Jacek is a Polish given name of
Greek origin related
Hyacinth
Hyacinth or Hyacinthus may refer to:
Nature Plants
* Hyacinth (plant), genus ''Hyacinthus''
** ''Hyacinthus orientalis'', common hyacinth
* Grape hyacinth, ''Muscari'', a genus of perennial bulbous plants native to Eurasia
* Hyacinth bean, ''Labl ...
, through the archaic form of ''Jacenty''. Its closely related equivalents are: Jacinto (
Spanish and
Portuguese), Giacinto (
Italian), Jácint (
Hungarian) and Jacint (
Catalan
Catalan may refer to:
Catalonia
From, or related to Catalonia:
* Catalan language, a Romance language
* Catalans, an ethnic group formed by the people from, or with origins in, Northern or southern Catalonia
Places
* 13178 Catalan, asteroid #1 ...
, shortened to ''Cint'' or ''Cinto'' following the Catalan tradition of
hypocorising through
apheresis).
The name Jacek might refer to:
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Saint Hyacinth (Święty Jacek, Jacek Odrowąż), Dominican friar and saint
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Jacek Andrzej Rossakiewicz
Jacek Andrzej Rossakiewicz (16 October 1956 – 24 September 2016) was a Polish painter, theoretician of art, philosopher and interior architect.
Biography
His first paintings were created in the 1980s. The paintings were inspired by the Pure F ...
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Jacek Bąk
Jacek Waldemar Bąk (; born 24 March 1973) is a Polish former professional footballer who played as a central defender.
Other than his country, he competed in France, Qatar and Austria, notably appearing in more than 150 competitive games for ...
, footballer
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Jacek Bednarek, racewalker
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Jacek Bogucki, politician
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Jacek Bury
Jacek Bury (born 1 January 1967) is a Polish politician. He was elected to the Senate of Poland
The Senate ( pl, Senat) is the upper house of the Polish parliament, the lower house being the Sejm. The history of the Polish Senate stretches b ...
, Senator
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Jacek Cichocki
Jacek Cichocki (born 17 December 1971) is an independent Polish politician and a former member of the Polish Council of Ministers. Cichocki served as the minister of interior in the second cabinet of Prime Minister Donald Tusk and later as chi ...
, politician
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Jacek Dehnel, poet and writer
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Jacek Dukaj
Jacek Józef Dukaj (born 30 July 1974) is a Polish science fiction and fantasy writer. He has received numerous literary prizes including the European Union Prize for Literature and Janusz A. Zajdel Award.
Career
He was born on 30 July 1974 in ...
, science fiction writer
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Jacek Falfus
Jacek Eugeniusz Falfus (born 1 February 1951 in Siemianowice Śląskie) is a Polish politician. He was elected to the Sejm on 25 September 2005, getting 27698 votes in 27 Bielsko-Biała district as a candidate from the Law and Justice
Law ...
, politician
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Jacek Gmoch
Jacek Wojciech Gmoch (born 13 January 1939 in Pruszków) is a former Polish footballer, who later became a trainer and manager of the Poland National Team.
While having a successful football career he graduated in communication from the Warsaw ...
, footballer
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Jacek "Tede" Graniecki, rapper
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Jacek Huchwajda
Jacek Huchwajda (born 3 April 1967) is a German fencer. He competed in the team sabre event at the 1992 Summer Olympics. He currently serves as an assistant coach on the Duke University Fencing team.
Biography
Jacek Huchwajda attended the Kauf ...
, fencer
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Jacek Jezierski
Jacek Jezierski (1722–1805) was a Polish writer and businessman, a member of the Polish nobility and a political writer. From 1775 he was the castellan (governor of the castle) of the town of Łuków. He was also manager of the personal domain of ...
, writer and businessmen
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Jacek Jędruch, Polish-American nuclear engineer and historian
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Jacek Kaczmarski
Jacek Marcin Kaczmarski (22 March 1957 – 10 April 2004) was a Polish singer, songwriter, poet and author.
Life
He was the son of painter Anna Trojanowska-Kaczmarska, a Pole of Jewish background, and the artist Janusz Kaczmarski.
Kaczmarski ...
, singer, songwriter, dissident
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Jacek Karpiński
Jacek Karpiński (9 April 1927 21 February 2010) was a Polish pioneer in computer engineering and computer science.
During World War II, he was a soldier in the Batalion Zośka of the Polish Home Army, and was awarded multiple times with a C ...
, computer scientist and engineer
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Jacek Komuda, historian
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Jacek Kościelniak, politician
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Jacek Krupa
Jacek Jan Krupa (born 11 April 1955 in Skawina) is a Polish politician. He was elected to the Sejm on 2005 parliamentary election, getting 6860 votes in 13 Kraków district from the Civic Platform list. Krupa remained in parliament until his defe ...
, politician
*Jacek Krywult, politician
*Jacek Krzynówek, footballer
*Jacek Kuroń, historian, dissident
*Jacek Kurski, politician
*Jacek Lipiński, lawyer, mayor of Aleksandrów Łódzki
*Jacek Łągwa, musician and actor
*Jacek Majchrowski, mayor of Kraków
*Jacek Malczewski, painter
*Jacek Małachowski, szlachcic
*Jacek Pastusiński, triple jumper
*Jacek Poniedziałek, actor
*Jacek Rostowski, politician and economist
*Jacek Saryusz-Wolski, politician, diplomat
*Jacek Stopa (born 1987), polish chess player
*Jacek Wszoła, high jumper
*Jacek Yerka, painter
*Jacint Verdaguer, Jacint Verdaguer i Santaló (died 1902), Catalan poet
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Polish masculine given names