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Andrzej Filonczyk
Andrzej is the Polish form of the given name Andrew. Notable individuals with the given name Andrzej * Andrzej Bartkowiak (born 1950), Polish film director and cinematographer * Andrzej Bobola, S.J. (1591–1657), Polish saint, missionary and martyr * Andrzej Chyra (born 1964), Polish actor * Andrzej Czarniak (1931–1985), Polish alpine skier * Andrzej Domański (born 1981), Polish economist, and politician * Andrzej Duda (born 1972), Polish 6th president * Andrzej Jajszczyk, Polish scientist * Andrzej Kmicic, fictional protagonist of Henryk Sienkiewicz's novel ''The Deluge'' * Andrzej Kokowski (born 1953), Polish archaeologist * Andrzej Krauze (born 1947), Polish-British cartoonist and illustrator * Andrzej Leder (born 1960), Polish philosopher and psychotherapist * Andrzej Mazurczak (born 1993), Polish basketball player * Andrzej Mleczko (born 1949), Polish illustrator * Andrzej Nowacki (born 1953), Polish artist * Andrzej Paczkowski (born 1938), Polish historian * Sir An ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrew
Andrew is the English form of the given name, common in many countries. The word is derived from the , ''Andreas'', itself related to ''aner/andros'', "man" (as opposed to "woman"), thus meaning "manly" and, as consequence, "brave", "strong", "courageous", and "warrior". In the King James Bible, the Greek "Ἀνδρέας" is translated as Andrew. Popularity In the 1990s, it was among the top ten most popular names given to boys in List of countries where English is an official language, English-speaking countries. Australia In 2000, the name Andrew was the second most popular name in Australia after James. In 1999, it was the 19th most common name, while in 1940, it was the 31st most common name. Andrew was the first most popular name given to boys in the Northern Territory in 2003 to 2015 and continuing. In Victoria, Andrew was the first most popular name for a boy in the 1970s. Canada Andrew was the 20th most popular name chosen for male infants in 2005. Andrew was the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Given Name
A given name (also known as a forename or first name) is the part of a personal name quoted in that identifies a person, potentially with a middle name as well, and differentiates that person from the other members of a group (typically a family or clan) who have a common surname. The term ''given name'' refers to a name usually bestowed at or close to the time of birth, usually by the parents of the newborn. A ''Christian name'' is the first name which is given at baptism, in Christian custom. In informal situations, given names are often used in a familiar and friendly manner. In more formal situations, a person's surname is more commonly used. In Western culture, the idioms "" and "being on first-name terms" refer to the familiarity inherent in addressing someone by their given name. By contrast, a surname (also known as a family name, last name, or Gentile name, ''gentile'' name) is normally inherited and shared with other members of one's immediate family. Regnal names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrzej Mleczko
Andrzej Mleczko (born 5 January 1949) is a Polish illustrator, mostly known for his satirical activities. He is also connected with painting, book illustrations, adverts, scenography and posters. He has worked with Polish and foreign magazines, in which he has published more than 15,000 of his drawings. He graduated from the Faculty of Architecture of Cracow University of Technology. In 1982 in Kraków he opened his own art gallery. He also opened his own gallery in 2002 in Warsaw. In 2001 he co-hosted (with Paweł Pawlik) programme called ''Galeria Andrzeja Mleczki'' (''Gallery of Andrzej Mleczko'') on the radio station RMF FM . In 2003 he took part in ''Moja szkoła w Unii Europejskiej'' (''My school in the European Union''), a program promoting integration with the EU. He also received a ''Krakowska Książka Miesiąca'' (''Cracovian Book of the Month'') award in November 2008 for his book ''Seks, mydło i powidło''. He has made appearances in two of Olaf Lubaszenk ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrzej Mazurczak
Andrzej “Andy” Piotr Mazurczak (born 27 December 1993) is a Polish professional basketball player for Zastal Zielona Góra in the Polish Basketball League (PLK). Professional career He played for Kavala of the Greek A2 Ethniki on 2016–17 and for the NINERS Chemnitz of the German ProA league in the 2017–18 season. On July 11, 2018, he signed with Cáceres Patrimonio de la Humanidad of the LEB Oro. On 12 August 2019, Mazurczak signed with Aris Leeuwarden of the Dutch Basketball League (DBL). He led Aris in both scoring and assists, with 16.5 points and 5.5 assists per game before the season was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. On July 29, 2021, he has signed with Stelmet Zielona Góra of the PLK. On June 10, 2022, he has signed with Wilki Morskie Szczecin of the Polish Basketball League (PLK). On June 1, 2025, he signed with Zastal Zielona Góra in the Polish Basketball League Polska Liga Koszykówki (PLK) (English language, English: Polish Basketba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrzej Leder
Andrzej Leder (born 1960) is a Polish philosopher of culture, practicing psychotherapist Psychotherapy (also psychological therapy, talk therapy, or talking therapy) is the use of Psychology, psychological methods, particularly when based on regular Conversation, personal interaction, to help a person change behavior, increase hap ..., and internationally recognized expert on Polish cultural history. Biography Andrzej Leder, the son of Witold Leder and Ewa Lipińska, graduated from the Medical University of Warsaw, and in philosophy from the University of Warsaw. He then obtained his doctorate from the Institute of Philosophy and Sociology of the Polish Academy of Sciences, supervised by Professor . He has worked at the latter institute since 1996, including from 2010 as an associate professor. Leder engages regularly in public debates on culture and memory in Poland. He has contributed to the periodical from 1992 to 2012, and more recently to the weekly magazine . ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrzej Krauze
Andrzej Krauze (born 7 March 1947) is a Polish-born British cartoonist, illustrator, caricaturist, painter, poster designer and satirist noted for his allegorical, fabulous, symbolic and sometimes scary imagery, as well as his reliance on black ink, bold lines and cross-hatching. His illustrations have been a regular fixture in the British national daily newspaper ''The Guardian'' since 1989, and he has also contributed to the English-language newspapers and magazines ''The New York Times'', ''The Sunday Telegraph'', ''The Times'', ''International Herald Tribune'', ''New Scientist'', '' The Independent on Sunday'', ''The Bookseller'', ''New Statesman'', '' Modern Painters'', '' Campaign'', '' The Listener'', '' New Society'' and '' Story Teller''. He won the Victoria and Albert Museum Award for Illustration in 1996, and the Ranan Lurie Political Cartoon Award in 2003. Life and career Early life and career in Poland Andrzej Krauze was born in Dawidy Bankowe, a village on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrzej Kokowski
Andrzej Kokowski (born 1953) is a Polish archaeologist who is a Professor of Archaeology and Director of the Institute of Archaeology at Maria Curie-Skłodowska University. Biography Andrzej Kokowski was born in Złotów in 1953. He received his PhD from the Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań in 1996 with a thesis on the Wielbark culture. Since 2000, Kokowski has been Professor of Archaeology at Maria Curie-Skłodowska University. He is the Founder and Director of the Institute of Archaeology at Maria Curie-Skłodowska University. ostęp 2015-03-16 Kokowski specializes in the archaeology of Poland in the Pre-Roman Iron Age and the Roman Iron Age, particularly cultures associated with the Goths, Vandals and Sarmatians The Sarmatians (; ; Latin: ) were a large confederation of Ancient Iranian peoples, ancient Iranian Eurasian nomads, equestrian nomadic peoples who dominated the Pontic–Caspian steppe, Pontic steppe from about the 5th century BCE to the 4t ..., ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrzej Kmicic
Andrzej Kmicic is best known as a fictional character created by Henryk Sienkiewicz featured in the novel ''The Deluge (novel), The Deluge'' (Polish: ''Potop''). He is a typical szlachta, szlachcic (Polish-Lithuanian noble) from the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth; unruly yet patriotic. At the beginning of the books he is known to be a war hero but also a litigant. Deceived, he joins Janusz Radziwiłł, who was an ally of the Swedish army, that was invading the Commonwealth. After realising on what side of the conflict he had positioned himself, Kmicic attempts to regain his honor and redeem sins by serving God, the king and the Commonwealth. During the course of the books, he transforms from a villain to a hero. The 1991–92 Copernicus Society translation by W.S. Kuniczak calls the character Andrei Kmita, rather than Andrzej Kmicic. The moral transformation of Kmicic is similar to the transformation of Prince Roman from Joseph Conrad's book. Samuel Kmicic may have served as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrzej Jajszczyk
Andrzej Bogdan Jajszczyk (born 23 January 1952) is a Polish professor at the AGH University of Science and Technology in Kraków, Poland, and President of the Kraków Branch of the Polish Academy of Sciences. From 2011 to 2015 he served as the founding Director of the National Science Center. a Polish research funding agency. He graduated from Poznań University of Technology. He was a visiting professor at the University of Adelaide in Australia, Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario, Canada, and Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Télécommunications de Bretagne, France. Life and career He was born on 23 January 1952 in Dęblin, Poland. He graduated from the Poznań University of Technology in 1974 and obtained a doctoral degree in 1979 and habilitation in 1986. His major achievements in the theory of connecting networks include reformulation of Benes's theory of rearrangeable networks, complementing the theory by introducing a new class of repackable networks (with G. Jeke ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrzej Duda
Andrzej Sebastian Duda (born 16 May 1972) is a Polish lawyer and politician who has served as the sixth president of Poland since 2015. Before becoming president, he served as a Member of the Sejm from 2011 to 2014 and before becoming Member of the European Parliament from 2014 until his resignation in 2015. Born in Kraków, Duda was the presidential candidate for the Law and Justice (Poland), Law and Justice party (PiS) during the 2015 Polish presidential election, presidential election in May 2015. In the first round of voting, he received 5,179,092 votes – 34.76% of valid votes, placing first but falling well short of the required absolute majority. In the second round of voting, he received 51.55% of the vote, beating the incumbent president Bronisław Komorowski, who received 48.45% of the vote. On 26 May 2015, Duda resigned his party membership as the president-elect. In October 2019, Duda received the official support of PiS ahead of his re-election campaign in 2020 Po ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrzej Domański
Andrzej Jan Domański (born 27 August 1981) is a Polish economist, and politician. He is the current Minister of Finance in the Cabinet of Donald Tusk having been sworn in on the 13 December 2023. Early life and education Domański studied economics at the Cracow University of Economics. He later became a lecturer at both Łazarski University and SWPS University. Political career Formerly a fund manager Domański stood for the Sejm in 2019 but was not elected after garnering just 1,329 votes. Domański ran in the 2023 elections under the slogan ''Człowiek od gospodarki'' (The economy guy). Despite being a new candidate for Civic Platform he was responsible for authoring their economic programme. In his election statement Domański noted that he had become involved in politics in part due to his daughter. He also stated his belief that investment in Poland's energy sector and economic growth are solutions to the climate crisis. In April 2024, Domański expressed opposition ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrzej Czarniak
Andrzej Czarniak (11 November 1931 – 23 February 1985) was a Polish alpine skier. He competed in the men's downhill at the 1952 Winter Olympics. During his sports career, he represented the CWKS Zakopane club. At the Oslo Olympics, he competed in the downhill run, taking 42nd place. References 1931 births 1985 deaths Polish male alpine skiers Olympic alpine skiers for Poland Alpine skiers at the 1952 Winter Olympics Skiers from Zakopane 20th-century Polish sportsmen {{Poland-alpine-skiing-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
