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Wachowski
Wachowski (feminine: Wachowska, plural: Wachowscy) is a Polish surname originating from the village of Wachów, Poland. Notable people with the surname include: * The Wachowskis, Lilly and Lana Wachowski (born 1967 and 1965),Despite the above note about surname gender, both currently retain their original surname rather than changing it to "Wachowska." American film directors, writers and producers * Mieczysław Wachowski (born 1950), Polish politician See also * Warszawski References {{surname Polish-language surnames Polish toponymic surnames ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Wachowskis
Lana Wachowski (born June 21, 1965, formerly known as Larry Wachowski) and Lilly Wachowski (born December 29, 1967, formerly known as Andy Wachowski) are American film and television directors, writers and producers. The sisters are both trans women. Together known as the Wachowskis (), the sisters have worked as a writing and directing team through most of their careers. They made their directing debut in 1996 with ''Bound'' and achieved fame with their second film, ''The Matrix'' (1999), a major box office success for which they won the Saturn Award for Best Director. They wrote and directed its two sequels, ''The Matrix Reloaded'' and ''The Matrix Revolutions'' (both in 2003), and were involved in the writing and production of other works in the ''Matrix'' franchise. Following the commercial success of the ''Matrix'' series, the Wachowskis wrote and produced the 2005 film ''V for Vendetta'', an adaptation of the graphic novel by Alan Moore and David Lloyd, and in 2008 rel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mieczysław Wachowski
Mieczysław Wachowski (born 21 December 1950) is a Polish politician. He was a minister of state, and close friend and aide of Lech Wałęsa Lech Wałęsa (; ; born 29 September 1943) is a Polish statesman, dissident, and Nobel Peace Prize laureate, who served as the President of Poland between 1990 and 1995. After winning the 1990 election, Wałęsa became the first democrati .... Before he became a minister of state, he had been a taxi driver, who voluntarily wanted to drive Wałęsa. He was rumored to be a Secret Police (SB) officer (1980). References 1950 births Living people Polish politicians {{poland-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wachowicz
Wachowicz is a Polish surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Marcin Wachowicz (born 1981), Polish footballer * Włodzimierz Wachowicz (born 1946), Polish handball player * Zbigniew Wachowicz (born 1972), Polish footballer See also * Wachowski Wachowski (feminine: Wachowska, plural: Wachowscy) is a Polish surname originating from the village of Wachów, Poland. Notable people with the surname include: * The Wachowskis, Lilly and Lana Wachowski (born 1967 and 1965),Despite the above note ... {{surname Polish-language surnames ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Warszawski
Warszawski (), feminine: Warszawska is a Polish-language toponymic surname literally meaning "of/from Warsaw". It may by transliterated as Warshavsky / Warshavska, etc. Notable people with this surname include: *Adolf Warski (born Jerzy Warszawski; 1868–1937), Polish communist leader, journalist *Alexander Varshavsky (born 1946), Russian-American biochemist *Dawid Warszawski, pseudonym of Konstanty Gebert, Polish journalist and a Jewish activist *Deena Varshavskaya, American entrepreneur *Icchok Warszawski, pseudonym of Isaac Bashevis Singer (1903–1991), Polish-born Jewish-American writer in Yiddish *Israel and Roy Warshawsky, owners of JC Whitney, American retailer of aftermarket automotive parts and accessories *Józef Warszawski (1903-1997), Polish philosopher *Mark Warshawsky (1848-1907), Yiddish-language folk poet and composer *Michel Warschawski ((Mikado) (born 1949), Israeli anti-Zionist activist *Mikhail Varshavski (born 1989), "Doctor Mike", American doctor and intern ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wachów
Wachów is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Olesno, within Olesno County, Opole Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. It lies approximately south of Olesno and north-east of the regional capital Opole Opole (; german: Oppeln ; szl, Ôpole) ; * Silesian: ** Silesian PLS alphabet: ''Ôpole'' ** Steuer's Silesian alphabet: ''Uopole'' * Silesian German: ''Uppeln'' * Czech: ''Opolí'' * Latin: ''Oppelia'', ''Oppolia'', ''Opulia'' is a city loc .... References Villages in Olesno County {{Olesno-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Polish-language Surnames
Polish (Polish: ''język polski'', , ''polszczyzna'' or simply ''polski'', ) is a West Slavic language of the Lechitic group written in the Latin script. It is spoken primarily in Poland and serves as the native language of the Poles. In addition to being the official language of Poland, it is also used by the Polish diaspora. There are over 50 million Polish speakers around the world. It ranks as the sixth most-spoken among languages of the European Union. Polish is subdivided into regional dialects and maintains strict T–V distinction pronouns, honorifics, and various forms of formalities when addressing individuals. The traditional 32-letter Polish alphabet has nine additions (''ą'', ''ć'', ''ę'', ''ł'', ''ń'', ''ó'', ''ś'', ''ź'', ''ż'') to the letters of the basic 26-letter Latin alphabet, while removing three (x, q, v). Those three letters are at times included in an extended 35-letter alphabet, although they are not used in native words. The traditional set com ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
