century Destroyed Stone Synagogue, 1724 (destroyed during World War II) Notable people In chronological order: John III Sobieski (1629–1696), king of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania Katarzyna Sobieska (1634–1694), sister of John III Sobieski James Sobieski (1667–1737), Polish prince Rabbi Yechiel Michel (1726–1786) Ignacy Zaborowski (1754–1803), Polish mathematician and geodesist Zev Wolf of Zbaraz (died 1822), rabbi Franz von Hillenbrand (born c. 1801), German aristocrat, Imperial & Royal accountant Naphtali Herz Imber (1856–1909), Jewish poet, wrote lyrics of Hatikvah, the national anthem of Israel Moyshe-Leyb Halpern (1886–1932), Yiddish writer Tadeusz Brzeziński (1896–1990), Polish diplomat, father of Zbigniew Brzezinski Abraham Shalit (1898–1979), Jewish historian, studied in Vienna, worked in Mandate Palestine/Israel Weegee - Arthur (Usher) Fellig (1899–1968), photographer, best known for his New York photos Ilya Schor (1904–1961), painter, jeweler, engraver, and artist of Judaica; lived in Europe and the US Jan Cieński (1905–1992), Roman Catholic bishop; worked in part clandestinely during Soviet era Marian Iwańciów (1906–1971), painter Carlos Feller (1923–2018), born Kalman Felberbaum; opera singer, emigrated in 1929 to Uruguay Roald Hoffmann (born 1937), Polish-American chemist, 1981 laureate of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry Andriy Husin (1972–2014), Ukrainian football player Picture gallery References External links Official city webpage History of Zolochiv and Zolochiv Region (in Ukrainian) Cities in Lviv Oblast Tarnopol Voivodeship Shtetls Cities of district significance in Ukraine Holocaust locations in Ukraine Populated places established in the 12th century