Polish American Guide, Meaning , Facts, Information and Description

Polish-American refers to American citizens of Polish descent. There is a notable Polish-American community in Chicago, Illinois and its surrounding suburbs; the Almanac of American Politics 2004 says that "Even today, in Archer Heights [a suburb of Chicago], you can scarcely go a block without hearing someone speaking Polish".

According to the census 2000, American states with the largest numbers of Poles and Americans of Polish ancestry are:

• New York (958,893)
• Illinois (946,241)
• Michigan (900,335)
• Pennsylvania (855,526)
• New Jersey (591,347)
• California (496,588)
• Wisconsin (481,779)
• Florida (430,138)
• Ohio (404,557)
• Massachusetts (349,998)
• Connecticut (278,010)
• Texas (234,861)
• Minnesota (222,997)
• Maryland (186,312)
• Indiana (164,587)
• Arizona (140,541)
• Virginia (112,658)
• Missouri (104,460)
• Colorado (97,420)

The city with the highest amount of Poles is Chicago (1.8 millions). Chicago is the second largest "Polish" city in the world. Warsaw, Polish capital is the only city with more Polish residents. New York is on the second place with about 600,000 Polish American in metropolitan area and Detroit is the third with about a half of million.

Also Cleveland, Buffalo, Milwaukee, Columbus, Boston, Baltimore, Philadelphia, Portland, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Miami, Washington, Seattle, Sandusky, Pulaski etc. have significant Polish population.

Famous Polish-Americans

The following is a list of people who have referred to themselves ethnically as "Polish", or have at least one Polish parent.

• George Adamski, one of the first people to publicly claim to have seen and photographed UFOs.
• George Antheil, composer and pianist
• Carroll Baker, actress
• Paul Baran, internet pioneer
• Christine Baranski, actress
• Steve Bartowski, football player
• Pat Benatar, rock singer
• Gertrude Blanch, mathematician
• Eddie Blazonczyk, polka musician
• Karol J. Bobko, NASA astronaut
• Charles Bronson, actor
• Zbigniew Brzezinski, political scientist
• Stan Coveleski baseball player
• Bobby Czyz, boxer
• Frank Dobrowolski, baseball player
• Joseph Dabrowski, Catholic priest
• John Dingell, politician
• Whitey Ford, baseball player
• Gabby Gabreski, fighter ace in World War II
• Tom Gola, basketball player
• Walter Golaski, engineer
• Andrew Golota, boxer
• John Gronouski, politician
• Peter Gzowski, broadcaster, writer and reporter
• Ron Jaworski, football player
• Leon Jaworski, special prosecutor during the Watergate Scandal
• Scarlett Johansson, actress
• Theodore Kaczynski, the Unabomber
• Marcy Kaptur, politician
• Stanley Ketchel, boxer
• Jerry Kleczka, politician
• Ted Kluszewski, baseball player
• Paul E. Kanjorski, politician
• Hilary Koprowski, virologist and immunologist
• Charlie Kowal, astronomer
• Alan Kulwicki, NASCAR driver
• John Kruk, baseball player
• Gene Krupa, jazz and big band kit drummer
• Mike Krzyzewski, coach of the Duke University men's basketball team
• Ted Kulongoski, politician
• Stephanie Kwolek, inventor
• Meyer Lansky, gangster
• Daniel Libeskind, architect
• Bill Lipinski, politician
• Tara Lipinski, figure skater
• Jan Lorenc, designer
• Eddie Lopat, baseball player
• Greg Luzinski, baseball player
• Josie Maran, model
• William Markowitz, astronomer
• Don Mazankowski, politician
• Bill Mazeroski, baseball player
• Barbara Mikulski, politician
• Ralph Modjeski, engineer
• Stan Musial, baseball player
• Frank Murkowski, politician
• Lisa Murkowski, politician
• Edmund Muskie, politician
• Pola Negri, actress
• Joe Niekro, baseball player
• Phil Niekro, baseball player
• Ed Olczyk, currently head coach for the Pittsburgh Penguins
• Scott E. Parazynski, NASA astronaut
• James A. Pawelczyk, NASA astronaut
• Tim Pawlenty, politician
• Gene Pelowski, educator and politician
• Johnny Podres, baseball player
• Andrew "Rocky" Raczkowski, politician
• Dan Rostenkowski, politician
• Johnny Rzeznik, musician, singer of the Goo Goo Dolls
• Albert Sabin, medical researcher
• Pat Sajak, current host of the Wheel of Fortune game show
• Al Simmons, baseball player
• Leelee Sobieski, actress
• Moose Skowron, baseball player
• Stan Stasiak, professional wrestler
• Julian Stanczak, painter
• Martha Stewart, television and magazine personality
• Hank Stram, football coach
• Rob Szatkowski, professional wrestler (better known by his stage name of Rob Van Dam)
• Frank Tanana, baseball player
• Jack Tramiel, computer pioneer
• Alan Trammell, baseball player and current manager of the Detroit Tigers
• Jack Tworkov, painter
• Steve Wozniak, computer pioneer
• Leo Yankevich, poet
• Jack Yellen, lyricist
• Carl Yastrzemski, baseball player
• Marie Zakrzewska, physician
• Tony Zale, boxer
• Stanislaus Zbyszko, professional wrestler
• Roger Zelazny, fantasy and science fiction writer
• Korczak Ziolkowski, sculptor of Crazy Horse Memorial

See also

• National Polish-American Hall of Fame
• List of Polish Americans
• Polish American Arts Association
• Polish American Congress
• Casimir Pulaski Day
• Sons of Poland
• Polish Roman Catholic Union of America

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