1. Franz Waxman (1906)

German Film Composer

First composer to win the Academy Award two years in a row, for "Sunset Boulevard" from 1950 and "A Place in the Sun" from 1951.

2. Monika Hojnisz (1991)

Polish Biathlete

Monika Hojnisz is a Polish biathlete. She competes in the Biathlon World Cup. Hojnisz has won a bronze medal at the Biathlon World Championships 2013.

3. Marek Kubisz (1974)

Polish Footballer

Marek Kubisz is a Polish footballer who is currently playing in Szombierki Bytom.

4. Agnieszka Dygacz (1985)

Olympic Race Walker

Agnieszka Dygacz is a Polish race walker. She competed in the 20 km kilometres event at the 2012 Summer Olympics.

5. Violetta Kołakowska (1977)

Actor

6. Andrzej Lampert (1981)

Polish Singer

Andrzej Lampert is a Polish singer. In 1997 Lampert appeared on the popular Polish show Szansa na sukces. A year later he formed the short-lived boy band Boom Box. In...

7. Paul Mross (Unknow)

Polish-german Chess Player

Paul Mross – 17 January 1991 Düsseldorf) was a Polish–German chess master.

8. Bohdan Gonsior (1937)

Polish Fencer

Bohdan Gonsior is a Polish fencer. He won a bronze medal in the team épée event at the 1968 Summer Olympics.

9. Eugeniusz Faber (1939)

Polish Footballer

Eugeniusz Faber is a former Polish football player.

10. Hanna Schygulla (1943)

Actress

Hanna Schygulla is a German actress and chanson singer. Long associated with the theater and film director Rainer Werner Fassbinder for whom Schygulla first worked in 1965 she is generally...

11. Robert Chwastek (1988)

Polish Footballer

Robert Chwastek is a Polish midfielder who is currently a free agent having last played for Ruch Chorzów.

12. Marcin Dylla (1976)

Polish Guitarist

Marcin Dylla is a Polish classical guitarist. He was born on June 6 1976 in Chorzów. Between 1995 - 2000 he studied at the State Academy of Music in Katowice...

13. Henryk Wieczorek (1949)

Polish Footballer

Henryk Piotr Wieczorek is a retired Polish football player. He played for a few clubs including ROW Rybnik Górnik Zabrze and AJ Auxerre in France. He played for the Polish...

14. Marceli Wiech (1954)

Fencer

Marceli Wiech is a Polish fencer. He competed in the individual and team épée events at the 1976 Summer Olympics.

15. Marek Czarnecki (1959)

Polish Politician

Marek Aleksander Czarnecki is a Polish politician andMember of the European Parliament for the Masovian Voivodshipwith the Self-Defenseand is therefore a Non-Inscrit in the European Parliament. Czarnecki sits on its...

16. Piotr Nowina-Konopka (1949)

Polish Academic And Politician

Piotr Nowina-Konopka is a Polish academic and politician.

17. Ryszard Riedel (1956)

One Of The Greatest Ever Polish

Ryszard Henryk Riedel – was the original lead singer of blues-rock band Dżem. He is often regarded as one of the most popular and well known Polish vocalist along with...

18. Janusz Jojko (1960)

Polish Footballer

Janusz Jojko is a retired Polish professional footballer who played for Ruch Chorzów GKS Katowice and KSZO Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski in the Polish Ekstraklasa.

19. Gerhard Wagner (Admiral) (1898)

German Admiral

Gerhard Wagner was a German naval officer and the last Rear Admiral of the Federal Navy.

20. Tomasz Balul (1983)

Polish Footballer

Tomasz Balul is a Polish footballer who currently plays for Zagłębie Sosnowiec.

21. Antoni Piechniczek (1942)

Polish Footballer

Antoni Piechniczek is a retired Polish football player and a football manager. Since 2007 he is a Polish senator.

22. Szymon Kapias (1984)

Polish Footballer

Szymon Kapias is a Polish footballer who plays for Rozwój Katowice as a defender.

23. Wojciech Kuczok (1972)

Polish Writer

jciech Kuczok - Polish novelist poet and screenwriter. His novel Gnój won the prestigious Nike Award in 2004. The book was filmed as Pręgi with his script and the movie...

24. Adam Taubitz (1967)

Jazz Musician

Adam Taubitz is a German jazz and classic musician violinist trumpeter guitarist bandleader and composer. From 1997 he was Principal 2nd Violinist in the Berlin Philharmonic under Claudio Abbado. He...

25. Wojciech Kowalski (Unknow)

Tennis Player

jciech Wojtek Kowalski is a former tennis player from Poland who represented his native country as a qualifier at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul. There he was defeated in...