Malczewski (feminine: Malczewska, plural: Malczewscy) is a
Polish
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locational surname
A toponymic surname or topographic surname is a surname derived from a place name. , which originally meant a person from
Malczew or
Malczewo in
Poland
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[''Dictionary of American Family Names'']
"Malczewski Family History"
Oxford University Press, 2013. Retrieved on 18 January 2016. Variants of the name include Malczewscy, Malchevski, Malchevsky. The name may refer to:
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Antoni Malczewski
Antoni Malczewski (3 June 1793 – 2 May 1826) was a Polish romantic poet, known for his only work, "a narrative poem of dire pessimism", ''Maria'' (1825).
At the times, prominent and scandalizing was his autodestructive romance with a married ...
(1793–1826), Polish poet
* (1754–1819), Polish archbishops
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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 ...
(1854–1929), Polish painter
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Jakub Malczewski (born 1974), Polish alpine skier
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Rafał Malczewski
Rafał Marceli Ludwik Fortunat Józef Malczewski (24 October 1892 - 15 February 1965) was a Polish landscape and portrait painter, draughtsman, author and columnist. He was a noted Tatra mountaineer, skier and populariser of the Tatra Mountai ...
(1892-1965), Polish painter, writer and mountaineer
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Rafał Skarbek-Malczewski
Rafał Skarbek-Malczewski (born 7 October 1982) is a Polish snowboarder. He competed in the men's snowboard cross event at the 2006 Winter Olympics
The 2006 Winter Olympics, officially the XX Olympic Winter Games ( it, XX Giochi olimpici ...
(born 1982), Polish snowboarder
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Alexey Sergeevich Malchevsky (1915–1985), Soviet ornithologist, dean of biology at the Leningrad State University
See also
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Malchevskaya, Nyuksensky District, Vologda Oblast, Russia
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Malchevskaya, Tarnogsky District, Vologda Oblast, Russia
References
{{surname, Malczewski, Malczewska
Polish-language surnames