Joseph Conrad

Joseph Conrad

male, deceased (1924)
Joseph Conrad was a Polish-born novelist who spent most of his adult life in Britain. Some of his works have been labelled romantic: Conrad's...
Joseph Rotblat

Joseph Rotblat

male, deceased (2005)
Sir Joseph Rotblat, KCMG, CBE, FRS, (4 November, 1908 - 31 August, 2005) was a Polish-born British-naturalised physicist. His work on nuclear...
Olga Sosnovska

Olga Sosnovska

female, 37 years old
Olga Sosnovska (Sosnowska) (born May 21, 1972 in Warsaw) is a Polish-born UK/US-based actress. Olga is perhaps best known in America for her role...
Leo Baeck

Leo Baeck

male, deceased (1956)
Leo Baeck was an 20th century German-Polish-Jewish Rabbi, scholar, and a leader of Progressive Judaism. Baeck was born in Lissa (then in the Posen...
Andrzej Panufnik

Andrzej Panufnik

male, deceased (1991)
Sir Andrzej Panufnik (September 24, 1914 - October 27,1991) was a Polish composer, pianist, and conductor.
Zygmunt Bauman

Zygmunt Bauman

male, 84 years old
Zygmunt Bauman is a Polish-born sociologist who, since 1971, has resided in England after being driven there by an anti-Semitic purge organized by...
Krystyna Skarbek

Krystyna Skarbek

female, deceased (1952)
Krystyna Skarbek, G.M., O.B.E., Croix de guerre (1 May, 1915 - 15 June, 1952) was a Polish-born World War II British SOE agent also known by the...
Jacob Bronowski

Jacob Bronowski

male, deceased (1974)
Jacob Bronowski (January 18 1908, Łódź, Congress Poland, Russian Empire - August 22 1974, East Hampton, New York, USA) was an English-Polish mat...
Samuel Hartlib

Samuel Hartlib

male, deceased (1662)
Samuel Hartlieb (ca. 1600 - 1662), was a polymath - meaning an expert in many subjects. He was interested in science, medicine, agriculture,...
Hersch Lauterpacht

Hersch Lauterpacht

male, deceased (1960)
Sir Hersch Lauterpacht (16 August 1897, Zolkiew, Poland - 8 May 1960) was a member of the United Nations' International Law Commission from 1952 to...