Martha Stewart

Martha Stewart

female, 68 years old
entrepreneur, Business Person, homemaker, female, Magazine founder, insider trading…American, Polish-American
Martha’s public turnaround on fur began this spring, when she responded from jail to a letter from PETA Vice President Dan Mathews , explaining th...
Eddie Blazonczyk

Eddie Blazonczyk

male
Polish-American, The Versatones, Bel-Aire Records, Lucky Four Records, Another Polka Celebration, novelty songs
Eddie Blazonczyk is a polka musician and leader of the band The Versatones. Their album "Another Polka Celebration" won the 1986 Grammy in the...
Jan Karski

Jan Karski

male, deceased (2000)
resistance, extermination camps, Polish resistance, Warsaw University alumni, Jewish person, Educator…polish, Polish resistance fighter, American, Polish-American, Polish Government in Exile
Jan Karski, was a Polish World War II resistance fighter and scholar. He visited the Warsaw Ghetto after the summer 1942 deportations. Disguised as...
Matt Urban

Matt Urban

male, deceased (1995)
Cornell University, U. S. Army, Second Lieutenant, Reserve Officer Training Corps, Recipient of the Silver Star medal, See also…PolishAmerican, American military personnel of World War II, Polish heritage, Polish-American, American
Lieutenant Colonel Matt Louis Urban (August 25, 1919- March 4, 1995) was a U. S. Army officer who served with distinction in World War II. He was...
Daniel Libeskind

Daniel Libeskind

male, 63 years old
architect, Jewish Museum Berlin, Denver Art Museum, The Cooper Union alumni, Royal Ontario Museum, Jewish Museum…American, polish, Polish-American
Daniel Libsekind's architectural designs are endless juxtapositions. They honor the historical yet are unapologetically modern. Some view his work,...
Isaac Bashevis Singer

Isaac Bashevis Singer

male, deceased (1991)
nobel prize in literature, yiddish, death by stroke, Nobel laureate in Literature, Magic realism writer, American…polish, Jewish American, Polish-American
Isaac Bashevis Singer (November 21, 1902 (see notes below) – July 24, 1991) was a Nobel Prize-winning Polish born American writer of both short st...
Barbara Mikulski

Barbara Mikulski

female, 73 years old
BA, University of Maryland, MSW University of Maryland 1965, MSW University of Maryland, Mount St. Agnes College, living in Baltimore MD…Polish-American
Barbara Ann Mikulski (born July 20, 1936), a member of the Democratic Party, is the current Class III United States Senator representing the State...
Casimir Funk

Casimir Funk

male, deceased (1967)
Polish-American, naturalized citizen of the United States, Biochemist, polish, biochemistry, vital amines
Kazimierz Funk (February 23, 1884 - January 19, 1967), commonly anglicized as Casimir Funk, was a Polish biochemist, generally credited with the...
Edward Moskal

Edward Moskal

male, deceased (2005)
Roman Catholic, Polish-American, activist, American, from Chicago, PolishAmerican Congress…Polish National Alliance
Edward Moskal (May 21 1924 - March 22 2005) was the outspoken President of the Polish National Alliance and Polish American Congress.