Historical Figures of

Poland

Mieszko I

The Prince of Poland that united lands of Poles and adopted christianity in 966.

It was the beginning of the Polish state.

Nicolas Copernicus

Nicolas Copernicus (1473 – 1543) the astronomer who formulated the first modern heliocentric theory of the solar system. His ‘ De revolutionibus orbitum coelestium’ is perceived as the starting point of modern astronomy.

Adam Mickiewicz The most well known

poet of Polish Romantism. He was engaged in political fights in XIX century f He created Polish Legions in Turkey. He died in Konstantynopol in 1855.

Maria Skłodowska- Curie Maria Skłodowska -

Curie (1867 – 1934) a famous chemist and phisician. She discovered radium and polonium. She was Nobel Prize Laurat in Phisics (1903) and in chemistry (1911). Sha was the first womam professor at Sorbona University.

Józef Piłsudski

Józef Piłsudski (1867 – 1935) – Polish soldier, politician and leader of Polish Army.

Commander of Polish Army in the Battle of Warsaw in 1920.

The Head of State after 1918.

Jan Paweł II

John Paul II (Karol Wojtyła) 1920 – 2005

Pope of Catholic Church in years 1978 – 2005

The best well known Pole in the world

Tadeusz Mazowiecki

Tadeusz Mazowiecki (1927 – 2013) – politician and publicist

The first Prime Minister after the fall of communism in 1989

Lech WałęsaLech Wałęsa (born in 1943)

Co – founder and leader of „The Solidarity” – the

first mass, independent trade union in communist states

Nobel Peace Prize Laureate in 1983

President of Poland in 1990 - 1995

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