Zofia is a Slavic

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Sofia Sofia ( ; bg, София, Sofiya, ) is the capital and largest city of Bulgaria. It is situated in the Sofia Valley at the foot of the Vitosha mountain in the western parts of the country. The city is built west of the Iskar river, and h ...

. Famous people with the name Zofia: *

Anna Zofia Sapieha Princess Anna Zofia Sapieha (17 October 1799 – 24 November 1864) was a Polish noblewoman Nobility is a social class found in many societies that have an aristocracy. It is normally ranked immediately below royalty. Nobility has ofte ...

(1799–1864) *

Maria Zofia Sieniawska Countess Maria Zofia Czartoryska née ''Sieniawska'' (15 April 1699–21 May 1771) was a Polish szlachcianka (noblewoman). By birth she was member of powerful Sieniawski family and by marriage she was member of House of Dönhoff and House o ...

Zofia Albinowska-Minkiewiczowa Zofia Albinowska-Minkiewiczowa (November 16, 1886–June 30, 1971) was a Polish artist, painter and engraver tied to the Lwów circle of artists. For many years she was president of the General Union of Polish Artists. After Lwów was annexed ...

(1886–1971) *

Zofia Branicka Countess Zofia Branicka (11 January 1790– 6 January 1879) was a Polish noble woman, art collector. She was the daughter of Franciszek Ksawery Branicki, one of the leaders of the Targowica Confederation, and Aleksandra von Engelhardt, the ...

(1790–1879) *

Zofia Czartoryska Princess Zofia Czartoryska (15 September 1778 – 27 February 1837) was a Polish szlachta, noblewoman. Life Zofia Czartoryska was born on 15 September, 1778, in Warsaw. She was the fifth child of Countess Izabela Czartoryska née Fleming and h ...

(1778–1837) * Zofia Czeska (1584–1650) * Zofia Grabczan (born 1962) *

Zofia Helman Zofia Helman (born 8 March 1937) is a Polish musicologist and an honorary member of the Polish Composers' Union. Life Zofia Helman was born in Radom and studied musicology at the University of Warsaw from 1954-59. In 1967 she defended her doctora ...

(born 1937), Polish musicologist * Zofia Jaroszewska (1902–1985), Polish actress *

Zofia Kielan-Jaworowska Zofia Kielan-Jaworowska (25 April 1925 – 13 March 2015) was a Polish paleobiologist. In the mid-1960s, she led a series of Polish-Mongolian paleontological expeditions to the Gobi Desert. She was the first woman to serve on the executive commit ...

(1925–2015) * Zofia Kisielew *

Zofia Kossak-Szczucka Zofia Kossak-Szczucka ( (also Kossak-Szatkowska); 10 August 1889 – 9 April 1968) was a Polish writer and World War II resistance fighter. She co-founded two wartime Polish organizations: Front for the Rebirth of Poland and Żegota, set up ...

(1890–1968) *

Zofia Krasińska Zofia is a Slavic given name of Old Greek origin, meaning wisdom. It is a variant of Sofia. Famous people with the name Zofia: *Anna Zofia Sapieha (1799–1864) *Maria Zofia Sieniawska *Zofia Albinowska-Minkiewiczowa (1886–1971) * Zofia Branicka ...

(died 1640s) *

Zofia Kulik Zofia Kulik (born 1947 in Wrocław, Poland) is a Polish artist living and working in Łomianki (Warsaw), whose art combines political criticism with a feminist perspective. Career Kulik studied at the Sculpture Department of the Academy of Fin ...

(born 1947) * Zofia Lissa (1908–1980), Polish musicologist *

Zofia Lubomirska Zofia Lubomirska (1718 - 27 October 1790), was an independently wealthy Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, Polish szlachcianka, noblewoman, and landowner, known for her political involvement and philanthropy. Life She was born in the Sandomierz V ...

(1718–1790) *

Zofia Nałkowska Zofia Nałkowska (, Warsaw, Congress Poland, 10 November 1884 – 17 December 1954, Warsaw) was a Polish prose writer, dramatist, and prolific essayist. She served as the executive member of the prestigious Polish Academy of Literature (1933–1939 ...

(1884–1954) *

Zofia Nehringowa Zofia Nehringowa (sometimes identified by her married surnames Duda and later Krzeszczyk; 10 May 1910 – 1 January 1972) was a Polish long track speed skater in the late 1920s and 1930s. Biography Born in Warsaw, Nehringowa started skatin ...

(1910–1972), Polish long track speed skater *

Zofia Nowakowska Zofia Nowakowska (born 25 February 1988, Kościan) is a Polish singer. She has been a leading vocalist of the Studio Buffo musical theater and has appeared on artistic presentations headed by the composer Piotr Rubik. Besides Polish performance ...

(born 1988) *

Zofia Odrowąż Zofia Odrowąż (1537–1580) was a Polish noblewoman. She was the daughter of castellan and voivode Stanisław Odrowąż and only daughter of Anna of Masovia, last Masovian duchess of the Piast dynasty, and became the widow of the castellan ...

(1537–1580) *

Zofia Ostrogska Princess Zofia Ostrogska ( lt, Zofija Ostrogiškaitė, links=no; 1595–1622) was a Polish–Lithuanian noblewoman Nobility is a social class found in many societies that have an aristocracy. It is normally ranked immediately below roy ...

(1595–1622) *

Zofia Potocka Zofia Potocka née ''Clavone'' ( uk, Софія Костянтинівна Потоцька; 11 January 1760 – 24 November 1822) was a Greek slave courtesan and a Russian agent, later a Polish noblewoman. She was famous in contemporary Europe ...

(1760–1822) *

Zofia Romer Zofia Romer ''née'' Dembowska (February 16, 1885 – August 23, 1972) was a Polish painter. She was born in 1885 in Dorpat (now Tartu, Estonia) to well-known physician Tadeusz Dembowski and his wife Matylda. She grew up in Lithuania and Poland ...

(1885–1972) *

Zofia Tarnowska Countess Zofia Tarnowska (1534–1570) was a Polish–Lithuanian noblewoman and heiress. She was the daughter of Hetman Jan Amor Tarnowski h. Leliwa and Zofia Szydłowiecka h. Odrowąż. Marriage and issue Zofia married Prince Konstanty Wasyl ...

(1534–1570) *

Zofia Teofillia Daniłowicz Teofila Zofia Sobieska, née Daniłowicz (Polish: ''Daniłowiczówna'') (1607 – 27 November 1661) was a Polish noblewoman (''szlachcianka''), mother of Jan III Sobieski, King of Poland. Zofia Teofila was the daughter of Voivode of Ruthenia Ja ...

Zofia Zakrzewska Zofia Zakrzewska (7 April 1916 – 8 January 1999) was a Polish scoutmaster of the Polish Scouting Association and Naczelnik ZHP (1956–1964). See also * Scouting in Poland The Scouting and Guiding movement in Poland ( pl, Harcerstwo) consis ...

(1916–1999) * Zofia Zamoyska (1607–1661) * Zofia Zdybicka (born 1928)