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Polish Nobel Prize Winners
ZADUSZKI
All Souls Day
Millions of candles in cemeteries across Poland
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Famous Poles & Polish-Americans
Past & Present
Religious
Pope John Paul II
Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski
Saint Stanislaus
Saint Stanislaus Kostka
Saint Hyacinth
Saint Raphael Kalinowski
Father Jerzy Popieluszko - Solidarity's Priest
Fr. Maximilian Kolbe - A Modern Day Saint
Music
Frederick
Chopin
Patricia Andrzejewski is Pat Benatar
Leopold Stokowski - Conductor
Arthur Rubinstein - Virtuoso Pianist
Ignacy Paderewski - Musician and Poland's Greatest Statesman
Gene Krupa - Most influential drummer
Ray Manzarek - Brains behind the Doors
Mitch Ryder - The Detroit Wheels
Bobby Vinton - Singer
Johnny Rzeznik - Lead singer Goo Goo Dolls
Bogdan_Raczynski - Brain Dance Artist
Byron Janis - One of greatest 20th Century pianists
AdamDutkiewicz - Lead guitarist for Kill Switch Engage
Also see our music page for other links.
Scientific - Technical
Copernicus - Stopped the Sun, Moved the Earth
Jan Heweliusz - First to map the Moon
Maria Sklodowska-Curie - First Woman Ever to win Nobel Prize
Stephen Wozniak - Invented Apple Computer
Albert Sabin - Oral Polio Vaccine
Modjeski - "America's greatest bridge builder"
Casimir Funk - Discovered Vitamins
Paul Baran - Internet & ATM technologies
Gertrude Blanch - Human Computers, Manhattan Project
Karol J. Bobko - NASA astronaut
James Kazimierz Gimzewski - Nano technology
Charles Thomas Kowal - Astronomer
Stephanie Kwolek - Invented Kevlar - Spandex
Benoit Mandelbrot - Fractal Math
For a psychedelic example Click here
Jacob Bronowski - Ethics of Science
Tadeusz Wazewski - Underground Professor WWII
Alfred Tarski - Logic & Truth
Jan Lukasiewicz - Polish Notation, How Computers do Math
See also Reverse Polish Notation
Zygmunt Janiszewski - Blueprint for Polish Mathematics
Polish Mathematical Society - The World's Best Mathematicians
Patriots & Military
Casimir Pulaski - Father of the American Cavalry
Thaddeus Kosciuszko - Father of American Military Engineering
Francis S. Gabreski - America's Greatest Flying Ace
Matt Urban - Greatest Soldier in American History
Philip Streczyk - WWII Unsung Hero
John M. Shalikashvili - Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff
Michael Chertoff - Homeland Security Czar
Wlodzimierz Krzyzanowski - Civil War General, Adm. Alaska
Donald J. Kutyna - Space Command
Jozef Pilsudski - Put Poland Back on the Map
Jozef Pilsudski - Short Version
Józef Sowinski - General 1830 Uprising
Hyman G. Rickover - Father U.S. Nuclear Navy
Ignacy Paderewski - Musician and Poland's Greatest Statesman
Political
Barry Goldwater - U.S. Senator - Presidential Candidate
Zbigniew Brzezinski - National Security Advisor
Edmund Muskie - U.S. Senator - Vice Pres. Candidate
Lisa Murkowski - Senator (R-Alaska)
Barbara Milulski - Senator (D-Maryland)
Wlodzimierz Bonawentura Krzyzanowski - Governor of 4 States
Extraordinary Heroes
Jan Karski - Double O Siedem
Ryszard Jerzy Kuklinski - Cold War Spy
Business
Max Factor - Cosmetics
Antoni Patek - Watchmaker
Cliff Bleszinski - Computer Games
MORE THAN 300 STILL TO COME & MUCH TO ORGANIZE
Arts & Humanities
Chloe Sevigny - Upcoming Actress NEW
[Cloe Sevigny interview]
Magdalena Wróbel - Super Model
Helena Modjeska - Stage Actress Extraordinaire
Pola Negri - Silent Film Icon [Short Movie Clip]
Gloria Swanson - Silver Screen Icon
Lauren Bacall - Silver Screen Icon [Movie Clip]
Carroll Baker - Actress
Lilli Palmer - Silver Screen Icon
Stephanie Powers - Actress
Sandra Dee - Actress
[Movie Clip]
Peter Falk - Actor
Adrien Brody - Actor
Ted Knight - Actor
[Tribute]
Loretta_Swit - Actress
Charles Bronson
Jack Palance - Actor
[Academy Award Clip]
Charles Bronson - Actor
Sid Caesar - Comic - Actor
Estelle Getty - Actress
Harvey Keitel - Actor [Clip]
Nastassja Kinski - Actress
Piper Laurie - Actress
Rula Lenska - Actress
W.T. Benda - Illustrator
Erica Jong - Writer
Arthur Miller - Playright
Martha Stewart - Domestic Goddess
Pat Sajak - Wheel of Fortune Host
Janice Dickinson - Super Model
Jerzy Kosinski - Writer
Joseph Conrad - One of England's Greatest Writers
Miriam Rambach - Founder of British Ballet
Roman Polanski - Film Director
Korczak Ziolkowski - Crazy Horse Monument
Reva Brooks - Photographer
Sports
Stan Musial - Baseball Hall of Famer
Carl Yastrzemski - Baseball Hall of Famer
Killer Kowalski - Wrestler
Toledo Polonians
Mary B. Krochmalny's Page
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