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Celebrities from Poland

231 memorials
0 Funeral Homes
17 cemeteries
16 Voivodeships
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Poland: 216 memorial pages

of people who were born or died here, were laid to rest here, or came from Poland

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Portrait of Leonid Hurwicz (1917–2008) – memorial page

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Leonid Hurwicz

08/21/1917 – 06/24/2008

90 years

Polish-American economist and mathematician

Minneapolis
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IS
Portrait of Irena Sendler (1910–2008) – memorial page

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Irena Sendler

née Irena Krzyżanowska

10/20/1910 – 05/12/2008

97 years

Polish resistance fighter and Holocaust rescuer

Warsaw
11
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Portrait of Witold Woyda (1939–2008) – memorial page

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Witold Woyda

05/10/1939 – 05/05/2008

68 years

Polish fencer

Bronxville
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JK
Portrait of Jerzy Kawalerowicz (1922–2007) – memorial page

Memorial

Jerzy Kawalerowicz

01/19/1922 – 12/27/2007

85 years

Polish film director and screenwriter

Warsaw
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MK
Portrait of Maria Kwaśniewska (1913–2007) – memorial page

Memorial

Maria Kwaśniewska

08/15/1913 – 10/17/2007

94 years

Polish athletics competitor

Warsaw
2
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Portrait of Jean Stablinski (1932–2007) – memorial page

Memorial

Jean Stablinski

05/21/1932 – 07/22/2007

75 years

French racing cyclist

Lille
1
RK
Portrait of Ryszard Kapuściński (1932–2007) – memorial page

Memorial

Ryszard Kapuściński

03/04/1932 – 01/23/2007

74 years

Polish journalist, photographer, poet and author

Warsaw
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MG
Portrait of Marek Grechuta (1945–2006) – memorial page

Memorial

Marek Grechuta

12/10/1945 – 10/09/2006

60 years

Polish singer and composer

Kraków
1
Family Tree
RB
Portrait of Rainer Barzel (1924–2006) – memorial page

Memorial

Rainer Barzel

06/20/1924 – 08/26/2006

82 years

German politician

München
23
Family Tree
ES
Portrait of Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (1915–2006) – memorial page

Memorial

Elisabeth Schwarzkopf

12/09/1915 – 08/03/2006

90 years

German opera soprano

Schruns
11
KG
Portrait of Kazimierz Górski (1921–2006) – memorial page

Memorial

Kazimierz Górski

03/02/1921 – 05/23/2006

85 years

Polish footballer

Warsaw
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SL
Portrait of Stanisław Lem (1921–2006) – memorial page

Memorial

Stanisław Lem

09/12/1921 – 03/27/2006

84 years

Polish science fiction author, philosopher and futurologist, studied medical doctor

Kraków
1
Family Tree
RF
Portrait of Richard Fleischer (1849–1937) – memorial page

Memorial

Richard Fleischer

01/01/1849 – 06/07/1937

88 years

American film director

Wiesbaden
2
Family Tree
HB
Portrait of Hanka Bielicka (1915–2006) – memorial page

Memorial

Hanka Bielicka

11/09/1915 – 03/09/2006

90 years

Polish actress

Warsaw
12
Family Tree
TC
Portrait of Teresa Ciepły (1937–2006) – memorial page

Memorial

Teresa Ciepły

née Teresa Barbara Wieczorek

10/19/1937 – 03/08/2006

68 years

Polish sprinter and hurdler

Bydgoszcz
11
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WB

Memorial

Walerian Borowczyk

09/02/1923 – 02/03/2006

82 years

Polish film director

Paris
11
JT
Portrait of Jan Twardowski (1915–2006) – memorial page

Memorial

Jan Twardowski

06/01/1915 – 01/18/2006

90 years

Polish poet, Catholic priest

Warsaw
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Family Tree
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Portrait of Lidia Wysocka (1916–2006) – memorial page

Memorial

Lidia Wysocka

06/24/1916 – 01/02/2006

89 years

Polish actress

Warsaw
11
JR
Portrait of Józef Rotblat (1908–2005) – memorial page

Memorial

Józef Rotblat

11/04/1908 – 08/31/2005

96 years

Polish-born British-naturalised physicist

London
1
IE
Portrait of Israel Epstein (1915–2005) – memorial page

Memorial

Israel Epstein

04/20/1915 – 05/26/2005

90 years

Chinese politician

Beijing
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Family Tree
JP
Portrait of Johannes Paul II. (1920–2005) – memorial page

Memorial

Johannes Paul II.

née Karol Józef Wojtyła

05/18/1920 – 04/02/2005

84 years

264th pope of the Catholic Church

Apostolic Palace
213
Family Tree
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Portrait of Zdzisław Beksiński (1929–2005) – memorial page

Memorial

Zdzisław Beksiński

02/24/1929 – 02/21/2005

75 years

Polish artist

Warsaw
4
MW
Portrait of Michalina Wisłocka (1921–2005) – memorial page

Memorial

Michalina Wisłocka

née Michalina Anna Braun

07/01/1921 – 02/05/2005

83 years

Polish physician

Warsaw
1
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Portrait of Jan Nowak-Jeziorański (1914–2005) – memorial page

Memorial

Jan Nowak-Jeziorański

10/03/1914 – 01/20/2005

90 years

Polish journalist and writer

Warsaw
1

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