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- Magdalena Abakanowicz sculptor
- Piotr Adamczyk actor
- Tomasz Adamek boxer
- Karol Adamiecki engineer, economist
- Irena Adamowicz Holocaust resister
- George Adamski ufologist
- Chrystian Piotr Aigner architect
- Victor Alter activist
- Zygmunt Anczok football player, Olympic medalist
- Wladyslaw Anders army general
- Piotr Andrejew film director
- Tadeusz Andrzejewski archeologist, egyptologist
- Mordechai Anielewicz Warsaw "Ghetto" uprising
- Anna Anka actress
- Andrzej Alojzy Ankwicz Roman Catholic Archbishop
- Aleksy Antkiewicz boxer, Olympic medalist
- Krzysztof Arciszewski nobleman, military officer, engineer
- Tomasz Arciszewski former prime minister
- Henryk Arctowski scientist, Antarctica explorer
- Franciszek Arminski astronomer
- Szymon Askenazy historian, diplomat, politician
- Adam Asnyk poet, dramatist
- Arnold Auerbach chess master
- Leszek Balcerowicz economist
- Tadeusz Banachiewicz astronomer, mathematician
- Paul Baran engineer, developer computer networking
- Zygmunt Bauman sociologist
- Mieczyslaw G. Bekker engineer, scientist
- Marcin Bielski chronicler, poet
- Edmund Biernacki physician
- Michael Bobrzynski historian
- Karol Borsuk mathematician
- Stan Borys singer, songwriter
- Jacob Bronowski mathematician, biologist, historian
- Jan Brozek astronomer, mathematician
- Albert Brudzewski astronomer, mathematician
- Stefan Bryla engineer, welding pioneer
- Stanislaw Burzynski physician, biochemist
- Grazyna Bacewicz composer, violinist
- Krzysztof Kamil Baczynski poet
- Andrzej Badenski sprinter, Olympic medalist
- Tomasz Baginski illustrator, animator, director
- Miroslaw Balka painter, sculptor
- Stanislaw Baranczak poet, literary critic
- Agnieszka Baranowska playwright, poet
- Andrzej Bartkowiak cinematographer, director
- Edyta Bartosiewicz songwriter, singer
- Wladyslaw Bartoszewski politician, activist, historian
- Waldemar Baszanowski weightlifter, Olympic medalist
- Zdzislaw Beksinski painter, sculptor, photographer
- Malgosia Bela actress
- Marek Belka former prime minister
- Zdzislaw Belsitzmann chess master
- Jozef Bem military commander
- Wladyslaw T. Benda painter, illustrator, designer
- Waclaw Berent novelist, translator
- Miron Bialoszewski poet, novelist, playwright
- Zbigniew Bienkowski poet, literary critic, translator, essayist
- Biernat of Lublin poet, fabulist, translator
- Boleslaw Bierut former president
- Leszek Blanik gymnast, Olympic medalist
- Abram Blass chess master
- Rafal Blechacz pianist
- Michal Bobrzynski historian
- Jozef Maria Bochenski logician, philosopher
- Wojciech Boguslawski actor, theater director, playwright
- Boleslaw I first king of Poland
- Tadeusz Bor-Komorowski military leader
- Walerian Borowczyk film director
- Tadeusz Boy-Zelenski poet, writer, translator
- Olga Boznanska painter
- Jozef Brandt painter
- Wladyslaw Broniewski poet, soldier
- Agnieszka Brustman chess master
- Zbigniew Brzezinski political scientist, geostrategist, statesman
- Stanislaw Brzozowski writer, philosopher, literary critic
- Casimir I the Restorer former duke of Poland
- Casimir II the Just former senior duke of Poland
- Casimir III the Great last Piast Dynasty king of Poland
- Casimir IV the Jagiellon former king of Poland
- Romuald Cebertowicz soil solidification hydrotechnician
- Hipolit Cegielski social activist, cultural activist
- Tytus Chalubinski physician
- Jozef Marian Chelmonski painter
- Marek Jan Chodakiewicz historian
- Edmund Chojecki journalist, playwright, novelist, poet
- Frederic Chopin composer, pianist
- Zygmunt Chychla boxer, Olympic medalist
- Leszek Cichy mountaineer, geodesist
- Grzegorz Ciechowski composer, musician
- Teresa Cieply sprinter, hurdler, Olympic medalist
- August Cieszkowski philosopher, economist, activist
- Wlodzimierz Cimoszewicz former prime minister
- Nicolaus Copernicus mathematician, astronomy
- Josef Cukierman chess master
- Lucyna Cwierczakiewiczowa journalist, author
- Napoleon Cybulski physiologist
- Jozef Cyrankiewicz former prime minister of Communist Poland
- Piotr Cywinski historian
- Maria Czaplicka anthropologist
- Adam Jerzy Czartoryski statesman, former president
- Wladyslaw Czartoryski noble, political activist
- Jan Czekanowski anthropologist, statistician
- Krzysztof Czerwinski conductor, organist
- Jan Czochralski chemist
- Elzbieta Czyzewska actress
- Maria Dabrowska writer, novelist
- Jerzy Dabrowski aeronautical engineer
- Kazimierz Dabrowski psychologist, physician, psychiatrist
- Jan Wladyslaw Dawid educator, psychologist
- Krzesimir Debski composer, conductor, violinist
- Juliusz Bogdan Deczkowski army soldier, engineer, inventor
- Jacenty Dedek photographer
- Jacek Dehnel poet, writer, translator
- Jan Dekert merchant, political activist, politician
- Ewa Demarczyk singer
- Edward Dembowski philosopher, literary critic, activist
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Total Area | 312,685km2 (#69) |
Population | 38,523,261 (#34) |
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