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![Józef Piłsudski](../../I/Josef_Pilsudski_cph.3b35372.jpg.webp)
Selected biography 2
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![Władysław Sikorski](../../I/Wladyslaw_Sikorski_2.jpg.webp)
Selected biography 3
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![A presumed image of Jogaila, painted c. 1475–80](../../I/Jogaila_(W%C5%82adys%C5%82aw_II).jpg.webp)
Selected biography 4
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![Witold Pilecki in a colorized photograph](../../I/Witold_Pilecki_in_color.jpg.webp)
Selected biography 5
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![Marian Rejewski](../../I/Marian_Rejewski_1932_small.jpg.webp)
Selected biography 6
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![Stanisław Koniecpolski](../../I/Stanis%C5%82aw_Koniecpolski.PNG.webp)
Selected biography 7
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![Witold Lutosławski](../../I/Lutoslawski3cr.jpg.webp)
Selected biography 8
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![Bolesław Prus](../../I/Boles%C5%82aw_Prus_(ca._1905).jpg.webp)
Selected biography 9
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![Mieczysław Jagielski as painted on a commemorative mural](../../I/Mieczys%C5%82aw_Jagielski_-_mural.JPG.webp)
Selected biography 10
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![Stanisław Lem](../../I/Stanis%C5%82aw_Lem.jpg.webp)
Selected biography 11
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![Pope John Paul II](../../I/JohannesPaul2-portrait.jpg.webp)
Selected biography 12
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![Witold Kiełtyka (Vitek)](../../I/Decapitated_05.jpg.webp)
Selected biography 13
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![Lech Wałęsa](../../I/Lech_Walesa_-_2009.jpg.webp)
Selected biography 14
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![George Chapman, born Seweryn Antonowicz Kłosowski, one of many Jack the Ripper suspects](../../I/George_chapman_illo.jpg.webp)
Selected biography 15
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![Juliusz Słowacki as portrayed by James Hopwood](../../I/Juliusz_S%C5%82owacki_1.PNG.webp)
Selected biography 16
Portal:Poland/Selected biography/16 Paweł Jasienica, born Leon Lech Beynar (1909–1970), was a Polish historian, journalist and soldier. During World War II, Beynar fought in the Polish Army, and later in the Home Army resistance. Near the end of the war, he was also working with the anti-Soviet resistance, which later led to him taking up a new name to hide from the communist government of the People's Republic of Poland. He was associated with the Tygodnik Powszechny Catholic weekly and several other newspapers and magazines. He is best known for his books about pre-partition Poland, which played an important role in popularizing Polish history among several generations of readers. Jasienica became an outspoken critic of the communist censorship, and as a notable dissident, he was persecuted by the government. He was subject to invigilation by security services, and his second wife was in fact a communist secret police agent. Jasienica's books were banned during a brief period prior to his death. (Full article...)
Selected biography 17
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![Józef Światło](../../I/Swiatlo.jpg.webp)
Selected biography 18
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![King Vladislaus IV as painted by Peter Paul Rubens](../../I/Rubens_W%C5%82adys%C5%82aw_Vasa_(detail).jpg.webp)
Selected biography 19
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![Hugo Steinhaus](../../I/Hugo_Steinhaus.jpg.webp)
Selected biography 20
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![Megitza with her double bass](../../I/Megitza_at_Copernicus_Theater.jpg.webp)
Selected biography 21
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![Elizabeth of Bosnia as imagined by Sándor Liezen-Mayer](../../I/Elizabeth_of_Bosnia_(cropped).png.webp)
Selected biography 22
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![Stanislaus Augustus Poniatowski](../../I/Bacciarelli_Stanislaus_Augustus_in_a_feathered_hat.jpg.webp)
Selected biography 23
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![Marie Curie](../../I/Marie_Curie_c1920.jpg.webp)
Selected biography 24
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![Stanisław Żółkiewski](../../I/Stanis%C5%82aw_%C5%BB%C3%B3%C5%82kiewski_11.PNG.webp)
Selected biography 25
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![Stefan Czarniecki](../../I/Lesseur-Czarniecki.jpg.webp)
Selected biography 26
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![Stanisław Staszic](../../I/Stanis%C5%82aw_Staszic.PNG.webp)
Selected biography 27
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![Tadeusz Kościuszko](../../I/Tadeusz_Ko%C5%9Bciuszko.PNG.webp)
Selected biography 28
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![Casimir Pulaski](../../I/Kazimierz_Pulaski.jpg.webp)
Selected biography 29
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![Emilia Plater](../../I/Emilia_Plater.PNG.webp)
Selected biography 30
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![Stanisław Ulam](../../I/STAN_ULAM_HOLDING_THE_FERMIAC.jpg.webp)
Selected biography 31
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![Jan Karol Chodkiewicz](../../I/Jan_Karal_Chadkievi%C4%8D._%D0%AF%D0%BD_%D0%9A%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%8C_%D0%A5%D0%B0%D0%B4%D0%BA%D0%B5%D0%B2%D1%96%D1%87_(K._Aleksandrovi%C4%8D%252C_1789).jpg.webp)
Selected biography 32
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![Ignacy Potocki](../../I/Kucharsky_Ignacy_Potocki.png.webp)
Selected biography 33
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![Jan Dekert](../../I/Jan_dekert_2.JPG.webp)
Selected biography 34
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![Adam Mickiewicz](../../I/AMickievic.jpg.webp)
Selected biography 35
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![Henryk Sienkiewicz](../../I/Henryk_Sienkiewicz_02.jpg.webp)
Selected biography 36
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![Józef Zajączek](../../I/G%C3%A9n%C3%A9ral_J%C3%B3zef_ZAJ%C4%84CZEK_(1752-1826).jpg.webp)
Selected biography 37
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![Stephen Báthory](../../I/Stefan_Batory._%D0%A1%D1%82%D1%8D%D1%84%D0%B0%D0%BD_%D0%91%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%BE%D1%80%D1%8B_(1576).jpg.webp)
Selected biography 38
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![Jan Henryk Dąbrowski](../../I/Jan_Henryk_D%C4%85browski_1.PNG.webp)
Selected biography 39
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![Frédéric Chopin as portrayed by Eugène Delacroix](../../I/Eug%C3%A8ne_Ferdinand_Victor_Delacroix_043.jpg.webp)
Selected biography 40
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![Jan Zamoyski](../../I/Jan_Zamoyski.jpg.webp)
Selected biography 41
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![Jan Matejko's self-portrait](../../I/Jan_Matejko%252C_Autoportret.jpg.webp)
Selected biography 42
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![Roman Dmowski in a colorized photograph](../../I/Roman_Dmowski_in_color.jpg.webp)
Selected biography 43
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![Maximilian Kolbe](../../I/Fr.Maximilian_Kolbe_in_1936.jpg.webp)
Selected biography 44
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![Florian Znaniecki](../../I/Florian_Znaniecki.jpg.webp)
Selected biography 45
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![Przemysł II as imagined by Jan Matejko](../../I/Jan_Matejko%252C_Przemys%C5%82_II.jpg.webp)