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Name | Occupation or position | Community | |
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Jakub Karol ParnasJakub Karol Parnas was born in 1884 in Mokriany near Drohobych, at that time part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, in the province of Galicia (now... |
Biochemist | ||
Helena RubinsteinHelena Rubinstein was born in Kraków, Austria-Hungary (modern-day Poland). she was a Polish-born American business magnate. A cosmetics... |
Business owner | Kraków | |
Leon SternbachLeon Sternbach was a Polish-Jewish classical philologist and Byzantinist, a professor at the Jagellonian University. Born in Drohobych, Galicia,... |
Classical philologist | Drohobych | |
Leo LandauLeo Landau was a well-known stage director and actor, who appeared under the stage name Lenkhart. Born in Brody in 1878, Landau became famous... |
Director | Brody | |
Otto PremingerOtto Preminger was born in 1905 in Wiznitz (Vyzhnytsia), a town in west of Czernowitz, northern Bukovyna, in today's Ukraine. He was ... |
Filmmaker | ||
Lee StrasbergLee Strasberg was born Israel Strassberg Budzanów, Austria-Hungary (today in Ukraine). He was an American actor, director and acting... |
Filmmaker | Budaniv | |
Billy WilderBilly Wilder was born Samuel Wilder to a Jewish family in Sucha Beskidzka, Austria-Hungary. He was an Austrian-born American filmmaker,... |
Filmmaker | ||
Alfred LandauAlfred Landau was a famous folklorist and philologist. Born in Brody in 1850, into the family of a famous rabbi, Landau studied in a gymnasium in... |
Folklorist | Brody |