People

The architect, Italian sculptor, born in Florence, died in Mirów near Pińczów. He was also called Florentino, his surname was also spelled Guci, Guczy. He studied in Florence in his father’s workshop called Gucci della Camilla. After 1550 he came to Poland, and from 1558 he appeared in the files

Jordan Henryk was a doctor, social activist, professor at the Jagiellonian University and a pioneer of physical education in Poland. He was born in 1842 in Przemyśl, and died in 1907 in Kraków. He studied medicine in Vienna and Krakow. Later he went to New York for two years, where

Erazm Józef Jerzmanowski was an industrialist and social activist. He was born in 1844 in Tomisławice. He took part in the January Uprising. He studied in Poland, in France, and later moved to the United States, where he started a wide range of activities: perfected the method of using gas

Jugowice is a former servant settlement, and now an estate of detached houses within the administrative boundaries of Krakow, it is part of the Swoszowice district. The settlement was incorporated into Krakow in 1941. In the past, the local inhabitants used to produce wooden yokes, plows and harrows.

Jaśkiewicz Jan was a botanist, doctor, chemist and theologian. He was born in Lviv in 1749, died in Krakow in 1809. He was the most outstanding Polish mineralogist and chemist during the Enlightenment. He graduated from medicine in Vienna. Later, he moved to Krakow and lectured at the Main Crown School

Feliks Jasieński was a critic, patron and collector of art. Known under the pseudonym Manggha. He was born in 1861 in Grzegórzowice, and died in 1929 in Kraków. In 1901 he published a collection of essays and published them and articles in “Chimera”, “Lamus” and others. He has made numerous

Bruno Jasieński was a poet, prose writer and playwright. He was born in 1901 in Klimontów, died in 1939 near Vladivostok. During World War I, he lived in Moscow, later he returned to a Polish woman and began studying Polish at the Jagiellonian University in Krakow. He wrote in Polish,

Maria Jarema called Jaremianka was a painter and sculptor. She was born in 1908 in Stary Sambor, and died in 1958 in Kraków. For 7 years she studied sculpture at the Academy of Fine Arts in Krakow, later she studied in Paris and Vienna. From 1934 she worked as a

Saint John Kanty was a preacher, copyist and professor of theology at the Krakow Academy (Polish: Akademia Krakowska, which is now called the Jagiellonian University). He lived at the turn of the 14th and 15th centuries. He died in 1473 in Kraków. For 8 years he was the rector of

Maciej Jakubowski was a pediatrician and a professor at the Jagiellonian University. He was born in 1837 in Krakow and died there in 1915. He studied medicine at the Jagiellonian University, and later in Vienna, Prague and Paris. In 1864 he founded the first Department of Paediatrics at the Jagiellonian