So many famous people were born and lived in Łódź, that it is not possible to name all of them.

Artur Rubinstein - the pianist known all over the world, comes from Łódź. The State Philharmonics of Łódź, and a covered passage connecting Piotrkowska Street and Kościuszki Avenue, situated opposite the house he was born in, were named after him, thus forming a stable link between the prominent citizen of Łódź and his birthplace.

Julian Tuwim - the poet, author of e.g. Kwiaty Polskie, was also the resident of Łódź. In order to honour him, the inhabitants of Łódź erected a bench in front of the City Hall, with the statue of the poet sitting thereon and looking at his town.

The outstanding director Krzysztof Kieślowski also had close ties with Łódź. He graduated from the Film School of Łódź. His graduation film was entitled Z miasta Łodzi which means From the City of Łódź. He was the director of well known films, including Dekalog, Trzy kolory czerwony, Podwójne życie Weroniki.

The life of Władysław Stanisław Reymont, the author of Ziemia Obiecana (The Promised Land), was also tied to Łódź, and resulted in the novel depicting realities of the 109th century Łódź of factory owners. It was filmed by Andrzej Wajda - also graduate of the Film School in Łódź, under the same title, to become one of the canons of the Polish cinematography.

Presently Łódź may also be proud of outstanding personalities in the field of theatre, music, cinema, science and art, both coming from Łódź or tied to the city, like Roman Polański (actor, director), Leon Niemczyk (actor), Piotr Pustelnik (mountaineer climbing in the Himalaya), Daniel Libeskind (architect known all over the world), Piotr Trzaskalski (director).