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Polish Polish may refer to: * Anything from or related to Poland, a country in Europe * Polish language * Poles Poles,, ; singular masculine: ''Polak'', singular feminine: ''Polka'' or Polish people, are a West Slavic nation and ethnic group, w ...

surname Dunin originated in the 12th century with Piotr Włost Dunin. He was Palatine of Poland and the castellan of Wroclaw (Silesia), as well as, Brother in law of Duke

Bolesław III Wrymouth Bolesław III Wrymouth ( pl, Bolesław III Krzywousty; 20 August 1086 – 28 October 1138), also known as Boleslaus the Wry-mouthed, was the duke of Lesser Poland, Silesia and Sandomierz between 1102 and 1107 and over the whole of Poland between ...

(Boleslaw Krzywousty). The coat of arms is the Łabędź (swan). See:

Duninowie The Duninowie also Łabędzie was a Polish knight family. ''Możnowładcy'' (magnates) in medieval Poland. History The progenitor of the family was Piotr Włostowic, a voivode and adviser of Duke Bolesław III Wrymouth. Notable members * Piotr ...

family. *

Piotr Włostowic Herb ŁabędźPiotr Włostowic ( 1080 – 1153), also known as Peter Wlast or ''Włost'') was a Polish noble, castellan of Wrocław, and a ruler (''możnowładca'') of part of Silesia. From 1117 he was voivode (''palatyn'') of the Duke of Poland ...

, also known as 'Piotr Włost Dunin', a Silesian noble and

voivode Voivode (, also spelled ''voievod'', ''voevod'', ''voivoda'', ''vojvoda'' or ''wojewoda'') is a title denoting a military leader or warlord in Central, Southeastern and Eastern Europe since the Early Middle Ages. It primarily referred to the ...

, adviser of the king of Poland (1080–1153). * Princess Mariya (Maria), daughter of Grand Duke

Sviatopolk II of Kiev Sviatopolk II Iziaslavich ( orv, Свѧтополкъ Изѧславичь; rus, Святополк Изяславич, Svyatopolk Izyaslavich; uk, Святополк Ізяславич; November 8, 1050 – April 16, 1113) was supreme ruler of ...

and Olena, daughter of Kuman/Kipchak chief Tugorkhan, she married Piotr Włostowic and co-founded the Dunin family. *

Piotr Dunin Piotr Dunin (c. 1415 – 1484) was a Polish leader. Starost of Malbork 1478–1484, castellan of Sieradz from 1478, voivode of Brześć Kujawski Voivodeship from 1481. On 17 September 1462 he led the Polish army to victory over the Teutonic Kni ...

( fl. 1462), Polish military hero. * Marcin Dunin (1774–1842), Archbishop of Poznań and Gniezno (1831–1842) * Count Stanisław Dunin-Wąsowicz, Polish general, captain of the 1st Polish Lancers and

Napoleon Napoleon Bonaparte ; it, Napoleone Bonaparte, ; co, Napulione Buonaparte. (born Napoleone Buonaparte; 15 August 1769 – 5 May 1821), later known by his regnal name Napoleon I, was a French military commander and political leader who ...

's loyal aide-de-camp during his 1812 Russian Campaign. * Wincenty Dunin-Marcinkiewicz (January 23, 1808 – 1884),

Belarus Belarus,, , ; alternatively and formerly known as Byelorussia (from Russian ). officially the Republic of Belarus,; rus, Республика Беларусь, Respublika Belarus. is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe. It is bordered by ...

ian and

writer, poet, dramatist, social activist, humanist, is considered a founder of the New Belarusian Literature. * Count Rodryg Dunin (1870–1928), Polish agriculturist. * Count Casimir Dunin-Markiewicz (1874–1932), (also spelled Kazimierz Dunin-Markiewicz) Polish painter. * Count Antoni Dunin (1907–1939), Polish army officer * Ron Dunin, (1918–2004), mayor of San Luis Obispo, California from 1985 to 1992 * Elsie Ivancich Dunin (born 1935), Croatian-American dance ethnologist * Kinga Dunin (born 1954), "a literary critic and Poland's leading feminist", author, and cultural journalist. Author of ''Tao of a Housewife'' (1996) and ''A Pumpkin Coach'' (2000).Wydawnictwo W.A.B
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Elonka Dunin Elonka Dunin (; born December 29, 1958) is an American video game developer and cryptologist. Dunin worked at Simutronics Corp. in St. Louis, Missouri from 1990–2014, and in 2015 was Senior Producer at Black Gate Games in Nashville, Tenne ...

(born 1958), American cryptographer and game developer * Rafal E. Dunin-Borkowski (born 1969), director of the Ernst Ruska-Centre for Microscopy and Spectroscopy with Electrons (ER-C) in

Forschungszentrum Jülich Forschungszentrum Jülich (FZJ here for short) is a national research institution that pursues interdisciplinary research in the fields of energy, information, and bioeconomy. It operates research infrastructures with a focus on supercomputers. Cu ...

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