Famous People with Name Polig

Josef Polig            Origin/Culture/Country: Italian

Josef Polig: is an Italian former Alpine skier. He participated in the World Cup from 1988 to 1995 without getting a podium place. Not very many had given the Italian medal chances[citation needed] when he participated at the 1992 Olympics in Albertville.

Melchior De Polignac            Origin/Culture/Country: French

Melchior De Polignac: was a French diplomat, Roman Catholic cardinal and neo-Latin poet. A younger son of Armand XVI, marquis de Polignac, he was born at Lavoûte-sur-Loire, Haute-Loire, Auvergne. At an early age he achieved distinction as a diplomat. In 1695 he was sent as ambassador to Poland, where he succeeded in bringing about the election of François-Louis de Bourbon, prince de Conti as successor to John Sobieski (1697). The subsequent failure of this intrigue led to his temporary disgrace, but in 1702 he was restored to favour, and in 1712 he was sent as the plenipotentiary of Louis XIV of France to the Congress of Utrecht.

Prince Edmond Melchior Jean Marie De Polignac            Origin/Culture/Country: French

Prince Edmond Melchior Jean Marie De Polignac: was a French composer. Edmond was a descendant of one of the more illustrious families of France. His grandmother, the duchesse de Polignac, had been the close friend of Queen Marie-Antoinette. His father Auguste Jules Armand Marie, Prince de Polignac (1780-1847) was the Minister of State in the Restoration government of King Charles X, and was the author of the July Ordinances in 1830, which revoked the Constitution, suspended freedom of the press, and gave the king extraordinary powers, including absolute power in the name of "insuring the safety of the state".

Alphonse De Polignac            Origin/Culture/Country: French

Alphonse De Polignac: was a French mathematician. In 1849 he made Polignac's conjecture: