Notable Persons
- Wojciech Bogusławski - father of Polish theater
- Franciszek Bohomolec - poet, writer, publisher, teacher
- Tadeusz Czacki - education, economy, founder of Towarzystwo Przyjaciół Nauk and Liceum Krzemienieckie
- Jakub Jasiński - poet, general, radical supporter of revolution
- Franciszek Salezy Jezierski - writer, political activist
- Franciszek Karpiński - poet
- Franciszek Kniaźnin (Franciszek Dionizy Kniażin) - poet, writer
- Hugo Kołłątaj - priest, social and political activist, political thinker, historian and philosopher
- Stanisław Konarski - precursor of education reform, author of O skutecznym rad sposobie
- Onufry Kopczyński - teacher, precursor of Polish grammar
- Michał Dymitr Krajewski - writer, educational activist
- Ignacy Krasicki - one of Poland's greatest poets, writer, bishop, co-organiser of Thursday dinners
- Stanisław Leszczyński - king of Poland, political activist, writer (Głos wolny wolność ubezpieczający)
- Samuel Bogumił Linde - chairman of Towarzystwo do Ksiąg Elementarnych, creator of Słownik Języka Polskiego
- Adam Naruszewicz - poet, translator, historian
- Julian Ursyn Niemcewicz - poet, playwright, independence activist
- Jan Piotr Norblin - painter
- Józef Maksymilian Ossoliński - writer, social, science and cultural activist, founder of Zakład Narodowy im. Ossolińskich
- Grzegorz Piramowicz - writer, philosopher, educational activist
- Stanisław August Poniatowski - king, co-organiser of Thursday's dinners, great supporter of arts and sciences in Poland,
- Stanisław Staszic - writer, economist
- Jan Śniadecki - astronomer, mathematician, philosopher
- Jędrzej Śniadecki - chemist
- Stanisław Trembecki - poet (Classicism style)
- Tomasz Kajetan Węgierski - poet, explorer
- Józef Wybicki - political activist, author of the words of Mazurek Dąbrowskiego, Polish national anthem
- Franciszek Zabłocki - poet, comedy writer, secretary of Towarzystwo do Ksiąg Elementarnych
- Andrzej and Józef Załuski - founders of first Polish public library, Biblioteka Załuskich
- Andrzej Zamoyski - kanclerz, politician, author of the Zamoyski Code
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