page_title: Biłgoraj
section_title: Notable people from Biłgoraj
hierarchical_section_title: Biłgoraj / Notable people from Biłgoraj
caption_attribution_description: Polski: Muzeum Ziemi Biłgorajskiej w Biłgoraju
context_page_description: Biłgoraj is a town in south-eastern Poland with about 27,100 inhabitants. Since 1999 it has been situated in Lublin Voivodeship; it was previously in Zamość Voivodeship. It is located south of Lublin and it is also the capital of Biłgoraj County. Historically, the town belongs to Lesser Poland, and is located in southeastern corner of the province, near the border with another historic land, Red Ruthenia. Biłgoraj is surrounded by forest, with three rivers flowing through it.
context_section_description: Shmuel Atzmon-Wircer (born 1929), creator of Yiddishpiel Theatre in Israel
  Konrad Bartoszewski (1914–1987), writer, commander of a partisan unit during World War II
  Isaac Bashevis Singer (1902–1991), Polish-American writer, Nobel Prize winner, he lived in Biłgoraj when he was young; his mother was born in Biłgoraj and the town and villages surrounding the area are featured in many of his stories and novels
  Justyna Bąk (born 1974), 3000 meters steeplechase world champion
  Shmuel Ben-Artzi (1914–2011), Israeli writer, poet and educator, and the father in-law of the Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu
  Michał Chodara (born 1986), handball player
  Edward Drescher (1912–1977), physician, surgeon
  Joanna Kaczor (born 1984), volleyball player
  Marzena Karpińska (born 1988), weightlifter
  Harry Keitel, father of actor Harvey Keitel
  Stefan Knapp (1921–1996), painter
  Janusz Palikot (born 1964), politician and businessman
  Mordechai Rokeach (1902–1949), known as Mordechai of Bilgoray, Rav of Biłgoraj before World War II
  Maria Śliwka (1935–1997), volleyball player
  Roman Tokarczyk (born 1942), lawyer, philosopher
  Kazimierz Węgrzyn (born 1967), footballer
caption: Regional Museum in Biłgoraj
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