Known Unknowns

The “Known Unknowns” project introduces the profiles of Poles and people of Polish origin, who became world famous for their achievements, however, are rarely associated with Poland.

Aviation

Stefan Drzewiecki

pioneer of submarine navigation and aviation

Władysław Turowicz

Polish eagle over the Himalayas

Jan Czochralski

scientist and inventor

Ernest Malinowski

engineer, national hero of Peru

Julian Talko-Hryncewicz

doctor, scientist and researcher of Siberia

Karol Stefan Szolc-Rogoziński

traveller, discoverer, explorer of Cameroon

Aleksander Czekanowski

discoverer of Siberian Traps

Benedykt Dybowski

discoverer of the mysteries of Baikal

Jan Czerski

tireless explorer of Siberia

Paweł Edmund Strzelecki

the first Pole who travelled around the world for scientific purposes

Erazm Józef Jerzmanowski

millionaire and philanthropist

Jan Szczepanik

forgotten inventor, Polish Edison

Stanisław Zaremba

mathematician with extraordinary achievements

Stefan Banach

world-class scientist, founder of the Lwów School of Mathematics

Maria Zakrzewska

pioneer of women’s health care

Friar Zenon Żebrowski

Franciscan, missionary in Japan

Ferdynand Karo

pharmacist, botanist and his Siberian peregrinations

Rudolf Stefan Jan Weigl

world famous biologist

Emil Meyerson

the forgotten giant of the philosophy of science

Kazimierz Romuald Nowak

traveller, pioneer of Polish reportage

Known Unknowns

Aviation

Stefan Drzewiecki

Władysław Turowicz

Chemistry

Jan Czochralski

Construction

Ernest Malinowski

Ethnology and anthropology

Julian Talko-Hryncewicz

Karol Stefan Szolc-Rogoziński

Geology

Aleksander Czekanowski

Benedykt Dybowski

Jan Czerski

Paweł Edmund Strzelecki

Industry

Erazm Józef Jerzmanowski

Jan Szczepanik

Mathematics

Stanisław Zaremba

Stefan Banach

Medicine

Maria Zakrzewska

Missionary activity

Friar Zenon Żebrowski

Nature

Ferdynand Karo

Rudolf Stefan Jan Weigl

Philisophy

Emil Meyerson

Photography

Kazimierz Romuald Nowak