page_title: Zielona Góra
section_title: Notable people
hierarchical_section_title: Zielona Góra / Notable people
caption_attribution_description: Polski: Centralne Obchody Święta Kolejarza 2007, Warszawa, Sala Kongresowa Maryla Rodowicz
context_page_description: Zielona Góra is the largest city in Lubusz Voivodeship, located in western Poland, with 141,222 inhabitants. Zielona Góra has been in Lubusz Voivodeship since 1999, prior to which it was the capital of Zielona Góra Voivodeship from 1950 to 1998. It is the seat of the province's elected assembly, while the seat of the centrally appointed governor is located in the city of Gorzów Wielkopolski. Zielona Góra has a favourable geographical position, being located not far from the Polish-German border and on several international road and rail routes connecting Scandinavia with Southern Europe and Warsaw with Berlin. The region is also closely associated with vineyards and holds an annual Wine Fest.
context_section_description: Bartholomaeus Pitiscus (1561–1613), mathematician, theologian, astronomer
  Abraham Scultetus (1566–1625), theologian
  Tadeusz Kuntze (1727–1793), painter
  Rudolf Haym (1821–1901), philosopher
  Wilhelm Foerster (1832–1921), astronomer
  Otto Julius Bierbaum (1865–1910), writer
  Susanne Dessoir (1869–1953), soprano
  Franz Mattenklott (1884–1954), general
  Józef Zych (born 1938), lawyer and politician
  Prince Franz Wilhelm of Prussia (born 1943) great-grandson of Kaiser Wilhelm II.
  Maryla Rodowicz (born 1945), singer
  Jürgen Colombo (born 1949), bicyclist
  Maria Gładkowska (born 1957), actress
  Olga Tokarczuk (born 1962), writer (laureate of Nobel Prize in Literature)
  Tomasz Lis (born 1966), journalist
  Mariusz Linke (born 1969), mixed martial arts fighter and world-class grappler
  Grzegorz Halama (born 1970), comedian
  Agnieszka Haupe-Kalka (born 1970), writer
  Piotr Protasiewicz (born 1975), speedway rider
  L.U.C (born 1981), rapper
  Grzegorz Zengota (born 1988), speedway rider
  Beata Bondar (born 1962), nurse
  Dene Mayfield (born 1966), Air Guitarist
caption: Maryla Rodowicz was born in Zielona Góra
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