List of Famous people born in Podkarpackie Voivodeship, Poland

Krzysztof Penderecki

Krzysztof Eugeniusz Penderecki
First Name Krzysztof
Born on November 23, 1933
Died on March 29, 2020 (aged 86)

Krzysztof Eugeniusz Penderecki was a Polish composer and conductor. Among his best known works are Threnody to the Victims of Hiroshima, Symphony No. 3, his St. Luke Passion, Polish Requiem, Anaklasis and Utrenja. Penderecki composed four operas, eight symphonies and other orchestral pieces, a variety of instrumental concertos, choral settings of mainly religious texts, as well as chamber and instrumental works.

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Michał Szpak

First Name Michał
Last Name Szpak
Born on November 26, 1990 (age 33)

Michał Szpak is a Polish singer who found fame on the inaugural season of the Polish X Factor in 2011. On 12 May 2016, Szpak represented Poland at the Eurovision Song Contest 2016 in Stockholm, Sweden with the song "Color of Your Life".

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Isidor Isaac Rabi

First Name Isidor
Born on July 29, 1898
Died on January 11, 1988 (aged 89)

Isidor Isaac Rabi was an American physicist who won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1944 for his discovery of nuclear magnetic resonance, which is used in magnetic resonance imaging. He was also one of the first scientists in the United States to work on the cavity magnetron, which is used in microwave radar and microwave ovens.

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Krzysztof Soszynski

Krzysztof Soszyński
First Name Krzysztof
Born on August 2, 1977 (age 46)
Height 185 cm | 6'1

Krzysztof Soszyński is a Polish–Canadian actor and retired mixed martial artist. An 11-year competitor from 2003 until 2014, Soszynski fought in the UFC, Strikeforce, the Los Angeles Anacondas of the IFL, and was a contestant on The Ultimate Fighter: Team Nogueira vs. Team Mir.

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Amalia Carneri

First Name Amalia
Last Name Carneri
Born on September 12, 1875
Died on November 30, 1941 (aged 66)

Amalia Carneri is the artist name of Amalie Malka Pollak, born Malka Kanarvogel,, a soprano opera and operetta performer based in Vienna, Austria. She performed in several of Vienna’s most prestigious concert venues and made several recordings.

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Zdzisław Beksiński

First Name Zdzisław
Born on February 24, 1929
Died on February 21, 2005 (aged 75)

Zdzisław Beksiński was a Polish painter, photographer and sculptor, specializing in the field of dystopian surrealism. Beksiński made his paintings and drawings in what he called either a 'Baroque' or a 'Gothic' manner. His creations were made mainly in two periods. The first period of work is generally considered to contain expressionistic color, with a strong style of "utopian realism" and surreal architecture, like a doomsday scenario. The second period contained more abstract style, with the main features of formalism.

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Artur Jędrzejczyk

Artur Marcin Jędrzejczyk
First Name Artur
Last Name Jędrzejczyk
Born on November 4, 1987 (age 36)
Height 189 cm | 6'2

Artur Marcin Jędrzejczyk is a Polish footballer who plays as a defender for Ekstraklasa club Legia Warsaw.

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Zeev Sternhell

First Name Zeev
Born on April 10, 1935
Died on June 21, 2020 (aged 85)

Zeev Sternhell was a Polish-born Israeli historian, political scientist, commentator on the Israeli–Palestinian conflict, and writer. He was one of the world's leading theorists of the phenomenon of fascism. Sternhell headed the Department of Political Science at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and wrote for Haaretz newspaper.

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Friedrich von Ledebur

First Name Friedrich
Last Name Ledebur
Born on June 3, 1900
Died on December 25, 1986 (aged 86)

Friedrich Anton Maria Hubertus Bonifacius Graf von Ledebur-Wicheln was an actor who was known for Moby Dick (1956), Alexander the Great (1955) and Slaughterhouse-Five (1972).

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Tomasz Stańko

Tomasz Ludwik Stańko
First Name Tomasz
Born on July 11, 1942
Died on July 29, 2018 (aged 76)

Tomasz Ludwik Stańko was a Polish trumpeter and composer. Stańko is associated with free jazz and the avant-garde.

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