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Julien-Ursin Niemcewicz , in Polish Julian Ursyn Niemcewicz

born February 6, 1757 in Skoki (current Belarus) and died May 21, 1841 in Paris, is a Polish playwright, novelist, poet, memorialist and politician. Coming from a family of the Polish middle nobility of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania (eastern part of the Republic of Two Nations)
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Stanislas Nordey ( Stanislas Mokiejewski ),

born September 12, 1966 in Paris, is a French actor and director. Since 2014, he has directed the Théâtre national de Strasbourg. He is the son of actress Véronique Nordey and filmmaker Jean-Pierre Mocky .
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Cyprian Kamil Norwid

born September 24, 1821 in Gluchy and died May 23, 1883 in the 13th arrondissement of Paris, is a Polish poet, writer, playwright, thinker, painter and sculptor. His work was rediscovered by the Polish modernist movement, of which he became the “wieszcz”, the bard-prophet.
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Edmond Novicki

international footballer nicknamed “Mickey”. He played in Lens and has two caps in 1936 and 1937, born September 20, 1912 and died on an unknown date.
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Cecile Nowak

born April 22, 1967 in Valenciennes, is a French judoka, category of less than 52 kg. Olympic champion, world champion and 4 times European champion.
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Jean Offredo

French journalist and writer of Polish origin through his mother, born September 14, 1944 in Stargard Szczecinski. He presented the Journal de 20 heures de TF1 from the end of 1983 to May 1984. He has been vice-president of the Condorcet circle in Paris since 2004.
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Roman Opałka

painter born August 27, 1931 in Hocquincourt, of Polish parents, died August 6, 2011.
http://www.opalka1965.com/fr/index_fr.php
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Michel d'Ornano

born July 12, 1924 in Paris and died March 8, 1991 in Saint-Cloud (Hauts-de-Seine), is a French politician. Descendant of Marie Walewska and Marshal d'Ornano, son of Count Guillaume d'Ornano (1894-1985), co-founder of Lancôme perfumes, Michel d'Ornano began, after the Carnot high school and law studies, a career as a perfume manufacturer , with his father and his brother, Hubert d'Ornano , (Born in 1926 in the family castle of Melgview, in Poland, died September 25, 2015) by creating the company Jean d'Albret-Orlane. Isabelle Potocki- Radziwill wife of Hubert d'Ornano is related to all families of the Polish nobility.
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Stephane Ostrowski

born March 17, 1962 in Bron, is a former French basketball player and trainer. He is perhaps the best French player of the years 1987-1997 and arguably one of the most gifted French players in history.
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Gaston Palewski

born March 20, 1901 in Paris (9th) and died September 3, 1984 at the Château du Marais in Val-Saint-Germain in Essonne, is a French diplomat and politician from a family of Polish origin, president of the Constitutional Council from 1965 to 1974. He is the son of Maurice Palewski , born March 11, 1867, died February 2, 1938, engineer of Arts and Manufactures, and of Madame, née Rose Diamant-Berger, and the brother of the future deputy Jean -Paul Palewski born July 19, 1898 in Paris died December 10, 1976 in Paris, French lawyer and politician.
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Józef pankiewicz

born in Lublin on November 29, 1866, died in La Ciotat on July 4, 1940 was a Polish painter and teacher. He worked in St. Petersburg after his initial training. From there, he left in 1899 for Paris, where he befriended Pierre Bonnard, whose influence he recognized on his own painting. Father of a Polish colourist movement derived from Post-Impressionism, he approached Fauvism during a trip to Spain. Then professor at the Academy of Fine Arts in Cracow, he was notably the teacher of Moïse Kisling, whom he encouraged to reach Paris, and of Zawado.
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Georges perec

writer born in Paris on March 7, 1936, died on March 3, 1982.
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Maciej Pikulski

pianist, soloist, chamber musician and accompanist of great voices, born January 22, 1969 in Krakow, Poland.
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Catherine plewinski

born July 12, 1968 in Courrières, is a former French swimmer and resident of the CN Cluses Scionzier swimming club.
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Mr. Pokora ( Matthieu Tota )

singer, lyricist and dancer born September 26, 1985 in Strasbourg to a Polish footballer father André Tota.

Michel Polac

television, radio and print journalist, filmmaker and writer, born April 10, 1930 in Paris, died August 7, 2012.
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Roman Polanski ( Raymond Roman Liebling )

actor, theater and opera director, producer, screenwriter, film director and author, born August 18, 1933 in Paris.
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Michel Poniatowski

parent of the last king of Poland and son of Prince Charles-Casimir Poniatowski , French politician, Minister of State under Giscard. Born May 16, 1922 in Paris and died January 15, 2002. Father of Ladislas Poniatowski , senator of Eure, born November 10, 1946 in Boulogne-Billancourt (Hauts-de-Seine) and of Axel Poniatowski deputy of Val d ' oise born August 3, 1951 in Rabat. They come from a long line including Joseph Poniatowski , Marshal of Napoleon 1st.
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Popeck ( Judka Herpstu )

humorist, actor, author, born May 18, 1936 in Paris to a Romanian father and a Polish mother.
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Isabelle Potocki- Radziwill

wife of Hubert d'Ornano is related to all families of the Polish nobility. The couple created the Lancôme brand, the Jean d'Albret-Orlane brand and the luxury cosmetics brand Sisley.
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Emmanuel Proweller

painter. In 1948, he chose to live and paint in Paris, “the capital of painting”. He moved to Créteil in 1959, then in 1965, was divided between Créteil and the Ardèche. Born in 1918 in Poland, died on December 25, 1981.
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Anna prucnal

actress, singer, born December 17, 1940 in Warsaw.
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Bernard pullman

born March 19, 1919 in Włocławek in Poland and died June 9, 1996 in Paris, is a French theoretician quantum chemist and biochemist.
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Alexandra Putra (writes Aleksandra Putra since 2011)

born September 20, 1986 in Olsztyn (Poland), is a French swimmer then Polish from 2011.
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Christiane Rabiega

announcer then host of variety shows and journalist at FR3 Lilles, born October 31, 1936 in Sallaumines (Pas de Calais).
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Régine ( Régina Zylberberg )

singer, actress, creator of the nightclub concept, born December 29, 1929 in Anderlecht (Belgium) of Polish parents.
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Jean de Reszke born Jan Mieczyslaw Reszke

opera tenor and born teacher in Warsaw (Poland) January 14, 1850, died in Nice (Alpes-Maritimes) April 3, 1925.
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Malka Ribowska

actress and screenwriter born May 20, 1931 in Warsaw. Sister of Nicolas Ribowski .

Nicolas Ribowski

is a French director born in Paris in 1939. He is the brother of Malka Ribowska.
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Catherine Ringer

singer of the group Rita Mitsouko, daughter of the painter of Polish origin Sam Ringer , she was born on October 18, 1957 in Suresnes (Hauts-de-Seine).

https://www.facebook.com/CatherineRinger
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Laurent Romejko

born December 27, 1963 in Meulan-en-Yvelines, is a French television host.
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Samuel Rosenthal

born September 7, 1837 in Suwałki, Poland, then in the Russian Empire, died September 12, 1902 in Neuilly-sur-Seine, France was a French-Polish chess master and journalist. He grew up in a Poland occupied by Tsarist Russia, which he left after the abortive revolt of 1863-1864 to emigrate to France. In Paris, he became during the years 1865-1867 a successful professional player at the Café de la Régence, where he won a multitude of tournaments.
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Cesar-Jean Ruminski ( Geslaw Ruminski )

International footballer, born June 13, 1924 in Douai (North) and died May 14, 2009 in Lisieux, he played in Lilles as a goalkeeper, he also took the penalty and has seven selections for the French team from 1952 to 1954.
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