100 Notable Alumni of the Warsaw University of Technology

Joanna Chmielewska

Born in: Poland
Years: 1932-2013 (aged 81)
Occupations: children's writerwritercostume designerarchitect
Biography: Joanna Chmielewska, was the pen name of Irena Kühn (née Becker), a Polish novelist and screenwriter. Her work is often described as "ironic detective stories". Her novels, which have been translated into at least nine languages, have sold more than 6 million copies in Poland and over 10 million copies in Russia.

Waldemar Pawlak

Born in: Poland
Years: 1959-.. (age 65)
Enrolled in the Warsaw University of Technology: Studied in 1984
Occupations: politicianfarmer
Biography: Waldemar Pawlak [valˈdɛmar ˈpavlak] is a Polish politician. He has twice served as Prime Minister of Poland, briefly in 1992 and again from 1993 to 1995. From November 2007 to November 2012 he served as Deputy Prime Minister and the Minister of Economy. Pawlak remains Poland's youngest prime minister to date.

Marian Spychalski

Born in: Poland
Years: 1906-1980 (aged 74)
Occupations: military personnelarchitectpoliticianmilitary officer
Biography: Marian "Marek" Spychalski was a Polish architect in pre-war Poland, and later, military commander and a communist politician. During World War II he belonged to the Polish underground forces operating within Poland and was one of the leaders of the People's Guard, then People's Army. He held several key political posts during the PRL era, most notably; Chairman of the Council of State, mayor of Warsaw and Defence Minister.

Adam Czerniaków

Born in: Poland
Years: 1880-1942 (aged 62)
Occupations: politicianengineerpoet
Biography: Adam Czerniaków was a Polish engineer and senator who was head of the Warsaw Ghetto Jewish Council (Judenrat) during World War II. He committed suicide on 23 July 1942 by swallowing a cyanide pill, a day after the commencement of mass extermination of Jews known as the Grossaktion Warsaw.

Marcin Mroczek

Born in: Poland
Years: 1982-.. (age 42)
Occupations: actordancer
Biography: Marcin Mroczek is a Polish actor and dancer.

Tomasz Knapik

Born in: Poland
Years: 1943-2021 (aged 78)
Occupations: broadcaster
Biography: Tomasz Knapik was a Polish film, radio and television voice-over translation artist (known as lektor in Polish), doctor of electrical engineering by education, lecturer at the Faculty of Transport of the Warsaw University of Technology. He was called legendary in the voice-over translation field in Poland.

Jacek Gmoch

Born in: Poland
Years: 1939-.. (age 85)
Occupations: association football managerassociation football player
Biography: Jacek Wojciech Gmoch is a Polish former professional footballer, manager, and commentator. As a player he spent the majority of his career playing for Legia Warsaw as a defender, and represented Poland 29 times internationally. After a career ending injury he became a successful trainer, winning multiple titles in Poland, Greece, and Cyprus, while also managing the Poland National Team.

Tomasz Bagiński

Born in: Poland
Years: 1976-.. (age 48)
Enrolled in the Warsaw University of Technology: Studied architecture
Occupations: film directorscreenwriteranimatorfilm producer
Biography: Tomasz "Tomek" Bagiński is a Polish illustrator, animator, producer and director. He is a self-taught artist.

Michał Kalecki

Born in: Poland
Years: 1899-1970 (aged 71)
Occupations: economistuniversity teacher
Biography: Michał Kalecki was a Polish Marxian economist. Over the course of his life, Kalecki worked at the London School of Economics, University of Cambridge, University of Oxford and Warsaw School of Economics and was an economic advisor to the governments of Poland, France, Cuba, Israel, Mexico and India. He also served as the deputy director of the United Nations Economic Department in New York City.

Przemysław Gintrowski

Born in: Poland
Years: 1951-2012 (aged 61)
Occupations: engineersinger-songwritercomposerfilm score composer
Biography: Przemysław Gintrowski was a Polish composer and musician.

Waldemar Łysiak

Born in: Poland
Years: 1944-.. (age 80)
Occupations: journalistwriterarchitectart historian
Biography: Waldemar Łysiak is a bestselling Polish writer, art historian and journalist, who has written under his own name as well as the pseudonyms 'Valdemar Baldhead' (a rough translation of his name), 'Archibald', 'Mark W. Kingden', 'Rezerwowy Ł.'. He is notable as an author of numerous books on the Napoleonic era, both historical and fiction. He also owns a large number of rare prints and manuscripts, among others the poems by Norwid and the only surviving copy of Kochanowski's Treny.

Janusz Weiss

Born in: Poland
Years: 1948-2023 (aged 75)
Enrolled in the Warsaw University of Technology: Studied in 1968
Occupations: writercabaret performertelevision presenterradio personalityjournalist
Biography: Janusz Alfred Weiss was a Polish journalist, actor, television personality and co-founder of one of the most popular radio stations in Poland, Radio ZET.

Robert Gliński

Born in: Poland
Years: 1952-.. (age 72)
Occupations: film directordirectorscreenwriter
Biography: Robert Ignacy Gliński is a Polish film director and screenwriter. A graduate of the National Film School in Łódź. He won the Golden Lions at the Gdynia Film Festival in 1992 with his film Wszystko, co najważniejsze and in 2001 with Cześć, Tereska. In 2002 he received an Eagle, the Polish Film Award for his film Cześć, Tereska.

Jakub Kulesza

Born in: Poland
Years: 1990-.. (age 34)
Occupations: politiciancomputer scientist
Biography: Jakub Kulesza is a Polish politician and a Member of Parliament.

Władysław Tatarkiewicz

Born in: Poland
Years: 1886-1980 (aged 94)
Occupations: philosopherart historian
Biography: Władysław Tatarkiewicz was a Polish philosopher, historian of philosophy, historian of art, esthetician, and ethicist.

Krzysztof Jurgiel

Born in: Poland
Years: 1953-.. (age 71)
Occupations: surveyorpolitician
Biography: Krzysztof Jurgiel is a Polish politician. He is the former Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development in the cabinet of Beata Szydło (from 16 November 2015 to 2018).

Jerzy Wasowski

Born in: Poland
Years: 1913-1984 (aged 71)
Occupations: journalistpianistcomposeractor
Biography: Jerzy Ryszard Wasowski was a Polish acoustics engineer, radio announcer, composer, pianist, actor and director. He was the son of Józef Wasowski and the husband of Maria Wasowska and the father of Grzegorz Wasowski. Together with Jeremi Przybora he created Kabaret Starszych Panów (Old Gentlemen's Cabaret).

Wadim Tyszkiewicz

Born in: Belarus
Years: 1958-.. (age 66)
Occupations: politician
Biography: Wadim Tyszkiewicz is a Polish politician. He was elected to the Senate of Poland (10th term) representing the constituency of Zielona Góra. He is a member of the Yes! For Poland political movement.

Jacek Karpiński

Born in: Italy
Years: 1927-2010 (aged 83)
Enrolled in the Warsaw University of Technology: 1948-1951 graduated with engineer's degree
Occupations: computer scientistengineerresistance fighter
Biography: Jacek Karpiński was a Polish pioneer in computer engineering and computer science.

Rafał Olbiński

Born in: Poland
Years: 1943-.. (age 81)
Occupations: designerpainterart educatorgraphic artistillustrator
Biography: Rafał Olbinski is a Polish illustrator, painter, and educator, living in the United States. He is considered one of the major representatives of the Polish School of Posters.

Joanna Rutkowska

Born in: Poland
Years: 1981-.. (age 43)
Occupations: computer scientist
Biography: Joanna Rutkowska is a Polish computer security researcher, primarily known for her research on low-level security and stealth malware, and as founder of the Qubes OS security-focused desktop operating system.

Marcin Kierwiński

Born in: Poland
Years: 1976-.. (age 48)
Occupations: politician
Biography: Marcin Piotr Kierwiński is a Polish politician, local government official, Deputy Marshal of the 3rd and 4th term of Mazovia from 2010 to 2011, Member of Parliament of the 7th, 8th and 9th term, secretary of state in the Prime Minister's Chancellery and head of the political cabinet of Prime Minister Ewa Kopacz in 2015 and general secretary of the Civic Platform from 2020

Henryk Wujec

Born in: Poland
Years: 1941-2020 (aged 79)
Enrolled in the Warsaw University of Technology: Studied in 1977
Occupations: physicistdissidenttrade unionistpolitician
Biography: Henryk Wujec was a Polish politician who served as a member of the Sejm.

Krzysztof Tchórzewski

Born in: Poland
Years: 1950-.. (age 74)
Occupations: electrical engineerpolitician
Biography: Krzysztof Józef Tchórzewski is a Polish engineer and politician. He serves as the Minister of Energy in the cabinet of Beata Szydło (since 1 December 2015). Prior to this, Tchórzewski was a minister without portfolio.

Stanisław Wigura

Born in: Ukraine
Years: 1903-1932 (aged 29)
Occupations: aerospace engineerathleteengineeraircraft pilotlecturer
Biography: Stanisław Wigura was a Polish aircraft designer and aviator, co-founder of the RWD aircraft construction team and lecturer at the Warsaw University of Technology. Along with Franciszek Żwirko, he won the international air contest Challenge 1932.

Włodzimierz Karpiński

Born in: Poland
Years: 1961-.. (age 63)
Occupations: politician
Biography: Włodzimierz Witold Karpiński is a Polish politician. Karpiński served as Minister of State Treasury in the Cabinets of Donald Tusk and Ewa Kopacz.

Tadeusz Sołtyk

Born in: Poland
Years: 1909-2004 (aged 95)
Occupations: aerospace engineerengineer
Biography: Tadeusz Sołtyk was a Polish aircraft designer and aerospace engineer, most famous as the creator of the PZL TS-11 Iskra

Tomasz Gębala

Born in: Poland
Years: 1995-.. (age 29)
Occupations: handball player
Biography: Tomasz Gębala is a Polish handball player for Industria Kielce.

Stanisław Kopański

Born in: Russia
Years: 1895-1976 (aged 81)
Occupations: military officerengineer
Biography: General Stanisław Kopański was a Polish military commander, politician, diplomat, an engineer and one of the best-educated Polish officers of the time, serving with distinction during World War II. He is best known as the creator and commander of the Polish Independent Carpathian Brigade and Polish 3rd Carpathian Infantry Division.

Jakub Przygoński

Born in: Poland
Years: 1985-.. (age 39)
Occupations: motorcycle racer
Biography: Jakub Przygoński is a Polish racing driver. As a rally raid driver, he won the FIA World Cup for Cross-Country Rallies in 2018. In addition to racing in rally raids, he has raced in other disciplines, especially motorcycling, such as motocross and enduro. He has also competed in drifting competitions, having won the bronze medal at 2022 FIA Motorsport Games in drifting.

Wieslaw Kazimierz Binienda

Born in: Poland
Years: 1956-.. (age 68)
Occupations: engineeracademic
Biography: Wiesław Kazimierz Binienda is a Polish-American scientist, researcher, PhD, and professor and co-director of the Gas and Turbine Research and Testing Laboratory on the Department of Civil Engineering at the University of Akron.

Maciej Kalenkiewicz

Born in: Belarus
Years: 1906-1944 (aged 38)
Occupations: military officerengineer
Biography: Maciej Kalenkiewicz was a Polish engineer and lieutenant colonel of the Polish Army. During World War II was a soldier of Henryk Dobrzański's military unit, member of cichociemni, officer of the Home Army, partisan commander in the Nowogródek District of the Home Army.

Tadeusz Iwiński

Born in: Poland
Years: 1944-.. (age 80)
Occupations: politicianEsperantist
Biography: Tadeusz Iwiński is a Polish politician. He was from 1991 to 2015 a member of the Sejm (the lower house of the Polish parliament), elected to represent the Olsztyn electoral district from the list presented by the Democratic Left Alliance (Sojusz Lewicy Demokratycznej). He had earlier (1967–1990) been a long-serving member of the communist Polish United Workers Party (Polska Zjednoczona Partia Robotnicza).

Zbigniew Lengren

Born in: Russia
Years: 1919-2003 (aged 84)
Occupations: children's writerwritercaricaturistgraphic artistfilm director
Biography: Zbigniew Lengren was a Polish cartoonist, caricaturist, and illustrator. He was awarded the "Order of Smile" amongst other, numerous awards. His most famous creation is Professor Filutek, who appeared once a week on the last page of Przekrój magazine, together with his dog Filuś, for over 50 years, a record run in Polish comics. Lengren was also a writer, especially of poems for children.

Jan Zachwatowicz

Born in: Russia
Years: 1900-1983 (aged 83)
Occupations: university teacherrestorerarchitectart historianconservator
Biography: Jan Zachwatowicz was a Polish architect, architectural historian, and restorer.

Jan Lenica

Born in: Poland
Years: 1928-2001 (aged 73)
Occupations: visual artistposter artistanimatorillustratorscenographer
Biography: Jan Lenica was a Polish graphic designer and cartoonist.

Maciej Lasek

Born in: Poland
Years: 1967-.. (age 57)
Enrolled in the Warsaw University of Technology: Studied in 1992
Occupations: engineer
Biography: Maciej Grzegorz Lasek – is a Polish engineer, specializing in flight mechanics, PhD, Chairman of the Committee for Investigation of National Aviation Accidents. He was the head of a commission that investigated the 2010 Polish Air Force Tu-154 crash.

Edward Redliński

Years: 1940-.. (age 84)
Occupations: journalistplaywrightwriteropinion journalist
Biography: Edward Redliński is a Polish novelist, publicist and dramatist.

Jerzy Werner

Born in: Poland
Years: 1909-1977 (aged 68)
Occupations: engineer
Biography: Jerzy Werner was a professor at the Technical University of Lodz, the constructor of the first Polish lorries, the Star 20 and Valentina, a builder of chassis for trucks at PZInż (National Industry Works) prior to World War II, and a Pawiak prisoner.

Stefan Kuryłowicz

Born in: Poland
Years: 1949-2011 (aged 62)
Occupations: architectuniversity teacher
Biography: Stefan Kuryłowicz was a Polish architect and professor who is widely credited with transforming the architecture and skyline of Warsaw, Poland, in the twenty years following the collapse of Communism in 1989. Media reports have called Kuryłowicz "one of the most influential Polish architects." He and the late architect Jacek Syropolski created the architecture company, Kurylowicz & Associates.

Bohdan Pniewski

Born in: Poland
Years: 1897-1965 (aged 68)
Occupations: architectuniversity teacher
Biography: Bohdan Wiktor Kazimierz Pniewski was a Polish modernist architect, professor at the Warsaw University of Technology and the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw. He is mostly known as a designer of state buildings in pre-war and post-war Poland, though the working conditions of an architect, in these eras, palpably varied. Pniewski, popular amongst the Polish political interwar elite (he was the designer of the Brühl Palace, which was the office of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, headed by Józef Beck), remained prominent in Communist Poland. Surprisingly, "Beck's of court architect" (nadworny architekt Becka), as he was called by his enemies after 1945 due to his role in designing the palace of the hated minister, constructed his most known buildings after the war - in the People's Republic of Poland.

Zygmunt Puławski

Born in: Poland
Years: 1901-1931 (aged 30)
Occupations: military personnelaerospace engineerengineer
Biography: Zygmunt Puławski was a Polish aircraft designer and pilot. He invented a gull-wing aircraft design, also known as "Puławski wing" and designed a series of Polish PZL fighters.

Stefan Themerson

Born in: Poland
Years: 1910-1988 (aged 78)
Occupations: screenwriterphotographerpoetcomposerart theorist
Biography: Stefan Themerson was a Polish writer of children's literature, poet and inventor of Semantic Poetry, novelist, script writer filmmaker, composer and philosopher. He wrote in at least three languages. With his wife, Franciszka Themerson, they are regarded as leading husband-and-wife exponents of European Surrealism and publishers.

Mieczysław G. Bekker

Born in: Poland
Years: 1905-1989 (aged 84)
Occupations: scientistengineer
Biography: Mieczysław Gregory Bekker was a Polish engineer and scientist.

Ryszard Białous

Born in: Poland
Years: 1914-1992 (aged 78)
Occupations: engineerarchitectmilitary officer
Biography: Ryszard Białous codename: Jerzy was a Polish scoutmaster (harcmistrz) captain of the AK-Szare Szeregi. Commander of the Batalion Zośka before and during the Warsaw Uprising. He was also known under the noms de guerre "Zygmunt" and "Taran".

Louis-Christophe Zaleski-Zamenhof

Born in: Poland
Years: 1925-2019 (aged 94)
Occupations: Esperantistengineer
Biography: Louis-Christophe Zaleski-Zamenhof was a Polish-born French civil and marine engineer, specializing in the design of structural steel and concrete construction. He was a grandson of the Polish Jewish L. L. Zamenhof, the inventor of the international auxiliary language Esperanto. From the 1960s until his death, Zaleski-Zamenhof lived in France.

Antoni Kocjan

Born in: Poland
Years: 1902-1944 (aged 42)
Occupations: aerospace engineerdesign engineer
Biography: Antoni Kocjan was a renowned Polish glider constructor and a contributor to the intelligence services of the Polish Home Army during World War II.

Marian Mazur

Born in: Poland
Years: 1909-1983 (aged 74)
Occupations: electrical engineerphysicistinformation scientistelectrotechnicianwriter
Biography: Marian Mazur was a Polish scientist who specialized in electrothermics and cybernetics, and the founding father of the Polish school of cybernetics.

Stanisław Jankowski

Born in: Poland
Years: 1911-2002 (aged 91)
Occupations: architectmilitary personnel
Biography: Stanisław Jankowski was an SOE agent and Polish resistance fighter during World War II, and an architect thereafter, who played a prominent role in the post-war reconstruction of Warsaw.

Henryk Orfinger

Years: 1951-.. (age 73)
Occupations: entrepreneur
Biography: Henryk Orfinger is a Polish entrepreneur. He is the president of the management board at the cosmetic firm Dr. Irena Eris and holds several positions in Polish business institutions. Together with his wife, Irena Eris, he is listed within the 100 richest Poles in 2013 by the Polish edition of Forbes Magazine.

Czesław Mroczek

Born in: Poland
Years: 1964-.. (age 60)
Occupations: politician
Biography: Czesław Mroczek is a Polish politician. He was elected to the Sejm on 25 September 2005, getting 8,311 votes in 18 Siedlce district as a candidate from the Civic Platform list. He was re-elected with 33,207 votes.

Maciej Parowski

Born in: Poland
Years: 1946-2019 (aged 73)
Occupations: science fiction writerjournalist
Biography: Maciej Parowski was a Polish journalist, essayist, science fiction writer, editor and translator.

Tomasz Kołodziejczak

Born in: Poland
Years: 1967-.. (age 57)
Occupations: editing staffwriterpoetscience fiction writerjournalist
Biography: Tomasz Kołodziejczak is a Polish science fiction and fantasy writer, screenwriter, publisher and editor of books, comics and role-playing games.

Henryk Skolimowski

Born in: Poland
Years: 1930-2018 (aged 88)
Occupations: university teacherenvironmentalistphilosopher
Biography: Henryk Skolimowski was a Polish philosopher. He completed technical studies, musicology and philosophy in Warsaw. He received his Ph.D. in philosophy from Oxford University.

Marian Walentynowicz

Born in: Russia
Years: 1896-1967 (aged 71)
Occupations: caricaturistphotographergraphic artistarchitectillustrator
Biography: Marian Walentynowicz was a Polish graphic artist, architect, teacher, writer and a precursor to the comic book in Poland.

Eugeniusz Czykwin

Born in: Poland
Years: 1949-.. (age 75)
Enrolled in the Warsaw University of Technology: Studied in 1973
Occupations: journalistengineerpolitician
Biography: Eugeniusz Czykwin is a Polish politician. He was elected to Sejm on 25 September 2005, getting 14181 votes in 24 Białystok district as a candidate from the Democratic Left Alliance list.

Andrzej Smirnow

Born in: Poland
Years: 1938-.. (age 86)
Occupations: electrical engineerpolitician
Biography: Andrzej Smirnow is a Polish politician. He was elected to the Sejm on 25 September 2005, getting 10,263 votes in 20 Warsaw district as a candidate from the Civic Platform list.

Antoni Bohdziewicz

Born in: Lithuania
Years: 1906-1970 (aged 64)
Occupations: screenwriterfilm director
Biography: Antoni Bohdziewicz was a Polish screenplay writer and director, best known for his 1956 adaptation of Zemsta by Aleksander Fredro.

Jolanta Hibner

Born in: Poland
Years: 1951-.. (age 73)
Occupations: politicianengineer
Biography: Jolanta Emilia Hibner is a Polish politician. She was elected to the Sejm on 25 September 2005, getting 3512 votes in 19 Warsaw district as a candidate from the Civic Platform list. She was re-elected on 21 October 2007.

Władysław Findeisen

Born in: Poland
Years: 1926-2023 (aged 97)
Enrolled in the Warsaw University of Technology: Studied in 1949
Occupations: university teacherpoliticianengineer
Biography: Władysław Findeisen was a Polish engineer, academic and politician.

Halina Skibniewska

Born in: Poland
Years: 1921-2011 (aged 90)
Occupations: university teacherpoliticianarchitect
Biography: Halina Skibniewska was a Polish architect, lecturer on Architecture at the Warsaw University of Technology, and served in the Polish sejm from 1965 to 1985. During her career, she was the first woman to serve as the Deputy Marshal of the Sejm, a post which she held from 1971 to 1985, the first architect to design independent housing for disabled persons, and designed some of the most sought-after housing developments of her day.

Antoni Palluth

Born in: Poland
Years: 1900-1944 (aged 44)
Occupations: military officerengineer
Biography: Antoni Palluth was a founder of the AVA Radio Company. The company built communications equipment for the Polish military; the work included not only radios but also cryptographic equipment. Palluth was involved with the German section (BS-4) of the Polish General Staff's interbellum Cipher Bureau. He helped teach courses on cryptanalysis, and he was involved with building equipment to break the German Enigma machine.

Mieczysław Janowski

Born in: Poland
Years: 1947-.. (age 77)
Occupations: politicianengineer
Biography: Mieczysław Edmund Janowski is a Polish politician and Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for the Subcarpathian Voivodship with the Law and Justice, part of the Union for a Europe of Nations. He sits on the European Parliament's Committee on Regional Development.

Leon Suzin

Born in: Poland
Years: 1901-1976 (aged 75)
Occupations: architect
Biography: Leon Suzin was a Polish architect. His work was part of the architecture event in the art competition at the 1928 Summer Olympics.

Stanisław Żaryn

Born in: Poland
Years: 1910-1964 (aged 54)
Occupations: teacherengineerurban plannerarchitectconservator
Biography: Stanisław Żaryn was an architect, urbanist, historian and academic teacher who significantly contributed to the process of the reconstruction of historical Polish architecture after its destruction by the Germans during WWII. He was born in Warsaw to Eugenia and Franciszek Zaryn.

Piotr Chmielowski

Born in: Ukraine
Years: 1848-1904 (aged 56)
Occupations: writerliterary critichistorianjournalistliterary historian
Biography: Piotr Chmielowski was a Polish philosopher, literary historian and critic.

Andrew Targowski

Born in: Poland
Years: 1937-.. (age 87)
Occupations: computer scientistengineertennis player
Biography: Andrew Stanislaw Targowski (born October 9, 1937) is a Polish–American computer scientist specializing in enterprise computing, societal computing, information technology impact upon civilization, information theory, wisdom theory, and civilization theory. One of the pioneers of applied information systems in Poland, he is an executive, university professor, scientist, civilizationist, philosopher, visionary, writer, and generalist.

Stanisław Rogalski

Born in: Czech Republic
Years: 1904-1976 (aged 72)
Occupations: aerospace engineerengineer
Biography: Stanisław Rogalski was a Polish aircraft designer, born in Olomouc, best known as one of the founding trio of the inter-war period RWD airplane factory in Warsaw. He obtained his degree at Warsaw University of Technology. During World War II he became technical director at the Turk Hava Kurumu Ucak Fabrikasi factory. In 1949 he moved to the United States, where he ended his career at Grumman as an aerodynamics expert.

Konrad Fiałkowski

Born in: Poland
Years: 1939-2020 (aged 81)
Occupations: science fiction writercomputer scientistwriter
Biography: Konrad R. Fiałkowski was a Polish engineer, information technology scientist and hard science fiction writer.

Agnieszka Soin

Born in: Poland
Years: 1977-.. (age 47)
Occupations: politician
Biography: Agnieszka Anna Soin is a Polish politician. She was elected to the Sejm (9th term) representing the constituency of Wrocław. She previously also served in the 8th term of the Sejm (2015–2019). She is affiliated with the Law and Justice party.

Barbara Brukalska

Born in: Poland
Years: 1899-1980 (aged 81)
Occupations: architectuniversity teacher
Biography: Barbara Brukalska was a Polish architect, an architectural theorist, a prominent exponent of Functionalism, a member of the Praesens group, and a professor at Warsaw Polytechnic. She was also the wife of architect Stanisław Brukalski.

Stanisław Herbst

Born in: Estonia
Years: 1907-1973 (aged 66)
Occupations: historian
Biography: Stanisław Herbst was a Polish historian, researcher of modern history, and military historian. He was a professor at the University of Warsaw and the Dzerzhinsky Political-Military Academy in Warsaw, and was also the president of the Polish Historical Society. Pupils of his included Zdzisław Spieralski and Tomasz Strzembosz.

Wacław Zalewski

Born in: Ukraine
Years: 1917-2016 (aged 99)
Occupations: architect
Biography: Wacław Piotr Zalewski was a Polish construction engineer and designer, creator of innovative buildings such as "Spodek" in Katowice, "Supersam" in Warsaw from the roof of the structure funikularnej, or train station in Katowice. He was Professor Emeritus of Structural Design at the School of Architecture of MIT.

Józef Szanajca

Born in: Poland
Years: 1902-1939 (aged 37)
Occupations: architectuniversity teacher
Biography: Józef Szanajca was a Polish architect.

Andrzej Wach

Born in: Poland
Years: 1955-.. (age 69)
Biography: Andrzej Wach is the President of Polskie Koleje Państwowe S.A.. He replaced the previous president, Macieja Męclewskiego, in September 2004. He has worked for Polish railways since 1980, and previously held the position of Chairman at PKP Energetyka.

Zbigniew Burzyński

Born in: Ukraine
Years: 1902-1971 (aged 69)
Occupations: military officermechanical engineer
Biography: Zbigniew Jan Władysław Antoni Burzyński, was a Polish balloonist and constructor of balloons, pioneer of Polish balloons, who twice won the Gordon Bennett Cup in ballooning, also beat the world record.

Adolf Ciborowski

Born in: Poland
Years: 1919-1987 (aged 68)
Occupations: politicianarchitect
Biography: Adolf Ciborowski was a Polish architect, urban planner and politician.

Tadeusz Chyliński

Born in: Poland
Years: 1911-1978 (aged 67)
Occupations: aerospace engineermechanical engineer
Biography: Tadeusz Chylińnski – was a Polish airplane designer and constructor, a researcher at the Institute of Aviation in Warsaw and specialist in aircraft structures.

Adam Skorek

Years: 1956-.. (age 68)
Occupations: electrical engineer
Biography: Adam Waldemar Skorek is a Canadian University professor and a Polish engineer. He was born in Krzczonów, Lublin, Poland.

Zdzisław Pawlak

Born in: Poland
Years: 1926-2006 (aged 80)
Enrolled in the Warsaw University of Technology: 1949-1951 studied telecommunications engineering
Occupations: mathematiciancomputer scientist
Biography: Zdzislaw I. Pawlak was a Polish mathematician and computer scientist. He was affiliated with several organization, including the Polish Academy of Sciences and the Warsaw School of Information Technology. He served as the Director of the Institute of Computer Science at the Warsaw University of Technology (1989–96). Pawlak was known for his contribution to many branches of theoretical computer science. He was credited with introducing the rough set theory and also known for his fundamental works on it. He also introduced the Pawlak flow graphs, a graphical framework for reasoning from data. He was conferred with Order of Polonia Restituta in 1999. He was also a full member of Polish Academy of Sciences.

Grzegorz Rozenberg

Born in: Poland
Years: 1942-.. (age 82)
Occupations: computer scientistuniversity teachermathematician
Biography: Grzegorz Rozenberg is a Polish and Dutch computer scientist.

Ulrich Schrade

Born in: Poland
Years: 1943-2009 (aged 66)
Occupations: philosopheruniversity teacher
Biography: Ulrich Schrade was a Polish philosopher, educationist and ethicist. Born in Patryki.

Gerard Antoni Ciołek

Born in: Ukraine
Years: 1909-1966 (aged 57)
Occupations: architect
Biography: Gerard Ciołek was a Polish architect, as well as a leading historian of parks and gardens.

Bronisław Żurakowski

Years: 1911-2009 (aged 98)
Occupations: athleteaerospace engineerengineer
Biography: Bronisław Żurakowski was a Polish engineer, aeroplane constructor, and glider test pilot.

Jerzy Skolimowski

Born in: Poland
Years: 1907-1985 (aged 78)
Enrolled in the Warsaw University of Technology: Studied in 1927-1934
Occupations: paintercoxswainarchitect
Biography: Jerzy Walerian Skolimowski was a Polish rowing coxswain who competed in the 1928 Summer Olympics, in the 1932 Summer Olympics, and in the 1936 Summer Olympics.

Zygmunt Zaleski

Born in: Poland
Years: 1882-1967 (aged 85)
Occupations: pianistdiplomathistorianliterary historianpoet
Biography: Zygmunt Zaleski of Lubicz coat of arms, pseudonymes R. de Bron, R. Debron, was a Polish literature historian, literary critic, poet, publicist, and translator. Awarded the Légion d'honneur.

Włodzimierz Mucha

Born in: Poland
Years: 1956-2019 (aged 63)
Occupations: architect
Biography: Włodzimierz Mucha was a Polish architect, designer and partner at Bulanda & Mucha Architects. Co-winner of SARP Honorary Award in 2015.

Grażyna Ciemniak

Born in: Poland
Years: 1948-.. (age 76)
Occupations: chemistpolitician
Biography: Grażyna Jolanta Ciemniak is a Polish political figure who has been a member of the Senate of Poland (1993–97) and Deputy President of Bydgoszcz (1998–2001), as well as member of the Sejm of Poland (2001–07, since 2009) and member of the European Parliament (2004).

Jerzy Pietrzyk

Born in: Poland
Years: 1955-.. (age 69)
Occupations: sprinterathletics competitor
Biography: Jerzy Pietrzyk is a retired Polish sprinter who specialized in the 400 metres.

Ryszard Bartel

Born in: Poland
Years: 1897-1982 (aged 85)
Occupations: aerospace engineerengineermilitary officer
Biography: Ryszard Bartel was a Polish engineer, aircraft designer and aviator, one of Poland's aviation pioneers.

Andrzej Piotr Ruszczyński

Born in: Poland
Years: 1951-.. (age 73)
Occupations: university teacherchess composermathematician
Biography: Andrzej Piotr Ruszczyński is a Polish-American applied mathematician, noted for his contributions to mathematical optimization, in particular, stochastic programming and risk-averse optimization.

Marian Suski

Born in: Poland
Years: 1905-1993 (aged 88)
Occupations: military officerfencerscientist
Biography: Marian Suski was a Polish fencer and engineer. He won a bronze medal in the team sabre event at the 1932 Summer Olympics. He served in the Polish Army and commanded the communication during the defense of Warsaw in 1939. After capitulation he was sent to oflag and eventually to Oflag VII-A Murnau.

Witold Lipski

Born in: Poland
Years: 1949-1985 (aged 36)
Occupations: mathematiciancomputer scientist
Biography: Witold Lipski Jr. was a Polish computer scientist (habilitation in computer science), and an author of two books: Combinatorics for Programmers (two editions) and (jointly with Wiktor Marek Combinatorial analysis. Lipski, jointly with his PhD student, Tomasz Imieliński, created foundations of the theory of incomplete information in relational databases.

Andrzej Bulanda

Born in: Poland
Years: 1955-.. (age 69)
Occupations: architect
Biography: Andrzej Bulanda - is a Polish architect, designer and partner at Bulanda & Mucha Architects. He is the co-creator with Włodzimierz Mucha of many award-winning competition projects and completed works such as the BRE Bank building in Bydgoszcz, the Old Paper Mill in Konstancin-Jeziorna, the Sports Hall in Konstancin-Jeziorna, the Cameratta complex at Eko-Park in Warsaw, the expansion of the Public Library building in Warsaw, the Prudential in Warsaw, the Kazimierz Pułaski Museum in Warka, the Koneser complex in Warsaw, Rother's Mills in Bydgoszcz, sports club “Deski”, Piękna Nova in Warsaw and Chmielna 25 in Warsaw.

Stefan Narębski

Born in: Russia
Years: 1892-1966 (aged 74)
Occupations: university teacherarchitectrestorer
Biography: Stefan Narębski was a Polish architect and artist, as well as a noted art conservator and restorer.

Witold Nazarewicz

Born in: Poland
Years: 1954-.. (age 70)
Occupations: university teachernuclear physicist
Biography: Witold Nazarewicz (born 26 December 1954) is a Polish-American nuclear physicist, researcher, and educator. He is a John A. Hannah Distinguished Professor in Physics and Chief Scientist at the Facility for Rare Isotope Beams (FRIB) and the Department of Physics and Astronomy at Michigan State University, and a Professor at the University of Warsaw, Faculty of Physics, Institute of Theoretical Physics.

Wacław Struszyński

Born in: Poland
Years: 1905-1980 (aged 75)
Occupations: engineer
Biography: Wacław Struszyński was a Polish electronics engineer who made a vital contribution to the defeat of U-boats in the Battle of the Atlantic. He designed an exceptional radio antenna which enabled effective high frequency (HF) radio direction finding systems to be installed on Royal Navy convoy escort ships. Such direction finding systems were referred to as HF/DF or Huff-Duff, and enabled the bearings of U-boats to be determined when the U-boats made high frequency radio transmissions.

Tomasz Holc

Born in: Poland
Years: 1947-.. (age 77)
Occupations: politicianathlete
Biography: Tomasz Holc is a Polish sailor. He competed iat the 1972 Summer Olympics and the 1980 Summer Olympics.

Maciej Nowicki

Born in: Poland
Years: 1941-.. (age 83)
Occupations: university teacherpoliticianecologist
Biography: Maciej Nowicki is a Polish politician, manager and scientist. Minister of the Environment of the Republic of Poland in the cabinet of Donald Tusk (from 16 November 2007 to 1 February 2010).

Janusz Kacprzyk

Born in: Poland
Years: 1947-.. (age 77)
Enrolled in the Warsaw University of Technology: Studied in 1965-1970
Occupations: researchercomputer scientistartificial intelligence researcher
Biography: Janusz Kacprzyk is a Polish engineer and mathematician, notable for his contributions to the field of computational and artificial intelligence tools like fuzzy sets, mathematical optimization, decision making under uncertainty, computational intelligence, intuitionistic fuzzy sets, data analysis and data mining, with applications in databases, ICT, mobile robotics and others.