Ada Sari (1886 – 1968)
Polish opera singer, coloratura soprano, actress and educator.
Karol Wojtyła – St. John Paul II (1920 - 2005)
Pope John Paul II, canonised as Pope Saint John Paul II
Marcin Wadowita (1567 – 1641)
Polish priest, theologian, professor, and the Deputy Chancellor of Jagiellonian University in Kraków and benefactor.
Andrzej Wawro (Jędrzej Wowro) (1864 – 1937)
Polish folk sculptor of the interwar period, woodcarver.
Gen. Walerian Czuma (1890 – 1962)
Polish general and military commander of the defence of Warsaw during the siege in 1939.
Janina Brzostowska (1897-1986)
Poet, writer, translator. Polish literature owes her a complete translation of Safona's poetry.
Emil Erwin Zegadłowicz (1888 - 1941)
Polish poet, prose writer, art expert and translator. One of the founders of Polish Expressionism.
Samuel Taub (1869 – 1933)
Doctor of medicine, military doctor in Wadowice, charitable activities.
Franciszek Mączyński (1874 - 1947)
Polish Art Nouveau architect
Felicja Switalska (1921 -1981)
Polish painter, graduate of the Institute Hernals in Vienna.