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Prof. Norman Davies, (born on 8 June 1939) Honorary Citizen of Warsaw since June 2005. Resolution of the Council of the Capital City of Warsaw No. LV/1476/2005 of 16 June 2005. British historian of Welsh descent, Professor at the University of London, author of works on the subject of history of Europe, Poland and the British Isles. He studied history at the University of Oxford, in Grenoble, Perugia and at the University of Sussex. He got a Ph.D. in 1973 from the Jagiellonian University,...

Szymon Szurmiej, (born 18 June 1923, died July 2014) Honorary Citizen of Warsaw since July 2004. Resolution of the Council of the Capital City of Warsaw No. XXXII/723/2004 of 1 July 2004. Polish actor, director, and activist of the Jewish community, the general and artistic director of the Ester Rachel Kamińska and Ida Kamińska Jewish Theatre in Warsaw. He began his own artistic work as a director and actor in 1951 in Teatr Polski in Wrocław. In 1955 he became the artistic manager of the...

Archbishop Kazimierz Romaniuk, (born 21 August 1927) Honorary Citizen of Warsaw since July 2004. Resolution of the Council of the Capital City of Warsaw No. XXXII/723/2004 of 1 July 2004. A Polish Roman Catholic bishop, Auxiliary Bishop of Warsaw in the years 1982-1992, Diocesan Bishop of Warsaw- Praga in 1992-2004, since 2004 Senior Bishop of the Diocese of Warsaw-Praga, a Professor of biblical teachings. He was ordained priest on 16 December 1951 in Warsaw by Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński. He...

Jerzy Majewski, (born on 10 December 1925, died on 24 April) Honorary Citizen of Warsaw since July 2004. Resolution of the Council of the Capital City of Warsaw No. XXX/170/92 of 1 July 2004 Engineer and politician. Thirty-eighth president of Warsaw from 29 December 1967 to 9 December 1973, and the thirty-ninth president of Warsaw from 13 December 1973 to 18 February 1982. A graduate of Warsaw University of Technology. Since 29 December 1967 to 9 December 1973 he was the chairman of the...

Archbishop Kazimierz Majdański, (born 1 March 1916, died 29 April 2007) Honorary Citizen of Warsaw since July 2004 Resolution of the Council of the Capital City of Warsaw No. XXXII/723/2004 of 1 July 2004 A Polish Roman Catholic priest, Bishop of Szczecin-Kamień, Archbishop, theologian. In the years 1934-1939 he studied philosophy and theology at the Seminary in Włocławek. On 7 November 1939, as an alumnus of the sixth grade, he was arrested by the Gestapo and imprisoned in concentration...

Professor Marek Kwiatkowski, (born 25 April 1930, died 10 August 2016) Honorary Citizen of Warsaw since July 2003. Resolution of the Council of the Capital City of Warsaw No. XIV/174/2003 of 3 July 2003. Polish art historian, museologist, and varsavianist. He was born in Caen, France, but was educated in Warsaw. He is an author of numerous books and publications, including fifteen books on Warsaw and Polish art. He is credited for organising many exhibitions and museum exhibits and for...

Fr. Monsignor Zdzisław Jastrzębiec Peszkowski, Jastrzębiec coat of arms (born 23 July 1918, died 8 October 2007) Honorary Citizen of Warsaw from July 2003 Resolution of the Council of the Capital City of Warsaw XIV/174/2003 of 3 July 2003 A Roman Catholic priest, doctor of philosophy, John Paul II’s chaplain, chaplain for the “Katyń Families Association” and murdered in the East, scoutmaster and Chief Chaplain for ZHP (the Polish Scouting Association), honorary patron of the ZHP district of...

Jan Nowak Jeziorański, (born 2 October 1914, died 20 January 2005) Honorary Citizen of Warsaw since July 2003. Resolution No. XIV/174/2003 of the Warsaw City Council of July, 2003. Born to a family with a tradition of supporting Poland’s independence. After graduating from high school in the Adam Mickiewicz Capital Gymnasium, he studied economics at the University of Poznań. He partook in the September Campaign in 1939, then worked in the Union of Armed Struggle. He was incorporated into...

Marek Edelman, (born 1 January 1922 - died 2 October 2009) Honorary Citizen of Warsaw from April 2001. Resolution of the Warsaw City Council No. XXXII/435/ 2001 of 9 April 2001. A political and social activist, a cardiologist. During WW II a member of the Public Jewish Workers Association, one of the founders of the Jewish Military Organisation. In 1943, he participated in the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, and after the death of Mordechaj Anielewicz he became the last leader of fighters of the...

Cardinal Józef Glemp, (born 18 December 1929, died 23 January 2013) Honorary citizen of Warsaw since 6 April 2000 Resolution of the Council of the Capital City of Warsaw No. XXI/221/2000 from 06/04/2000 A Catholic Cleric, Archbishop of Warsaw, senior Primate of Poland, Presbyter Cardinal. After his maturity exam (Polish: matura) he entered the The Archbishop's Ecclesiastical Seminary in Gniezno. He was ordained to the priesthood on 25 May 1956. In the years 1972-1979, as assistant to...