- Personalities from Galicia (modern period)
The following list includes famous people of various nationalities who were born or resided for a significative period of life in Galicia (18th–20th centuries).
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Roman Abraham , general of the Polish Army, born inLviv
*Shmuel Agnon , Jewish writer, the founder of modern Israeli Hebrew literature, born inBuchach
*Kazimierz Ajdukiewicz , philosopher and logician, born inTernopil
*Izak Aloni (born Izak Schächter), Polish-Israeli chess master, born inLviv
*Antin Angelovych , the first Greek-Catholic metropolitan of Lviv (1808-14), born in Hryniv, nearBibrka
*Andrzej Alojzy Ankwicz , Count, Roman-Catholic Archbishop of Lvov (1815-33), and Archbishop of Prague (1833-38), born inCracow
*Alicia Appleman-Jurman , Jewish American writer, raised from the age of five inBuchach
*Muhammad Asad (born Leopold Weiss), Pakistan's ambassador to UN, born inLviv
*Nahman Avigad , Israeli archaeologist, born in Zavalov, nearPidhaytsi
*Jacob Avigdor , last Chief Rabbi ofDrohobych , born inTyrawa Wołoska , nearSanok
*Emanuel Ax , Jewish American pianist, born inLviv
*Baal Shem Tov (Yisroel ben Eliezer), the founder ofHasidism
*Yosef Babad , rabbi and posek, born inPrzeworsk
*Kazimierz Feliks Badeni , Count, Minister-President of Austria (1895-97)
*Meir Balaban , historian, born inLviv
*Adolph Baller , Austrian-American pianist, born inBrody
*Oswald Balzer , historian, born in Khodoriv, nearZidichov
*Stefan Banach , eminent mathematician, born inCracow
*Stepan Bandera , leader of the Ukrainian nationalist movement, born in Uhryniv Staryi, nearKalush
*Iuliu Barasch , physician and writer, born inBrody
*Kazimierz Bartel , Prime Minister of Poland, born inLviv
*Eugeniusz Baziak , Archbishop of Lvov and Apostolic Administrator of Cracow, born inTernopil
*Józef Bem Polish general, national hero of Poland and Hungary, born inTarnów
*Alexander Beliavsky , Ukrainian-Slovenian chess master, born inLviv
* St.Józef Bilczewski , Roman Catholic Archbishop of Lviv, born in Wilamowice, nearKęty
*Josef Samuel Bloch , Austrian rabbi and deputy, born inDukla
*Michael Bobrzynski , Governor of Galicia (1908–13), born inCracow
*Mieczysław Boruta-Spiechowicz , Polish general, born inRzeszów
*Aleksander Brückner , distinguished Polish slavist and historian of literature, born inTernopil
*Martin Buber , Jewish philosopher, lived inLviv
*Solomon Buber , Jewish scholar, born inLviv
*Nykyta Budka , the first Ukrainian Canadian Greek-Catholic bishop, born in Dobromirka
*Arthur Frank Burns , American economist, born inStanislavov
*Zvi Hirsch Chajes , Talmudic scholar, born inBrody
*Oscar Chajes , Austrian-American chess master, born inBrody
*Georges Charpak , French physicist (Noble Prize in 1992), born in Dubrovytsia
*Leon Chwistek , painter, logician, philosopher, born inCracow
*Zbigniew Cybulski , Polish actor, born in Kniaże, nearStanislavov
*Isaac Deutscher , Polish-British political activist and historian, born inChrzanów
*Józef Dominik , Polish chess master, born inDobczyce
*Michael Dorfman , Yiddish and Hebrew writer, born inLviv
*Albin Dunajewski , Roman Catholic Bishop of Cracow and Cardinal, born inStanislavov
*Arthur Dunkelblum , Belgian chess master, born inCracow
*Elimelech of Lizhensk , great Hasidic rebbe and tzadik
*Isaac Erter , Hebrew language writer, born in Janischok
*Ida Fink , Israeli writer, born inZbarazh
*Salo Flohr , Czech-Ukrainian chess master, born inHorodenka
*Jacob Frank , Jewish messianic claimant who combined Judaism and Christianity
*Ivan Franko , Ukrainian writer, born in Nahuevychi, nearDrohobych
*Karl Emil Franzos , Austrian writer, born inChortkiv
*Aleksander Fredro , Polish writer, born in Surochów, nearJaroslav
*Mikhail Fridman , Russian banker of Jewish descent fromLviv
*Filip Friedman , historian, born inLviv
*Henryk Friedman , chess master fromLviv
*Yisroel Friedman , Hasidic Rebbe of RuzhinG~K
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Mordechai Gebirtig , Yiddish poet and songwriter, born inCracow
*Abraham Gershon of Kitov , Hasidic rabbi of Kitov and Brody, born inKuty
*Agenor Goluchowski , Count, interior minister of Austria (1859-60)
*Agenor Maria Gołuchowski , Count, foreign affairs minister of Austria-Hungary (1895-1906)
*Maurycy Gottlieb , Jewish painter fromDrohobych
*Chaim Gross , Austrian-American sculptor, born inKolomyia
*Henryk Grossman , Polish-German economist of Jewish descent, born inCracow
*Artur Grottger , painter, born in Ottyniowice
*Kazimierz Górski , coach of Polish national football (soccer) team, born inLviv
*Wilhelm Habsburg , Austrian archduke, colonel of theUkrainian Sich Riflemen
* Ben Zion Halberstam (I), Hasidic rabbi
*Chaim Halberstam , Hasidic rabbi
* Naftali Tzvi Halberstam, HasidicRebbe ofBobov
* Shlomo Halberstam (I), Hasidic rabbi
*Marian Hemar , poet, born inLviv
*Zbigniew Herbert , poet, born inLviv
*Maxim Hermaniuk , the Ukrainian Catholic Archbishop of Winnipeg, born in Nove Selo, near Horodok
*Arthur Hertzberg , Conservative rabbi and prominent Jewish-American scholar and activist, born inLubaczow
*Tzvi Hirsh of Zidichov , the founder ofZidichov (Hasidic dynasty)
*Jerzy Hoffman , film director, born inCracow
*Roald Hoffmann , American chemist (Nobel Prize in 1981), born inZolochiv
*Krystyna Holuj-Radzikowska , chess woman grandmaster, born inLviv
* Bl.Josaphata Hordashevska , Ukrainian nun, beatified by John Paul II in 2001, born inLviv
*Moses Horowitz , playwright and actor of Yiddish theatre, born inStanislavov
*Schmelke Horowitz , rabbi of Nikolsburg in Moravia, born inChortkiv
*Mieczysław Horszowski , pianist, born inLviv
*Lubomyr Husar , head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church and Cardinal, born inLviv
*Abba Hushi , Israeli politician, born inTurka
*Naftali Herz Imber , Jewish poet who wrote the lyrics of Hatikvah, the national anthem of Israel, born inZolochiv
*Leopold Infeld , physicist, born inCracow
*Karol Irzykowski , writer, literary critic, theorist of film, and chess player, born in Błaszkowa, nearPilzno
*Vasyl Ivanchuk Ukrainian world class chess player, born inBerezhany
*Alfred Jansa , Austrian Major-General, born inStanislavov
*Marian Jaworski , Roman Catholic Archbishop of Lviv and Cardinal, born inLviv
*Max Judd , American chess master, born inCracow
*Mark Kac , mathematician
*Stepan Kachala , politician and writer, born nearBerezhany
*Jaroslav Kacmarcyk , a head of the Lemko-Rusyn Republic (1918-20), born inBinczarowa
*Stefan Kaczmarz , mathematician, born inLviv
*Tadeusz Kantor , painter, theatre director, born in Wielopole
*Michał Karaszewicz-Tokarzewski , general of the Polish Army, born inLviv
*Wojciech Kilar , classical and film music composer, born inLviv
*Moise Kisling , painter, born inCracow
*Julian Klaczko , Polish-Austrian diplomat
*Józef Klotz , Polish footballer, born inCrakow
*Yevhen Konovalets , Ukrainian politician and military leader, born in Zashkiv nearLviv
*Zenon Kossak , Ukrainian politician and military leader, born inDrohobych
*Ignacy Krasicki , Prince-Bishop of Ermland and Archbishop of Gniezno, born in Dubiecko, nearPrzemyśl
*Nachman Krochmal , Jewish philosopher, born inBrody
*Solomiya Krushelnytska , Ukrainian opera singer
*Ivan Krypiakevych , Ukrainian historian, born inLviv
*Volodymyr Kubiyovych , geographer, encyclopedist, politician (Ukrainian Central Committee), born inNeu Sandez
*Jacek Kuroń , leader of the Solidarity movement, born inLviv L~O
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Manfred Lachs , Polish diplomat and jurist, born inStanislavov
*Salo Landau , Dutch chess master, born inBochnia
*Hersch Lauterpacht , British judge, born inZhovkva
*Stanisław Jerzy Lec (de Tusch-Letz), writer, born inLviv
*Stanisław Lem , writer, born inLviv
*Juliusz Leo , politician and academic, Mayor of Cracow (1904-18), born in Stebnik, nearDrohobych
*Bohdan Lepky , Ukrainian poet and writer, born in Krehulets,Husiatyn district
*Hirschel Levin , Chief Rabbi at London and Berlin, born inRzeszów
*Herman Lieberman , politician, born inDrohobych
*Marta Litinskaya-Shul , chess woman grandmaster, born inLviv
*Roman Longchamps de Bérier , lawyer, the last rector of the Jan Kazimierz University, born inLviv
* George Stephen Nestor Luckyj, scholar of Ukrainian literature, born in Yanchyn, nearLviv
*Ignacy Łukasiewicz , inventor (petroleum industry)
*Jan Łukasiewicz , logician, born inLviv
*Oleh Luzhny , football (soccer) player and coach, born inLviv
*Stanisław Maczek , general of the Polish Army, born in Szczerzec, nearLviv
*Ephraim Zalman Margolis , Talmudic scholar, born inBrody
*Max Margules , meteorologist, born inBrody
*Samuel Hirsch Margulies , Chief Rabbi of Florence, born inBerezhany
*Jan Matejko , painter, born inCracow
*Stanislaw Mazur , mathematician, born inLviv
*Józef Mehoffer , painter, born inRopczyce
*Andriy Melnyk , leader of the Ukrainian nationalist movement, born nearDrohobych
*Carl Menger , the founder of the Austrian School of Economics, born in Neu Sandez
*Adrian Mikhalchishin , Ukrainian-Slovenian chess master, born inLviv
*Ludwig von Mises , the foremost representative of the Austrian School of Economics, born inLviv
*Richard von Mises , a mathematical physicist and statistician, born inLviv
*Helena Modjeska , actress, born inCracow
*Ralph Modjeski , engineer, born inBochnia
*Soma Morgenstern , writer and journalist, born inBudaniv
*Franz Xaver Wolfgang Mozart , the youngest son ofWolfgang Amadeus Mozart , lived and worked inLviv
*Andrzej Munk , film director, born inCracow
*Lewis Bernstein Namier , British politician and historian, born in Wola Okrzejska
*Joseph Saul Nathanson , rabbi and posek, born inBerezhany
*Nikifor (Epifaniusz Drowniak), Ruthenian (Lemko) painter, born inKrynica
*Leopold Okulicki , general, last commander-in-chief of the Home Army, born in Bratucice, nearBochnia
*Menachem Oren (Mieczysław Chwojnik), Polish-Israeli chess master and mathematician
*Władysław Orlicz , mathematician fromOkocim
*Bohdan Osadchuk , historian and journalist, born inKolomyia
*Stanisław Ostrowski , third President of Poland in exile (1972–79), born inLviv
*Józef Maksymilian Ossoliński , Count, the founder of the Ossolineum, born in Wola Mielecka, nearMielec P~R
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Jan Parandowski , writer, essayist, and translator, born inLviv
*Jakub Karol Parnas , biochemist, born inMokriany , nearDrohobych
*Yevhen Petrushevych , President ofWestern Ukrainian People's Republic , born in Busk
*Pinhas Lavon , Israeli politician, born inKopychyntsi
*Mykola Plaviuk , President of Ukrainian People's Republic in exile (1989–92), born in Russiv, near Stanislav
*Rudolf Pöch , Austrian anthropologist and ethnologist, born inTernopil
*Stepan Popel , chess master fromLviv
*Ignatz von Popiel , chess master fromLviv
*Alfred Józef Potocki , Count, Minister-President of Austria (1870–71), born inŁańcut
*Omeljan Pritsak , Ukrainian historian and orientalist, born in Luka nearSambir
*Włodzimierz Puchalski , photographer and film director, born in Mostki Wielkie, nearLviv
*Ivan Pulyui , Ukrainian physicist and inventor, born in Hrymayliv
*Jan Puzyna de Kosielsko , Prince, Roman Catholic auxiliary bishop of Lvov and Bishop of Cracow, Cardinal, born in Gwoździec
*Joseph Ludwig Raabe , Swiss mathematician, born inBrody
*Isidor Isaac Rabi , Austrian-American physicist (Noble Prize in 1944), born inRymanów
*Karl Radek , Bolshevik politician, born inLviv
*Samuel Judah Löb Rapoport (Shir), born inLviv
*Alfred Redl , Austrian counter-intelligence officer, born inLviv
*Wilhelm Reich , Austrian psychoanalyst, born inDobrzanica , a village nearPeremyshliany
*Joseph Retinger , Polish-Austrian-Mexican-British political adviser, born inCracow
*Emanuel Ringelblum , Polish Jewish historian, born inBuchach
*Shalom Rokeach , firstRebbe of Belz
*Yehoshua Rokeach , second Rebbe of Belz
*Yissachar Dov Rokeach (I) , third Rebbe of Belz
*Aharon Rokeach , fourth Rebbe of Belz
*Oleg Romanishin , chess master, born inLviv
*Jakob Rosanes , German mathematician, born inBrody
*Erna Rosenstein , painter and poet, born inLviv
*Henry Roth , American writer, born in Tysmenitz nearStanislavov
*Joseph Roth , Austrian writer of Jewish descent, born inBrody
*Adam Daniel Rotfeld , Polish minister of foreign affairs, born inPeremyshliany
*Tadeusz Rozwadowski , Chief of the General Staff of the Polish Army, born in Babin, nearKalush
*Helena Rubinstein , cosmetics industrialist, born inCracow
*Jaroslav Rudnyckyj , Ukrainian Canadian linguist, born inPrzemyśl ~Z
* Leopold Ritter von Sacher-Masoch, Austrian writer, born in
Lviv
*Manfred Sakel , neurophysiologist and psychiatrist, born inNadvorna
*Adam Stefan Sapieha , Prince, Archbishop of Cracow and Cardinal, born inKrasiczyn
*Juliusz Schauder , mathematician, born inLviv
*Heinrich Schenker , music theorist, born inVyshnivchyk
*Moses Schorr , rabbi, assyriologist and politician, born inPrzemyśl
*Bruno Schulz , poet, novelist and painter, born inDrohobych
*Sholom Mordechai Schwadron , Jewish gaon of Berezhany, born inZolochiv
*Meir Shapiro , Hasidic rabbi androsh yeshiva
*Markiyan Shashkevych , poet and interpreter, born in Pidlissia nearZolochiv
*Andrey Sheptytsky , Count, the Metropolitan Archbishop of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, born in Prylbychi, nearLviv
*Clement Sheptytsky , Count, the Archimandrite of the Studite monks, born in Prylbychi, nearLviv
* Stanisław Sheptytsky, Count, general of the Polish Army, born in Prylbychi, nearLviv
*Roman Shukhevych , the supreme commander of the Ukrainian Insurgent Army, born in Krakovets, nearYavoriv
*Władysław Sikorski , general, Prime Minister of Poland and commander-in-chief of the Polish Armed Forces (1939–43), born inTuszów Narodowy
*Stanisław Skrowaczewski , conductor, born inLviv
*Josyf Slipyj , head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, born in of Zazdrist, nearTernopil
*Edward Rydz-Śmigły , Polish marshal and commander-in-chief, born inBerezhany
*Stanisław Sosabowski , general, commander of the Polish 1st Independent Parachute Brigade, born inStanislavov
*Jerzy Sosnowski , major, Polish spy in Germany (1926-34) as Georg von Sosnowski, Ritter von Nalecz, born inLviv
*Nissan Spivak , Jewish cantor and composer fromBelz
*Vasyl Stefanyk , writer, born in Rusiv, nearKuty
*Hugo Steinhaus , mathematician, born inJasło
*Yaroslav Stetsko , leader of the Ukrainian nationalist movement, born inTernopil
*Slava Stetsko , leader of the Ukrainian nationalist movement, born in Romanivka, nearTernopil
*Lee Strasberg , Jewish American director, actor and producer, born inBudaniv
*Julian Stryjkowski , writer, born inStryj
*Franciszek Sulik , chess master, born inLviv
*Jan Szczepanik , inventor, born in Rudniki, nearMostyska
*Józef Teodorowicz , Archbishop ofLviv (Armenian rite)
*Metodyj Trochanovskij , Lemko activist, born inBinczarowa
*Naftali Herz Tur-Sinai , Hebrew scholar, born inLviv
*Adam Ulam , historian, born inLviv
*Stanisław Ulam , mathematician, co-inventor of the H-bomb, born inLviv
*Anatole Vakhnianyn , Ukrainian politician and composer, born nearPrzemyśl
* Bl.Vasyl Velychkovsky , Ukrainian bishop, body found incorrupt, beatified by John Paul II, born in Stanislav
*Mykhailo Verbytsky , composer of the present National Anthem of Ukraine, born in Jawornik Ruski, nearBircza
*Dmytro Vitovsky , Ukrainian politician and military leader, born in Medukha
*Stepan Vytvytskyi , President of Ukrainian People's Republic in exile (1954–65), born near Stanislav
*Dov Berish Weidenfeld , Chief Rabbi of Tchebin (Trzebinia )
*Rudolf Weigl , biologist, lived inLviv
*Friedrich Weinreb , Jewish philosopher, born inLviv
*Shevah Weiss , Israeli politician, born inBoryslav
*Simon Wiesenthal , hunter of Nazis, born inBuchach
*Billy Wilder , Austrian-American film director, born inSucha Beskidzka
*Karol Wojtyła ,John Paul II , Archbishop of Cracow, andPope (1978–2005), born inWadowice
*Stanisław Wyspiański , poet and painter, born inCracow
*Volodymyr Yaniv , professor of the Ukrainian Catholic University in Rome, born inLviv
*Daniel Yanofsky , Canadian chess master, born inBrody
*Grigory Yavlinsky Russian politician, born inLviv
*Gabriela Zapolska , novelist and actress, born inPidhaytsi
*Casimir Zeglen , inventor, born nearTernopil
*Israel Zolli , Chief Rabbi of Rome who converted to Roman Catholicism, born inBrody
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