(1921–2006), Polish science fiction author and philosopher Stanislav Lyubshin (born 1933), Russian actor, film director and People's Artist of the RSFSR (1981) Stanislas Merhar (born 1971), French actor of Slovene descent Stanislao Nievo (1928–2006), Italian writer, journalist and director Stanislav Rapotec (1911–1997), painter and patriot Stanislav Sadalsky, Soviet and Russian actor Stanislav Sokolov (born 1947), Russian stop-motion animation director Stanislas Torrents (1839–1916), French painter Stanislaus "Stan" Valchek, character in The Wire Stanko Vraz (1810–1851), Slovenian-Croatian poet Stanisław Wyspiański (1869–1907), Polish playwright, painter and poet Stan Borys (born 1941), Polish singer-songwriter, actor, director and poet Bern Nadette Stanis(born Bernadette Stanislas 1953), American actress Franchot Tone (born Stanislaus Pascal Franchot Tone), American actor Military and politics Stanislas Marie Adelaide, comte de Clermont-Tonnerre (1757–1792), French aristocrat, military officer and politician Stanislas de Boufflers (1738–1815), French statesman and writer Stane Dolanc (1925–1999), Slovenian and Yugoslav Communist politician Stanislav Galić (born 1943), Bosnian Serb commander Stanislav Gross (1969–2015), former Prime Minister of the Czech Republic Stanisław Grzmot-Skotnicki (1894–1939), Polish military commander and a general of the Polish Army, one of the principal commanders of Battle of Tuchola Forest Stanislav Hazheev (born 1941), Minister of Defence in Transnistria Stanislav Hurenko, leader of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic Stanislav of Kiev, last Kiev ruler of the Rurik Dynasty Stanisław Koniecpolski (c.1592–1646), Polish nobleman, voivode of Sandomierz Stanislav Kosior (1889–1939), Polish-born Soviet politician Estanislao López (1786–1838), governor and caudillo of Santa Fe, Argentina Stanisław Maczek (1892–1994), Polish tank commander of World War II Stanislav Melnyk (1961–2015), Ukrainian politician Stanisław Narutowicz or Stanislovas Narutavičius (1862–1932), Polish-Lithuanian lawyer and politician Stanislav Petrov (1939–2017), Soviet Air Defense Forces lieutenant colonel Stanislav Poplavsky (1902–1973), general in the Soviet and Polish armies Stanislav Shushkevich (1934–2022), Belarusian statesman and scientist Stanisław Świtalski, Polish colonel general Stanisław Sosabowski (1892–1967), Polish general in World War II Stanislaw Tillich (born 1959), German CDU politician of Sorbian ethnicity Stanislav Zimprich (1916–1942), Czech pilot who flew with the RAF in the Battle of Britain Stanisław Żółkiewski (1547–1620), Polish szlachta (nobleman), magnate and military commander Stanisław Żółtek (born 1956), Polish politician and a former member of the European Parliament Music Stanislav Binički (1874–1942), Serbian composer, conductor and pedagogue Stanislav Bunin (born 1966), Russian-born pianist Stanislas de Barbeyrac, French operatic tenor Stanislao Gastaldon (1861–1939), Italian composer of light music Stanislav Ioudenitch (born 1971), Uzbekistani-born pianist Stanislao Mattei (1750–1825), Italian composer, musicologist and teacher Stanisław Moniuszko (1819–1872), Belarus-born Polish composer, conductor and