Jan Władysław Woś passes away at age 87
Jan Władysław Woś, a Polish bibliophile, historian, essayist and fiction writer, died on November 3, 2026, aged 87. Born in Warsaw, he studied at the University of Warsaw’s Faculty of…
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Janosch passes away at age 95
Janosch, the German children's author and illustrator born Horst Eckert, died November 3, 2026, aged 95. He was born on March 11, 1931, in Hindenburg, now Zabrze, Poland, to a…
Paweł Tucholski, died aged 57
Paweł Tucholski, a Polish actor whose work spanned theatre, dubbing and film, died on October 30, 2026, aged 57. Born in Żnin on February 6, 1969, he graduated from Warsaw’s…
Obituary: Paweł Socha, dead at age 91
Paweł Socha, a Polish Roman Catholic prelate who served as titular bishop of Thunigaba and auxiliary bishop of Zielona Góra-Gorzów, died October 29, 2026, aged 91. Born in Wojsławice, in…
Death of Jan Byś at age 72
Jan Byś, a Polish footballer who played as a midfielder for Szombierki Bytom, died October 29, 2026, aged 72. Born on December 9, 1953, he began his career with Sparta…
Ursula von Rydingsvard dead at age 84
Ursula von Rydingsvard, a German-born American sculptor, died October 27, 2026, aged 84, from complications of Alzheimer’s disease. Born Ursula Karoliszyn in Deensen, Germany, in 1942, she was the daughter…
Józef Lipień has died at age 77
Józef Lipień, a Polish Greco-Roman wrestler and 1980 Olympic silver medalist, died October 25, 2026, aged 77. Born in Jaczków on February 6, 1949, he competed in amateur wrestling and…
Mariusz Urbaniak passed away at age 54
Mariusz Urbaniak, a Polish footballer who played as a midfielder, died on October 23, 2026, aged 54. Born in Zgorzelec on June 22, 1972, he began his football development in…
Death of Barbara Gawryluk at age 69
Barbara Gawryluk, a Polish children’s book author, journalist and translator, died on October 16, 2026, aged 69. Born in Kraków on May 19, 1957, she studied Swedish philology at Jagiellonian…
Mária Szolnoki has died at age 79
Mária Szolnoki, a Polish Olympic fencer, died on October 16, 2026, aged 79. Tags Athletes, 16 October 2026, Gemini, Hungary, Poland, Szolnoki, Mária, October 16, October 2026
Mariusz Strzałka died at age 67
Mariusz Strzałka, a Polish fencer who represented Poland and later Germany at the Olympic Games, died on October 16, 2026, aged 67. Born in Wrocław on March 27, 1959, he…
Dariusz Kołodziejczyk dies at age 64
Dariusz Kołodziejczyk, a Polish historian and professor at the University of Warsaw, died on October 16, 2026, aged 64. Born in Warsaw on May 25, 1962, he studied at the…
Wiktor Legowicz dies at 77
Wiktor Józef Legowicz, a Polish radio journalist, died October 15, 2026, aged 77. Born in Tomaszów Mazowiecki on April 2, 1949, he studied education at the University of Warsaw, completing…
Jacek Ziober, died aged 60
Jacek Ziober, the Polish football player, died October 6, 2026, aged 60. Born in Łódź on November 18, 1965, he played as a forward and began his career in 1982,…
Tadeusz Lutak dies at 109
Tadeusz Lutak, a Polish World War II veteran and soldier, died October 5, 2026, aged 109. Born Tadeusz Władysław Lutak on August 29, 1917, in Żarnowa, then part of Austria-Hungary,…
Anastazja Pustelnik passes away at age 76
Anastazja Pustelnik, the Polish Roman Catholic nun of the Daughters of Divine Charity and cookbook author known as Sister Anastazja, died on October 4, 2026, aged 76. Born in Dylągowa…
Amos Rapoport passed away at age 97
Amos Rapoport, the Polish-American architect and professor, died September 29, 2026, aged 97. He was one of the founders of Environment-Behavior Studies (EBS) and produced more than 200 academic publications…
Jacek Furdyna dies at 93
Jacek Furdyna, a Polish American physicist and professor emeritus at the University of Notre Dame, died on September 28, 2026, at age 93. Furdyna built his career in condensed matter…
Ryszard Lenczewski dies at age 78
Ryszard Lenczewski, a Polish cinematographer, died on September 25, 2026, aged 78. Born in Miłków in Lower Silesian Voivodeship, he began working in film in 1973 after studying at the…
Alojzy Lysko, died aged 84
Alojzy Lysko, the Silesian writer and politician, died on September 22, 2026, aged 84. Born on February 15, 1942, in Bojszowy, Poland, he was a Polish politician, writer, teacher and…
Death of Stanisław Szelc at age 83
Stanisław Szelc, a Polish satirist and actor, died on September 21, 2026, aged 83. He was a member of the Kalambury Theatre from 1961 to 1976 and later appeared with…
Yehuda Aharon Vidovsky passes away at age 107
Yehuda Aharon Vidovsky, a Polish-born Israeli Holocaust survivor and businessman, died on September 13, 2026, aged 107. Born on July 25, 1919, he grew up in Poland and, according to…
Obituary: Robert Szreder, dead at age 79
Robert Szreder, the Polish violinist, died on September 13, 2026, aged 79. Born in Dęblin in 1946, he studied under professor Zenon Brzewski at the Fryderyk Chopin University of Music.…
Yehuda Aharon Vidovsky passes away at age 107
Yehuda Aharon Vidovsky, a Polish-born Israeli Holocaust survivor and businessman, died on September 13, 2026, aged 107. Born on July 25, 1919, he came from Turek in Greater Poland and…
Death of Andrzej Elżanowski at age 76
Andrzej Elżanowski, a Polish paleontologist and zoologist, died on September 9, 2026, aged 76. Born in Przasnysz on January 21, 1950, he studied at the University of Warsaw and worked…
Iskhak Mashbash death at age 96
Iskhak Mashbash, a Russian poet, died on September 7, 2026, aged 96. Also known as Iskhak Shumafovich Mashbash and anglicised as Isaac Mashbash, he was a Circassian poet, writer and…
Stanisław Małkowski dies at age 82
Stanisław Małkowski, a Polish Roman Catholic priest, died on September 7, 2026, at age 82. He was also known as a publicist and as an activist in the democratic opposition…
Mirosław Różański, died aged 63
Mirosław Różański, the Polish military officer and politician who became a senator and lieutenant general, died on August 24, 2026, aged 63. Born in Głogów on December 1, 1962, he…
Mieczysław Rutyna obituary: died at age 95
Mieczysław Rutyna, a Polish Olympic racewalker, died on August 24, 2026, aged 95. Born on May 29, 1931, in Wielowieś, he represented Poland in race walking at the 1964 Summer…
Mieczysław Szyszka passes away at age 64
Mieczysław Szyszka, a Polish teacher and politician who served in the Senate from 2005 to 2007, died on August 18, 2026, aged 64. Born on December 8, 1961, in Nowa…
Wanda Traczyk-Stawska death at age 99
Wanda Traczyk-Stawska, a Polish psychologist, social activist and participant in the Warsaw Uprising, died on August 18, 2026, aged 99. Known by the pseudonyms “Pączek” and “Atma,” she was born…
Jan Frycz dead at age 72
Jan Frycz, the Polish actor whose stage, film and television career spanned nearly five decades, died on August 15, 2026, aged 72. Born in Kraków on May 15, 1954, he…
Joanna Rawik obituary: died at age 92
Joanna Rawik, the Polish singer, actress, and journalist, died on August 15, 2026, aged 92. Born Joanna Szamota in Chernivtsi on January 31, 1934, she later used the names Gronkowska…
Stanisław Adamiak death at age 93
Stanisław Adamiak, a Polish politician and farmer who served in the Sejm from 1976 to 1985, died on August 14, 2026, aged 93. Born on November 12, 1932, in Karwacz,…
Anna Parzymies passes away at age 87
Anna Parzymies, a professor at Warsaw University and Polish arabist, died on August 14, 2026, aged 87. Born in Sofia on January 5, 1939, she was also a doctor of…
Elżbieta Barys obituary: died at age 79
Elżbieta Barys, a Polish lawyer and politician who served in the Sejm from 1997 to 2001, died on August 13, 2026, aged 79. Born Elżbieta Krystyna Barys, she was a…
Andrzej Zaborski died at age 75
Andrzej Zaborski, a Polish actor and theatre director, died on August 11, 2026, at age 75. Born in Wałbrzych on March 7, 1951, he trained at the Aleksander Zelwerowicz National…
Death of Tomasz Szarota at age 86
Tomasz Szarota, the Polish historian and publicist, died on August 11, 2026, aged 86. Born in Warsaw on January 2, 1940, he focused his work on the history of World…
Alaksandar Milinkievič has died at age 79
Alaksandar Milinkievič, a Belarusian politician and opposition figure, died on August 11, 2026, aged 79. Born in Hrodna on July 25, 1947, he was a physicist, ethnologist, university teacher, historian,…
Wacław Orłowski death at age 81
Wacław Orłowski, the Polish Olympic wrestler who competed at the 1968 Summer Games, died on August 9, 2026, aged 81. Born on January 5, 1945, Orłowski represented Poland in the…
Oded Stark dead, Oded Stark, Polish economist
Oded Stark, a Polish economist, died on August 8, 2026. He was an economist and held senior appointments at several universities, including Bar-Ilan University, the University of Oslo and the…
Andrzej Gąsiorowski, died aged 75
Andrzej Gąsiorowski, a Polish academic and historian, died on August 7, 2026, aged 75. He worked as a research scientist at the Stutthof concentration camp Museum in Sztutowo and as…
Zdzisław Czarnobilski passes away at age 91
Zdzisław Czarnobilski, a Polish doctor and politician, died on August 6, 2026, aged 91. Born in Lwów, Poland, on November 11, 1934, he studied at the Medical University of Lublin…
Andrzej Morozowski passed away at age 69
Andrzej Morozowski, a Polish journalist and television personality, died on August 4, 2026, aged 69. Born in Warsaw on June 13, 1957, he studied theatre at the Warsaw Department of…
Jarosław Stolicki passed away at age 63
Jarosław Stolicki, a Polish historian and academic, died on August 4, 2026, aged 63. He was a professor of the humanities and taught at Jagiellonian University, where he also studied…
Mateusz Bąk dies at 43
Mateusz Bąk, a Polish football player best known for his long spell with Lechia Gdańsk, died on August 3, 2026, aged 43. A goalkeeper by trade, he was born in…
Death of Ryszard Bartosz at age 72
Ryszard Bartosz, a Polish politician and farmer who served in the Sejm from 1989 to 1993, died on August 3, 2026, aged 72. Born Ryszard Władysław Bartosz on August 23,…
Grzegorz Lipowski, died aged 90
Grzegorz Lipowski, a Polish engineer and politician, died on August 1, 2026, aged 90. A member of the Democratic Left Alliance, he served as voivode of Częstochowa from 1980 to…
Iga Cembrzyńska obituary: died at age 87
Iga Cembrzyńska, the Polish actress known for films including The Saragossa Manuscript, Salto and Hydrozagadka, died on July 30, 2026, aged 87. Born Maria Elżbieta Cembrzyńska in Radom on July…
Obituary: Tadeusz Gapiński, dead at age 78
Tadeusz Gapiński, a Polish footballer, died on July 30, 2026, aged 78. Born in Łódź on January 7, 1948, he was a Polish former association football player whose career is…
Jarosław Jechorek, died aged 65
Jarosław Jechorek, a Polish basketball player, died on July 29, 2026, aged 65. Born in Poland on May 31, 1961, he was best known for his work with the Polish…
Anna Knysok has died at age 75
Anna Knysok, a Polish politician and former member of parliament, died on July 27, 2026, aged 75. Born in Chorzów on July 19, 1951, she was also known as Anna…
Zdzisław Maszkiewicz dies at age 75
Zdzisław Maszkiewicz, a Polish politician and electronics technician who served in the Senate from 1997 to 2001, died on July 26, 2026, aged 75. Born on November 28, 1950, in…
Celina Jesionowska passed away at age 92
Celina Jesionowska, the Polish sprinter who competed at the 1960 Summer Olympics, died on July 22, 2026. She was 92. Born in Łomża on November 3, 1933, Jesionowska was known…
Stanisław Gomułka dies at age 85
Stanisław Gomułka, a Polish economist and academic, died on July 18, 2026. Born on September 10, 1940, in Krężoły in what is now the Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship, he studied at the…
Piotr Oczko dies at age 53
Piotr Oczko, a Polish scholar of English and Dutch studies, literature and art historian, and translator, died on July 15, 2026. Born in Kraków on January 1, 1973, he studied…
Josef Kompalla died at age 90
Josef Kompalla died on July 12, 2026. He was a Polish-German ice hockey player and later an ice hockey official and referee. Born on March 13, 1936, in Katowice, he…
Karol Stopa obituary: died at age 78
Karol Stopa died on July 9, 2026. He was 78. Stopa was a Polish sports commentator and journalist, known for his work in sports media. Born in Warsaw in 1948,…
Tadeusz Baranowski dead at age 81
Tadeusz Baranowski died on July 7, 2026. He was a Polish painter and comic book artist. Tags Actors, Artists, 07 July 2026, Baranowski, Poland, Tadeusz, July 2026, July 7
Grzegorz Miętus passes away at age 33
Grzegorz Miętus died on July 4, 2026. He was a Polish ski jumper. Tags Other, 04 July 2026, Grzegorz, Pisces, Poland, July 2026, July 4, Miętus
Bogusław Zmudziński died at age 75
Bogusław Zmudziński died on July 4, 2026. He was a Polish film critic. Tags Writers, 04 July 2026, Cancer, Poland, Bogusław, July 2026, July 4, Zmudziński
Danuta Grabowska dies at 83
Danuta Grabowska died on July 2, 2026. She was a Polish politician and teacher. Tags Politicians, 02 July 2026, Cancer, Danuta, Grabowska, Poland, July 2, July 2026
Przemysław Wierzbowski dies at 39
Przemysław Wierzbowski died on July 1, 2026. Tags Other, 01 July 2026, Poland, Sagittarius, Wierzbowski, July 1, July 2026, Przemysław
Death of Robert Słaboń at age 72
Robert Słaboń, a Polish motorcycle speedway rider, died on June 28, 2026, at the age of 72. Born on September 15, 1953, in Wrocław, Poland, he became an international rider…
Antoni Misiaszek obituary: died at age 88
Antoni Misiaszek died on June 28, 2026. He was a Roman Catholic priest. Tags Other, 28 June 2026, Antoni, Misiaszek, Poland, June 2026, June 28
Piotr Chmielowski, died aged 61
Piotr Chmielowski died on June 28, 2026. He was a Polish politician. Tags Politicians, 28 June 2026, Chmielowski, Piotr, Poland, Taurus, June 2026, June 28
Sławomir Żukowski obituary: died at age 67
Sławomir Żukowski, a Polish actor and theatre director, died on June 25, 2026, at the age of 67. Born in Radom on November 20, 1958, he worked in theatre as…
Obituary: Beata Andrejczuk-Dudzińska, dead at age 38
Beata Andrejczuk-Dudzińska died on June 24, 2026. She was a Polish chess player. Tags Athletes, 24 June 2026, Beata, Cancer, Poland, Andrejczuk-Dudzińska, June 2026, June 24
Janusz Daszczyński died at age 73
Janusz Daszczyński died on June 23, 2026, at the age of 73. He was a Polish journalist. Born in Gdynia on September 13, 1952, he studied at the Gdańsk University…
Józef Nowicki dies at 81
Józef Nowicki, a Polish politician who served in the Sejm from 1993 to 2005, died on June 23, 2026, at the age of 81. Born on August 14, 1944, in…
Obituary: Krzysztof Dowgiałło, dead at age 87
Krzysztof Dowgiałło, a Polish architect, writer and politician who served in the Sejm, died on June 21, 2026, at the age of 87. Born on June 30, 1938, in Novomalyn,…
Arlette Testyler passes away at age 93
Arlette Testyler, a French Holocaust survivor, died on June 12, 2026, at the age of 93. Born Arlette Reiman on March 30, 1933, in Paris’s 12th arrondissement, she came from…
Jan Brzeźny death at age 75
Jan Brzeźny, the Polish Olympic cyclist who competed at the 1976 Summer Games, died on June 11, 2026, aged 75. Born in Oleszna on June 11, 1951, he represented Poland…
Janusz Michałowski dies at age 89
Janusz Michałowski died on June 11, 2026. He was a Polish actor. Tags Actors, 11 June 2026, Capricorn, Janusz, Poland, June 11, June 2026, Michałowski
Jerzy Bańczerowski died at age 88
Jerzy Bańczerowski, a Polish professor of philology, died on June 9, 2026, at the age of 88. Born on October 28, 1938, in Ożarów, he built a career in general…
Monika Silva Koniuszek dead
Monika Silva Koniuszek, a Polish activist focused on anticorruption, environmental issues and human rights, died on June 8, 2026. Based in Ecuador for many years, she founded and directed Fundación…
Obituary: Helmut Nadolski, dead at age 83
Helmut Nadolski, a Polish musician, died on June 8, 2026, at the age of 83. Born in Gdynia on October 27, 1942, he became known as a bassist, composer, poet,…
Sylwia Rajchert passes away at age 82
Sylwia Rajchert died on June 8, 2026. She was a Polish singer. Tags Musicians, 08 June 2026, Poland, Rajchert, Sylwia, June 2026, June 8
Waldemar Bohdanowicz passes away at age 85
Waldemar Bohdanowicz, a Polish politician who served as mayor of Łódź from 1989 to 1990 and as a senator from 1991 to 1993, died on June 5, 2026. He was…
Marion Kozak passes away at age 91
Marion Kozak, the Polish-born British activist, died on May 27, 2026, aged 91. Born in Częstochowa in 1934 as Dobra Jenta Kozak, she left Poland for the United Kingdom in…
Death of Piotr Pyzik at age 67
Piotr Pyzik, a Polish politician and member of the Sejm from 2011 to 2019, died on May 23, 2026. He was 67. Born Piotr Mieczysław Pyzik on January 1, 1959,…
Jan Adamski, died aged 82
Jan Adamski, a Polish chess player, died on May 21, 2026, at the age of 82. Born in Warsaw on November 11, 1943, he won the Polish Chess Championship in…
Stanisław Rakowicz dead at age 90
Stanisław Rakowicz, a Polish politician and former voivode of Toruń, died on May 14, 2026, at the age of 90. Born on September 20, 1935, in Kotuszów, Poland, he was…
Krzysztof Piesiewicz passed away at age 80
Krzysztof Piesiewicz, a Polish lawyer, screenwriter and politician, died on May 14, 2026, at age 80. Born in Warsaw on October 25, 1945, he studied law at Warsaw University and…
Stanisława Celińska passed away at age 79
Stanisława Celińska, a Polish actress and voice actress, died on May 12, 2026, at the age of 79. Born in Warsaw on April 29, 1947, she debuted in theatre in…
Miriam Gonczarska obituary: died at age 53
Miriam Gonczarska, a Polish spiritual leader and journalist, died on May 12, 2026, at the age of 53. Born in Warsaw in 1972, she was a Jewish spiritual leader who…
Ryszard Zembaczyński obituary: died at age 77
Ryszard Zembaczyński, a Polish politician and former mayor of Opole, died on May 7, 2026, at the age of 77. He served as mayor of Opole from 2002 to 2014.…
Józef Michalik death at age 85
Józef Michalik, Polish Roman Catholic prelate and archbishop of Przemyśl, died on May 3, 2026, at the age of 85. He served as bishop of Zielona Góra–Gorzów from 1986 to…
Obituary: Krzysztof Pawłowski, dead at age 79
Krzysztof Pawłowski, a Polish politician and senator from 1989 to 1993, died on May 3, 2026, at the age of 79. Born in Nowy Sącz on June 26, 1946, he…
Aleksander Papiewski obituary: died at age 86
Aleksander Papiewski, a Polish football manager, died on April 27, 2026, aged 86. He was best known for guiding Śląsk Wrocław to second place in the 1977–78 Ekstraklasa, and his…
Death of Andrzej Olechowski at age 78
Andrzej Olechowski, the Polish politician who served as minister of finance in 1992 and minister of foreign affairs from 1993 to 1995, died on April 25, 2026, at the age…
Zofia Zdybicka has died at age 97
Zofia Zdybicka, a Polish Roman Catholic nun and philosopher, died on April 24, 2026, at the age of 97. Born in Kraśnik, Poland, on August 5, 1928, she was a…
Włodzimierz Korohoda dies at age 89
Włodzimierz Korohoda, a Polish cell biologist and swimmer, died on April 24, 2026, at the age of 89. Born on January 1, 1937, he was affiliated with Jagiellonian University as…
Obituary: Łukasz Litewka, dead at age 36
Łukasz Litewka, a Polish sociologist and politician, died on April 23, 2026, in a traffic collision. He was 36. Born in Sosnowiec on May 9, 1989, he studied sociology at…
Death of Tadeusz Cichocki at age 89
Tadeusz Cichocki, a Polish histologist who served as rector of the Medical Academy in Kraków from 1987 until 1990, died on April 21, 2026. He was 89. Born in Będzin…
Death of Janusz Kamiński at age 92
Janusz Kamiński, a Polish politician and engineer who served as minister of transport, navigation and communications from 1987 to 1989, died on April 12, 2026, at the age of 92.…
Marian Cygan passed away at age 85
Marian Cygan, a Polish football player and manager, died on April 11, 2026, at the age of 85. Born on June 30, 1940, he was raised in Kraków and came…