Editing List of Polish people (section)

== Legendary persons ==
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* [[Krakus]], legendary prince and founder of [[Kraków]]
* [[Lech, Czech and Rus|Lech]], legendary founder of the [[Polish nation]]
* [[Piast the Wheelwright]] (''Piast Kołodziej''), semi-legendary figure in prehistoric Poland (9th century); founder of the [[Piast dynasty]]
* [[Popiel]], semi-legendary 9th-century ruler of the [[Polans (western)|western Polans]]; last of the [[Popielids]]
* [[Lajkonik]], a [[Kraków]] half-man-half-horse figure representing a Mongol invader, with his own festival after the feast of [[Corpus Christi (feast)|Corpus Christi]]
* [[Our Lady of Częstochowa]] (known also as "the Black Madonna"), foremost of Polish religious icons 
* [[Abraham Prochownik]], legendary Jewish figure, said to have been named prince of the western Polans after the death of Popiel in 842
* [[Sarmatians]], ancient proto-[[Persian Empire|Persian]] tribe that fed the idea of ''[[Sarmatism]]'' during the [[Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth]]
* [[John Scolvus]], semi-legendary sailor of the late 15th century
* [[Warsaw Mermaid|Syrenka warszawska]], legendary fresh-water mermaid said to have been rescued by [[Vistula]] fishermen. Iconic symbol of Warsaw
* [[Pan Twardowski]], semi-legendary Faust-like sorcerer; in Polish legend, the first man on the Moon (in the 16th century)
* [[Janek Wiśniewski]], freedom fighter; hero of 1970 [[Gdynia]] riots 
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File:Krakovia Lajkonik Zamaltzain 8599 (13619274304).jpg|[[Lajkonik]]
File:POL Warszawa Katowicka syrenka 02.jpg|[[Warsaw Mermaid|Syrenka]]
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