Bielsko-Biała, Silesia

1. Artur Schnabel (1882)

Austrian Classical Pianist And C

Classical pianist who acquired the title, "the man who invented Beethoven," for his interpretations of the legendary composer's works.

2. Aneta Sablik (1989)

Pop Singer

Pop singer and songwriter who rose to fame after competing on and winning the 11th season of Germany Seeks The Superstar. Her debut single "The One" would go on to...

3. Karl Wolf (1979)

Canadian Musician

Singer-songwriter and producer who released a hit cover of Toto's "Africa" and three singles from his album Face Behind the Face in 2006. 

4. Jacek Koman (1956)

Actor

Television actor who is best recognized for his role as Dawid in The Woods. He has also appeared in The Disappearance, Tidelands, and Jack Irish. 

5. Stanisław Pięta (1971)

Polish Politician

Stanisław Pięta is a Polish politician. He was elected to the Sejm on September 25 2005 getting 7240 votes in 27 Bielsko-Biała district candidating from the Law and Justice list....

6. Gerda Weissmann Klein (1924)

Concentration Camp Survivor

Gerda Weissmann is a Polish-born American writer and human rights activist. Her autobiographical account of the Holocaust All but My Life was adapted for the 1995 short film One Survivor...

7. Jakub Wolny (1995)

Polish Ski Jumper

Jakub Wolny is a Polish ski jumper a member of youth Polish ski jumping team. He has two gold medals of World Junior Championship 2014 - individual and with team.

8. Piotr Fijas (1958)

Polish Ski Jumper

Piotr Fijas was a Polish ski jumper who competed from 1979 to 1988. He won a bronze medal at the FIS Ski-Flying World Championships 1979 in Planica Yugoslavia. Fijas also...

9. Jan Kotrč (1862)

Czech Chess Master

Jan Kotrč was a Czech chess master. Born in Bielsko he was an editor of chess magazines Šach-Mat České listy šachové in Prague and Arbeiter Schachzeitung in the 1920s-1930s in...

10. Mariusz Sacha (1987)

Polish Footballer

Mariusz Marcin Sacha is a Polish footballer who plays for Polonia Bytom.

11. Helena Macher (1937)

Polish Luger

Helena Macher is a Polish luger who competed in the late 1960s.

12. Teresa Dobija (1982)

Polish Long Jumper

Teresa Dobija is a Polish athlete specialising in the long jump. She competed at the 2009 World Championships placing tenth in the final. She has personal bests of 6. 78...

13. Anna Guzik (1976)

Polish Actor

Anna Guzik is a Polish actress.

14. Grażyna Staniszewska (1949)

Polish Politician

Grażyna Ewa Staniszewska is a Polish politician and Member of the European Parliament for the Silesian Voivodeship with the Freedom Union part of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for...

15. Ryszard Bogusz (1951)

Polish Clergy

Ryszard Bogusz is a Lutheran theologian and bishop of the diocese Wroclaw of the Evangelical Augsburg Church in Poland. On 1976 he entered his vicar in the parish Church Opatrzności...

16. Tomasz Porębski (1980)

Polish Rally Driver

Tomasz Porębski is a Polish rally driver. He competes in Polish Rally Championships in Citroen C2R2 Max and is a current Champion in classes A6 and R2B. He has also...

17. Stanisław Szwed (1955)

Polish Politician

Stanisław Szwed is a Polish politician. He was elected to the Sejm on September 25 2005 getting 10 006 votes in 27 Bielsko-Biała district candidating from the Law and Justice...

18. Halina Biegun (1955)

Polish Luger

Halina Biegun is a Polish luger who competed during the late 1970s. She won the bronze medal in the women's singles event at the 1976 FIL European Luge Championships in...

19. Zbigniew Preisner (1955)

Composer

Zbigniew Preisner is a Polish film score composer best known for his work with film director Krzysztof Kieślowski.

20. Mariusz Handzlik (1965)

unknow

Mariusz Handzlik was a Polish diplomat the Undersecretary of State in the Office of the President of the Republic of Poland and since October 2008 in charge of foreign policy....

21. Małgorzata Handzlik (1965)

Polish Politician

Małgorzata Handzlik is a member of the European Parliament. She was elected in 2004 by the Polish people as a candidate of Civic Platform. She learned Esperanto in the 1980s...

22. Zbigniew Pietrzykowski (1934)

Polish Boxer

Zbigniew Pietrzykowski is a retired Polish boxer. Three times he took part in the Olympic Games every time winning a medal. He won a bronze medal at Melbourne 1956 in...

23. Paweł Finder (1904)

Polish Politician

Paweł Finder was a Polish-Jewish Communist leader and First Secretary of the Polish Workers' Party from 1943 to 1944. Finder came from an affluent Jewish shopkeeping family in Bielsko-Biała where...

24. Rafał Muchacki (1955)

Polish Politician

Rafał Muchacki is a Polish politician. He was elected to the Sejm on September 25 2005 getting 12015 votes in 27 Bielsko-Biała district candidating from the Civic Platform list.

25. Damian Byrtek (1991)

Polish Footballer

Damian Byrtek is a Polish footballer who plays for Raków Częstochowa.

26. Emil Zegadłowicz (1888)

Polish Writer

Emil Zegadłowicz was a Polish poet prose writer novelist playwright translator expert of art; co-originator of Polish expressionism member of expressionists' group Zdrój co-founder of group Czartak.

27. Johannes Volkelt (Unknow)

German Philosopher

Johannes Immanuel Volkelt ; died 8 May 1930 in Leipzig) was a German philosopher.

28. Adam Olech (Unknow)

Crew

29. Sabina Wojtala (1981)

Polish Figure Skater

Sabina Wojtala is Polish figure skater. Wojtala started skating at the age of 5. Around the age of 14 she briefly competed as a pair skater with Janusz Komendera but...

30. Renata Przemyk (1966)

Polish Singer

Renata Przemyk is a Polish singer and song writer. In Bielsko-Biała she attended primary and secondary school. She enjoyed her childhood together with her parents grandmother and brothers.

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