1. Lukas Podolski (1985)

German Footballer

Forward who joined Arsenal in 2012 after playing for Bayern Munich and FC Koln. He was named FIFA World Cup Best Young Player in 2006 and helped Germany capture a...

2. Dieter Kottysch (1943)

Boxer

Light middleweight fighter who was a gold medalist at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich.

3. Grzegorz Tomala (1974)

Polish Footballer

Grzegorz Tomala is a Polish footballer who plays as a goalkeaper for Przyszlosc Rogow. Tomala made one appearance for the Poland national football team in 1999.

4. Thomas Sobotzik (1974)

German Footballer

Thomas Sobotzik is a German footballer from Polish part of Silesia who currently plays for 1. FC Oberstedten.

5. Bartosz Tarachulski (1975)

Polish Footballer

Bartosz Tarachulski is a Polish Professional footballer.

6. Ilse Stanley (1906)

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Ilse Stanley March 11 1906 – July 21 1970) was a German Jewish woman who with the collusion of a handful of people ranging from National Socialist German Workers' Party...

7. Gustav Neumann (1838)

German Chess Player

Gustav Richard Ludwig Neumann was a German chess master. Neumann was born in Gleiwitz in the Prussian Province of Silesia. In matches he lost to Louis Paulsen at Leipzig 1864...

8. Sebastian Boenisch (1987)

Polish Footballer

Sebastian Boenisch is a Polish footballer who plays as a left back for Bayer Leverkusen and the Polish national team

9. Lothar Bolz (Unknow)

German Politician

Lothar Bolz was an East German politician. From 1953 to 1965 he served as Minister of Foreign Affairs of East Germany.

10. Stefan Florenski (1933)

Polish Footballer

Stefan Józef Florenski is a retired Polish football player who played as a defender for both Górnik Zabrze and Poland. He was born in Gleiwitz Germany now Poland. His career...

11. Tomasz Cywka (1988)

Footballer

Tomasz Wojciech Cywka is a Polish footballer who plays for Barnsley as a midfielder.

12. Justine Ozga (1988)

German Tennis Player

Justine Ozga is a German tennis player. Ozga has won two singles and eight doubles titles on the ITF tour in her career. On 15 October 2007 she reached her...

13. Joachim Marx (1944)

Polish Footballer

Joachim Jerzy Marx is a retired Polish football striker. On the national level he played for Poland national team and was a participant at the 1972 Summer Olympics where his...

14. Jerzy Ziętek (1901)

Polish General And Politician

Jerzy Ziętek was a Polish politician and general. A Silesian Insurrectionist in his youth during the Second World War he joined the Polish armed forces in the USSR and later...

15. Marek Baraniecki (1954)

Polish Science Fiction Writer

Marek Baraniecki is a Polish science fiction writer and journalist. He graduated in environmental engineering. In 1985 he published a short story collection Głowa Kasandry and for a novel with...

16. Andrzej Buncol (1959)

Polish Footballer

Andrzej Bernard Buncol is a retired Polish football player. He played for clubs such as Ruch Chorzów Legia Warszawa FC Homburg Bayer Leverkusen and Fortuna Düsseldorf. He played for the...

17. Hans Kraus (Unknow)

Austrian Mountain Climber

Hans Kraus - physician physical therapist mountaineer and alpinist - was a pioneer of modern rock climbing as well as being one of the fathers of sports medicine and physical...

18. Tadeusz Kruszelnicki (1955)

Polish Tennis Player

Tadeusz Kruszelnicki is a professional wheelchair tennis player from Poland. Currently residing in Ziębice Kruszelnicki has been ranked as high as World Number 3 in singles on April 10 2006...

19. Rudolf Herrnstadt (Unknow)

German Politician

Rudolf Herrnstadt was a German journalist and communist politician – most notable for his anti-fascist activity as an exile from the National Socialist German Workers' Party German regime in the...

20. Rafael Kazior (1983)

German Footballer

Rafael Kazior is a German footballer of Polish origin currently playing for Holstein Kiel.

21. Adam Wiercioch (1980)

Polish Fencer

Adam Wiercioch is a Polish fencer who won a silver medal in Men's Team Épée at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing together with Tomasz Motyka Radosław Zawrotniak and Robert...

22. Maciej Szmatiuk (1980)

Polish Footballer

Maciej Szmatiuk is a Polish footballer who plays for Górnik Łęczna.

23. Jarosław Kaszowski (1978)

Polish Footballer

Jarosław Kaszowski is a Polish footballer who plays for Fortuna Gliwice.

24. Tomasz Borkowski (1978)

Actor

25. Klaudiusz Kaufmann (1978)

Actor

26. Adam Matuszczyk (1989)

Polish Footballer

Adam Matuszczyk is a Polish footballer who plays for 1. FC Köln and is a member of the Poland national team. Naturally a left midfielder he can also be deployed...

27. Paulina Ligocka (1984)

Polish Snowboarder

Paulina Ligocka is a Polish snowboarder. In March 2006 she finished second in the cumulative final standing of the World Cup in half-pipe. She was an Olympian at the 2006...

28. Julian Kornhauser (1946)

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Julian Kornhauser is a Polish poet and literary critic. He was born to a Jewish father and a Catholic mother, as a son of Jakub and Małgorzata Kornhauser. He...

29. Horst Bienek (1930)

German Writer

Horst Bienek was a German novelist and poet. Born in Gleiwitz Germany Bienek was forced to leave there in 1945 when Germans were expelled from Silesia. He resettled in the...

30. Damian Kallabis (1973)

Athletics (sport) Competitor

Damian Kallabis is a retired German runner who specialized in the 3000 metres steeplechase. In 1997 his personal best time was 8:37. 35 minutes. The next year he sensationally won...

31. Jacek Wiśniewski (1974)

Polish Footballer

Jacek Wiśniewski is a Polish former footballer. Born in Gliwice Wiśniewski began playing football with the youth side Walce Zabrze and trained as a boxer. He played professional football as...

32. Maggie Tomecka (1982)

American Soccer Player

Magdalena Janina Maggie Tomecka M. D. is a Polish American soccer midfielder currently playing for Boston Breakers of Women's Professional Soccer and is a former member of the United...