* Władysław → Władek, Władzio

* 1911 – Władysław Szpilman, Polish pianist ( d. 2000 )

* December 5 – Władysław Szpilman, Polish pianist and memoirist ( d. 2000 )

' speech to his brother Władysław Szpilman in a Jewish Ghetto in Warsaw, Poland, during the Nazi occupation in World War II.

* Władysław Szpilman

The Pianist is a memoir of the Polish composer of Jewish origin Władysław Szpilman, written and elaborated by the Polish author Jerzy Waldorff, who met Szpilman in 1938 in Krynica and became a friend of his.

Władysław Szpilman studied the piano in the early 1930s in Warsaw and Berlin.

The officer, learning that he was a musician, had asked him if he knew Władysław Szpilman.

As part of the 2007 Manchester International Festival, the memoir was performed as a two-man presentation, with pianist Mikhail Rudy and actor Peter Guinness both portraying Władysław Szpilman as he recounts his experiences.

The idea for the performance was originally conceived by the pianist, Mikhail Rudy, who gained the backing of Andrzej Szpilman ( Władysław Szpilman's son ).

* Władysław Szpilman information and biography

Władysław Szpilman and his family, along with all other Jews living in Warsaw, were forced to move into a " Jewish District "— the Warsaw Ghetto — on 31 October 1940.

Władysław Szpilman started playing for Polish Radio in 1935 as their house pianist.

In March 1999 Władysław Szpilman visited London for Jewish Book Week, where he met English readers to mark the publication of his bestselling book in England.

Other CDs with the works of Szpilman include Works for Piano and Orchestra by Władysław Szpilman with Ewa Kupiec ( piano ), John Axelrod ( director ), and the Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra ( 2004 ) ( Sony BMG ) and the Original recordings of The Pianist and Władysław Szpilman-Legendary recordings ( Sony classical ).

When not touring or building pianos, he has been editing piano editions of the works of Władysław Szpilman for Boosey and Hawkes and wrote a piece on aesthetics, which was published in Poland in March 2005.

The first Sopot festival was initiated and organised in 1961 by Władysław Szpilman, assisted by Szymon Zakrzewski from Polish Artists Management ( PAGART ).

Some people were hiding in the remnants of the city, e. g. Władysław Szpilman, who later wrote his memoir The Pianist, filmed by Roman Polanski ( The Pianist, 2002 ).

He helped to hide or rescue several Poles, including Jews, in Nazi-occupied Poland, and is perhaps most remembered for helping Polish-Jewish pianist and composer Władysław Szpilman to survive, hidden, in the ruins of Warsaw during the last months of 1944.

House at 223 Niepodległości Avenue in Warsaw where Wilm Hosenfeld was helping Władysław Szpilman

In 2002, The Pianist, a film based on Szpilman's memoirs of the same name, portrayed Wilm Hosenfeld's rescue of Władysław Szpilman.

# Vladislaus (; 9 June 1595 20 May 1648 ), reigned 1632 – 1648 as Władysław IV Waza of Poland

Władysław IV Vasa (; or Ladislaus IV Vasa ; ; 9 June 1595 – 20 May 1648 ) was a Polish and Swedish prince from the House of Vasa.

Władysław Gomułka (; 6 February 1905, Krosno – 1 September 1982, Konstancin ) was a Polish Communist leader.

Kazimierz Władysław Bartel (; 3 March 1882 – 26 July 1941 ) was a Polish mathematician and politician who served as Prime Minister of Poland three times between 1926 and 1930.

Władysław III Spindleshanks (; b. 1161 / 67 – 3 November 1231 ), of the Piast Dynasty, was Duke of Greater Poland ( during 1194 – 1202 over all the land and during 1202 – 1229 only over the southern part ), High Duke of Poland and Duke of Kraków during 1202 – 1206 and 1228 – 1231, Duke of Kalisz during 1202 – 1206, ruler of Lubusz during 1206 – 1210 and 1218 – 1225, and ruler over Gniezno during 1216 – 1217.

Władysław Dominik Grabski (; 7 July 1874 – 1 March 1938 ) was a Polish National Democratic politician, economist and historian.

Władysław Tatarkiewicz (; 3 April 1886, Warsaw – 4 April 1980, Warsaw ) was a Polish philosopher, historian of philosophy, historian of art, esthetician, and ethicist.

Władysław Ogrodziński (; June 2, 1918 – February 6, 2012 ) was a Polish historian and writer.

Kodak fortress (; ) was a fort built in 1635 by the order of Polish king Władysław IV Vasa and the Sejm over the Dnieper River, near what was to become the town of Stari Kodaky ( by modern day: Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine ).

Casimir III the Great () ( 30 April 1310 – 5 November 1370 ) who reigned in 1333 – 1370, was the last King of Poland from the Piast dynasty, the son of King Władysław I the Elbow-high and Duchess Hedwig of Kalisz.

Fortunately for Henry II, the situation changed unexpectedly after the death of Władysław Odonic on 5 June 1239, leaving two minor sons, Przemysł I and Bolesław the Pious.

Przemysł began to appear in the official documents issued by his father since 1232, and after Władysław Odonic's death on 5 June 1239, he assumed the government of his domains.

Władysław Odonic died on 5 June 1239, and because Bolesław was a minor at that time, he remained under the custody of his brother Przemysł I.

The Polish Army, commanded by General Władysław Bortnowski, annexed an area of 801. 5 km² with a population of 227, 399 people.

* Władysław Wróblewski ( November 5 – 11, 1918 )

He had 5 sons ( prince Siemowit V of Masovia, prince Kazimierz II of Belz, prince Trojden II, prince Władysław I of Plock, and future bishop Alexander Ziemowit ), and 7 daughters with Alexandra and their 6 daughters married European princes and feudal lords: Bogislaw IX ( Maria or Mary of Masovia ), Ernest the Iron ( Cymburgis of Masovia ), Bolesław I of Cieszyn ( Euphemia or Ofka ), Wilhelm II.

The Polish Army, commanded by General Władysław Bortnowski, annexed an area of 801. 5 km² with a population of 227, 399 people.

In December 1408, Władysław and Vytautas held strategic talks in Navahrudak Castle, where they decided to foment a Samogitian uprising against Teutonic rule to draw German forces away from Pomerelia.

# Hedwig ( b. 1270 / 75 – d. 10 December 1339 ), married in January 1293 to Władysław I the Elbow-high, Duke of Kuyavia and since 1320 King of Poland.

He lived in the nearby Chateau de Pignerolle from 2nd December 1939 until moving on the 10th June 1940 to London, where he joined Władysław Sikorski and Stanisław Mikołajczyk in the relocated Polish government in exile.

* Władysław Wróblewski ( 13 December 1919-16 December 1919 )

* Władysław Bartoszewski ( 7 March 1995-22 December 1995 )

Władysław Marcinkowski ( June 16, 1858 in Mieszków, Greater Poland Voivodeship – December 10, 1947 in Poznań ) was a Polish sculptor who created a monument of Adam Mickiewicz in Milosław.

Władysław Oleszczyński ( 17 December 1807, Końskowola-11 April 1866, Rome ) was a Polish sculptor who created a monument of Adam Mickiewicz in Poznań and the tombstone of Juliusz Słowacki at the Montmartre Cemetery in Paris.

In December 1939 Polish commander-in-chief Gen. Władysław Sikorski decided that a Polish unit in the French territory of Levant be created.

Tadeusz Kamil Marcjan Żeleński ( of the Ciołek coat-of-arms ) was born December 21, 1874, in Warsaw, to Wanda, née Grabowska, and Władysław Żeleński, a prominent composer and musician.

Władysław Kozakiewicz ( born 8 December 1953 ) is a Polish pole vault jumper.

On 31 December 1942 while flying a Spitfire Mk IX ( Serial No. EN128 ) he scored the 500th victory for the UK based Polish Air Force in the war and was later decorated by Polish President Władysław Raczkiewicz.

Władysław Broniewski ( December 17, 1897, Płock – February 10, 1962, Warsaw ) was a Polish poet and soldier.