political scientist, columnist, and poet Stefan Chwin (born 1949), Polish novelist, literary critic, and historian of literature Tadeusz Cymański (born 1955), politician Piotr Domaradzki (1946–2015), Polish-American journalist, essayist and historian Aleksandra Dulkiewicz (born 1979), lawyer and current Mayor of Gdańsk Jacek Gdański (born 1970), chess grandmaster and the 1992 Polish Chess Champion Abelard Giza (born 1980), comedian and screenwriter Ryszard Horodecki (born 1943), physicist known for the Peres–Horodecki criterion Pawel Huelle (born 1957), writer and journalist Maria Kaczyńska (1942–2010) , former First Lady of Poland Wojciech Kasperski (born 1981), screenwriter, film director and producer Aneta Kręglicka (born 1965), dancer, Miss World 1989 Janusz Lewandowski (born 1951), former Budget and Financial Programming Commissioner of the European Commission Marta Lewicka (born 1972), Polish-American mathematician Jakobe Mansztajn (born 1982), poet, blogger Maciej Płażyński (1958–2010) , politician, one of the founders of the Civic Platform party Monika Pyrek (born 1980), a Polish pole vaulter Jerzy Samp (1951–2015), writer and publicist Wojciech Szczurek (born 1963), mayor of Gdynia Elżbieta Zawacka (1909–2009), university professor, scouting instructor, SOE agent and freedom fighter during World War II. She was also a brigadier general of the Polish Army (the second and last woman in the history of the Polish Army to hold this rank) Maciej Żylicz (born 1953), biochemist and molecular biologist See also Kashubian studies List of universities in Poland References Gdansk Gdansk 1970 establishments in Poland