Mieczyslaw Rakowski was born on December 1, 1926 in Kowalewko-Folwark, Kujawsko-Pomorskie, Poland as Mieczyslaw Franciszek Rakowski. He was married to Elzbieta Kepinska and Wanda Wilkomirska. He died on November 8, 2008 in Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland.