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Born 1488 • Tarnów • Poland
Died May 16, 1561 (aged 73) • Tarnów • Poland
Tadeusz Kościuszko
Tadeusz Kościuszko
Polish general and statesman
Józef Piłsudski
Józef Piłsudski
Polish revolutionary and statesman
Carel Allardt: engraving of Jan (John III) Sobieski
John III Sobieski
king of Poland
Wojciech Witold Jaruzelski
Wojciech Witold Jaruzelski
Polish general
John II Casimir Vasa
John II Casimir Vasa
king of Poland
Jan Zamoyski
Polish politician
Koniecpolski, engraving by Anton Tepplar after a painting by Martin Altomonte
Stanisław Koniecpolski
Polish military leader
Dąbrowski, detail from a portrait by an unknown Polish artist; in the National Museum, Warsaw
Jan Henryk Dąbrowski
Polish general
John I Albert
king of Poland
Władysław III Warneńczyk
king of Hungary and Poland
Jan Karol Chodkiewicz
Polish general
Józef Chłopicki
Polish general
Władysław Sikorski
Władysław Sikorski
Polish statesman
Władysław Anders
Polish officer
Stanisław Szczęsny Potocki
Stanisław Szczęsny Potocki
Polish statesman
Józef Beck
Polish military officer
Stanisław Poniatowski
Polish statesman
Köprülü Fazıl Ahmed Paşa
Ottoman vizier
Mateusz Morawiecki
Mateusz Morawiecki
prime minister of Poland
Donald Tusk
Donald Tusk
prime minister of Poland