Famous People with Name Henryk

Henryk Antoni Flame            Origin/Culture/Country: Polish

Henryk Antoni Flame: was a corporal and pilot in the Polish Air Force, and a captain of the anti-communist underground organization NSZ.Henryk was the son of Emeryk and Maria (nee Raszyk). In 1919 the Flame family moved from Frysztat in Zaolzie to Czechowice-Dziedzice. He finished the local gimnazjum and the Technical School in Bielsko. In 1936 he volunteered for the army and began studying at the School for Cadets of the Airforce in Bydgoszcz, which he completed in 1939 with the rank of corporal-pilot. He was alloted to the 123th Fighter Squadron which was stationed in Kraków.

Henryk Kazimierz Milicer            Origin/Culture/Country: Polish

Henryk Kazimierz Milicer: was a Polish-Australian aircraft designer and pilot[1].He was born in Warsaw, Poland, the son of a university professor whose family was descended from Baron Karol von Militzer. An ardent Polish patriot, Henry developed an early interest in aviation. In 1924 he won an aeromodelling competition with the prize being a flight over Warsaw, his home city. At age 14 he built a full-size glider and at 17 qualified as a glider pilot. After receiving a degree in aeronautical engineering he worked as a junior designer in the National Aviation Works (Panstwowe Zaklady Lotnicze) on the PZL.37 Los bomber project headed by Jerzy Dabrowski and later for the RWD company on the RWD-25 low-wing, fixed-wheels fighter project.

Henryk Borowski            Origin/Culture/Country: Polish

Henryk Borowski: was a Polish theater, radio and film actor.

Henryk Korowicz            Origin/Culture/Country: Polish

Henryk Korowicz: Polish economist, professor and rector of the Academy of Foreign Trade in Lwów.Before 1918, he published under the name Dr. Henryk Kornreich. During the First World War, he served as an officer in the Austro-Hungarian Army and, after Polish independence, in the Polish Army, during the Polish-Soviet War, on the Volhynia front

Henryk Breit            Origin/Culture/Country: Polish

Henryk Breit: was a Polish philologist and journalist.An active member of the Society of the Enthusiasts of the History of Lwów, he was also a tour guide and a journalist, prearing weekly broadcasts on Lwów and the Hutsuls. He was also the author of several books on his home town and a single ethnographic documentary on the Hutsul life (no copy survived the World War II. Following the German and Soviet invasion of Poland, he was arrested and murdered in the Stanislawów prison, under unknown circumstances.