Editing Warsaw (section)

==Famous people==
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One of the most famous people born in Warsaw was [[Marie Curie|Maria Skłodowska-Curie]], who achieved international recognition for her research on radioactivity and was the first female recipient of the Nobel Prize.<ref name=nobelprize/> Famous musicians include [[Władysław Szpilman]], [[Frédéric Chopin]] and [[Witold Lutosławski]]. Though Chopin was born in the village of [[Żelazowa Wola]], about {{convert|60|km|0|abbr=on}} from Warsaw, he moved to the city with his family when he was seven months old.<ref name=Lawrynowicz/> [[Casimir Pulaski]], a Polish general and hero of the [[American Revolutionary War]], was born here in 1745.<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |url=http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/483059/Kazimierz-Pulaski |title=Kazimierz Pulaski – Polish patriot and United States army officer |encyclopedia=Encyclopædia Britannica |access-date=13 April 2015 |archive-date=3 April 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150403174849/http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/483059/Kazimierz-Pulaski |url-status=live }}</ref> Other important people, who lived in Warsaw (although were not born here) are also [[Rosa Luxemburg]] and [[L. L. Zamenhof]].

[[Tamara de Lempicka]] was a famous artist born in Warsaw.<ref name="lempicka"/> She was born Maria Górska in Warsaw to wealthy parents and in 1916 married a Polish lawyer Tadeusz Łempicki.<ref name=marchand/> Better than anyone else she represented the [[art deco]] style in painting and art.<ref name="lempicka"/> Another notable artist born in the city was [[Wojciech Fangor]]. He was associated with [[Op art]] and [[Color field]] movements and recognized as a key figure in the history of Polish postwar [[abstract art]].<ref name="NYT">{{cite web |last=Grimes |first=William |date=9 November 2015 |title=Wojciech Fangor, Painter Who Emerged From Postwar Poland, Dies at 92 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/11/10/arts/design/wojciech-fangor-painter-who-emerged-from-postwar-poland-dies-at-92.html |access-date=6 January 2023 |work=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref> [[Nathan Alterman]], the Israeli poet, was born in Warsaw, as was [[Moshe Vilenski]], the Israeli composer, lyricist, and pianist, who studied music at the [[Warsaw Conservatory]].<ref name="jewishvirtuallibrary1"/>

Other notable individuals from Warsaw include [[Samuel Goldwyn]], the founder of [[Goldwyn Pictures]], mathematician [[Benoit Mandelbrot]], physicist [[Joseph Rotblat]], biochemist [[Casimir Funk]], [[Moshe Prywes]], an Israeli physician who was the first President of [[Ben-Gurion University of the Negev]], and [[I. L. Peretz]], one of the three founding fathers of modern [[Yiddish literature]]. Warsaw was the beloved city of [[Isaac Bashevis Singer]], which he described in many of his novels:<ref name=jewish-theatre/> "Warsaw has just now been destroyed. No one will ever see the Warsaw I knew. Let me just write about it. Let this Warsaw not disappear forever", he wrote.<ref name=Burgin/> Notable sportspeople born in Warsaw include footballers [[Robert Lewandowski]]<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.eurosport.co.uk/football/robert-lewandowski_prs141648/person.shtml |title=Robert Lewandowski |access-date=1 December 2020 |archive-date=1 September 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190901011429/https://www.eurosport.co.uk/football/robert-lewandowski_prs141648/person.shtml |url-status=live }}</ref> and [[Wojciech Szczęsny]]<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.asroma.com/en/news/46712/13-things-you-need-to-know-about-wojciech-szczesny |title=13 things you need to know about Wojciech Szczesny |website=asroma.com |date=29 July 2015 |access-date=29 September 2024}}</ref> as well as tennis player [[Iga Świątek]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.wtatennis.com/players/326408/iga-swiatek |title=Iga Świątek |access-date=1 December 2020 |archive-date=5 July 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190705044830/https://www.wtatennis.com/players/player/326408/title/iga-swiatek-0 |url-status=live }}</ref>