Przasnysz
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Przasnysz (Pronounced: ['pʂasnɨʂ]) is a town in Poland. Located in the Masovian Voivodship, about 100 km north of Warsaw, it is the capital of Przasnysz County. It has 18,093 inhabitants (2004).
[edit] Famous people from Przasnysz
- Adam Bień (b. 14 December 1899 - d. 4 March 1998) - Polish resistance leader, killed by the Soviets
- Alfred Borkowski (b. 1930) - doctor and writer
- Stanisław Chełchowski (b. 1866 - zm. 1907) naturalist and ethnographist
- Czesław Czaplicki (b 1922 - d. 2006) - resistance leader
- Stanisław Figielski (b. 1875 - d. 1958) - administrator apostolski i wikariusz generalny diecezji płockiej
- Stefan Gołębiowski (b. 1900 - d. 1991) - translated Horace's poetry into Polish
- Leon Gościcki (b. 1870 - d. 1948) Catholic priest, member of the Rada Stanu
- Aleksander Kakowski (b. 1862 - d. 1938) Archbishop of Warsaw
- Paweł Kostka (b. 1549 - d. 1607) - military leader
- Stanisław Kostka (b. 1550 - d. 1568) - patron of children in the Catholic Church
- Teresa Mieczysława Kowalska (b. 1902 - d. 1941) - nun
- Bernard Kryszkiewicz (b. 1915 - d. 1945) - a Passionist priest
- Józef Stanisław Ostoja-Kotkowski (b. 1922 - d. 1994) - artist
- Kazimierz Rokitnicki (b. 1701 - d. 1779) - bishop of Płock
- Włodzimierz Rykowski (b. 1915 - d. 1988)
- Józef Sawa-Caliński (d. 1771) - one of the leaders of Bar Confederation
- Olgierd Vetesco (b. 1913 - d. 1983) - artist
- Tadeusz Witkowski (b. 1946) - historian of literature and one of leaders of the Polish community in the USA
- Zenon Żebrowski (b. ~1898 - d. 1982) Franciscan priest, architect of Niepokalanów
[edit] External links
- Przasnysz city government webpage
- Przasnysz commune government webpage
- Przasnysz on the map, via www.pilot.pl
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