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By birth A–Z List Cards

Aleksander Zawadzki Aleksander Zawadzki A communist leader who helped shape postwar Poland's state Political and party leadership · Poland 1899–1964
Edward Mieczysław Ochab Edward Mieczysław Ochab The transitional First Secretary of 1956 who turned Khrushchev's Secret Speech into a mass document and then yielded power to Gomułka Political and party leadership · Polish United Workers' Party (PZPR) 1906–1989
Tony Cliff Tony Cliff The Trotskyist theorist who defined the USSR as bureaucratic state capitalism and built Britain's Socialist Workers Party Social movements and organizing 1917–2000
Stanisław Kania Stanisław Kania A party leader who lost power while seeking compromise Political and party leadership · Polish United Workers' Party (PZPR) 1927–2020
Stanisław Matyja Stanisław Matyja The carpenter who became the unofficial leader of Poznań June Social movements and organizing 1928–1985
Anna Walentynowicz Anna Walentynowicz From fired shipyard worker to 'mother of independent Poland' Social movements and organizing · Free Trade Unions of the Coast (WZZ) 1929–2010
Jacek Jan Kuroń Jacek Jan Kuroń A dissident socialist who linked workers’ self-management to civic solidarity Social movements and organizing · Workers' Defence Committee (KOR) 1934–2004
Andrzej Gwiazda Andrzej Gwiazda An uncompromising organiser of August Solidarity Social movements and organizing · Free Trade Unions of the Coast (WZZ) 1935–
Marian Jurczyk Marian Jurczyk A shipyard leader caught between two landmark agreements Social movements and organizing · Solidarity (Solidarność) 1935–2014
Jan Ludwiczak Jan Ludwiczak The union leader whose arrest sparked the Wujek strike Social movements and organizing · Solidarity (Solidarność) 1937–2023
Lech Wałęsa Lech Wałęsa Electrician who became president as the leader of Solidarity Social movements and organizing · Solidarity (Solidarność) 1943–
Jan Rulewski Jan Rulewski A Solidarity leader beaten while linking workers’ and farmers’ demands Social movements and organizing · Solidarity (Solidarność) 1944–
Adam Michnik Adam Michnik The dissident strategist who negotiated a peaceful transition with communist power Social movements and organizing · Workers' Defence Committee (KOR) 1946–
Bogdan Michał Borusewicz Bogdan Borusewicz The Solidarity strategist who planned the 1980 Gdańsk strike, shaped the 21 Demands, and co-founded the MKS Social movements and organizing · Solidarity (Solidarność) 1949–
Alina Pienkowska Alina Pienkowska The shipyard nurse who, when the regime declared the strike over, held workers back and turned it into a solidarity strike Social movements and organizing · Free Trade Unions of the Coast (WZZ) 1952–2002
Henryka Krzywonos Henryka Krzywonos-Strycharska The tram driver who carried the strike beyond the shipyard Social movements and organizing 1953–
Jerzy Borowczak Jerzy Borowczak The shipyard worker who helped launch independent unionism Social movements and organizing · Solidarity (Solidarność) 1957–