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List of people from Białystok

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Ryszard Kaczorowski, President of the Republic of Poland in exile
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See also: Category:People from Białystok

Over the centuries Białystok has produced a number of persons who have provided unique contributions to the fields of science, language, politics, religion, sports, visual arts and performing arts. This environment was created in the mid 18th century by the patronage of Jan Klemens Branicki for the arts and sciences. A list of recent notable persons includes, but is not limited to:

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Birthplace

L. L. Zamenhof, the creator of Esperanto
Albert Sabin, MD, medical researcher and co-developer of the oral polio vaccine

Inhabitants

During the 2006 mayoral elections, a humorous and peculiar TV spot of one of the candidates, Krzysztof Kononowicz of the electoral committee Podlaskie of the 21st Century (Template:Lang-pl), attracted some notoriety for his purposely unsophisticated political advertisement, first aired on local TV and featured heavily on YouTube.[1][2] Within several days, over 3 million Internet users had seen the commercial on YouTube, posted by Kononowicz's electoral committee, with additional exposure on Polish national TV.[1][3]

References

  1. ^ a b "The sweater that has Poland in stitches". The Age. November 15, 2006. Retrieved 2011-06-10.
  2. ^ "Polen-Borat im Proll-Pulli" (in German). Der Spiegel. November 17, 2006. Retrieved 2011-06-10.
  3. ^ "Kononowicz wykorzystywał seksualnie matkę?" (in Polish). Dziennik Polska-Europa-Świat. 14 March 2007. Retrieved 2011-06-10.
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