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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: * Saint Hyacinth (Święty Jacek, Jacek Odrowąż), Dominican friar and saint *
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 * Jacek Bednarek, racewalker * Jacek Bogucki, politician *
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 *
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 * Jacek Dehnel, poet and writer *
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 *
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 *
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 * Jacek "Tede" Graniecki, rapper *
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 *
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 * Jacek Jędruch, Polish-American nuclear engineer and historian *
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 *
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 * Jacek Komuda, historian * Jacek Kościelniak, politician *
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 Jacek is a Polish given name of Greece, Greek origin related Hyacinth (given name), Hyacinth, through the archaic form of ''Jacenty''. Its closely related equivalents are: Jacinto (Spain, Spanish and Portugal, Portuguese), Giacinto (Italy, Italian ...
, politician *
Jacek Krzynówek Jacek Kamil Krzynówek (; born 15 May 1976) is a former Polish footballer. He is regarded as one of the best Polish footballers. He has earned many awards and trophies, not only in Poland, but also abroad. He has earned the honour of twice bein ...
, footballer *
Jacek Kuroń Jacek Jan Kuroń (; 3 March 1934 – 17 June 2004) was one of the democratic leaders of opposition in the People's Republic of Poland. He was widely known as the "godfather of the Polish opposition," not unlike Václav Havel in Czechoslovakia. Ku ...
, historian, dissident *
Jacek Kurski Jacek Olgierd Kurski (, born 22 February 1966 in Gdańsk) is a Polish politician and journalist, and the current chairman of the Polish public broadcaster TVP. He was previously a Member of the Sejm (2005–2009), Member of the European Parliam ...
, politician *
Jacek Lipiński Jacek Lipiński (born 26 February 1966) is a Polish lawyer, prosecutor, and mayor of Aleksandrów Łódzki, Poland Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It is divided into 16 administrative provinc ...
, lawyer, mayor of Aleksandrów Łódzki *
Jacek Łągwa Jacek Andrzej Łągwa (born 11 October 1969 in Łódź, Poland) is a Polish musician, composer, actor and vocalist of the famous Polish band Ich Troje. His parents are actors Janina Borońska Janina Borońska-Łągwa (born 16 June 1943, Łó ...
, musician and actor *
Jacek Majchrowski Jacek Maria Majchrowski (born 13 January 1947 in Sosnowiec) is a Polish politician, lawyer, historian, professor at the Jagiellonian University, and the current mayor of Kraków since 2002; making him the longest serving mayor in the history of t ...
, mayor of
Kraków Kraków (), or Cracow, is the second-largest and one of the oldest cities in Poland. Situated on the Vistula River in Lesser Poland Voivodeship, the city dates back to the seventh century. Kraków was the official capital of Poland until 1596 ...
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Jacek Malczewski Jacek Malczewski (; 15 July 1854 – 8 October 1929) was a Polish symbolist painter who is one of the most revered painters of Poland, associated with the patriotic Young Poland movement following a century of Partitions. He is regarded as the f ...
, painter *
Jacek Małachowski Jacek Małachowski, of the Nałęcz coat-of-arms (1737–1821) was a Polish nobleman, politician and administrator as well as Polish chancellor. He was Crown Deputy Master of the Pantry since 1764. Referendary of the Crown in 1764-1780, Deputy ...
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szlachcic The ''szlachta'' (Polish: endonym, Lithuanian: šlėkta) were the noble estate of the realm in the Kingdom of Poland, the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, and the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth who, as a class, had the dominating position in th ...
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Jacek Pastusiński Jacek Pastusiński (born 8 September 1964 in Majdan Królewski, Podkarpackie) is a retired male triple jumper from Poland Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It is divided into 16 administrative pro ...
, triple jumper *
Jacek Poniedziałek Jacek Poniedziałek (born 6 August 1965, Kraków) is a Polish film, theatre and television actor as well as a theatre director and translator. Life and career He was born on 6 August 1965 in Kraków and grew up in the city's Olsza II District. ...
, actor *
Jacek Rostowski Jan Anthony Vincent-Rostowski, also known as Jacek Rostowski (; born 30 April 1951, London), is a Polish-British economist and politician who served as Minister of Finance and Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Poland. He was a candidate ...
, politician and economist *
Jacek Saryusz-Wolski Jacek Emil Saryusz-Wolski (born 19 September 1948 in Łódź) is a Polish diplomat and PiS ( Law and Justice) politician. He has been a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) since June 2004. He served as Vice President of the European Parliame ...
, politician, diplomat *
Jacek Stopa Jacek Stopa (born 3 January 1987 in Wrocław) is a Polish International master and Grandmaster chess player. Chess career He is a three-time gold medalist of the Polish junior championships: under 12 (1999, Wisła), under 18 (2005, Łeba) an ...
(born 1987), polish chess player * Jacek Wszoła, high jumper *
Jacek Yerka Jacek Yerka (born Jacek Kowalski in 1952) is a Polish surrealist painter from Toruń. Yerka's work has been exhibited in Poland, Germany, Monaco, France, and the United States, and may be found in the museums of Poland. Early life Jacek Yerka wa ...
, painter *
Jacint Verdaguer i Santaló Jacint Verdaguer i Santaló (; 17 May 1845 – 10 June 1902) was a Catalan / Spanish writer, regarded as one of the greatest poets of Catalan literature and a prominent literary figure of the Renaixença, a cultural revival movement of the ...
(died 1902), Catalan poet {{Given name Polish masculine given names