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Poland (state)

23 people

By birth A–Z List Cards

Lucjan Żeligowski Lucjan Żeligowski Polish general who seized Vilnius in a staged 'mutiny' and set up Central Lithuania Military command · Poland 1865–1947
Józef Piłsudski Józef Piłsudski The soldier-politician who began as a socialist, became Head of State of reborn Poland, broke the Red Army's westward drive at Warsaw in 1920, and later ruled through a coup-built authoritarian regime Government and administration · Poland 1867–1935
Jan Dąbski Jan Dąbski A peasant-movement diplomat who shaped the Riga peace Diplomacy and international organization · Poland 1880–1931
Władysław Sikorski Władysław Sikorski A general who defended Polish sovereignty between exile and return Military command · Poland 1881–1943
Stanisław Bułak-Bałachowicz Stanisław Bułak-Bałachowicz Anti-Soviet partisan commander who moved from Estonia to Belarus, changing camps as he went Military command · Russian Empire 1883–1940
Kazimierz Sosnkowski Kazimierz Sosnkowski A military leader who shaped Poland's independence struggle and armed forces in exile Military command · Poland 1885–1969
Edward Raczyński Edward Raczyński An aristocratic diplomat who preserved Poland’s diplomatic continuity in exile Diplomacy and international organization · Poland 1891–1993
Antoni None Chruściel Antoni Chruściel The Home Army commander who organized and launched the uprising Military command · Poland 1895–1960
Tadeusz Bór-Komorowski Tadeusz Bór-Komorowski The Home Army commander whose decision led to both the uprising and its surrender Military command · Poland 1895–1966
Aleksander Zawadzki Aleksander Zawadzki A communist leader who helped shape postwar Poland's state Political and party leadership · Poland 1899–1964
Władysław Gomułka Władysław Gomułka The national communist who returned in the Polish October of 1956 to test a 'Polish road to socialism' Political and party leadership · Poland 1905–1982
Adam Rapacki Adam Rapacki A diplomat who widened room for negotiation amid East-West tension Diplomacy and international organization · Poland 1909–1970
Piotr Jaroszewicz Piotr Jaroszewicz The premier of technocratic growth Government and administration · Poland 1909–1992
Józef Cyrankiewicz Józef Cyrankiewicz A resistance survivor who became a guardian of the system Government and administration · Poland 1911–1989
Roman Fidelski Roman Fidelski The minister whose broken promise sparked the Poznań Uprising Industry and production · Poland 1912–1988
Marian Rybicki Marian Rybicki A legal functionary who defined order against a workers’ revolt Law and justice · Poland 1915–1987
Józef Światło Józef Światło Deputy head of Poland’s security Department X whose 1953 defection and broadcasts exposed the ministry’s torture and purges Security, intelligence and policing · Poland 1915–1994
Mieczysław Zygmunt Jagielski Mieczysław Jagielski A party official who contained crisis through concessions Economy, finance and planning · Poland 1924–1997
Czesław Jan Kiszczak Czesław Jan Kiszczak Poland's interior minister who imposed martial law then co-chaired the Round Table Security, intelligence and policing · Poland 1925–2015
Tadeusz Mazowiecki Tadeusz Mazowiecki Catholic intellectual of Solidarity who became the Eastern Bloc's first non-communist prime minister Government and administration · Poland 1927–2013
Zdzisław Kurowski Zdzisław Kurowski A party cadre shaped by the youth movement Political and party leadership · Poland 1937–
Lech Wałęsa Lech Wałęsa Electrician who became president as the leader of Solidarity Social movements and organizing · Solidarity (Solidarność) 1943–
Leszek Balcerowicz Leszek Balcerowicz Architect of Poland's shock therapy and symbol of the post-communist transition Economy, finance and planning · Poland 1947–