1. Kurt Tank (1898)

German Aircraft Designer

German aircraft designer and test pilot who developed the Luftwaffe's World War II mainstay, the Focke-Wuld 190.

2. Tomasz Gollob (1971)

Polish Speedway Rider

Motorcycle speedway racer who was the 2010 individual World Champion.

3. Przemek Karnowski (1993)

Basketball Player

Center who became a college star while playing for the Gonzaga University Bulldogs, becoming the all-time career wins leader in NCAA Division I history. He was previously named the PLK Rookie of the Year...

4. Roma Gąsiorowska (1981)

Actor

Movie actress and fashion designer who played Sylwia in the movie Suicide Room in 2011. She has over 50,000 followers on her oma_gasiorowska Instagram account.

5. Zbigniew Boniek (1956)

Polish Footballer

Known as The Polish Pele, he spent time with Juventus and Roma and won bronze with the Polish team at the 1982 World Cup.

6. Patryk Dudek (1992)

Polish Speedway Rider

Motorcycle speedway racer who made a name for himself by winning the Polish U-21 Championship in 2009.

7. Mirosław Chmara (1964)

Athletics (sport) Competitor

Mirosław Chmara is a retired pole vaulter from Poland. His personal best jump of 5. 90 metres achieved in June 1988 in Villeneuve-d'Ascq. His personal best was also a Polish...

8. Karolina Adamczyk (1975)

Actress

Karolina Adamczyk is a Polish actress. She won the Pomeranian Artistic Award in 2000.

9. Vivian Schmitt (1978)

German Adult Film Actress

Vivian Schmitt formerly known as Anna B. is a German adult movie actress.

10. Hilde Zadek (1917)

German Operatic Soprano

Hilde Zadek is a German operatic soprano. After her hometown became Polish after World War I her parents moved to Stettin in 1920 where Zadek spent her youth; however as...

11. Barbara Połomska (1934)

Actor

12. Hermann Maaß (1897)

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Hermann Maaß was a German member of the Resistance against the National Socialist German Workers' Party régime.

13. Łukasz Michalski (1988)

Polish Pole Vaulter

Łukasz Michalski is a Polsh pole vaulter.

14. Grażyna Staszak-Makowska (1953)

Fencer

Grażyna Staszak-Makowska is a Polish fencer. She competed in the women's individual and team foil events at the 1976 Summer Olympics.

15. Grażyna Szapołowska (1953)

Polish Actor

Grażyna Szapołowska is a Polish film and theatre actress. After passing the baccalauréat she joined at Wroclaw Theatre of Pantomime. In 1977 she graduated from The Theatre Art School in...

16. Ewa Sowińska (1944)

Polish Politician

Ewa Sowińska is a Polish politician. She was elected to the Sejm on September 25 2005 getting 8536 votes in 9 Łódź district on the League of Polish Families party...

17. Wojciech Gutorski (1982)

Olympic Rower

jciech Gutorski is a Polish rower. He participated in three Olympic Games so far including the 2012 Summer Olympics in London where he competed in the Men's Pair event together...

18. Stefan Pastuszewski (1949)

Polish Politician

Stefan Marian Pastuszewski is a Polish poet journalist and politician former Member of Polish Sejm Vice-President of Bydgoszcz current Member of Bydgoszcz City Council who represents the 1st district. Between...

19. Łukasz Abgarowicz (1949)

Politician

Łukasz Maria Abgarowicz is a Polish politician. He was elected to Sejm on September 25 2005 getting 8239 votes in 16 Płock district candidating from Civic Platform list. He...

20. Anna Zielińska-Głębocka (1949)

Polish Politician

Anna Zielińska-Głębocka is a Polish politician. She was elected to the Sejm on September 25 2005 getting 3797 votes in 25 Gdańsk district candidating from the Civic Platform list.

21. Katarzyna Kulczak (1954)

Polish Canoeist

Katarzyna Maria Kulczak is a Polish sprint canoer who competed in the mid-1970s. She won a bronze medal in the K-2 500 m event at the 1975 ICF Canoe Sprint...

22. Maciej Świątkowski (1950)

Polish Politician

Maciej Świątkowski is a Polish politician. He was elected to Sejm on September 25 2005 getting 8780 votes in 4 Bydgoszcz district candidating from Civic Platform list. He was also...

23. Wojciech Mojzesowicz (1954)

Polish Politician

jciech Mojzesowicz is a Polish politician. He joined Poland Comes First when that party split from Law and Justice in 2010. He was a Member of Sejm. He was...

24. Jan Kulczyk (1950)

Polish Businessman

Jan Kulczyk is Poland´s richest oligarch. He is the founder and owner of Kulczyk Holding and international investment house Kulczyk Investments with headquarters in Luxembourg and offices in London Kiev...

25. Ryszard Kubiak (1950)

Rower

Ryszard Kubiak is a Polish rower who competed in the 1972 Summer Olympics in the 1976 Summer Olympics and in the 1980 Summer Olympics. He was born in Bydgoszcz. In...

26. Piotr Marek Król (1974)

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Piotr Marek Król is a Polish politician current Member of Bydgoszcz City Council who represents the 3rd district. On 12 November 2006 he was elected to Bydgoszcz City Council. He...

27. Jan Krzysztof Bielecki (1951)

Prime Minister Of Poland

Jan Krzysztof Bielecki is a Polish liberal politician and economist. A leading figure of the Gdańsk-based Liberal Democratic Congress in the early 1990s Bielecki served as Prime Minister of...

28. Rafał Bruski (1962)

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Rafał Piotr Bruski is a Polish politician who is a president of Bydgoszcz was a Voivode of Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship and a former Deputy-President of Bydgoszcz. Bruski working in Polskie Linie...

29. Andrzej Chrzanowski (1948)

Actor

30. Andrzej Malinowski (1947)

Actor

31. Sławomir Jeneralski (1961)

Polish Politician

Sławomir Jeneralski is a Polish journalist and politician. He was elected to Sejm on September 25 2005 getting 4. 343 votes in 4 Bydgoszcz district candidating from Democratic Left Alliance...

32. Daniel Wełna (1955)

Polish Canoeist

Daniel Zygmunt Wełna is a Polish sprint canoer who competed in the late 1970s and early 1980s. He won seven medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with two...

33. Jacek Bednarek (1944)

Athletics (sport) Competitor

Jacek Bednarek is a male former racewalker from Poland who represented his native country at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul South Korea. He set his personal best in the...

34. Grzegorz Schreiber (1961)

Polish Politician

Grzegorz Zenon Schreiber is a Polish politician who is a current Vice-Chairperson of Kuyavian-Pomeranian Regional Assembly. Between 1991 and 1993 he was Sejm member. He was Bydgoszcz City Councillors also....

35. Jan Rulewski (1944)

Polish Politician

Jan Rulewski is a Polish politician activist of Solidarity; a Member of the Polish Sejm and a Senator. He was in charge of the Bydgoszcz region of Solidarity.

36. Marian Sypniewski (1955)

Polish Fencer

Marian Sypniewski is a Polish fencer. He won bronze medals in the team foil events at the 1980 and 1992 Summer Olympics.

37. Mieczysław Wachowski (1950)

Polish Politician

Mieczysław Wachowski is a Polish politician. He was a minister of state and close friend and aide of Lech Wałęsa. He was rumoured to be a Secret Police officer.

38. Jarosław Kaniecki (1967)

Polish Sprinter

Jarosław Kaniecki is a retired Polish sprinter who specialized in the 200 metres. He finished sixth at the 1988 World Junior Championships and reached the quarter-final at the 1991 World...

39. Stefan Majewski (1956)

Polish Footballer

Stefan Majewski is a retired Polish footballer and football manager who was the interim manager of the Polish national team.

40. Mariusz Klimczyk (1956)

Polish Pole Vaulter

Mariusz Klimczyk is a retired pole vaulter from Poland.

41. Mariusz Kazana (1960)

Polish Politician

Mariusz Kazana was a Polish diplomat and political figure. Kazana was born in Bydgoszcz. He served as Director of Diplomatic Protocol in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs until his death...

42. Julian Borchardt (1868)

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Julian Borchardt was a socialist activist and participant in the Zimmerwald Left. Borchardt was born in Bromberg Prussia in 1868. He became a socialist journalist and writer serving as editor...

43. Witold Hatka (1939)

Member Of The Sejm Of The Republ

Hatka was a Polish politician who was a Member of the Sejm of the Republic of Poland twice. He was reelected to the Sejm on September 25 2005 getting 5856...

44. Grażyna Wojcieszko (1957)

Poet

Grażyna Wojcieszko is a Polish poet author of collections: W oczekiwaniu Karuzela Les abattoirs de Bruxelles and Sen o Tramwaju.

45. Andrzej Walkowiak (1961)

Polish Politician

Andrzej Walkowiak is a Polish politician and journalist. He is a member of the Sejm for Poland Comes First having been a member for Law and Justice from 2005 to...

46. Romuald Kosieniak (1957)

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Romuald Kosieniak is a former Polish politician who was a 2nd Voivode of Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship and Vice-Starosta of Bydgoszcz County. He graduated AGH University of Science and Technology and Nicolaus...

47. Adam Kardasz (1983)

Professional Footballer

Adam Kardasz is a Polish footballer playing in the 2006 for Unia Janikowo. However in the winter break 2006/2007 he was released free from this club.

48. Jacek Gollob (1969)

Polish Speedway Rider

Jacek Gollob is a Polish motorcycle speedway rider who has twice won the individual Polish Championship and has also won the team and pairs championships several times. For his sport...

49. Katarzyna Radtke (1969)

Athletics (sport) Competitor

Katarzyna Radtke née Schewe is a retired Polish race walker.

50. Paweł Olszewski (1979)

Polish Politician

Paweł Bartosz Olszewski is a Polish economist and politician Bydgoszcz City Councillor Member of Sejm.