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List of notable
German citizens
of
Polish
origin.
Jörg Baberowski
, historian
Erich von dem Bach-Zelewski
, high-ranking
SS
officer
Daria Bijak
, gymnast
Dirk Nowitzki
, basketball player
Sebastian Boenisch
, footballer
Tim Borowski
, footballer
Henryk M. Broder
, journalist and writer
Magdalena Brzeska
, individual rhythmic gymnast
Claudia Ciesla
, model and actress
Herbert Czaja
, politician
Christoph Dabrowski
, footballer
Pamela Dutkiewicz
,
athlete
specializing in
hurdling
Mark Forster
, singer
Paul Freier
, footballer
Anni Friesinger-Postma
, speed skater
Mieczysław Garsztka
, pilot and
flying ace
during
WWI
Leon Goretzka
, footballer
Jürgen Grabowski
, footballer
Horst Jankowski
, musician
Daniel Jasinski
,
discus thrower
Max Kepler
, baseball player
Angelique Kerber
, tennis player
Nastassja Kinski
, actress
Miroslav Klose
, footballer
Joachim Król
, actor
Sabine Lisicki
, tennis player
Pierre Littbarski
, football manager and player
Tatjana Maria
, tennis player
Angela Merkel
,
Chancellor of Germany
Adam Matuszczyk
, footballer
Dariusz Michalczewski
, boxer
Jerzy Montag
,
Green Party
politician
Hermann von Oppeln-Bronikowski
,
Olympic
esquestrian
and
general
during
WWII
Matthias Ostrzolek
, footballer
Matthias Plachta
,
ice hockey
player
Lukas Podolski
, footballer
Ernst Pohl
, footballer
Eugen Polanski
, footballer
Mateusz Przybylko
,
high jumper
Erich Przywara
, philosopher
Marcel Reich-Ranicki
, literary critic
Julian Ritter
, painter
Lukas Sinkiewicz
, footballer
Piotr Trochowski
, footballer
Bogdan Wenta
, handball player and coach, president of
Kielce
Dennis Wosik
,
kickboxer
Dariusz Wosz
, footballer.
See also
Poles in Germany
Emigration from Poland to Germany after World War II
v
t
e
Polish diaspora
and
Polish minorities
Historical
Lechites
Polish-Lithuanian people
Gente Ruthenus, natione Polonus
Great Emigration
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after 2004
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See also
Colonization attempts by Poland
Ethnic minorities in Poland
Polish population transfers (1944–1946)
Repatriation of Poles (1955–59)
Polish Diaspora Day
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