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Wajda is a
Polish surname 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 *Polish brothers (Mark Polish and Michael Polish, born 1970), American twin screenwr ...
that is also used in parts of Eastern Europe outside of Poland. Notable persons with the name include: *
Andrzej Wajda Andrzej Witold Wajda (; 6 March 1926 – 9 October 2016) was a Polish film and theatre director. Recipient of an Honorary Oscar, the Palme d'Or, as well as Honorary Golden Lion and Honorary Golden Bear Awards, he was a prominent member of the ...
(1926–2016), Polish film director * Henry Wajda (1934–1973), American horse racing jockey *
Julia Wajda Julia Wajda (born 28 September 1990) is a Polish ski mountaineer. Wajda was born in Rabka-Zdrój. She started ski mountaineering in 2000, and competed first in 2001. Selected results * 2010: ** 2nd (espoirs), Trophée des Gastlosen (ISMF Wor ...
(born 1990), Polish ski mountaineer *
Kazimierz Wajda Kazimierz Wajda (3 December 1905 in Lwów - 8 May 1955 in Warsaw), stage name ''Szczepko'', was a Polish actor and comedian. He worked and lived in prewar Polish Lwów (now Lviv, Ukraine). Together with Henryk Vogelfänger he was a star of the r ...
aka "Szczepko" (1905–1955), Polish actor and comedian *
Patryk Wajda Patryk Wajda (born May 20, 1988) is a Polish ice hockey player for Cracovia Cracovia is the Latin name for the Polish city of Kraków Kraków (), or Cracow, is the second-largest and one of the oldest cities in Poland. Situated on the Vistu ...
(born 1988), Polish ice hockey player * Krystyna Zachwatowicz-Wajda (born 1930), Polish scenographer


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Wadjda ''Wadjda'' ( ar, وجدة, translit=Wajda, ) is a 2012 Saudi Arabian drama film, written and directed by Haifaa al-Mansour (in her feature directorial debut). It was the first feature film shot entirely in Saudi Arabia and the first feature-lengt ...
'', a 2012 Saudia Arabian film {{surname, Wajda Polish-language surnames