List of Polish admirals

The following is a list of Polish officers holding the rank of admiral, as well as generals serving in the Polish Navy. It is to be noted that prior to 1918 the term "admirał" (and, consistently, "wiceadmirał" and "kontradmirał") referred to a function held in the navy rather than a military rank as such.

Until 1918

* admirał Ellert Appelmann ref|Swedish
* admirał Wilhelm Appelmann ref|Swedish
* admirał Jan Bart
* admirał Arend Dickmann ref|Dutch
* admirał Michał Figenow
* admirał Tonnson Maidel
* admirał Jan Nilson Gyllenstjern ref|Swedish
* admirał Jan Kostka
* admirał Tonnson Maidel ref|Swedish
* kontradmirał Jakub Murray ref|Scottish
* wiceadmirał Aleksander Sitton ref|Danish
* admirał Mateusz Schapring
* wiceadmirał Michał Starosta
* admirał Ernest Weiher
* admirał Jan Weiher
* admirał Herman Witte ref|Spanish

1918-1939

* wiceadmirał Konstanty Biergiel, head of the Polish Navy base in Cherbourg, France
* generał brygady Tadeusz Bobrowski, chief of the Technical Service of the Directoriate of Navy in the Ministry of National Defence
* kontradmirał Michał Borowski, head of the Polish delegation to the Port and Waterways Council of the Free City of Danzig
* kontradmirał Zygmunt Brynk, naval attaché in the US of A
* kontradmirał Xawery Czernicki, chief of services and deputy commander of the Navy
* kontradmirał Wacław Kłoczkowski, deputy commander of the Navy
* wiceadmirał Napoleon Louis-Wawel, delegate of the Polish government to the International Oder River Commission
* wiceadmirał Kazimierz Porębski, chief of the Naval Affairs Department of the Ministry of Military Affairs
* wiceadmirał Jerzy Świrski, commander of the Navy
* wiceadmirał Józef Unrug, deputy commander of the Navy
* kontradmirał Jerzy Zwierkowski, chief of the Military Office of the League of Nations in Warsaw

World War II

* generał brygady Stanisław Dąbek ref|posthumously, commander of the Coastal Land Defence units
* kontradmirał Stefan Frankowski ref|posthumously, commander of the Coastal Sea Defence units
* kontradmirał Karol Korytowski, second deputy commander of the Navy
* kontradmirał Tadeusz Morgenstern-Podjazd ref|retired, deputy commander of the Navy
* kontradmirał Romuald Nałęcz-Tymiński ref|retired, commanding officer of ORP Conrad

1945-1989

* kontradmirał Mikołaj Abramow (Nikolai Abramov) ref|Russian, commander of the Navy
* wiceadmirał Wiktor Czerokow (Viktor Cherokov) ref|Russian, commander of the Navy
* wiceadmirał Ludwik Dutkowski, deputy political commander of the Navy
* kontradmirał Witold Gliński, rector of the Higher School of the Navy in Gdynia
* admirał Ludwik Janczyszyn, commander of the Navy
* wiceadmirał Piotr Kołodziejczyk, minister of National Defence
* kontradmirał Henryk Matuszczyk, rector of the Academy of the Polish Navy
* kontradmirał Adam Mohuczy, deputy commander of the Navy
* kontradmirał Aleksy Parol, commander of the Navy and chief of technical and approvisation services
* kontradmirał Henryk Pietraszkiewicz, chief of naval staff and deputy commander of the Navy
* kontradmirał Zygmunt Rudomino, deputy commander of the Navy and chief of technical and approvisation services
* kontradmirał Włodzimierz Steyer, commander of the Navy
* wiceadmirał Zdzisław Studziński, deputy chief of staff of the United Armed Forces of the Warsaw Pact
* kontradmirał Iwan Szylingowski (Ivan Shillingovskiy) ref|Russian, chief of general staff and deputy commander of the Navy
* admirał Romuald Waga, commander of the Navy
* kontradmirał Aleksander Winogradow (Alexander Vinogradov) ref|Russian – dowódca Marynarki Wojennej
* kontradmirał Jan Wiśniewski, chief of general staff and deputy commander of the Navy

After 1989

* kontradmirał Zbigniew Badeński, chief of naval staff
* admirał floty Marek Brągoszewski ref|service, commander of Centre of Naval Operations and deputy commander of the Navy
* kontradmirał Jerzy Buczma, chief of the Armament Policies Department of the Ministry of National Defence
* admirał floty Jędrzej Czajkowski, commander of Centre of Naval Operations and deputy commander of the Navy
* kontradmirał Czesław Dyrcz ref|service, commander of the 9th Flotilla of Coastal Defence
* kontradmirał Kazimierz Głowacki, chief of the Military Intelligence Services
* kontradmirał Stanisław Kasperkowiak, commander of the 8th Flotilla of Coastal Defence
* kontradmirał Zygmunt Kitowski ref|service, rector of the Academy of the Polish Navy
* kontradmirał Antoni Komorowski, rector of the Academy of the Polish Navy
* admirał floty Roman Krzyżelewski ref|service, commander of the Polish Navy
* kontradmirał Jerzy Lenda ref|service, commander of the 8th Flotilla of Coastal Defence
* admirał floty Ryszard Łukasikref|service, deputy chief of the National Security Bureau
* wiceadmirał Tomasz Mathea ref|service, chief of logistics
* kontradmirał Adam Mazurek ref|service, deputy chief of the Centre of Naval Operations
* kontradmirał Michał Michalski ref|service, deputy chief of naval staff
* kontradmirał Jerzy Patz ref|service, commander of the 3rd Flotilla
* kontradmirał Zbigniew Popek, chief of logistics
* wiceadmirał Marian Prudzienica ref|service, deputy chief of operations
* kontradmirał Andrzej Rosiński ref|service, chief of the Naval Training Authority of the Ministry of National Defence
* kontradmirał Zbigniew Smolarek ref|service, commander of the Air Brigade of the Polish Navy
* wiceadmirał Henryk Sołkiewicz ref|service, chief of naval staff
* wiceadmirał Marek Toczek, commander of the Vistulan military area
* kontradmirał Czesław Wawrzyniak, commander of the Military Intelligence Services
* wiceadmirał Maciej Węglewski ref|service, chief of training

Notes

# Promoted posthumously
# Promoted upon retirement
# In active service (as of 2005)
# A Dane in Polish service
# A Spainiard in Polish service
# A Dutchman in Polish service
# A Russian in Polish service
# A Scotsman in Polish service
# A Swede in Polish service