Maciej (
Polish pronunciation: ) is a
Polish
Polish may refer to:
* Anything from or related to Poland, a country in Europe
* Polish language
* Poles, people from Poland or of Polish descent
* Polish chicken
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given name, the etymological equivalent of
Matthias Matthias is a name derived from the Greek Ματθαίος, in origin similar to Matthew.
People
Notable people named Matthias include the following:
In religion:
* Saint Matthias, chosen as an apostle in Acts 1:21–26 to replace Judas Iscariot
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. Its
diminutive
A diminutive is a root word that has been modified to convey a slighter degree of its root meaning, either to convey the smallness of the object or quality named, or to convey a sense of intimacy or endearment. A (abbreviated ) is a word-formati ...
forms are Maciek, Maciuś.
Namedays according to Polish calendar: 30 January, 24 February, 14 May
Maciej may refer to:
Arts and entertainment
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Maciej Cieślak (born 1969), Polish guitarist and songwriter
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Maciej Dunal
Maciej Dunal (20 December 1953 – 8 January 2014) was a Polish actor and singer.
Maciej Dunal died on 8 January 2014, aged 60, in Gdynia
Gdynia ( ; ; german: Gdingen (currently), (1939–1945); csb, Gdiniô, , , ) is a city in north ...
(1953–2014), Polish actor and singer
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Maciej Fortuna
Maciej Fortuna is a Polish jazz trumpet player, composer and musical educator. He runs the Fortuna Music record label.
Jerzy Milian dedicated his composition "Music For Mr. Fortuna" to Maciej Fortuna.
Education
Maciej graduated from the Universit ...
(born 1982), Polish jazz trumpeter, composer and musical educator
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Maciej Golubiewski
Maciej Benedykt Golubiewski (born May 7, 1976) is a Polish political scientist and diplomat. Between 2017 and 2019 he served as the Consul General at the Consulate General of the Republic of Poland in New York City.
Biography
Golubiewski was bor ...
(born 1976), Consul General at the
Consulate General of the Republic of Poland in New York City
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Maciej Jachowski
Maciej Jachowski (born 8 July 1977) is a Polish actor and singer.
Career
His TV debut was in the dramatic documentary telenovela ''Sekcja 998'' (TVP2, 2006). In the TVP2 soap opera ''M jak miłość'', Jachowski plays Irek Podleśny, a colle ...
(born 1977), Polish actor
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Maciej Kozłowski
Maciej Kozlowski (8 September 1957 – 11 May 2010) was a Polish actor, mostly known for his roles in ''Kingsajz'', ''Psy'', ''Kiler'', ''With Fire and Sword'' and ''Schindler's List'' and the TV series ''M jak miłość''.
Kozlowski was b ...
(1957–2010), Polish actor
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Maciej Łukaszczyk
Maciej Łukaszczyk (11 March 1934, Warsaw – 4 June 2014, Poznań) was a Polish pianist.
Life
Łukaszczyk was born in the capital city of Poland, Warsaw, in March 1934. During the German occupation of Poland during the Second World War, he and ...
(1934–2014), Polish pianist
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Maciej Maleńczuk
Mirosław Maciej Maleńczuk (born August 14, 1961 in Wojcieszów, Lower Silesian Voivodeship), also known as Vladimir, is a Polish vocalist, guitarist, poet, former leader of music groups Püdelsi and Homo Twist. He performed as a guest with ...
(born 1961), Polish singer, guitarist and poet
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Maciej Małecki
Maciej Małecki (Warsaw, 27 November 1940) is a Polish composer and pianist.
He studied at the Frederic Chopin Academy of Music (graduating 1965) and the Eastman School of Music, Rochester, New York
Rochester () is a City (New York), city in ...
(born 1940), Polish composer and pianist
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Maciej Musiał
Maciej Musiał (born 11 February 1995) is a Polish actor, and television personality.
Biography
The son of actors Andrzej and Anna Musiał, he began his acting career at an early age with a cameo appearance in a 2004 episode of the long-running ...
(born 1995), Polish actor
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Maciej Silski
Maciej Silski (also known as Maciek Silski, born 10 January 1976 in Kwidzyn, Poland) is a Polish singer who rose to fame in his country after winning ''Idol (Poland), Idol Poland 4'', the Poland, Polish version of ''Pop Idol'', televised by Polsat. ...
(born 1976), Polish singer
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Maciej Stuhr
Maciej Jerzy Stuhr (born 23 June 1975) is a Polish actor, comedian and occasional film director.
Life and career
In 1999, he majored in psychology from the Jagiellonian University before moving on to study acting at Kraków's National Academy ...
(born 1975), Polish actor, comedian and impressionist
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Maciej Ślesicki
Maciej Wojciech Slesicki (born 1966 in Warsaw) is a Polish film director and screenwriter, co-founder and lecturer at the Warsaw Film School.
His mother was film producer Barbara Pec-Ślesicka.
Awards and nominations
* 1995: The Polish Gdynia Fil ...
(born 1966), Polish director and screenwriter, co-founder of the Warsaw Film School.
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Maciej Wojtyszko
Maciej Wojtyszko (; born in Warsaw, Mazowieckie on April 14, 1946) is a Polish film director, screenwriter and fiction author.
Biography
Maciej Wojtyszko graduated from the ''Liceum Technik Teatralnych'' in Warsaw in 1965. After having studied ...
(born 1946), Polish film director, screenwriter and fiction author
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Maciej Zembaty
Maciej Zembaty (16 May 194427 June 2011) was a Polish artist, writer, journalist, singer, poet and comedian. Despite being considered one of the classics of Polish black humour, he is perhaps best known as a translator and populariser of songs and ...
(1944–2011), Polish artist, writer, journalist, singer, poet and comedian
Politics
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Maciej Giertych
Maciej Marian Giertych (, born 24 March 1936 in Warsaw) is a Polish dendrologist and social conservative politician of the League of Polish Families (LPR). He favours state intervention in the economy. He was a member of the Sejm (between 2001 a ...
(born 1936), Polish dendrologist and social conservative politician
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Maciej Golubiewski
Maciej Benedykt Golubiewski (born May 7, 1976) is a Polish political scientist and diplomat. Between 2017 and 2019 he served as the Consul General at the Consulate General of the Republic of Poland in New York City.
Biography
Golubiewski was bor ...
(born 1976), Polish political scientist and diplomat
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Maciej Górski (1944–2020), Polish politician
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Maciej Nowicki
Maciej Nowicki (born 28 September 1941 in Warsaw) is a Polish politician, manager and scientist. Minister of the Environment of the Republic of Poland in the cabinet of Donald Tusk (from 16 November 2007 to 1 February 2010).
Career
Nowicki gra ...
(born 1941), Polish politician, manager and scientist
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Maciej Płażyński
Maciej Płażyński (; 10 February 1958 – 10 April 2010) was a Polish liberal-conservative politician.
Biography
Płażyński was born in Młynary. He began his political career in 1980 / 1981 as one of the leaders of the Students' Solidar ...
(1958–2010), Polish politician and marshal of the Sejm
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Maciej Rataj
Maciej Rataj (19 February 1884 – 21 June 1940) was a Polish politician and writer.
Biography
Born in the village of Chłopy, near Lwów (now Lviv, Ukraine), on 19 February 1884, he attended a gymnasium in Lwów and studied classical lingu ...
(1884–1940), Polish politician and writer
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Maciej Świątkowski
Maciej Świątkowski (born 16 March 1950 in Bydgoszcz) is a Polish politician. He was elected to Sejm on 25 September 2005, getting 8780 votes in 4 Bydgoszcz district as a candidate from Civic Platform
Civic Platform ( pl, Platforma Obywatelsk ...
(born 1950), Polish politician, former member of the Sejm and the Senate
Sports
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Maciej Bębenek
Maciej Bębenek (born 22 September 1984 in Kraków) is a Polish former professional footballer who played as a midfielder.
Career
In September 2017, Bębenek joined Wiślanie Jaśkowice. He played for the club until January 2019, where he re-joi ...
(born 1984), Polish footballer
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Maciej Bielecki
Maciej Bielecki (born 19 May 1987) is a Polish track cyclist. He was born in Białystok. He competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, and at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London
London is the capital and largest city of England and ...
(born 1987), Polish cyclist
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Maciej Bodnar
Maciej Bodnar (born 7 March 1985, in Oława) is a Polish professional road racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI ProTeam . He is the brother of fellow racing cyclist Łukasz Bodnar. Bodnar has been a team-mate of Peter Sagan throughout Saga ...
(born 1985), Polish road racing cyclist
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Maciej Bydliński
Maciej Bydliński (born March 11, 1988 in Szczyrk, Poland) is an alpine skier from Poland
Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It is divided into 16 administrative provinces called voivodeships, c ...
(born 1988), Polish alpine skier
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Maciej Dąbrowski
Maciej Dąbrowski (born 20 April 1987) is a Polish professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for ŁKS Łódź.
Career Club
In July 2011, he joined Olimpia Grudziądz.
International
Dąbrowski participated in the 2007 FIFA U-20 World ...
(born 1987), Polish footballer
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Maciej Gajos
Maciej Gajos (born 19 March 1991) is a Polish footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Lechia Gdańsk in the Ekstraklasa.
International career
Gajos got his first call up to the senior Poland squad for a UEFA Euro 2016 qualifier again ...
(born 1991), Polish footballer
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Maciej Gębala
Maciej Gębala (born 10 January 1994) is a Polish handball player for SC DHfK Leipzig and the Polish national team.
He competed at the 2016 European Men's Handball Championship and at the 2017 World Men's Handball Championship.
Private life
H ...
(born 1994), Polish handball player
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Maciej Górski (born 1990), Polish footballer
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Maciej Hreniak
Maciej Hreniak (born May 3, 1989) is a Polish swimmer, who specialized in long-distance freestyle events. He represented his nation Poland at the 2008 Summer Olympics, and has won a career total of five medals (four golds and one bronze) in a m ...
(born 1989), Polish swimmer
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Maciej Iwański (born 1981), Polish footballer
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Maciej Janowski
Maciej Janowski (born 6 August 1991 in Wrocław, Poland[www.janowskiracing.com](_blank)
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(born 1991), Polish speedway rider
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Maciej Jewtuszko
Maciej Jewtuszko (born January 31, 1981) is a Polish mixed martial artist who most recently competed in 2019. A professional since 2005, he has fought in the UFC, WEC, and KSW. He is the former KSW Lightweight Champion.
Background
Jewtuszko com ...
(born 1981), Polish mixed martial artist
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Maciej Korzym
Maciej Korzym (born 2 May 1988) is a Polish footballer who plays as a forward for Barciczanka Barcice.
Career
He also played for the Poland national under-21 football team
The Poland national under-21 football team is the national under-21 foot ...
(born 1988), Polish footballer
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Maciej Lampe
Maciej Bolesław Lampe (born February 5, 1985) is a Polish professional basketball player. Standing at , he plays at the power forward and center positions.
Professional career
Originally from Łódź, Poland, Lampe grew up in Stockholm, Sweden ...
(born 1985), Polish basketball player
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Maciej Pałyszko
Maciej Pałyszko (born 2 January 1978 in Warsaw, Mazowieckie) is a retired male hammer thrower from Poland
Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It is divided into 16 administrative provinces calle ...
(born 1978), Polish hammer thrower
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Maciej Piaszczyński
Maciej Piaszczyński (born 28 May 1989 in Pleszew, Poland) is a former international motorcycle speedway rider from Poland.
Craeer
Piaszczyński has represented Poland U-21 national team.
Results
World Championships
* Individual U-21 Wo ...
(born 1989), Polish speedway rider
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Maciej Pospieszyński
Maciej Pospieszyński (born 1981) – is a Polish Gliding, glider Competition aerobatics, aerobatic aviator, pilot and a powered aerobatic pilot.
References
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Aerobatic pilots
Glider pilots
Living peop ...
, Polish glider aerobatic pilot
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Maciej Rybus
Maciej Rybus (; born 19 August 1989) is a Polish professional footballer who plays as a left-back for Spartak Moscow in the Russian Premier League, and previously for the Poland national team.
Club career
Rybus began his career with Pelikan ...
(born 1989), Polish footballer
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Maciej Skorża
Maciej Skorża (; born 10 January 1972) is a former Poles, Polish professional Association football, footballer. He is currently the Manager (association football), manager of J1 League club Urawa Red Diamonds.
Club career
He was playing as a def ...
(born 1972), Polish football manager
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Maciej Śliwa
Maciej Śliwa (born 22 May 2001) is a Polish professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for ŁKS Łódź.
Career statistics
Club
;Notes
Honours
Miedź Legnica
*I liga: 2021–22
ŁKS Łódź
* I liga: 2022–23
ŁKS Ł ...
(born 2001), Polish footballer
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Maciej Staręga
Maciej Staręga (born 31 January 1990, in Siedlce) is a Polish cross-country skiing (sport), cross-country skier. He competed at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2013 in Val di Fiemme, the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, in Cross-country ski ...
(born 1990), Polish cross-country skier
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Maciej Szczęsny
Maciej Wawrzyniec Szczęsny (pronounced ) (born 28 June 1965) is a former footballer from Poland, who played for Legia Warsaw, Widzew Łódź, Polonia Warsaw and Wisła Kraków as a goalkeeper. He participated in the UEFA Champions League with ...
(born 1965), Polish footballer
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Maciej Urbańczyk
Maciej Urbańczyk (born 2 April 1996) is a Polish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Odra Opole.
Career Stal Mielec
Urbańczyk signed for Stal Mielec on 31 January 2019.
Odra Opole
On 30 June 2022, he moved to I liga side Odr ...
(born 1995), Polish footballer
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Maciej Zieba Maciej (Polish pronunciation: ) is a Polish given name, the etymological equivalent of Matthias. Its diminutive forms are Maciek, Maciuś.
Namedays according to Polish calendar: 30 January, 24 February, 14 May
Maciej may refer to:
Arts and en ...
(born 1987), Polish-German footballer
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Maciej Żurawski
Maciej Stanisław Żurawski (; born 12 September 1976) is a Polish former professional footballer who played as a forward.
Żurawski appeared 72 times and scored 17 goals for Poland, representing them at two World Cups and Euro 2008. He also ...
(born 1976), Polish footballer
Other
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Maciej Cegłowski
Maciej Cegłowski (born 1975) is a Polish-American web developer, entrepreneur, speaker, and social critic, based in San Francisco, California. He is the owner of the bookmarking service Pinboard, which he calls a social bookmarking site for intro ...
, Polish-American web developer and writer, owner of the bookmarking service
Pinboard
A bulletin board (pinboard, pin board, noticeboard, or notice board in British English) is a surface intended for the posting of public messages, for example, to advertise items wanted or for sale, announce events, or provide information. B ...
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Maciej Dziewoński
Maciej Dziewoński (died May 31, 1794) was a Polish priest, noted for his opposition to the Kościuszko Uprising and his espionage for the Russians.
Dziewoński spoke openly against the uprising and had close ties to the number of Russian Army of ...
(died 1794), Polish priest and Russian spy
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Maciej Franz
Maciej Franz (born 1969 in Toruń) is a Polish historian; the expert of the sea wars and Zaporozhian Hosts wars; professor at Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań.
He was born in Toruń, but he moved to Poznań on the time of studies and sett ...
(born 1969), Polish historian
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Maciej Kranz
Maciej Kranz (born 22 November 1964; Warsaw, Poland) is a Polish-American executive, ''New York Times'' bestselling author, angel investor, faculty member of Singularity University, and an expert in Internet of Things (IoT) technologies such a ...
(born 1964), Polish-American
Silicon Valley
Silicon Valley is a region in Northern California that serves as a global center for high technology and innovation. Located in the southern part of the San Francisco Bay Area, it corresponds roughly to the geographical areas San Mateo County ...
executive
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Maciej Kuroń
Maciej Kuroń (; born 8 March 1960 in Warsaw, died 25 December 2008 in Izabelin), was a Polish journalist and culinary publicist. He was a host of television culinary shows, which made him very popular in Poland. He was the son of Jacek Kuroń.
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(1960–2008), Polish chef, culinary publicist and journalist
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Maciej Łubieński
Maciej Łubieński (1572 in Łubna – 1652 in Łowicz), of Pomian coat of arms, was a primate of Poland, archbishop of Gniezno, bishop of Poznań, bishop of Kujawy and interrex in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth.
He was educated in Sieradz ...
(1572–1652), primate of Poland and archbishop of Gniezno
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Maciej Miechowita
Maciej Miechowita (also known as ''Maciej z Miechowa, Maciej of Miechów, Maciej Karpiga, Matthias de Miechow''; 1457 – 8 September 1523) was a Polish renaissance scholar, professor of Jagiellonian University, historian, chronicler, geograp ...
(1457–1523), Polish renaissance scholar, professor of Jagiellonian University, historian, chronicler, geographer, and medical doctor
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Maciej Rybiński
Maciej Rybiński (; 24 February 1784 in Slavuta in Wołyń, 17 January 1874 in Paris), Poland, Polish general, last Polish National Government (November Uprising), chief of State of November Uprising.
1784 births
1874 deaths
Burials at M ...
(1945–2009), Polish journalist, publicist, satirist and writer
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Maciej Kazimierz Sarbiewski
Maciej Kazimierz Sarbiewski (in Latin, ''Matthias Casimirus Sarbievius''; Lithuanian: ''Motiejus Kazimieras Sarbievijus''; Sarbiewo, Poland, 24 February 1595 Maciej Kazimierz Sarbiewski's biography by Mirosław Korolko in: – 2 April 1640, Wars ...
(1595–1640), Europe's most prominent Latin poet of the 17th century
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Maciej Stachowiak
Maciej Stachowiak (; born June 6, 1976) is a Polish American software developer currently employed by Apple Inc., where he is a leader of the development team responsible for the WebKit Framework. A longtime proponent of open source software, St ...
(born 1976), Polish-American software developer and notable proponent for open source software and web standards, and a leader of the WebKit development team.
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Maciej Stryjkowski
Maciej Stryjkowski (also referred to as Strykowski and Strycovius;Nowa encyklopedia powszechna PWN. t. 6, 1997 – ) was a Polish historian, writer and a poet, known as the author of ''Chronicle of Poland, Lithuania, Samogitia and all of Rutheni ...
(ca. 1547–1593), Polish historian
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Maciej Sulkiewicz
Maciej (Suleyman bey) Sulkiewicz ( be, Мацей Аляксандравіч Сулькевіч, translit=Maciej Aliaksandravič Sulkievič, az, Süleyman bəy Sulkeviç, russian: Матвей (Магомет) Сулькевич, translit=Matvey ...
(1865–1920), lieutenant general of the Russian Empire, Prime Minister of Crimea, and Chief of General Staff of Azerbaijani Armed Forces
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Maciej Zamoyski
The House of Zamoyski (plural: Zamoyscy) is the name of an important Polish noble (szlachta) family, which used the Jelita coat of arms. It is the Polish term for "de Zamość" (Polish "z Zamościa"), the name they originally held as lords of Z ...
, Polish nobleman
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Maciej Zaremba
Maciej Zaremba Bielawski (born 12 March 1951) is a Swedish journalist and author.
Zaremba was born in Poznań, Poland, son to Oskar Bielawski and Elżbieta Immerdauer. In 1969 he emigrated to Sweden with his mother and two younger brothers due ...
(born 1951), Swedish journalist and author
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Maciej Zień (born 1979), Polish fashion designer
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Maciej Żurowski
Maciej Żurowski (17 September 1915 in Płock – 8 May 2003 in Warsaw) was a Polish historian of French literature, translator, Romanist. He was a professor of University of Warsaw, co-editor of (since 1957).
Works
Żurowski was an author ...
(1915–2003), Polish historian of French literature and translator
See also
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