Bauman (1926–2009) – journalist and writer Sophie Brzeska (1873–1925) – writer and muse of Henri Gaudier-Brzeska Joseph Conrad (1857–1924) – novelist Marian Hemar – songwriter, poet and comedy sketch writer Eva Hoffman (born 1945) – writer and psychotherapist Józef Jarzębowski (1897–1964) – educationalist, antiquarian and priest, founder of Divine Mercy College, Fawley Court Michał Kalecki (1899-1970) - economist and mathematician, 1970 Nobel Prize nominee Leszek Kołakowski (1927–2009) – philosopher and historian of ideas, senior research fellow at All Souls College, Oxford, the first winner of the John W. Kluge Prize for Lifetime Achievement in the Humanities Bernard Łubieński (1846–1933) – English-educated Redemptorist priest, archivist, preacher and missionary, (venerable of the Catholic Church) Jozef Mackiewicz (1902–1985) – novelist, younger brother of Stanisław Mackiewicz Chris Maslanka (born 1954) – writer, broadcaster specialising in puzzles and problem-solving Juliusz Mieroszewski – publicist, translator of Orwell's 1984 into Polish Zdzisław Najder (born 1930) – Conrad scholar Beata Obertyńska (1898–1980) – poet and writer Maria Pawlikowska-Jasnorzewska (1891–1945) – poet and dramatist Zbigniew Pelczynski (1925-2021) – political scientist, fellow of Pembroke College, Oxford, founder of School for Leaders in Poland Jerzy Peterkiewicz (1916–2007) – writer and academic Adam Pragier (1886-1976) - jurist, author, Minister of Information Polish government-in-exile Sir Leon Radzinowicz (1906–1999) – academic and criminologist Jozef Retinger (1888–1960) – writer, founder of the European Movement and of the Bilderberg Group, friend of Conrad, political adviser, spy W. S. Lach-Szyrma (1841–1915) – curate, historian, Science fiction writer and first to coin the word Martian Bolesław Taborski (1927–2010) – veteran of Warsaw Uprising, poet, translator into English of John Paul II's dramatic works, literary critic, BBC Polish Section editorLigęza, W. & Wolski, J. Ed.(2003)Przez lustra: Pisarstwo Bolesława Taborskiego - szkice pod redakcją Wojciecha Ligęzy i Jana Wolskiego. In Polish. Adam Zamoyski (born 1949) – historian, ecology campaigner Visual arts Iwona Blazwick (born 1955) – gallery director and art critic Andrzej Ciechanowiecki (1924–2015) – art historian, antiquary, Jermyn Street gallery owner and philanthropist Stanisław Frenkiel (1918-2001) - expressionist painter, art historian and academic teacher Henryk Gotlib (1890–1966) – painter Mateusz Grabowski (1904-1976) - pharmacist, owner of Grabowski Gallery, patron and philanthropist who fostered and donated art to public collections Waldemar Januszczak (born 1954) – architecture and art critic Stanislawa de Karlowska (1876–1952) – painter and member of the Camden Town Group Adam Kossowski (1905–1986) – painter Stefan Knapp (1921-1996) - painter, sculptor and multi-media artist Andrzej Krauze (born 1947)