Frédéric Chopin
Persons, originating from Poland

Frédéric Chopin
Born on March 1, 1810 in Żelazowa Wola
Died October 17, 1849 in Paris
Born as Fryderyk Szopen. In French known as Frédéric Chopin.

He was a Polish pianist and composer of the Romantic era. He is widely regarded as one of the most famous, influential, admired and prolific composers for the piano. Chopin left for Paris at the age of 20. In Paris, he made a career as a performer and teacher as well as a composer, and adopted the French variant of his name. He had a turbulent 10-year relationship with the French writer George Sand (Baroness Dudevant) from 1837 to 1847. Always in fragile health, he succumbed to pulmonary tuberculosis at the age of 39.
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Painting by Eugéne Delacroix
The images right and below have been used for the stamps of various countries.

Photograph by
Louis-Auguste Bisson		 Painting by Ary Scheffer Painting by Ary Scheffer Watercolor painting by Maria Wodzińska

Polonica stamps:

Benin/Dahomey 1974, 24 VI
Benin/Dahomey 1975,
Benin/Dahomey 2007, 01 XII
Benin/Dahomey 2009, IV
Bulgaria 2010, 01 III
Burundi 2011, 29 XII
Chad 2010, 04 VI
China 2017, 09 IX
Czechoslovakia 1949, 24 VI
France 1956, 10 XI
France 1999, 18 X
Gambia 2000, 02 X
 German Dem. Rep. 1961, 23 XI
Grenada 2010, 01 IX
Guinea, Rep. 2007, 19 XI
Guinea, Rep. 2010, 12 VII
Guinea, Rep. 2011, 10 V
Guinea-Bissau 1985,
Guinea-Bissau 2010, 14 IV
Hungary 1956, 19 X
Hungary 1985, 10 VII
Hungary 2010, 18 VI
India 2001, 04 V
Ireland 2009, 14 VIII
 Kazakhstan 2010, 28 X
Macedonia 2010, 05 VI
Madagascar 1999,
Madagascar 2011,
Moldova 2010, 01 III
Mongolia 1981, 16 IX
Mongolia 1993, 07 V
Peru 2010, 21 IX
Portugal 2010, 22 II
Rep. Srpska 2010, 01 III
San Marino 2010, 05 X
Serbia 2010, 01 III
 Soviet Union 1960, 24 XII
United Arab Emirates 1969, 05 I
United Arab Emirates 1972, 15 V
United Arab Emirates 1973, 31 III
Uruguay 2010, 21 VII
Vatican City 2010, 20 IX
Vietnam 2010, 22 II
Yugoslavia 1999, 05 X