List of people from Galicia (Eastern Europe): modern period

The following list includes famous people of various nationalities who were born in or resided for a significant period in Galicia (Eastern Europe), part of Ukraine. (18th–20th centuries).

A–F

Roman Abraham, general of the Polish Army, born in Lviv
Eliezer Adler, founder of the Jewish Community in Gateshead, England, born in Stanislau
Shmuel Agnon, Jewish writer, founder of modern Israeli Hebrew literature, born in Buchach
Kazimierz Ajdukiewicz, philosopher and logician, born in Ternopil
Izak Aloni (born Izak Schächter), Polish-Israeli chess master, born in Lviv
Antin Angelovych, first Greek Catholic metropolitan of Lviv (1808–14), born in Hryniv, near Bibrka
Andrzej Alojzy Ankwicz, Count, Roman Catholic Archbishop of Lvov (1815–33), and Archbishop of Prague (1833–38), born in Kraków
Alicia Appleman-Jurman, Jewish American writer, raised from the age of five in Buchach
Muhammad Asad (born Leopold Weiss), Pakistan's ambassador to UN, born in Lviv
Daniel Auster, first Hebrew mayor of Jerusalem, born in Stanislau
Nahman Avigad, Israeli archaeologist, born in Zavalov, near Pidhaytsi
Jacob Avigdor, last Chief Rabbi of Drohobych, born in Tyrawa Wołoska, near Sanok
Emanuel Ax, Jewish American pianist, born in Lviv
Baal Shem Tov (Yisroel ben Eliezer), founder of Hasidism
Yosef Babad, rabbi and posek, born in Przeworsk
Kazimierz Feliks Badeni, Count, Minister-President of Austria (1895–97)
Meir Balaban, historian, born in Lviv
Adolph Baller, Austrian-American pianist, born in Brody
Oswald Balzer, historian, born in Khodoriv, near Zidichov
Stefan Banach, eminent mathematician, born in Kraków
Stepan Bandera, leader of the Ukrainian nationalist movement, born in Uhryniv Staryi, near Kalush
Iuliu Barasch, physician and writer, born in Brody
Kazimierz Bartel, Prime Minister of Poland, born in Lviv
Oleksander Barvinsky, Ukrainian politician, born in Shliakhnyntsi, near Ternopil
Eugeniusz Baziak, Archbishop of Lvov and Apostolic Administrator of Kraków, born in Ternopil
Józef Bem, Polish general, national hero of Poland and Hungary, born in Tarnów
Alexander Beliavsky, Ukrainian-Slovenian chess master, born in Lviv
Elisabeth Bergner, Austrian-British actress, born in Drohobych
St. Józef Bilczewski, Roman Catholic Archbishop of Lviv, born in Wilamowice near Kęty
Josef Samuel Bloch, Austrian rabbi and deputy, born in Dukla
Michał Bobrzyński, Governor of Galicia (1908–13), born in Kraków
Naftali Botwin, revolutionary terrorist, born in Kamianka-Buzka
Mieczysław Boruta-Spiechowicz, Polish general, born in Rzeszów
Naftule Brandwein, klezmer clarinetist, born in Przemyslany
Berl Broder (born Berl Margulis), Jewish singer, born in Brody
Aleksander Brückner, distinguished Polish slavist and historian of literature, born in Berezhany
Martin Buber, Jewish philosopher, lived in Lviv
Solomon Buber, Jewish scholar, born in Lviv
Nykyta Budka, the first Ukrainian Canadian Greek Catholic bishop, born in Dobromirka
Arthur Frank Burns, American economist, born in Stanislau
Zvi Hirsch Chajes, Talmudic scholar, born in Brody
Oscar Chajes, Austrian-American chess master, born in Brody
Georges Charpak, French physicist (Nobel Prize in 1992), born in Dubrovytsia
Leon Chwistek, painter, logician, philosopher, born in Kraków
Zbigniew Cybulski, Polish actor, born in Kniaże, near Stanislau
Ignacy Daszyński, Polish politician, born in Zbarazh
Isaac Deutscher, Polish-British political activist and historian, born in Chrzanów
Józef Dominik, Polish chess master, born in Dobczyce
Michael Dorfman, Yiddish and Hebrew writer, born in Lviv
Albin Dunajewski, Roman Catholic Bishop of Kraków and Cardinal, born in Stanislau
Arthur Dunkelblum, Belgian chess master, born in Kraków
Karol Durski-Trzaska, general, born in Spas, near Staryi Sambir
Elimelech of Lizhensk, great Hasidic rebbe and tzadik
Isaac Erter, Hebrew language writer, born in Janischok
Józef Feldman, historian, born in Przemyśl
Ida Fink, Israeli writer, born in Zbarazh
Salo Flohr, Czech-Ukrainian chess master, born in Horodenka
Jacob Frank, Jewish messianic claimant who combined Judaism and Christianity
Ivan Franko, Ukrainian writer, born in Nahuevychi near Drohobych
Petro Franko, Ukrainian educator, born in Nahuevychi near Drohobych
Karl Emil Franzos, Austrian writer, born in Chortkiv
Aleksander Fredro, Polish writer, born in Surochów, near Jaroslav
Amalia Freud (born Amalia Nathansohn), mother of Sigmund Freud, born in Brody
Mikhail Fridman, Russian banker of Jewish descent from Lviv
Filip Friedman, historian, born in Lviv
Henryk Friedman, chess master from Lviv
Yisroel Friedman, Hasidic Rebbe of Ruzhin

G–K

Mordechai Gebirtig, Yiddish poet and songwriter, born in Kraków
Abraham Gershon of Kitov, Hasidic rabbi of Kitov and Brody, born in Kuty
Agenor Goluchowski, Count, interior minister of Austria (1859–60)
Agenor Maria Gołuchowski, Count, foreign affairs minister of Austria-Hungary (1895–1906)
Maurycy Gottlieb, Jewish painter from Drohobych
Leopold Gottlieb, painter from Drohobych
Chaim Gross, Austrian-American sculptor, born in Kolomyia
Feliks Gross, Polish-American sociologist, born in Kraków
Henryk Grossman, Polish-German economist of Jewish descent, born in Kraków
Artur Grottger, painter, born in Ottyniowice, near Zhydachiv
Kazimierz Górski, coach of Polish national football (soccer) team, born in Lviv
Andrzej Kusionowicz Grodyński, Appeal Court Judge born in Gdów
Ludwig Gumplowicz, sociologist and lawyer, born in Kraków
Wilhelm Habsburg, Austrian archduke, colonel of the Ukrainian Sich Riflemen
Yaroslav Halan, Ukrainian playwright and publicist from, born in Dynów.
Ben Zion Halberstam, second Bobover Rebbe
Chaim Halberstam of Sanz, Hasidic rabbi
Naftali Halberstam, fourth Bobover Rebbe
Shlomo Halberstam, first Bobover Rebbe
Marian Hemar, poet, born in Lviv
Zbigniew Herbert, poet, born in Lviv
Maxim Hermaniuk, the Ukrainian Catholic Archbishop of Winnipeg, born in Nove Selo, near Horodok
Arthur Hertzberg, Conservative rabbi and prominent Jewish-American scholar and activist, born in Lubaczów
Tzvi Hirsh of Zidichov, the founder of Zidichov (Hasidic dynasty)
Jerzy Hoffman, film director, born in Kraków
Roald Hoffmann, American chemist (Nobel Prize in 1981), born in Zolochiv
Yakiv Holovatsky, Ukrainian poet and ethnographer, born in Chepeli
Sydir Holubovych, Ukrainian politician, born in Towsteńskie near Husiatyn
Krystyna Holuj-Radzikowska, chess woman grandmaster, born in Lviv
Shimshon Holzman, Israeli painter, born in Sambir
Bl. Josaphata Hordashevska, Ukrainian nun, beatified by John Paul II in 2001, born in Lviv
Moses Horowitz, playwright and actor of Yiddish theatre, born in Stanislau
Schmelke Horowitz, rabbi of Nikolsburg in Moravia, born in Chortkiv
Mieczysław Horszowski, pianist, born in Lviv
Dmytro Hrytsai, Ukrainian politician and general of the Ukrainian Insurgent Army, born in Dorozhin, near Sambir
Lubomyr Husar, head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church and Cardinal, born in Lviv
Abba Hushi, Israeli politician, born in Turka
Naftali Herz Imber, Jewish poet who wrote the lyrics of Hatikvah, the national anthem of Israel, born in Zolochiv
Leopold Infeld, physicist, born in Kraków
Karol Irzykowski, writer, literary critic, theorist of film and chess player, born in Błaszkowa near Pilzno
Vasyl Ivanchuk Ukrainian world class chess player, born in Berezhany
Alfred Jansa, Austrian Major-General, born in Stanislau
Marian Jaworski, Roman Catholic Archbishop of Lviv and Cardinal, born in Lviv
Max Judd, American chess master, born in Kraków
Stepan Kachala, politician and writer, born near Berezhany
Jaroslav Kacmarcyk, a head of the Lemko-Rusyn Republic (1918–20), born in Binczarowa
Stefan Kaczmarz, mathematician, born in Lviv
Tadeusz Kantor, painter, theatre director, born in Wielopole
Michał Karaszewicz-Tokarzewski, general of the Polish Army, born in Lviv
Wojciech Kilar, classical and film music composer, born in Lviv
Moise Kisling, painter, born in Kraków
Julian Klaczko, Polish-Austrian diplomat
Franciszek Kleeberg, general of the Polish Army, born in Ternopil
Józef Klotz, Polish footballer, born in Kraków
Dmytro Klyachkivsky, commander of the Ukrainian Insurgent Army, born in Zbarazh
Tadeusz Bór-Komorowski, general, commander-in-chief of the Home Army, born in Lviv
Yevhen Konovalets, Ukrainian politician and military leader, born in Zashkiv, near Lviv
Zenon Kossak, Ukrainian politician and military leader, born in Drohobych
Bl. Omelyan Kovch, Ukrainian Greek Catholic priest, born in Tlumach, near Kosiv
Ignacy Krasicki, Prince-Bishop of Ermland and Archbishop of Gniezno, born in Dubiecko, near Przemyśl
František Kriegel, Czechoslovak politician, born in Stanislau
Walter Krivitsky, Soviet spy, born in Pidvolochysk, near Ternopil
Nachman Krochmal, Jewish philosopher, born in Brody
Solomiya Krushelnytska, Ukrainian opera singer
Ivan Krypiakevych, Ukrainian historian, born in Lviv
Volodymyr Kubiyovych, geographer, encyclopedist, politician (Ukrainian Central Committee), born in Neu Sandez
Vasyl Kuk, commander of the Ukrainian Insurgent Army, born in Krasne near Zolochiv
Viktor Kurmanovych, general, Chief of Staff of the Ukrainian Galician Army, born in Vilshanitsa near Zolochiv
Jacek Kuroń, leader of the Solidarity movement, born in Lviv

L–O

Manfred Lachs, Polish diplomat and jurist, born in Stanislau
Salo Landau, Dutch chess master, born in Bochnia
Hersch Lauterpacht, British judge, born in Zhovkva
Pinhas Lavon, Israeli politician, born in Kopychyntsi
Stanisław Jerzy Lec (de Tusch-Letz), writer, born in Lviv
Stanisław Lem, writer, born in Lviv
Juliusz Leo, politician and academic, Mayor of Kraków (1904–1918), born in Stebnik
Bohdan Lepky, Ukrainian poet and writer, born in Krehulets, Husiatyn district
Hirschel Levin, Chief Rabbi at London and Berlin, born in Rzeszów
Kost Levitsky, Ukrainian politician, born in Tysmenytsya
Herman Lieberman, politician, born in Drohobych
Ephraim Moses Lilien, Jewish photographer, born in Drohobych
Marta Litinskaya-Shul, chess woman grandmaster, born in Lviv
Roman Longchamps de Bérier, lawyer, the last rector of the Jan Kazimierz University, born in Lviv
George Stephen Nestor Luckyj, scholar of Ukrainian literature, born in Yanchyn near Lviv
Ignacy Łukasiewicz, inventor (petroleum industry)
Jan Łukasiewicz, logician, born in Lviv
Oleh Luzhnyi, football (soccer) player and coach, born in Lviv
Vyacheslav Lypynsky, politician and historian, born in Volodymyr-Volynskyi
Bl. Roman Lysko, Ukrainian Greek Catholic priest, born in Horodok, near Lviv
Stanisław Maczek, general of the Polish Army, born in Szczerzec, near Lviv
Ephraim Zalman Margolis, Talmudic scholar, born in Brody
Max Margules, meteorologist, born in Brody
Samuel Hirsch Margulies, Chief Rabbi of Florence, born in Berezhany
Jan Matejko, painter, born in Kraków
Stanisław Mazur, mathematician, born in Lviv
Józef Mehoffer, painter, born in Ropczyce
Andriy Melnyk, leader of the Ukrainian nationalist movement, born near Drohobych
Carl Menger, founder of the Austrian School of Economics, born in Neu Sandez
Adrian Mikhalchishin, Ukrainian-Slovenian chess master, born in Lviv
Ludwig von Mises, foremost representative of the Austrian School of Economics, born in Lviv
Richard von Mises, mathematical physicist and statistician, born in Lviv
Helena Modjeska, actress, born in Kraków
Ralph Modjeski, engineer, born in Bochnia
Kalikst Morawski, chess master, born in Boryszkowce, near Borshchiv
Janusz Morgenstern, film director and producer, born in Mikulińce, near Ternopil
Soma Morgenstern, writer and journalist, born in Budaniv
Franz Xaver Wolfgang Mozart, youngest son of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, lived and worked in Lviv
Andrzej Munk, film director, born in Kraków
Lewis Bernstein Namier, British politician and historian, born in Wola Okrzejska
Joseph Saul Nathanson, rabbi and posek, born in Berezhany
Hryhoriy Nestor, shepherd, born in Carpathian Mountains
Nikifor (Epifaniusz Drowniak), Ruthenian (Lemko) painter, born in Krynica
Leopold Okulicki, general, last commander-in-chief of the Home Army, born in Bratucice, near Bochnia
Joseph Oleskiw, Ukrainian writer, born in Skvariava Nova, near Zhovkva
Menachem Oren (Mieczysław Chwojnik), Polish-Israeli chess master and mathematician
Władysław Orlicz, mathematician from Okocim
Ostap Ortwin, literary critic, born in Tłumacz, near Stanislau]
Bohdan Osadchuk, historian and journalist, born in Kolomyia
Stanisław Ostrowski, third President of Poland in exile (1972–79), born in Lviv
Józef Maksymilian Ossoliński, Count, founder of the Ossolineum, born in Wola Mielecka, near Mielec

P–R

Jan Parandowski, writer, essayist, and translator, born in Lviv
Jakub Karol Parnas, biochemist, born in Mokriany, near Drohobych
Yevhen Petrushevych, President of Western Ukrainian People's Republic, born in Busk
Volodymyr Petryshyn, mathematician, born in Liashky Murovani, Lviv
Simhah Pinsker, archeologist, born in Ternopil
Oskar Piotrowski, chess master, lived in Lviv
Mykola Plaviuk, President of Ukrainian People's Republic in exile (1989–92), born in Russiv, near Stanislav
Rudolf Pöch, Austrian anthropologist and ethnologist, born in Ternopil
Stepan Popel, chess master, born in Komarniki, near Turka
Ignatz von Popiel, chess master, born in Drohobych
Alfred Józef Potocki, Count, Minister-President of Austria (1870–71), born in Łańcut
Omeljan Pritsak, Ukrainian historian and orientalist, born in Luka near Sambir
Włodzimierz Puchalski, photographer and film director, born in Mostki Wielkie, near Lviv
Ivan Pulyui, Ukrainian physicist and inventor, born in Hrymailiv
Jan Puzyna de Kosielsko, Prince, Roman Catholic auxiliary bishop of Lvov and Bishop of Kraków, Cardinal, born in Gwoździec
Joseph Ludwig Raabe, Swiss mathematician, born in Brody
Isidor Isaac Rabi, Austrian-American physicist (Nobel Prize in 1944), born in Rymanów
Karl Radek, Bolshevik politician, born in Lviv
Samuel Judah Löb Rapoport (Shir), born in Lviv
Alfred Redl, Austrian counter-intelligence officer, born in Lviv
Wilhelm Reich, Austrian psychoanalyst, born in Dobrzanica, a village near Peremyshliany
Józef Retinger, Polish-Austrian-Mexican-British political adviser, born in Kraków
Emanuel Ringelblum, Polish Jewish historian, born in Buchach
Shalom Rokeach, first Rebbe of Belz
Yehoshua Rokeach, second Rebbe of Belz
Yissachar Dov Rokeach, third Rebbe of Belz
Aharon Rokeach, fourth Rebbe of Belz
Mordechai Rokeach, Rav of the town of Bilgoray, born in Belz
Oleg Romanishin, chess master, born in Lviv
Jakob Rosanes, German mathematician, born in Brody
Jakob Rosenfeld, Chinese general, born in Lviv
Erna Rosenstein, painter and poet, born in Lviv
Paul Rosenstein-Rodan, economist, born in Kraków
Henry Roth, American writer, born in Tysmenitz near Stanislau
Joseph Roth, Austrian writer of Jewish descent, born in Brody
Adam Daniel Rotfeld, Polish minister of foreign affairs, born in Peremyshliany
Tadeusz Rozwadowski, Chief of the General Staff of the Polish Army, born in Babin, near Kalush
Helena Rubinstein, cosmetics industrialist, born in Kraków
Jaroslav Rudnyckyj, Ukrainian Canadian linguist, born in Przemyśl
Edward Rydz-Śmigły, Polish marshal and commander-in-chief, born in Berezhany

S–Z

Leopold von Sacher-Masoch, Austrian writer, born in Lviv
Dov Sadan, scholar of Yiddish and Hebrew literature, born in Brody
Manfred Sakel, neurophysiologist and psychiatrist, born in Nadvorna
Adam Stefan Sapieha, Prince, Archbishop of Kraków and Cardinal, born in Krasiczyn
Juliusz Schauder, mathematician, born in Lviv
Heinrich Schenker, music theorist, born in Vyshnivchyk
Moses Schorr, rabbi, assyriologist and politician, born in Przemyśl
Bruno Schulz, poet, novelist and painter, born in Drohobych
Sholom Mordechai Schwadron, Jewish gaon of Berezhany, born in Zolochiv
Marcella Sembrich, born in 1858 in Wisniewczyk, in Austrian Galicia, now part of Ukraine. A consummate musician, she was a major figure in the operatic world.
Meir Shapiro, Hasidic rabbi and rosh yeshiva
Markiyan Shashkevych, poet and interpreter, born in Pidlissia near Zolochiv
Andrey Sheptytsky, Count, Metropolitan Archbishop of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, born in Prylbychi, near Lviv
Clement Sheptytsky, Count, Archimandrite of the Studite monks, born in Prylbychi, near Lviv
Stanisław Sheptytsky, Count, general of the Polish Army, born in Prylbychi, near Lviv
Roman Shukhevych, the supreme commander of the Ukrainian Insurgent Army, born in Krakovets, near Yavoriv
Władysław Sikorski, general, Prime Minister of Poland and commander-in-chief of the Polish Armed Forces (1939–43), born in Tuszów Narodowy
Stanisław Skrowaczewski, conductor, born in Lviv
Josyf Slipyj, head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, born in of Zazdrist, near Terebovlia
Wacław Sobieski, historian, born in Lviv
Stanisław Sosabowski, general, commander of the Polish 1st Independent Parachute Brigade, born in Stanislau
Jerzy Sosnowski, major, Polish spy in Germany (1926–34) as Georg von Sosnowski, Ritter von Nalecz, born in Lviv
Manès Sperber, novelist and psychologist, born in Zabolotiv
Nissan Spivak, Jewish cantor and composer from Belz
Hnat Stefaniv, Ukrainian colonel, born in Toporivtsi, near Horodenka
Vasyl Stefanyk, writer, born in Rusiv, near Kuty
Hugo Steinhaus, mathematician, born in Jasło
Yaroslav Stetsko, leader of the Ukrainian nationalist movement, born in Ternopil
Slava Stetsko, leader of the Ukrainian nationalist movement, born in Romanivka, near Terebovlia
Lee Strasberg, Jewish American director, actor and producer, born in Budaniv
Julian Stryjkowski, writer, born in Stryj
Kyryl Studynsky, head of the People's Assembly of Western Ukraine (1939), born in Kamienka near Ternopil
Franciszek Sulik, chess master, born in Lviv
Karol Szajnocha, historian, born in Komarno
Jan Szczepanik, inventor, born in Rudniki, near Mostyska
Jan Szembek, Count, deputy secretary in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, born in Poręba
Józef Szujski, historian and politician, born in Tarnów
Stanisław Tarnowski, historian and politician, born in Dzików
Józef Teodorowicz, Archbishop of Lviv (Armenian rite)
Oscar Tenner, chess master, born in Lviv
Leopold Trepper, Soviet spy, born in Nowy Targ
Metodyj Trochanovskij, Lemko activist, born in Binczarowa
Naftali Herz Tur-Sinai, Hebrew scholar, born in Lviv
Adam Ulam, historian, born in Lviv
Stanisław Ulam, mathematician, co-inventor of the H-bomb, born in Lviv
Leopold Unger, journalist, born in Lviv
Ivan Vahylevych, Ukrainian poet and ethnographer, born in Yasen near Stanislav
Anatole Vakhnianyn, Ukrainian politician and composer, born near Przemyśl
Bl. Vasyl Velychkovsky, Ukrainian Greek Catholic bishop (body found incorrupt), born in Stanislau
Mykhailo Verbytsky, composer of the present National Anthem of Ukraine, born in Jawornik Ruski, near Bircza
Dmytro Vitovsky, Ukrainian politician and military leader, born in Medukha
Stepan Vytvytskyi, President of Ukrainian People's Republic in exile (1954–65), born near Stanislav
Alexander Wagner, chess theoretician, lived in Stanislau
Dov Berish Weidenfeld, Chief Rabbi of Tchebin (Trzebinia)
Rudolf Weigl, biologist, lived in Lviv
Friedrich Weinreb, Jewish philosopher, born in Lviv
Shevah Weiss, Israeli politician, born in Boryslav
Kazimierz Wierzyński, Polish poet, born in Drohobych
Simon Wiesenthal, hunter of Nazis, born in Buchach
Billy Wilder, Austrian-American film director, born in Suchá Beskidzka
Karol Wojtyła, John Paul II, Archbishop of Kraków, and Pope (1978–2005), born in Wadowice
Zev Wolf of Zbaraz, Rabbi of Zbarazh
Stanisław Wyspiański, poet and painter, born in Kraków
Volodymyr Yaniv, professor of the Ukrainian Catholic University in Rome, born in Lviv
Daniel Yanofsky, Canadian chess master, born in Brody
Richard Yary, Ukrainian politician, born in Rzeszów
Grigory Yavlinsky Russian politician, born in Lviv
Kordian Józef Zamorski, general, born near Gorlice
Gabriela Zapolska, novelist and actress, born in Pidhaytsi
Velvel Zbarjer, singer, born in Zbarazh
Casimir Zeglen, inventor, born near Ternopil
Michael Zohary, botanist, born in Bibrka near Lviv
Israel Zolli, Chief Rabbi of Rome who converted to Roman Catholicism, born in Brody

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