List of Leopolitans

The inhabitants of Lviv (Polish: Lwów; German: Lemberg) are commonly known in English as Leopolitans (from the Latin name for the city, Leopolis). The following is a list of notable Leopolitans.

A Roman Abraham, general of the Polish army Kazimierz Ajdukiewicz, logician and philosopher Spirydion Albanski, soccer goalkeeper of Polish National Team Zofia Albinowska-Minkiewiczowa, painter Stanislaw Albinowski, economist, columnist and journalist Bohdan Ihor Antonych, poet Stefan Askenase (1896–1985), pianist Szymon Askenazy, historian and politician, founder of the Lwów-Warsaw historical school Muhammad Asad, translator of Quran into English (born in Lemberg as Leopold Weiss) Herman Auerbach, mathematician Emanuel Ax, American pianist Teodor Axentowicz, painter Erwin Axer, actor and theatre professor B Oswald Balzer, law historian, rector of the Lwów University (1895–1896), founder of the Society for Support of Polish Science in Lwów (Tow. dla Popierania Nauki Pol. we Lwowie), the first scientific organisation in the city Stefan Banach, mathematician Yuri Bashmet, viola soloist Kazimierz Bartel, mathematician and politician, prime minister of Poland (1926–1930) Adam Baron, doctor, hero of the Armia Krajowa Adolf Beck (1863–1942), physiologist Joseph Beer (1908–1987), composer Alexander Beliavsky, chess grandmaster Józef Bem, Polish and Hungarian national hero Saint Józef Bilczewski, archbishop of Lwów and a Catholic saint Szymon Okolski (1580–1653), a historian, specialist in heraldry, provincial of the Dominican Order Fabian Birkowski, writer, preacher Wojciech Bobowski (1610–1675), dragoman and musician in the Ottoman Empire, translated the Bible into Ottoman Turkish Wojciech Bogusławski, composer Tadeusz Bór-Komorowski, general of the Polish army, commander-in-chief of the Home Army Mieczysław Boruta-Spiechowicz, general of the Polish army Michał Boym (ca. 1612–1659), Jesuit missionary in China, known for his travels and writings Heinrich Gottfried von Bretschneider, German satirical writer Martin Buber, philosopher Solomon Buber, banker and philosopher C Emmanuil Chekalyuk, petroleum engineer Vyacheslav Chornovil, politician Taras Chubay, leader of Ukrainian rock band Plach Yeremiji Jan Czekanowski, anthropologist Anna Czekanowska-Kuklińska, musicologist and ethnographer D Danylo of Halych, 1st King of Galicia, founder of city Andrzej Dobrowolski, composer Hryhoriy Dolenko, petroleum geologist, academician Danylo Ishutin, professional Dota 2 eSports player, affiliated with the team Natus Vincere E F Ludwik Fleck, biologist Aleksander Ford, film director Ivan Franko, poet and linguist, reformer of the Ukrainian language Mikhail Fridman, Russian oligarch Filip Friedman, Holocaust reseacher Ivan Fedorov, founder of book printing in Russia and Ukraine Count Aleksander Fredro, comedy writer Yelena Filipchuk, social justice activist G Mieczysław Gębarowicz, scientist and art historian, director of the Ossolineum Institute during the World War II Eugeniusz Geppert, painter Jacob Ber Gimpel, founder of the Lemberg Yiddish theater Franciszek Ksawery Godebski, director of the Ossolineum and father to Cyprian Godebski, renowned sculptor Georgiy R. Gongadze, journalist kidnapped and murdered in 2000 Andrei Lahush, writer Zygmunt Gorgolewski, architect, constructor of the Grand Theatre in Lwów (currently Opera Theatre in Lviv) Kazimierz Górski, football coach Uri Zvi Greenberg, poet Artur Grottger, late romanticist painter H Zbigniew Herbert, poet Mykhailo Hrushevsky, first president of the Ukrainian People's Republic Lyubomyr Huzar, Cardinal, head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church I Vasyl Ivanchuk, chess grandmaster Volodymyr Ivasyuk, composer K Stanisław Kaczor-Batowski, painter Bertha Kalich, actress Vera Kamsha, fantasy writer Michał Karaszewicz-Tokarzewski, general Stanisław Kasznica, resistance soldier Wojciech Kilar, composer Lubka Kolessa, pianist Yevhen Konovalets, Ukrainian nationalist leader Maria Konopnicka, writer Juliusz Kossak, painter Jan Krukowiecki, general Solomiya Krushelnytska, opera singer Tadeusz Krwawicz, ophthalmologist Jacek Kuroń, freedom fighter and politician (Solidarity, KOR) Vilém Kurz, pianist, professor at the Lwów State Conservatory Ilona Kurzowa, pianist Wacław Kuchar, talented athlete, multiple champion of Poland in various sports L Stanisław Jerzy Lec, poet and aphorist. Stanisław Lem, science fiction writer and futurist Stanisław Leśniewski, philosopher and logician Antoni Łomnicki, mathematician Alfred J. Lotka, mathematician, physical chemist, statistician, biophysicist, author of predator-prey model Stanisław I Leszczyński, King of Poland Roman Longschamps de Berier, lawyer, last rector of the Jan Kazimierz University Ignacy Łukasiewicz, engineer, pioneer of oil industry Jan Łukasiewicz, philosopher and logician M Stanisław Maczek, Polish WW2 general, Commander Allied (Polish) 1st Armoured Division in Western Europe Kornel Makuszyński, writer of books for children Alexandra Marinina, Russian writer of detective stories Leopold von Sacher-Masoch, writer, author of Venus in Furs Kazimierz Michałowski, Egyptologist, founder of Nubiology Ludwig von Mises, free-market economist (born in Lemberg) Richard von Mises, mathematician (younger brother of Ludwig, also born in Lemberg) Sigmund Mogulesko, Yiddish singer and actor Ignacy Mościcki, chemist and President of Poland (1926–1939) Andrzej Mostowski, mathematician Paul Muni, actor Ana Muzičuk, chess grandmaster N Lewis Bernstein Namier, historian Joseph Saul Nathanson, leading rabbinical authority of the 19th century O Janusz Onyszkiewicz, politician, Vice President of the European Parliament Stanislaw Ostrowski, Polish politician, best known for serving as the last President of Lwów and third President of Poland in exile. P Jan Parandowski, writer Jakub Karol Parnas, biochemist Teodor Parnicki, historian Wojciech Pszoniak, actor Witold Pyrkosz, modern Polish actor R Karl Radek, international Communist figure Samuel Judah Löb Rapoport, prominent Austrian rabbi Wilhelm Reich, American psychiatrist Eugeniusz Romer, geographer and geologist Lillian Roxon, writer Ruslana, pop singer S Leopold von Sacher-Masoch, journalist and BDSM writer whose surname originated the term “masochism” Henryk Samsonowicz, historian Andrey Sheptytsky, head of the Ukrainian Church through both the world wars Roman Shukhevych, general of the Ukrainian Insurgent Army Adam Mikołaj Sieniawski, hetman Wacław Sobieski, historian Leopold Staff, poet Hugo Steinhaus, mathematician Stanisław Skrowaczewski, composer Julian Stryjkowski, writer Moritz Szeps, journalist Wacław Szybalski, medical researcher Larisa Shepitko, Soviet film director. T Alfred Tarski, logician Władysław Tatarkiewicz, historian of philosophy Kazimierz Twardowski, philosopher, founder of Lwów-Warsaw philosophical school U Stanisław Marcin Ulam, mathematician W Jan Wasiewicz, soccer player of Polish National Team Rudolf Weigl, scientist, inventor of the typhus vaccine Simon Wiesenthal, nazi hunter Y Grigoriy Alekseyevich Yavlinskiy, politician Z Julian Zachariewicz, architect and rector of the Lwów University Adam Zagajewski, poet Gabriela Zapolska, writer Andrzej Żuławski, film director

See also

• People from L'viv (Category:)