This document provides brief biographies of five prominent Polish people: Pope John Paul II, who was the first Polish Pope from 1978 to 2005 and enjoyed poetry, acting, and the mountains; Frédéric Chopin, the famous Polish composer and pianist who could play by age six; Nicolaus Copernicus, the Renaissance mathematician and astronomer who proved the Sun-centered solar system model; Marie Curie, the first woman to receive a doctorate in France who was a physicist and chemist; and Robert Lewandowski, the current captain of the Poland national team and striker for Bayern Munich born in 1988.

1. PROMINENT POLISH PEOPLE

2. Pope John Paul II
His first name is Karol Józef Wojtyła ( born:
18 May 1920 in Wadowice – died: 2 April 2005
in Vatican).
He was first polisch Pope from 1978 to
2005. He was a good poet, actor and enthusiast
of polish mountains.

3. Frédéric Chopin
Frederic Chopin was born in
Żelazowa Wola, Poland.
He lived in 1810-1849.
He was the famous Polish
composer and pianist.
He can play the piano when he
was six years old.

4. Nicolaus Copernicus
Nicolaus Copernicus was born
in 1473 and he died in 1543.
He was a Renaissance
mathematician and astronomer
who proved a model of the
universe that placed the Sun rather
than the Earth at the center of the
universe

5. Marie Curie
Maria Sklodowska-Curie was born on the 7 November 1867 in Warsaw and she died on On 4
July 1934 in Passy. She was physicist and chemist of Polish nationality. In Paris as first woman
in history she was passed her exams for chemistry and Physics in Sorbory.

6. Robert Lewandowski
Robert Lewandowski
born on the 21 August
1988. He is is a Polish
professional footballer who
plays as a striker for the
German club Bayern
Munich, and captains
the Poland national team.