Notable Poles of German Descent
- Władysław Anders, a general in the Polish Army and a politician with the Polish government-in-exile in London.
- Izabela Czartoryska, a noble lady, writer, art collector, and founder of the first Polish museum, the Czartoryski Museum in Kraków.
- Stanisław Ernest Denhoff, a noble, politician and military leader.
- Jan Henryk Dąbrowski, a general and Polish national hero.
- Adam Fastnacht, a historian and member of Armia Krajowa.
- Jan Fethke, a film director, author and famous proponent of Esperanto language.
- Emil August Fieldorf, Polish general during World War I and World War II.
- Franciszek Fiszer, an author and philisopher.
- Anna German, a singer.
- Henryk Grohman, an industrialist.
- Józef Haller, Polish general, political and social activist.
- Henryk Korowicz, professor, economist, and rector of Academy of Foreign Trade in Lwów.
- Juliusz Karol Kunitzer, an industrialist, economic activist, philanthropist and industrial magnate in Congress Poland.
- Joachim Lelewel, Polish historian and politician.
- Samuel Linde, a linguist, librarian, and lexicographer of the Polish language.
- Tadeusz Manteuffel, historian.
- Suzanna von Nathusius, a child actor.
- Wilhelm Orlik-Rückemann, Polish general and military commander.
- Emilia Plater, a noble lady and revolutionary.
- Nelli Rokita, politician of Law and Justice party in Poland.
- Karol Ernest Wedel, a candy maker.
- Edward Werner an economist, judge and politician in the Second Polish Republic.
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