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== Notable residents == [[File:MalczewskiJacek.1897.PortretStanislawaWitkiewicza.jpg|thumb|140px|[[Stanisław Witkiewicz]]]] [[File:Karol Szymanowski.jpg|thumb|140px|[[Karol Szymanowski]]]] [[File:Kamil Stoch Atlas.jpg|thumb|140px|[[Kamil Stoch]]]] {{See also|Category:People from Zakopane}} * [[Tytus Chałubiński]] (1820 – 1889 in Zakopane), Polish physician and co-founder of the [[PTTK|Polish Tatra Society]] * [[Klemens Bachleda]] (1851–1910), Polish mountain guide and mountain rescuer, worked from Zakopane * [[Stanisław Witkiewicz]], (1851 – 1915) Polish painter, architect, writer and [[Aesthetics|art theoretician]] * [[Jan Kasprowicz]], (1860 – 1926) poet, playwright, critic and translator; a foremost representative of [[Young Poland]] * [[Mariusz Zaruski]], (1867–1941) Polish Brigadier-General, a pioneer of Polish sports yachting, a climber of the [[Tatra Mountains]], a photographer, painter, poet, a seaman, a conspirator, a social activist and teacher * [[Jerzy Żuławski]], (1874 – 1915) Polish literary figure, philosopher, translator, alpinist and nationalist * [[Władysław Orkan]], (1875 – 1930) Polish writer from the [[Young Poland]] period * [[Mieczysław Karłowicz]], (1876 – 1909) Polish composer, conductor, mountaineer and photographer of the [[Tatra Mountains]] * [[Karol Szymanowski]], (1882 – 1937) Polish composer and pianist, member of the modernist movement [[Young Poland]]; his house in Zakopane, the [[Villa Atma]], is now a museum * [[Kornel Makuszyński]], (1884 – 1953) Polish writer of children's and youth literature, elected member of the [[Polish Academy of Literature]] in interwar Poland * [[Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz]] (1885 – 1939), ''Witkacy'', a painter, philosopher, playwright, novelist and photographer * [[Olga Drahonowska-Małkowska]], (1888 – 1979 in Zakopane), with her husband, founded scouting in Poland * Count [[Edward Bernard Raczyński]] (1891 – 1993) Polish diplomat, writer, politician and President of Poland in exile * [[Aniela Chałubińska]] (1902–1998), Polish geographer, geologist and university professor * [[Anna Zofia Krygowska]] (1904–1988) Polish mathematician, known for her work in mathematics education * [[Wawrzyniec Żuławski]] (1916 in Zakopane – 1957) ''Wawa'' Polish alpinist, educator, composer, music critic, and musicologist * [[Władysław Hasior]], (1928 – 1999) Polish contemporary sculptor from Podhale region, a painter and theatre set designer * [[Teresa Bogucka]] (born 1945 in Zakopane), journalist, writer, a democratic opposition activist in [[Communist Poland]] * [[Andrzej Gąsienica-Makowski]] (born 1952 in Zakopane) politician, led the [[Nonpartisan Bloc for Support of Reforms]] * [[Janusz Waluś]] (born 1953 in Zakopane) assassinated [[Chris Hani]], General Secretary of the [[South African Communist Party]] * [[Liz Glazowski]], (born 1957 in Zakopane) Polish-American model, Playboy magazine's [[Playmate of the Month]] in April 1980 * [[Sergiusz Pinkwart]], (born 1973) Polish journalist, writer, classical musician and traveler, Magellan Award winner * [[Małgorzata Mirga-Tas]] (born 1978), Polish-Romani visual artist * [[Megitza|Małgorzata Babiarz]], (born 1984 in Zakopane) professionally known as ''Megitza'' is a singer, double bass player and composer === Sport === * [[Stanisław Marusarz]] (1913 in Zakopane – 1993 in Zakopane) Polish Nordic skiing competitor in the 1930s * [[Jan Bachleda|Jan Wojciech Bachleda-Curuś]] (1951 in Zakopane – 2009) Polish alpine skier who competed in the [[1976 Winter Olympics]] * [[Wojciech Fortuna]] (born 1952 in Zakopane), ski jumper, Olympic gold medallist * [[Kamil Stoch]], (born 1987 in Zakopane) Polish [[Ski jumping|ski jumper]], world champion and three-time [[Olympic gold medalist]] * [[Oskar Kwiatkowski]], (born 1996 in Zakopane), Polish snowboarder
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