| 1903 | – Maria Skłodowska-Curie with her husband Pierre Curie | – in physics for discovery of polonium and radium |
| 1911 | – Maria Skłodowska-Curie | – in chemistry |
| 1905 | – Henryk Sienkiewicz | – in literature |
| 1924 | – Władysław Reymont | – in literature |
| 1980 | – Czesław Miłosz | – in literature |
| 1983 | – Lech Wałęsa | – Nobel Peace Prize |
| 1996 | – Wisława Szymborska | – in literature |