Who is the most famous Pole?

Id go for North Pole. The South Pole has never really pulled its weight, despite various tales of heroism in trying to reach it.

a more famous carpenter than Jesus Christ?

Or Karen...

Now then - when just saw the thread title I thought immediately of Lech Walesa because he's the most ostensibly Polish. But on seeing your list, I had to go for the Pope because he's the most famous (polishness incidental).
So I'm know stuck in a hermeneutic quandary on how to understand the question - does the question insist on fame qua Pole (which would be Lech), or is Pole a qualification to be understood separately from the candidate's fame.

Analogously, is Changing Rooms' Handy Andy a more famous carpenter than Jesus Christ?

Help please,
tl

Knew I'd forget someone....

Em, wot about Frederic Chopin, the ivory tinkler?

<FONT FACE="Verdana,Arial" SIZE=2>Ah, the boredom of work is upon me and the only way to stave this off is to find out who the most famous Pole is/was by using a Poll. So funny I'm almost laughing. :b </FONT><FONT FACE="Verdana,Arial" SIZE=2>Results (total votes = 7):</FONT><table bgcolor=#FFFFFF border=0 cellpadding=3 cellspacing=0 width="75%">
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<FONT FACE="Verdana,Arial" SIZE=2>Lech Walesa (Chairman of Solidarity)</FONT>&nbsp</td>
<td height><FONT FACE="Verdana,Arial" SIZE=2>2&nbsp;/&nbsp;28.6%</FONT>&nbsp</td><td><img src=http://www.ezboard.com/images/bar.gif width=85 height=10 hspace=3>&nbsp;</td></tr>
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<FONT FACE="Verdana,Arial" SIZE=2>Pope John Paul II (er...the Pope)</FONT>&nbsp</td>
<td height><FONT FACE="Verdana,Arial" SIZE=2>4&nbsp;/&nbsp;57.1%</FONT>&nbsp</td><td><img src=http://www.ezboard.com/images/bar.gif width=171 height=10 hspace=3>&nbsp;</td></tr>
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<FONT FACE="Verdana,Arial" SIZE=2>Mikolaj Kopernik (Nicholas Copernicus)</FONT>&nbsp</td>
<td height><FONT FACE="Verdana,Arial" SIZE=2>1&nbsp;/&nbsp;14.3%</FONT>&nbsp</td><td><img src=http://www.ezboard.com/images/bar.gif width=42 height=10 hspace=3>&nbsp;</td></tr>
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<FONT FACE="Verdana,Arial" SIZE=2>Jozef Konrad Korzeniowski (Joseph Conrad, writer)</FONT>&nbsp</td>
<td height><FONT FACE="Verdana,Arial" SIZE=2>0&nbsp;/&nbsp;0.0%</FONT>&nbsp</td><td></td></tr>
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