Szczęsny ( ; feminine: Szczęsna), Szczesny, or Sczesny is a Polish given name and surname, meaning "lucky". It is the Polish equivalent of the Czech and Slovak surname Šťastný.

Notable people

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Bernard Szczęsny Bernard Szczęsny (27 October 1919 – 19 December 1993), was an activist of the Kashubians and Pomeranians (ethnic groups in northern Poland Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It extends from the B ...

(1919–1999), Polish activist * (born 1949), Polish journalist * Maciej Szczęsny (born 1965), Polish football goalkeeper *

Piotr Szczęsny Piotr Paweł Szczęsny (6 July 1963, Kraków – 29 October 2017, Warsaw) was a Polish chemist and a Mensa International, Mensa member who committed Self-immolation, suicide by immolation in protest against the policies of the ruling Law an ...

(1963–2017), Polish activist *

Roman Szczęsny Roman or Romans most often refers to: *Rome, the capital city of Italy *Ancient Rome, Roman civilization from 8th century BC to 5th century AD *Roman people, the people of Roman civilization *Epistle to the Romans, shortened to Romans, a letter w ...

(1929–2000), Polish geographer * Stefan Szczesny (born 1951), German artist *

Wojciech Szczęsny Wojciech Tomasz Szczęsny (; born 18 April 1990) is a Polish professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for club Barcelona. After starting his club career at Legia Warsaw, Szczęsny signed for Arsenal in January 2006, where he made his ...

(born 1990), Polish football goalkeeper * Matt Sczesny (1932–2009), American baseball, manager, and scout

Given name

* Saint

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 ...

(1822–1895), Archbishop of Warsaw * Antoni Szczęsny Godlewski, (1923–1944) Polish legendary soldier *

Jan Szczęsny Herburt Jan Szczęsny Herburt (12 January 1567 – 31 December 1616) was a Polish political writer, diplomat and a member of the Polish Sejm parliament. An early supporter of Chancellor Jan Zamoyski, he took part in many diplomatic missions, most no ...

(1567–1616), Polish-Ukrainian political writer and diplomat * Szczęsny Potocki (1753–1805), Polish military commander

Places

* Szczęsna, a village in Poland

Notable people

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See also