Frédéric François Chopin (1810 – 1849) was born in Żelazowa Wola and grew up in Warsaw.. A child prodigy, he completed his musical education and composed his early works in Warsaw before leaving Poland at age 20 and at 21, settled in Paris. He maintained an often troubled relationship with the French writer Aurore Dupin (known by her pen name George Sand). Chopin died in Paris in 1849 at age 39
