* 1947 – Jerzy Stuhr, Polish actor, screenwriter, and director

There is no strict division in Poland between theatre and film directors and actors, therefore many stage artists are known to theatre goers from films of Andrzej Wajda, for example: Wojciech Pszoniak, Daniel Olbrychski, Krystyna Janda, Jerzy Radziwiłowicz, and from films of Krzysztof Kieślowski, actors such as Jerzy Stuhr, Janusz Gajos and others.

It was twice invited to the Edinburgh International Festival: in 1996 with Macbeth directed by Jerzy Stuhr, and in 1997 with Antigona directed by Włodzimierz Nurkowski.

* Jerzy Stuhr in The Scar, Camera Buff, Blind Chance, The Decalogue, and Three Colors: White

Jerzy Stuhr, who starred in several Kieślowski films and co-wrote the script for Camera Buff, filmed his own adaptation of an unfilmed Kieślowski script as Big Animal ( Duże zwierzę ) in 2000.

He returns to working as a hairdresser with his brother ( Jerzy Stuhr ).

* Jerzy Stuhr as Jurek

Typically for Kieślowski, the tone of most of the films is melancholic, except for the final one, which, like Three Colors: White, is a black comedy, and features two of the same actors, Jerzy Stuhr and Zbigniew Zamachowski.

Jerzy Stuhr's ancestors, Leopold Stuhr and Anna Thill, migrated to Kraków from Mistelbach, Austria, shortly after their wedding in 1879.

In spite of the production's success, it was not until 1995 that Stuhr began directing films as well, with List of Adulteresses () based on a novel by Jerzy Pilch.

Jerzy Stuhr in 2006

Jerzy Stuhr became very popular with younger viewers after he provided the voice for Donkey in the Polish dubbed version of Shrek ( as well as in Shrek 2, Shrek the Third and in video games, based on the Shrek movies ).

* Jerzy Stuhr

His centrality to Ray's work is akin to other key collaborations in the history of cinema — Mifune and Kurosawa, Mastroianni and Fellini, De Niro and Scorsese, DiCaprio and Scorsese, Max von Sydow and Ingmar Bergman, Jerzy Stuhr and Kieślowski.

Jerzy Kosiński (; June 14, 1933 – May 3, 1991 ), born Józef Lewinkopf, was an award-winning Polish American novelist, and two-time President of the American Chapter of P. E. N.

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 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.

* April – Jerzy Radziwiłł, Polish nobleman ( born 1480 )

Hero of anti-Nazi and anti-Soviet resistance, Lukasz Cieplinski, singer Justyna Steczkowska, general Józef Zając, and leading theater director Jerzy Grotowski, among others, were born or lived in the city.

A few notable footballers were either born in Tychy or spent some of their career at the club, the most famous being Real Madrid and Poland goalkeeper Jerzy Dudek.

* Jerzy Maksymiuk ( born 1936 ), Polish musician and director

In 1942, here in Biała Rzeka was born Jerzy Treder-Kashubian philologist.

* Jerzy Wierchowicz ( born 1951 ), Member of Parliament from 1993 to 2001, leader of the Freedom Union parliamentary club, lawyer

Skarbek was born in Warsaw, Poland, to Count Jerzy Skarbek, a Catholic, and Stefania née Goldfeder, the daughter of a wealthy assimilated Jewish family.

* Jerzy Budnik ( born 1951 ), politician

* Jerzy Makula ( born 1952 ), two times European Glider Aerobatic Champion and six times World Glider Aerobatic Champion

Among the famous people born in and around Suchowola was Jerzy Popiełuszko.

* Jerzy Engel ( born 1952 ), former Polish football manager

Jerzy Samp ( born 23 March 1951, Gdańsk, Poland ) is a Polish writer, publicist and historian of the literature and culture of Pomerania and especially of the Kashubian literature.

* Jerzy Dudek, football player ( born 23 March 1973 in Rybnik, Poland )-Dudek, a famous Polish goalkeeper began his professional career with Sokół Tychy, a team in the Polish National Football League where he played one season in 1995-96.

* 1990 – 1996: Jerzy Fedorowski ( born 1934 ), geologist

Jerzy Karol Buzek ( born 3 July 1940 ) is a Polish engineer, academic lecturer and politician who was the ninth post-Cold War Prime Minister of Poland from 1997 to 2001.

Jerzy Karol Buzek was born to a Lutheran family on 3 July 1940 in Śmiłowice ( currently in the Czech Republic ).

Jerzy Kukuczka ( 24 March 1948 – 24 October 1989 ), born in Katowice, Poland, was a Polish alpine and high-altitude climber.

* Jerzy Wiktor Slezak ( born 1939 ), a Polish politician ; ( pl )

Ryszard Jerzy Gryglewski ( born 4 August 1932 in Wilno ) is a Polish physician.

Stanisław Jerzy Lec ( 6 March 1909 – 7 May 1966 ) ( born Baron Stanisław Jerzy de Tusch-Letz ) was a poet and aphorist of Polish and Jewish noble origin.

Jerzy Hoffman ( born March 15, 1932 in Kraków, Poland ) is a Polish film director and screenwriter.

Prince Michał Jerzy Poniatowski, born Michał Jerzy Poniatowski ( October 12, 1736 – August 12, 1794 ) was a Polish nobleman, abbot of Tyniec and Czerwińsk, Bishop of Płock and Coadjutor Bishop of Kraków from 1773, and Archbishop of Gniezno and Primate of Poland from 1784.