist and screenwriter. Her work is often described as "ironic detective stories". Her novels, which have been translated into at least eleven languages, have sold more than 6 million copies in Poland and over 10 million copies in Russia.

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90. Marian Spychalski

1906-1980 (aged 74)

military personnel military officer politician architect

Marian "Marek" Spychalski was a Polish architect in pre-war Poland, and later, military commander and a communist politician. During World War II he belonged to the Polish underground forces operating within Poland and was one of the leaders of the People's Guard, then People's Army. He held several key political posts during the PRL era, most notably; Chairman of the...

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91. Adam Czerniaków

1880-1942 (aged 62)

political activist social activist pedagogue opinion journalist engineer

Adam Czerniaków was a Polish engineer and senator who was head of the Warsaw Ghetto Jewish Council (Judenrat) during World War II. He committed suicide on 23 July 1942 by swallowing a cyanide pill, a day after the commencement of mass extermination of Jews known as the Grossaktion Warsaw.

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92. Marcin Kierwiński

1976-. (aged 50)

politician

Marcin Piotr Kierwiński is a Polish politician, local government official, who is currently serving as the Minister of Internal Affairs and Administration since 2025 for the second time. having previously held that office from December 2023 to May 2024.

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93. Jacek Karpiński

1927-2010 (aged 83)

computer scientist resistance fighter engineer

Jacek Karpiński was a Polish pioneer in computer engineering and computer science.

94. Robert Gliński

1952-. (aged 74)

screenwriter director film director

Robert Ignacy Gliński is a Polish film director and screenwriter.

95. Jerzy Skolimowski

1907-1985 (aged 78)

painter architect coxswain

Jerzy Skolimowski is a Polish film director, screenwriter, dramatist, actor and painter. Beginning as a screenwriter for Andrzej Wajda's Innocent Sorcerers (1960), Skolimowski has made more than twenty films since his directorial debut The Menacing Eye (1960). In 1967 he was awarded the Golden Bear prize for his Belgian film The Departure (1967). Among his other notable films is Deep...

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96. Agnieszka Soin

1977-. (aged 49)

politician

Agnieszka Anna Soin is a Polish politician. She was elected to the Sejm (9th term) representing the constituency of Wrocław. She previously also served in the 8th term of the Sejm (2015–2019). She is affiliated with the Law and Justice party.

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97. Grażyna Ciemniak

1948-. (aged 78)

politician chemist

Grażyna Jolanta Ciemniak is a Polish political figure who has been a member of the Senate of Poland (1993–97) and Deputy President of Bydgoszcz (1998–2001), as well as member of the Sejm of Poland (2001–07, since 2009) and member of the European Parliament (2004).

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98. Zbigniew Lengren

1919-2003 (aged 84)

film director graphic artist caricaturist writer children's writer

Zbigniew Lengren was a Polish cartoonist, caricaturist, and illustrator. He was awarded the "Order of Smile" amongst other, numerous awards. His most famous creation is Professor Filutek, who appeared once a week on the last page of Przekrój magazine, together with his dog Filuś, for over 50 years, a record run in Polish comics. Lengren was also a writer, especially...

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99. Michał Kalecki

1899-1970 (aged 71)

university teacher economist

Michał Kalecki was a Polish Marxian economist. Over the course of his life, Kalecki worked at the London School of Economics, University of Cambridge, University of Oxford, and Warsaw School of Economics, and was an economic advisor to the governments of Poland, France, Cuba, Israel, Mexico, and India. He also served as the deputy director of the United Nations Economic...

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100. Adam Skorek

1956-. (aged 70)

university teacher electrical engineer

Adam Waldemar Skorek is a Canadian University professor and a Polish engineer. He was born in Krzczonów, Lublin, Poland.