Notable Poles of Armenian Descent
- Kajetan Abgarowicz (1856-1909) — writer
- Fr. Karol Antoniewicz (1807-1852) — Catholic priest, Jesuit and poet
- Teodor Axentowicz (1853-1938) — painter
- Anna Dymna, (1951- ), actress
- Zbigniew Herbert (1924-1998) — poet and essayist
- Fr. Tadeusz Isakowicz-Zaleski (1956- ) — Catholic priest, shepherd of the Armenian Rite faithful in southern Poland, historian, charity worker and independence activist during communist rule
- Jerzy Kawalerowicz (1922-2007), film director
- Robert Maklowicz (1963- ), journalist
- Krzysztof Penderecki (1933- ), composer
- Fr. Grzegorz Piramowicz (1753-1801) — Catholic priest, educator and philosopher
- Juliusz Słowacki (1809-1849) — poet
- Szymon Szymonowic (1558-1629) — poet
- Abp. Józef Teodorowicz (1864-1938) — Armenian Catholic Archbishop of Lviv, renowned for his religious and social work.
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