When the seeking deadline passed on 15 March 2010, three candidate cities (Beijing, London and Chorzów) had confirmed their candidatures.
Władysław (also Ladislaus) Baron Pilars de Pilar (Opatówek, March 3, 1874 - Chorzów, November 22, 1952) was a Polish poet and a literature professor at the Warsaw University.
In 2007, a decision of Chorzów’s City Center of Social Assistance recognized homosexual relationships.
Ryszard Henryk Riedel (September 7, 1956 in Chorzów - July 30, 1994 in Chorzów) – was the original lead singer of blues-rock band Dżem (Polish for 'jam').
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Ryszard Henryk Riedel was born on 7 September 1956 in Chorzów.
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Riedel's legacy is remembered by an annual festival in Tychy till 2008, since 2009 in Chorzów.
However, Mauger had the last laugh of the two - winning the last final that they both competed in, at Chorzów in 1979, when he scored 14 out of 15 possible points to win the final ahead of Pole Zenon Plech.
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Leonard Franciszek Piątek (born Leonard Franz Piontek, October 13, 1913 in Królewska Huta - July 1, 1967) was a Polish football player of Upper Silesian origin who played in the interwar period.