As a child during World War II, he lived in central Poland under a false identity, Jerzy Kosiński, which his father gave to him.

In a review of Jerzy Kosiński: A Biography by James Park Sloan, D. G. Myers, Associate Professor of English at Texas A & M University wrote " For years Kosinski passed off The Painted Bird as the true story of his own experience during the Holocaust.

Terence Blacker, a profitable English publisher ( who helped publish Kosiński's books ) and author of children's books and mysteries for adults, wrote in his article published in The Independent in 2002: " The significant point about Jerzy Kosiński was that ... his books ... had a vision and a voice consistent with one another and with the man himself.

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The Painted Bird ( Der Gemalte Vogel ) is a controversial 1965 novel by Jerzy Kosiński which describes the world as seen by a young boy, " considered a Gypsy or Jewish stray ," who wanders about small towns scattered around Eastern Europe during World War II.

D. G. Myers responded to Blacker's assertions in his review of Jerzy Kosiński: A Biography by James Park Sloan:

The couple met in New York City in December 1967, when Folger was introduced to him by his old friend, author Jerzy Kosiński.

Perhaps one of the most controversial aspects of Reavey's literary career was his claim, made to New York press and to British editor and publisher, Alan Clodd, that he had written The Painted Bird for Jerzy Kosiński.

It is claimed by some that the book subsequently inspired the 1971 novel Being There by Jerzy Kosiński.

Jerzy Witold Różycki (; Vilshana, near Kiev, July 24, 1909 – January 9, 1942, Mediterranean Sea, near the Balearic Islands ) was a Polish mathematician and cryptologist who worked at breaking German Enigma-machine ciphers.

Jerzy Henryk Dudek (; born 23 March 1973 ) is a Polish retired footballer who played as a goalkeeper.

Jerzy Popiełuszko (; September 14, 1947 – October 19, 1984 ) was a Roman Catholic priest from Poland, associated with the Solidarity union.

Jerzy Andrzejewski (; 19 August 1909, Warsaw, Congress Poland – 19 April 1983, Warsaw ) was a prolific Polish author.

Prince Jerzy Dominik Lubomirski (; 1654 – 1727 ) was a Polish noble ( szlachcic ).

Jerzy Stuhr (; born 18 April 1947 in Kraków ) is one of the most popular, influential and versatile Polish film and theatre actors.

Jerzy Kuryłowicz (; 26 August 1895 – 28 January 1978 ) was a Polish linguist who studied Indo-European languages.

Jerzy Turowicz (; 10 December 1912 ; Kraków – 27 January 1999 ; Kraków ) was a leading Polish Catholic journalist and editor for much of the post-Second World War period.

In June that year, Władysław sent Jerzy Ossoliński to the Imperial Court, to work on improving the Imperial-Commonwealth relations.

Once again, he became a chief of Polish Internal Affairs in June 2000 in Jerzy Buzek ’ s government.

On the 6th June 2010, more than 100, 000 people attended an open-air mass in the Polish capital Warsaw to beatify Father Jerzy Popieluszko.

Ryszard Jerzy Kukliński ( June 13, 1930 – February 11, 2004 ) was a Polish colonel, Cold War spy and communist whistleblower.

In June 1986, a spokesman for the Soviet-backed Jaruzelski regime, Jerzy Urban, revealed Kukliński's existence to the world in order to make the argument that the Reagan administration had been informed by Kukliński of the plans to install martial law but had betrayed the Solidarity movement by not passing that information on to its " friends " in Solidarity.

Kaczyński was the President of the Supreme Chamber of Control ( Najwyższa Izba Kontroli, NIK ) from February 1992 to May 1995 and later Minister of Justice and Attorney General in Jerzy Buzek's government from June 2000 until his dismissal in July 2001.

On 13 June 2004, in the European Parliament election, 2004, Jerzy Buzek was elected a Member of the European Parliament ( MEP ) from the Silesian Voivodeship, basing his candidacy only on the popularity of his name and on direct contact with the voters.

Henryk Jerzy Chmielewski ( born June 7, 1923 ), nicknamed Papcio Chmiel ( Papa Hop ) is a Polish comic book artist and publicist.

The registered cossacks were created on the King's edict of Sigismund II Augustus on June 5, 1572 confirming the orders of the Crown Hetman Jerzy Jazłowiecki.

Jan Jerzy Kułakowski ( 25 August 1930 – 25 June 2011 ) was a Polish politician and Member of the European Parliament for the Greater Poland Voivodship ( 2004 – 2009 ) with the Freedom Union, part of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe and sat on the European Parliament's Committee on Employment and Social Affairs.

Jerzy Pniewski ( June 1, 1913-June 16, 1989 ) was a Polish physicist.

* 1987 – Jerzy Kukuczka becomes the second mountaineer to summit all 14 Eight-thousanders.

* January 14 – Jerzy Grotowski, Polish theatre director ( b. 1933 )

Jerzy Konorski ( December 1, 1903 in Łódź, Poland – November 14, 1973 in Warsaw, Poland ) was a Polish neurophysiologist who further developed the work of Ivan Pavlov by discovering secondary conditioned reflexes and also operant conditioning.

He holds the world's second fastest time ( behind Jerzy Kukuczka of Poland ) for ascending the 14 Eight-thousanders, the Guinness World Record for climbing six of the 8, 000-meter Himalayan peaks within one year, and another record for reaching the South Pole on foot in 44 days, self-sufficient and without any food re-supplies.

* Jerzy Zaslawski, 1399 – 14?

* 1933 – Jerzy Grotowski, Polish director ( d. 1999 )

** Jerzy Kosinski, Polish-American writer ( b. 1933 )

Józef Jerzy Boguski ( 1853 – 1933 ) was a Polish chemist and a professor at the Warsaw Polytechnic.

Jerzy Urban (), also known as: Jerzy Kibic, Jan Rem, Klakson ( born August 3, 1933 in Łódź ) born Jerzy Urbach, is a Jewish-Polish journalist, commentator, writer and politician, editor-in-chief of the weekly Nie and owner of the company which owns it, Urma.