Bronisław () is a

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masculine given name, derived from the Slavic elements ''borna'' (to protect, to defend) and ''slava'' (glory, fame).Behind the Name: Meaning, Origin and History of the Name Bronisław
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Slavic name Given names originating from the Slavic languages are most common in Slavic countries. The main types of Slavic names: * Two-base names, often ending in mir/měr (''Ostromir/měr'', ''Tihomir/měr'', '' Němir/měr''), *voldъ (''Vsevolod'', ...

Bronislav Bronislav (feminine: Bronislava) is a Slavic masculine given name, derived from the Slavic elements ''borna'' ("to protect, to defend") and ''slava'' ("glory, fame"), thus meaning "defender of the glory". It is the Czech, Ukrainian and Russian fo ...

. The feminine form is Bronisława.

Notable people with the name

Bronisław Abramowicz Bronisław Abramowicz (1837–1912) was a Polish painter, born in Załuchów. In the years 1858-1861 he studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw. He continued to study painting in the academy of fine arts in Munich and Vienna. He also g ...

(1837–1912), Polish painter *

Bronisław Baczko Bronisław Baczko (13 June 1924 – 29 August 2016)
was a Polish

(1924–2016), Polish philosopher *

Bronisław Bandrowski Bronisław Bandrowski (; 27 May 1879 – 27 July 1914) was a Polish philosopher and psychologist. He was one of the pupils of Kazimierz Twardowski. Drawing from his mentor's theories and the tradition of the Lwów–Warsaw school, his works dea ...

(1879–1914), Polish philosopher and psychologist *

Bronisław Bebel Bronisław Bebel (born 16 May 1949) is a Polish former volleyball player. He was a member of the Poland national team from 1968 to 1978, and won a gold medal in the 1976 Summer Olympics. Personal life Bebel was born in Noyelles-sous-Lens Noy ...

(born 1949), Polish volleyball player *

Bronislaw Bernacki Bronislaw Bernacki (; 30 September 1944 – 12 November 2024) was a Ukrainian Roman Catholic prelate, who served as the first Diocesan Bishop of Odesa-Simferopol from 2002 to 2020. Biography Bronislaw Bernacki was born in Murafa, Vinnytsia Obl ...

(1944–2024), Ukrainian Roman Catholic prelate *

Bronisław Bohaterewicz Bronisław Bohaterewicz (Bohatyrewicz) of the Ostoja coat of arms (24 February 1870 – 9 April 1940) was a Polish military commander and a general of the Polish Army. Murdered during the Katyn massacre, Bohaterewicz was one of the Generals whose ...

(1870–1940), Polish military commander and a general * Bronisław Bula (born 1946), Polish footballer * Bronisław Chromy (1925–2017), Polish sculptor and painter * Bronisław Cieślak (1943–2021), Polish actor and politician *

Bronisław Czech Bronisław "Bronek" Czech (; 25 July 1908 – 4 June 1944) was a Polish sportsman and artist. A gifted skier, he won championships of Poland 24 times in various skiing disciplines, including Alpine skiing, Nordic skiing and ski jumping. A m ...

(1908–1944), Polish sportsman and artist * Bronisław Dąbrowski (1917–1997), Polish Roman Catholic bishop *

Bronisław Dankowski Bronisław Dankowski (22 August 1944 – 2 December 2020) was a Polish politician who served as a member of the Sejm The Sejm (), officially known as the Sejm of the Republic of Poland (), is the lower house of the bicameralism, bicameral par ...

(1944–2020), Polish politician *

Bronisław Dardziński Bronisław Dardziński (30 December 1901 – 13 May 1971) was a Polish actor. He appeared in seventeen films between 1938 and 1966. Selected filmography * ''Doctor Murek'' (1939) * '' Lotna'' (1959) * ''Pharaoh Pharaoh (, ; Egyptian l ...

(1901–1971), Polish actor *

Bronisław Dembowski Bronisław Dembowski (2 October 1927 – 16 November 2019) was a Polish Catholic bishop. Dembowski was born in Poland Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It extends from the Baltic Sea in the no ...

(1927–2019), Polish Catholic bishop *

Bronisław Dobrzyński Bronisław Dobrzyński was a Polish musician, pianist and composer. He was the son of Ignacy Feliks Dobrzyński Ignacy Feliks Dobrzyński (15 February 1807 – 9 October 1867) was a Polish pianist and composer. He was the son of Ignacy Dobrzy� ...

, Polish musician, pianist and composer *

Bolesław Bronisław Duch Bolesław Bronisław Duch (1896–1980) was a Polish Major General and General Inspector of the Armed Forces. Life Duch was born on 15 November 1896 at Borshchiv and attended schools in Ternopil before the outbreak of World War I. He served duri ...

(1896–1980), Polish army general and military official *

Bronisław Dutka Bronisław Dutka (born 15 August 1957 in Pisarzowa) is a Polish politician. He was elected to Sejm on 25 September 2005, getting 5,469 votes in 14 Nowy Sącz district as a candidate from the Polish People's Party The Polish People's Party (, ...

(born 1957), Polish politician *

Bronisław Ferens Bronisław Ferens (1912 – 24 March 1991) was a Polish ornithologist, conservationist, and professor at the Jagiellonian University. He took a special interest in the fauna of the montane region, particularly the Tatra mountains. Ferens was born ...

(1912–1991), Polish ornithologist, conservationist, and professor *

Bronisław Fichtel Bronisław Fichtel (11 November 1896 – September 1939) was a Polish footballer who played as a defender. He played in two matches for the Poland national football team from 1925 to 1926. He disappeared after being taken prisoner during ...

(1896–1939), Polish footballer *

Bronisław Foltyn Bronisław Foltyn (born 12 August 1974) is a Polish politician who serves as a member of the 10th term Sejm. Early life and education Foltyn was born in Bielsko-Biała as the son of Bronisława and Antoni. He was educated as a baker and conf ...

(born 1974), Polish politician *

Bronisław Gancarz Bronisław Gancarz (October 31, 1906 in Rudnik nad Sanem - September 30, 1960 in Nisko) was a Polish track and field athlete. Gancarz competed in the men's marathon for Poland at the 1936 Summer Olympics. He finished in 33rd place. During Wor ...

(1906–1960), Polish track and field athlete *

Bronisław Geremek Bronisław Geremek (; born Benjamin Lewertow;

(1932–2008), Polish social historian and politician *

Bronisław Gostomski Bronisław Gostomski (9 November 1948 in Sierpc – 10 April 2010) was a Polish Roman Catholic priest. He was chaplain to Ryszard Kaczorowski. He was ordained on 18 June 1972 in Płock Cathedral. He later worked as a vicar in Wyszogród and Płoc ...

(1948–2010), Polish Roman Catholic priest * Bronisław Gosztyła (1935–1991), Polish ice hockey player * Bronisław Hager (1890–1969), Polish activist and public health pioneer * Bronislaw M. Honigberg (1920–1992), Polish-American zoologist *

Bronisław Huberman Bronisław Huberman (19 December 1882 – 16 June 1947) was a Polish violinist. He was known for his individualistic interpretations and was praised for his tone color, expressiveness, and flexibility. The '' Gibson ex-Huberman Stradivariu ...

(1882–1947), Polish violinist *

Bronisław Kaper Bronisław Kaper (; February 5, 1902 – April 26, 1983) was a Polish film composer who scored films and musical theater in Germany, France, and the USA. The American immigration authorities misspelled his name as Bronislau Kaper. He was also v ...

(1902–1983), Polish film composer * Bronisław Karwecki (1912–1998), Polish rower * Bronisław Kentzer (1880–1939), Polish entrepreneur * Bronisław Kłobucki (1896–1944), Polish sculptor and painter *

Bronisław Knaster Bronisław Knaster (22 May 1893 – 3 November 1980) was a Polish mathematician; from 1939 a university professor in Lwów and from 1945 in Wrocław. In 1945, he completed a project in collaboration with Karol Borsuk and Kazimierz Kuratowski con ...

(1893–1980), Polish mathematician *

Bronisław Komorowski Bronisław Maria Komorowski (; born 4 June 1952) is a Polish politician and historian who was the fifth president of Poland from 2010 to 2015. Komorowski previously served as Ministry of National Defence (Poland), Minister of National Defence ...

(born 1952), Polish politician and historian, fifth president of Poland *

Bronisław Komorowski (priest) Bronisław Komorowski (25 May 1889 – 22 March 1940) was a Polish Roman Catholic priest, active in the interwar period in the predominantly German Free City of Danzig. Komorowski, a Polish patriot and educator, was murdered by the Nazi occupiers ...

(1889–1940), Polish Roman Catholic priest and martyr * Bronisław Koraszewski (1863–1924), Polish reporter and social activist * Bronisław Kostkowski (1915–1942), Polish Roman Catholic seminarian and martyr * Bronisław Krzywobłocki (1857–1943), Polish military officer *

Bronisław Kurzętkowski Bronisław Wenancjusz Kurzętkowski (; 21 May 1880 – 16 February 1939) was a Polish politician, lawyer, and social activist who served as Mayor of Chełmża from 1920 to 1934 and Mayor of Mogilno from 1938 to 1939. Biography Early life Kur ...

(1880–1939), Polish politician, lawyer, and social activist * Bronisław Kuśnierz (1883–1966), Polish lawyer and politician *

Bronisław Kwiatkowski Lieutenant General Bronisław Kwiatkowski (5 May 1950 in Mazury – 10 April 2010 in Smolensk) was a Polish military figure, Commander of the Polish Armed Forces Operational Command. He was among the passengers killed in the 2010 Polish Air ...

(1950–2010), Polish military commander *

Bronisław Łagowski Bronisław Łagowski (born 8 February 1937) is a Polish professor emeritus of the Jagellonian University and Pedagogical University of Kraków, expert in political philosophy and essayist. In 2000 he was awarded Officer's Cross of the Order of Polo ...

(born 1937), Polish professor * Bronisław Lewandowski (1947–1998), Polish tennis player * Bronisław Linke, (1906–1962), Polish painter * Bronisław Maj (born 1953), Polish poet and writer * Bronisław Makowski (1905–1944), Polish footballer *

Bronisław Malinowski Bronisław Kasper Malinowski (; 7 April 1884 – 16 May 1942) was a Polish anthropologist and ethnologist whose writings on ethnography, social theory, and field research have exerted a lasting influence on the discipline of anthropology. ...

(1884–1942), Polish anthropologist and ethnologist *

Bronisław Malinowski (athlete) Bronisław Kasper Malinowski (; 7 April 1884 – 16 May 1942) was a Polish anthropologist and ethnologist whose writings on ethnography, social theory, and field research have exerted a lasting influence on the discipline of anthropology. ...

(1951–1981), Polish track and field athlete *

Bronisław Markiewicz Bronisław Markiewicz, SDB (13 July 1842 – 29 January 1912) was a Polish Roman Catholic priest and a professed member of the Salesians of Don Bosco. Markiewicz established the Congregation of Saint Michael the Archangel that devoted itself to ...

, SDB (1842–1912), Polish Roman Catholic priest * Bronislaw Masojada (born 1961), British businessman * Bronislaw "Bronko" Nagurski (1908–1990), Canadian-American football player *

Bronislaw Onuf-Onufrowicz Bronislaw Onuf-Onufrowicz (July 4, 1863 in – December 29, 1928 in Rutherford, New Jersey) was a Russian-born American neurologist of Polish descent. He was born in Yeniseysk, Russia, in 1863, as the son of the physician Adam Onufrowicz and Ma ...

(1863–1928), Russian-American neurologist * Bronisław Pawlicki (1925–2014), Polish field hockey player *

Bronisław Pawlik Bronisław Pawlik (8 January 1926 – 6 May 2002) was a Polish actor. He starred in the TV series ''Stawka większa niż życie'' and 1978 comedy film ''What Will You Do When You Catch Me?''. At the 1st Moscow International Film Festival (1959) he ...

1926–2002), Polish actor *

Bronisław Pieracki Bronisław Wilhelm Pieracki (28 May 1895 – 15 June 1934) was a Polish military officer and politician. Life As a member of the Polish Legions in World War I, Pieracki took part in the Polish-Ukrainian War (1918–1919). He later supported J� ...

(1895–1934), Polish military officer and politician *

Bronisław Pięcik Bronisław Pięcik (; 1936March 25, 2010) was a Polish precision mechanic who was renowned for the elaborate medium and large-sized Nativity scenes called ''Kraków szopka'' that he built. Pięcik first took part in the Kraków Nativity Scene C ...

(1936–2010), Polish precision mechanic *

Bronisław Piłsudski Bronisław Piotr Piłsudski (; 2 November 1866 – 17 May 1918) was a Polish ethnologist who researched the Ainu people after he was exiled by Tsar Alexander III of Russia to the Far East. Piłsudski considered himself Polish, Lithuanian ...

(1866–1918), Polish ethnologist * Bronisław von Poźniak (1887–1953), Austrian-German pianist *

Bronisław Prugar-Ketling Bronisław Prugar-Ketling (2 July 1891, Trześniów, Subcarpathian Voivodeship – 18 February 1948, Warsaw) was a Polish general. He was a member of Polish Military Organisation in World War I, later served in the Blue Army. He fought in the ...

(1891–1948), Polish general * Bronisław Kazimierz Przybylski (1941–2011), Polish composer and educator * Bronisław Radziszewski (1838–1914), Polish chemist * Bronisław Rakowski (1895–1950), Polish general * Bronisław Seichter (1902–1965), Polish footballer *

Bronisław Szlagowski Bronisław Szlagowski (born 23 January 1938) is a Polish retired professional footballer who played as a midfielder. He started his career in Poland with Lechia Gdańsk before spending the rest of his career in Germany, where he was known as Hor ...

(born 1938), Polish footballer *

Bronisław Szwarce Bronisław Antoni Szwarce (October 7, 1834The Great Soviet Encyclopedia, 3rd Edition (1970-1979)–February 18, 1904) was a Polish engineer and political activist. Born in France to Polish immigrants and educated there. He graduated from the ...

(1834– 1904), Polish engineer and political activist *

Bronisław Trentowski Bronisław Ferdynand Trentowski (; 21 January 1808, Opole – 16 June 1869, Freiburg) was a Polish " Messianist" philosopher, pedagogist, journalist and Freemason, and the chief representative of the Polish Messianist "national philosophy.""Trent ...

(1808–1869), Polish philosopher * Bronisław Trzebunia (born 1941), Polish alpine skier * Tadeusz Bronisław Wałek-Czarnecki (1889–1949), Polish historian *

Bronisław Waligóra Bronisław Waligóra (born 25 September 1932) is a Polish former association football, football player and Manager (association football), manager. Career Playing career Waligóra played for AKS Chorzów, Pomorzanin Toruń and Zawisza Bydgoszcz ...

(born 1932), Polish football player and manager * Bronisław Waruś, Polish slalom canoeist *

Bronisław Wesołowski Bronisław Euzebiusz Wesołowski (14 August 1870 – 2 January 1919) was a Polish communist revolutionary and labor leader. Biography A Pole, born in a village near Warsaw, he became a committed socialist while in his teens. He studied at Zuri ...

(1870–1919), Polish communist revolutionary *

Bronisław Wildstein Bronisław Wildstein (born 11 June 1952, Olsztyn, Poland) is a former Polish dissident, a journalist, freelance author and, from 11 May 2006 to 28 February 2007, was the chief executive officer of ''Telewizja Polska'' (Polish state-owned televisi ...

(born 1952), former Polish journalist *

Bronisław Witkowski Bronisław Witkowski (27 August 1899 in Lviv – 15 October 1971 in Krynica-Zdrój) was a Polish luger who competed during the 1930s. He won the bronze medal in the men's singles event at the 1935 European luge championships in Krynica, Poland ...

(1899–1971), Polish luger * Bronisław Wołkowicz (born 1973), Polish judoka * Bronisław Zaleski (1819/20–1880), Polish-Belarusian political activist and writer *

Bronisław Żurakowski Bronisław Żurakowski (26 June 1911 – 4 October 2009) was a Polish engineer, aeroplane constructor, and Glider (sailplane), glider test pilot. Personal life Bronisław Żurakowski was born in Makiejowka. He was a brother of test pilot J ...

(1911–2009), Polish engineer and airplane constructor

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