Ignacy Jan Paderewski
Born: 6th November 1860, Kurylivka, Ukraine
Died: 29th June 1941, New York, U.S.A
Nationality: Polish
Ignacy Jan Paderewski was a Polish pianist and composer who became a spokesman for Polish independence. In 1919, he was the new nation's Prime Minister and foreign minister during which he signed the Treaty of Versailles, which ended World War I.
A favorite of concert audiences around the world, his musical fame opened access to diplomacy and the media, as possibly did his status as a freemason, and charitable work of his second wife, Helena Paderewska.
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