Famous Poles
- Zbigniew Dlubak painter, photographer
- Jan Dlugosz priest, chronicler, diplomat, soldier
- Danuta Dmowska fencer
- Roman Dmowski politician, statesman
- Andrzej Dobrowolski composer
- Marcin Dolega weightlifter
- Dagmara Dominczyk actress
- Jozef Dominik chess master
- Moe Drabowsky baseball player
- Urszula Dudziak singer
- Jacek Dukaj author
- Adolf Dygasinski author, poet
- Jarek Dymek strongman
- Johann Dzierzon zoologist, apiarist
- Stanislaw Dziwisz archbishop
- Pawel Edelman cinematographer
- Samuel Eilenberg mathematician
- Jozef Elsner composer
- Leszek Engelking poet, writer
- Hanna Erenska-Barlo chess grandmaster
- Max Factor, Sr. founder Max Factor & Co., cosmetician, chemist
- Samuel Factor chess master
- Kazimierz Fajans physical chemist
- Michal Falkener scholastic philosopher
- Jerzy Ficowski poet ,writer, translator
- Alexander Flamberg chess master
- Edward Flatau neurologist
- Marian Foik athlete, Olympic medalist
- Malgorzata Foremniak actress
- Wojciech Fortuna ski jumper, Olympic medalist
- Aleksander Fredro poet, playwright, author
- Henryk Friedman chess master
- Piotr Fronczewski actor, singer
- Casimir Funk biochemist
- Tadeusz Gajcy poet
- Janusz Gajos actor
- Konstanty Ildefons Galczynski poet
- Marek Gatty-Kostyal chemist, pharmacist
- Andrzej Gawronski linguist, indologist
- Bronislaw Geremek social historian, politician
- Wojciech Gerson painter
- Leo Gerstenzang invented cotton swabs (Q-tips)
- Edward Gierek politician
- Aleksander Gierymski painter
- Maksymilian Gierymski painter
- Marian Gieszczykiewicz physician, bacteriologist
- Agaton Giller historian, journalist, politician
- Zygmunt Gloger historian, archeologist, ethnographer, geographer
- Janusz Glowacki author, screenwriter
- Emil Godlewski embryologist
- Kazimierz Godlowski archeologist, historian
- Samuel Goldflam neurologist
- Charley Goldman boxing trainer
- Samuel Goldwyn film producer
- Tomasz Gollob motorcycle speedway rider
- Andrew Golota boxer, Olympic medalist
- Witold Gombrowicz novelist, dramatist
- Mikolaj Gomolka composer
- Wladyslaw Gomulka communist leader
- Grzegorz Gerwazy Gorczycki composer
- Halina Gorecka sprinter, Olympic medalist
- Henryk Gorecki composer
- Zygmunt Gorgolewski architect
- Edyta Gorniak singer
- Kazimierz Gorski coach Poland national football team
- Janusz Gortat boxer, Olympic medalist
- Jozef Goslawski sculptor
- Wawrzyniec Grzymala Goslicki philosopher, nobleman
- Stefan Grabinski author
- Antoni Grabowski chemical engineer
- Wladyshlaw Grabski economist, historian, former prime minister
- Stanislaw Grochowiak poet, dramatist
- Henryk Grohman industrialist
- Jerzy Grotowski theater director
- Jozef Grudzien boxer, Olympic medalist
- Ryszard Gryglewski physician
- Grzegorz of Stawiszyn philosopher, theologian
- Ludwig Gumplowicz jurist, politicial scientist
- Casimir Gzowski engineer
- Edward Jan Habich engineer, mathematician
- Jozef Haller army lieutenant general, activist
- Stanislaw Haller politician, army general
- Marceli Handelsman historian, methodologist
- Nathan Handwerker founder Nathan's Famous hotdogs
- Adam Hanuszkiewicz actor, theater director
- Wojciech Jerzy Has film director, screenwriter, film producer
- Wladyslaw Hasior sculptor, painter, theater set designer
- Jozef Hecht engraver, printmaker
- Wladyslaw Heinrich historian
- Henry I the Bearded duke
- Henry II the Pious duke
- Zbigniew Herbert poet, essayist, playwright
- Roza Herman chess master
- Miroslaw Hermaszewski cosmonaut
- Johannes Hevelius astronomer
- Ludwik Hirszfeld microbiologist, serologist
- Marek Hlasko writer
- Jozef Maria Hoene-Wronski philosopher, mathematician
- Zdzislaw Hoffmann triple jumper
- Josef Hofmann pianist, composer
- Agnieszka Holland film director, screenwriter
- Gustaw Holoubek actor
- Krystyna Holuj-Radzikowska chess grandmaster
- Stanislaus Hosius legate, cardinal
- Tytus Maksymilian Huber engineer, scientist
- Bronislaw Huberman violinist
- Pawel Huelle writer
- Witold Hurewicz mathematician
- Slawomir Idziak cinematographer
- Leopold Infeld physicist
- Roman Ingarden philosopher
- Henryk Iwaniec mathematician
- Waclaw Iwaniuk poet, literary critic
- St. Jadwiga former Queen of Poland
- Stanislaw Janikowski diplomat
- Barbara Janiszewska athlete, Olympic medalist
- Zygmunt Janiszewski mathematician
- Henryk Jankowski priest
- Alicja Janosz singer
- Anna Jantar singer
- Stefan Jaracz actor, theater director
- Feliks Pawel Jarocki zoologist, entomologist
- Adam Jarzebski composer, violinist, poet
- Bruno Jasienski poet
- Jacek Jedruch nuclear engineer, historian
- Otylia Jedrzejczak swimmer, Olympic medalist
- Jadwiga Jedrzejowska tennis player
- John of Glogow polymath, philosopher
- Barbara Piasecka Johnson humanitarian, philanthropist
- John Jonston scholar, physician
- Henryk Jordan pioneer physical education, physician
- Max Judd chess master
- Reni Jusis singer, songwriter, record producer
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Land Area | 304,255 km2 |
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Water Area | 8,430 km2 |
Total Area | 312,685km2 (#69) |
Population | 38,523,261 (#34) |
Population Density | 126.62/km2 |
Government Type | Parliamentary Republic |
GDP (PPP) | $1,050.00 Billion |
GDP Per Capita | $27,700 |
Currency | Zloty (PLN) |
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