The following is a list of notable people who were born, studied, lived or died in Warsaw.
Art and literature
- Nathan Alterman (1910âÂÂ1970), Israeli poet, playwright, journalist, and translator, born in Warsaw
- PaweÃ
 Althamer (born 1967), contemporary sculptor, performer and video artist, born and lives in Warsaw, studied at the Warsaw Academy of Fine Arts
- Concordia Antarova (1886âÂÂ1959), contralto singer, born in Warsaw
- MirosÃ
Âaw BaÃ
Âka (born 1958), contemporary sculptor and video artist, born live in Warsaw, studied at the Warsaw Academy of Fine Arts
- Bernardo Bellotto (1721âÂÂ1780), landscape painter, lived and died in Warsaw
- Mikalojus Konstantinas ÃÂiurlionis (1875âÂÂ1911), Lithuanian composer and painter, studied at the Warsaw Academy of Fine Arts and at the Warsaw Conservatory
- Frédéric Chopin (1810âÂÂ1849), composer and pianist of the Romantic period, lived in Warsaw and studied at the Warsaw Conservatory
- Xawery Dunikowski (1875âÂÂ1964), sculptor, professor of the Warsaw Academy of Fine Arts
- Józef Pius DziekoÃ
Âski (1844âÂÂ1924), architect, dean of the Architecture Department at the Warsaw University of Technology
- Wojciech Fangor (1922âÂÂ2015), painter, graphic artist, sculptor, born and lived in Warsaw, studied at the Warsaw Academy of Fine Arts
- Michel Foucault (1926âÂÂ1984), French philosopher, in the years 1958âÂÂ1959 first director of the University of Warsaw's Centre Français
- Tylman van Gameren (1632âÂÂc. 1706), Dutch-Polish architect, lived in Warsaw
- Wojciech Gerson (1831âÂÂ1901), painter, born and lived in Warsaw, studied at the Warsaw Academy of Fine Arts
- Aleksander Gierymski (1850âÂÂ1901), painter, born in Warsaw
- Maksymilian Gierymski (1846âÂÂ1874), painter, born in Warsaw
- Samuel Goldwyn (1879 or 1882âÂÂ1974), American film producer, born in Warsaw
- Witold Gombrowicz (1904âÂÂ1969), writer and dramatist, lived in Warsaw and studied at the University of Warsaw
- Zbigniew Herbert (1924âÂÂ1998), poet, essayist, drama writer and moralist, lived in Warsaw and studied at the University of Warsaw
- Agnieszka Holland (born 1948), director and screenwriter, born in Warsaw
- JarosÃ
Âaw Iwaszkiewicz (1894âÂÂ1980), writer, poet, essayist, dramatist and translator, lived in Warsaw
- Johann Christian Kammsetzer (1753âÂÂ1795), Saxon-Polish architect, lived in Warsaw
- Jan Kiepura (1902âÂÂ1966), singer and actor, studied at the University of Warsaw
- Stefan KuryÃ
Âowicz (1949âÂÂ2011), architect, born and lived in Warsaw and studied at the Warsaw University of Technology
- Marian Lalewicz (1876âÂÂ1944), architect, dean of the Architecture Department and rector at the Warsaw University of Technology
- Tamara de Lempicka (1898âÂÂ1980), painter, born in Warsaw
- Witold LutosÃ
Âawski (1913âÂÂ1994), composer and conductor, born and lived in Warsaw, studied at the University of Warsaw
- Osip Mandelstam (1891âÂÂ1938), Russian and Soviet poet, born in Warsaw
- Domenico Merlini (1730âÂÂ1797), Italian-Polish architect, lived in Warsaw
- StanisÃ
Âaw Moniuszko (1819âÂÂ1872), composer, "the father of Polish national opera", lived and stuedied in Warsaw
- Pola Negri (1897âÂÂ1987), stage and film actress and singer, lived and made her theatrical debut in Warsaw
- Ignacy Jan Paderewski (1860âÂÂ1941), pianist, composer and Prime Minister of Poland in 1919, studied at the Warsaw Conservatory
- PaweÃ
 Pawlikowski (born 1957), director, born in Warsaw
- Isaac Leib Peretz (1852âÂÂ1915), Yiddish-language writer, lived in Warsaw
- Bohdan Pniewski (1897âÂÂ1965), architect, born and lived in Warsaw and studied at the Warsaw University of Technology
- WÃ
ÂadysÃ
Âaw PodkowiÃ
Âski (1866âÂÂ1895), painter and illustrator, born and lived in Warsaw, studied at the Warsaw Academy of Fine Arts
- Ewa PodleÃ
 (1952âÂÂ2024), contralto opera and recital singer.
- BolesÃ
Âaw Prus (1847âÂÂ1912), novelist, lived in Warsaw and studied at the University of Warsaw
- WÃ
ÂadysÃ
Âaw Reymont (1867âÂÂ1925), novelist and recipient of the Nobel Prize for Literature, lived in Warsaw
- Henryk Sienkiewicz (1846âÂÂ1919), writer and recipient of the Nobel Prize for Literature, lived in Warsaw and studied at the University of Warsaw
- Isaac Bashevis Singer (1903âÂÂ1991), Yiddish-language writer and recipient of the Nobel Prize for Literature, lived in Warsaw
- Henryk StaÃ
¼ewski (1894âÂÂ1998), painter, representant of constructivism and geometric abstraction, born and lived in Warsaw, studied at the Warsaw Academy of Fine Arts
- WÃ
ÂadysÃ
Âaw Szpilman (1911âÂÂ2000), pianist and classical composer, lived in Warsaw and studied at the Chopin Academy of Music
- Karol Szymanowski (1882âÂÂ1937), composer and pianist, lived in Warsaw and studied at the Warsaw Conservatory
- WacÃ
Âaw Szymanowski (1859âÂÂ1930), sculptor, born in Warsaw
- Olga Tokarczuk (born 1962), writer and recipient of the Nobel Prize for Literature, studied at the University of Warsaw
- Julian Tuwim (1894âÂÂ1953), poet, studied at the University of Warsaw
- Moshe Wilensky (1910âÂÂ1997), Israeli composer, lyricist, and pianist, born in Warsaw and studied at the Warsaw Conservatory
- StanisÃ
Âaw Ignacy Witkiewicz (1885âÂÂ1939), writer, painter, philosopher, theorist, playwright, novelist, and photographer, born in Warsaw
- Szymon BogumiÃ
 Zug (1733âÂÂ1807), Saxon-Polish architect, lived in Warsaw
- Stefan Ã
»eromski (1864âÂÂ1925), novelist and dramatist, lived and studied in Warsaw
Politicians
- Mordechai Anielewicz (1919âÂÂ1943), leader of the Jewish Fighting Organization during the Warsaw Ghetto uprising
- Menachem Begin (1913âÂÂ1992), sixth Prime Minister of Israel and recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize, studied at the University of Warsaw
- BolesÃ
Âaw Bierut (1892âÂÂ1956), first General Secretary of the Polish United Workers' Party and President of Poland from 1947 to 1952, lived in Warsaw and attended courses at the Warsaw School of Economics
- Dawid Ben-Gurion (1886âÂÂ1973), first Prime Minister of Israel, studied at the University of Warsaw
- WÃ
Âodzimierz Cimoszewicz (born 1950), Prime Minister of Poland from 1996 to 1997, born in Warsaw
- Roman Dmowski (1864âÂÂ1939), polish nationalist politician, studied at the University of Warsaw
- Marek Edelman (1919 or 1922âÂÂ2009), the last surviving leader of the Warsaw Ghetto uprising
- JarosÃ
Âaw KaczyÃ
Âski (born 1949), Prime Minister of Poland from 2006 to 2007, born in Warsaw
- Lech KaczyÃ
Âski (1949âÂÂ2010), mayor of Warsaw from 2002 to 2005, and President of Poland from 2005 to 2010, born in Warsaw
- Rosa Luxemburg (1871âÂÂ1919), Polish and German revolutionary socialist politician, lived and attended gymnasium (secondary school) in Warsaw
- Julian Marchlewski (1866âÂÂ1925), Polish and German communist politician, lived and attended gymnasium (secondary school) in Warsaw
- Tadeusz Mazowiecki (1927âÂÂ2013), first non-communist Polish prime minister since 1945, studied at the University of Warsaw
- Adam Michnik (born 1946), former dissident, co-founder and editor-in-chief of the newspaper Gazeta Wyborcza, born and live in Warsaw, studied at the University of Warsaw
- Jan Olszewski (1930âÂÂ2019), Prime Minister of Poland from 1991 to 1992, born in Warsaw
- Ignacy Jan Paderewski (1860âÂÂ1941), pianist, composer and Prime Minister of Poland in 1919, studied at the Warsaw Conservatory
- Józef PiÃ
Âsudski (1867âÂÂ1935), Polish statesman, Chief of State from 1918 to 1922 and first Marshal of Poland from 1920, lived and died in Warsaw
- Casimir Pulaski (1745âÂÂ1779), Polish nobleman and American Revolutionary War general, born in Warsaw
- MieczysÃ
Âaw Rakowski (1926âÂÂ2008), second-to-last communist Prime Minister of Poland from 1988 to 1989 and the last General Secretary of the Polish United Workers' Party, studied in Warsaw
- Konstanty Rokossowski (1896âÂÂ1968), one of the most prominent Red Army commanders of World War II, Marshal of the Soviet Union and Marshal of Poland, Poland's Defence Minister from 1949 to 1956, born in Warsaw
- Adolf Warski (1868âÂÂ1937), Polish communist leader and journalist
- David Shiffman (1923âÂÂ1982), Israeli Deputy Minister of Transport
- Antoni WÃÂ
sik (1886âÂÂ1956), socialist and trade union activist
- StanisÃ
Âaw Wojciechowski (1969âÂÂ1953), second President of Poland, studied at the University of Warsaw
Science
- Jadwiga BryÃ
Âa (born 1943), biochemist, born in Warsaw
- Casimir Funk (1884âÂÂ1967), biochemist, born in Warsaw
- MirosÃ
Âaw Hermaszewski (1941âÂÂ2022), Polish cosmonaut, fighter plane pilot, and Polish Air Force officer, studied and died in Warsaw
- Leonid Hurwicz (1917âÂÂ2008), economist and mathematician, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Economics, studied at the University of Warsaw
- Benoit Mandelbrot (1924âÂÂ2010), mathematician and polymath, born in Warsaw
- Moshe Prywes (1914âÂÂ1998), Israeli physician and educator, born in Warsaw and studied at the University of Warsaw
- Danuta Ptaszycka-Jackowska (1939âÂÂ2025), geographer and landscape architect
- Joseph Rotblat (1908âÂÂ2005), physicist and recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize, born in Warsaw, studied at the Free Polish University and at the University of Warsaw
- Marie SkÃ
Âodowska-Curie (1867âÂÂ1934), physicist and chemist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physics and the Nobel Prize in Chemistry, born in Warsaw
- Alfred Tarski (1901âÂÂ1983), logician and mathematician, studied at the University of Warsaw
- L. L. Zamenhof (1859âÂÂ1917), creator of Esperanto language, lived in Warsaw
Sport
- Mateusz Bartel (born 1985), chess grandmaster
- Zbigniew Bartman (born 1987), volleyball player
- Anna CzerwiÃ
Âska (1949âÂÂ2023), mountaineer
- Margo Dydek (1974âÂÂ2011), basketball player
- Mariusz Fyrstenberg (born 1980), tennis player
- MaÃ
Âgorzata Glinka-Mogentale (born 1978), volleyball player, double European champion
- Andrzej GoÃ
Âota (born 1968), boxer
- Anna KieÃ
ÂbasiÃ
Âska (born 1990), sprinter
- Bartosz Kizierowski (born 1977), swimmer
- Ewa KÃ
Âobukowska (born 1946), sprinter, Olympic champion
- Janusz KusociÃ
Âski (1907âÂÂ1940), athlete, Olympic champion
- Robert Lewandowski (born 1988), footballer, born in Warsaw and studied at the Academy of Sport Education in Warsaw
- PaweÃ
 Nastula (born 1970), judoka; Olympic champion
- Konrad NiedÃ
ºwiedzki (born 1985), speed skater
- Marek Papszun (born 1974), football manager
- Jerzy PawÃ
Âowski (1932âÂÂ2005), fencer, Olympic champion
- Tadeusz Pietrzykowski (1917âÂÂ1991), boxer, remembered as the "boxing champion of Auschwitz"
- Janusz Pyciak-Peciak (born 1949), modern pentathlete, Olympic champion
- Katarzyna SkowroÃ
Âska-Dolata (born 1983), volleyball player
- Pia Skrzyszowska (born 2001), athlete specialising in hurdles
- Monika SoÃÂko (born 1978), chess grandmaster
- Andrzej Supron (born 1952), wrestler, Olympic medallist
- Wojciech SzczÃÂsny (born 1990), footballer
- Wojciech Szewczyk (born 1994), professional pool player
- Ilia Szrajbman (1907âÂÂ1943), swimmer
- Iga Ã
ÂwiÃÂ
tek (born 2001), professional tennis player, ranked as World No. 1, winner of four Grand Slam singles titles, winner of 2023 WTA Finals, born in Warsaw
- Grzegorz Tkaczyk (born 1980), handball player
- Mateusz Wieteska (born 1997), footballer
- Tomasz Wiktorowski (born 1981), tennis coach
- Szymon Winawer (1838âÂÂ1919), chess player
- Krzysztof WÃ
Âodarczyk (born 1981), boxer
- Maja WÃ
Âoszczowska (born 1983), mountain biker, Olympic medallist
- Andrzej Wrona (born 1988), volleyball player
- Jacek WszoÃ
Âa (born 1956), high jumper, Olympic champion
- Piotr Wyszomirski (born 1988), handball player
- Jan ZieliÃ
Âski (born 1996), tennis player
- Marcin Ã
»ewÃ
Âakow (born 1976), football player
Other
- Jan Gotlib Bloch (1836âÂÂ1902), banker and railway financier
- Maria Cetys (1914âÂÂ1944), Warsaw Uprising participant and teacher executed by Nazi Germany
- Joe Coral (born Kagarlitski) (1904âÂÂ1996), bookmaker and founder of Coral bookmakers
- Barbara BronisÃ
Âawa Czarnowska (1810âÂÂ1891), noblewoman and independence fighter
- Regina Fudem (1922âÂÂ1943), a member of the Jewish Combat Organization
- Janusz Korczak (1878/1879âÂÂ1942), pediatrician, children's author, pedagogue and children's rights advocate, killed in the Treblinka extermination camp
- Leopold StanisÃ
Âaw Kronenberg (1812âÂÂ1878), banker, investor, and financier
- Irena Sendler (1910âÂÂ2008), humanitarian, social worker, and nurse who served in the Polish Underground Resistance during World War II in German-occupied Warsaw
- Anna SzelÃÂ
gowska (1880âÂÂ1962), feminist and union organizer
- Halina Weinstein (1902âÂÂ1942), Polish Esperantist
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