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Kasper Goski (died 1576), Mayor of Poznań, astrologer and medical doctor; Heinrich Graetz (1817–1891) historian, wrote a history of the Jewish people from a Jewish perspective. [3] Paul von Hindenburg (1847–1934), Field Marshal and President of the Weimar Republic; Joanna Hoffmann-Dietrich (born 1968), artist and academic
Vistula, [62] a former town in what is now the city of Toledo, named after the biggest river of Poland - Vistula (pol. Wisła). [29] Warsaw, named after the capital city of Poland - Warsaw (pol. Warszawa). [7] Zaleski, named after Polish noble male surname Zalewski. [63] Zaleski State Forest, named after Polish noble male surname Zalewski. [63]
The following communities have more than 30% of the population as being of Polish ancestry, based on data extracted from the United States Census, 2000, for communities with more than 1,000 individuals identifying their ancestry (in descending order by percentage of population): [31]
Pages in category "People from Poznań" The following 57 pages are in this category, out of 57 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. Mariola Abrahamczyk;
Poznań (Polish: [ˈpɔznaj̃] or ⓘ) [a] is a city on the River Warta in west Poland, within the Greater Poland region. [7] The city is an important cultural and business center and one of Poland's most populous regions with many regional customs such as Saint John's Fair (Jarmark Świętojański), traditional Saint Martin's croissants and a local dialect.
PBG Basket Poznań A. J. Graves (born August 15, 1985) is an American basketball player who played college basketball with the Butler University Bulldogs . He played one year professionally with PBG Basket Poznań in the Polish Basketball League .
Today, there are about 80,000 people living in Gary. The city lost around 25 percent of inhabitants in the last decade alone. Photographer Sylvain Margaine documented the decay of Gary in 2006.
Complicating the U.S. Census figures further is the high proportion of Polish Americans who married people of other national descent. In 1940, about 50 percent married other American ethnics and a study in 1988 found that 54% of Polish Americans were of mixed ancestry from three generations or longer.