Warsaw is Frederic Chopin's town (1810 - 1849) and he is perhaps still Warsaw's most famous son.
Although he was born in a little mansion house in Zelazowa Wola, at the age of seven months, his family moved to Warsaw and there he spent his childhood and youth years.
In 1830 Chopin moved to Paris, where he died in 1849. He was buried, in accordance with his wishes, at Père Lachaise Cemetery, but at his own request the urn with his heart was brought to Warsaw by his sister Ludwika.
It was placed and sealed in the pillar of Church of the Holy Cross in Krakowskie Przedmiescie street; the place is marked by a commemorative plaque in the bottom, where always fresh flowers are.

Chopin's father was a French-born tutor and French teacher who had arrived in Poland aged sixteen and settled here for good.
Although Frederick Chopin spent half of his life in Paris, he was a Polish nationalist. His music is deeply Polish, inspired by Polish folk tunes and filled with nostalgia for the country of his birth.
Chopin's heart, like many other monuments important for Poles, was removed during WWII and hidden so it survived the war damages to the church.
It came back to original place as soon as the church was rebuilt in 1951.
But now the scientists want to remove the heart for DNA tests to see if Chopin actually died from cystic fibrosis and not tuberculosis as his death certificate stated.
See the story:
http://community.post-gazette.com/blogs/classical/archive/2008/08/11/chopin-s-heart-does-not-lie-in-his-music.aspx

a French-born tutor and French teacher who had arrived in Poland aged sixteen and settled here for good.