Actor · Theatre Play
Born May 18, 1920 · Wadowice, Poland
Active 1979–2005 · Awards: Order of the Smile, Order of St. Gregory the Great, Order of Pius IX, Order of the Golden Spur, Armia Krajowa Cross, honorary doctor of the Jagiellonian University of Krakow, Knight of St. Sylvester, honorary citizen of Łódź
Pope John Paul II (born Karol Józef Wojtyła [ˈkarɔl ˈjuzɛv vɔjˈtɨwa]; 18 May 1920 – 2 April 2005) was the head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State from 1978 until his death in 2005.