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7 people

By birth A–Z List Cards

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 state institutions 1867–1935
Władysław Sikorski Władysław Sikorski A general who defended Polish sovereignty between exile and return Military command · Poland state institutions 1881–1943
Aleksander Zawadzki Aleksander Zawadzki A communist leader who helped shape postwar Poland's state Political and party leadership · Poland state institutions 1899–1964
Piotr Jaroszewicz Piotr Jaroszewicz The premier of technocratic growth Government and administration · Poland state institutions 1909–1992
Józef Cyrankiewicz Józef Cyrankiewicz A resistance survivor who became a guardian of the system Government and administration · Poland state institutions 1911–1989
Tadeusz Mazowiecki Tadeusz Mazowiecki Catholic intellectual of Solidarity who became the Eastern Bloc's first non-communist prime minister Government and administration · Poland state institutions 1927–2013
Lech Wałęsa Lech Wałęsa Electrician who became president as the leader of Solidarity Social movements and organizing · Solidarity (Solidarność) 1943–