University of Warsaw - Notable Alumni

Notable Alumni

• Jerzy Andrzejewski (1909–1983), author
• Krzysztof Kamil Baczyński (1921–1944), poet, Home Army soldier killed in the Warsaw Uprising
• Menachem Begin (1913–1992), Zionist, 6th Prime Minister of Israel (1977–1983), Nobel Peace Prize winner (1978)
• David Ben-Gurion (1886–1973), 1st Prime Minister of Israel (1948–53; 1955–63)
• Tadeusz Borowski (1922–1951), poet, writer
• Kazimierz Brandys (1916–2000), writer
• Marian Brandys (1912–1998), writer, journalist
• Fryderyk Chopin (1810–1849), pianist, composer
• Włodzimierz Cimoszewicz (b. 1950), politician, Prime Minister of Poland (1996–1997), Marshal of the Sejm (2005)
• Joseph Epstein (1911–1944), communist leader of French resistance
• Bronisław Geremek (1932–2008), historian, politician
• Witold Gombrowicz (1904–1969), writer
• Hanna Gronkiewicz-Waltz (b. 1952), politician, President of the National Bank of Poland (1992–2001), Mayor of Warsaw (since 2006)
• Jan T. Gross (b. 1947), historian, writer, Princeton University professor
• Gustaw Herling-Grudziński (1919–2000), journalist, writer, GULag survivor
• Zofia Helman (b. 1937), Polish musicologist
• Leonid Hurwicz (1917–2008), economist, mathematician, Nobel Prize in Economics winner (2007)
• Czesław Janczarski (1911–1971), poet and Russian literature translator
• Jarosław Kaczyński (b. 1949), politician, Prime Minister of Poland (2006–2007)
• Lech Kaczyński (1949–2010), politician, Mayor of Warsaw (2002–2005), President of Poland (2005–2010)
• Aleksander Kamiński (1903–1978), writer, leader of Polish Scouting and Guiding Association
• Ryszard Kapuściński (1932–2007), writer and journalist
• Mieczysław Karłowicz (1876–1909), composer
• Jan Karski (1914–2000), Polish resistance fighter
• Leszek Kołakowski (1927–2009), philosopher, historian of philosophy
• Bronisław Komorowski (b. 1952), politician, Marshal of the Sejm (2007–2010), President of Poland (since 2010)
• Alpha Oumar Konaré, (b. 1946), 3rd President of Mali (1992–2002)
• Janusz Korwin-Mikke (b. 1942), conservative-liberal politician and journalist
• Marek Kotański (1942–2002), psychologist and streetworker
• Jacek Kuroń (1934–2004), historian, author, social worker and politician
• Jan Józef Lipski (1926–1991), literature historian, politician
• Jerzy Łojek (1932–1986), historian, writer
• Tadeusz Mazowiecki (b. 1927), author, social worker, journalist, Prime Minister of Poland (1989–1991)
• Adam Michnik (b. 1946), journalist
• Karol Modzelewski (b. 1937), historian, politician
• Jerzy Neyman (1894–1981), mathematician, statistician, University of California professor
• Jan Olszewski (b. 1930), lawyer, politician, Prime Minister of Poland (1991–1992)
• Janusz Onyszkiewicz (b. 1937), politician
• Maria Ossowska (1896–1974), sociologist
• Bolesław Piasecki (1915–1979), politician
• Bohdan Paczyński (1940–2007), astronomer
• Longin Pastusiak (b. 1935), politician, Marshal of the Senate of the Republic of Poland (2001–2005)
• Krzysztof Piesiewicz (b. 1945), lawyer, screenwriter
• Bolesław Prus (1847–1912), writer
• Józef Rotblat (1908–2005), physicist, Nobel Peace Prize winner (1995)
• Stefan Sarnowski (b. 1939), philosopher
• Stanisław Sedlaczek (1892–1941), social worker, leader of Polish Scouting and Guiding Association
• Yitzhak Shamir (1915–2012), 7th Prime Minister of Israel (1983–1984 and 1986–1992)
• Dmitry Strelnikoff (b. 1969), Russian writer, biologist, journalist for the media
• Alfred Tarski (1902–1982), logician, mathematician, member of the Lwów-Warsaw school of logic
• Władysław Tatarkiewicz (1886–1980), philosopher, historian of esthetics
• Julian Tuwim (1894–1953), poet and writer
• Alfred Twardecki (b. 1962), archaeologist, historian of antiquity, museologist
• Janusz Andrzej Zajdel (1938–1985), physicist and science-fiction writer
• Anna Zawadzka (1919–2004), social worker, leader of Polish Scouting and Guiding Association
• Ludwik Zamenhof (1859–1917), physician, inventor of Esperanto
• Maciej Zembaty (1944–2011), poet, writer, translator of Leonard Cohen's works
• Rafał A. Ziemkiewicz (b. 1964), writer
• Florian Znaniecki (1882–1958), philosopher and sociologist