Famous people from Przasnysz

• Adam Bień (b. 14 December 1899 - d. 4 March 1998) - Polish resistance leader, imprisoned by the Soviets
• Alfred Borkowski (b. 1930) - doctor and writer
• Stanisław Chełchowski (b. 1866 - zm. 1907) naturalist and ethnographist
• Czesław Czaplicki (b 1922 - d. 2006) - resistance leader
• Stanisław Figielski (b. 1875 - d. 1958) - administrator apostolski i wikariusz generalny diecezji płockiej
• Stefan Gołębiowski (b. 1900 - d. 1991) - translated Horace's poetry into Polish
• Leon Gościcki (b. 1870 - d. 1948) Catholic priest, member of the Rada Stanu
• Aleksander Kakowski (b. 1862 - d. 1938) Archbishop of Warsaw
• Paweł Kostka (b. 1549 - d. 1607) - military leader
• Stanisław Kostka (b. 1550 - d. 1568) - patron of children in the Catholic Church
• Teresa Mieczysława Kowalska (b. 1902 - d. 1941) - nun
• Bernard Kryszkiewicz (b. 1915 - d. 1945) - a Passionist priest
• Józef Stanisław Ostoja-Kotkowski (b. 1922 - d. 1994) - artist
• Kazimierz Rokitnicki (b. 1701 - d. 1779) - bishop of Płock
• Włodzimierz Rykowski (b. 1915 - d. 1988)
• Józef Sawa-Caliński (d. 1771) - one of the leaders of Bar Confederation
• Olgierd Vetesco (b. 1913 - d. 1983) - artist
• Tadeusz Witkowski (b. 1946) - historian of literature and one of leaders of the Polish community in the USA
• Zenon Żebrowski (b. ~1898 - d. 1982) Franciscan priest, architect of Niepokalanów

External links

• Przasnysz city government webpage
• Przasnysz commune government webpage
• Przasnysz on the map, via www.pilot.pl
• webpage about the book "Misjonarze i Barbarzyńcy. Opowieści o codziennym życiu przasnyskiego ogólniaka w latach 1923-2005"