page_title: Tychy
section_title: Notable people
hierarchical_section_title: Tychy / Notable people
caption_attribution_description: Polski: Pomnik Powstańca Śląskiego na Placu Wolności w Tychach.
context_page_description: Tychy is a city in Silesia, Poland, approximately 20 kilometres south of Katowice. Situated on the southern edge of the Upper Silesian industrial district, the city borders Katowice to the north, Mikołów to the west, Bieruń to the east and Kobiór to the south. The Gostynia river, a tributary of the Vistula, flows through Tychy.
  Since 1999 Tychy has been located within the Silesian Voivodeship, a province consisting of 71 regional towns and cities. Tychy is also one of the founding cities of the Metropolitan Association of Upper Silesia, a pan-Silesian economic and political union formed with the eventual aim of bringing the most populous Silesian areas under a single administrative body.
  Tychy is well known for its brewing industry and its international developed brand Tyskie, which dates back to the 17th century. Since 1950 Tychy has grown rapidly, mainly as a result of post-war socialist planning policies enacted to disperse the population of industrial Upper Silesia.
context_section_description: Tychy has been the birthplace and home of notable people, both past and present. German sculptor August Kiss (1802–1865) was born in Paprotzan, Prussia, which is now situated within modern day Tychy. Most famous for his grand neoclassical works, Kiss also sculpted the fine pulpit of St. Adalbert's church in Tychy's neighbouring town of Mikołów. Augustyn Dyrda (b. 1926) is a sculptor who currently resides in the city and is best known for his socialist realist and modernist works, including several in Tychy itself.
  Soldier Roman Polko (b. 1962) is one son of Tychy whose achievements hold national importance today. His distinguished career has led him to the post of acting chief in Poland's Bureau of National Security.
  August Kiss (1802–1865), German sculptor
  Józef Krupiński (1930–1998), poet and lyricist
  Roman Ogaza (1952–2006), footballer
  Lucyna Langer (born 1956), athlete
  Ryszard Riedel (1956–1994), musician, lead singer of blues-rock band Dżem
  Ireneusz Krosny (born 1968), pantomime comedian
  Adam Juretzko (born 1971), German wrestler
  Mariusz Czerkawski (born 1972), ice-hockey player
  Krzysztof Oliwa (born 1973), ice-hockey player
  Bartosz Karwan (born 1976), footballer
  Piotr Kupicha (born 1979), musician, lead singer of pop-rock band Feel
  Adam Bielecki (born 1983), Polish alpine and high-altitude climber
  Łukasz Sinkiewicz (born 1985), Polish-German footballer
  Michał Brzozowski (born 1988), footballer
  Arkadiusz Milik (born 1994), footballer
caption: Silesian Uprisings Monument
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