Andrzej Munk

Andrzej Munk

male, deceased (1961)
Polska Kronika Filmowa Kasprowy Wierch film director polish krakow warsaw uprising … Warsaw University Warsaw University of Technology
Andrzej Munk was a Polish film director, screenplay writer and camera operator and was one of the most influential artists of the Polish Film... More
Krzysztof Zanussi

Krzysztof Zanussi

male, 69 years old
Roman Catholic David di Donatello Prize Accademia del Cinema Italiano Saas-Fee European Graduate School Silesian University … Warsaw University
Krzysztof Zanussi is a Polish producer and film director. He is a professor of European film at the European Graduate School in Saas-Fee,... More

Jan T. Gross

male, 60 years old
Kielce pogrom Warsaw University alumni pole historian Neighbors Polish Jewish … Warsaw University
Jan Tomasz Gross (born December 8, 1947 in Warsaw)- an American historian of Polish Jewish origin. He is the Norman B. Tomlinson '16 and '48... More
Julian Tuwim

Julian Tuwim

male, deceased (1953)
tovim hebrew Congress Poland Russian Empire Surname Warsaw University alumni … Warsaw University
Julian Tuwim (the surname comes from the Hebrew "טובים," "tovim"," "good"; September 13, 1894 – December 27, 1953) was a Jewish-Polish poet born in... More
Agnieszka Graff

Agnieszka Graff

female, 38 years old
Oxford University Manifa Bernard Osser World without women Literatura na Świecie Porozumienie Kobiet 8 Marca … Warsaw University
Agnieszka Graff (born October 1 1970), is a Polish writer, translator, publicist, feminist and women's and human rights activist. She graduated... More
Yitzhak Shamir

Yitzhak Shamir

male, 93 years old (Israel)
Former Member of the Knesset Warsaw University alumni politician Member of the Knesset Civil Servant Revisionist Zionist … Warsaw University
Shamir first described a meeting he had recently had with a Vermont-based psychoanalyst, the nephew of Israel's first Prime Minister, David... More

Krzysztof Kamil Baczyński

male, deceased (1944)
Warsaw University alumni Związek Harcerstwa Polskiego writer polish language polish warsaw uprising … Warsaw University
Krzysztof Kamil Baczyński - Polish poet and Home Army soldier. Baczyński was born in Warsaw in the family of renowned literary critic Stanisław Bac... More
Jan Brzechwa

Jan Brzechwa

male, deceased (1966)
Jan Wiktor Lesman Polish family of Jewish descent Polish Jew Polish-Soviet War Polish literature polish language … Warsaw University
Jan Brzechwa, real name Jan Wiktor Lesman (August 15, 1898 - July 2, 1966) was a Polish poet and author, mostly known for his contribution to... More

Jacek Kuroń

male, deceased (2004)
historian Member of Polish Sejm 1991-1993 Member of Polish Sejm 1993-1997 Member of Polish Sejm 1997-2001 atheist Solidarity activist … Warsaw University alumni Warsaw University of Technology Warsaw University
Jacek Jan Kuroń was a Polish historian, dissident and opposition leader with the Solidarity movement. During his political career he was well k... More

Bohdan Paczyński

male, deceased (2007)
Princeton University faculty Nicolaus Copernicus University Torun Warsaw University alumni vilnius Wilno … Warsaw University
Bohdan Paczyński or Bohdan Paczynski was a Polish astronomer, a leading scientist in theory of the evolution of stars. Paczyński was born in Vi... More