Zbigniew () is a
Polish masculine given
name
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, originally Zbygniew . This
West Slavic name is derived from the Polish elements ''Zby-'' (from ''zbyć, zbyć się, or pozbyć się'', meaning "to dispel", "to get rid of") and ''gniew'', meaning "anger". Its
diminutive
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forms include Zbyszek and Zbyś. The Czech form of this name is
Zbyněk (derived from Zbyhněv).
Individuals with this name may celebrate their
name day on February 17, March 17, April 1, June 16 or October 10.
English diminutive of this name is
Zibi,
Zbiggy or
Zbig.
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Zbigniew of Brzezia (c. 1360 – c. 1425), Polish knight and nobleman of Clan Zadora
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Zbigniew of Poland, high duke of Poland from 1102–1106
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Zbigniew Andruszkiewicz
Zbigniew Andruszkiewicz (born 1 November 1959) is a Polish rower. He competed in the men's quadruple sculls event at the 1980 Summer Olympics
The 1980 Summer Olympics (russian: Летние Олимпийские игры 1980, Letniye Oli ...
(born 1959), Polish rower
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Zbigniew Babiński (1896–1940), Polish military and sports aviator
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Zbigniew Bargielski (born 1937), Polish composer
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Zbigniew Baranowski (born 1991), Polish wrestler
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Zbigniew Bartman (born 1987), Polish volleyball player
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Zbigniew Beta
Zbigniew Beta (born 2 July 1953) is a retired Polish long jumper.
He won the bronze medal at the 1975 European Indoor Championships. He became Polish champion in 1973, and Polish indoor champion in 1975.
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(born 1953), Polish long jumper
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Zbigniew Bieńkowski
Zbigniew Bieńkowski (31 August 1913, in Warsaw — 23 February 1994) was a Polish poet, Literary criticism, literary critic, translation, translator and essayist.
Biography
Bieńkowski graduated in 1931 from the Gymnasium (school), Gymnasium XX ...
(1913–1994), Polish poet, literary critic, translator and essayist
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Zbigniew Boniek (born 1956), Polish footballer, manager, and President of the Polish Football Association
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Zbigniew Brym (1919–2006), Polish military, photographer and publicist
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Zbigniew Bródka (born 1984), Polish speed skater, 2014 Olympic champion in 1500 metres
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Zbigniew Brzeziński (1928–2017), Polish-American diplomat and political scientist
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Zbigniew Buczkowski (born 1951), Polish film actor and entertainer
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Zbigniew Bujak (born 1954), opposition activist in the People's Republic of Poland
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Zbigniew Bujarski (1933–2018), Polish composer
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Zbigniew Burzyński (1902–1971), Polish balloonist and constructor of balloons
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Zbigniew Bzymek (born 1976), Polish-American filmmaker, experimental theatre and music video artist
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Zbigniew Chlebowski (born 1964), Polish politician
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Zbigniew Chmielowiec
Zbigniew Michał Chmielowiec (born 22 September 1954 in Kolbuszowa) is a Polish politician. He was elected to the Polish lower house (Sejm) on 25 September 2005, getting 17243 votes in 23 Rzeszów district as a candidate from the Law and Justice
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(born 1954), Polish politician, Member of Parliament
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Zbigniew Ciesielski
Zbigniew Ciesielski (Polish pronunciation: ; 1 October 1934 – 5 October 2020) was a Polish mathematician specializing in functional analysis and probability theory. He served as the President of the Polish Mathematical Society from 1981 to 1983. ...
(1934–2020), Polish mathematician
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Zbigniew Cybulski (1927–1967), Polish actor
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Zbigniew Ćwiąkalski
Zbigniew Ćwiąkalski (; born March 9, 1950, in Łańcut) is a Polish politician, former Minister of Justice and Public Prosecutor General of Poland. He is a qualified lawyer, adwokat, and associate professor of law at the Jagiellonian Universi ...
(born 1950), Polish politician
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Zbigniew Czaja, Polish slalom canoeist
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Zbigniew Czajkowski (born 1921), Polish fencing coach
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Zbigniew Czerwiński (speedway rider) (born 1982), Polish speedway rider
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Zbigniew Dębski
Zbigniew Dębski (29 November 1922 in Łasin – 10 April 2010) was a Polish soldier and co-founder of the Union of Warsaw Insurgents.
He died in the 2010 Polish Air Force Tu-154 crash near Smolensk on 10 April 2010. He was posthumously awarded ...
(1922–2010), Polish military personnel and co-founder of the Union of Warsaw Insurgents
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Zbigniew Deptuła (born 1962), Polish politician from the Polish People's Party
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Zbigniew Dłubak
Zbigniew Andrzej Dłubak (1921–2005) was a Polish painter, photographer, and art theoretician.file:"Kompendium", Zbigniew Dłubak, Natalia Lach-Lachowicz, Andrzej Lachowicz, 1970.tif, ''Kompendium'', Zbigniew Dłubak, Natalia LL, Natalia Lach-Lac ...
(1921–2005), Polish painter
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Zbigniew Doda (1931–2013), Polish chess player
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Zbigniew Dolata
Zbigniew Dolata (born 1 December 1965 in Koźmin, Turek County, Koźmin) is a Polish politician. He was elected to the Sejm on 25 September 2005, getting 9880 votes in 37 Konin district as a candidate from the Law and Justice (Poland), Law and Jus ...
(born 1965), Polish politician, Member of Parliament
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Zbigniew Dregier
Zbigniew Dregier (born 17 July 1935) is a Polish former basketball player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1960 Summer Olympics, and the 1964 Summer Olympics.
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1935 births
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(born 1935), Polish basketball player
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Zbigniew Drzewiecki (1890–1971), Polish pianist and music educator
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Zbigniew Dunin-Wasowicz (1882–1915), Polish military leader
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Zbigniew Dybol
Zbigniew Dybol (born 22 February 1947) is a former Polish handball player who competed in the 1972 Summer Olympics
The 1972 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XX Olympiad () and commonly known as Munich 1972 (german: Mü ...
(born 1947), Polish handball player
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Zbigniew Fedyczak (born 1952), Polish sports shooter
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Zbigniew Fil (born 1977), Polish singer and multi-instrumentalist
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Zbigniew Firlej (c. 1613–1649), noble of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth
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Zbigniew Antoni Fronczek (born 1935), Polish politician
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Zbigniew Gawlik
Zbigniew Gawlik (born 1 July 1956) is a former Polish handball player who competed in the 1980 Summer Olympics and at the 1982 World Men's Handball Championship
The 1982 World Men's Handball Championship was the 10th team handball World Champio ...
(born 1956), Polish handball player
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Zbigniew Gawlor (1946–2003), Polish luger
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Zbigniew Girzyński (born 1973), Member of Parliament
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Zbigniew Gołąb (1923–1994), Polish linguist and Slavist
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Zbigniew Grzybowski (born 1976), Polish football winger
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Zbigniew Gut (1949–2010), Polish football defender
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Zbigniew Herbert
Zbigniew Herbert (; 29 October 1924 – 28 July 1998) was a Polish poet, essayist, drama writer and moralist. He is one of the best known and the most translated post-war Polish writers. While he was first published in the 1950s (a volume titled ...
(1924–1998), Polish poet, essayist, drama writer and moralist
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Zbigniew Herman (1935–2010), Polish physician and pharmacologist
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Zbigniew Hoffmann (born 1963), Polish politician
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Zbigniew Jagiełło (born 1964), Polish banker
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Zbigniew Janiszewski
Zbigniew Janiszewski (born 16 August 1931) is a Polish Sport of athletics, athlete. He competed in the Athletics at the 1956 Summer Olympics – Men's pole vault, men's pole vault at the 1956 Summer Olympics.
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1931 births
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(born 1931), Polish pole vaulter
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Zbigniew Januszkiewicz
Zbigniew Januszkiewicz (born 18 August 1962) is a Polish Swimming (sport), swimmer. He competed in the Swimming at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metre backstroke, men's 200 metre backstroke at the 1980 Summer Olympics.
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(born 1962), Polish swimmer
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Zbigniew Jaremski (1949–2011), Polish sprinter
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Zbigniew Jaworowski (1927–2011) Polish physician and alpinist
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Zbigniew Juszczak
Zbigniew Juszczak (born 24 October 1975, in Żnin) is a Polish former field hockey player who competed in the 2000 Summer Olympics
The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad and also known as Sydney 2000 (Dharug: ' ...
(born 1975), Polish field hockey player
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Zbigniew Kabata (1924–2014), Polish parasitologist, World War II veteran, poet, fisherman, translator and scientific administrator
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Zbigniew Kaczmarek (disambiguation), multiple people, including:
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Zbigniew Kaczmarek (weightlifter) (born 1946), Polish weightlifter, Olympic medalist
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Zbigniew Kaczmarek (footballer)
Zbigniew Kaczmarek (born 1 June 1962 in Lębork) is a former Polish football player. He played 30 times for Poland
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(born 1962), Polish football player
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Zbigniew Karkowski
Zbigniew Karkowski (born 14 March 1958 – 12 December 2013) was a Polish experimental musician and composer.
Karkowski was born on 14 March 1958 in Krakow, Poland. He studied composition at the State College of Music in Gothenburg, Sweden, aesth ...
(1958–2013), Polish composer and musician
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Zbigniew Karpus
Zbigniew Klemens Karpus (born 1954) is a Polish historian. Professor of Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń, where he is the director of Institute of International Relations, he is the author of several books and dozens of articles. He speci ...
(born 1954), Polish historian
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Zbigniew Kiernikowski
Zbigniew Kiernikowski (born 2 July 1946 in Szamarzewo) is a Polish prelate of the Catholic Church who was bishop of Legnica from 2014 to 2021 and of Siedlice from 2002 to 2014.
Biography
Kiernikowski was ordained to the priesthood on 6 June 1971 ...
(born 1946), Polish Roman Catholic priest, professor
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Zbigniew Komorowski
Zbigniew Komorowski is a Polish former competitive figure skater
Figure skating is a sport in which individuals, pairs, or groups perform on figure skates on ice. It was the first winter sport to be included in the Olympic Games, when contes ...
, Polish figure skater
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Zbigniew Kowalski (born 1970), Polish football defender
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Zbigniew Kozak
Zbigniew Ryszard Kozak (born 3 April 1961 in Gdynia) is a Polish politician. He was elected to the Sejm on 25 September 2005, getting 7,901 votes in 26 Gdynia district as a candidate from the Law and Justice (Poland), Law and Justice list.
See a ...
(born 1961), Polish politician, Member of Parliament
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Zbigniew Kruszyński
Zbigniew Kruszyński (born 14 October 1960), commonly known as Detsi Kruszyński or Detzi Kruszyński, is a Polish-German retired footballer. Primarily a midfielder, he was also adept in defence and attack. In an 18-year professional career, he p ...
(born 1960), Polish football player
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Zbigniew Kupczynski
Zbigniew Kupczynski (28 November 1928 – 18 February 2024) was a Polish-Canadian abstract expressionist artist known for his colorful portrait paintings of celebrities and children.1997. "Flying Colours," ''Where Vancouver''. His work has been ...
(born 1928), Polish-Canadian abstract expressionist artist
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Zbigniew Kuźmiński (1921–2005), Polish film director and screenwriter
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Zbigniew Kuźmiuk (born 1956), Polish politician
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Zbigniew Kwiatkowski (born 1985), Polish handball player
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Zbigniew Lengren (1919–2003), Polish cartoonist, caricaturist, and illustrator
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Zbigniew Leśniak
Zbigniew Leśniak (born 12 March 1950 in Nowy Sącz) is a former Polish slalom canoeist who competed in the 1970s. He won two bronze medals in the C-2 team event at the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships, earning them in 1975 and 1977. He also ...
(born 1950), Polish slalom canoeist
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Zbigniew Lew-Starowicz (born 1943), Polish psychiatrist and psychotherapist
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Zbigniew Libera
Zbigniew Libera (born 7 July 1959) is a Polish artist, born in Pabianice, Poland. Libera's artworks are considered to fall under the styles of pop art and critical art, and have been frequently used his works to comment on political and social ...
(born 1959), Polish artist
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Zbigniew J. Lipowski (1924–1997), Polish psychiatrist, historian, author, political commentator and speaker
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Zbigniew Lubiejewski (born 1949), Polish volleyball player
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Zbigniew Marciniak
Zbigniew Stanisław Marciniak (born 9 April 1952 in Warsaw) is a Polish mathematician and university teacher. Between 2007–2009 he was an Education vice-secretary and from 2010 until 2012 he was Science Secretary.
Life
He graduated mathema ...
(born 1952), Polish mathematician and university teacher
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Zbigniew Makomaski (born 1931), Polish middle-distance runner
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Zbigniew Makowski
Zbigniew Makowski (31 January 1930 – 19 August 2019) was a Polish painter.
Zbigniew Makowski was born in 1930. Three of his works are in the permanent collection in New York's Museum of Modern Art (MoMA).
Makowski died in August 2019, aged 89.
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(born 1930), Polish painter
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Zbigniew Małkowski
Zbigniew "Zibi" Małkowski (born 19 January 1978) is a Polish professional association football coach and a former player who played as a goalkeeper. He most recently worked as a goalkeeping coach with Podbeskidzie Bielsko-Biała.
Club career
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(born 1978), Polish football goalkeeper
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Zbigniew Matwiejew (born 1949), Polish fencer
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Zbigniew Messner (1929–2014), Polish politician and economist
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Zbigniew Miązek (born 1966), Polish slalom canoer
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Zbigniew Michalewicz
Zbigniew Michalewicz is an entrepreneur, author and professor in the fields of mathematical optimisation and new technologies. He is the author of over 250 articles and 25 books which have been widely cited. He is the co-founder of NuTech Soluti ...
, Polish entrepreneur, author and professor
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Zbigniew Morsztyn (c. 1628–1689), Polish poet
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Zbigniew Namysłowski (born 1939), Polish jazz composer
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Zbigniew Nienacki (1929–1994), Polish writer
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Zbigniew Nieradka, Polish glider pilot
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Zbigniew Niewiadomski (born 1946), Polish sprint canoer
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Zbigniew Niszczot (born 1955), Australian rugby league player
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Zbigniew Nowosadzki (born 1957), Polish painter
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Zbigniew Okoński (born 1949), Polish politician and businessman
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Zbigniew Oleśnicki (disambiguation), multiple people, including:
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Zbigniew Oleśnicki (cardinal) (1389–1455), Roman Catholic clergyman and a Polish statesman and diplomat
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Zbigniew Oleśnicki (primate of Poland) (c. 1430–1493), Roman Catholic clergyman and Polish politician
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Zbigniew Orywał
Zbigniew Orywał (born 5 April 1930) is a Polish middle-distance runner. He competed in the men's 800 metres at the 1960 Summer Olympics
The 1960 Summer Olympics ( it, Giochi Olimpici estivi del 1960), officially known as the Games of the XV ...
(born 1930), Polish middle-distance runner
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(born 1951), Polish politician and athlete
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Zbigniew Pakleza
Zbigniew Pakleza (born 5 December 1986) is a Polish chess Grandmaster and a streamer.
Chess career
Zbigniew Pakleza is a multiple medalist of the Polish Junior Chess Championship: 2002 (U16) - silver, 2001 (U16) - bronze. He represented Poland ...
(born 1986), Polish chess Grandmaster
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Zbigniew Paleta (born 1942), Polish violinist and composer for telenovelas
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Zbigniew Paradowski
Zbigniew Paradowski (born 4 July 1932) is a Polish rower. He competed in the men's coxless four event at the 1956 Summer Olympics
The 1956 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XVI Olympiad, were an international multi-spo ...
(born 1932), Polish rower
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Zbigniew Pełczyński
Zbigniew Pełczyński (, 29 December 1925 – 22 June 2021) was a Polish-British political philosopher and academic. He taught politics at Pembroke College, Oxford, from 1957 to 1992, and was later an Emeritus Fellow of the college. Pełczyński ...
(1925–2021), Polish-British political philosopher and academic
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Zbigniew Piątek
Zbigniew Piątek (born 1 May 1966) is a Polish former road racing cyclist. He was active as an amateur from 1987 to 1993 and from 1994 to 2005 as a professional. He won many of the top races in Poland: the Tour de Pologne, Tour of Małopolska an ...
(born 1966), Polish road racing cyclist
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Zbigniew Pierzynka
Zbigniew Pierzynka (born October 21, 1951, in Kraków, Małopolskie) is a former long-distance runner from Poland, who represented his native country at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, USSR. He set his personal best (2:12:21) in the classic dis ...
, Polish long-distance runner
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Zbigniew Pietrzykowski
Zbigniew Jan Pietrzykowski (4 October 1934 – 19 May 2014) was a Polish boxer.
He took part in three Olympic Games, each time winning a medal. He won a bronze medal at Melbourne 1956 in the light middleweight division, after losing in the ...
(1934–2014), Polish boxer, Olympian
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Zbigniew Piórkowski
Zbigniew Piórkowski (2 July 1929 – 10 July 1994) was a Polish boxer. He competed in the men's middleweight event at the 1956 Summer Olympics
The 1956 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XVI Olympiad, were an inter ...
(1929–1994), Polish boxer, Olympian
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Zbigniew Podraza (born 1953) Polish politician, member of Sejm and mayor of Dąbrowa Górnicza
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Zbigniew Preisner (born 1955), Polish film score composer
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Zbigniew Promiński (born 1978), nicknamed "Inferno", Polish death metal drummer
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Zbigniew Przybyszewski (1907–1952), Polish military officer and a Commander in the Polish Navy
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Zbigniew Radziwonowicz (1930–2002), Polish athlete in the javelin throw
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Zbigniew Raszewski
Zbigniew Raszewski (5 April 1925, Poznań) was a Polish writer and theatre historian. Life
Shortly after his birth his family moved to Bydgoszcz, where he spent his childhood and youth. He wrote one of the best books on the town, and more broadly ...
(1925–1992), Polish writer and theatre historian
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Zbigniew Religa (1938–2009), Polish cardiac surgeon and politician
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Zbigniew Romaszewski
Zbigniew Jan Romaszewski (2 January 1940 – 13 February 2014) was a Polish conservative politician, senator since 1989, and human rights activist.
After the June 1976 protests he was cofounder of assurance to workers prosecuted by communist regi ...
(1940–2014), Polish conservative politician, senator, and human rights activist
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Zbigniew Rybczyński (born 1949), Polish filmmaker, director, cinematographer, and screenwriter
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Zbigniew Rychlicki Zbigniew Rychlicki (17 January 1922 – 10 September 1989) was a Polish graphic artist, and illustrator of children's books. He received the Hans Christian Andersen Awards Prize given by the Jury of the International Board on Books for Young Peo ...
(1922–1989), Polish graphic artist and illustrator of children's books
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Zbigniew Rynasiewicz (born 1963), Polish politician
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Zbigniew Sawan
Zbigniew Sawan (14 April 1904 – 4 June 1984) was a Polish stage and film actor. He appeared in more than 25 films between 1928 and 1984. Studied directing in Państwowy Instytut Sztuki Teatralnej.
Selected filmography
* '' Huragan'' (192 ...
(1904–1984), Polish stage and film actor
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Zbigniew Schodowski
Zbigniew Schodowski (born 30 April 1987) is a Polish rower
Rowing, sometimes called crew in the United States, is the sport of racing boats using oars. It differs from paddling sports in that rowing oars are attached to the boat using oar ...
(born 1987), Polish rower
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Zbigniew Schwarzer (1928–2008), Polish rower
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Zbigniew Ścibor-Rylski (1917–2018), Polish aviator, officer of the Home Army, Brigadier General of the Polish Army
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Zbigniew Seifert (1946–1979), Polish jazz musician
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Zbigniew Siemiątkowski (born 1957), Polish politician
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Zbigniew Skowroński
Zbigniew Skowroński (21 September 1925 – 24 February 1992) was a Polish bobsledder. He competed in the two-man and the four-man events at the 1956 Winter Olympics
The 1956 Winter Olympics, officially known as the VII Olympic Winte ...
(1925–1992), Polish bobsledder
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Zbigniew Skrudlik (born 1934), Polish fencer
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Zbigniew Ślusarski (born 1947), Polish rower
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Zbigniew Sosnowski
Zbigniew Sosnowski (born 10 December 1963 in Rypin) is a Polish politician. He was elected to the Sejm on 25 September 2005, getting 5937 votes in 5 Toruń district as a candidate from the Polish People's Party list.
He was also a member of ...
(born 1963), Polish politician, Member of Parliament
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Zbigniew Spruch (born 1965), Polish cyclist
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Zbigniew Stonoga
Zbigniew Stonoga (; born 17 October 1974 in Ozimek) is a Polish entrepreneur, businessman, activist and philanthropist who gained notoriety as a whistleblower for the publication of the investigation files concerning the Wprost#Role in the 2014 g ...
(born 1974), Polish entrepreneur, videobloger, social and political activist
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Zbigniew Stryj
Zbigniew Stryj (born 2 January 1968 in Zabrze, Poland) is a Polish actor.
Filmography
* Goracy czwartek (1994)
* Święta polskie
* Barbórka (2005) as Hubert Szewczyk
* Na Wspólnej (2005 – current) as Adam Roztocki
*Kryminalni (2006) as ...
(born 1968), Polish actor
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Zbigniew Stypułkowski
Zbigniew Stypułkowski (26 March 1904 – 30 March 1979) was a Polish lawyer and politician, Member of the Council of National Unity. He was sentenced by the Soviets in the infamous Trial of the Sixteen in 1945.
Biography
In 1944 he took part in ...
(1904–1979), Polish lawyer and politician
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Zbigniew Suchecki
Zbigniew Suchecki (born 21 July 1984 in Gorzów Wielkopolski, Poland) is a motorcycle speedway rider from Poland.
Career
Suchecki rode for Stal Gorzów Wielkopolski from 2001 to 2002, before joining Zielona Góra for five seasons.
In 2007, he m ...
(born 1984), Polish speedway rider
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Zbigniew Suszyński
Zbigniew Suszyński (born 26 July 1961, in Rypin) is a Polish film, television and theater actor. He has also provided voice-overs for commercials and television programs. He has been in dubbing roles in many animated films and TV shows, such as i ...
(born 1961), Polish film, television and theater actor
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Zbigniew Syka
Zbigniew Syka (24 March 1936 – 2 August 1996) was a Polish sprinter. He competed in the men's 100 metres at the 1964 Summer Olympics
The , officially the and commonly known as Tokyo 1964 ( ja, 東京1964), were an international mul ...
(1936–1996), Polish sprinter
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Zbigniew Szafrański Zbigniew E. Szafrański is a Polish Egyptologist.
Life
Zbigniew Szafrański is the director of the Polish archeological mission to Egypt that has been working at Queen Hatshepsut's mortuary temple since 1961. He is known as the founder of the Polis ...
, Polish Egyptologist
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Zbigniew Szczepkowski (born 1952), Polish cyclist
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Zbigniew Szewczyk (born 1967), Polish football player and coach
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Zbigniew Szydlo
Andrew Zbigniew Szydlo ( ; born 1949) is a British chemist and chemistry teacher, best known for his talks and lectures on chemistry.
Biography
Szydlo was born in London, England to Polish parents, and attended Latymer Upper School, and then ...
(born 1949), English chemist, academic and teacher
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Zbigniew Szymczak
Zbigniew Szymczak (4 January 1952 – 11 September 2019) was a Polish chess player who won the Polish Chess Championship in 1983. FIDE International Master (1976).
Chess career
Zbigniew Szymczak became interested in chess during study in ...
(born 1952), Polish chess player
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Zbigniew Tęczyński
Zbigniew Tęczyński, Zbigniew z Tęczyna (''c.'' 1450–1498) was a Polish sword-bearer of the Crown ( pl, miecznik koronny; 1474–1482), chamberlain of Kraków (before 1481–1498), ''starosta'' of Malbork (1485–1496), general ''starosta'' ...
(c. 1450–1498), Polish nobleman
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Zbigniew Torzecki, Polish sprint canoer
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Zbigniew Tłuczyński
Zbigniew Stanisław Tłuczyński (born 16 February 1956 in Skierniewice) is a former Polish handball player who competed in the 1980 Summer Olympics
The 1980 Summer Olympics (russian: Летние Олимпийские игры 1980, Letniye ...
(born 1956), Polish handball player and coach
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Zbigniew Turski (1908–1979), Polish composer
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Zbigniew Wachowicz
Zbigniew Wachowicz (on 12 January 1972 in Radom, Poland) is a Polish footballer who plays as a defender. He currently plays for Radomiak Radom in the Polish Third League in Poland.
His former clubs include Legia Warsaw, Polonia Warsaw, Stomil Ol ...
(born 1972), Polish football defender
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Zbigniew Wassermann (1949–2010), minister-member of the Council of Ministers, coordinator of special services
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Zbigniew Wawer
Zbigniew Wawer (17 March 1956 – 12 December 2022) was a Polish historian, specializing in Polish Armed Forces in the West military history in World War II. He was the author of several books, articles, and documentaries.
Wawer died on 12 D ...
, Polish historian, specializing in Polish military history in World War II
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Zbigniew Włodkowski
Zbigniew Włodkowski (born 30 April 1961 in Pisz) is a Polish politician. He was elected to the Sejm on 25 September 2005, getting 2842 votes in 35 Olsztyn district as a candidate from the Polish People's Party list. He was MP from 2005 to 20 ...
(born 1961), Polish politician, Member of Parliament
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Zbigniew Wodecki
Zbigniew Stanisław Wodecki (; 6 May 1950 – 22 May 2017) was a Polish singer, musician, composer, actor and TV presenter.
Early life and career
He was born on 6 May 1950 in Godów, Poland. He started to play the violin at the age of fi ...
(1950–2017), Polish musician
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Zbigniew Wóycicki (1902–1928), Polish officer and skier
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Zbigniew Woźnicki (1958–2008), Polish cyclist
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Zbigniew Wyciszkiewicz (born 1969), Polish football midfielder
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Zbigniew Zakrzewski (disambiguation), multiple people, including:
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Zbigniew Zakrzewski (footballer) (born 1981), Polish footballer
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Zbigniew Zakrzewski (economist)
Zbigniew Zakrzewski (August 15, 1912 in Puszczykowo – August 19, 1992 in Poznań) was a Polish economist, expert of history of Poznań. He was a professor, rector, prorector and honoris causa of Poznań University of Economics
Poznań () i ...
(1912–1992), Polish economist
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Zbigniew Zaleski (born 1947), Polish politician
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Zbigniew Załuski
Zbigniew Załuski (31 July 1926 in Kivertsi, Second Polish Republic – 5 March 1978 in Warsaw, People's Republic of Poland) was a Polish army officer, writer and Member of Parliament.
Life and military career
A native of the Wołyń Voivode ...
(1926–1978), Polish army officer, writer and Member of Parliament
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Zbigniew Zamachowski (born 1961), Polish actor
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Zbigniew Zapasiewicz (1934–2009), Polish actor, theatre director, and pedagogue
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Zbigniew Żarnowiecki
Zbigniew Żarnowiecki (born 15 April 1927) is a Polish former rower who competed in the 1952 Summer Olympics
The 1952 Summer Olympics ( fi, Kesäolympialaiset 1952; sv, Olympiska sommarspelen 1952), officially known as the Games of the XV Oly ...
(born 1927), Polish rower
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Zbigniew Zarzycki (born 1948), Polish volleyball player
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Zbigniew Ziobro (born 1970), Polish politician
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Zbigniew Żedzicki (born 1945), Polish wrestler
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Zbigniew Żupnik
Zbigniew Żupnik (26 May 1951 – 27 July 2000) was a Polish Painting, painter. He studied at the Jan Matejko Academy of Fine Arts in Kraków where his master was Adam Marczyński. He created numerous paintings, drawings and graphics.Krystyna ...
(1951–2000), Polish painter
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Zbigniew Zychowicz
Zbigniew Stanisław Zychowicz (April 29, 1953 – January 6, 2016) was a Polish politician and member of the Democratic Left Alliance (SDL). He served as the Voivodeship Marshal of West Pomeranian Voivodeship from 1999 to 2000. He was a deputy to ...
(1953–2016), Polish politician and member of the Democratic Left Alliance
See also
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Zbyszko
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Slavic names
Given names originating from the Slavic languages are most common in Slavic countries.
The main types of Slavic names:
* Two-basic names, often ending in mir/měr (''Ostromir/měr'', ''Tihomir/měr'', '' Němir/měr''), *voldъ (''Vsevolod'', ...
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Slovak masculine given names