The following is a list of notable

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* Karol d'Abancourt de Franqueville (1851–1913) * Joanna Agacka-Indecka (1964–2010)

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Oswald Balzer Oswald Marian Balzer (23 January 1858 in Chodorów – 11 January 1933 in Lwów) was a Polish historian of law and statehood, one of the most renowned Polish historians of his times. In 1887 he became a professor at the University of Lwów. B ...

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Juliusz Bardach Juliusz Bardach (3 November 1914, in Odessa – 26 January 2010, in Warsaw) was a Polish legal historian. Professor of the University of Warsaw, member of the Polish Academy of Sciences. He specialized in the history of governance and law of Li ...

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Norbert Barlicki Norbert Barlicki (6 June 1880, in Sieciechów, Radom Governorate, Congress Poland – 27 September 1941, in Auschwitz) was a Polish publicist, lawyer and politician of the Polish Socialist Party (PPS). Barlicki was murdered during the Second Wo ...

(1880–1941) *

Alfred Biłyk Alfred Biłyk (25 September 1889 in Lwów, now Ukraine – 19 September 1939 in Munkacs, Ukraine, then in Hungary) was a Polish lawyer, military officer, and politician, last Voivode of the Lwów Voivodeship. He committed suicide, when he realized ...

(1889–1939) *

Józef Buzek Józef Buzek (16 November 1873 in Końska – 22 September 1936 in Cieszyn) was a Polish lawyer, economist, statistician and politician from the region of Cieszyn Silesia. He was born in the village of Końska to a peasant's family. He graduate ...

(1873–1836)

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* Henryk Cederbaum (1863–1928) * Józef Chaciński (1889–1954) * Krystyna Chojnicka (born 1951) *

Wiesław Chrzanowski Wiesław Marian Chrzanowski (, 20 December 1923 – 29 April 2012) was a Polish politician and lawyer; from 1991 to 1993 he was Sejm Marshal.Posłowie I kadencji 1991 - 1993 (Delegates of 1st Session, 1991-1993), Sejm of Poland/ref> He was a ...

(born 1923) * Zbigniew Ćwiąkalski (born 1950) * Paweł Czartoryski *

Andrzej Czuma Andrzej Bobola Czuma (born 7 December 1938 in Lublin) is a Polish politician, lawyer and historian. He was an activist of the Polish anti-Communist opposition in the Polish People's Republic and was oppressed and imprisoned by the Communist autho ...

(born 1938) * Czesław Czypicki (1855–1926)

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* Włodzimierz Dąbrowski (1892–1942) *

Janusz Dobrosz Janusz Konrad Dobrosz (, born 7 March 1954 in Wieruszów) is a Polish politician. He was elected to the Sejm on 25 September 2005, getting 14,655 votes in 3 Wrocław district as a candidate from the League of Polish Families list. He was also a ...

(1924–1999) * Robert Draba (born 1970) *

Mirosław Drzewiecki Mirosław Michał Drzewiecki () (born 8 July 1956 in Łódź) is a Polish politician, representing Civic Platform. He graduated from Emilia Sczaniecka High School in Łódź, followed by his 5-year stint at the University of Łódź Department o ...

(born 1956)

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* Leon Feiner (1885–1945)

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* Lech Gardocki (born 1944) *

Roman Giertych Roman Jacek Giertych (; born 27 February 1971 in Śrem, Poland) is a Polish politician and lawyer; he was Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Education until August 2007. He was a member of the Sejm (the lower house of the Polish parliament) fr ...

(born 1971) * Stanisław Głąbiński (1862–1941) * Michał Grażyński (1890–1965) * Andrzej Kusionowicz Grodyński (1861–1925) *

Stanisław Sylwester Alfonzy Grodyński Stanisław Sylwester Alfonzy Grodyński (baptized ''Stanisław Sylwester Alfonzy Kusionowicz''; 4 November 1898 – 27 August 1971) - lawyer, governor and Polish military intelligence officer. On 7 September 1906 Stanisław's father, Andrzej ...

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Bartłomiej Groicki Bartłomiej Groicki (c. 1534–1605) was a Polish jurist. After studies in Cracow (1550–58), he became clerk of the Supreme Court of German Law at Cracow Castle (''Ius supremum Magdeburgense castri Cracoviensis''). He gained renown for his in ...

(c. 1534–1605) * Mieczysław Witold Gutkowski (1893–1943)

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* Stanisław Iwanicki (born 1951)

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* Marian Jedlicki (1899–1954)

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Janusz Kaczmarek Janusz Kazimierz Kaczmarek (born 25 December 1961 in Gdynia) is a Polish lawyer, prosecutor and politician. He was National Public Prosecutor from 31 October 2005 to 8 February 2007, and Polish Minister of Internal Affairs and Administration fr ...

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Jarosław Kaczyński Jarosław Aleksander Kaczyński (; born 18 June 1949) is a Polish politician who is currently serving as leader of the Law and Justice party (known by its Polish acronym PiS), which he co-founded in 2001 with his twin brother, Lech Kaczyński, w ...

(born 1949) *

Lech Kaczyński Lech Aleksander Kaczyński (; 18 June 194910 April 2010) was a Polish politician who served as the city mayor of Warsaw from 2002 until 2005, and as President of Poland from 2005 until his death in 2010. Before his tenure as president, he prev ...

(1949–2010) * Zygmunt Kałużyński (1918–2004) *

Franciszek Kasparek Franciszek Ksawery Kasparek ( Sambor, 29 October 1844 – 4 August 1903, Kraków) was a Polish jurist, professor of law and rector of Kraków University, founder of the first chair in international law in Poland (at Kraków University), and member ...

(1844–1903) *

Leon Kieres Leon Kieres (born 26 May 1948) is a Polish lawyer and politician. He was the president of the Instytut Pamięci Narodowej (Institute of National Remembrance) (8 June 2000 – 22 December 2005), a judge of the Polish Constitutional Tribunal. Bio ...

(born 1948) *

Janusz Kochanowski Janusz Bogumił Kochanowski (18 April 1940 – 10 April 2010) was a Polish lawyer, diplomat, and the Commissioner for Civil Rights Protection of the Republic of Poland (Polish Ombudsman). Life and career Janusz Kochanowski was born in Częstoch ...

(1940–2010) * Kazimierz Konopka (1769–1805 or 1809) *

Stefan Korboński Stefan Korboński (2 March 1901 in Praszka - 23 April 1989 in Washington, D.C., USA) was a Polish agrarian politician, lawyer, journalist, and a notable member of the wartime authorities of the Polish Secret State. Among others, he was the last ...

(1901–1989) * Edward Kossoy (1913–2012) * Andrzej Kotula (1822–1891) * Izaak Kramsztyk (1814–1899) * Stanisław Krasiński (1585–1649) * Andrzej Kremer (1961–2010) * Jan Kucharzewski (1876–1952) *

Krzysztof Kwiatkowski Krzysztof Kwiatkowski (born 14 May 1971, in Zgierz) is a Polish lawyer, politician and government official who served as the Minister of Justice of Poland in Cabinet of Donald Tusk from 2009 until 2011, Public Prosecutor General from 2009 un ...

(born 1971)

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Raphael Lemkin Raphael Lemkin ( pl, Rafał Lemkin; 24 June 1900 – 28 August 1959) was a Polish lawyer who is best known for coining the term ''genocide'' and initiating the Genocide Convention, an interest spurred on after learning about the Armenian genocid ...

(1900–1958) * Roman Longchamps de Bérier (1883–1941) *

Feliks Łubieński Feliks Walezjusz Władysław Łubieński (born 22 November 1758 Minoga near Olkusz, died 2 October 1848 Guzow (Zyrardow County), Guzów) was a Polish politician, jurist, Minister of Justice in the Grand Duchy of Warsaw, starosta of Nakieł, a memb ...

(1758–1848) *

Zdzisław Lubomirski Prince Zdzisław Lubomirski (; 1865–1943) was a Polish Aristocracy (class), aristocrat, landowner, lawyer, a conservative politician and social activist. The Prince was chairman of the "Central Civil Committee" (Centralny Komitet Obywatelski) i ...

(1865–1943)

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Godzimir Małachowski Godzimir Małachowski of Nałęcz (1852–1908) was a Polish lawyer, university professor and President of Lviv. An heir of the powerful Małachowski family, he was also a member of the Austro-Hungarian parliament, the Galicia Diet and one of t ...

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Franciszek Malewski Franciszek Hieronim Malewski of Jastrzębiec coat of arms (1800-1870) was a PolishAleksandr Sergeevich Pushkin translated by Vladimir Nabokov, ''Eugene Onegin: A Novel in Verse'', Princeton University Press, 1991, p.522. Quote: "Franciszek Malews ...

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Andrzej Marcinkowski Andrzej Marcinkowski (28 February 1929 in Poznań – 13 March 2010) was a Polish lawyer and politician. He served as the acting Polish Minister of Justice from 25 November 1991 until 5 December 1991 within the government of Prime Minister J ...

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Stanisław Michalkiewicz Stanisław Andrzej Michalkiewicz (born 8 November 1947 in Lublin) is a Polish far-right political commentator, lawyer, former politician, opposition activist in the communist Polish People's Republic, and book author. Michalkiewicz is known for mak ...

(born 1947) * Władysław Michejda (1876–1937) *

Jakob Monau Jakob Monau (4 February 1546; Wroclaw, Breslau – 6 October 1603; Breslau), also known as ''Jacobus Monavius'' or ''Iacobus Monaw'', was a polymath (lawyer, linguist and poet) and leader of the Reformed Church, Reformed Protestant faction after Joh ...

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Marion Mushkat Marion Mushkat or Marian Muszkat (November 5, 1909 – September 30, 1995), was a Polish lawyer, colonel in the Polish Army formed in the Soviet Union, and military judge in Stalinist Poland specialising in international public law, military la ...

(1909–1995)

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Bonawentura Niemojowski Bonawentura Niemojowski (; 4 September 1787 – 15 June 1835) was a Polish lawyer, writer and politician. He was one of the leaders of Polish National Government during the November Uprising. Biography Bonawentura Niemojowski was born in Słupia ...

(1787–1835)

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Jan Olszewski Jan Ferdynand Olszewski (; 20 August 1930 – 7 February 2019) was a Polish conservative lawyer and politician who served as the Prime Minister of Poland for five months between December 1991 and early June 1992 and later became a leading figure ...

(born 1930) * Antoni Osuchowski (1849–1928)

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* Ryszard Pacławski (born 1958) *

Kazimierz Papée Dr. Kazimierz Papée (sometimes Anglicized Casimir, January 10, 1889 - January 19, 1979) was the ambassador from Poland to the Holy See from 1939 to 1958, during and after World War II. Due to the Invasion of Poland (1939), Nazi invasion of Poland ...

(1889–1979) * Stanisław Patek (1886–1944) *

Krzysztof Piesiewicz Krzysztof Marek Piesiewicz (; born 25 October 1945 in Warsaw, Poland) is a Polish lawyer, screenwriter, and politician. From 1991 to 1993 and from 1997 to 2011 he was a member of Polish Senate. He was the head of the Ruch Społeczny (RS) or S ...

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Maciej Płażyński Maciej Płażyński (; 10 February 1958 – 10 April 2010) was a Polish liberal-conservative politician. Biography Płażyński was born in Młynary. He began his political career in 1980 / 1981 as one of the leaders of the Students' Solidar ...

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Wiktor Poliszczuk Wiktor Poliszczuk (10 October 1925 in Dubno near Rivne – 17 November 2008 in Toronto) was a Polish-Ukrainian-Canadian (a Canadian citizen of Polish-Ukrainian descent) politologist specialising in the history of political thought, who wrote a ...

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Leopold Innocenty Nepomucen Polzer Leopold Innocenty Nepomucen Polzer (15 October 1697 – 5 January 1753) was a Polish lawyer. Polzer was born and died in Cieszyn. He was mayor of Cieszyn Cieszyn ( , ; cs, Těšín ; german: Teschen; la, Tessin; szl, Ćeszyn) is a border ...

(1697–1753) *

Krzysztof Pusz Krzysztof Zbigniew Pusz (born 21 June 1951 in Gdańsk) is a Polish politician and lawyer. A graduate of the University of Gdańsk, he was involved in the Solidarity movement since its beginnings. He was an organizer of the Interim Coordinatio ...

(born 1951)

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Emil Stanisław Rappaport Emil Stanisław Rappaport (8 July 1877 – 10 August 1965) was a Polish lawyer of Jewish descent. He was a specialist in criminal law and a founder of the doctrine of international criminal law. In 1930, he was awarded the Order of Polonia Restitu ...

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Cyryl Ratajski Cyryl Ratajski (3 March 1875 – 19 October 1942) was a Polish politician and lawyer. Life and career Ratajski was born in Zalesie Wielkie, then part of the German Empire, on 3 March 1875. He graduated from a high school in Poznań and st ...

(1875–1942) * Adam Redzik (born 1977) *

Jan Rokita Jan Władysław Rokita (, born 18 June 1959, in Kraków) is a Polish liberal politician, a member of the Sejm, the lower chamber of the Polish parliament. He was chairman of the parliamentary club of the Civic Platform party from 2003 to 2005. H ...

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Walery Roman Walery Roman (1877-1952) was a Polish lawyer and politician. His early government career was related to the creation of the Regency Kingdom. Supported of Józef Piłsudski. In the aftermath of World War I he was involved in the establishment of ...

(1877–1952) *

Henryk Rossman Henryk Rossman (24 December 1896 – 23 February 1937) was a Polish lawyer and political activist of the nationalist movement, co-founder of the National Radical Camp The National Radical Camp ( pl, Obóz Narodowo-Radykalny, ONR) refers to ...

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Andrzej Rzepliński Andrzej Rzepliński (born 26 November 1949) is a Polish lawyer, Professor of Jurisprudence, human right expert, member of International Helsinki Federation for Human Rights, a judge of the Polish Constitutional Tribunal from 2007 and its preside ...

(born 1949)

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Eustachy Stanisław Sanguszko Prince Eustachy Stanisław Sanguszko (28 August 1842 – 2 April 1903) was a Polish noble ( szlachcic) and conservative politician. Eustachy educated in Poland and Paris in 1859–1860. He studied law at the Jagiellonian University from 186 ...

(1842–1903) *

Leon Sapieha Leon Sapieha (1803–1878), sometimes written as Leon Sapiega, was a Galician noble ('' szlachcic'') and statesman. Biography Leon was born and educated in Warsaw, and studied law and economics in Paris and Edinburgh from 1820 to 1824. He began ...

(1803–1878) *

Jan Sehn Jan Sehn (April 22, 1909 – December 12, 1965), was a Polish lawyer, 1945-1947 investigating magistrate, and professor at Jagiellonian University since 1961. He was member of the Commission for the Investigation of Nazi War Crimes, and Chairma ...

(1909–1965) *

Władysław Siemaszko Władysław Siemaszko (born 8 June 1919) is a Polish publicist and lawyer, former member of the Polish resistance Armia Krajowa (AK), author of numerous publications focusing on the massacres of Poles in Volhynia. He is the father of writer Ewa ...

(born 1919) *

Włodzimierz Spasowicz Włodzimierz Spasowicz or Vladimir Spasovich (1829-1906) was a Polish-Russian lawyer often acclaimed as the most brilliant defense attorney of Imperial Russia. Spasovich attended school in Minsk and studied law in St. Petersburg University, where ...

(1829–1906) * Władysław Szczepkowski (born 1966) * Wojciech Szczurek (born 1963) * Stanisław Szenic (1904–1987) *

Jolanta Szymanek-Deresz Jolanta Dorota Szymanek-Deresz (; 12 July 1954 – 10 April 2010) was a Polish lawyer and politician. Szymanek-Deresz was born in Przedbórz. She was elected to Sejm on 25 September 2005, getting 9,723 votes in 16 Płock district as a ca ...

(1954–2010)

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* Władysław Tempka (1889–1940) *

Wojciech Trąmpczyński Wojciech Stefan Trąmpczyński (8 February 1860 – 2 March 1953) was a Polish lawyer and National Democratic politician. Voivode of the Poznań Voivodeship in 1919. He served as marshal of the Sejm of Poland from 1919–1922 and Senate of Po ...

(1860–1953)

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* Zofia Wasilkowska (1910–1996) * Paweł Włodkowic (ca. 1370 – 1435) *

Helena Wolińska-Brus Helena Wolińska-Brus (born Fajga Mindla Danielak; 28 February 1919 – 26 November 2008) was a military prosecutor in postwar communist Poland with the rank of lieutenant-colonel ( podpułkownik), involved in Stalinist regime show trials of t ...

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Henryk Woliński Henryk Woliński (1901–1986) was a member of the Polish resistance movement in World War II, specifically the Armia Krajowa (AK), where he reached the rank of colonel. He was the head of the "Jewish Department" in AK's Bureau of Information ...

(1901–1986) * Tadeusz Wróblewski (1858–1925) *

Władysław Wróblewski Władysław Wróblewski (; 21 March 1875, Kraków – 19 August 1951, Łódź) was a Polish szlachcic, politician, scientist, diplomat and lawyer. He is notable as the last provisional prime minister of the German-controlled puppet state of Regen ...

(1875–1951) * Seweryn Wysłouch (1900–1968)

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* Yeshayahu Yerushalmi (1920–1999)

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Janusz Zabłocki Janusz Zbigniew Zabłocki (18 February 1926 – 13 March 2014) was a Polish politician, journalist, Catholic activist, lawyer, soldier of Armia Krajowa. Life He was born in Grodzisk Mazowiecki. He studied law at the Jagiellonian University, f ...

(born 1926) *

Wacław Zagórski Wacław Zagórski, nom-de-guerre "Lech Grzybowski" (1909–1982) was a Polish lawyer, soldier, a participant in the Warsaw Uprising with the rank of captain and a commander in the famous Chrobry II Battalion. He was decorated with the Order of ...

(1909–1982) *

Stanisław Zając Stanisław Zając (, 1 May 1949 – 10 April 2010) was a Polish lawyer and politician. He was a member of Sejm 1991–1993 and Sejm 1997–2001. On 25 September 2005 he was elected a member of the Sejm again, getting 25,225 votes in 22 Kro ...

(1949–2010) * Bolesław Zajączkowski (1891–1920) * Janina Zakrzewska (1928–1995) *

Andrzej Zakrzewski Andrzej Jerzy Zakrzewski (22 August 1941, in Warsaw – 10 February 2000, in Warsaw) was a Polish lawyer, historian, politician, journalist, and publicist. He was a member of the Conservative People's Party (''Stronnictwo Konserwatywno-Ludowe''), ...

(1941–2000) * Paweł Zaremba (1915–1979) * Stanisław Zarakowski (1907–1998) * Władysław Żeleński (1903–2006) *

Zbigniew Ziobro Zbigniew Tadeusz Ziobro (; born 18 August 1970) is a Polish politician. He is the current Ministry of Justice (Poland), Minister of Justice of the Poland, Republic of Poland, as of January 2019, serving in the First Cabinet of Mateusz Morawiecki ...

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Andrzej Zoll Andrzej Stanisław Zoll (born 27 May 1942) is a Polish lawyer, former judge and president of the Polish Constitutional Tribunal, former Polish Ombudsman, former president of the State Electoral Commission, former president of the Legislative Counc ...

(born 1942) *

Maria Zuchowicz Maria Zuchowicz (born in Poznań, in 1930 – 24 November 2020) was a Polish lawyer and figure skating official. She was Chairperson of Appeal Commission of the International Skating Union and Vice-President of the Polish Figure Skating Associa ...

(born 1930)

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