Felix Borowski (March 10,1872 - September 6, 1956) was of Polish descent but was born in the English village of Burton-in-Kendal, Westmorland.

He was educated in London and at the Cologne Conservatory . After teaching for a while in Aberdeen Felix moved to the USA as a young man, and became a composer, teacher, and newspaper critic in Chicago. He was the programme annotator for the Chicago Symphony Orchestra from 1908-1956, and the CSO holds a collection of his original compositions, as well as arrangements by him of the works of others.