List of people from Białystok
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Over the centuries Białystok has produced a number of persons who have provided unique contributions to the fields of science, language, politics, religion, sports, visual arts and performing arts. This environment was created in the mid 18th century by the patronage of Jan Klemens Branicki for the arts and sciences. A list of recent notable persons includes, but is not limited to:
- Ryszard Kaczorowski, last émigré President of the Republic of Poland
- Naftali Herz Halevy, first Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi of Jaffa
- L. L. Zamenhof, the creator of Esperanto
- Albert Sabin, co-developer of the polio vaccine
- Izabella Scorupco, actress
- Max Weber, painter.