Warsaw University

Notable alumni

• Jerzy Andrzejewski (1909-1983), author
• Krzysztof Kamil Baczy?ski (1921-1944), poet
• Menachem Begin (1913-1992), Zionist, prime minister of Israel
• Tadeusz Borowski (1922-1951), poet and writer
• Kazimierz Brandys (1916-1920), writer
• Marian Brandys (1912-1998), writer and journalist
• Fryderyk Chopin (1810-1849), pianist and composer
• Adam Doboszy?ski (1904-1949), politician and writer
• Joseph Epstein (1911-1944), communist leader of French resistance
• Bronis?aw Geremek (b. 1932), historian and politician
• Witold Gombrowicz (1904-1969), writer
• Gustaw Herling-Grudzi?ski (1919-2000), journalist, writer and GULag survivor
• Czes?aw Janczarski (1911-1971), poet and Russian literature translator
• Alpha Oumar Konaré, (b. 1946), Malian president
• Tadeusz Mazowiecki (b. 1927), author, social worker, journalist and politician
• Adam Michnik (b. 1946), journalist
• Karol Modzelewski (b. 1937), historian and politician
• Jan Olszewski (b. 1930), lawyer and politician
• Janusz Onyszkiewicz (b. 1937), politician
• Boles?aw Piasecki (1915-1979), extreme right-wing politician
• Lech Kaczy?ski (b. 1949), right-wing politician, president of Warsaw
• Aleksander Kami?ski (1903-1978), writer and one of the leaders of the Polish Scouting
• Ryszard Kapu?ci?ski (b. 1932), writer and journalist
• Mieczys?aw Kar?owicz (1876-1909), composer
• Jan Karski (1914-2000), Polish resistance fighter
• Janusz Korwin-Mikke (b. 1942), right-wing politician and journalist
• Marek Kota?ski (1942-2002), psychologist and streetworker
• Jacek Kuro? (1934-2004), historian, author, social worker and politician
• Jerzy ?ojek (1932-1986), historian and writer
• Ludmi?a Marja?ska (b. 1923), poet and English literature translator
• Bohdan Paczy?ski (b. 1940), astronomer
• Longin Pastusiak (b.1935), politician
• Krzysztof Piesiewicz (b. 1945), lawyer and screenwriter
• Boles?aw Prus (1847-1912), writer
• Józef Rotblat (b. 1908), Nobel Peace Prize winner
• Stanis?aw Sedlaczek (1892-1941), social worker and one of the leaders of ZHP
• Julian Tuwim (1894-1953), poet and writer
• Janusz Andrzej Zajdel (1938-1985), physicist and science-fiction writer
• Anna Zawadzka (1919-2004), social worker and one of the leaders of ZHP
• Maciej Zembaty (b. 1944), poet and writer, famous for his grim humour and translations of Leonard Cohen's works
• Janusz Zeyland (1896-1944), medician and pneumonia specialist, one of BCG inventors
• Rafa? A. Ziemkiewicz (b. 1964), writer
• Florian Znaniecki (1882-1958), philosopher and sociologist