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Delfina Potocka Delfina Potocka, ''née'' Komar (March 18072 April 1877), a Polish countess, was a friend and muse to Polish expatriate artists Frédéric Chopin and Zygmunt Krasiński.''Encyklopedia Polski''. ''Encyklopedia powszechna PWN''. She was noted for h ...

, née Komar (1807–1877), Polish countess * Hryhoriy Komar (born 1976), Ukrainian Greek Catholic bishop * Iris Komar, German swimmer * Ivan Komar (born 1970), Belarusian athlete * Jack Komar, American judge * Juan Komar (born 1986), Argentine footballer *

Júlia Komár Júlia Komár (January 25, 1912 – November 26, 1976) was a Hungarian stage and film actress. Kurucz p.154 She was married to the actor Antal Páger. Briefly a star of the cinema in the late 1930s, during the Horthy era, she left for Argentina ...

(1912–1976), Hungarian actress *

László Komár László Komár (28 November 1944 – 17 October 2012) was a Hungarian rock and roll singer. His most popular songs include "No Miss", "Mondd kis kócos", "Táncoló fekete lakkcipők" and "Mambo Italiano". During his career, he released 18 studio ...

(1944–2012), Hungarian singer *

Mateusz Komar Mateusz Komar (born 18 July 1985) is a Polish racing cyclist, who last rode for UCI Continental team . He rode at the 2013 UCI Road World Championships. Major results ;2007 : 1st Overall Tour of Małopolska ::1st Stage 1 : 2nd Overall Szlakiem ...

(born 1985), Polish cyclist *

Max Komar Max David Komar (born April 30, 1987) is a former American football wide receiver. He was signed by the Arizona Cardinals as an undrafted free agent in 2010. He played college football at Idaho. Komar played Cardinals in the 2010 season and for ...

(born 1987), American football player *

Milan Komar Milan Komar, also known as Emilio Komar (4 June 1921 – 20 January 2006) was a Slovene Argentine Catholic philosopher and essayist. Life He was born in Ljubljana, Slovenia, then part of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes, to a Slovene f ...

(1921–2006), Slovenian philosopher *

Polina Komar Polina Dmitryevna Komar ( rus, Полина Дмитриевна Комар, , pɐˈlʲinə kɐˈmar; born 4 November 1999) is a Russian synchronised swimmer. She won team gold medals at the 2020 Olympics, and all world and European championshi ...

(born 1999), Russian synchronised swimmer * Rene Komar (born 1977), Croatian footballer *

Sue Palmer-Komar Susan Palmer-Komar (born January 27, 1967 in Collingwood, Ontario) is a Canadians, Canadian racing cyclist. She represented Canada at the 1996 Summer Olympics and 2004 Summer Olympics in the women's road race and in 2004 also in the women's time t ...

(born 1967), Canadian racing cyclist *

Vitaly Komar Komar and Melamid (pronunciation: ''Kómar and Melamíd'') is a tandem team of Russian-born American conceptualist artists Vitaly Komar (born 1943) and Alexander Melamid (born 1945). In an artists' statement they said that "even if only one of us ...

(born 1943), Russian graphic artist * (1909–1972), Polish brigadier general, a victim of the Trial of the Generals *

Władysław Komar Władysław Stefan Komar (11 April 1940 – 17 August 1998) was a Polish shot putter, actor and cabaretist. Competing in three Summer Olympics between 1964 and 1972, he won the gold medal at the Munich Games in 1972 with a throw of 21.18 metre ...

(1940–1998), Polish athlete

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*Maxim Komar-Myshkin (1978-2011), fictional artist, a project of

Roee Rosen Roee Rosen (born 1963) is an Israeli multidisciplinary artist, writer and filmmaker. Biography Roee Rosen (born 1963 in Rehovot) studied philosophy and comparative literature studies in Tel Aviv University until 1984 and graduated with BFA fr ...

, Israeli artist, writer and filmmaker

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