Prominent Poles born in Kresy A number of influential figures in Polish history were born in the area of kresy (note: the following list does not include Poles born in the cities of Lwow (Lviv), and Wilno (Vilnius) - see List of Leopolitans, List of Vilnius-related people). The family of current President of Poland, Bronisław Komorowski, hails from northern Lithuania.[19] The mother of Bogdan Zdrojewski, Minister of Culture and National Heritage is from Borysław,[20] and the father of former First Lady Jolanta Kwaśniewska was born in Wołyń, where his sister was murdered in 1943 by the Ukrainian nationalists. Tadeusz Borowski, writer and journalist, born in Zhitomir, current Ukraine, Tadeusz Czacki, historian, born in Poryck, now Pavlivka, current Ukraine, Joseph Conrad, novelist in English, born in Berdichev, current Ukraine, Zbigniew Cybulski, actor, born in Kniaze, current Ukraine, Ignacy Domeyko, 19th-century geologist, born in Niedźwiadka Wielka, current Belarus, Benedykt Dybowski, naturalist and physician, born near Nowogródek, current Belarus, Feliks Falk, film director, born in Stanisławów, current Ukraine, Mirosław Hermaszewski, astronaut, born in Lipniki, current Ukraine, Zygmunt Gloger, historian, archeologist, geographer and ethnographer, born in Kamionka Podolska, current Ukraine, Artur Grottger, painter, born in Otynevychi, current Ukraine, Jarosław Iwaszkiewicz, writer and poet, born in Kalnik, current Ukraine, Jerzy Kawalerowicz, film director, born in Gwoździec, current Ukraine, Hugo Kołłątaj, social and political activist, political thinker, historian and philosopher, born in Dederkały Wielkie, current Ukraine, Tadeusz Konwicki, film director and writer, born in Nowa Wilejka, current Lithuania, Ryszard Kapuściński, reporter, born in Pinsk, current Belarus, Tadeusz Kościuszko, national hero of Poland, Lithuania, the United States and Belarus, born in the village of Mereczowszczyzna, current Belarus, Tadeusz Łomnicki, one of the most notable Polish actors, born in Podhajce, current Ukraine, Stanisław Maczek, tank commander in World War II, born in Szczerzec, current Ukraine, Ernest Malinowski, railway engineer/ builder, born in Seweryny, current Ukraine, Adam Mickiewicz, a national poet of Poland, born in Zaosie, current Belarus, Czesław Miłosz, poet, recipient of the Nobel Prize, born in Seteniai, current Lithuania, Stanisław Moniuszko, composer, born in current Belarus, Gabriel Narutowicz, first President of the Second Polish Republic, born in Telsiai, current Lithuania, Adam Naruszewicz, poet, historian, dramatist, translator, publicist, born in Pinsk, current Belarus, Julian Ursyn Niemcewicz, poet, playwright and statesman, born near Brześć nad Bugiem, current Belarus, Czesław Niemen, singer, born in Stare Wasiliszki, current Belarus, Eliza Orzeszkowa, writer, born in Milkowszczyzna, current Belarus Ignacy Jan Paderewski, composer, diplomat, politician, born the village of Kurilovka, current Ukraine, Józef Piłsudski, statesman, Chief of State, First Marshal, and leader of the Second Polish Republic, born in Zułów, current Lithuania, Stanisław August Poniatowski, last King of Poland, born in Vowchyn, current Belarus, Jan Potocki, writer and adventurer, author of The Manuscript Found in Saragossa, born in Pikov, current Ukraine, Stanisław Rewera Potocki, magnate and military leader, after whom the city of Stanisławów was named, born in Podhajce, current Ukraine, Edward Rydz-Śmigły, marshal of Poland, born in Lapshin, current Ukraine, Wacław Rzewuski, drama writer, poet, Grand Crown Hetman, born in Rozdol, current Ukraine, Juliusz Słowacki, the father of modern Polish drama, born in Krzemieniec, current Ukraine, John III Sobieski, King of Poland, born in Olesko, current Ukraine, Karol Szymanowski, composer, born in Tymoszówka, current Ukraine, Anna Walentynowicz, Solidarity legend, born in Równe, current Ukraine, Michał Korybut Wiśniowiecki, King of Poland, born in Wiśniowiec, current Ukraine, Wiktor Thommée, Brigadier General of the Polish Army, born in Švenčionys, current Lithuania, Romuald Traugutt, commander of the January Uprising, born in the village of Szostakowo, near Brześć nad Bugiem, current Belarus, Gabriela Zapolska, writer and actress, born in Podhajce, current Ukraine, Franciszek Żwirko, aviator, born in Święciany, current Lithuania.
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