Wladyslaw Gizbert-Studnicki, a Polish politician and publicist, was born on 15 November 1867 in Dünaburg, Vitebsk Governorate, Russian Empire (current Latvia), into a patriotic Polish szlachta family of the Kresy region.
Both his parents fought in the January Uprising.
Throughout his life, Studnicki was famous for his strongly pro-German stance, and in the Polish People's Republic all his books were banned from publication.
He was the older brother of historian Waclaw Studnicki.