39 Notable alumni of
Marie Curie-Sklodowska University

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Marie Curie-Sklodowska University is 771st in the world, 271st in Europe, and 17th in Poland by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 39 notable alumni from Marie Curie-Sklodowska University sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.

  1. Jan Żabiński

    Jan Żabiński
    Born in
    Poland Flag Poland
    Years
    1897-1974 (aged 77)
    Occupations
    ethologistzoologistphysiologist
    Biography

    Jan Żabiński and his wife Antonina Żabińska (née Erdman) (1908–1971) were a Polish couple from Warsaw, recognized by Yad Vashem as Righteous Among the Nations for their heroic rescue of Jews during the Holocaust in Poland. Jan Żabiński was a zoologist and zootechnician by profession, a scientist, and organizer and director of the renowned Warsaw Zoo before and during World War II. He became director of the Zoo before the outbreak of war but during the occupation of Poland also held a prestigious function of the Superintendent of the city's public parks in 1939–1945. A street in Warsaw is named after him.

  2. Urszula

    Urszula
    Born in
    Poland Flag Poland
    Years
    1960-.. (age 64)
    Occupations
    singerrecording artist
    Biography

    Urszula Beata Kasprzak, usually known simply as Urszula, is a Polish pop and rock singer and also a piano player and accordionist.

  3. Anna Moskwa

    Anna Moskwa
    Born in
    Poland Flag Poland
    Years
    1979-.. (age 45)
    Enrolled in Marie Curie-Sklodowska University
    Studied international relations
    Occupations
    economistsociologist
    Biography

    Anna Moskwa is a Polish politician who has been serving as Minister of Climate and Environment under Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki in his second cabinet since 26 October 2021. She is the second minister to hold the position, after inaugural minister Michał Kurtyka. Moskwa has also previously served as Undersecretary of State in the Ministry of Marine Economy and Inland Navigation.

  4. Małgorzata Sadurska

    Małgorzata Sadurska
    Born in
    Poland Flag Poland
    Years
    1975-.. (age 49)
    Occupations
    politician
    Biography

    Małgorzata Barbara Sadurska is a Polish politician. She was elected to the Sejm on 25 September 2005, receiving 6,988 votes in 6 Lublin district, as a candidate from the Law and Justice list.

  5. Zoryana Skaletska

    Zoryana Skaletska
    Born in
    Ukraine Flag Ukraine
    Years
    1980-.. (age 44)
    Occupations
    statesperson
    Biography

    Zoriana Stepanivna Skaletska is a Ukrainian lawyer, activist and politician and former Minister of Healthcare of Ukraine.

  6. Krzysztof Żuk

    Krzysztof Żuk
    Born in
    Poland Flag Poland
    Years
    1957-.. (age 67)
    Occupations
    economist
    Biography

    Krzysztof Żuk is a Polish economist, and since 2010, the mayor of the city of Lublin. He previously served as deputy mayor of Lublin from 2006 to 2007, was the chairperson of Świdnik City Council from 1990 to 1996, and the Undersecretary of State at the Polish Ministry of State Treasury from 2007 to 2009.

  7. Riad Haidar

    Riad Haidar
    Born in
    Syria Flag Syria
    Years
    1951-2023 (aged 72)
    Enrolled in Marie Curie-Sklodowska University
    In 2003 studied European studies
    Occupations
    physicianpolitician
    Biography

    Riad Haidar was politician, physician, and social activist. From 2019 to 2023 he was a member of the Sejm of Poland, and from 2010 to 2019 he was a member of the Lublin Voivodeship Sejmik. From 1998 to 2019 he was the medical director of the Neonatology Ward of the Voivodeship Specialist Hospital in Biała Podlaska.

  8. Jan Bury

    Jan Bury
    Born in
    Poland Flag Poland
    Years
    1963-.. (age 61)
    Occupations
    politician
    Biography

    Jan Bury is a Polish politician. He was elected to the Sejm on 25 September 2005, getting 12050 votes in 23 Rzeszów district as a candidate from Polish People's Party list.

  9. Ewa Leniart

    Ewa Leniart
    Born in
    Poland Flag Poland
    Years
    1976-.. (age 48)
    Occupations
    politician
    Biography

    Ewa Maria Leniart is a Polish politician. She was elected to the Sejm (9th term) representing the constituency of Rzeszów.

  10. Krzysztof Sobolewski

    Krzysztof Sobolewski
    Born in
    Poland Flag Poland
    Years
    1978-.. (age 46)
    Occupations
    local government officialpolitician
    Biography

    Krzysztof Sobolewski is a Polish politician and former local government official who is the chair of the Executive Committee of Law and Justice, in office since 2018.

  11. Krzysztof Hetman

    Krzysztof Hetman
    Born in
    Poland Flag Poland
    Years
    1974-.. (age 50)
    Occupations
    politician
    Biography

    Krzysztof Andrzej Hetman is a Polish politician who has served as a Member of the European Parliament since 2014. Since December 2023, he has served as Minister of Economic Development and Technology.

  12. Marta Wcisło

    Marta Wcisło
    Born in
    Poland Flag Poland
    Years
    1969-.. (age 55)
    Occupations
    politicianentrepreneur
    Biography

    Marta Anna Wcisło is a Polish educator, politician and member of the Civic Platform. She has been a member of the Sejm since 12 November 2019 after winning 15,062 votes in the 2019 Polish parliamentary elections. In 2023 parliamentary election she was reelected receiving 68,449 votes.

  13. Henryk Cioch

    Henryk Cioch
    Born in
    Poland Flag Poland
    Years
    1951-2017 (aged 66)
    Occupations
    politicianjudgelawyer
    Biography

    Henryk Cioch was a Polish lawyer, lecturer, professor of law, Senator and justice of Polish Constitutional Tribunal (appointment disputed).

  14. Kasia Babis

    Kasia Babis
    Born in
    Poland Flag Poland
    Years
    1992-.. (age 32)
    Occupations
    comics artistdrawerpainterYouTuberillustrator
    Biography

    Katarzyna "Kasia" Monika Babis is a Polish author of comic books, cartoonist, illustrator, painter, author of children's books, YouTuber and political activist.

  15. Gabriela Masłowska

    Gabriela Masłowska
    Born in
    Poland Flag Poland
    Years
    1950-.. (age 74)
    Occupations
    economistpolitician
    Biography

    Gabriela Masłowska is a Polish politician. She was elected to the Sejm on 25 September 2005, getting 11,977 votes in 6 Lublin district as a candidate from the League of Polish Families list.

  16. Andrzej Tomasz Zapałowski

    Andrzej Tomasz Zapałowski
    Born in
    Poland Flag Poland
    Years
    1966-.. (age 58)
    Occupations
    politicianhistorian
    Biography

    Andrzej Tomasz Zapałowski is a Polish politician and a Member of the European Parliament (MEP). He is a member of the League of Polish Families, which is a part of the Independence/Democracy Group in the European Parliament.

  17. Józef Zając

    Józef Zając
    Born in
    Poland Flag Poland
    Years
    1947-.. (age 77)
    Occupations
    mathematician
    Biography

    Józef Zając is a Polish mathematician, academic teacher, and habilitated doctor of mathematical sciences. Zając is also a senator of the VIII, IX and X Senate of Poland. He is also a member of the Agreement political party.

  18. Barbara Bartuś

    Barbara Bartuś
    Born in
    Poland Flag Poland
    Years
    1967-.. (age 57)
    Occupations
    politician
    Biography

    Barbara Halina Bartuś is a Polish politician from Law and Justice. She has sat in the Sejm since 2007.

  19. Zdzisław Podkański

    Zdzisław Podkański
    Born in
    Poland Flag Poland
    Years
    1949-2022 (aged 73)
    Occupations
    politician
    Biography

    Zdzisław Zbigniew Podkański was a Polish politician.

  20. Krystyna Skowrońska

    Krystyna Skowrońska
    Born in
    Poland Flag Poland
    Years
    1954-.. (age 70)
    Occupations
    politician
    Biography

    Krystyna Skowrońska is a Polish politician. She was elected to Sejm on 25 September 2005, getting 16479 votes in 23 Rzeszów district as a candidate from the Civic Platform list.

  21. Edward Wojtas

    Edward Wojtas
    Born in
    Poland Flag Poland
    Years
    1955-2010 (aged 55)
    Occupations
    politician
    Biography

    Edward Wojtas was a member of the Polish Sejm and a politician active in the Polish People's Party (PSL).

  22. Andrzej Kosztowniak

    Andrzej Kosztowniak
    Born in
    Poland Flag Poland
    Years
    1976-.. (age 48)
    Occupations
    politician
    Biography

    Andrzej Tomasz Kosztowniak is a Polish politician. He is a member of the Law and Justice party and was the mayor of Radom from November 2006 to November 2014, when he was succeeded by Radosław Witkowski.

  23. Wojciech Wilk

    Wojciech Wilk
    Born in
    Poland Flag Poland
    Years
    1972-.. (age 52)
    Occupations
    politician
    Biography

    Wojciech Wilk is a Polish politician. He was elected to the Sejm on 25 September 2005, getting 5,501 votes in 6 Lublin district as a candidate from the Civic Platform list.

  24. Jerzy Bartmiński

    Jerzy Bartmiński
    Born in
    Poland Flag Poland
    Years
    1939-2022 (aged 83)
    Occupations
    ethnographerfolkloristlinguistanthropologistslavist
    Biography

    Jerzy Bartmiński was a Polish linguist and ethnologist.

  25. Stanisław Iwanicki

    Stanisław Iwanicki
    Born in
    Poland Flag Poland
    Years
    1951-.. (age 73)
    Occupations
    politicianlawyer
    Biography

    Stanisław Iwanicki is Polish lawyer and politician.

  26. Jacek Czerniak

    Jacek Czerniak
    Born in
    Poland Flag Poland
    Years
    1964-.. (age 60)
    Occupations
    politician
    Biography

    Jacek Czerniak is a Polish politician and political scientist. Member of the Sejm representing Democratic Left Alliance (SLD) and the New Left (after SLD merged with Spring into a new party in 2021).

  27. Jerzy Łoś

    Jerzy Łoś
    Born in
    Ukraine Flag Ukraine
    Years
    1920-1998 (aged 78)
    Enrolled in Marie Curie-Sklodowska University
    Studied in 1945-1947
    Occupations
    economistmathematicianuniversity teacherphilosopher
    Biography

    Jerzy Łoś was a Polish mathematician, logician, economist, and philosopher. He is especially known for his work in model theory, in particular for "Łoś's theorem", which states that any first-order formula is true in an ultraproduct if and only if it is true in "most" factors (see ultraproduct for details). In model theory he also proved many preservation theorems, but he gave significant contributions, as well, to foundations of mathematics, Abelian group theory and universal algebra. In the 60's he turned his attention to mathematical economics, focusing mainly on production processes and dynamic decision processes.

  28. Maciej Płaza

    Maciej Płaza
    Born in
    Poland Flag Poland
    Years
    1976-.. (age 48)
    Occupations
    writertranslator
    Biography

    Maciej Płaza is a Polish writer, literary scholar and translator of English literature.

  29. Janina Sagatowska

    Janina Sagatowska
    Born in
    Poland Flag Poland
    Years
    1950-.. (age 74)
    Occupations
    politician
    Biography

    Janina Zofia Sagatowska is a Polish politician. She was elected to the Senate of Poland (10th term) representing the constituency of Rzeszów.

  30. Roman Tokarczyk

    Roman Tokarczyk
    Years
    1942-2022 (aged 80)
    Occupations
    university teacherphilosopherjurist
    Biography

    Roman Andrzej Tokarczyk is a legal scholar and philosopher, full professor, lecturing at the Faculty of Law and Administration, Maria Curie-Sklodowska University (UMCS) in Lublin, Poland, and at the Faculty of Management and Administration of the Zamość University of Management and Administration. He specializes in ethics, history of political law doctrines, comparative legal studies, philosophy of law and in American law. He has authored popular books in these fields and translated works of Hobbes and Fuller.

  31. Magdalena Gaj

    Magdalena Gaj
    Born in
    Poland Flag Poland
    Years
    1974-.. (age 50)
    Occupations
    solicitor
    Biography

    Magdalena Gaj born on 25 March 1974, is a Polish state official. Since 2012, she has been President of the Office of Electronic Communications.

  32. Tomasz Kitliński

    Tomasz Kitliński
    Years
    1966-.. (age 58)
    Occupations
    activisttrade unionistuniversity teacherphilosopher
    Biography

    Tomasz Kitliński is a Polish political philosopher, cultural and social analyst, and civic activist. He is a lecturer and trade unionist at Maria Curie-Sklodowska University and an author of books (Dream? Democracy! ), articles, petitions and letters of protest. In his research and teaching, he deals with contemporary society, culture and politics, intellectual history, literary and critical theory, art practice, religious studies and social anthropology. In his activism, he champions women's, LGBT, labour and refugee rights and participation.

  33. Sylwester Czopek

    Sylwester Czopek
    Born in
    Poland Flag Poland
    Years
    1958-.. (age 66)
    Occupations
    archaeologist
    Biography

    Sylwester Czopek is the rector of Rzeszów University. He is an archaeologist and museologist. In 2011 Czopek received the Knight's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta.

  34. Jolanta Róża Kozłowska

    Jolanta Róża Kozłowska
    Born in
    Poland Flag Poland
    Years
    1957-.. (age 67)
    Enrolled in Marie Curie-Sklodowska University
    Studied in 1983
    Occupations
    diplomat
    Biography

    Jolanta Róża Kozłowska is a Polish diplomat. Ambassador to Austria (2017–2022), Consul-General in Munich (1998–2002) and Cologne (2009–2013).

  35. Beata Choma

    Beata Choma
    Years
    20th Century
    Occupations
    balloonistathlete
    Biography

    Beata Choma is a Polish ballooning athlete.

  36. Piotr Wojtczak

    Piotr Wojtczak
    Born in
    Poland Flag Poland
    Years
    1963-.. (age 61)
    Enrolled in Marie Curie-Sklodowska University
    Studied political science and Romance studies
    Occupations
    diplomat
    Biography

    Piotr Wojtczak is a Polish diplomat, since 2017 serving as an ambassador to Luxembourg.

  37. Alina Kabata-Pendias

    Alina Kabata-Pendias
    Born in
    Belarus Flag Belarus
    Years
    1929-2019 (aged 90)
    Enrolled in Marie Curie-Sklodowska University
    Studied in 1950
    Occupations
    chemist
    Biography

    Alina Kabata-Pendias was a Polish chemist working in the field of biogeochemistry and soil science. She was a professor of agricultural sciences associated with the Institute of Soil Science and Plant Cultivation in Puławy (IUNG), and the State Geological Institute (PGI). She was a specialist in the field of biogeochemistry of trace elements. Her husband was Henryk Pendias, a geologist and geochemist at PGI. Among other awards, she was the recipient of the Golden Cross of Merit, Order of Polonia Restituta, and the Armia Krajowa Cross.

  38. Artur Orzechowski

    Artur Orzechowski
    Years
    20th Century
    Enrolled in Marie Curie-Sklodowska University
    Graduated with magister degree in Romance studies
    Occupations
    diplomat
    Biography

    Artur Jan Orzechowski is a Polish diplomat serving as an ambassador to Belgium from 2016 to 2021.

  39. Anna Pieńkosz

    Anna Pieńkosz
    Born in
    Poland Flag Poland
    Years
    1976-.. (age 48)
    Enrolled in Marie Curie-Sklodowska University
    Graduated with magister degree in Romance studies
    Occupations
    diplomat
    Biography

    Anna Pieńkosz is a Polish civil servant and diplomat, serving as an ambassador to Cuba (2015–2020).