The Most Famous

Actors from Poland

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This page contains a list of the greatest Polish Actors. The pantheon dataset contains 13,578 Actors, 108 of which were born in Poland. This makes Poland the birth place of the 17th most number of Actors behind Türkiye and Sweden.

Top 10 Actors

The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the top 10 most legendary Polish Actors of all time. This list of famous Polish Actors is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography's online popularity. Visit the rankings page to view the entire list of Polish Actors.

  1. #1
    Photo of Klaus Kinski

    Klaus Kinski

    1926 - 1991

    HPI 75.8156 langs

    Klaus Kinski is most famous for his role as a Nazi officer in the film "Aguirre, the Wrath of God."

  2. #2
    Photo of Pola Negri

    Pola Negri

    1897 - 1987

    HPI 71.6750 langs

    Pola Negri was a Polish actress and singer who was most famous for her roles in the silent films of the 1910s and 1920s.

  3. #3
    Photo of Hanna Schygulla

    Hanna Schygulla

    b. 1943

    HPI 70.1646 langs

    Hanna Schygulla is most famous for her role in the German film "The Marriage of Maria Braun" (1979).

People by Birth Decade

Browse notable Polish Actors grouped by birth decade. Each decade shows the top 10 by HPI; expand to see everyone.

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Overlapping Lives

Which Actors were alive at the same time? This visualization shows the lifespans of the 25 most globally memorable Actors since 1700.

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