Life / Famous Polish people (that we have actually heard of) [231]

In the classical music world there are:

Fryderyk Chopin
Karol Szymanowski
Witold Lutosławski
Tadeusz Baird
Henryk Górecki
Grażyna Bacewicz
Andrzej Czajkowski
Jan Ekier
Jozef Hofman
Henryk Melcer-Szczawiński
Ignacy Jan Paderewski
Andrzej Panufnik
Kszysztof Penderecki
Xaver Scharwenka
Kazimierz Serocki
Zygmunt Stojowski
Władysław Szpilman
Aleksander Tansman
Carl Tausig
Henryk Wieniawski

These are some quasi-household classical names, I would say...

and then...

Witold Gombrowicz is a well known author...

Krzysztof Kieślowski is regarded as one of the best directors.... ever. (by me, at least!)

my two cents. . .

Genealogy / ORP Błyskawica Crew Records? [46]

Thanks a lot Wrocław. I'm trying to track down some dates.. I'll just ask around Christmas, when I'm visiting my Grandfather. Dziękuję!

Genealogy / ORP Błyskawica Crew Records? [46]

Hello, I am ORP, back from the dead.

I'm wondering if anybody could point me in the direction of any kind of Czerwinski / Mierzwinska marrying?

This has been very difficult to dig up, and I don't think I will ever get anywhere with it, as my Polish-born grandfather - Jan Czerwinski

His parents were both orphans.

I don't know his father's name, though his mother was Weronika Mierzwinska, I'm pretty sure. Ugh, I don't know how you people can help, but maybe you have ways! This is very interesting to me, and I really hope I can learn more about my family. Thanks a lot!