Wincenty Pstrowski (28 May 1904 – 18 April 1948) was a Polish miner, known as the Polish Stakhanov and recognized with awards for his high productivity, during the Three Year Plan.
Pstrowski was given the title of przodownik pracy when in 1947 he achieved 270 percent expected efficiency per month. Pstrowski died in 1948 due to misconducted dental intervention, but in official propaganda, his death was due to deadly exhaustion.
Władysław Sebyła (1902–1940) was a Polish poet, a member of the Kwadryga (Four-in-Hand) literary group, which also included Konstanty Ildefons Gałczyński and Stefan Flukowski. He was executed in Kharkiv.
Jadwiga Łuszczewska (pen name: Deotyma (Diotima); 1 July 1834 – 23 September 1908) was a Polish poet, novelist and salonniére. She was born and died in Warsaw.
Maria Konopnicka (Polish pronunciation: [ˈmarja kɔnɔpˈɲitska] ; née Wasiłowska; 23 May 1842 – 8 October 1910) was a Polish poet, novelist, children's writer, translator, journalist, critic, and activist for women's rights and for Polish independence. She used pseudonyms, including Jan Sawa. She was one of the most important poets of Poland's Positivist period.
Thierry Jean-Pierre (1955–2005) was a French judge and Member of the European Parliament (MEP).
Stefan Żeromski ( [ˈstɛfan ʐɛˈrɔmski] ; 14 October 1864 – 20 November 1925) was a Polish novelist and dramatist belonging to the Young Poland movement at the turn of the 20th century. He was called the "conscience of Polish literature".He also wrote under the pen names Maurycy Zych, Józef Katerla, and Stefan Iksmoreż.
He was nominated four times for the Nobel Prize in Literature.
Franz-Josef Kemper (born 30 September 1945) is a German athlete, Olympian, and official. He achieved his greatest success as a middle-distance runner in the 1960s and 1970s.