List of Polish Americans

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Template:Short description Template:More citations needed Template:Use mdy dates Template:Sidebar This is a list of notable Polish Americans, including both original immigrants who obtained citizenship and their American descendants.

Academics

Arts and entertainment

Actors and personalities – TV, radio and film

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Helena Modjeska, an actress who specialized in Shakespearean roles
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Pola Negri, stage and film actress
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John Krasinski, TV and film actor (The Office)
  • Nick Adams (1931–1968), film actor; mother was of Polish descent<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • Grant Aleksander (born 1960), film and daytime actor, Guiding Light
  • Pico Alexander (born 1991), actor; parents are Polish immigrants
  • Stanley Andrews (1891–1969), TV/radio actor
  • Anna Anka (born 1971), actress, model, and author
  • David Arquette (born 1971), actor, director, screenwriter; mother (née Nowak) was of Polish Jewish and Russian Jewish descent
  • Rosanna Arquette (born 1959), actress, director, producer; mother (née Nowak) was of Polish Jewish and Russian Jewish descent
  • Jacob Artist (born 1992), actor, singer, and dancer; mother is of Polish descent
  • Joe Augustyn (born 1952), screenwriter, movie producer
  • Jake T. Austin (born 1994), actor; father is of part Polish descent
  • Pat Benatar (born 1953), singer and composer
  • Carroll Baker (born 1931), film actress and author; father of Polish ancestry<ref>mentioned she was Polish in her autobiography, Baby Doll: An Autobiography, Template:ISBN</ref>Template:Verify source
  • Christine Baranski (born 1952), actress
  • Kristen Bell (born 1980), film/television actress (Veronica Mars), mother is of Polish descent<ref name="Bell">Mentioned she was Polish on The Ellen DeGeneres Show, 3/14/05</ref>
  • Maria Bello (born 1967), actress (A History of Violence, Thank You for Smoking, The Cooler); mother is of Polish descent
  • Brian Benben (born 1956), television actor; father was of Polish descent
  • Jack Benny (1894–1974), comedian, vaudevillian, and actor for radio, television, and film; of Polish Jewish descent
  • Carlos Bernard (né Carlos Bernard Papierski; born 1962), actor (24)<ref>Chicago Daily Southtown article by Dan Pearson (2/16/2006) mentions Carols is part Polish (father from Poland) and part Spanish (mother from Spain)</ref>
  • Craig Bierko (born 1964), actor and singer; father has Polish ancestry
  • Rebecca Black (born 1997), singer, father of partial Polish descent
  • Marc Blucas (born 1972), actor; paternal grandfather of Polish descent
  • Alex Borstein (born 1971), actress, voice actress, writer, and comedian; of Polish Jewish descent
  • Lisa Boyle (born 1968), actress and model; of part Polish descent<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • Andrew Bryniarski (born 1969), actor and bodybuilder; father of Polish descent
  • Carolina Bartczak (born 1985), actress; born in Germany, both parents are Polish
  • Adrien Brody (born 1973), actor; father has Polish ancestry
  • Amanda Bynes (born 1986), actress and comedian; paternal grandmother was of Polish descent
  • Liz Cackowski (born 1975), comedy writer and actress; of part Polish descent
  • Nicolas Cage (born 1964), actor; maternal grandmother was of Polish descent (surname Siputa)
  • Bobby Campo (born 1983), actor; paternal grandmother of Polish descent
  • Steve Carell (born 1962), actor; mother of Polish descent
  • Jessica Cauffiel (born 1976), actress and singer; paternal grandmother of Polish ancestry
  • Jennifer Connelly (born 1970), Academy Award-winning actress; her mother was of Russian Jewish and Polish Jewish descent<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • Robert Conrad (1935–2020; né Conrad Robert Falk), film and television actor; Polish on father (Leonard Falkowski)'s side
  • D.J. Cotrona (born 1980), actor; mother of half Polish descent
  • Elżbieta Czyżewska (1938–2010), Polish-born award-winning theater, film and TV actress<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • Larry David (born 1947), comedian, writer, actor, director, and television producer; mother was of Polish descent.
  • Jenna Dewan-Tatum (born 1980), actress, model, and dancer; paternal grandmother of Polish descent
  • Janice Dickinson (born 1955), model/reality television star; mother was of Polish descent
  • James Charles Dickinson (born 1999), YouTuber, model, make-up artist, Internet personality; father is of Polish descent
  • Dagmara Dominczyk (born 1976), Polish-born American actress;<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> sister of Marika Dominczyk
  • Marika Dominczyk (born 1980), Polish-born American actress; sister of Dagmara Dominczyk
  • David Duchovny (born 1960), actor; paternal grandmother of Polish Jewish ancestry
  • John Duda (born 1977), actor; father of Polish descent
  • Anne Dudek (born 1975), television actress (Mad Men, House M.D.)
  • Alexis Dziena (born 1984), film and television actress (When in Rome), of part Polish descent
  • George Dzundza (born 1945), actor, of part Polish descent
  • Zac Efron (born 1987), actor, paternal grandfather was the son of Polish Jewish parents
  • Jesse Eisenberg (born 1983), actor, of Polish Jewish and Ukrainian Jewish descent
  • Linda Emond (born 1959), actress; paternal grandmother was of Polish descent
  • Briana Evigan (born 1986), actress; of part Polish descent
  • Peter Falk (1927–2011), actor; of Polish Jewish descent
  • Jason David Frank (1973–2022), actor and mixed martial artist; mother of half-Polish descent
  • Johnny Galecki (born 1975), actor; father of Polish descent
  • Arlene Golonka (1936–2021), actress
  • Hedwig Gorski (born 1949), poet and author; father of Polish descent
  • Katerina Graham (born 1989), actress (Vampire Diaries), mother of Polish and Russian Jewish descent
  • Gilda Gray (1901–1959), actress and dancer<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • Ari Graynor (born 1983), actress; father of Polish descent
  • Alice Greczyn (born 1986), actress
  • Kim Greist (born 1958), actress; Polish maternal grandmother
  • Zach Grenier (born 1954), actor; mother of Polish descent
  • Sasha Grey (born 1988), actress; maternal great-grandfather of Polish descent
  • Khrystyne Haje (born 1968), actress
  • Chelsea Handler (born 1975), actress and comedian; maternal great-grandmother of Polish origin
  • Elisabeth Hasselbeck (born 1977), co-host of The View and contestant on Survivor<ref>[stated she was Polish on The View: "Hey, be careful what you say about Poland. I'm Polish."]</ref>
  • Izabella Scorupco (born 1970), actress
  • Marilu Henner (born 1952), television actress (Taxi) and health book author; father was of Polish descent<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • John Hodiak (1914–1955), film actor
  • Bonnie Hunt (born 1961), Golden Globe and Emmy Award-nominated actress, comedian, writer, director, television producer, and daytime television host, maternal grandparents were Polish
  • Ryan Hurst (born 1976), actor; mother of Polish descent
  • Scarlett Johansson (born 1984), actress (Lost in Translation); mother is of Polish descent
  • Jake Johnson (born 1978), actor; maternal grandmother, Lucille/Lucy Kopacz, was of Polish descent
  • Angelina Jolie (born 1975), Academy Award-winning film actress; mother was approximately 1 quarter PolishTemplate:Citation needed
  • Jenny Jones (born 1946), talk show host who hosted The Jenny Jones Show from 1991 to 2002<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • Cheslie Kryst (1991–2022), Miss USA 2019, father is of Polish descent
  • Lisa Kudrow (born 1963), actress, of Polish Jewish and Belarusian Jewish descent
  • Shia LaBeouf (born 1986), actor, voice actor, and comedian, mother is of Polish Jewish and Russian Jewish descent
  • Lisa Lampanelli (born 1961), comedian and actress; maternal grandfather, Stanley Velgot, of Polish descent
  • Carole Landis (1919–1948), film actress; mother was of Polish descent and father of Norwegian descent<ref>Gilpatrick, Kristin, Famous Wisconsin Film Stars, 2002, p.55 (Template:ISBN)</ref>
  • Joe Lando (born 1961), TV and film actor (Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • Matt Lanter (born 1983), actor and model; of part Polish descent
  • Téa Leoni (born 1966), film and TV actress; paternal grandmother was of Polish descent<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • Logan Lerman (born 1992), actor; his maternal grandfather was a Polish Jewish immigrant, and the rest of Logan's ancestry is Russian Jewish, Lithuanian Jewish, and other Polish Jewish
  • Justin Long (born 1978), film and television actor; his mother, former Broadway actress Wendy Lesniak, is of half Polish descent
  • Josh Lucas (born 1971), actor
  • Eric Mabius (born 1971), TV and film actor (Ugly Betty, The Crow), mother is of Polish descent<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • Ignacyo Matynia (born 1992), actor; born in Poland and moved to the United States as a child
  • Joseph Mazzello (born 1983), actor; maternal grandfather of Polish descent
  • Jenny McCarthy (born 1972), actress and comedian; mother of part Polish descent
  • Piotr Michael (born 1988), actor, comedian and voice actor; parents of Polish ancestry
  • Izabella Miko (born 1981), Polish-American actress and dancer
  • Patrycja Mikula (born 1983), also known as Patricia Mikula, model and Playboy Cybergirl
  • Wentworth Miller (born 1972), actor, model, screenwriter, and producer; maternal great-grandmother, Florence Busczniewicz, of Polish descent
  • Christopher Mintz-Plasse (born 1989), actor; paternal grandmother, Joan Stolarczyk, was of Polish descent
  • Helena Modjeska (1840–1909), Polish-born actress who specialized in Shakespearean roles<ref>Profile of Helena Modjeska Template:Webarchive</ref>
  • Cameron Monaghan (born 1993), actor and model; mother of part Polish descent
  • Kyle Mooney (born 1984), actor and comedian; maternal great-grandfather of Polish descent
  • Zero Mostel (1915–1977), actor of stage and screen, of Polish Jewish descent
  • Pola Negri (1897–1987), Polish film actress who achieved notoriety as a femme fatale in silent films between the 1910s and 1930s
  • Paul Newman (1925–2008), actor; of Polish Jewish/Hungarian Jewish (paternal) and Slovak Catholic (maternal) descent.
  • Mario Nugara, ballet artist, director, instructor, born Pittsburgh, PA, of Italian and Polish descent, mother is Polish
  • Charlie O'Connell (born 1975), reality and TV actor (The Bachelor)
  • Jerry O'Connell (born 1974), TV and film actor; maternal grandfather was of Polish descent<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • Jodi Lyn O'Keefe (born 1978), actress and model; of part Polish descent
  • Jerry Orbach (1935–2004), Tony Award-winning stage, film, musical theatre and television actor and singer; mother was of Polish-Lithuanian Roman Catholic background; father was a German Jewish immigrant<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
  • Frank Oz (born 1944), British-born American film director, actor and puppeteer, father was a Polish Jew
  • Joanna Pacuła (born 1957), Polish-born actress<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • Adrianne Palicki (born 1983), actress; paternal grandfather of Polish descent
  • Gwyneth Paltrow (born 1972), actress; paternal family were Jewish immigrants from Belarus and Poland; grandfather's surname was "Paltrowicz"
  • Annie Parisse (born 1975), actress; father of part Polish descent
  • James Penzi (born 1952), playwright, screenwriter, poet; mother is Polish
  • Kinga Philipps (born 1976), actress/producer
  • Janelle Pierzina (born 1980), contestant on the sixth and All-Star seasons of the American version of the CBS reality show Big BrotherTemplate:Citation needed
  • Mary Kay Place (born 1947), actress and singer; Polish maternal great-grandmother
  • Natalie Portman (born 1981), actress, part-Polish Jewish descent
  • Stefanie Powers (born 1942), actress and singer; mother was of Polish descent<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • Beata Pozniak (born 1960), Polish-born actress, film director, painter, fashion model, and activist who is now based out of the United States (Babylon 5, JFK)<ref name="beata.com">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • Danny Pudi (born 1979), TV actor; mother is of Polish descent<ref name="souri200911">Template:Cite news</ref><ref name=poles>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • Maggie Q (born 1979), model and actress (Nikita, Mission: Impossible III, Die Hard 4.0); father is of Irish and Polish descent
  • Jack Quaid (born 1992), actor; maternal grandfather of Polish ancestry
  • John Ratzenberger (born 1947), TV actor (Cheers), mother was of Polish descent<ref>Mentioned he was of partial Polish descent spoke some Polish on ABC's Dancing with the Stars, March 19, 2007</ref>
  • Dana Reeve (1961–2006), actress, singer, and activist for disability causes; paternal grandmother of Polish descent
  • Scott Rogowsky (born 1984), comedian and the primary host of HQ Trivia.
  • Eli Roth (born 1972), film director, producer, writer and actor, of Polish Jewish, Russian Jewish, and Austrian Jewish descent
  • Cynthia Rothrock (born 1957) actress; Polish descent
  • Ronda Rousey (born 1987), MMA fighter and actress; of part Polish descent
  • Paul Rudd (born 1969), actor, of Polish Jewish and Russian Jewish descent
  • Amy Ryan (born 1969), actress, born Amy Beth Dziewiontkowski; of part Polish descent
  • Meg Ryan (born 1961), née Hyra, actress, Polish ancestry on her father's side
  • Thomas Sadoski (born 1976), actor; paternal grandfather is of Polish descent
  • Jonathan Sadowski (born 1979), actor of Polish and Italian descent
  • Pat Sajak (born 1946, née Patrick Sajdak), host of the popular and long-running television game show Wheel of Fortune<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
  • Richie Sambora (born 1959), singer
  • Fred Savage (born 1976), actor (The Wonder Years), of Polish Jewish and Russian Jewish descent
  • Rob Schneider (born 1963), actor, comedian, screenwriter, and director; father was of Polish Jewish and Russian Jewish descent
  • Liev Schreiber (born 1967), film and stage actor, mother is of Polish Jewish descent
  • Chloë Sevigny (born 1974), film actress and model;<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> mother is of Polish descent
  • Kate Siegel (born 1982), actress of Russian Jewish, Polish Jewish, and German Jewish descent.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • Tori Spelling (born 1973), actress, father is of partial Polish descent
  • Martin Starr (born 1982), actor; maternal great-grandmother, Mary H. Krzyzanowski, of Polish descent
  • Howard Stern, radio and TV personality
  • Jon Stewart (born 1962), host<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • James Urbaniak (born 1963), film, television and theatre actor
  • Travis Van Winkle (born 1982), actor; maternal grandmother of Polish descent
  • Michael Vartan (born 1968), film and television actor; mother is a Jewish immigrant from Poland<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • Jean Wallace (1923–1990), film actress
  • Eli Wallach (1915–2014), actor, of Polish Jewish descent
  • Devon Werkheiser (born 1991), actor; maternal great-grandmother was of Polish descent
  • Paul Wesley (born 1982), actor, born Paweł Tomasz Wasilewski to Polish parents (Fallen, The Vampire Diaries)
  • Steve Wilkos (born 1964), TV host
  • Paul Winchell (1922–2005), ventriloquist, voice actor and comedian; his grandparents were Jewish immigrants from Poland and Austria-Hungary
  • Alicia Witt (born 1975), actress, singer-songwriter, and pianist (paternal great-grandfather of Polish ancestry)
  • Pia Zadora (born 1954), actress and singer; mother was of Polish descent<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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Architects

  • John S. Flizikowski (1868–1934), prominent Chicago architect
  • Frank Gehry (born 1929), Canadian-born of Polish Jewish descent; California architect<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • Norman Jaffe (1932–1993), architect widely noted for his contemporary residential architecture<ref>Norman Jaffe</ref>
  • Daniel Libeskind (born 1946), Polish-born architect<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk (born 1950), Polish American leader of the New Urbanism movement
  • Witold Rybczynski (born 1943), Scottish-born architect, author and professor; later based in Canada and the United States<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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Artists

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  • Richard Anuszkiewicz (1930–2020), painter, sculptor, and printmaker<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • Joseph Bakos (aka Jozef Bakos; 1891–1977), Southwestern artist<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • Frank Kozik, graphic artist who has worked with Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Stone Temple Pilots, the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Melvins, The Offspring and Butthole Surfers; runs Man's Ruin Records
  • Tamara de Lempicka (1898–1980), art deco artist<ref>Template:ASIN</ref>
  • Jan Lorenc (born 1954), photographer and designer<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • Ed Paschke (1939–2004), artist<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • Miroslaw Rogala (born 1954), video artist<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • Stanisław Szukalski (1893–1987), painter, sculptor and pseudoscientific historian
  • Arthur Szyk (1894–1951), political cartoonist<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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Authors

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  • Marie Ferrarella (born 1948), author
  • Hedwig Gorski (born 1949), performance poet, avant-garde artist<ref name="southernartistry.org"/>
  • John Guzlowski (born 1948), poet/novelist/essayist, author (Echoes of Tattered Tongues, Suitcase Charlie)
  • Chuck Klosterman (born 1972), author with German and Polish ancestry
  • Lelord Kordel (1904–2001), author of books on nutrition and healthy living
  • Jerzy Kosinski (1933–1991), novelist
  • Chris Kuzneski (born 1969), best-selling author of multiple thrillers (Sign of the Cross, The Lost Throne)
  • Richard C. Lukas (born 1937), author, historian and freelance writer
  • Czesław Miłosz (1911–2004), Nobel Prize–winning poet, prose writer, essayist and translator<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • Andrew Nagorski (born 1947), non-fiction/fiction author and award-winning senior editor of Newsweek magazine<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • Michael Alfred Peszke (1932–2015), psychiatrist and historian of the Polish Armed Forces in World War II<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • David Pietrusza (born 1949), non-fiction and historical author
  • Chez Raginiak (born 1960), author
  • James Rollins (born 1961; né Czajkowski), bestselling author of fantasy and action-adventure thrillers (Sandstorm, Map of Bones)
  • Leo Rosten (1908–1997), teacher and academic; best known as a humorist in the fields of scriptwriting, storywriting, journalism and Yiddish lexicography
  • Maurice Sendak (1928–2012), Polish Jewish-American writer and illustrator of children's books
  • Isaac Bashevis Singer (1902–1991), Polish-American writer in Yiddish, awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1978.
  • Maja Trochimczyk (born 1957), music historian, poet, editor, translator and publisher,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • Diane Wakoski (born 1937), poet and essayist in residence at Michigan State University<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • Maia Wojciechowska (1927–2002), writer of children's books<ref>[3]Template:Dead link</ref>
  • Joseph Benjamin Wujek, Jr. (born 1955), writer of engineering textbooks on building systems.
  • Leo Yankevich (1961–2018), critic, editor, poet and translator associated with the New Formalist movement<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • Adam Zamoyski (born 1949), historian and a member of the Zamoyski ancient Polish nobility family<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • George Zebrowski (born 1945), science fiction author<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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Filmmakers

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  • Gene Gutowski (1925–2016), Polish-born European and U.S. motion picture and theater producer, noted sculptor and author. Producer of several of Roman Polanski's early films. Co-producer of The Pianist.
  • Janusz Kamiński (born 1959), two-time-Oscar-winning cinematographer and film director who has photographed all of Steven Spielberg's movies since Schindler's List (1993)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
  • Stanley Kubrick (1928–1999), US/UK filmmaker, screenwriter, producer and photographer, of Jewish descent
  • Martin Kunert, writer/director (Campfire Tales, MTV's Fear, Voices of Iraq)
  • Rudolph Maté (1898–1964), cinematographer and film director<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • Harry Warner (1881–1958), one of the founders of Warner Bros. and a major contributor to the development of the film industry, of Jewish descent<ref name="concise.britannica.com"/>
  • Jack L. Warner (1892–1978), president and driving force behind the highly successful development of Warner Bros. Studios in Hollywood, of Jewish descent<ref name="concise.britannica.com"/>
  • Sam Warner (1887–1927), co-founder and chief executive officer of Warner Bros. film company, of Jewish descent<ref name="concise.britannica.com"/>
  • Billy Wilder (1906–2002), journalist, screenwriter, film director, and producer whose career spanned more than 50 years and 60 films, of Jewish descent<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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Journalists

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  • Carl Monday, investigative journalist in Cleveland<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • Mike Royko (1932–1997), long-time Chicago newspaper columnist
  • S.L. Shneiderman (1906–1996), journalist, poet, and writer
  • Wilma Smith (née Pokorny), anchorwoman WJW-TV
  • Gloria Steinem (born 1934), American feminist icon, journalist, and social and political activist, of partial Jewish descent
  • Barbara Walters (1929–2022), broadcast journalist and television personality
  • Ivo Widlak (born 1978), Polish-born international press, radio and television journalist

Models

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  • Joanna Krupa (born 1981), model and actress, born in Warsaw<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • Emily Ratajkowski (born 1991), Polish-American model who appeared on iCarly
  • Anja Rubik (born 1983), Polish model, born in Rzeszów
  • Mia Tyler (born 1978), plus-size model, actress, public speaker and advocate; great-grandfather emigrated from Poland

Musicians

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Theater and dance

Business and economics

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Erazm Jerzmanowski, the richest Pole in US in the 19th century, and founder of gas companies in Chicago, Baltimore and Indianapolis
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Luke Nosek, co-founder of PayPal
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Steve Wozniak, co-founder of Apple
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Military

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Tadeusz Kościuszko, a Polish military engineer and statesman who served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War
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Leo John Dulacki, lieutenant general in the United States Marine Corps
  • Sylvester Antolak (1916–1944), U.S. Army sergeant, posthumously received the Medal of Honor
  • Alexander Bielaski (1811–1861), Captain of the Union Army
  • Leo J. Dulacki (1918–2019), U.S. Marine Corps lieutenant general whose last assignment was as the Deputy Chief of Staff for Manpower<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • Gabby Gabreski (1919–2002), Francis Stanley "Gabby" Gabreski was a U.S. Army Air Corps and later U.S. Air Force officer who was a fighter ace in World War II, and again in Korea<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • Tadeusz Kościuszko (1746–1817), Polish and Lithuanian national hero, general and a leader of 1794 uprising (which bears his name) against the Russians
  • James Kowalski (born 1957), high ranking air force commander
  • Włodzimierz Krzyżanowski (1824–1887), Polish military leader and a Union general in the American Civil War<ref>[6] Template:Dead link</ref>
  • Donald J. Kutyna (born 1933), General, commander in chief of the North American Aerospace Defense Command and the United States Space Command from 1990 to 1992, and commander of Air Force Space Command at Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado from 1987 to 1990
  • Stanislaw Mlotkowski (1829–1900), military officer in the 1846 Wielkopolska uprising. Captain of the Pennsylvania Light Artillery in Fort Delaware.<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>
  • Robert J. Modrzejewski (born 1934), U.S. Marine and Medal of Honor Recipient for conspicuous gallantry in Vietnam
  • Richard F. Natonski (born 1951), U.S. Marine Corps lieutenant general whose last assignment was as the Commander of U.S. Marine Corps Forces Command.
  • Kazimierz Pułaski (1745–1779), Polish soldier and politician; has been called "the father of American cavalry"; from 1777, until his death, he fought in the American Revolutionary War for the independence of the U.S. Awarded honorary U.S. citizenship in 2009.
  • Hyman G. Rickover (1900–1986), U.S. Navy Admiral; known as the "father of the Nuclear Navy"; first Director of Naval Reactors
  • Edward Rowny (1917–2017), U.S. Army General and ambassador, Chief U.S. Negotiator for Arms Control
  • John Shalikashvili (1936–2011), U.S. Army general and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff; born in Warsaw, Poland and emigrated to the U.S. as a teenager; became the first draftee to rise to rank of General and first JCS Chairman after General Colin Powell
  • Matt Urban (1919–1994), U.S. Army lieutenant colonel and Medal of Honor recipient
  • Frank P. Witek (1921–1944), U.S. Marine and Medal of Honor recipient<ref>[7] Template:Dead link</ref>
  • Edward J. York (1912–1984), U.S. Air Force colonel and participant of the Doolittle Raid, the first American air operation during the Second World War to strike the Japanese Home Islands in retaliation for the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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Politics

Zbigniew Brzezinski, US political scientist, geostrategist and statesman

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Religion

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Scientists

Ralph Modjeski, the son of actress Helena Modjeska and bridge designer who achieved prominence as "America's greatest bridge builder"
Casimir Zeglen, inventor the first bulletproof vest
Stephanie Kwolek, DuPont chemist who invented kevlar

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  • Karol J. Bobko (1937–2023), former NASA astronaut<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • Andrzej Ehrenfeucht (born 1932), mathematician and computer scientist; formulated the Ehrenfeucht–Fraïssé game and Ehrenfeucht–Mycielski sequence
  • Kazimierz Fajans (1887–1975), pioneer in the science of radioactivity; created Fajans' rules; discovered the element protactinium
  • Christopher Ferguson (born 1961), former NASA astronaut
  • Richard Feynman (1918–1988), physicist; 1965 Nobel Prize in Physics<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • Casimir Funk (1884–1967), biochemist, generally credited with the first formulation of the concept of vitamins in 1912<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • Joanna Hoffman, part of the original Apple Macintosh developer team; acted as the team's only marketing person for more than a year; wrote the first draft of the Macintosh User Interface Guidelines
  • Roald Hoffmann (born 1937), chemist and writer, Nobel Prize winner (1981)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • Alfred Korzybski (1879–1950), developed the theory of general semantics<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • Gerhard Lenski (1924–2015), sociologist known for contributions to the sociology of religion, social inequality, and ecological-evolutionary social theory
  • Richard Lenski (born 1956), evolutionary biologist, proved evolution with the E. coli long-term evolution experiment
  • Cass Lewart, electrical engineer and author
  • Janusz Liberkowski (born 1953), winner of the first season of the show American Inventor; his invention was the Anecia Safety Capsule
  • Stephen J. Lukasik, a director of USA tech at DARPA
  • Henryk Magnuski (1909–1978), inventor of the first walkie talkie the SCR-300
  • Bronislaw Malinowski (1884–1942), one of the most important 20th-century anthropologists
  • Krzysztof Matyjaszewski (born 1950), polymer chemist best known for the discovery of atom transfer radical polymerization (ATRP)
  • Albert Abraham Michelson (1852–1931), Polish-born American physicist; awarded the Nobel Prize in physics (1907) for work done on the measurement of the speed of light; the first American to receive the Nobel in the sciences
  • Ralph Modjeski (1861–1940), engineer and bridge builder<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • Scott E. Parazynski (born 1961), NASA astronaut, performed a dangerous EVA never performed before to repair a live solar array on the International Space Station<ref name="polishnews.com">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • Sabrina Gonzalez Pasterski (born 1993), physicist described as next Einstein by Harvard.
  • James A. Pawelczyk (born 1960), astronaut, associate professor of Physiology and Kinesiology at Penn State; the first Pole in outer space (1980)
  • Sidney Pestka (1936–2016), geneticist and biochemist who discovered how mRNA is translated into proteins through a small ribosomal subunit
  • Frank Piasecki (1929–2008), aviation engineer, developed vertical lift aircraft
  • Piotr Piecuch (born 1960), physical chemist, best known for his work in theoretical and computational chemistry, particularly ab initio quantum-mechanical methods based on coupled-cluster theory
  • Marek Pienkowski (born 1945), medical researcher and clinician known for innovations in diagnosis and treatment of immunological deficiencies and asthma/allergic disorders
  • Nikodem Poplawski, physicist described as next Einstein, whose theory is every black hole contains another universe.
  • Isidor Isaac Rabi (1898–1988), emigrated to the U.S. in 1899; awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics (1944) for work on molecular-beam magnetic-resonance detection method.
  • Ronald T. Raines (born 1958), chemical biologist known for his research on proteins
  • Wojciech Rostafiński (1921–2002), worked for NASA; contributed to the theory of aeronautics and applied mathematics; listed in Scientific Citation Index
  • Albert Sabin, Polish-born medical scientist, discovered oral vaccine for poliomyelitis; President of the Weizmann Institute of Science
  • Andrew Schally (1926–2024), endocrinologist and Nobel Prize winner in 1977 in Medicine for research work<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • Joseph Tykociński-Tykociner (1877–1969), patent and invention of sound film on motion pictures
  • Adam Ulam (1922–2000), historian and political scientist at Harvard University, one of the world's foremost authorities on Russia and the Soviet Union
  • Stanisław Ulam (1909–1984), mathematician who participated in the Manhattan Project and proposed the Teller–Ulam design of thermonuclear weapons<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • Thaddeus Vincenty (1920–2002), geodesist, devised Vincenty's formulae, a geodesic calculation technique published in 1975 which is accurate to about half a millimeter
  • Andrzej Walicki (1930–2020), economist; in 1998 he won Balzan Prize for his contribution to the study of the Russian and Polish cultural and social history, and also the study of European culture in the 19th century
  • Frank Wilczek (born 1951), physicist, Nobel Prize 2004<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • Anne Wojcicki, biotech analyst, biologist, and businesswoman; co-founder of 23andMe (genetics testing)
  • Stanley Wojcicki (1937–2023), professor and former chair of the physics department at Stanford University in California
  • Aleksander Wolszczan (born 1946), astronomer, discoverer of the first extrasolar planets and pulsar planets<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • Edmund Zalinski (1849–1909), invented pneumatic dynamite torpedo-gun, invented an electrical fuse, Other inventions included a modified entrenching tool, a ramrod-bayonet, and a telescopic sight for artillery and the Zalinsky boat, one of the earliest submarines in the United States
  • George D. Zamka (born 1962), NASA astronaut
  • Casimir Zeglen (1869–19??), invented the bulletproof vest in 1897; a Catholic priest of St. Stanislaus Kostka Roman Catholic Church in Chicago
  • Florian Znaniecki (1882–1958), sociologist and philosopher<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • Wojciech H. Zurek (1900–1992), pioneer in information physics; co-author of a proof stating that a single quantum cannot be cloned; coined the terms "einselection" and "quantum discord"
  • Antoni Zygmund (1900–1992), mathematician, "trigonometric series"<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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Sports

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Baseball

Carl Yastrzemski, former Major League Baseball player for the Boston Red Sox
  • Rick Ankiel (born 1979), former professional baseball outfielder and pitcher
  • Mike Bielecki (born 1959), former professional baseball player
  • Dave Borkowski (born 1977), former Major League Baseball relief pitcher
  • Joe Borowski, Cleveland Indians closing pitcher
  • Stan Coveleski (1889–1984), Major League Baseball player during the 1910s and 1920s<ref name="everyculture.com">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • Paul Konerko (born 1976), former professional baseball first baseman
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  • Whitey Kurowski (1918–1999), third baseman in Major League Baseball who played his entire career for the St. Louis Cardinals (1941–49)
  • Mat Latos (born 1987), professional baseball pitcher
  • James Loney (born 1984), first baseman in Major League Baseball
  • Eddie Lopat (1918–1992), Major League Baseball pitcher
  • Stan Lopata (1925–2013), Major League Baseball player<ref>[12] Template:Dead link</ref>
  • Mark Lukasiewicz (born 1973), former professional baseball player who played two seasons for the Anaheim Angels
  • Greg Luzinski (born 1950), former left fielder in Major League Baseball
  • Joe Maddon (born 1954), Major League Baseball manager, currently serving as manager of the Chicago Cubs
  • Gary Majewski (born 1980), former Major League Baseball pitcher
  • Phil Mankowski (born 1953), former third baseman in Major League Baseball who played for the Detroit Tigers and New York Mets
  • Brian Matusz (born 1987), professional baseball pitcher for the Baltimore Orioles of Major League Baseball
  • Bill Mazeroski (born 1936), former Major League baseball player<ref>[13] Template:Dead link</ref>
  • Barney McCosky (1917–1996), center fielder/left fielder in Major League Baseball<ref>[14] Template:Dead link</ref>
  • Doug Mientkiewicz (born 1974), former first baseman for the Minnesota Twins, Boston Red Sox, and several other MLB teams<ref>[15] Template:Dead link</ref>
  • Dave Mlicki (born 1968), former right-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball
  • Stan Musial (1920–2013), Major League Baseball player who played 22 seasons for the St. Louis Cardinals from 1941 to 1963<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • Joe Niekro (1944–2006), starting pitcher in Major League Baseball; younger brother of Hall of Fame pitcher Phil Niekro; father of first baseman Lance Niekro<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • Phil Niekro (1939–2020), former pitcher in Major League Baseball and member of the Baseball Hall of Fame<ref>[16] Template:Dead link</ref>
  • C. J. Nitkowski (born 1973), left-handed former professional baseball pitcher
  • Tom Paciorek (born 1946), Major League outfielder and first baseman for 18 seasons between 1970 and 1987<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • Freddie Patek (born 1944), Major League Baseball player for the Pittsburgh Pirates, Kansas City Royals, and California Angels<ref>[17] Template:Dead link</ref>
  • Ron Perranoski (1936–2020), Major League pitcher<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • A. J. Pierzynski (born 1976), Major League catcher<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • Stephen Piscotty (born 1991) Major League Outfielder for Oakland Athletics and St. Louis Cardinals
  • Johnny Podres (1932–2008), Major League Baseball left-handed starting pitcher
  • Jack Quinn (1883–1946), Major League pitcher<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • Ron Reed (born 1942), Major League pitcher<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • Bill "Moose" Skowron (1930–2012), Major League Baseball player, primarily a first baseman<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • Matt Szczur (born 1989), active Major League outfielder for the Chicago Cubs<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • Frank Tanana (born 1953), former left-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • Ted Wilks (1915–1989), relief pitcher (aka "The Cork") with the St. Louis Cardinals, Pittsburgh Pirates, Cleveland Indians; coach of the Kansas City A's (now Oakland)
  • Carl Yastrzemski (born 1939), Major League Baseball player<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • Richie Zisk (born 1949), Major League Baseball player for the Pittsburgh Pirates, Chicago White Sox, Texas Rangers, and Seattle Mariners from 1971 to 1983<ref>[19] Template:Dead link</ref>

Basketball

Mike Krzyzewski, head coach at Duke University from 1980 to 2022, during which he led the Blue Devils to five national titles, also coached the United States men's national basketball team, which he led to three Olympic gold medals
Jeremy Sochan, professional NBA basketball player for the San Antonio Spurs
  • Carol Blazejowski (born 1956), women's professional basketball player
  • Vince Boryla (1927–2016), former NBA player for the New York Knicks, first ever NBA All-Star player of Polish descent, coach, and Denver Nuggets executive
  • Frank Brickowski (born 1959), 12-year NBA veteran
  • Olek Czyż (born 1990), Duke Blue Devils and Nevada Wolf Pack NCAA player
  • Dan Dickau (born 1978), former professional basketball and NBA player
  • Phil Farbman (1924–1996), basketball player
  • Kyle Filipowski (born 2003), drafted in 2024 NBA Draft by the Utah Jazz
  • Mike Gminski (born 1959), former college and professional basketball player, 14-year NBA veteran
  • Tom Gola (1933–2014), one of Philadelphia's most famous basketball players<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • Joe Graboski (1930–1998), 13-year NBA veteran
  • Bobby Hurley (born 1971), former Duke and NBA basketball player<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • Frank Kaminsky (born 1993), current NBA player
  • Joe Kopicki (born 1960), former NBA player
  • Thomas Kelati (born 1982), professional basketball player in the Poland national team
  • Len Kosmalski (born 1951), former NBA player
  • Ronald Kozlicki (born 1944), former ABA basketball player
  • Larry Krystkowiak (born 1964), 10-year NBA veteran
  • Mike Krzyzewski (born 1947), head coach of the Duke University men's basketball team and the 2008 gold medal-winning U.S. men's Olympic basketball team
  • Steve Kuberski (born 1947), former NBA player and NBA Champion, last ever Boston Celtic to wear no 33 jersey before the arrival of Larry Bird
  • Bruce Kuczenski (born 1961), former basketball and NBA player
  • Leo Kubiak (born 1926/1927), former BAA and minor league baseball player
  • Mitch Kupchak (born 1954), former 9-year NBA veteran, NBA Champion and former general manager of the Los Angeles Lakers
  • Bob Kurland (1924–2013), 7-foot basketball center
  • Christian Laettner (born 1969), 13-year NBA veteran, NBA All-Star and a member of the 1992 Olympics men's team
  • John Laskowski (born 1953), former Chicago Bulls player, nicknamed 'Super Sub'
  • Hank Lefkowitz (1923–2007), former BAA player
  • Red Mihalik (1916–1996), NCAA and Olympic official/referee<ref name="polishsportshof.com">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • Paul Mokeski (born 1957), 12-year NBA veteran
  • Nick Muszynski (born 1998), professional basketball player for the Portland Trail Blazers
  • Mike Peplowski (born 1970), former NBA player
  • Eric Piatkowski (born 1970), former 14-year NBA veteran with the Los Angeles Clippers, Houston Rockets, Chicago Bulls and Phoenix Suns
  • Walt Piatkowski (born 1945), former ABA player, Eric Piatkowski's father
  • Stan Pietkiewicz (born 1956), former NBA player
  • Dave Piontek (1934–2004), former 7-year NBA player
  • Tom Piotrowski (born 1960), former NBA player
  • Brandin Podziemski (born 2003), drafted in 2023 by Golden State Warriors
  • Joe Proski (born 1939), first trainer of Phoenix Suns; inducted into Phoenix Ring of Fame in 2001
  • Joel Przybilla (born 1979), former 13-year NBA veteran
  • Ray Radziszewski (born 1935), former professional basketball player
  • George Ratkovicz (1922–2008), former 6-year NBA player
  • Jim Rowinski (born 1961), former NBA player
  • Ed Sadowski (1917–1990), former BAA and NBA player
  • Jeremy Sochan (born 2003), Polish-American professional basketball player for the San Antonio Spurs of the NBA. He is also a member of Poland men's national basketball team.
  • Ed Stanczak (1921–2004), former NBA player
  • Bob Sura (born 1973), former NBA player for the Cavaliers, Warriors, Pistons, Hawks and Rockets.
  • Wally Szczerbiak (born 1977), former 10-year NBA veteran, NBA All-Star. Although his father claimed the family is of Ukrainian descent, Szczerbiak is a 100% Polish surname. Considering that most of the western part of today's Ukrainian territory was for centuries a part of the Polish empire, Polish roots of Szczerbiak's family are obvious.Template:Citation needed
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  • A.J. Slaughter (born 1987), professional basketball player in the Poland national team
  • Cole Swider (born 1999), professional basketball player for the Indiana Pacers, also played for Los Angeles Lakers and Miami Heat
  • Kaleb Tarczewski (born 1993), professional basketball player
  • Kelly Tripucka (born 1959), former 10-year NBA veteran for the Detroit Pistons, Utah Jazz, and Charlotte Hornets, two-time NBA All-Star
  • Dave Twardzik (born 1950), former NBA and ABA player, ABA All-Star and 1977 NBA Champion
  • Jayson Williams (born 1968), former NBA player for the 76ers and New Jersey Nets, NBA All-Star in 1998. He is of Polish, Italian and African-American descent
  • Steve Wojciechowski (born 1976), former head coach of the Marquette University men's basketball team
  • Dennis Wuycik (born 1950), former ABA player
  • Marcus Zegarowski (born 1998), professional basketball player

Bowling

  • Eddie Lubanski, considered one of the greatest bowlers of all time; in the Guinness book of World Records

Boxing

  • Bobby Czyz (born 1962), boxer
  • Andrew Golota (born 1968), professional boxer from Poland who has been involved in many controversial fights
  • Stanley Ketchel (1886–1910), boxer who became one of the greatest world middleweight champions
  • Adam Kownacki (born 1989), heavyweight boxer born in Poland, and lived in the United States since 1996<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • Stanley Poreda (1909–1983), Jersey City boxer considered a top heavyweight contender in the early 1930s
  • Paweł Wolak (born 1981), former WBC USNBC Light Middleweight Champion
  • Teddy Yarosz (1910–1974), NBA Middleweight Boxing Champion
  • Tony Zale (1913–1997), two-time Middleweight World Champion Boxer

Fencing

Figure skating

  • Tara Lipinski (born 1982), Olympic gold medalist figure skater and celebrity
  • Janet Lynn (born 1953), figure skater and Olympic bronze medalist<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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Football

Rob Gronkowski former NFL tight end (TE) for the New England Patriots and Tampa Bay Buccaneers

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  • Walt Michaels (1929–2019), former player and coach, remembered for his six-year tenure as head coach of the New York Jets from 1977 to 1982
  • Dick Modzelewski (1931–2018), former college and pro football player with the Redskins, Steelers, Giants and Browns; coach for the Cleveland Browns; member of the College Football Hall of Fame<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • Gene Mruczkowski (born 1980), offensive lineman for the New England Patriots of the NFL
  • Scott Mruczkowski (born 1982), center, San Diego Chargers, Bowling Green
  • Mike Munchak (born 1960), former pro offense with the Houston Oilers; Pro Football Hall of Fame<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • Bronko Nagurski (1908–1990), former NFL player and professional wrestler
  • Ray Nitschke (1936–1998), former Hall of Fame NFL linebacker for the Green Bay Packers<ref name="Robert Asher 2009 pg 72">Scott Ingram and Robert Asher, "Polish Immigrants", Infobase Publishing (2009), pg 72</ref>
  • Bill Osmanski (1915–1996), College and Pro Football Hall of Fame; former player with Chicago Bears<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • Walt Patulski (born 1950), former defensive end for the University of Notre Dame, Buffalo Bills, and St. Louis Cardinals
  • Jason Pociask (born 1983), tight end for the New York Jets
  • Paul Posluszny (born 1984), linebacker for the Jacksonville Jaguars
  • Bill Romanowski (born 1966), former football player for the San Francisco 49ers and Oakland Raiders
  • Tony Romo, NFL quarterback for the Dallas Cowboys<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • Ed Rutkowski (born 1941), former wide receiver and quarterback for the Buffalo Bills; later became County Executive of Erie County (Buffalo)
  • Jack Sack (1902–1980), American football player and coach
  • John Sandusky (1925–2006), former NFL player for the Browns and Packers, former head coach of the Colts, of Irish and Polish descent.<ref name="Baltimore Sun obit">Template:Cite news</ref>
  • Mark Stepnoski, one of NFL's top linemen with the Dallas Cowboys<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • Hank Stram (1923–2005), Head Coach, Kansas City Chiefs
  • Mike Tomczak (born 1962), former NFL quarterback
  • Frank Tripucka (1927–2013), former quarterback for the Broncos, Cardinals and Lions<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • Steve Wisniewski, former pro-bowler, offensive guard with the Oakland Raiders<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • Alex Wojciechowicz (1915–1992), former offensive lineman and linebacker for the Detroit Lions and Philadelphia Eagles
  • Tom Zbikowski (born 1985), safety for the Baltimore Ravens

Golf

  • Billy Burke (1902–1972), prominent golfer of the 1930s
  • Jim Furyk (born May 12, 1970), professional golfer, 2003 U.S. Open winner, FedEx Cup Champion, PGA Tour Player of the Year, Ryder Cup captain
  • Betsy King (born 1955), professional golfer<ref>[20] Template:Dead link</ref>
  • Paul Stankowski (born 1969), professional golfer with two PGA Tour wins; finished tied for 5th at the 1997 Masters as well as a tie for 17th at the 1997 U.S. Open
  • Bob Toski (born 1926), golf player and teacher
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  • Walt Zembriski (born May 4, 1935), former ironworker; played on both the PGA and Senior PGA tour

Hockey

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Media

Olympic athletes

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  • Lillian Copeland (1904–1964), Olympic discus champion; set world records in discus, javelin, and shot put
  • Alyson Dudek (born 1990), short track speed skater at the 2010 and 2014 Winter Olympics; won bronze in 2010
  • Mark Gorski (born 1960), track cyclist; gold medal
  • Bob Gutowski (1935–1960), pole vaulter; won silver at 1956 Summer Olympics<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • Jeffrey Klepacki, rower in 1992, 1996 and 2000 Olympics; won Rowing World Championship titles in 1994, 1998 and 1999
  • Christopher Liwski, rower in 2004 and 2008 Olympic teams (alternate); won Rowing World Championship title in 2007
  • Norbert Schemansky (1924–2016), gold, silver and bronze Olympic m in weightlifting<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • Jenn Suhr (née Stuczynski), pole vaulter, won silver at 2008 Summer Olympics
  • Stanisława Walasiewicz (a.k.a. Stella Walsh) (1911–1980), athlete and Olympic champion
  • Dagmara Wozniak (born 1988), Olympic bronze medalist, Women's Team Saber
  • Sam Mikulak (born 1992), retired three time Olympian, Artistic Gymnastics

Soccer

Wrestling

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Other sports

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Alan Kulwicki, NASCAR driver and winner of the 1992 NASCAR Winston Cup Series
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Brad Keselowski, NASCAR driver and winner of the 2012 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series and 2010 NASCAR Nationwide Series

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  • Alan Kulwicki (1954–1993), auto racing champion<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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Other

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References

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