Polish Famous Names Starting with Letter M

Is a former Polish tennis player.She won the Juniors singles competition at the Grand Slam tournamen

Is a former Polish tennis player.She won the Juniors singles competition at the Grand Slam tournament 1996 Australian Open. She also competed for Poland in the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta, where she lost in the first round.

Is a WTA Tour Polish tennis player.As a professional, her highest career singles ranking is World No

Is a WTA Tour Polish tennis player.As a professional, her highest career singles ranking is World No. 293, achieved on 8 October 2007, in doubles 147 (27 July 2009). She won 3 ITF titles in singles and 14 ITF doubles titles. In doubles her partner usually is Olga Brózda.

Is a Polish actress and model.In 1997 she graduated from Jaroslaw Dabrowski High School in Warsaw. S

Is a Polish actress and model.In 1997 she graduated from Jaroslaw Dabrowski High School in Warsaw. She then studied at the Department of Journalism and Political Science at Warsaw University. She debuted as an actress in 1989 in a TV mini-series for children.

Was a popular writer and a daughter of the great Polish painter Wojciech Kossak, as well as sister o

Was a popular writer and a daughter of the great Polish painter Wojciech Kossak, as well as sister of painter Jerzy Kossak and poet Maria Pawlikowska-Jasnorzewska, from the renowned Kossak family of artists.

Is a Polish volleyball player. She won the European Championship twice in 2003 and 2005.She was an a

Is a Polish volleyball player. She won the European Championship twice in 2003 and 2005.She was an assistant to Marco Bonitta for the Poland women's national volleyball team.

Is a Polish philosopher, professor of ethics at the University of Warsaw, and a feminist author. She

Is a Polish philosopher, professor of ethics at the University of Warsaw, and a feminist author. She is also a columnist for the "Gazeta Wyborcza". She was government's Plenipotentiary for the Equal Status of Women and Men in the cabinet of Marek Belka between August 16, 2004 and November 4, 2005.In 1980s Magdalena Sroda was active in Solidarnosc movement. After 1989 she would not be involved in politics until 2004, when she was appointed by PM Marek Belka as the government's Plenipotentiary for the Equal Status of Women and Men. She has been advocating the separation of State and Church, LGBT rights, and more liberal abortion law. She is also known for her consistently anti-war stance on foreign policy.

(born in Sopot, Poland), is a supermodel best known as the spokesmodel for Wonderbra's Three Degrees

(born in Sopot, Poland), is a supermodel best known as the spokesmodel for Wonderbra's Three Degrees of Wonder and a Victoria's Secret supermodel.

Is a Polish stage and film actress. Wife of actor Gustaw Holoubek and mother of cinematographer Jan

Is a Polish stage and film actress. Wife of actor Gustaw Holoubek and mother of cinematographer Jan Holoubek. She gained wide popularity after 1968 film Colonel Wolodyjowski (Pan Wolodyjowski) where she played role of Basia Wolodyjowska.Notable film roles includes Mazepa (1976), Na dobre i na zle TV series (2002), Rys (2007), Magda M. TV series (Season 4, 2007).

Magneto is a fictional character appearing in the comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by

Magneto is a fictional character appearing in the comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by writer Stan Lee and artist Jack Kirby, the character is associated with the superhero group the X-Men as their primary antagonist since his (and their) first appearance in X-Men #1 (Sept. 1963).

Was a Polish painter.She made a few caricature cartoons of Adolf Hitler which resulted in the offici

Was a Polish painter.She made a few caricature cartoons of Adolf Hitler which resulted in the official protest of the German Embassy in Paris, which sued Berezowska. She appeared in court but escaped having to pay any fine. However, Nazi Germans remembered her "outrage". After her return to Poland and the outbreak of WW2 she was imprisoned at Pawiak, and later - with the death sentence - sent and imprisoned in Ravensbrück concentration camp. After liberation of the Ravensbrück camp by the Soviet forces she left, with a group of other Polish women, first for Stockholm and a year later, in 1946, returned to her native Poland.

Is a Polish film actress. She has appeared in 35 films since 1970.

Is a Polish film actress. She has appeared in 35 films since 1970.

Is a Polish actress.She was born in Kraków, the daughter of Polish musician Jacek Ostaszewski. She

Is a Polish actress.She was born in Kraków, the daughter of Polish musician Jacek Ostaszewski. She started her acting training in her native Karków and later graduated from PWST, in 1996. She has since acted mostly on Teatr Rozmaitosci in Warsaw, working with well-known Polish directors such as Krystian Lupa, Krzysztof Warlikowski and Grzegorz Jarzyna.In 1993, during her acting training, she played a small role in Steven Spielberg's Schindler's List. Although her actual real film debut was in 1997, with the TV movie Przystan. For this role, she received the Best Actress Award at the Polish Film Festival held in Gdynia in 1998.

Is a Polish mountain biker.For her sport achievements, she received:

Is a Polish mountain biker.For her sport achievements, she received:

A Zionist activist and one of the main political leaders of Polish Jews during the interwar period,

A Zionist activist and one of the main political leaders of Polish Jews during the interwar period, a lawyer, a publicist, and a Sejm deputy from 1919 to 1930.In 1919 he was elected by constituents of Biala Podlaska as a deputy to the first Sejm of the newly independent Polish state which was charged with writing a new constitution. In all he served three terms as a delegate.[1][2] Before the elections of 1922 together with Izaak Grunbaum he was a co-creator of Bloc of National Minorities, a parliamentary organization whose purpose was to represent ethnic minorities in the Polish parliament.[3] One of his first acts as a deputy of the Sejm was to introduce a law which annulled all Russian sponsored laws which discriminated against Jews in the former Congress Poland.[4]

Was a Polish author, journalist, and erudite.Berezowski authored many known and widely read books. H

Was a Polish author, journalist, and erudite.Berezowski authored many known and widely read books. He was a popular and respected journalist specializing in international relations and politics. He served as a correspondent for Trybuna Ludu and the Polish Press Agency (PAP) and was based in London and for nine years in the United States. Berezowski was also a radio and television commentator. He held a scholarship at Princeton University and systematically visited the United States refreshing his contacts and knowledge directly from sources in various U.S. administrations that he later wrote about in his books.

Was a Jewish–Polish artist, lithographer and photographer.In chromolithography he published Kwiaty

Was a Jewish–Polish artist, lithographer and photographer.In chromolithography he published Kwiaty i poezje (Flowers and Poems, 1858, after his own drawings), illustrations for albums and books (Karola Gustawa trofea...—Carl Gustav's Trophies...—by E. Tyszkiewicz, 1856; Album widoków Polski—Album of Polish Views—by N. Orda, 1875–83). He also collaborated with the publisher, Samuel Orgelbrand. In addition, he worked in utilitarian graphics (calendars, diplomas).

(Warsaw 1846 - Reichenhall, Bavaria 1874) was a Polish painter, specializing mainly in watercolours.

(Warsaw 1846 - Reichenhall, Bavaria 1874) was a Polish painter, specializing mainly in watercolours. Older brother of painter Aleksander Gierymski.

Was a Polish activist, secretary-general of the Central Economic Society (Centralne Towarzystwo Gosp

Was a Polish activist, secretary-general of the Central Economic Society (Centralne Towarzystwo Gospodarcze), patron of the agricultural circles.

Was a Polish field hockey player who competed in the 1952 Summer Olympics.He was part of the Polish

Was a Polish field hockey player who competed in the 1952 Summer Olympics.He was part of the Polish field hockey team, which competed in the 1952 Olympic tournament. He played as forward in the only match for Poland in the main tournament.

Is a Polish journalist, culture animator and publicist.In 1986, she created the independent film gro

Is a Polish journalist, culture animator and publicist.In 1986, she created the independent film group “Index”, producing documentary films in Europe and South America for Polish immigrants s as well as the “Freedom House” Foundation. As a film reporter, she recorded important political and social events. These included “Solidarity”, NZS, Lech Walesa, and Citizen’s Committees. From 1990 to 1992, she was editor in chief of the national TV social and political department, where she authored the following programs:

Is a retired Polish heptathlete. She twice won the gold medal at the Summer Universiade during her c

Is a retired Polish heptathlete. She twice won the gold medal at the Summer Universiade during her career. Guzowska set her personal best (4459 points) in the pentathlon in 1980.

Is a Polish film and stage actress. In 1969 she graduated at Ludwik Solski Academy for the Dramatic

Is a Polish film and stage actress. In 1969 she graduated at Ludwik Solski Academy for the Dramatic Arts in Warsaw. She is a former wife of director Andrzej Zulawski and a mother of actor and film director Xawery Zulawski.Malgorzata Braunek is also a long-time practitioner and teacher of Zen Buddhism. In 2003 she has received Shiho from Dennis Genpo Merzel [1].

Is a Polish sprint canoer who has competed since the late 2000s. She won a complete set of medals at

Is a Polish sprint canoer who has competed since the late 2000s. She won a complete set of medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with a gold (K-2 1000 m: 2009), a silver (K-2 1000 m: 2007), and a bronze (K-4 500 m: 2007).Chojancka also competed in the K-1 500 m event at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, but was eliminated in the semifinals.

Is an athlete from Poland. She competes in archery.Cwienczek represented Poland at the 2004 Summer O

Is an athlete from Poland. She competes in archery.Cwienczek represented Poland at the 2004 Summer Olympics under her maiden name. She placed 27th in the women's individual ranking round with a 72-arrow score of 628. In the first round of elimination, she faced 38th-ranked Daw Thin Thin Khaing of Myanmar. Sobieraj defeated Daw Thin in a tight match, tying the score at 151 after the regulation 18 arrows and matching Daw Thin arrow for arrow through the three tie-breaking arrows. Sobieraj's final arrow was slightly closer to the target, giving her the win and allowing her to advance to the round of 32.

Is a Polish sprint canoer who competed in the mid 2000s. She won two silver medals at the ICF Canoe

Is a Polish sprint canoer who competed in the mid 2000s. She won two silver medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships (K-4 200 m: 2005, K-4 500 m: 2003).Czajczynska also finished fourth in the K-4 500 m event at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens.