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Also Known As Jacob Leibowicz
Born 1726 • Poland
Died December 10, 1791 (aged 65) • Offenbach
Founder Frankist sect
Subjects Of Study Frankist sect

Shabbetai Tzevi
Shabbetai Tzevi
Jewish pseudo-messiah
David Joris
Belgian religious leader
Asahara Shoko
Japanese religious leader
Solomon Molcho
Portuguese Jewish martyr
David Reubeni
Jewish adventurer
Wilson D. Wallis
American anthropologist
Hilary Koprowski
Polish-born virologist
Wojciech Adalbert Zywny
Polish musician
Sheldon Glueck
American criminologist
Nicolaus Copernicus
Nicolaus Copernicus
Polish astronomer
Joseph Conrad
Joseph Conrad
British writer
Frédéric Chopin
Frédéric Chopin
Polish-French composer and pianist
Mateusz Morawiecki
Mateusz Morawiecki
prime minister of Poland
Donald Tusk
Donald Tusk
prime minister of Poland
Tadeusz Kościuszko
Tadeusz Kościuszko
Polish general and statesman
Józef Piłsudski
Józef Piłsudski
Polish revolutionary and statesman
Władysław Gomułka
Polish politician
Carel Allardt: engraving of Jan (John III) Sobieski
John III Sobieski
king of Poland