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- Birth nameIgnacy Jan Paderewski
- Ignacy Jan Paderewski was born on November 6, 1860 in Kurilovka, Podolia Governorate, Russian Empire [now Kurilyvka, Khmilnyk Raion, Vinnytsia Oblast, Ukraine]. He was a composer and actor, known for Moonlight Sonata (1937), The Naked Angel (1946) and Television Theater (1953). He was married to Helena Maria Rosen and Antonina Korsak. He died on June 29, 1941 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA.
- SpousesHelena Maria Rosen(May 31, 1899 - January 16, 1934) (her death)Antonina Korsak(January 7, 1880 - October 18, 1880) (her death, 1 child)
- Prime Minister of Poland in 1919.
- Although his remains were re interred in Poland in 1992, his heart is encased in a bronze sculpture in the Shrine of the Czestochowa in Doylestown, Pennsylvania (whose residents are predominantly of Polish heritage). Following Paderewski's wishes, his heart will be interred forever in the United States.
- Was originally buried in Arlington National Cementary, but, in 1992, he was reburied in St. John the Baptist Cathedral, Warsaw, Poland in a newly freed Poland.
- Pictured on a set of 2 US postage stamps (4¢, 8¢) in the Champions of Liberty series.
- Considered by many to have been one of the greatest pianists who has ever lived. The term "another Paderewski" has come to mean a great pianist.
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