Notable People
- Karol Wojtyła (1920–2005), Polish priest and bishop of Kraków, 1978-2005 as Pope John Paul II
- Marcin Wadowita Martinus Vadovius Campinus (born 1567), Polish theologian, philosopher and deacon of the Kraków Academy
- Godwin Brumowski (1889–1936), Austro-Hungarian WWI fighter ace and air general
- Saint Raphael Kalinowski (b. 1835, Vilna; d. 1906, Wadowice), founder of Wadowice college, seminary, church, monastery, and convent
- Ada Sari (29 June 1886 - 12 July 1968) was a famous Polish opera singer, actress.
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