Tadeusz Kościuszko, of course (isn't he everywhere?).
Very clever, but I don't think that ambiguity exists because I didn't capitalize "pole." I suppose my text left open the possibility that I ran into a monopole, a wayward Landau pole, a singularity in complex analysis, or some sort of astronomical astrological pole.
that's why I didn't capitalize "stanley kowalski"...
if you ran into a monopole, i assume it would be electric, or you would have made a bigger deal about it.