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{{Short description|City in Masovian Voivodeship, Poland}}
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{{Infobox settlement
| name = Radom
| settlement_type = [[City with powiat rights|City county]]
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| image1 = Moniuszki Street in Radom 01 (cropped).jpg{{!}}Moniuszki Street
| image2 = 10 Pilsudskiego Street in Radom 01 (cropped).jpg{{!}}Courthouse
| image3 = Radom komisja wojewódzka.jpg{{!}}Sandomierz Palace
| image4 = K.NMP.jpg{{!}}Radom Cathedral
| image5 = Radom.Ratusz 01.jpg{{!}}City Hall
| image6 = SM Radom Kościół św Jana Chrzciciela 2022(0) (cropped).jpg{{!}}Saint John the Baptist church
| caption1 = Moniuszki Street
| caption2 = Courthouse
| caption3 = Sandomierz Palace
| caption4 = [[Cathedral of the Protection of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Radom|Cathedral]]
| caption5 = City Hall
| caption6 = [[Church of St. John the Baptist, Radom|St. John's]]
}}
| image_flag = Radom flag unofficial.svg
| image_shield = Radom coa basic4.svg
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| coordinates = {{coord|51|24|13|N|21|9|24|E|region:PL_type:city|display=title,inline}}
| subdivision_type = [[List of sovereign states|Country]]
| subdivision_name = {{POL}}
| subdivision_type1 = [[Voivodeships of Poland|Voivodeship]]
| subdivision_name1 = {{flag|Masovian Voivodeship|name=Masovian}}
| subdivision_type2 = [[List of Polish counties|County]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[Radom County]] (''powiat radomski'')
| established_title = First mentioned
| established_date = 1155
| established_title3 = City rights
| established_date3 = 1364
| leader_party = [[Civic Platform|PO]]
| leader_title = City mayor
| leader_name = Radosław Witkowski
| area_total_km2 = 112
| population_total = 196,918 {{decrease}} ([[List of cities and towns in Poland|15th]])<ref name="population">{{Cite web |title=GUS - Bank Danych Lokalnych |url=https://bdl.stat.gov.pl/bdl/errors/500?aspxerrorpath=/bdl/dane/teryt/tablica |access-date=2023-11-21 |website=bdl.stat.gov.pl}}</ref>
| population_as_of = 30 June 2023
| population_density_km2 = 1761
| postal_code_type = Postal code
| postal_code = 26-600 to 26-618
| area_code = +48 48
| website = http://www.radom.pl
| population_demonym = radomianin (male) radomianka (female) ([[Polish language|pl]])
| timezone = [[Central European Time|CET]]
| utc_offset = +1
| timezone_DST = [[Central European Summer Time|CEST]]
| utc_offset_DST = +2
| blank_name = [[Polish car number plates|Car plates]]
| blank_info = WR
| blank_name_sec2 = Primary airport
| blank_info_sec2 = [[Radom Airport]]
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'''Radom'''{{efn|
* Pronunciation:
** {{IPAc-en|UK|ˈ|r|ɑː|d|ɒ|m}} {{respell|RAH|dom}}<ref>{{Cite encyclopedia |url=http://www.lexico.com/definition/Radom |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200322182247/https://www.lexico.com/definition/radom |url-status=dead |archive-date=2020-03-22 |title=Radom |dictionary=[[Lexico]] UK English Dictionary |publisher=[[Oxford University Press]]}}</ref>
** {{IPA|pl|ˈradɔm|lang|Pl-Radom.ogg}}
** {{langx|yi|ראָדעם|Rodem}}}} is a city in east-central [[Poland]],{{TERYT}} located approximately {{convert|100|km|0|abbr=off}} south of the capital, [[Warsaw]]. It is situated on the [[Mleczna River]] in the [[Masovian Voivodeship]]. Radom is the [[List of cities and towns in Poland|fifteenth-largest city in Poland]] and the second-largest in its province with a population of 196,918 (30.06.2023)<ref name="population"/>

Radom was a significant center of administration, having served as seat of the Polish Crown Council which ratified the [[Pact of Vilnius and Radom]] between Lithuania and Poland in 1401. The [[Nihil novi]] and [[Łaski's Statute]] were adopted by the [[Sejm]] at [[Royal Castle in Radom|Radom's Royal Castle]] in 1505. In 1976, it was a center of the [[June 1976 protests]]. Despite being part of the Masovian Voivodeship, the city historically belongs to [[Lesser Poland]].

The city is home to the biennial [[Radom Air Show]], the largest [[air show]] in the country, held during the last weekend of August. "Radom" is also the popular unofficial name for a semiautomatic [[FB Vis]] pistol, which was produced from 1935 to 1944 by Radom's [[Łucznik Arms Factory]]. The city continues to produce military firearms for the [[Polish Armed Forces]].

The international Radom Jazz Festival and the International Gombrowicz Theater Festival are held in the city.

== History ==
{{further|Timeline of Radom}}
[[File:Saint Wenceslaus church in Radom 01.jpg|thumb|left|[[Church of St. Wenceslaus, Radom|Saint Wenceslaus church]], the city's oldest church]]
Radom's original settlement dates back to the 8th–9th century. It was an early medieval town in the valley of the Mleczna River (on the approximate site of present-day ''Old Town''). In the second half of the 10th century, it became a [[Gord (archaeology)|gord]], called ''[[Piotrówka Hill Fort|Piotrówka]]'', which was protected by a [[Defensive wall|rampart]] and a [[moat]]. Due to convenient location on the edge of a large wilderness, and its proximity to the border of [[Lesser Poland]] and [[Mazovia]], Radom quickly emerged as an important administrative center of the early [[Kingdom of Poland]]. ''Piotrówka'' was probably named after St. Peter church, which in 1222 was placed under the authority of a [[Benedictine]] [[Abbey]] in nearby [[Sieciechów, Masovian Voivodeship|Sieciechów]]. The church no longer exists; the oldest still-extant church in Radom is St. Wacław, founded in the 13th century by Prince of Sandomierz [[Leszek I the White]]. The first documented mention of Radom comes from the year 1155, in a [[papal bull|bull]] of [[Pope Adrian IV]] (''villam iuxta Rado, que vocatur Zlauno'', or ''a village near Radom, called Sławno''). By 1233, Radom was the seat of a [[castellan]]. The name of the city comes from the ancient Slavic given name ''Radomir'', and Radom means a ''gord, which belongs to Radomir''.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.radom.pl/page/155,historia.html |title=Historia |access-date=6 April 2020}}</ref>
[[File:SM Radom Kościół św Jana Chrzciciela 2022(0).jpg|thumb|upright=0.85|left|Saint John the Baptist church, founded by King [[Casimir III the Great]] in the 14th century]]
In the second half of the 13th century, Radom was granted a [[Środa Śląska]] town charter by Prince [[Bolesław V the Chaste]], although no documents exist to confirm the exact date of this event. The town prospered in the 14th century, when in 1350 King [[Casimir III the Great]] established the so-called ''New Town'', with a royal castle, a [[defensive wall]], and a town hall. There was also a market square and a [[grid plan]] of the streets, patterned after Gothic German towns. The area of ''New Town'' was 9 [[hectare]]s, and the length of the defensive wall was 1,100 meters. Radom had three gates, named after main merchant roads: ''[[Iłża]] Gate'', ''[[Piotrków Trybunalski]] Gate'', and ''[[Lublin]] Gate''. The defensive wall was further protected by 25 [[fortified tower]]s. ''New Town'' had the [[Church of St. John the Baptist, Radom|Church of John the Baptist]], and the Royal Castle was built between the church and the moat.

In 1364, Radom's obsolete Środa Śląska rights were replaced with more modern [[Magdeburg rights]], and residents gained several privileges as a result.<ref name="Historia miejscowości">{{cite news|url=https://sztetl.org.pl/pl/miejscowosci/r/601-radom/96-historia-miejscowosci/67672-historia-miejscowosci |title=Historia miejscowości |access-date=6 April 2020}}</ref> At that time, Radom was located along the so-called ''Oxen Trail'', from [[Ruthenia]]n lands to [[Silesia]]. In 1376, the city became the seat of a [[starosta]], and entered the period of its greatest prosperity.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.kazimierzwielki.pl/grody/mazowieckie/ |title=Grody mazowieckie |access-date=6 April 2020}}</ref>

===Poland's Golden Age===
King [[Władysław Jagiełło]] granted several privileges to the city. Jagiełło himself frequently travelled from [[Kraków]] to [[Vilnius]], and liked to stay at Radom Castle en route. On March 18, 1401, the [[Pact of Vilnius and Radom]] was signed, which strengthened the [[Polish–Lithuanian union]]. Immediately after the Pact, preparations for the [[Polish–Lithuanian–Teutonic War]] began. King [[Casimir IV Jagiellon]] frequently visited Radom, along with his wife, [[Elizabeth of Austria (1436–1505)|Elizabeth of Austria]]. Here, the King would host foreign envoys, from such countries as the [[Crimean Khanate]], the [[Kingdom of Bohemia]], and the [[Duchy of Bavaria]]. On November 18, 1489, [[Johann von Tiefen]], the [[Grand Masters of the Teutonic Knights|Grand Master of the Teutonic Knights]], paid homage to King Jagiellon at Radom Castle. [[Mikołaj Radomski]], one of the earliest Polish composers, comes from Radom. In 1468, the complex of a Bernardine church and monastery was founded here by King Jagiellon, with support of the local [[starosta]], Dominik z Kazanowa. The complex was originally made of wood (until 1507).<ref>{{cite news|url=https://diecezja.radom.pl/radom-kosciol-rektoralny-pw-sw-katarzyny-w-radomiu-oo-bernardyni/ |title=RADOM – Kościół rektoralny pw. św. Katarzyny w Radomiu – OO. Bernardyni |access-date=6 April 2020}}</ref>
[[Image:POL Radom castle Nihil novi.jpg|thumb|Plaque at the Radom Castle commemorating the adoption of the ''[[Nihil novi]]'' act in Radom in 1505]]

In 1481, Radom became the residence of Prince [[Saint Casimir|Casimir Jagiellon]], the son of King Casimir IV Jagiellon. The young prince died of [[tuberculosis]], and later became patron saint of both the city of Radom (since 1983), and the [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Radom]] (since 1992). During the reign of [[Alexander Jagiellon]], the [[Nihil novi]] act was adopted by the Polish [[Sejm]] in a meeting at Radom Castle.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.radomdzisiaj.pl/historia-radomia |title=Historia Radomia |access-date=6 April 2020}}</ref> Furthermore, at the same meeting, the [[Łaski's Statute|first codification of law published in the Kingdom of Poland]] was accepted. Radom was a [[Royal city in Poland|royal city]], [[powiat|county]] seat and [[Castellans of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth|castellany]], administratively located in the [[Sandomierz Voivodeship]] in the [[Lesser Poland Province, Crown of the Kingdom of Poland|Lesser Poland Province]].<ref>{{cite book|author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Województwo sandomierskie w drugiej połowie XVI wieku; Cz.1, Mapy, plany|year=1993|language=pl|location=Warszawa|publisher=[[Polish Scientific Publishers PWN|Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN]]|page=3}}</ref> It remained one of the most important urban centers of the Sandomierz Voivodeship, and was also the seat of the Treasure Tribunal in 1613–1764, which controlled taxation. Several kings visited the city, including [[Stephen Bathory]] and his wife [[Anna Jagiellon]], [[Sigismund III Vasa]], and [[Augustus III of Poland]]. In 1623 many residents died in an epidemic, and in 1628, half of Radom burned in a fire.<ref name="Historia miejscowości"/>

The period of prosperity ended during the [[Deluge (history)|Swedish invasion of Poland]]. The Swedish army captured the city without a fight in November 1655. At first the invaders behaved correctly, as King [[Charles X Gustav]] still sought alliances within the Polish-Lithuanian nobility; the situation changed, however, in early 1656, when anti-Swedish uprisings broke out in southern Lesser Poland and quickly spread across the country. Radom was looted and almost completely destroyed in August 1656. Its population shrank from some 2,000 before the war, to 395 in 1660, with only 37 houses still standing. Swedish soldiers burned the royal castle and the monastery. With the Polish population in decline, the number of Jewish settlers grew by the early 18th century. In 1682 the first [[Piarists]] arrived, and in 1737–1756, opened a college.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.retropedia.radom.pl/kolegium-pijarow/ |title=Kolegium Pijarów |access-date=6 April 2020}}</ref> The 3rd Infantry Regiment of the Polish [[Crown Army]] was stationed in Radom at various times.<ref>{{cite book|last=Gembarzewski|first=Bronisław|title=Rodowody pułków polskich i oddziałów równorzędnych od r. 1717 do r. 1831|year=1925|language=pl|publisher=Towarzystwo Wiedzy Wojskowej|location=Warszawa|pages=26–27}}</ref>

===Late modern era===
[[File:Kolegium Pijarow in Radom 1864.jpg|thumb|left|Piarist College in the 19th century]]
After the [[Third Partition of Poland]] (1795), Radom was part of the [[Habsburg monarchy|Austrian]] province of [[West Galicia]]. After the Polish victory in the [[Austro-Polish War]] of 1809, it was part of the Polish [[Duchy of Warsaw]], which named it capital of the [[Radom Department]]. From 1815 the city belonged to [[Russian Partition|Russian-controlled]] [[Congress Poland]], remaining a regional administrative center. In 1816–1837 it was the capital of the Sandomierz Voivodeship, whose capital, despite the name, was at Radom. In 1837–1844 it was the capital of the [[Sandomierz Governorate]], and from 1844 until the outbreak of [[World War I]], the capital of the [[Radom Governorate]]. The Polish 5th Line Infantry Regiment, which later fought against Russia in the [[November Uprising]], was stationed in Radom.<ref>Gembarzewski, p. 69</ref> The city was an important center of the November Uprising. Its obsolete and ruined fortifications were destroyed upon order of Mayor Józef Królikowski. In the early days of the [[January Uprising]], [[Marian Langiewicz]] visited Radom, preparing the rebellion. In the 19th century, Radom was one of the leading centers of the new art of [[photography]] in partitioned Poland, alongside major cities of Warsaw, [[Gdańsk]], Kraków and Wilno.<ref>{{cite book|last=Kuropatwa|first=Justyna|editor-last1=Kita|editor-first1=Jarosław|editor-last2=Korybut-Marciniak|editor-first2=Maria|year=2017|title=Życie prywatne Polaków w XIX wieku|volume=VI|language=pl|location=Łódź-Olsztyn|publisher=Wydawnictwo [[University of Łódź|Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego]]|page=101|chapter=Moda na fotografię w Gdańsku na tle ziem polskich (do lat sześćdziesiątych XIX wieku)|isbn=978-83-8088-801-2}}</ref> In 1867 a sewage system was built. Russians closed down the Benedictine monastery and established a Tsarist prison in its place.<ref>{{cite book|author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Radomskie miejsca pamięci II wojny światowej|year=2010|language=pl|location=Radom|pages=12–13}}</ref> Streets were gradually paved, and in 1885, a rail line from [[Dąbrowa Górnicza]] to [[Dęblin]] was completed, via Radom. In the early 20th century a power plant was built. In 1906, notable Polish independence fighter [[Kazimierz Sosnkowski]], future politician and general, escaped from Warsaw to Radom, pursued by the Russian [[Okhrana]].<ref name="jk">{{cite magazine|last=Kirszak|first=Jerzy|year=2008|title=Wspołtworca niepodległości. Kazimierz Sosnkowski do 1918 roku|magazine=Biuletyn Instytutu Pamięci Narodowej|language=pl|publisher=[[Institute of National Remembrance|IPN]]|issue=11–12 (94–95)|page=109|issn=1641-9561}}</ref> In Radom, he continued his secret activities, and became the commander of the local [[Combat Organization of the Polish Socialist Party|Combat Organization]], before he eventually had to escape again, this time to the [[Dąbrowa Basin]].<ref name="jk" />

During World War I, the city was captured by the [[Austro-Hungarian Army]] in July 1915. An Austrian garrison remained until November 1918.

[[File:Radom plany-15.jpg|thumb|City map from 1919]]

In the [[Second Polish Republic]] Radom became part of [[Kielce Voivodeship]]. In 1932 the City County of Radom was created, and the following year, its rail connection with [[Warsaw]] was completed. In the late 1930s, due to the government project known as the [[Central Industrial Area]], several new factories were built; by 1938, the population had grown to 80,000. The city was also a military garrison, serving as headquarters of the 72nd Infantry Regiment.

===World War II===
On September 1, 1939, the first day of the German [[invasion of Poland]] and [[World War II]], the Germans air raided the city.<ref name=szte/> On September 8, 1939, Radom was captured by the [[Wehrmacht]], and was afterwards [[Occupation of Poland (1939–1945)|occupied by Germany]]. On September 21, 1939, the German ''[[Einsatzgruppen|Einsatzgruppe II]]'' entered the city to commit various [[Nazi crimes against the Polish nation|crimes against the population]], and afterwards its members co-formed the local German police and security forces.<ref>{{cite book|last=Wardzyńska|first=Maria|year=2009|title=Był rok 1939. Operacja niemieckiej policji bezpieczeństwa w Polsce. Intelligenzaktion|language=pl|location=Warszawa|publisher=[[Institute of National Remembrance|IPN]]|page=58}}</ref> The Germans immediately confiscated the food stored in warehouses in Radom and nearby settlements, and carried out requisitions in the city council.<ref>Wardzyńska, p. 118</ref> The occupiers established a special court in Radom,<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Grabowski|first=Waldemar|year=2009|title=Polacy na ziemiach II RP włączonych do III Rzeszy|magazine=Biuletyn Instytutu Pamięci Narodowej|language=pl|publisher=IPN|issue=8–9 (103–104)|page=62|issn=1641-9561}}</ref> and two temporary [[German prisoner-of-war camps in World War II|prisoner-of-war camps]] for captured Polish soldiers, one in the pre-war military barracks and one in the [[Tadeusz Kościuszko]] Park.<ref>''Radomskie miejsca pamięci II wojny światowej'', p. 14, 28</ref> There were poor conditions in the camp in the barracks, and hunger and diseases were common.<ref>''Radomskie miejsca pamięci II wojny światowej'', p. 15</ref> The local civilian population helped many POWs escape from the camp.<ref>''Radomskie miejsca pamięci II wojny światowej'', p. 17</ref>

From 1939 to 1945, Radom was the seat of the Radom District in the [[General Government]].

[[File:Radom była siedziba NKWD.JPG|thumb|Former seat of the [[Gestapo]] and [[NKVD]] during the occupation]]
From October 1939 to January 1940, the Germans carried out several public executions of Polish civilians in various locations in Radom, killing 111 people.<ref>Wardzyńska, p. 250-251</ref> The Germans also operated a heavy prison in the city,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bundesarchiv.de/zwangsarbeit/haftstaetten/index.php?action=2.2&tab=7&id=100000622|title=Schweres NS-Gefängnis Radom|website=Bundesarchiv.de|accessdate=8 May 2021|language=de}}</ref> and carried mass arrests of hundreds of Poles, who were then held in the prison.<ref>Wardzyńska, p. 252</ref> Many Poles [[Expulsion of Poles by Nazi Germany|expelled]] from [[Gdynia]] in 1939 were placed in a temporary transit camp in a local church, before they were sent to nearby settlements.<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Tomkiewicz|first=Monika|year=2003|title=Wysiedlenia z Gdyni w 1939 roku|magazine=Biuletyn Instytutu Pamięci Narodowej|language=pl|publisher=IPN|issue=12–1 (35–36)|page=36|issn=1641-9561}}</ref>

The occupiers liquidated local cultural and social life.<ref name=rmp2>''Radomskie miejsca pamięci II wojny światowej'', p. 2</ref> All sports clubs and high schools were closed, and teaching of literature, geography and history in the remaining schools was prohibited.<ref>''Radomskie miejsca pamięci II wojny światowej'', p. 2, 9</ref>

In March and May 1940, the Germans carried out massacres of 210 Poles, including teenagers, from Radom and nearby settlements in the city's [[Firlej, Radom|Firlej]] district.<ref>Wardzyńska, p. 252-253</ref> Around 100 Poles from Radom were murdered by the Russians in the large [[Katyn massacre]] in April–May 1940.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://radioplus.com.pl/radom/37307-polegli-na-golgocie-wschodu|title=Polegli na Golgocie Wschodu...|website=Radio Plus Radom|author=Weronika Chochoł|accessdate=8 May 2021|language=pl}}</ref> In July, August and November 1940, the Germans carried out deportations of Poles from the local prison to the [[Auschwitz concentration camp]].<ref>Wardzyńska, p. 261</ref> Deportations to [[Nazi concentration camps|concentration camps]] continued throughout the war, and 18,000 people passed through the local prison, mostly Polish political activists, resistance members and innocent people, plus ordinary criminals.<ref name=rmp13>''Radomskie miejsca pamięci II wojny światowej'', p. 13</ref> At the large massacre sites in the present-day districts of Firlej and Kosów, the Germans murdered around 15,000 and 1,500 people, respectively.<ref>''Radomskie miejsca pamięci II wojny światowej'', p. 20</ref>

[[File:Radom, Pomnik Ofiar Faszyzmu - fotopolska.eu (305799).jpg|thumb|left|Monument and cemetery in [[Firlej, Radom|Firlej]] where the Germans murdered around 15,000 Poles and Jews]]
In October 1940, the German occupiers established a [[Forced labour under German rule during World War II|forced labour]] camp for [[Jews]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bundesarchiv.de/zwangsarbeit/haftstaetten/index.php?action=2.2&tab=7&id=100000623|title=Zwangsarbeitslager für Juden Radom|website=Bundesarchiv.de|accessdate=8 May 2021|language=de}}</ref> and in 1941, they formed the [[Radom Ghetto]], with a population of 34,000 Jews, most of whom perished at the [[Treblinka extermination camp]].<ref name=szte>{{cite news|url=https://sztetl.org.pl/pl/miejscowosci/r/601-radom/96-historia-miejscowosci/67672-historia-miejscowosci |title=Historia miejscowości|access-date=6 April 2020}}</ref> According to German regulations, sheltering Jews outside the ghetto was punishable by death.<ref>{{cite book|last=Datner|first=Szymon|year=1968|title=Las sprawiedliwych|language=pl|location=Warszawa|publisher=Książka i Wiedza|page=23}}</ref> The secret [[Żegota|Polish Council to Aid Jews "Żegota"]], established by the [[Polish resistance movement in World War II|Polish resistance movement]] operated in the city.<ref>Datner, p. 69</ref>

Radom was a center of Polish resistance, with various organizations, such as [[Service for Poland's Victory]], {{ill|Independent Poland|pl|Polska Niepodległa}}, [[Union of Armed Struggle]], [[Bataliony Chłopskie]], [[Gray Ranks|Grey Ranks]] and numerous [[Home Army]] units operating in the area.<ref name=rmp2/> The resistance carried out various actions, which included sabotage, stealing weapons, [[Education in Poland during World War II|secret education]], etc.<ref name=rmp2/> Poles were even able to produce weapons for Polish partisans in the local arms factory, even though it was seized by the Germans. In 1942, the Germans discovered the activity, and then publicly [[Hanging|hanged]] 50 Poles, including 26 employees of the arms factory, and a pregnant woman.<ref>''Radomskie miejsca pamięci II wojny światowej'', p. 6-7, 17</ref> Scouts from the [[Gray Ranks]] who worked at the local post office stole and destroyed anonymous letters to the [[Gestapo]], thus possibly saving many lives.<ref name=rmp13/> Two German doctors from a local hospital helped the Polish resistance, for which one was even arrested and sent to a concentration camp.<ref name=rmp13/> In April 1943, the resistance successfully assassinated the chief of the local German police.<ref>''Radomskie miejsca pamięci II wojny światowej'', p. 14</ref>

In 1944, following the Polish [[Warsaw Uprising]], the Germans deported thousands of Varsovians from the [[Dulag 121 camp in Pruszków|Dulag 121 camp]] in [[Pruszków]], where they were initially imprisoned, to Radom.<ref name=dul>{{cite web|url=https://dulag121.pl/encyklopediaa/transporty-z-obozu-dulag-121/|title=Transporty z obozu Dulag 121|website=Muzeum Dulag 121|accessdate=8 May 2021|language=pl}}</ref> Those Poles were mainly old people, ill people and women with children.<ref name=dul/> 3,500 Poles [[Expulsion of Poles by Nazi Germany|expelled]] from [[Warsaw]] stayed in the city, as of November 1, 1944.<ref name=dul/>

In January 1945, the occupiers sent the last transport of prisoners from Radom to Auschwitz, but it only reached [[Częstochowa]], while the remaining prisoners were massacred in Firlej.<ref name=rmp13/>

On January 16, 1945, the city was captured by the [[Red Army]], and then restored to Poland, although with a Soviet-installed communist regime, which then stayed in power until the [[Fall of Communism]] in the 1980s. Fallen Red Army soldiers rest at the local cemetery at Warszawska Street. The communists held Polish resistance members in the former German prison.<ref name=rmp13/> In September 1945, the [[Anti-communist resistance in Poland (1944–1946)|resistance movement]] attacked the communist prison and liberated nearly 500 prisoners.<ref name=rmp13/>

Up to the [[Second World War]], like many other cities in [[interwar Poland]], Radom had a large Jewish population. According to the [[Russian census of 1897|Imperial 1897 census]], out of the total population of 28,700, Jews constituted {{awrap|11,200 (~39%).<ref>Joshua D. Zimmerman, ''Poles, Jews, and the politics of nationality'', Univ of Wisconsin Press, 2004, {{ISBN|0-299-19464-7}}, [https://books.google.com/books?id=6sbr9cZyw_4C&dq=population+Brest+Poles+Jews&pg=PA16 Google Print, p.16]</ref><ref>See also: Alfred Lipson, ed. and comp., The Book of Radom: The Story of a Jewish Community in Poland Destroyed by the Nazis (New York, 1963), based on Sefer Radom, ed. Yitsḥak Perlov (Tel Aviv, 1961); Sebastian Piątkowski, Dni życia, dni śmierci: Ludność żydowska w Radomiu w latach 1918–1950 (Warsaw, 2006).</ref>}}

===Current events===
[[File:Plac Konstytucji w Radomiu 2.jpg|thumb|Radom in the 1970s]]
From 1975 to 1998, it was the seat of the [[Radom Voivodeship]]. In 1954 and 1984, city limits were greatly expanded by including several settlements as new districts,<ref>{{Cite Polish law|title=Rozporządzenie Rady Ministrów z dnia 22 sierpnia 1953 r. w sprawie zmiany granic miasta Radomia w województwie kieleckim.|year=1953|volume=41|number=190}}</ref> including Długojów Górny, Huta Józefowska, Janiszpol, Józefów, Kierzków, Kończyce, Krychnowice, Krzewień, Malczew, Mleczna, Nowa Wola Gołębiowska, Nowiny Malczewskie, Stara Wola Gołębiowska, Wincentów, Wólka Klwatecka.<ref>{{Cite Polish law|title=Rozporządzenie Ministra Administracji i Gospodarki Przestrzennej z dnia 3 marca 1984 r. w sprawie zmiany granic niektórych miast w województwach: katowickim, kieleckim, legnickim, radomskim i wrocławskim.|year=1984|volume=14|number=64}}</ref>

In 2007, two pilots died in an accident at the air show, resulting in the cancellation of the rest of the event. On {{awrap|30 August}} 2009, also during the air show, another two pilots who represented [[Belarus]] were killed when their plane crashed.

Radom was one of the main centres of the strike action taken by Polish health care workers in 2007.

== Geography ==

=== Climate ===
Radom has a [[humid continental climate]] ([[Köppen climate classification|Köppen]]: ''Dfb'').

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| Jan mean C = -4.7
| Feb mean C = -3.3
| Mar mean C = 2.1
| Apr mean C = 8.4
| May mean C = 13.2
| Jun mean C = 16.4
| Jul mean C = 18.0
| Aug mean C = 17.4
| Sep mean C = 13.7
| Oct mean C = 8.8
| Nov mean C = 3.2
| Dec mean C = -1.9
| year mean C = 7.6
| Jan precipitation mm = 26
| Feb precipitation mm = 25
| Mar precipitation mm = 28
| Apr precipitation mm = 37
| May precipitation mm = 59
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| Sep precipitation mm = 45
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=== Places of interest ===
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| alt2 = Sacred Heart of Jesus Church
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* [[Wenceslaus I, Duke of Bohemia|St Waenceslaus]] Church in the Old Town Square: founded by [[Leszek I the White]], built in the 13th century in [[Gothic architecture|Gothic]] style
* [[Church of St. John the Baptist, Radom|St John the Baptist Church]]: founded by [[Casimir III of Poland|Casimir III]], built in the years 1360–1370 in gothic style, and re-constructed many times
* [[Bernardine Monastery Complex|Bernardine Church and monastery]]: founded by [[Casimir IV of Poland]], built in the years 1468–1507, listed as a [[Historic Monument (Poland)|Historic Monument of Poland]]<ref>{{Cite Polish law|title=Rozporządzenie Prezydenta Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej z dnia 15 marca 2022 r. w sprawie uznania za pomnik historii "Radom - zespół klasztorny Bernardynów"|year=2022|number=632}}</ref>
* Holy Trinity Church: built in the years 1619–1627 in [[Baroque in Poland|Baroque]] style, burned in a fire and was rebuilt in the years 1678–1691
* Gąska's and Esterka's Houses from the 16th–17th century
* Evangelical Church of the Augsburg Confession: built in 1785
* Sandomierz Palace: building of voivodeship council, built in the years 1825–1827, designed in classical style by Antonio Corazzi
* City hall: built in the years 1847–1848
* [[Cathedral of the Protection of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Radom|Cathedral of Virgin Mary]]: built in the years 1899–1908 in [[Gothic Revival architecture in Poland|Gothic Revival]] style
* Resursa Citizen's Club building built in 1852
* Podworski House built in the [[Renaissance Revival]] style in 1867
* Tool gates: built in the nineteenth century in classical style
* [[Tadeusz Kościuszko]] Park opened in 1867
*[[Radom Air Show]]: the most popular air show in Poland
[[File:Żeromski St Radom Poland.jpg|thumb|Żeromski Street, the city's main thoroughfare]]

==Demographics==
{{Historical populations|align=left|cols=2|1921|61599|1931|78073|1939|85501|1950|80298|1960|130116|1970|159480|1980|191053|1990|228487|2000|230492|2010|222496|2020|209296|source=<ref>{{cite book|author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.-->|title=Dokumentacja Geograficzna|volume=3/4|year=1967|language=pl|location=Warszawa|publisher=Instytut Geografii [[Polish Academy of Sciences|Polskiej Akademii Nauk]]|page=41}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.polskawliczbach.pl/Radom | title=Radom (Mazowieckie) » mapy, nieruchomości, GUS, noclegi, szkoły, regon, atrakcje, kody pocztowe, wypadki drogowe, bezrobocie, wynagrodzenie, zarobki, tabele, edukacja, demografia }}</ref>}}
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== Culture ==
[[File:Budynek dawnego Towarzystwa Kredytowego Ziemskiego nocą.jpg|thumb|Building of the former Land Credit Society]]
[[File:Market Square in Radom 02.jpg|thumb|[[Jacek Malczewski]] Museum and [[Polish Legions in World War I|Polish Legions]] monument]]

=== The arts ===
====Philharmonic====
* [[Radom Chamber Orchestra]] established in 2007<ref>[https://www.rok.art.pl Radom Chamber Orchestra]</ref>

====Cinemas====
* Elektrownia
* [[Helios (cinemas)|Helios]] cinema<ref>[http://www.heliosnet.pl/main.php?m=radom Helios cinemas] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060219220049/http://www.heliosnet.pl/main.php?m=radom |date=2006-02-19 }}</ref>
* Hel (currently not functioning)
* [[Multikino]] cinema

====Theatre====
* Jan Kochanowski Theatre<ref>[https://www.teatr.radom.pl/ Jan Kochanowski Theatre]</ref>

====Museums and art galleries====
* {{ill|Jacek Malczewski Museum|de|Jacek-Malczewski-Museum}} dedicated to [[Jacek Malczewski|the painter]]<ref>[https://www.muzeum.edu.pl/ Jacek Malczewski Museum]</ref>
* Modern art museum<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://info.galerie.art.pl/galerie/ms_radm.html |title=Modern art museum |access-date=2006-02-04 |archive-date=2006-02-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060220163459/http://info.galerie.art.pl/galerie/ms_radm.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* [[ZHP|Scouting Museum]]
* "Elektrownia" - [[Power station]] built in 1903, renewed as a Modern art gallery
* Cultural Heritage Gallery of Radom
* Skansen in Radom<ref>[https://www.muzeum-radom.pl/ Skansen in Radom]</ref>

==Sports==
[[File:PLK Jakub Zalewski Rosa Radom 2.jpg|thumb|[[Polish Basketball League]] match between [[Rosa Radom]] and [[Trefl Sopot]] in Radom in 2014]]
* [[Rosa Radom]] - men's [[Basketball in Poland|basketball]] team, founded in 2003, currently playing in the [[Polish Basketball League]] (country's top division) and the international [[Basketball Champions League]].
* [[Czarni Radom]] - men's [[Volleyball in Poland|volleyball]] team, founded in 1921, currently playing in the [[PlusLiga]] (Poland's top division).
* [[Radomiak Radom]] - men's [[Football in Poland|football]] team, founded in 1910, currently playing in the [[Ekstraklasa]] (top tier).
* [[Broń Radom]] - men's [[Football in Poland|football]] team, founded in 1926, currently playing in the [[III liga]] (fourth tier).
* [[Jadar Radom]] - defunct men's [[Volleyball in Poland|volleyball]] team, which played in the PlusLiga in 2006–10.

==Transport==
[[File:Radom Transport3.png|thumb|Transport in Radom]]
Radom is an important railroad junction, where two lines meet: east–west connection from [[Lublin]] to [[Łódź]], and north–south from [[Warsaw]] to [[Kielce]], and [[Kraków]]. The city is also located close 
to [[European route E77]], here the [[European route E371]] begins, which runs southwards, to [[Slovakia]]. The famous Radom Air Show takes place at [[Radom Airport]], an airport located {{convert|3.5|km|0|abbr=on}} from the center of Radom.

<gallery widths="160" heights="120" perrow="4" caption="Transport in Radom - Gallery">
File:Lotnisko Warszawa-Radom.jpg|Radom Airport
File:Sol130.jpg|Bus Solaris Urbino 12
File:Dworzec Radom train station.jpg|Main railway station
File:Radom bike.jpg|Biking in Radom
</gallery>

== Education ==
[[File:Faculty of Economics of Technical University of Radom.jpg|thumb|Faculty of Economics of the [[University of Radom]]]]
Radom is home to about 20 schools of higher education:
[[File:Radom.Piłsudskiego 12 01.JPG|thumb|Public Library]]

* [[University of Radom]] ''(Uniwersytet Radomski)''<ref>[https://uniwersytetradom.pl/ Uniwersytet Radomski]</ref>
* Instytut Teologiczny Uniwersytetu Kardynała Stefana Wyszyńskiego w Radomiu - department of theology
* Kolegium Nauczycielskie<ref>[http://www.kn.radom.pl Kolegium Nauczycielskie]</ref>
* Nauczycielskie Kolegium Języków Obcych<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.nkjo.radom.pl/ |title=Nauczycielskie Kolegium Języków |access-date=2005-12-09 |archive-date=2006-02-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060217032223/http://www.nkjo.radom.pl/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* Niepubliczne Nauczycielskie Kolegium Języków Obcych<ref>[http://www.wsb.com.pl/HTM/europeistyka/kolegium.htm Nauczycielskie Kolegium Języków] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060216130134/http://www.wsb.com.pl/HTM/europeistyka/kolegium.htm |date=2006-02-16 }}</ref>
* Niepubliczne Nauczycielskie Kolegium Języków Obcych TWP<ref>[https://www.twp.radom.pl Nauczycielskie Kolegium Języków TWP]</ref>
* University College of Environmental Sciences ''(Wyższa Szkoła Ochrony Środowiska)''<ref>[https://www.pwsos.com.pl/ Wyższa Szkoła Ochrony Środowiska]</ref>
* Radomska Szkoła Zarządzania
* Warsaw Agricultural University - department in Radom ''(Szkoła Główna Gospodarstwa Wiejskiego w Warszawie)''
* College of the Maria Curie-Skłodowska University ''(Kolegium licencjackie Uniwersytetu Marii Curie-Skłodowskiej)''<ref>[http://www.umcs.radom.pl Kolegium licencjackie] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051228224222/http://www.umcs.radom.pl/ |date=2005-12-28 }}</ref>
* [[Warsaw University]] - department in Radom ''(Uniwersytet Warszawski)''<ref>[http://www.id.uw.edu.pl Warsaw University department in Radom]</ref><ref>[https://www.wz.edu.pl Uniwersytet Warszawski]</ref>
* Maria Curie-Skłodowska University - department in Radom ''(Uniwersytet Marii Curie-Skłodowskiej)''<ref>[http://www.umcs-prawo.radom.pl Uniwersytet Marii Curie-Skłodowskiej] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030926030224/http://www.umcs-prawo.radom.pl/ |date=2003-09-26 }}</ref>
* Wyższa Inżynierska Szkoła Bezpieczeństwa i Organizacji Pracy<ref>[https://www.wisbiop.pl Wyższa Inżynierska Szkoła Bezpieczeństwa]</ref>
* Higher Business College ''(Wyższa Szkoła Biznesu)''<ref>[http://www.wsb.com.pl Wyższa Szkoła Biznesu]</ref>
* Higher Financial and Banking College ''(Wyższa Szkoła Finansów i Bankowości)''<ref>[http://www.wsfib.edu.pl Wyższa Szkoła Finansów i Bankowości]</ref>
* Higher Merchant College ''(Wyższa Szkoła Handlowa)''<ref>[http://www.wsh.pl Wyższa Szkoła Handlowa]</ref>
* Higher Seminary ''(Wyższe Seminarium Duchowne)''<ref>[https://www.seminarium.radom.pl Wyższe Seminarium Duchowne]</ref>
* Higher Journalis College ''(Wyższa Szkoła Dziennikarska)''<ref>[http://www.wsd.edu.pl Wyższa Szkoła Dziennikarska]</ref>
* Zespół Szkół Medycznych<ref>[https://www.medyk.net www]</ref>

==Other==
[[File:PGZ Radom Poland.jpg|thumb|Headquarters of [[Polish Armaments Group]]]]
[[File:MSBS-5,56.jpg|thumb|[[MSBS rifle]] from [[Łucznik Arms Factory]]]]
* At the Western part of Radom, there is a facility for commercial LF transmission (not broadcasting), the [[Radom longwave transmitter]]
* The [[Łucznik Arms Factory]] in Radom produces a range of military firearms such as [[assault rifle]]s
* The book, ''Outcry - Holocaust Memoirs'', by Manny Steinberg, chronicles a young Jewish man's life and trials during the Nazi occupation of Radom and beyond. Published by Amsterdam Publishers, The Netherlands in 2014.
* The Kurc family lives in Radom at the opening of the narrative non-fiction novel ''[[We Were the Lucky Ones]]'' by [[Georgia Hunter]].

== Politics ==
Members of Parliament ([[Sejm]]) elected from Radom constituency
* [[Ewa Kopacz]] (PO)
* Dariusz Bąk (PIS)
* Mirosław Maliszewski (PSL)
* Czesław Czechyra (PO)
* Marek Suski (PIS)
* Marek Wikiński (SLD),
* Radosław Witkowski (PO)
* Krzysztof Sońta (PIS)
* Sandra Pachocka (NIC)

[[File:Radom.Moniuszki 9.JPG|thumb|City Council]]

==International relations==
{{See also|List of twin towns and sister cities in Poland}}

===Twin towns — sister cities===
Radom is [[Twin towns and sister cities|twinned]] with:<ref name="Radom twinnings">{{cite web|url=http://www.radom.pl/page/192,miasta-partnerskie.html|title=Radom - Miasta partnerskie|access-date=2013-08-07|work=Miasto Radom [City of Radom]|language = pl|trans-title=Radom - Partnership cities|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130403215958/http://www.radom.pl/page/192,miasta-partnerskie.html|archive-date=2013-04-03}}</ref><ref name="Radom twins">{{cite web|url=http://radom.naszestrony.pl/?info=miasta_partnerskie|title=Radom - miasta partnerskie|access-date=2013-08-07|publisher=radom.naszestrony.pl|language=pl|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070726160718/http://radom.naszestrony.pl/?info=miasta_partnerskie|archive-date=2007-07-26}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
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*{{flagicon|SVK}} [[Banská Bystrica]], Slovakia<small>''(since 2001)''<ref name="Radom twinnings"/><ref name="Radom twins"/><ref name="Banská Bystrica twinnings">''{{cite web |url=http://eng.banskabystrica.sk/main.php?id_kat_for_menu=2367&firmy_slovenska_flag=0 |title=Banská Bystrica Sister Cities |publisher=[[copyright|©]] 2001-2008 |access-date=2008-10-23 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090302174200/http://eng.banskabystrica.sk/main.php?id_kat_for_menu=2367&firmy_slovenska_flag=0 |archive-date=2009-03-02 }}''</ref></small>
*{{flagicon|LVA}} [[Daugavpils]], Latvia<ref name="Radom twinnings"/><ref name="Radom twins"/>
*{{flagicon|PRC}} [[Huzhou]], [[Zhejiang]], People's Republic of China<ref name="Radom twinnings"/>
*{{flagicon|GER}} [[Magdeburg]], Germany<ref name="Radom twinnings"/><ref name="Radom twins"/><ref name="Magdeburg twinnings">{{cite web|url=http://www.magdeburg.de/Home/CitizenPortal/City-Partnerships?La=2|title=Twin cities|access-date=2013-08-07|last=Zachert|first=Uwe|author2=Annica Kunz|work=Landeshauptstadt Magdeburg [City of Magdeburg]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120901033335/http://www.magdeburg.de/Home/CitizenPortal/City-Partnerships?La=2|archive-date = 2012-09-01}}</ref>
*{{flagicon|ROM}} [[Ploiești]], Romania<ref name="Radom twinnings"/><ref name="Radom twins"/>
||
*{{flagicon|LTU}} [[Vilnius District Municipality]], Lithuania<ref name="Radom twinnings"/>
*{{flagicon|BUL}} [[Stara Zagora]], Bulgaria<ref name="Radom twinnings"/><ref name="Radom twins"/>
*{{flagicon|ROC}} [[Taoyuan District]], Taiwan<ref name="Radom twinnings"/>
*{{flagicon|ESP}} [[Talavera de la Reina]], Spain<ref name="Radom twinnings"/><ref name="Radom twins"/>
*{{flagicon|UKR}} [[Ternopil]], Ukraine<ref name="Radom twinnings"/><ref name="Radom twins"/>
|}

Former twin towns:
*{{flagicon|BLR}} [[Homyel]], Belarus
*{{flagicon|RUS}} [[Ozyory, Moscow Oblast|Ozyory]], [[Moscow Oblast]], Russia

On 28 February 2022, Radom ended its partnership with the Russian city of Ozyory and the Belarusian city of Homyel as a reaction to the [[2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine]].<ref>{{cite web| url = https://radom.wyborcza.pl/radom/7,48201,28167153,radom-zerwal-wspolprace-z-rosyjskim-i-bialoruskim-miastem-obywatele.html |language=pl |title=Radom zerwał współpracę z rosyjskim i białoruskim miastem. Obywatele Ukrainy autobusami będą jeździć za darmo | access-date = 12 March 2022}}</ref>

== Notable people ==
[[File:Pomnik Jana Kochanowskiego 265868 Fotopolska-Eu2.jpg|thumb|upright|[[Jan Kochanowski]] monument]]
[[File:Leszek Kolakowski Monument in Radom, Poland1.jpg|thumb|upright|[[Leszek Kołakowski]] monument]]
[[File:Fotopolska 436391(2).jpg|thumb|upright|[[Jacek Malczewski]] monument]]
Notable people who have been born, have lived or have worked in Radom:
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* [[Józef Brandt]] (1841–1915), painter
* Henia Bryer (born 1925), Holocaust survivor, subject and narrator of the autobiographical film Prisoner Number A26188: Henia Bryer
* [[Iga Cembrzyńska]] (born 1939), actress, singer, composer and screenwriter
* [[Tytus Chałubiński]] (1820–1889), physician, professor of the Medical-Surgical Academy and of the [[Principal School]] in [[Warsaw]], co-founder of the [[PTTK|Polish Tatra Society]]
* [[Jan Chrapek]] (1948–2001), local bishop
* [[Małgorzata Foremniak]] (born 1967), actress
* [[Artur Gadowski]] (born 1967), singer
* [[Witold Gombrowicz]] (1904–1969), writer and playwright.
* [[Bernard Gotfryd]] (1924–2016), photographer
* [[Igor Grobelny]] (born 1993), Belgian volleyball player
* [[Kaja Grobelna]] (born 1995), Belgian volleyball player
* [[Stanisław Gronkowski]] (1922–2004), actor
*[[Andrzej Jajszczyk]] (born 1952), professor and scientist 
* [[Michał Karbownik]] (born 2001), footballer
* [[Kazimierz Kelles-Krauz]] (1872–1905), philosopher and sociologist
* [[Jan Kochanowski]] (1530–1584), [[Renaissance]] poet who established poetic patterns that would become integral to the Polish literary language, considered the greatest [[Slavic peoples|Slavic]] poet prior to the 19th century
* [[Oskar Kolberg]] (1814– 1890), ethnographer, folklorist and composer
* [[Leszek Kołakowski]] (1927–2009), philosopher and [[historian of ideas]]
* [[Jan Krugier]] (1928-2008), Swiss art dealer
* [[Tomasz Kupisz]] (born 1990), footballer
* [[Hilary Majewski]] (1838–1892), architect
* [[Jacek Malczewski]] (1854–1929), painter, one of the most important artists of Poland, associated with the patriotic [[Young Poland]] movement
* [[Marian Mazur]] (1909 –1983), scientist, founder of the Polish school of [[cybernetics]]
* Eva Mekler (born 1945), American novelist and author of the prolific "Actors' Scenebook" series, novels ''Sunrise Shows Late'' and ''The Polish Woman'', was born in Radom in the aftermath of [[World War II]]
* Kazimierz Ołdakowski (1878–1940), prewar director of [[Fabryka Broni]]
* [[Jerzy Połomski]] (born 1933), singer
* [[Mikołaj z Radomia]] ({{circa|1400–1450}}), [[Middle Ages|mediaeval]] composer
* [[Dariusz Rosati]] (born 1946), [[Member of the European Parliament|MEP]], professor of economics, ex-minister of foreign affairs
* [[Zygmunt Solorz]] (born 1956), entrepreneur and billionaire, president of [[Polsat]] TV and owner of [[Polkomtel]] 
* [[Adolf Schulz-Evler]] (1852 – 15 May 1905), Polish-born composer
* [[Włodzimierz Sedlak]] (1911–1993), priest and scientist
* Piotr Dominik Siara (born 1983), rapper going under the name of "Kękę"
* [[Maciej Skorża]] (born 1972), Polish football coach and former football player.
* Hersh Mendel ‘Manny’ Steinberg (1925-2015), author, [[Holocaust]] survivor<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://amsterdampublishers.com/authors/manny-steinberg/|title = Manny Steinberg}}</ref>
* [[Andrzej Wajda]] (1926–2016), [[Academy Award]]-winning film director, considered one of the greatest filmmakers in the history of [[Polish cinema]]
* [[Marvin Weintraub]] (1924–2021), Canadian scientist
* [[Helen Weinzweig]] (1915–2010), Canadian writer
* [[Jan Woleński]] (born 1940), philosopher
* [[Szymon Wydra]] (born 1976), singer

|}

== Notes ==
{{notelist}}

==References==
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== External links ==
{{Commons category|Radom}}
* {{Cite EB1911|wstitle= Radom (town) |volume= 22 | page= 810 |short= 1}}
* {{Cite EB1911|wstitle= Radom (government) |volume= 22 | page= 810 |last1= Kropotkin |first1= Peter Alexeivitch |last2= Bealby |first2= John Thomas |short= 1}}
*[http://www.radom.pl/portal.php?aid=118579701946add39b385d1 Official web page of Radom in English] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100504014240/http://www.radom.pl/portal.php?aid=118579701946add39b385d1 |date=2010-05-04 }}
*[http://www.radom.pl/portal.php?lang=pl Official web page of Radom in Polish] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100429190818/http://www.radom.pl/portal.php?lang=pl |date=2010-04-29 }}
*[http://www.riki.pl/ Radom Culture] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070929021819/http://www.riki.pl/ |date=2007-09-29 }} {{in lang|pl}}
*{{in lang|pl}} http://www.nasz-radom.pl/
*[https://radom.city/ Radom photo gallery] {{in lang|pl}}
*[http://www.sztetl.org.pl/en/city/radom/ Jewish Community in Radom] on Virtual Shtetl
* {{JewishGen-LocalityPage|524856|Radom, Poland}}
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