Stefan Banach

Stefan Banach

male, deceased (1945)
linear space, Hahn–Banach theorem, Banach-Steinhaus theorem, mathematical, child prodigy, linear…From Krakow, FromLviv
Stefan Banach was an eminent Polish mathematician and university professor. A self-taught mathematical prodigy, Banach was a founder of functional...

Marian Jaworski

male, 83 years old
Marian Cardinal Jaworski, John Paul II, Cardinal Priest, Lwow, Cardinal elector in Papal conclave, 2005, Papal conclave, 2005…FromLviv, lviv
Marian Cardinal Jaworski is a Cardinal Priest and Archbishop of Lviv of the Latins in the Roman Catholic Church. Born as son of Wincenty and...
Andrey Sheptytsky

Andrey Sheptytsky

male, deceased (1944)
Ukrainian Greek Catholic bishop, Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church primates, Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, ukrainian, Austrian, world war…FromLviv
Metropolitan Andrey Sheptytsky (July 29, 1865-November 1, 1944) was the Metropolitan Archbishop of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church from 1901...
Hugo Steinhaus

Hugo Steinhaus

male, deceased (1972)
Jewish, mathematician, Educator, Polish Academy of Sciences, polish, Władysław Hugo Dionizy Steinhaus…FromLviv
Władysław Hugo Dionizy Steinhaus was a Polish mathematician and educator.
Kazimierz Bartel

Kazimierz Bartel

male, deceased (1941)
death by firearm in Russia, politician, World War I, Recipient of Virtuti Militari, polish, Prime Minister of Poland…FromLviv, Lviv Polytechnic
Kazimierz Bartel was a Polish mathematician and politician who served as Prime Minister of Poland from 1926 to 1930. He was born in Lemberg (Lwów, i...
Stanislaw Ulam

Stanislaw Ulam

male, deceased (1984)
University of Florida, scientist, Harvard University faculty, Jewish American, Jewish person, Polish-American…FromLviv
Stanisław Marcin Ulam was a Polish-born American mathematician who participated in the Manhattan Project and proposed the Teller–Ulam design of the...
Rudolf Weigl

Rudolf Weigl

male, deceased (1957)
World War II, Weigl Institute, Rudolf Stefan Weigl, Biologist, inventor, Přerov…FromLviv
Professor Rudolf Stefan Weigl was a famous Polish biologist and inventor of the first effective vaccine for epidemic typhus. Born in Přerov, M...

Stanisław Lem

male, deceased (2006)
Futurologist, philosophy, polish, atheist, science fiction, satirist…FromLviv, death from cardiovascular disease
Stanisław Lem was a Polish science fiction, philosophical and satirical writer. His books have been translated into 41 languages and have sold o...
Zbigniew Herbert

Zbigniew Herbert

male, deceased (1998)
poet, World War II, polish, Polish resistance fighter, Essayist, FromLviv
Zbigniew Herbert was an influential Polish poet, essayist and moralist. A member of the Polish resistance movement during World War II, he is one...
Juliusz Schauder

Juliusz Schauder

male, deceased (1943)
Jewish, mathematician, World War I, polish, hilbert space, Jewish person…FromLviv
Juliusz Paweł Schauder was a Polish mathematician of Jewish origin, known for his work in functional analysis, partial differential equation and m...