- 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.
- He was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Recording at 6284 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California.
- He had a son, Alfred (born October 9, 1880; died in 1901), with his first wife, Antonina.
- He died of pneumonia in the Buckingham Hotel, in Manhattan (New York City, NY).
- Appears with Woodrow Wilson on a Polish 3.30z commemorative postage stamp, issued 20 December 2019 to celebrate the centennial of diplomatic relations between the USA and Poland.
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