List of Polish people

This is a partial list of notable Polish or Polish-speaking or -writing people. People of partial Polish heritage have their respective ancestries credited.

• Matteusz Andrzejewski, played by Jordan Renzo, a character in Class, a British science fiction drama programme, and a spin-off of the long-running programme Doctor Who
• Captain William Joseph B.J. Blazkowicz in Wolfenstein 3D
• Ernst Stavro Blofeld, a villain from the James Bond series of novels and films, created by Ian Fleming
• Bolek i Lolek, cartoon characters from a Polish children's TV animated comedy series
• Baba Jaga, Polish version of the forest-dwelling sorceress
• Waldemar Daninsky, wolfman in La Marca del Hombre Lobo
• Nicodemus Dyzma, in Tadeusz Dołęga-Mostowicz's novel The Career of Nicodemus Dyzma
• Jacob Jankowski, a character played by Robert Pattinson in a 2011 American romantic drama film Water for Elephants
• Marcin Jerek, Polish-born British professor and former CIA interrogator, in the TV series NCIS, played by W. Morgan Sheppard
• Dr. Judym, in Stefan Żeromski's novel Homeless People
• Kajko i Kokosz
• Florentyna Kane in The Prodigal Daughter and Shall We Tell the President?
• Commander Keen, grandson of B.J. Blazkowicz
• Hans Kloss (Captain Kloss), World War II secret agent in the Polish TV serial Stake larger than life
• Kordian
• Funky Koval, space detective
• Sugar "Kane" Kowalczyk, a singer of Polish descent played by Marilyn Monroe in Billy Wilder's 1959 romantic comedy film Some Like It Hot
• Kowalski, a penguin in the children's film Madagascar
• Stanley Kowalski, in Tennessee Williams' play A Streetcar Named Desire
• Detective Stanley Kowalski, Polish-American Chicago policeman in the 1990s Canadian television series Due South
• Walt Kowalski, Polish-American Korean War veteran and retired Ford worker, in Clint Eastwood's 2008 film Gran Torino
• Lucyna "Lucy" Kushinada, a netrunner of mixed Polish and Japanese descent in Cyberpunk: Edgerunners
• Ligia, heroine of Sienkiewicz's novel, Quo Vadis?
• Man of Iron, symbol of Solidarity and title of Wajda's film
• Koziołek Matołek, like the bear and the horse, the goat is part of Polish folklore, here in Kornel Makuszyński's rendition
• Mike Nomad (with Steve Roper), an American adventure comic strip (1936–2004)
• Count Olenski, estranged husband of Ellen Olenska in Edith Wharton's novel The Age of Innocence (1920)
• Pan Tadeusz, poetic distillation of Polish patriotism and nostalgia
• Roland "Prez" Pryzbylewski, in HBO's The Wire, went from police officer to school teacher
• Officer Eddie Pulaski in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
• Stefan "Steve" Radecki, a character played by Anton Walbrook in 1941 British war film Dangerous Moonlight
• Abel Rosnovski in Kane and Abel
• Pan Samochodzik, adventurer created by Zbigniew Nienacki
• Paweł i Gaweł, humorous morality tale about neighbour relations, a favourite children's poem
• Sasquatch (Dr. Walter Langkowski), Marvel superhero
• Sierotka Marysia, archetypal abandoned girl, "Little orphan Mary", living with dwarves
• Walter Sobchak, the "Polish Catholic" in the film The Big Lebowski
• Silk Spectre I & II, superheroines in Watchmen
• Stanislau, ace pilot in Blackhawk
• Stanisław Tarkowski (Staś), protagonist of young-adult novel In Desert and Wilderness by Nobel laureate Henryk Sienkiewicz
• Mieczysław Stilinski, also known as Stiles Stilinski, one of the main characters in American television series Teen Wolf broadcast on MTV and played by Dylan O'Brien
• Michael Stivic, in All in the Family
• Tadzio, a Polish boy (inspired by Władysław Moes) in Thomas Mann's novel Death in Venice as well as 1971 film adaptation of the same name by Luchino Visconti played by Björn Andrésen
• Ijon Tichy, main protagonist in several works of Stanisław Lem such as The Star Diaries, The Futurological Congress, Peace on Earth and Observation on the Spot
• Kasia Tomaszewski, played by Zofia Wichłacz, a character in World on Fire, a 2019 war drama miniseries broadcast on BBC One
• Maciej Tomczyk ala Lech Wałęsa, in the 1981 film Man of Iron, directed by Andrzej Wajda
• Pan Twardowski, a Faust-like figure of Polish legend, literature and film.
• Tytus, Romek i A'Tomek, Polish comic book heroes

• Miś Uszatek, cartoon character
• Walter Koskiusko Waldowski, the "Painless Pole" in the film MASH
• Konrad Wallenrod, in the narrative poem by Adam Mickiewicz
• John Paul Wiggin (Jan Paweł Wieczorek) in the Ender's Game series
• Stanisław Wokulski, protagonist of Bolesław Prus' novel The Doll
• Stanley Thaddeus "Wojo" Wojciehowicz, played by Max Gail, in the American television sitcom Barney Miller
• Wrocław's dwarfs, brass manikins that first appeared on the city's pavements in 2005
• Piotr Zak, composer in a spoof BBC documentary
• Sophie Zawistowski, played by Meryl Streep, in Sophie's Choice based on a novel by William Styron
• Dominic Wajda