List of people from Kraków



This list contains notable people both born in Kraków and residents of the city, ordered chronologically by year of birth.

11th to 18th centuries

 * Ladislaus I of Hungary (ca.1040–1095) King of Hungary from 1077 and King of Croatia from 1091.
 * Bolesław III Wrymouth (1086–1138), duke of Poland
 * Władysław II the Exile (1105–1159), High Duke of Poland
 * Matthew of Kraków (c. 1335–1410), theologian
 * Władysław III of Poland (1424–1444), King of Poland.
 * Casimir IV Jagiellon (1427–1492), King of Poland
 * Vladislaus II of Hungary (1456–1516), King of Bohemia and Hungary
 * Hedwig Jagiellon (1457–1502), Duchess of Bavaria
 * John I Albert (1459–1501), King of Poland
 * Sophia Jagiellon (1464–1512), Margravine of Brandenburg-Ansbach
 * Johann V Thurzo (1466–1520), bishop
 * Stanislav I Thurzo (1470–1540), bishop
 * Stanislaus Hosius (1504–1579), Catholic cardinal.
 * Sigismund II Augustus (1520–1572), King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania
 * Sophia Jagiellon (1522–1575), Duchess of Brunswick-Lüneburg
 * Anna Jagiellon (1523–1596), Queen of Poland
 * Hieronim Malecki (1525/1526–1583/1584), theologian
 * Catherine Jagiellon (1526–1583), Queen of Sweden
 * Rabbi Moses Isserles (1530–1572) an eminent Polish Ashkenazic rabbi.
 * Mikołaj Zebrzydowski (1553–1620), noble
 * Maharsha (1555–1631), rabbi
 * Władysław IV Vasa (1595–1648), King of Poland
 * John II Casimir Vasa (1609–1672), King of Poland
 * Elazar Rokeach (c. 1665–1742), rabbi
 * Theresa Kunegunda Sobieska (1676–1730), Electress of Bavaria and of the Electorate of the Palatinate
 * Szymon Czechowicz (1689–1775), painter
 * Jonathan Eybeschutz (1690–1764), Talmudist and Kabbalist
 * Aleksander Józef Sułkowski (1695–1762), Saxon-Polish general
 * Józef Peszka (1767–1831), painter and art professor
 * Andrzej Alojzy Ankwicz (1777–1838), archbishop of Lviv and of Prague
 * Carl Carl (1787–1854), actor and theatre director
 * Henryk Dembiński (1791–1864), engineer, traveler and general
 * Franciszek Mirecki (1791–1862), composer, music conductor, and music teacher
 * Eduard von Feuchtersleben (1798–1857), mining engineer and writer
 * Piotr Michałowski (1800–1855), painter
 * Wojciech Stattler (1800–1875), painter and art teacher

1801 to 1850

 * Karl von Urban (1802–1877), field marshal in the Austrian Imperial Army


 * Friedrich Halm (1806–1871), poet, dramatist, and novella writer.
 * Józef Kremer (1806–1875), philosopher, aesthetician, historian of art and psychologist
 * Ludwik Gorzkowski (1811–1857), politician, physicist and revolutionary activist
 * Antoni Kątski (1817–1899), pianist and composer
 * Maximilian Cercha (1818–1907), painter and drawer
 * Julian Gutowski (1823–1890), Mayor of Nowy Sącz
 * Ludwig Burger (1825–1884), historical painter and illustrator
 * Karol Estreicher (senior) (1827–1908), bibliographer, librarian, and a founder of the Polish Academy of Learning
 * Stanisław Mieroszewski (1827–1900), politician, writer, historian and member of the Imperial Council of Austria
 * Władysław Łuszczkiewicz (1828–1900), painter and art historian
 * Aleksander Kotsis (1836–1877), painter
 * Michał Bałucki (1837–1901), playwright and poet
 * Jan Matejko (1838–1893), painter
 * Adam Bełcikowski (1839-1909) philosopher, historian of literature, poet
 * Helena Modjeska (1840–1909), actress.
 * Anton Rehmann (1840–1917), geographer, geomorphologist, botanist and explorer

1851 to 1900

 * Edmund von Neusser (1852–1912), internist and professor
 * Josef Josephi (1852–1920), singer and actor
 * Stanisław Tondos (1854–1917), painter
 * Eduard Birnbaum (1855–1920), cantor
 * Kazimierz Pochwalski (1855–1940), painter
 * Jan Drozdowski (1857–1918), pianist and music teacher
 * Arthur Giesl von Gieslingen (1857–1935), general officer during the First World War who worked for the Evidenzbureau
 * Heinrich Rauchinger (1858–1942), portrait painter and history painter
 * Ignaz Sowinski (1858–1917), architect
 * Lola Beeth (1861–1940), Austrian operatic soprano
 * Adam Maurizio (1862–1941), botanist and specialist of food technology and cultural history
 * Olga Boznańska (1865–1940), painter
 * Leon Wachholz (1867–1942), scientist and medical examiner
 * Sigmund Fraenkel (1868–1939), chemist
 * Asriel Günzig (1868–1931), rabbi
 * Stanisław Estreicher (1869–1939), historian of Law and politician
 * Stanisław Wyspiański (1869–1907), playwright, painter, and poet
 * Saul Raphael Landau (1870–1943), lawyer and Jewish publicist
 * Heinrich Nebenzahl (1870–1938), film producer
 * Henryk Opieński (1870–1942), composer
 * Helena Rubinstein (1870–1965), cosmetics entrepreneur and philanthropist
 * Lucjan Rydel (1870–1918), poet and playwright
 * Josef Strasser (1870–1935), politician, journalist and Marxist theorist
 * Michał Marian Siedlecki (1873–1940), marine biologist
 * Rudolf Maria Holzapfel (1874–1930), psychologist and philosopher
 * Rafael Schermann (1874–1943), graphologist and psychic
 * Xawery Dunikowski (1875–1964), sculptor and artist
 * Władysław Wróblewski (1875–1951), politician, scientist, diplomat, and lawyer
 * Bernard Friedberg (1876–1961), Hebraist, scholar and bibliographer
 * Mordechaj Gebirtig (1877–1942), poet and composer
 * Archduchess Maria Christina of Austria (1879–1962), Archduchess of Austria
 * Adolf Chybiński (1880–1952), historian, musicologist, and academic
 * Henryk Grossman (1881–1950), economist, historian, and Marxist revolutionary
 * Gustav Adolf Platz (1881–1947), architect
 * Max Fleischer (1883–1972), cartoonist and film producer
 * Leon Chwistek (1884–1944), painter, theoretician of modern art, literary critic, logician, philosopher, and mathematician
 * Bronisław Malinowski (1884–1942), social anthropologist
 * Tadeusz Kutrzeba (1885–1947), general in the Polish Army
 * Juliusz Osterwa (1885–1947), actor, theatre director, and art theoretician
 * Rudolf Towarek (1885–1959), major general and commander of the Theresian Military Academy
 * Stefan Bryła (1886–1943), construction engineer and welding pioneer
 * Zygmunt Klemensiewicz (1886–1963), physicist, physical chemist, and mountain climber
 * Leon Schiller (1887–1954), theatre director and theatre theoretician
 * Salamon Dembitzer (1888–1964), writer and journalist
 * Jerzy Gablenz (1888–1937), composer
 * Stanislaus Poray (1888-1948), painter active in Hollywood, California
 * Józef Retinger (1888–1960), scholar, international political activist, publicist, and writer
 * Tony Goldschlag (1890–1944), singer
 * Henryk Gotlib (1890–1966), painter, sculptor, and writer.dnb
 * Josef von Manowarda (1890–1942), operatic singer
 * Moise Kisling (1891–1953), painter
 * Tadeusz Peiper (1891–1969), poet, art critic, and theoretician of literature
 * Stefan Banach (1892–1945), mathematician
 * Roman Ingarden (1893–1970), philosopher
 * Frank Linke-Crawford (1893–1918), flying ace of the Austro-Hungarian Air Force during World War I.
 * Margarete Stöger-Steiner von Steinstätten (1893–1969), publisher, narrator, and women's rights activist
 * Ewa Bandrowska-Turska (1894–1979), opera singer and music educator
 * Emil August Fieldorf (1895–1953), deputy commander-in-chief of the Polish Home Army
 * Joseph Rosenstock (1895–1985), conductor and composer
 * Jan Adamus (1896–1962), historian
 * Elsa Gasser (1896–1967), Polish-born Swiss economist and businesswoman
 * Ferdynand Zweig (1896–1988), economist and sociologist
 * Jerzy Adam Brandhuber (1897–1981), painter and survivor of the Auschwitz concentration camp
 * Franciszek Hynek (1897–1958), pioneer of the Polish balloon sport
 * Gustav Ichheiser (1897–1969), social psychologist and sociologist
 * Henryk Reyman (1897–1963), football player and football trainer
 * Leopold Infeld (1898–1968), physicist
 * Rudolph Maté (1898–1964), cinematographer and film director
 * Ludwik Gintel (1899–1973), football player
 * Leon Kruczkowski (1900–1962), writer
 * Leon Sperling (1900–1941), football player

1901 to 1925

 * Yohanan Bader (1901–1994), Israeli politician
 * Gilda Gray (1901–1959), actress and dancer.bnf
 * Itzhak Stern (1901–1969), Holocaust survivor
 * Alexander Weissberg-Cybulski (1901–1964), physicist, author, and businessman
 * Alexander Abusch (1902–1982), journalist, writer, and politician in East Germany
 * Paul Rosenstein-Rodan (1902–1985), economist
 * Ludwik Gross (1904–1999), oncologist and virologist
 * Grete Bittner (1905–1973), folk actress
 * Wanda Wasilewska (1905–1964), politician and writer
 * Karol Estreicher (junior) (1906–1984), professor and historian of art
 * Jan Hoffman (1906–1995), pianist and music educator
 * Edward Ochab (1906–1989), politician and general
 * Georg Clam Martinic (1908–2000), engineer, farmer, author and preservationist
 * Adam Marczyński (1908–1985), painter
 * Yoel Zussman (1910–1982), jurist and judge
 * Jadwiga Jędrzejowska (1912–1980), tennis player
 * Jerzy Turowicz (1912–1999), journalist and editor
 * Jan Ekier (1913–2004), pianist, composer, and music educator
 * Poldek Pfefferberg (1913–2001), Holocaust survivor
 * Stanisław Has (1914–1997), composer and conductor
 * Tadeusz Hołuj (1916–1985), writer and survivor of Auschwitz
 * Wojciech Żukrowski (1916–2000), writer, poet, essayist, and literary critic
 * Ludwik Stefański (1917–1982), pianist and music educator
 * Aleksander Kulisiewicz (1918–1982), journalist and singer
 * Michael Theodore Michael (1918–1997), Israeli diplomat
 * Roman Haubenstock-Ramati (1919–1994), music editor and composer
 * Anna Kowalska-Lewicka (1920–2009), ethnographer
 * Mietek Pemper (1920–2011), survivor of Krakow-Płaszów concentration camp
 * Witold Benedyktowicz (1921–1997), Evangelical Methodist pastor, chief superintendent of the Evangelical Methodist Church in the People's Republic of Poland, university professor
 * Andrzej Munk (1921–1961), director and cinematographer
 * Czesław Oberdak (1921–1945), pilot
 * Bogdan Śliwa (1922–2003), chess player
 * Gustaw Holoubek (1923–2008), actor, film and theatre director and educator
 * Jerzy Nowosielski (1923–2011), painter, graphic artist, and illustrator
 * Zofia Posmysz (1923–2022), editor and author
 * Gena Turgel (1923–2018), educator, author, and Holocaust survivor
 * Piotr Wandycz (1923–2017), Polish-American historian
 * Roman Ciesielski (1924–2004), civil engineer
 * Wojciech Has (1925–2000), film director

1926 to 1950

 * Edward Mosberg (1926-2022), Polish-American Holocaust survivor, educator, and philanthropist
 * Jan Bogusław Niemczyk (1926–1990), Evangelical Lutheran theologian
 * Miriam Akavia (1927–2015), writer and translator
 * Siegmund Kalinski (1927–2015), German general practitioner, journalist, and Holocaust survivor
 * Moshe Taube (1927–2020), cantor, academic, and musician
 * Franciszek Macharski (1927–2016), Archbishop of Krakow
 * Bernard Offen (born 1929), Holocaust survivor and film producer
 * Stella Müller-Madej (1930–2013), Jewish contemporary witness of the Holocaust
 * Zvi Hecker (born 1931), architect
 * Tad Taube (born 1931), Polish American entrepreneur and philanthropist
 * Jerzy Hoffman (born 1932), film director
 * Lucjan Kaszycki (born 1932), composer, music teacher, and scholar
 * Rudolf Klimek (born 1932), doctor, university lecturer, nonfiction author, and publicist
 * Marek Mietelski (born 1933), pianist and music educator
 * Andrzej Trzaskowski (1933–1998), jazz composer and musicologist
 * Jerzy Vetulani (1936–2017), biochemist, psychopharmacologist and neuroscientist
 * Adam Holender (born 1937), cinematographer
 * Zygmunt Konieczny (born 1937), composer
 * Andrzej Sariusz-Skąpski (1937–2010), President of the Federation of Katyn Families
 * Marek Walczewski (1937–2009), actor
 * Roman Dyląg (born 1938), jazz bassist
 * Roma Ligocka (born 1938), costume designer, author, and painter
 * Adam Greenberg (born 1939), cinematographer
 * Marek Jablonski (1939–1999), pianist and music educator
 * Anna Polony (born 1939), theatre and film actress
 * Barbara Buczek (1940–1993), composer, pianist, and music educator
 * Dieter Harlfinger (born 1940), classical philologist
 * Karin Reschke (born 1940), writer
 * Kazimierz Kaczor (born 1941), actor
 * Ewa Demarczyk (born 1941), singer
 * Jürgen Guttenberger (born 1941), politician
 * Janusz Muniak (1941–2016), jazz musician
 * Ivan Putski (born 1941), professional wrestler and bodybuilder
 * Stefan Jerzy Zweig (born 1941), author and cinematographer
 * Marek Koterski (born 1942), film director
 * Janina Paradowska (1942–2016), journalist
 * Eberhard Schulte-Wissermann (born 1942), lawyer and politician
 * Krzysztof Meyer (born 1943), composer, pianist, music theorist, and professor
 * Lothar von Seltmann (born 1943), writer and song poet
 * Jerzy Bahr (1944–2016), Ambassador of the Republic of Poland to the Russian Federation
 * Ewa Braun (born 1944), Oscar winning set decorator, costume designer, and production designer
 * Józef Serafin (organist) (born 1944), organist and music educator
 * Christian Ohrloff (born 1944), ophthalmologist
 * Antoni Wit (born 1944), conductor
 * Ewa Lipska (born 1945), writer
 * Leszek Zadlo (born 1945), jazz musician and university teacher
 * Jerzy Zelnik (born 1945), actor
 * Robert Gadocha (born 1946), soccer player
 * Józef Rychlik (born 1946), composer and music educator
 * Zbigniew Seifert (1946–1979), jazz musician
 * Janusz Stefański (1946–2016), jazz musician
 * Jan Jarczyk (1947–2014), jazz musician
 * Andrzej Olechowski (born 1947), politician and economist
 * Jerzy Stuhr (born 1947), actor and director
 * Jan Balachowski (born 1948), sprinter
 * Jan Widacki (born 1948), jurisprudence academic, professor, diplomat, and politician
 * Andrzej Zaucha (1949–1991), singer
 * Szymon Kawalla (born 1949), composer, conductor, violinist, and music educator
 * Ryszard Legutko (born 1949), politician
 * Zbigniew Wassermann (1949–2010), politician and jurist
 * Marek Kondrat (born 1950), actor
 * Piotr Małoszewski (1950–2017), geoscientist
 * Johann Rafelski (born 1950), physicist

1951 to 1975

 * Jan Gmyrek (born 1951), handball player
 * Olga Jackowska (1951–2018), singer
 * Tadeusz Rutkowski (born 1951), weightlifter
 * Jerzy Miller (born 1952), Polish Minister of the Interior
 * Ryszard Szeremeta (born 1952), composer, conductor, and jazz singer
 * Marek Chołoniewski (born 1953), composer, music organiser, and music educator
 * Jarek Śmietana (1953–2013), jazz musician
 * Bogusław Sonik (born 1953), politician
 * Marek Chlanda (born 1954), draftsman, graphic artist, installation and performance artist
 * Rudko Kawczynski (born 1954), spokesman for the Roma National Congress
 * Róża Thun (born 1954), publicist and Member of the European Parliament
 * Zdzisław Kapka (born 1954), football player, football manager, and politician
 * Maciej Klimek (born 1954), mathematician, textbook author, and university professor
 * Paul Dembinski (born 1955), economist
 * Małgorzata Jaworska (born 1955), pianist
 * Kazimierz Pyzik (born 1955), composer, double bass player, and gambist
 * Daniel Stabrawa (born 1955), violinist and conductor
 * Stanisław Żółtek (born 1956), politician
 * Adam Nawałka (born 1957), football player
 * Krzysztof Włosik (born 1957), archer
 * Zbigniew Karkowski (1958–2013), composer and musician
 * Piotr Lenar (born 1958), cinematographer
 * Andrzej Iwan (born 1959), football player
 * Jan Karaś (born 1959), football player and football trainer
 * Jan Rokita (born 1959), politician
 * Bogdan Klich (born 1960), politician
 * Janusz Kurtyka (1960–2010), historian and second president of the Institute of National Remembrance
 * Peter Sych (born 1960), Australian software developer, instrument maker, and installation artist
 * Jacek Wójcicki (born 1960), actor, singer, artist, and cabaret member
 * Jarosław Gowin (born 1961), politician and Minister of Justice
 * Andrzej Kremer (1961–2010), jurist, diplomat, and Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs
 * Janusz Nawrocki (born 1961), football player
 * Piotr Skrobowski (born 1961), football player
 * Robert Makłowicz (born 1963), food critic, journalist, historian and television personality
 * Marcin Baran (born 1963), poet and editor
 * Wiesław Śpiewak (born 1963), Catholic religious priest, Bishop of Hamilton in Bermuda
 * Grzegorz Ryś (born 1964), Roman Catholic bishop, Archbishop of Łódź
 * Grzegorz Turnau (born 1967), composer, pianist, poet, and singer
 * Ewa Drzyzga (born 1967), journalist and TV presenter
 * Krzysztof Wojtyczek (born 1968), judge at the European Court of Human Rights
 * Mirosław Waligóra (born 1970), football player
 * Paweł Deląg (born 1970), actor
 * Zbigniew Ziobro (born 1970), politician and jurist
 * Mikołaj Budzanowski (born 1971), Minister of State Treasury
 * Marek Koźmiński (born 1971), football player
 * Rafał Mazur (born 1971), bass guitarist
 * Andrzej Duda (born 1972), President of Poland
 * Agata Kornhauser-Duda (born 1972), current First Lady of Poland and former teacher
 * Mikołaj Klimek (born 1972), voice actor, theatre and film actor
 * Abel Korzeniowski (born 1972), composer of film and theatre scores
 * Maja Ostaszewska (born 1972), actress
 * Tomasz Rząsa (born 1973), football player
 * Małgorzata Szumowska (born 1973), film director
 * Jadwiga Emilewicz (born 1974), Deputy Prime Minister of Poland
 * Dorota Siudek (born 1975), football player
 * Maciej Stuhr (born 1975), actor, comedian, and occasional film director
 * DJ Tomekk (born 1975), hip hop DJ and music producer

1976 to 2000

 * Marek Baster (born 1976), football player
 * Bogumił Godfrejów (born 1976), cinematographer
 * Piotr Wyleżoł (born 1976), jazz musician
 * Małgosia Bela (born 1977), fashion model and actress
 * Eryk Kałuziński (born 1977), handball player
 * Łukasz Sosin (born 1977), football player
 * Łukasz Surma (born 1977), football player
 * Magdalena Boczarska (born 1978), actress
 * Gromee (born 1978), DJ, remixer, and music producer
 * Ludwika Paleta (born 1978), Polish Mexican actress and model
 * Joanna Liszowska (born 1978), actress
 * Mirosław Spiżak (born 1979), football player
 * Mariusz Wach (born 1979), professional boxer
 * Piotr Bagnicki (born 1980), football player
 * Piotr Giza (born 1980), football player
 * Marcin Wasilewski (born 1980), football player
 * Maciej Iwański (born 1981), football player
 * Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz (born 1981), physician and politician
 * Chris Pozniak (born 1981), football player
 * Radosław Zawrotniak (born 1981), fencer
 * Marcin Pączkowski (composer) (born 1983), composer and conductor
 * Daria Werbowy (born 1983), fashion model
 * Maciej Bębenek (born 1984), football player
 * Jakub Kornhauser (born 1984), poet, literary critic, and Romance philologist
 * Robert Kubica (born 1984), Formula One driver
 * Tomasz Marczyński (born 1984), road racing cyclist
 * Piotr Polczak (born 1986), football player
 * Michał Pazdan (born 1987), football player
 * Sandra Swierczewska (born 1988), swimmer
 * Agnieszka Radwańska (born 1989), tennis player
 * Tomasz Fornal (born 1997), volleyball player
 * Jan-Krzysztof Duda (born 1998), chess grandmaster

Until 1800

 * Stanislaus of Szczepanów (1030–1079), Bishop of Krakow
 * Hyacinth of Poland (1183–1257), Dominican priest and missionary
 * János Thurzó (1437–1508), entrepreneur and mining engineer
 * Nicolaus Cracoviensis (?–1550), composer
 * Veit Stoss (Polish: Wit Stwosz; (1447–1553), sculptor
 * Jacob Pollak (around 1460–1541), rabbi, founder of Talmudic yeshiva in Krakow
 * Nicolaus Copernicus (Polish: Mikołaj Kopernik; 1473–1543), studied here
 * Hans von Kulmbach (1480–1522), German artist
 * Israel ben Josef (around 1500 – 1568), founder of the Remah Synagogue
 * Joshua Höschel ben Joseph (around 1578 – 1648), rabbi
 * Yom-Tov Lipmann Heller (around 1579 – 1654), rabbi
 * Avraham Yehoshua Heschel (1595–1663), rabbi
 * Augustus II (1670–1733), crowned King of Poland in Krakow, Head of State of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth.
 * Wincenty Maxylewicz (1685–1745), composer and conductor

After 1801

 * Ludwik Karol Teichmann (1823–1895), anatomist
 * Emil Czyrniański (1824–1888), chemist
 * Maurycy Gottlieb (1856–1879), Jewish Polish painter
 * Stanisław Zaremba (1863–1942), mathematician and engineer
 * Ignacy Daszyński (1866–1936), Polish socialist politician, journalist, and the first Prime Minister of the Second Polish Republic
 * Dagny Juel (1867–1901), Norwegian writer
 * Józef Piłsudski (1867–1935), Marshal and politician
 * Stanisław Przybyszewski (1868–1927), writer
 * Vladimir Lenin (1870–1924), Russian revolutionary, politician, and political theorist, lived in Kraków in the years 1912–1914
 * Ozjasz Thon (1870–1936), rabbi in Krakow, Zionist
 * Rudolf Weigl (1883-1957), biologist, physician and inventor, known for creating the first effective vaccine against epidemic typhus
 * Stanisław Kot (1885–1975), historian and politician, professor at the Jagiellonian University
 * Georg Trakl (1887–1914), expressionist
 * Ivo Andric (1892–1975), writer, diplomat, politician, and winner of 1961 Nobel Prize in Literature
 * Adam Brandner (1857–1940), Imperial and Royal lieutenant field marshal, military commander of Krakow from 1915 to 1918
 * Oskar Schindler (1908–1974), entrepreneur
 * Czesław Miłosz (1911–2004), poet and winner of 1980 Nobel prize in Literature
 * Pope John Paul II (1920–2005), born as Karol Wojtyła in Wadowice, Bishop of Krakow
 * Stanisław Lem (1921–2006), philosopher, essayist and science-fiction author
 * Wisława Szymborska (1923–2012), poet, essayist, translator, and winner of 1996 Nobel Prize in Literature
 * Jan Jargoń (1928–1995), organist and composer
 * Piotr Skrzynecki (1930–1997), founder of the Piwnica pod Baranami cabaret
 * Friedrich Magirius (born 1930), former superintendent in Leipzig, honorary citizen of Krakow
 * Czesław Olech (1931–2015), mathematician, member of the Kraków School of Mathematics
 * Krzysztof Penderecki (1933–2020), composer
 * Roman Polański (born 1933), film director, screenwriter, and actor
 * Maja Komorowska (born 1937), actress
 * Zbigniew Wodecki (1950–2017), singer, musician and composer
 * Janusz Filipiak (born 1952), computer scientist and entrepreneur, founder of Comarch
 * Nigel Kennedy (born 1956), violinist
 * Jarosław Duda (born 1980), computer scientist and an assistant professor at the Jagiellonian University, inventor of asymmetric numeral systems (ANS)