Although his remains were reinterred in Poland in 1992, his heart is encased in a bronze sculpture in the Shrine of the Czestochowa in Doylestown, Pennsylvania (whose residents are predominantly of Polish herigage). Following Paderewski's wishes, his heart will be interred forever in the United States.
Considered by many to have been one of the greatest pianists who has ever lived. The term "another Paderewski" has come to mean a great pianist.
He was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Recording at 6284 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California.
Pictured on a set of 2 US postage stamps (4¢, 8¢) in the Champions of Liberty series.
Prime Minister of Poland in 1919.
Was originally buried in Arlington National Cementary, but, in 1992, he was reburied in St. John the Baptist Cathedral, Warsaw, Poland in a newly freed Poland.