Zygmunt, Zigmunt, Zigmund and spelling variations thereof are masculine given names and occasionally surnames. People so named include:

Given name

Medieval period

* Sigismund I the Old (1467–1548), Zygmunt I Stary in Polish, King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania *

Sigismund II Augustus Sigismund II Augustus ( pl, Zygmunt II August, lt, Žygimantas Augustas; 1 August 1520 – 7 July 1572) was King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania, the son of Sigismund I the Old, whom Sigismund II succeeded in 1548. He was the first ruler ...

(1520–1572), Zygmunt II August in Polish, King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania, only son of Sigismund I *

Sigismund III Vasa Sigismund III Vasa ( pl, Zygmunt III Waza, lt, Žygimantas Vaza; 20 June 1566 – 30 April 1632 N.S.) was King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania from 1587 to 1632 and, as Sigismund, King of Sweden and Grand Duke of Finland from 1592 to ...

(1566–1632), Zygmunt III Waza in Polish, King of Poland, Grand Duke of Lithuania, monarch of the united Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth and King of Sweden * Zygmunt Grudziński (1560–1618), Polish nobleman, ''voivode'' (ruler) of Rawa * Zygmunt Grudziński (1568–1653), Polish nobleman, ''voivode'' of Innowrocław and Kalisz * Zygmunt Przyjemski of Rawicz (died 1652), Polish military commander *

Zygmunt Kazanowski Zygmunt Kazanowski (1563–1634) was a noble (szlachcic), magnate in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. Courtier and Court Marshal of kings Stefan Batory, Sigismund III Vasa and teacher of Wladyslaw IV Waza. From 1613 Starost of Kokenhaus ...

(1563–1634), Polish nobleman, soldier and magnate in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth * Zygmunt Tarło (c. 1561 or 1562–1628), Polish–Lithuanian nobleman * Zygmunt Unrug (1676–1732), Polish ''szlachta'' nobleman

Modern era

A–H

* Zygmunt Adamczyk (1923–1985), Polish footballer * Zygmunt Ajdukiewicz (1861–1917), Polish realist painter * Zygmunt Anczok (born 1946), Polish footballer * Zygmunt Andrychiewicz (1861–1943), Polish painter of portraits, landscapes, and genre scenes *

Zygmunt Balicki Zygmunt Balicki (30 December 1858 in Lublin – 12 September 1916 in Saint Petersburg) was a Polish sociologist, publicist and one of the first leading thinkers of the modern Polish nationalism in the late 19th century under the foreign Partiti ...

(1858–1916), Polish sociologist *

Zygmunt Bauman Zygmunt Bauman (; 19 November 1925 – 9 January 2017) was a Polish sociologist and philosopher. He was driven out of the Polish People's Republic during the 1968 Polish political crisis and forced to give up his Polish citizenship. He emigrat ...

(1925–2017), Polish sociologist *

Zygmunt Berling Zygmunt Henryk Berling (27 April 1896 – 11 July 1980) was a Polish general and politician. He fought for the independence of Poland in the early 20th century. Berling was a co-founder and commander of the First Polish Army, which fought on th ...

(1896–1980), Polish general *

Zygmunt Białostocki Zygmunt Białostocki (15 August 1897 – c. 1942)http://www.altango.art.pl/postacie/zygmunt-bialostocki/ Wojciech Dabrowski biography at altango was a Polish Jewish musician and composer. He composed many popular Polish pre-war songs, and worked ...

(1897–1942), Polish Jewish musician and composer *

Zygmunt Witymir Bieńkowski Zygmunt Witymir Bieńkowski (2 May 1913 Warsaw – 15 August 1979) was a Polish pilot and a writer of many articles and poems. His 303 squadron diary is held in the Polish Museum and Sikorski Institute in London. Zygmunt Witymir Bieńkowski w ...

(1913–1979), Polish pilot and a writer of articles and poems * Zygmunt Biesiadecki (1894–1944), Polish actor and director * Zygmunt Wilhelm Birnbaum (1903–2000), Polish-American mathematician and statistician *

Zygmunt Bogdziewicz Zygmunt Bogdziewicz (5 June 1941 – 19 March 2016) was a Polish sports shooter. He competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics and the 1976 Summer Olympics Events January * January 3 – The International Covenant on Economic, Social a ...

(1941–2016), Polish sports shooter *

Zygmunt Bohusz-Szyszko Zygmunt Piotr Bohusz-Szyszko (1893 in Chełm – 1982 in London) was a Polish general. During World War I he served in the Imperial Russian army. In 1940, he was Commanding Officer Polish Independent Highland Brigade (''Samodzielna Brygada Strz ...

(1893–1982), Polish general *

Zygmunt Buhl Zygmunt Buhl (24 January 1927 – 28 September 1978) was a Polish sprinter. He competed in the men's 4 × 100 metres relay at the 1952 Summer Olympics The 1952 Summer Olympics ( fi, Kesäolympialaiset 1952; sv, Olympiska sommarspelen ...

(1927–1978), Polish sprinter *

Zygmunt Chmielewski Zygmunt Chmielewski (16 May 1894 – 26 May 1978) was a Polish film actor. He appeared in 35 films between 1921 and 1960. Selected filmography * '' His Excellency, The Shop Assistant'' (1933) * ''Czy Lucyna to dziewczyna ?'' (1934) * '' Có ...

(1894–1978), Polish film actor *

Zygmunt Choreń Zygmunt Choreń (born 1941) is a Polish naval architect and the proprietor of the naval architectural firm Choreń Design and Consulting. He is a graduate of the Gdańsk University of Technology and the Leningrad Ship-Building Institute. He was ...

(born 1941), Polish naval architect *

Zygmunt Chruściński Zygmunt Chruściński (17 February 1899 – 29 June 1952) was a Polish footballer. He played in nine matches for the Poland national football team The Poland national football team ( pl, Reprezentacja Polski w piłce nożnej) has repres ...

(1899–1952), Polish footballer *

Zygmunt Chychła Zygmunt Chychła (5 November 1926 – 26 September 2009) was a Polish boxer. He won the first post-World War II Olympic gold medal for Poland. Career In 1939 he began training at the Polish boxing club '' Gedania'', having started boxing at the ...

(1926-2009), Polish boxer and 1952 Olympic welterweight champion *

Zygmunt Czerny Zygmunt Bronisław Czerny (24 July 1888 – 18 February 1975) was a Polish romance philologist who specialized in the French language. Before World War II, he was a faculty member at the Lviv University and Academy of Foreign Trade in Lwów. Du ...

(1888–1975), Polish romance philologist *

Zygmunt Czyżewski Zygmunt Czyżewski (4 October 1910 – 17 January 1998) was a Polish former ice hockey and football player and football manager. Football Czyżewski began his football career with Czarni Lwów, with whom he his known to have spent his five sea ...

(1910–1998), Polish ice hockey and football player and football manager *

Zygmunt Szczęsny Feliński Zygmunt Szczęsny Feliński (1 November 1822 in Voiutyn, now Ukraine – 17 September 1895 in Kraków) was a professor of the Saint Petersburg Roman Catholic Theological Academy, Archbishop of Warsaw in 1862-1883 (exiled by Tsar Alexander II to Y ...

(1822–1895), professor of the Saint Petersburg Roman Catholic Theological Academy and Archbishop of Warsaw *

Zygmunt Frankiewicz Zygmunt Frankiewicz (born 19 June 1955) 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 st ...

(born 1955), Polish politician * Zygmunt Gadecki (1938–2000), Polish footballer and Olympian * Zygmunt Garłowski (1949–2008), Polish footballer * Zygmunt Ginter (1916–1964), Polish ice hockey player *

Zygmunt Gloger Zygmunt Gloger (3 November 1845 in Tybory-Kamianka – 16 August 1910 in Warsaw) was a Polish historian, archaeologist, geographer and ethnographer, bearer of the Wilczekosy coat of arms. Gloger founded the precursor of modern and widely popu ...

(1845–1910), Polish historian, archaeologist, geographer and ethnographer * Zygmunt Gorazdowski (1845–1920), Polish Roman Catholic priest * Zygmunt Grabowski (1891–1939), Polish painter * Zygmunt Gross (born 1936), Polish professional footballer * Zygmunt Grudziński (1870–1929), Polish radiologist *

Zygmunt Andrzej Heinrich Zygmunt Andrzej Heinrich (21 July 1937 in Łbowo, central Poland – 27 May 1989 on Mount Everest) was a Polish mountaineer who made several ascents of eight-thousanders. He died in an avalanche on the northwest slopes of Mount Everest in ...

(1937–1989), Polish mountaineer * Zygmunt Heljasz (1908–1963), Polish shot putter and discus thrower * Zygmunt Hübner (1930–1989), Polish film actor

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* Zygmunt Jałoszyński (born 1946), Polish javelin thrower *

Zygmunt Janiszewski Zygmunt Janiszewski (12 July 1888 – 3 January 1920) was a Polish mathematician. Early life and education He was born to mother Julia Szulc-Chojnicka and father, Czeslaw Janiszewski who was a graduate of the University of Warsaw and served as t ...

(1888–1920), Polish mathematician * Zygmunt Kaczkowski (1825–1896), Polish writer, independence activist, and Austrian spy * Zygmunt Kalinowski (born 1949), Polish former football goalkeeper * Zygmunt Kałużyński (1918–2004), Polish film critic, lawyer, and TV personality * Zygmunt Kamiński (1933–2010), Polish Roman Catholic archbishop * Zygmunt Kamiński (1888–1969), Polish painter and professor at the Warsaw University of Technology * Zygmunt Kawecki (born 1942), Polish fencer * Zygmunt Kisielewski (1882–1942), Polish writer * Zygmunt Kiszkurno (1921–2012), Polish sport shooter * Zygmunt Klemensiewicz (1886–1963), Polish physicist and physical chemist * Zygmunt Klukowski (1885–1959), Polish physician, historian, and bibliophile *

Zygmunt Konieczny Zygmunt Konieczny (born 3 January 1937) is a Polish composer of theatre and film music. Zygmunt Konieczny spent his childhood in the village of Szczyrzyc. He debuted in the 1950s in the cabaret Piwnica pod Baranami in Kraków. Since then Koniec ...

(born 1937), Polish composer of theatre and film music *

(1927–2003), Polish bobsledder *

Zygmunt Krasiński Napoleon Stanisław Adam Feliks Zygmunt Krasiński (; 19 February 1812 – 23 February 1859) was a Polish poet traditionally ranked after Adam Mickiewicz and Juliusz Słowacki as one of Poland's Three Bards – the Romantic poets who influence ...

(1812–1859), Polish poet and nobleman *

Zygmunt Krauze Zygmunt Krauze (born September 19, 1938) is a Polish composer of contemporary classical music, educator, and pianist. Biography Zygmunt Krauze is an important artist of his generation: a respected composer, valued pianist, educator, organiser of ...

(born 1938), Polish composer of contemporary classical music, educator, and pianist *

Zygmunt Krumholz Zygmunt Krumholz (1 March 1903 – 20 July 1947) was a Polish footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American ...

(1903–1947), Polish footballer * Zygmunt Kubiak (1929–2004), Polish writer, translator, and professor * Zygmunt Kukla (born 1969), Polish conductor, arranger, and composer * Zygmunt Kukla (1948-2016), Polish footballer * Zygmunt Kulawik (1921–1982), Polish footballer * Zygmunt Kurnatowski (1778–1858), Polish count and nobleman * Zygmunt Kęstowicz (1921–2007), Polish actor * Zygmunt Łanowski (1911–1989), Polish translator * Zygmunt Laskowski (1841–1928), Polish physician, surgeon, and anatomist *

Zygmunt Latoszewski Zygmunt Latoszewski (1902 in Poznań – 1995 in Warsaw Warsaw ( pl, Warszawa, ), officially the Capital City of Warsaw,, abbreviation: ''m.st. Warszawa'' is the capital and largest city of Poland. The metropolis stands on the River Vis ...

(1902–1995), Polish conductor, theater director, and music teacher * Zygmunt Łempicki (1886–1943), Polish literature theoretician, Germanist, philosopher, and culture historian * Zygmunt Łoboda (1895–1945), Polish architect *

Zygmunt Łoziński Zygmunt Łoziński (5 June 1870 – 26 March 1932) was a Polish Roman Catholic bishop who served as the head of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Minsk-Mohilev that later was aggregated to the Diocese of Pinsk. Soviet authorities arrested him on ...

(1870–1932), Polish Roman Catholic bishop * Zygmunt Malanowicz (1938–2021), Polish film actor * Zygmunt Marek (1872–1931), Polish socialist politician *

Zygmunt Maszczyk Zygmunt Paweł Maszczyk (born 3 May 1945, in Siemianowice Śląskie) is a retired Polish football player. He played mostly for Ruch Chorzów. He played for the Poland national team (36 matches/0 goals) and was a participant at the 1974 FIFA ...

(born 1945), Polish retired footballer * Zigmund Red Mihalik (1916–1996), American basketball player and referee, member of the Basketball Hall of Fame * Zygmunt Miłkowski (1824–1915), Polish romantic writer and politician * Zygmunt Miłoszewski (born 1976), Polish writer and former journalist and editor * Zygmunt Modzelewski (1900–1954), Polish communist politician, professor, economist, and diplomat * Zygmunt Muchniewski (1896–1979), Polish politician, Christian Democratic Party head, and prime minister of the Polish Government in Exile * Zygmunt Mycielski (1907–1987), Polish composer and music critic

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Zygmunt Noskowski Zygmunt Noskowski (2 May 1846 – 23 July 1909) was a Polish composer, conductor, and teacher. Biography Noskowski was born in Warsaw and was originally trained at the Warsaw Conservatory studying violin and composition with Stanisław Moni ...

(1846–1909), Polish composer, conductor and teacher *

Zygmunt Ochmański Zygmunt Ochmański (2 October 1922 – 10 June 2003) was a Polish footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, Amer ...

(1922–2003), Polish footballer * Zygmunt Otto (1896–1961), Polish footballer *

Zygmunt Padlewski Zygmunt Padlewski (1836–1863) was a Polish insurgent who participated in the January Uprising. He was one of the leaders of the "Red" faction among the insurrectionists as a member of the Central National Committee (''Komitet Centralny Narod ...

(1836–1863), Polish insurgent who participated in the January Uprising *

Zygmunt Pawlas Zygmunt Pawlas (28 October 1930 – 20 June 2001) was a Polish fencer. He won a silver medal in the team sabre A sabre ( French: �sabʁ or saber in American English) is a type of backsword with a curved blade associated with the l ...

(1930–2001), Polish fencer * Zygmunt Pawłowicz (1927–2010), Polish Auxiliary bishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Gdańsk * Žigmund Pálffy (born 1972), retired National Hockey League player from Slovakia *

Zygmunt Pieda Zygmunt Pieda (born 23 April 1933 in Szopienice, Poland) is a Polish former footballer. Playing career Poland Pieda played for Ruch Chorzów and Legia Warsaw in a twelve-year career in the Polish Ekstraklasa, captaining Legia to a cup and leagu ...

(born 1933), Polish footballer * Zygmunt A. Piotrowski (1904–1985), Polish born American psychologist *

Zygmunt Podhorski Zygmunt Podhorski ( nom de guerre Zaza; May 25, 1891 – September 12, 1960) was Brigadier General of the Polish Army. Born May 25, 1891, Podhorski fought in World War I (in the Russian Imperial Army), Polish–Soviet War and the Invasion of Poland. ...

(1891–1960), Brigadier General of the Polish Army *

Zygmunt Puławski Zygmunt Puławski (October 24, 1901 – March 21, 1931) was a Polish aircraft designer and pilot. He invented a gull-wing aircraft design, also known as "Puławski wing" and designed a series of Polish PZL fighters. He was born in Lublin. In ...

(1901–1931), Polish aircraft designer and pilot *

Zygmunt Pytko Zygmunt Pytko (1937–1996) also spelt Zygmunt Pytka was an international speedway rider from Poland. Speedway career Pytko was the champion of Poland, winning the Polish Individual Speedway Championship in 1967. References 1937 births ...

(1937–1996), Polish international speedway rider * Zygmunt Rozwadowski (1870–1950), Polish painter * Zygmunt Rumel (1915–1943), Polish poet and member of the Polish resistance in World War II * Zygmunt Schmidt (born 1941), Polish footballer * Zygmunt Siedlecki (1907–1977), Polish athlete and Olympic decathlete *

Zygmunt Sierakowski Zygmunt Sierakowski ( be, Зігмунт Ігнатавіч Серакоўскі, lt, Zigmantas Sierakauskas) (19 May 1826, Lisów – 27 June 1863, Vilnius) was a Polish leader of the January Uprising in lands of the former Grand Duchy of Lith ...

(1826–1863), Polish-Lithuanian leader of the January Uprising * Zygmunt Smalcerz (born 1941), Polish weightlifting coach and retired weightlifter, 1972 Olympic flyweight champion *

Zygmunt Solorz-Żak Zygmunt Solorz-Żak (born Zygmunt Józef Krok, August 4, 1956 in Radom) is a Polish businessman. He is the second richest person in Poland and has repeatedly appeared on ''Forbes ranking of the world's billionaires, with an estimated net worth ...

(born 1956), Polish businessman and billionaire *

Zygmunt Steuermann Zygmunt Steuermann (5 February 1899 – December 1941) was a Polish footballer who played as a forward and is one of the most renowned members of the Hasmonea Lwów Football Club. Life Born in Sambor, then in Austro-Hungarian Galicia, Steuerm ...

(1899–1941), Polish footballer * Zygmunt Stojowski (1870–1946), Polish pianist and composer * Zygmunt Świechowski (1920–2015), Polish art historian and architectural conservator * Zigmunt

Ziggy Switkowski Zygmunt Edward "Ziggy" Switkowski, (born 1948), is a Polish Australian business executive and nuclear physicist. His most public role was as the chief executive officer of Australia's largest telecommunications company Telstra from 1999 to 2004. ...

(born 1948), Australian businessman and nuclear physicist * Zygmunt Szczotkowski (1877–1943), Polish mining engineer * Zygmunt Szendzielarz (1910–1951), Polish military commander in World War II * Zygmunt Szkopiak (1926–2002), Polish scientist, diplomat, and historian *

Zygmunt Szweykowski Zygmunt Szweykowski (7 April 1894 in Krośniewice – 11 February 1978 in Poznań) was a historian of Polish literature who specialized in 19th-century Polish prose. Life In 1932-39, Szweykowski held a professorship at the Free Polish University ( ...

(1894–1978), historian of Polish literature

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* Zygmunt Turkow (1896–1970), Polish actor, playwright, and director * Zygmunt Vetulani, computer scientist * Zygmunt Vetulani (1894–1942), Polish diplomat and economist *

Zygmunt Vogel Zygmunt Vogel (15 June 1764, Wołczyn – 20 April 1826, Warsaw) was a Polish illustrator, educator, and painter in the classical style. He was sometimes called ''Ptaszek'' (Polish for "Bird"): a reference to his name (which means "bird" in G ...

(1764–1826), Polish illustrator, educator, and classical painter * Zygmunt Waliszewski (1897–1936), Polish painter in the Kapist movement * Zygmunt Weiss (1903–1977), Polish sprinter and sport journalist * Zygmunt Wiehler (1890–1977), Polish popular and film music composer and director * Zygmunt Wielopolski (1833–1902), President of Warsaw * Zigmunt

Zygi Wilf Zygmunt "Zygi" Wilf (born April 22, 1950) is an American billionaire businessman and real estate developer. He is the chairman and co-owner of the NFL's Minnesota Vikings and the majority owner of MLS's Orlando City. Early life Wilf was bor ...

(born 1950), owner of the Minnesota Vikings National Football League team * Zygmunt Aleksander Wnęk (1918–1944), Polish soldier and military officer in World War II * Zygmunt Wojciechowski (1900–1955), Polish historian and nationalist politician * Zygmunt Florenty Wróblewski (1845–1888), Polish physicist and chemist * Zygmunt Wrzodak (born 1959), Polish politician *

Zygmunt Zalcwasser Zygmunt Zalcwasser (1898 – 1943) was a Polish mathematician from the Warsaw School of Mathematics in the period between the World Wars collaborating especially in the fields of logic, set theory, general topology and real analysis. Zalcwasser, w ...

(1898–1943), Polish mathematician and Holocaust victim * Zygmunt Zaleski (1882–1967), Polish literature historian, literary critic, poet, publicist, and translator * Zygmunt Załęski (1892–1966), Polish national movement activist, politician and publicist * Zygmunt Zaremba (1895–1967), Polish socialist activist and publicist * Zygmunt Zawirski (1882–1948), Polish philosopher and logician * Zygmunt Zieliński (1858–1925), Polish general * Zygmunt Ziembiński (1920–1996), Polish legal philosopher, logician, and theoretician of law *

Zygmunt Zimowski Zygmunt Zimowski (7 April 1949 – 13 July 2016) was a Polish prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. Archbishop Zimowski had served until his death in July 2016 as President of the Pontifical Council for the Pastoral Care of Health Care Workers, ...

(1949–2016), Polish prelate of the Roman Catholic Church * Zygmunt Zintel (1911–1990), Polish theater, film, and television, actor, and teacher * Zygmunt Żuławski (1880–1949), Polish politician, association activist, and socialist

Surname

Antoni Zygmund Antoni Zygmund (December 25, 1900 – May 30, 1992) was a Polish mathematician. He worked mostly in the area of mathematical analysis, including especially harmonic analysis, and he is considered one of the greatest analysts of the 20th century. ...

(1900–1992), Polish mathematician * Paweł Zygmunt (born 1972), Polish retired speed skater * Ted Zigmunt (born 1951), American politician

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