Lord Mikołaj Oleśnicki the elder was a Polish Calvinist nobleman who established the first Protestant academy in Poland. His wife Zofia Oleśnicka was the first notable Polish woman poet.
- Position held
- Deputy to the Sejm of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, Deputy to the Sejm of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, Deputy to the Sejm of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
- Citizenship
- Kingdom of Poland
- Died
- 1556
