Zygmunt, Zigmunt, Zigmund and spelling variations thereof are masculine given names and occasionally surnames. It has the same etymology as the Germanic name

Zigmund Sigismund (variants: Sigmund, Siegmund) is a German proper name, meaning "protection through victory", from Old High German ''sigu'' "victory" + ''munt'' "hand, protection". Tacitus latinises it '' Segimundus''. There appears to be an older form o ...

. People so named include:

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Medieval period

Sigismund I the Old Sigismund I the Old (, ; 1 January 1467 – 1 April 1548) was List of Polish monarchs, King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania from 1506 until his death in 1548. Sigismund I was a member of the Jagiellonian dynasty, the son of Casimir IV of P ...

(1467–1548), Zygmunt I Stary in Polish, King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania * Sigismund II Augustus (1520–1572), Zygmunt II August in Polish, King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania, only son of Sigismund I *

Sigismund III Vasa Sigismund III Vasa (, ; 20 June 1566 – 30 April 1632 N.S.) was King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania from 1587 to 1632 and, as Sigismund, King of Sweden from 1592 to 1599. He was the first Polish sovereign from the House of Vasa. Re ...

(1566–1632), Zygmunt III Waza in Polish, King of Poland, Grand Duke of Lithuania, monarch of the united Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth and King of Sweden *

Zygmunt Grudziński (1560–1618) Zygmunt Grudziński (1560–1618) was a Polish noble: castellan of Kruszwica (1593–1601), starost of Inowrocław and voivode of Rawa from 1613. In 1606, he supported the rokosz of Zebrzydowski, arguing in Sandomierz that loyalty to the Polish ...

, Polish nobleman, ''voivode'' (ruler) of Rawa * Zygmunt Grudziński (1568–1653), Polish nobleman, ''voivode'' of Innowrocław and Kalisz * Zygmunt Przyjemski of Rawicz (died 1652), Polish military commander * Zygmunt Kazanowski (1563–1634), Polish nobleman, soldier and magnate in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth * Zygmunt Tarło (c. 1561 or 1562–1628), Polish–Lithuanian nobleman * Zygmunt Unrug (1676–1732), Polish ''szlachta'' nobleman

Modern era

A–H

* Zygmunt Adamczyk (1923–1985), Polish footballer * Zygmunt Ajdukiewicz (1861–1917), Polish realist painter * Zygmunt Anczok (born 1946), Polish footballer * Zygmunt Andrychiewicz (1861–1943), Polish painter of portraits, landscapes, and genre scenes * Zygmunt Balicki (1858–1916), Polish sociologist *

Zygmunt Bauman Zygmunt Bauman (; ; 19 November 1925 – 9 January 2017) was a Polish–British sociologist and philosopher. He was driven out of the Polish People's Republic during the 1968 Polish political crisis and forced to give up his Polish citizenship. ...

(1925–2017), Polish sociologist *

Zygmunt Berling Zygmunt Henryk Berling (27 April 1896 – 11 July 1980) was a Polish general and politician. He fought for the independence of Poland in the early 20th century. Berling was a co-founder and commander of the First Polish Army (1944–1945), First ...

(1896–1980), Polish general *

Zygmunt Białostocki Zygmunt Białostocki (15 August 1897 – )http://www.altango.art.pl/postacie/zygmunt-bialostocki/ Wojciech Dabrowski biography at altango was a Polish Jewish musician and composer. He composed many popular Polish pre-war songs, and worked as con ...

(1897–1942), Polish Jewish musician and composer * Zygmunt Witymir Bieńkowski (1913–1979), Polish pilot and a writer of articles and poems * Zygmunt Biesiadecki (1894–1944), Polish actor and director * Zygmunt Wilhelm Birnbaum (1903–2000), Polish-American mathematician and statistician *

Zygmunt Bogdziewicz Zygmunt Bogdziewicz (5 June 1941 – 19 March 2016) was a Polish sports shooter. He competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics and the 1976 Summer Olympics The 1976 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXI Olympiad () a ...

(1941–2016), Polish sports shooter *

Zygmunt Bohusz-Szyszko Zygmunt Piotr Bohusz-Szyszko (1893 in Chełm – 1982 in London) was a Polish general. During World War I he served in the Imperial Russian army. In 1940, he was Commanding Officer Polish Independent Highland Brigade (''Samodzielna Brygada Str ...

(1893–1982), Polish general *

Zygmunt Buhl Zygmunt Buhl (24 January 1927 – 28 September 1978) was a Polish sprinter. He competed in the men's 4 × 100 metres relay at the 1952 Summer Olympics The 1952 Summer Olympics (, ), officially known as the Games of the XV Olympiad (, ...

(1927–1978), Polish sprinter *

Zygmunt Chmielewski Zygmunt Chmielewski (16 May 1894 – 26 May 1978) was a Polish film actor. He appeared in 35 films between 1921 and 1960. Selected filmography * '' His Excellency, The Shop Assistant'' (1933) * ''Czy Lucyna to dziewczyna ?'' (1934) * '' Có ...

(1894–1978), Polish film actor *

Zygmunt Choreń Zygmunt Choreń (born 1941) is a Polish naval architect and the proprietor of the naval architectural firm Choreń Design and Consulting. He is a graduate of the Gdańsk University of Technology and the Leningrad Ship-Building Institute. He w ...

(born 1941), Polish naval architect *

Zygmunt Chruściński Zygmunt Chruściński (17 February 1899 – 29 June 1952) was a Polish footballer. He earned nine caps for the Poland national team from 1924 to 1932. Honours Cracovia * Polish Football Championship/ Ekstraklasa: 1921, 1930, 1932 Re ...

(1899–1952), Polish footballer *

Zygmunt Chychła Zygmunt Chychła (5 November 1926 – 26 September 2009) was a Polish boxer. He won the first post-World War II Olympic gold medal for Poland. Career In 1939 he began training at the Polish boxing club '' Gedania'', having started boxing at the ...

(1926-2009), Polish boxer and 1952 Olympic welterweight champion *

Zygmunt Czerny Zygmunt Bronisław Czerny (24 July 1888 – 18 February 1975) was a Polish romance philologist who specialized in the French language. Before World War II, he was a faculty member at the Lviv University and Academy of Foreign Trade in Lwów. Du ...

(1888–1975), Polish romance philologist *

Zygmunt Czyżewski Zygmunt Czyżewski (4 October 1910 – 17 January 1998) was a Polish former ice hockey and football player and football manager. Football Czyżewski began his football career with Czarni Lwów, with whom he his known to have spent his five se ...

(1910–1998), Polish ice hockey and football player and football manager *

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), professor of the Saint Petersburg Roman Catholic Theological Academy and Archbishop of Warsaw * Zygmunt Frankiewicz (born 1955), Polish politician * Zygmunt Gadecki (1938–2000), Polish footballer and Olympian * Zygmunt Garłowski (1949–2008), Polish footballer * Zygmunt Ginter (1916–1964), Polish ice hockey player *

Zygmunt Gloger Zygmunt Gloger (3November 184516August 1910) was a Polish historian, archaeologist, geographer and ethnographer, bearer of the Wilczekosy coat of arms. Gloger founded the precursor of modern and widely popular Polish Tourist and Sightseeing Socie ...

(1845–1910), Polish historian, archaeologist, geographer and ethnographer * Zygmunt Gorazdowski (1845–1920), Polish Roman Catholic priest * Ziggy Gordon, Scottish footballer * Zygmunt Grabowski (1891–1939), Polish painter * Zygmunt Gross (born 1936), Polish professional footballer * Zygmunt Grudziński (1870–1929), Polish radiologist * Zygmunt Andrzej Heinrich (1937–1989), Polish mountaineer * Zygmunt Heljasz (1908–1963), Polish shot putter and discus thrower * Zygmunt Hübner (1930–1989), Polish film actor

J–M

* Zygmunt Jałoszyński (born 1946), Polish javelin thrower * Zygmunt Janiszewski (1888–1920), Polish mathematician * Zygmunt Kaczkowski (1825–1896), Polish writer, independence activist, and Austrian spy * Zygmunt Kalinowski (born 1949), Polish former football goalkeeper * Zygmunt Kałużyński (1918–2004), Polish film critic, lawyer, and TV personality * Zygmunt Kamiński (1933–2010), Polish Roman Catholic archbishop * Zygmunt Kamiński (1888–1969), Polish painter and professor at the Warsaw University of Technology * Zygmunt Kawecki (born 1942), Polish fencer * Zygmunt Kisielewski (1882–1942), Polish writer * Zygmunt Kiszkurno (1921–2012), Polish sport shooter * Zygmunt Klemensiewicz (1886–1963), Polish physicist and physical chemist * Zygmunt Klukowski (1885–1959), Polish physician, historian, and bibliophile * Zygmunt Konieczny (born 1937), Polish composer of theatre and film music * Zygmunt Konieczny (1927–2003), Polish bobsledder * Zygmunt Krasiński (1812–1859), Polish poet and nobleman * Zygmunt Krauze (born 1938), Polish composer of contemporary classical music, educator, and pianist * Zygmunt Krumholz (1903–1947), Polish footballer * Zygmunt Kubiak (1929–2004), Polish writer, translator, and professor * Zygmunt Kukla (born 1969), Polish conductor, arranger, and composer * Zygmunt Kukla (1948-2016), Polish footballer * Zygmunt Kulawik (1921–1982), Polish footballer * Zygmunt Kurnatowski (1778–1858), Polish count and nobleman * Zygmunt Kęstowicz (1921–2007), Polish actor * Zygmunt Łanowski (1911–1989), Polish translator * Zygmunt Laskowski (1841–1928), Polish physician, surgeon, and anatomist * Zygmunt Latoszewski (1902–1995), Polish conductor, theater director, and music teacher * Zygmunt Łempicki (1886–1943), Polish literature theoretician, Germanist, philosopher, and culture historian * Zygmunt Łoboda (1895–1945), Polish architect * Zygmunt Łoziński (1870–1932), Polish Roman Catholic bishop * Zygmunt Malanowicz (1938–2021), Polish film actor * Zygmunt Marek (1872–1931), Polish socialist politician * Zygmunt Maszczyk (born 1945), Polish retired footballer * Zigmund Red Mihalik (1916–1996), American basketball player and referee, member of the Basketball Hall of Fame * Zygmunt Miłkowski (1824–1915), Polish romantic writer and politician * Zygmunt Miłoszewski (born 1976), Polish writer and former journalist and editor * Zygmunt Modzelewski (1900–1954), Polish communist politician, professor, economist, and diplomat * Zygmunt Muchniewski (1896–1979), Polish politician, Christian Democratic Party head, and prime minister of the Polish Government in Exile * Zygmunt Mycielski (1907–1987), Polish composer and music critic

N–S

* Zygmunt Noskowski (1846–1909), Polish composer, conductor and teacher * Zygmunt Ochmański (1922–2003), Polish footballer * Zygmunt Otto (1896–1961), Polish footballer * Zygmunt Padlewski (1836–1863), Polish insurgent who participated in the January Uprising * Zygmunt Pawlas (1930–2001), Polish fencer * Zygmunt Pawłowicz (1927–2010), Polish Auxiliary bishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Gdańsk * Žigmund Pálffy (born 1972), retired National Hockey League player from Slovakia * Zygmunt Pieda (born 1933), Polish footballer * Zygmunt A. Piotrowski (1904–1985), Polish born American psychologist * Zygmunt Podhorski (1891–1960), Brigadier General of the Polish Army * Zygmunt Puławski (1901–1931), Polish aircraft designer and pilot * Zygmunt Pytko (1937–1996), Polish international speedway rider * Zygmunt Rozwadowski (1870–1950), Polish painter * Zygmunt Rumel (1915–1943), Polish poet and member of the Polish resistance in World War II * Zygmunt Schmidt (born 1941), Polish footballer * Zygmunt Siedlecki (1907–1977), Polish athlete and Olympic decathlete * Zygmunt Sierakowski (1826–1863), Polish-Lithuanian leader of the January Uprising * Zygmunt Smalcerz (born 1941), Polish weightlifting coach and retired weightlifter, 1972 Olympic flyweight champion * Zygmunt Solorz (born 1956), Polish businessman and billionaire * Zygmunt Steuermann (1899–1941), Polish footballer * Zygmunt Stojowski (1870–1946), Polish pianist and composer * Zygmunt Świechowski (1920–2015), Polish art historian and architectural conservator * Zigmunt Ziggy Switkowski (born 1948), Australian businessman and nuclear physicist * Zygmunt Szczotkowski (1877–1943), Polish mining engineer * Zygmunt Szendzielarz (1910–1951), Polish military commander in World War II * Zygmunt Szkopiak (1926–2002), Polish scientist, diplomat, and historian * Zygmunt Szweykowski (historian) (1894–1978), historian of Polish literature * Zygmunt Szweykowski (musicologist) (1929–2023), Polish musicologist

T–Z

* Zygmunt Turkow (1896–1970), Polish actor, playwright, and director * Zygmunt Vetulani, computer scientist * Zygmunt Vetulani (1894–1942), Polish diplomat and economist * Zygmunt Vogel (1764–1826), Polish illustrator, educator, and classical painter * Zygmunt Waliszewski (1897–1936), Polish painter in the Kapist movement * Zygmunt Weiss (1903–1977), Polish sprinter and sport journalist * Zygmunt Wiehler (1890–1977), Polish popular and film music composer and director * Zygmunt Wielopolski (1833–1902), President of Warsaw * Zigmunt Zygi Wilf (born 1950), owner of the Minnesota Vikings National Football League team * Zygmunt Aleksander Wnęk (1918–1944), Polish soldier and military officer in World War II * Zygmunt Wojciechowski (1900–1955), Polish historian and nationalist politician * Zygmunt Florenty Wróblewski (1845–1888), Polish physicist and chemist * Zygmunt Wrzodak (born 1959), Polish politician * Zygmunt Zalcwasser (1898–1943), Polish mathematician and Holocaust victim * Zygmunt Zaleski (1882–1967), Polish literature historian, literary critic, poet, publicist, and translator * Zygmunt Załęski (1892–1966), Polish national movement activist, politician and publicist * Zygmunt Zaremba (1895–1967), Polish socialist activist and publicist * Zygmunt Zawirski (1882–1948), Polish philosopher and logician * Zygmunt Zieliński (1858–1925), Polish general * Zygmunt Ziembiński (1920–1996), Polish legal philosopher, logician, and theoretician of law * Zygmunt Zimowski (1949–2016), Polish prelate of the Roman Catholic Church * Zygmunt Zintel (1911–1990), Polish theater, film, and television, actor, and teacher * Zygmunt Żuławski (1880–1949), Polish politician, association activist, and socialist

Surname

* Antoni Zygmund (1900–1992), Polish mathematician * Marcio Zygmunt (born 1996), Brazilian musician * Paweł Zygmunt (born 1972), Polish retired speed skater * Ted Zigmunt (born 1951), American politician

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