The most famous people from Poland:
- Karol Wojtyła, the pope John Paul II, the most famous Pole ever
- Lech Wałęsa, the leader of Solidarity movement, the first President of current, independent Poland
- Zbigniew Brzeziński, the national security advisor to the president of the USA- Jimmy Carter
- King Jan III Sobieski, an outstanding military commander from 17th century, the winner of battle of Vienna
- Adam Mickiewicz, the greatest Polish poet of the romantic era
- Henryk Sienkiewicz, the Polish novelist, winner of the Nobel Prize for the literature (his most famous work was "Quo Vadis")
- Ryszard Kapuściński - the most famous Polish reporter
- Fryderyk Chopin, the most famous Polish composer
- Mikołaj Kopernik (Nicolaus Copernicus), the founder of modern astronomy
- Maria Curie-Skłodowska, scientist of nuclear physics, a winner of the Nobel Prize for the discovery of radium and second time for research in chemistry
- Ludwik Zamenhoff, the inventor of the universal language Esperanto
- Zbigniew Boniek, the famous Polish football player, playing for Italian football teams
- Robert Kubica, the Polish F1 driver
- Adam Małysz, the Polish ski jumper
- Robert Lewandowski, the famous Polish football player, playing for German football teams
- Roman Polański, the most famous Polish Director and an Oscar winner
- Adam Wajda, the famous Polish Director, awarded with a special Oscar for lifetime achievement
Poland is also very famous worldwide for:
Kraków (Cracow) Royal City- the historical Polish Capital, the Top European Tourism Destination in 2014, especially famous for the Old Town with its Main Market and Royal Castle - Wawel
The Old Town and Royal Castle in Warsaw city (the capitol of Poland)
The Old Town and its Main Market in Wrocław city
The Old Town in Gdańsk city
The Old Town in Toruń town (the town of astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus)