besides the awesome Pole Position II ... Paulina Porizkova (sp?)

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Totem Telegraph and High Jump

Joseph Conrad the novelist

How about Mike Royko, the late columnist (and member of the Columnist Party) for many of Chicago's best newspapers? Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Royko Also, here's a list of many famous people of Polish heritage: Szymon Askenazy, historian and diplomat MichaÅ‚ BobrzyÅ„ski, historian of law Józef Borzyszkowski, Pomeranian history Marek Jan Chodakiewicz Tadeusz Czacki Jan DÅ‚ugosz, 15th-century chronicler of Poland Marian Kamil Dziewanowski, Poland, Russia, modern Europe StanisÅ‚aw Estreicher Tadeusz Estreicher Gallus Anonymus Zygmunt Gloger Kazimierz GodÅ‚owski, historian and archeologist WÅ‚adysÅ‚aw Grabski Oskar Halecki, Polish history Marceli Handelsman, Polish history PaweÅ‚ Jasienica, Polish history Jacek JÄ™druch Wincenty KadÅ‚ubek, 13th-century historian of Poland Józef Kasparek, constitutions; World War II era Stefan Kieniewicz, 19th-century Polish history Jerzy Kirchmayer, 1944 Warsaw Uprising Hugo KoÅ‚Å‚Ä…taj, 18th-19th-century historian, philosopher and politician Feliks Koneczny, Polish history, social philosophy WÅ‚adysÅ‚aw KonopczyÅ„ski, Polish and world history StanisÅ‚aw Kot WÅ‚adysÅ‚aw Kozaczuk, military history, military intelligence, World War II Manfred Kridl, history of Polish culture and literature Marcin Kromer, 16th-century Bishop of Warmia, secretary to two Polish kings, and historian of Poland Marian Kukiel, military historian StanisÅ‚aw Kutrzeba, Poland, Polish law, Kraków Gerard Labuda Joachim Lelewel, historian of Poland Jerzy Jan Lerski WacÅ‚aw LipiÅ„ski StanisÅ‚aw Lorentz CzesÅ‚aw Madajczyk, World War II Janusz Magnuski, World War II Polish and Soviet Armor Tadeusz Manteuffel, medievalist Teodor Narbutt, Polish historian of Lithuania Adam Naruszewicz, 18th-century historian, participant in the Great Sejm Szymon Okolski, 17th-century historian Michael Alfred Peszke, Polish Armed Forces, World War II Richard Pipes, Polish-American historian of Russia and the Soviet Union Iwo Cyprian Pogonowski, World War II, Polish-Jewish relations Julian Stachiewicz, military historian Tomasz Strzembosz, Polish World War II history Tadeusz Sulimirski, historian and archeologist Zygmunt Szweykowski, Polish literature WÅ‚adysÅ‚aw Tatarkiewicz, philosophy and esthetics Janusz Tazbir Józef Turowski, World War II OUN massacres of Poles Adam Ulam, Polish-American historian of Russia and the Soviet Union Piotr S. Wandycz, Polish-American historian of Central and Eastern Europe Bernard Wapowski Leon Wasilewski Richard Woytak, World War II Norbert Wójtowicz, historian of Polish political thought Adam Zamoyski Janusz K. Zawodny, World War II Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Poles Last, but certainly not least, is this person, who was 50% Polish, and 50% Italian: Wladziu Valentino Liberace Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liberace http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=amMz6AAKE4Q Poles everywhere have a right to be extremely prideful of the many contributions made by those who share their unique heritage and history. I am so ENVIOUS of them! +5

Andrzej Tadeusz Bonawentura Kościuszko - He is a national hero in Poland, Belarus, Lithuania, and the United States. A local highway is named after him.