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The source for biographies may be Chorzów Biographical Dictionary, which will be available on site and online.
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A
- Adamek Józef (1875-1947) socialist and trade union activist, member of the Silesian Parliament and the Polish Parliament, councillor in Królewska Huta (Chorzów)
- Anasiewicz Aleksander (1903-1974) employee of the Regional Mining Office in Chorzów, teacher at the AGH University of Science and Technology in Krakow
B
- Badura Jerzy (1915-`987) – sculptor, creator of the Copernicus monument in Silesian Park
- Badura Walenty (1894-1976) – Silesian insurgent
- Baluch Robert Feliks (1878-1936) miner, national activist
- Bańczyk Augustyn, pseud. „Gardawski”, „Wons” (188-1944) – insurgent leader, Home Army officer
- Beder Józef, ks. (1773-1855) only Chorzów, but an important figure
- Bieniosek Stanisław (1891-1967) – teacher, musician, choirmaster
- Blisch Kurt Jan 1902-1983) graphic artist, painter
- Bojarski Ludwik – only Chorzów, but discoverer of coal deposits
- Böttger Ludwig – architect, including the Martin Luther Church in Chorzów – has a German-language entry
- Breslau Adolf (Karl) – architect
- Brisker Carl Rudolf – metallurgist, rector of the Mining Academy in Leoben
C
- Ks. Czaja Paweł (1874-1947) - Dean of Chorzów
- Ciołkosz Jan (1893-1940)
- Ciszewski Aleksander (1878-1941)
- Tadeusz Chodorowski (1897-1939)
- Czardybon Bernard (1901 - ?)
- Czarnecki Józef (1883-1939) – social activist, founder of allotment gardens in Królewska Huta
D
- Dalbor Bolesław (1881-1941) iengineer, lieutenant colonel in the Polish Army, director of the municipal gasworks in Królewska Huta
- Dec Józef Wincenty (1914-1943) – aviator, lieutenant, pilot of the 316th Warsaw Fighter Squadron
- Deloch Edward, ks. (1830-1883) – social and centrist activist, organiser of Polish societies in Królewska Huta, respected throughout Silesia
- Doleżyk (Dolezik) Karol Józef (1899-1938), independence activist, Silesian insurgent, civil servant, councillor
- Domin Rajnhold (1913-1964) sculptor
- Drobek Johannes (Johann) (1887-1951) – painter and conservator
- Droździk Paweł (1917-1942) – pilot in the Polish Air Force, radio operator in the 304th Silesian Bomber Squadron in Great Britain
- Drzyzga Paweł (1902-1980) Silesian insurgent, historian, publicist, anti-Sanation and anti-fascist activist, parliamentarian, concentration camp prisoner
- Dubiel Klemens (1887-1958), national activist
- Dudtkiewicz Jan (1911-1983) – mpainter, stage designer, educator
- Dyduszyński Jan (1898-1970) – professor, mechanical engineer, specialist in the design of chemical equipment
E
- Ebers Josef (1845-1923) architect
- Elsner Gronow Martin von (1817-1866) economist, farmer, activist for domestic agriculture
- Endler Friedrich Gottlob (1763 – ok. – 1830) illustrator
- Epstein Max (1873-1948) – different date of birth on German Wiki, lawyer, teacher, writer, journalist, organiser of theatre life in Berlin
- Eysmontt Witold (1897-1940) engineer, architect, author of the extension and reconstruction of the Chorzów Town Hall
F
- Feigs Rudolf Carl (1843-1875) pfirst parish priest in Królewska Huta
- Fihauser-Mieczkowski Gustaw (Euheniusz) (1874-1938) writer, author of religious songs, including “'My chcemy Boga”' (We Want God)
- Fik Henryk (1918-1982) researcher at the AGH University of Science and Technology in Kraków
- Franke Hans (1911- ?) veterinary surgeon, director of the municipal slaughterhouse in Królewska Huta
- Franke Maksymilian (1887- ?) first Polish industrial inspector and labour inspector in Królewska Huta
- Fritz Kazimierz (1896-1979) – doctor, dermatologist, venereologist and military officer
- Frycz Andrzej (1925-1998) professor, miner, specialist in mine ventilation and air conditioning and underground firefighting
- Fryczkowski Eraz (1890-1982) mining engineer, inspector and deputy manager of the ‘Hrabina Laura’ mine, associate professor at the Silesian University of Technology, author of scripts and textbooks
G
- Gładki Rajmund (1912-1941) – handball player, Polish national team member, member of the resistance movement
- Gabrylewicz Aleksander (1919-1918) sviolinist with WOSPRiT in Katowice, teacher at the State Music School in Chorzów
- Gadomski Felicjan Józef (1898-1974)
- Gadomski Janusz (1910-1977) ddirector of the ‘Prezydent’ coal mine
- Galocz Aurelisz (1901-1957) - doctor
- Gerhard Johann Karl Ludwig (1765-1835) – Prussian mining superintendent, distinguished for his service to mining and the development of the ‘Królewska’ steelworks
- Giemza Edmund (1913-1994) – footballer, Polish national team player, there is an English-language entry
- Girndt Leopold Johann Eduard Emil (1834-?) First mayor of Królewska Huta in 1876-1897)
- Globisz Aleksandr (1877-1948) builder, head of the Construction Department of ‘Skarboferm’
- Glücksman Stanisław (1904-1973) first rector of the Higher Pedagogical School in Katowice
- Głowcaki Ludwik (1904-1906) Polish Army officer, lieutenant colonel of artillery, participant in the defensive war of 1939, prisoner of war, head of artillery of the 48th Infantry Regiment of the 13th Infantry Division in Chorzów, military historian
- Goldsmidt Salomon (1865-1933) philosopher, rabbi in Królewska Huta
- Górka Władysław (1900-1972) mining engineer, chief executive of ChZPW in 1948-1954
- Górkiewicz Eugeniusz (1885-1938) – inventor, secretary general of Skarboferm, chief director of Śląskie Kopalnie i Cynkownia SA in Katowice, president of the Main Association of Polish Mining and Metallurgical Engineers, publicist
- Górski Andrzej (1932-1993) actor
- Grabianowski Edmund (1893-1963) president of the Regional Branch of the Maritime and Colonial League in Chorzów, political activist, employee of Sklarboferm
- Grabianowski Roman (1899-1979) participant in World War I, the Polish-Bolshevik War, the plebiscite campaign in Silesia, engineer, social and political activist
- Graczykowski Tomasz (1886-1859) – municipal doctor in Chorzów, independence and social activist
- Gregorczyk Karol (1909-176) – doctor, professor
- Grōtschel (Groetschel) Benno Leopold (1835-1902) master mason and builder, creator of the city's leading buildings: the synagogue, town hall, courthouse and classical secondary school
- Gruenewald (Grünewald) Max (1899-1992) doctor of philosophy, rabbi and local government activist in Germany and the USA – there is an English-language entry
- Grządziel Juliusz (1896-1973) – Silesian insurgent, Catholic activist, concentration camp prisoner, writer
- Grzesiewski Władysław (1894-1945) – co-founder of the scout troop in Kościan, participant in World War I, organiser of the Polish Military Organisation (POW) in Kościan, Greater Poland insurgent, bookseller in Chorzów, concentration camp prisoner
H
- Hadryan Leon (1901-1939) – Silesian insurgent, defender of Chorzów in 1939, merchant
- Hajkowski Józef (1896-1938) – physical education teacher, Polish Army officer, sports referee in the Silesian Province
I
J
- Jasiewicz Zygmunt (1897-1966)
- Janczar Robert (1906-1984) mining engineer, director of the ‘Prezydent’ mine
- Janiczek Wilhelm (1882-1957) - chief physician during the Third Silesian Uprising
- Jezierski Karol (1906-1970) metallurgical engineer
- Junghann Otto (1836-192) mine director, general director of the United Steelworks ‘Królewska’ and ‘Laura’
K
- Klejnot Antoni (1902-1974) solicitor, Silesian insurgent, participant in the September Campaign, concentration camp prisoner, social and political activist
- Kotulla Theodor (1928-2001) – lm director and critic, German-language Wikipedia
- Krogulski Henryk (1889-1975) – doctor, major in the Polish Army. Officer in General J. Haller's army in France, Home Army soldier, organiser of the health service in the ChZPW
- Krygiel Teodor (1899-1983) electrical engineer, director of the Chorzów Power Plant in 1946-1952
- Jan Kandora (1900-1982) eacher, Silesian insurgent, political activist
- Karbowiak Tadeusz (1895-1972) – teacher and director of the Municipal Institute of Commercial Education in Królewska Huta
- Klauza Jan (1914-1940) – co-organiser of the military structures of the Polish Underground State in Upper Silesia, commander of the Katowice Inspectorate of the Union of Armed Struggle'
- Knothe Józef (1861-1942) – chief director of the ‘Prudogol’ syndicate, deputy director general Sakrboferm
- Rudolf Kober (dates of birth and death unknown) - painter
- Korek Józef (1905-1976) engineer, metallurgist. Scout activist
- Koziełek Jerzy (1884-1953) – adesigner of many innovative steel structures, including the Chorzów ‘skyscraper’ built in 1936-1937.
- Kozubek Paweł (1905-1063) – coach of the national athletics team
- Koźlik Augustyn (1884-1952) parish priest of St. Magdalene's Parish in Chorzów, national and social activist
- Kubiczek Tadeusz (1902-1988) mining works manager at the ‘Król’ (‘Prezydent Mościcki’) mine, inspector and chief mining engineer at the Chorzów Coal Industry Association, professor at the AGH University of Science and Technology in Krakow
- Karsten Carl Johann Bernhard (1782-1853) – one of the pioneers of Upper Silesian industry, builder of the ‘Lydognia’ zinc smelter
- Kloeber August von (1793-1864) painter
- Korpus Jan (1867-1925) – miner, national and trade union activist, editor
- Königsfeld Heinrich (1868-1938) – merchant, one of the wealthiest members of the Jewish community in Królewska Huta, distinguished service to the Jewish community, chairman of the German plebiscite committee in Królewska Huta
- Krause Friedrich Conrad Theodor (c. 1790-`860) co-builder of the Kronprinzen-Chausee from Królewska Huta to Gliwice
- Krug von Nidaa Otto Ludwig (1810-1885) – world-renowned German miner, mining superintendent, contributed to the establishment of the town of Królewska Huta. He has an entry in German.
- Krzyżankiewicz Włodzimierz (1878-1942) – lawyer, social and political activist.
L
- Lazar Ksawery (1915-1942) scout activist, participant in the defensive war of 1939, co-organiser of the Underground State in Silesia, head of communications for the Silesian District of the Union of Armed Struggle (ZWZ)
- Lehman Karl Friedrich (dates of birth and death) builder of the Kronprinze-Chaussee road
- Ligacz Ryszard (1904-1982) teacher, university lecturer
- Ligęza Józef (1910-1972) – ethnographer, folklorist, researcher of Silesian traditions, director of the Upper Silesian Museum in Bytom
- Alojzy Loch (1912-1978) – metallurgist, publicist, historian, scout, social and cultural activist'
- ks. Lubos Konrad (1912-1999) – pioneer of pastoral care for the deaf and blind in Poland
Ł
- Łuczyński Jerzy (1910-1974) – director of the Municipal Theatre in Chorzów, actor, animator, cultural activist, councillor
- ks. Łukaszczyk (Lukaszczyk) Paweł (1842-1905) activist of the centrist party
M
- Majętny Bronisław (1909-1986) – Lieutenant Colonel of the Fire Service, participant in the Silesian Uprisings, resistance activist, social activist'
- Mańka Wilhelm (1903-1977) – weightlifter, champion, representative and record holder of Poland
- März Rudolf (1901-1944) – coal mining engineer, diver, Polish representative
- Mayre Ludwik Antoni Marian (1899-1977) – management employee at the Batory steelworks, teacher at the AGH University of Science and Technology and the University of Economics in Krakow
- Mazanek Eugeniusz (1910-1984) – engineer, metallurgist, professor at the AGH University of Science and Technology in Krakow
- Mazanek Tadeusz (1906-1984) engineer, metallurgist, professor at the Silesian University of Technology, technical director of the Batory steelworks, chief metallurgist, deputy chief technologist at the Kościuszko steelworks
- Mentzel Carl Rudolph (1799-1856) – senior inspector at the Royal Steelworks, fossil collector
- Michatz Leopold (1885-1958) – mayor in the Tarnów Mountains, member of the First Silesian Parliament, has an entry in German
- Michel François Marie Auguste Clément (1889-1956) – military engineer, general director of Skarboferm, literary scholar, member of the resistance movement
- Michejda Józef (1900-1991) – director of the Chorzów Power Plant, involved in the reconstruction of Silesian industry after World War II
- Mierzwa Paweł (1896-1977) Polish Army officer, participant in World War I and II and the Polish-Bolshevik War, Silesian insurgent, deputy director of the Silesian Province Police in Królewska Huta, starost of Tarnowskie Góry, soldier of the 2nd Infantry Division in France, co-organiser of an academic course at the 2nd Infantry Division in Switzerland
- Misliwietz Rudolf (1900-1977) – painter
- Mittek Franciszek (1896-1974) – school inspector in Chorzów
- Moniak Jan Cyryl (1896-1986) geographer, teacher, honorary member of the Polish Geophysical Society
- Murski Cezary (1909-1986) engineer, metallurgist, honorary member and long-time president of the Association of Engineers and Technicians of the Metallurgical Industry in Poland, technical director at the ‘Kościuszko’ steelworks
- Münzer Michael (1866- ok. 1941) educator, creator of an original regional system in physical culture
N
- Naglo Carl Siegmund Wilhelm (1766-1832) – Evangelical priest, parish priest of the Evangelical parish in Tarnowskie Góry, which included Bytom and Królewska Huta
- Nehrebecki Lucjan (1900-1990) – ielectrical engineer, professor at the Silesian University of Technology in Katowice
- Naramowski Mieczysław (1889-1954) military and industrial doctor, officer of the Polish Legions, participant in the Warsaw Uprising
O
- Oeynhausen Carl August Ludwig (1795-1865) – author of the first Gnostic description of Upper Silesia and the plan for the Król mine
P
- Piec Aleksander (881-1940) civil servant, plebiscite commissioner, national activist
- Poniecki-Ostoja Leon (1873-1945) bandmaster, conductor, singing activist
- Postrach Adam (1878-1933) merchant, activist of the Silesian Sokol movement, leader, member of the Polish Peasant Party, co-organiser of the plebiscite campaign in Upper Silesia
- ks. Przyniczyński Franciszek Ksawery (1844-1986) social and national activist in Upper Silesia, journalist
- Pukiet Bernard (1919-1991) – table tennis player of Jewish origin
R
- ks. Radziejewski Stanisław (1839-1923) journalist, social activist and genealogist in Upper Silesia
- Reumaux François Xavier Jacques Géry (1873 - ?) – mining engineer, general director of Skarboferm, general director of the Count Renard Mining Company
- Rose Gustav (1798-1873) – neurologist, professor at the University of Berlin, traveller
- Rumpfelt Wiktor (1890-1965) socialist activist, member of the Silesian Parliament, councillor
- Rutkowski Mieczysław (1883-1927) – teacher, historian, publicist, author of the first Polish-language monograph on Królewska Huta
- Ryłko Józef – Home Army major, commander of the Krzeszowice district, teacher
- Rzepus (Rzepuś) Karol Wincenty (1905-1980) – athlete, representative of Poland
S
- Samarzewski Wojciech (1876-1966) tailor, national activist in Silesia, publisher
- Schmitz Josef (1860-1936) architect, has a German-language entry'
- Seidlin (poprzednio Koplowitz) Oskar (1911-1984) literary historian, researcher at German universities. Has an entry in English
- Skowronek Tomasz (1884-1966) – national activist, member of the Polish Parliament, technical advisor to the Inter-Allied Commission for the city of Królewska Huta'
- Skowrońska Maria Jadwiga (1892-1983) social and national activist
- Smoleń Józef (1885-1941) Silesian insurgent, concentration camp prisoner, one of the most active activists of ‘Sokół’
- Solger Hugo (1818-1898) ldistrict administrator of Bytom County, author of a memorandum on the creation of the new city of Królewska Huta. He has an entry in German.
- Superniok Edward (1895-1964) sports activist, pioneer of the Polish sports movement in Wielkie Hajduki
- Szaflik Juliusz (1844-1918) – founder of the Polish cooperative movement in Upper Silesia
- Alfred Slupik (Słupik) (1880-1936) – painter
- Staśko Stanisław (1904-1994) – theatre activist, founder of ‘Reduta Śląska
- Stateczny Walenty (1889-1962) - director of Zakłady Chemiczne in Wielkie Hajduki, innovator.
- Strabel Władysław (1897-1942) participant in World War I and II and the Polish-Bolshevik War, commander of the Chorzów District of the Home Army
- Strzoda Jan (1887-1959) – Doctor of Medicine, Silesian insurgent, PSZ officer in the Middle East
- Szeller Zygmunt (1884-1952) – musician, teacher, organiser of music education in Silesia.
- Szukalska Maria Pelagia (1878-1967) – women's movement activist
- Ślimakowski Tadeusz (195-1988) – artist
T
- Tieschowitz Adolph von (1803-1862) starost of the Bytom County, director of the Upper Silesian Credit Union in Racibórz – has an entry in German.
- Tschentscher Julius (1819-1895) – owner of the first photographic studio in Królewska Huta
- Tschentscher Theodor (1850-1929) – owner of a photographic studio in Królewska Huta
- Turkiewicz Władysław (1895-1977) mining engineer, director of the Zabrze Coal Industry Union
- Till Jerzy Karol (1922-1982) handball player, national team coach
U
V
- Vičan Michal (1925-1986) – soccer coach, coach of KS “Ruch” Chorzów from 1971 to 1976, has an entry in Slovak
- Wójcik Andrzej (1904-1981), metallurgist, associate professor at the Institute of Precision Mechanics in Warsaw, expert on steel for the manufacture of railway rails
W
- Weidlich Elfride (1907-1994) – opera singer
- Wołkowicki Tadeusz (1882-1949) colonel, commander of the 75th Infantry Regiment
Z
- Zabel Erich (1896-?) painter and engraver
- Zawada Martin (1837-1924) pastor, builder of the Martin Luther Church in Królewska Huta