Iwona is a Polish female name derived from the French name

Yvonne Yvonne is a female given name. It is the feminine form of Yvon, which is derived from the French name Yves and Yvette. It is from the French word ''iv'', meaning "yew" (or tree). Since yew wood was used for bows, Ivo may have been an occupati ...

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Iwona may refer to: * Iwona Blazwick OBE (born 1955), art critic and lecturer, Director of the Whitechapel Art Gallery in London *

Iwona Buczkowska Iwona Buczkowska (born 1953) is a Polish-born French architect and urban planner. She studied at the Polytechnic School in Gdańsk and the École Spéciale d'Architecture in Paris. Buczkowska received the Gold Medal and Special Prize at the Fift ...

(born 1953), award-winning Polish-born French architect and urban planner * Iwona Chmielewska (born 1960), Polish author and illustrator, who publishes mainly for children * Iwona Daniluk (born 1973), Polish biathlete *

Iwona Filipowicz Iwona Filipowicz (; born 4 January 1976) is a Polish former competitive ice dancer. With partner Michał Szumski, she is the 1995 World Junior bronze medalist. They won gold medals at the 1995 Karl Schäfer Memorial, 1996 Golden Spin of Zagre ...

(born 1976), Polish former competitive ice dancer *

Katarzyna Iwona Jurkowska-Kowalska Katarzyna Iwona Jurkowska-Kowalska (born 18 February 1992) is a Polish artistic gymnast and a two-time Polish all-around champion. She represented Poland at the 2016 Summer Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. Career She represented Poland at the W ...

(born 1992), Polish female artistic gymnast and twice Polish all-around champion *

Iwona Kuczyńska Iwona Kuczyńska (born 22 February 1961) is a retired tennis player from Poland. She won one doubles title in 1988, partnering with Martina Navratilova. From 2010 to 2017, she lived in the village of Omice in Czech Republic, with her partner, fo ...

(born 1961), former professional tennis player from Poland * Iwona Lewandowska (born 1985), Polish long distance runner who specialises in the marathon * Iwona Marcinkiewicz (born 1975), athlete from Poland * Iwona Matkowska (born 1982), Polish freestyle wrestler *

Iwona Niedźwiedź Iwona Niedźwiedź (born 22 July 1979) is a Polish former handball player. She lastly played for the club SPR Lublin SSA, and she played for the Polish national team and represented Poland at the 2013 World Women's Handball Championship in Serbia ...

(born 1979), Polish handball player *

Iwona Pyżalska Iwona Pyżalska is a Polish sprint canoer who competed in the mid-2000s.Posnania
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, Polish sprint canoeist who competed in the mid-2000s *

Iwona Śledzińska-Katarasińska Iwona Elżbieta Śledzińska-Katarasińska (born 3 January 1941 in Komorniki) is a Polish politician. She was elected to the Sejm on 25 September 2005, getting 23,119 votes in 9 Łódź district as a candidate from the Civic Platform list. In P ...

(born 1941), Polish politician *

Iwona Sobotka Iwona Sobotka (born 19 October 1981) is a Polish soprano and Grand Prix Winner of the Queen Elizabeth Music Competition. Education Sobotka was born in Mława. She graduated from the Fryderyk Chopin Academy of Music in Warsaw and continued her ...

(born 1981), Polish soprano and Grand Prix Winner of the Queen Elizabeth Music Competition *

Iwona Stroynowski Iwona Teresa Stroynowski née Fleszar (born 1950) is a Polish-born American immunologist who is Professor in the Department of Immunology and Microbiology at University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas, TX. She discovered the proce ...

(born 1950), Polish-born American immunologist, Professor at University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

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