Polish National Committee (Polish: Komitet Narodowy Polski) was as organisation created during the Greater Poland Uprising of 1848. It was organized on March 20, 1848, at the Hotel Bazar in Poznań.
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During the uprising, the Polish people mounted a military insurrection in the Grand Duchy of Poznań (or the Greater Poland region) against the occupying Prussian forces. The committee was to serve as a legal organization representing Polish interests in negotiations with the Kingdom of Prussia.
The chairman of the committee was Gustaw Potworowski, and the other members included:
- Maciej Mielżyński
- Cyprian Jarochowski
- Jędrzej Moraczewski
- Walenty Stefański
- Ryszard Berwiński
- Jakub Krauthofer
- Paweł Andrzejewski
- Jan Palacz
- Józef Chosłowski
- Władysław Niegolewski
- Pantaleon Szuman
- Włodzimierz Wolniewicz
- Antoni Kraszewski
- doctor Teofil Matecki
- pastor Jan Wilhelm Kassyusz
- Karol Libelt
- Józef Esman
- Michał Słomczewski
- prince Jan Janiszewski
- prince Antoni Fromholz
- Aleksy Prusinowski