Ignacy is a Polish given name. Notable people with the name include: *Ignacy Tadeusz Baranowski (1879–1917), Polish historian *Piotr Ignacy Bieńkowski (1865–1925), Polish classical scholar and archaeologist, professor of Jagiellonian University *Ignacy Bohusz (1720–1778), noble in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth *Ignacy Daszyński (1866–1936), Polish politician, journalist and Prime Minister of the Polish government created in Lublin in 1918 *Ignacy Domeyko (1802–1889), 19th-century geologist, mineralogist and educator *Ignacy Działyński (1754–1797), Polish nobleman known for his participation in the Warsaw Uprising of 1794 *Ignacy Feliks Dobrzyński (1807–1867), Polish pianist and composer *Ignacy Hryniewiecki (1856–1881), member of the People's Will and the assassin of Tsar Alexander II of Russia *Ignacy Jeż (1914–2007), the Latin Rite Catholic Bishop Emeritus of Koszalin-Kołobrzeg, Poland *Henryk Ignacy Kamieński (1777–1831), Polish brigadier general *Ignacy Krasicki (1735–1801), Primate of Poland, playwright, journalist, encyclopedist and Poland's leading Enlightenment poet *Józef Ignacy Kraszewski (1812–1887), Polish writer, historian and journalist *Ignacy Kruszewski (1799–1879), Polish military leader *Jakub Ignacy Łaszczyński (24 July 1791 – 18 September 1865), Polish regional administrator and President of Warsaw *Ignacy Ledóchowski I (1789–1870), Austrian as well as Polish General, a scion of the Ledóchowski family and Commander of the Fortress Modlin *Aleksander Ignacy Lubomirski (1802–1893), Polish noble, financier and philanthropist *Jerzy Ignacy Lubomirski (1687–1753), Polish nobleman *Ignacy Łukasiewicz (1822–1882), Polish pharmacist and petroleum industry pioneer who in 1856 built the first oil refinery in the world *Ignacy Ścibor Marchocki (1755–1827), Polish noble, famous in the first quarter of the nineteenth century *Ignacy Jakub Massalski (1726–1794), Polish-Lithuanian nobleman *Ignacy Mościcki (1867–1946), Polish chemist, politician, and President of Poland (1926–39) *Ignacy Nagurczewski (1725–1811), Polish writer, translator, educator, and Jesuit *Ignacy Oziewicz (1887–1966), Polish general in World War II, received the Cross of Valour (Poland) four times *Ignacy Jan Paderewski GBE (1860–1941), Polish pianist, composer, diplomat, politician, and the second Prime Minister of the Republic of Poland *Ignacy Pieńkowski (1877–1948), Polish painter and pedagogue active primarily in Kraków *Roman Ignacy Potocki (1750–1809), Polish nobleman, politician and writer *Ignacy Prądzyński (1792–1850), Polish military commander and a general of the Polish Army *Ignacy Sachs (Warsaw, 1927), Polish, naturalized French economist *Ignacy Schwarzbart (1888–1961), prominent Polish Zionist *Ignacy Szymański (1806–1874), Polish and American soldier *Ignacy Tłoczyński (1911–2000), Polish tennis player *Ignacy Tokarczuk (born 1918), Polish prelate of the Roman Catholic Church *Ignacy Witczak, GRU Illegal officer in the United States during World War II *Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz (1885–1939), Polish playwright, novelist, painter, photographer and philosopher *Adam Ignacy Zabellewicz (1784–1831), professor of philosophy at Warsaw University *Ignacy Zaborowski (1754–1803), Polish mathematician and geodesist *Ignacy Żagiell (1826–1891), physician, traveler and Polish-language writer *Ignacy Wyssogota Zakrzewski (1745–1802), notable Polish nobleman and politician during the last years of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth

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