A Polish Uruguayans is a

Uruguay Uruguay (; ), officially the Oriental Republic of Uruguay ( es, República Oriental del Uruguay), is a country in South America. It shares borders with Argentina to its west and southwest and Brazil to its north and northeast; while bordering ...

an citizen of full or partial

Polish Polish may refer to: * Anything from or related to Poland, a country in Europe * Polish language * Poles Poles,, ; singular masculine: ''Polak'', singular feminine: ''Polka'' or Polish people, are a West Slavic nation and ethnic group, w ...

ancestry. The

arrived in

at the end of the 19th century. The most recent figure is from the 2011 Uruguayan census, which revealed 497 people who declared Poland as their country of birth. Other sources claim around 5,000 Poles in Uruguay. Similar to neighboring country

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, often, Poles came when the Germans and the Russians ruled Poland and so were known as "Germans" or "Russians". Most Polish Uruguayans belong to the

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; they have their own chapel in the Atahualpa neighbourhood. There is also a significant

Polish Jew The history of the Jews in Poland dates back at least 1,000 years. For centuries, Poland was home to the largest and most significant Ashkenazi Jewish community in the world. Poland was a principal center of Jewish culture, because of the lon ...

ish minority. Polish Uruguayans have two important institutions: the Polish Society Marshal Joseph Pilsudsky ( es, Sociedad Polonesa Mariscal José Pilsudski), established in 1915, and the Uruguayan Polish Union ( es, Unión Polono Uruguaya), established in 1935, both associated with USOPAL.USOPAL

Notable Polish Uruguayans

;Arts *

José Serebrier José Serebrier (born 3 December 1938) is a Uruguayan conductor and composer. He is one of the most recorded conductors of his generation. Early life Serebrier was born in Montevideo to Russian and Polish parents of Jewish extraction. He fi ...

(born 1938), conductor and composer *

Daniel Hendler Daniel Hendler (born 3 January 1976) is a Uruguayan film, television, and theatre actor who works mainly in the cinema of Argentina, where he lives. He is known for his starring roles in films such as '' Bottom of the Sea'', ''Family Law'', '' ...

(born 1976), film, television, and theatre actor ;Business *

Jan Kobylański Jan Kobylański (21 July 1923, Równe, Poland – 27 March 2019, Montevideo, Uruguay) was a Polish-Paraguayan businessman. He was the founder of the Union of Polish Associations and Organizations in Latin America ( pol. ''Unia Stowarzyszeń i O ...

(1923-2019), businessman * Ida Holz (born 1935), engineer, computer scientist, professor, and researcher *

Chil Rajchman Chil (Enrique) Meyer Rajchman a.k.a. Henryk Reichman, nom de guerre ''Henryk Ruminowski'' (June 14, 1914 – May 7, 2004) was one of about 70 Jewish prisoners who survived the Holocaust after participating in the August 2, 1943 revolt at the Tr ...

(1914-2004), Holocaust survivor and entrepreneur * Pedro Steinbruch, entrepreneur ;Sports *

Eduardo Dluzniewski Eduardo Dluzniewski (born September 22, 1952) is a former Uruguayan football referee. He is known for having supervised two matches during the 1995 Copa América The 1995 Copa América football tournament was staged in Uruguay. It was won by ...

(born 1952), football referee *

Daniel Fedorczuk Daniel Adán Fedorczuk Betancour (born 2 May 1976) is a Uruguayan professional football referee. He has been a full international for FIFA since 2011. He refereed some matches in Copa Libertadores. Fedorczuk was initially named as one of three ...

(born 1976), football referee *

Francisco Majewski Francisco Majewski (1 May 1939 – 22 April 2012) was a professional footballer who played in the Uruguayan Primera División and Mexican Primera División. Career Born in Montevideo, Majewski played as a central defender and was an imposing fi ...

(1939–2012), footballer *

Juan Carlos Masnik Juan Carlos Masnik Hornos (2 March 1943 – 23 February 2021) was a Uruguayan football player and manager, who represented the Uruguay national team at the 1974 FIFA World Cup in Germany. Career Masnik played for Club Nacional de Football an ...

(born 1943), footballer * Ladislao Mazurkiewicz (1945–2013), footballer *

Hernán Petryk Rodrigo Hernán Petryk Vidal (; born 21 October 1994) is a Uruguayan professional footballer who plays as a defender for Wanderers, on loan from Peñarol. Career Petryk's career began in 2013 with Atenas, with the defender featuring for the ...

(born 1994), footballer *

Gustavo Szczygielski Gustavo Szczygielski (born 28 September 1967) is a Uruguayan former basketball Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular Basketball court, court, compete with t ...

(born 1967), former basketball player *

Marcelo Tulbovitz Marcelo Tulbovitz Dembovich (born August 12, 1961 in Montevideo, Uruguay), his parents were of Latvian and Polish ancestry. he is held in high regard among the teams comprising CONMEBOL and CONCACAF. Career Tulbovitz career has brought him t ...

(born 1961), football trainer *

Matías Vitkieviez Matías Vitkieviez (born 16 May 1985) is a Uruguayan-born Swiss association footballer who plays for Étoile Carouge. Early life Vitkieviez lived in Montevideo, Uruguay, until 1999 when together with his mother and brother he emigrated to Ge ...

(born 1985), footballer ;Other Professions *The sisters Paulina, Luisa and

Clotilde Luisi Clotilde Luisi (1882-1969) was the first female lawyer in Uruguay. She was also a professor, pedagogue, translator, feminist activist, and the first Uruguayan woman to study at the Faculty of Law of the University of the Republic. Biography Born i ...

, prominent feminists, all daughters of Josefina Janicki (of Polish descent) * Freddy Nieuchowicz (born 1968), radio host and entertainer known by his stage name Orlando Petinatti * Wacław Radecki (1887-1953), psychological professor *

Camila Rajchman Camila Rajchman Goldfarb (born 26 November 1994) is an Uruguayan singer, songwriter and television personality. She is best known for being the vocalist of the cumbia-pop band ''Rombai'' from 2014 to 2016. Biography Camila Rajchman was born in ...

(born 1994), singer and television personality *

Lucía Topolansky Lucía Topolansky Saavedra (born 25 September 1944) is a Uruguayan politician who served as the 17th Vice President of Uruguay from September 2017 to March 2020. She was a Senator from 2005 to 2017. She also served as the First Lady of Uruguay ...

(born 1944), politician and First Lady (2010-2015)

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* Ethnic groups in Uruguay European Uruguayan Immigration to Uruguay Poland–Uruguay relations

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Notable Polish Uruguayans

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