Dariusz is a male given name, predominantly in
Polish
Polish may refer to:
* Anything from or related to Poland, a country in Europe
* Polish language
* Poles, people from Poland or of Polish descent
* Polish chicken
*Polish brothers (Mark Polish and Michael Polish, born 1970), American twin screenwr ...
. Etymologically, it derives from the Proto-Slavic "dar" gift, and signifies the giver/gift giver or possessors as well as "goods", and
Persian
Persian may refer to:
* People and things from Iran, historically called ''Persia'' in the English language
** Persians, the majority ethnic group in Iran, not to be conflated with the Iranic peoples
** Persian language, an Iranian language of the ...
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Dariush
Dariush ( fa, داریوش; also spelled ''Darioush'', ''Daryoush'' or ''Daryoosh'') is a common Persian male given name in Iran. Dariush is composed of ''dāraya-'' old+ ''vash-'' ood meaning "holding firm the good".
It was the throne name of ...
'', meaning "he possesses" or "good".
Given name
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Dariusz Adamczuk (born 1969), Polish footballer
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Dariusz Adamczyk
Dariusz Adamczyk (born 1966 in Poland) is a Polish-German historian.
Adamczyk studied history, political science, sociology and social psychology at the University of Silesia in Katowice and Leibniz University Hannover, where he gained a PhD defe ...
(born 1966), Polish-German historian
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Dariusz Adamus (born 1957), Polish javelin thrower
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Dariusz Baliszewski (1946–2020), Polish historian
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Dariusz Banasik (born 1973), Polish football manager
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Dariusz Baranowski
Dariusz Baranowski (born 22 June 1972) is a former professional racing cyclist from Poland. He is known as individual time trialist and a climbing specialist who excels in competing in the King of the Mountains competitions for stage races. He ha ...
(born 1972), Polish cyclist
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Dariusz Batek (born 1986), Polish cyclist
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Dariusz Bayer (born 1964), Polish footballer
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Dariusz Białkowski (born 1970), Polish canoeist
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Dariusz Biczysko
Dariusz Biczysko (born 25 June 1962) is a Polish former athlete who specialised in the high jump. He won a bronze medal at the 1985 European Indoor Championships. In addition, he represented his country at the 1983 World Championships
The 1st ...
(born 1962), Polish high jumper
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Dariusz Bladek
Dariusz Bladek (born April 1, 1994) is a professional Canadian football offensive lineman for the Toronto Argonauts of the Canadian Football League (CFL). He played college football for the Bethune-Cookman Wildcats football, Bethune-Cookman Wildca ...
(born 1994), Canadian football player
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Dariusz Brytan (born 1967), Polish footballer
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Dariusz Brzozowski
Dariusz "Daray" Brzozowski (born 30 January 1980), is a Polish heavy metal drummer. Brzozowski has played with such bands as Vader, Black River, Jelonek, Armagedon, Arysta, Azarath, Faust, Neolithic, Crionics, Autumn: Death, Imperial Age, Ka ...
(born 1980), Polish drummer
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Dariusz Czykier (born 1966), Polish footballer
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Dariusz Doliński
Dariusz Doliński (born 1959) - Polish psychologist.
He is a lecturer at Szkoła Wyższa Psychologii Społecznej (SWPS), and he is the dean of its branch campus in Wrocław since March 2004. He received the grade of professor, as he worked as a ...
(born 1959), Polish psychologist
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Dariusz Drągowski
Dariusz Drągowski (born 3 November 1970) is a Polish former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. He is the father of Bartłomiej Drągowski.
He graduated from the Mechanical School in Białystok. He is the product of the local ...
(born 1970), Polish footballer
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Dariusz Drelich
Dariusz Drelich (born 10 July 1967) is a Polish businessman and politician that has served as voivode of Pomeranian Voivodeship since 8 December 2015.
Biography
Dariusz Drelich was born on 10 July 1967 in Kolbudy, graduating in Organization a ...
(born 1967), Polish businessman
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Dariusz Dudala
Dariusz Dudala (born 14 April 1963) is a former Polish footballer. He is former Kelantan
Kelantan (; Jawi: ; Kelantanese Malay: ''Klate'') is a state in Malaysia. The capital is Kota Bharu and royal seat is Kubang Kerian. The honorific n ...
(born 1963), Polish footballer
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Dariusz Dudek
Dariusz Dudek (born 8 April 1975 in Knurów) is a Polish football manager and former player, currently in charge of I liga club Zagłębie Sosnowiec.
Career
Dudek is a former player of such a teams like GKS Katowice, Widzew Łódź, Odra W ...
(born 1975), Polish footballer
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Dariusz Dudka
Dariusz Dudka (; born 9 December 1983) is a retired Polish footballer. He played as a defensive midfielder or full-back and also as a centre-back. He is currently an assistant coach of Ekstraklasa club Lech Poznań.
Club career
Born in Kost ...
(born 1983), Polish footballer
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Dariusz Dziekanowski
Dariusz Paweł Dziekanowski (born 30 September 1962) is a Polish football player, coach and commentator. He was known as Jacki Dziekanowski during his time playing in the Scottish and English leagues. He started his career at Polonia Warsaw, b ...
(born 1962), Polish footballer
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Dariusz Dźwigała
Dariusz Dźwigała (born 22 March 1969) is a Polish former football manager and former player. His son Adam Dźwigała is also a professional footballer who plays for FC St. Pauli.
Having started his career at Drukarz Warszawa, he played for se ...
(born 1969), Polish footballer
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Dariusz Formella
Dariusz Formella (born 21 October 1995) is a Polish professional footballer who plays as a striker or left winger for Oakland Roots SC in the USL Championship.
Club career
On 1 February 2016 he was loaned to Arka Gdynia for a half-year dea ...
(born 1995), Polish footballer
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Dariusz Fornalak
Dariusz Fornalak (born 15 October 1965) is a Polish football midfielder and later manager.
References
1965 births
Living people
Polish footballers
Association football midfielders
Poland international footballers
Ruch Chorzów player ...
(born 1965), Polish footballer
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Dariusz Gajewski
Dariusz Gajewski (born 3 December 1964, Częstochowa) is a Polish film director and screenwriter.
He graduated from the National Film School in Łódź in 1993. He also studied law at the Jagiellonian University in Kraków. His 2003 film ''Warsza ...
(born 1964), Polish film director
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Dariusz Garbocz
Dariusz Garbocz (born 11 January 1971), is a Polish former ice hockey player. He played for GKS Tychy, KKH Katowice, and VIK Västerås HK during his career. He also played for the Polish national team at the 1992 Winter Olympics
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(born 1971), Polish ice hockey player
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Dariusz Gawin
Dariusz Gawin (born February 2, 1964) is a Polish historian and sociologist, deputy director of the Warsaw Uprising Museum (''Muzeum Powstania Warszawskiego'') dedicated to the memory of the Warsaw Uprising of 1944, and located in the Wola distri ...
(born 1964), Polish historian
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Dariusz Gęsior
Dariusz Jan Gęsior (; born 9 October 1969 in Chorzów) is a retired Polish footballer and current manager who manages the Polish under-15 national team.
Career
Club
He is one of the most notable players of Ruch Chorzów. His last club was ...
(born 1969), Polish footballer
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Dariusz Gilman
Dariusz Gilman is a former sabre fencer who represented Poland and earned a bronze medal from the 1998 World Fencing Championships. In the years since, he has become an American citizen and fencing coach.
Fencing career
Gilman began fencing when ...
(born 1973), Polish-American sabre fencer
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Dariusz Gładyś (born 1969), Polish footballer
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Dariusz Gnatowski (1961–2020), Polish actor
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Dariusz Góral (born 1991), Polish footballer
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Dariusz Goździak
Dariusz Goździak (born 6 December 1962) is a Polish former modern pentathlete. He competed at the 1992 Summer Olympics
The 1992 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1992, ca, Jocs Olímpics d'estiu de 1992), officially kn ...
(born 1962), Polish pentathlete
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Dariusz Grabowski
Dariusz Maciej Grabowski (born 28 August 1950 in Warsaw) is a Polish politician and Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for the Masovian Voivodship with the League of Polish Families, part of the Union for Europe of the Nations Group and sits ...
(born 1950), Polish politician
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Dariusz Grzesik (born 1966), Polish footballer
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Dariusz Grzywiński
Dariusz Grzywiński (born 31 March 1969) is a Polish wrestler. He competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics and the 1992 Summer Olympics
The 1992 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1992, ca, Jocs Olímpics d'estiu de 1992), ...
(born 1969), Polish wrestler
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Dariusz Jabłoński (disambiguation), multiple people
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Dariusz Jackiewicz
Dariusz Jackiewicz (born 2 December 1973) is a Polish former professional footballer who played as a midfielder
A midfielder is an outfield position in association football.
Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breakin ...
(born 1973), Polish footballer
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Dariusz Jarecki (born 1981), Polish footballer
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Dariusz Jemielniak
Dariusz Jemielniak (born 17 March 1975) is a full professor of management, the head of MINDS (Management in Networked and Digital Societies) department at Kozminski University, faculty associate at the Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society ...
(born 1975), Polish professor
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Dariusz Joński
Dariusz Joński (born 12 January 1979 in Łódź) is a Polish politician and local government official who has been serving as a member of the Sejm since 2019. Elected as a Member of the European Parliament in 2024.
Biography
He graduated ec ...
(born 1979), Polish politician
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Dariusz Kałuża (born 1967), Polish clergyman
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Dariusz Karłowicz (born 1964), Polish philosopher
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Dariusz Antoni Kłeczek (born 1957), Polish politician
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Dariusz Kłus
Dariusz Kłus (born 11 October 1981) is a Polish football manager and former player who currently manages III liga club Unia Turza Śląska.
Career
In February 2010, he moved to Zagłębie Sosnowiec on a half-year deal.
In June 2010, he join ...
(born 1981), Polish footballer
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Dariusz Kofnyt (born 1964), Polish footballer
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Dariusz Kołodziej (born 1982), Polish footballer
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Dariusz Kołodziejczyk (born 1962), Polish historian
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Dariusz Koseła (born 1970), Polish footballer
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Dariusz Koszykowski (born 1972), Polish canoeist
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Dariusz Kotwica
Dariusz Paweł Kotwica (born 1986), known as the Euro Ripper, is an itinerant Polish criminal and serial killer, responsible for at least three murders of pensioners in Austria and Sweden. Described as the "first European serial killer" who trave ...
(born 1986), Polish serial killer
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Dariusz Kowaluk
Dariusz Kowaluk (born 16 April 1996) is a Polish sprinter specialising in the 400 metres. He won a silver medal in the 4 × 400 metres relay at the 2017 European U23 Championships as well as gold medal in the mixed 4 x 400 metres relay at th ...
(born 1996), Polish sprinter
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Dariusz Kozłowski
Dariusz Kozłowski (born 24 February 1968) is a Polish biathlete. He competed in the men's 20 km individual event at the 1992 Winter Olympics
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(born 1968), Polish biathlete
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Dariusz Kozubek
Dariusz Kozubek (born April 11, 1975) is a football player who currently plays for Korona Kielce. He has returned to Korona recently as they have entered the second league.
Kozubek has previously played for Szczakowianka Jaworzno, Polonia Warsaw, ...
(born 1975), Polish footballer
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Dariusz Kubicki (born 1963), Polish footballer
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Dariusz Kuć
Dariusz Kuć (born 24 April 1986) is a Polish sprint athlete. His personal best time over 100 metres is 10.15 seconds, achieved in June 2011 in Kraków.http://www.tilastopaja.org/db/resultsevent.php?sex=1&enumber=40&CID=12811482&Season=2011
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(born 1985), Polish sprinter
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Dariusz Kulesza (born 1987), Polish speed skater
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Dariusz Łatka (born 1978), Polish footballer
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Dariusz Libionka Dariusz Marian Libionka (born on 25 June 1963 in Bielsko-Biała) is a Polish historian affiliated with the Institute of National Remembrance in Lublin. Libionka graduated from the Catholic University of Lublin (KUL) and the School for Social Scie ...
(born 1963), Polish historian
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Dariusz Lipiński (born 1955), Polish politician
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Dariusz Ludwig (born 1955), Polish decathlete
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Dariusz Małecki (born 1975), Polish field hockey player
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Dariusz Marciniak (1966–2003), Polish footballer
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Dariusz Marcinkowski (born 1975), Polish field hockey player
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Dariusz Marzec
Dariusz Marzec (born 14 September 1969) is a Polish football manager and former player. He is currently in charge of I liga club Podbeskidzie Bielsko-Biała
TS Podbeskidzie Bielsko-Biała () is a football club based in Bielsko-Biała, Poland ...
(born 1969), Polish footballer
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Dariusz Michalak (born 1966), Polish footballer
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Dariusz Michalczewski
Dariusz Tomasz Michalczewski (born 5 May 1968) is a Polish former professional boxer who competed from 1991 to 2005. He held multiple world championships in two weight classes, including the WBA, IBF, WBO and lineal light heavyweight titles ...
(born 1968), Polish boxer
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Dariusz Miłek Dariusz Miłek (born 1 February 1968) is a Polish businessman and entrepreneur, ranked the fourth-wealthiest person in Poland by ''Forbes'' magazine in 2015. He is the chairman of , Poland's largest retail company.
Life
He was born 1 February 19 ...
(born 1968), Polish businessman
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Dariusz Nowak (born 1978), Polish rower
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Dariusz Nowakowski
Dariusz Nowakowski (born 7 December 1953) is a Polish judoka. He competed in the men's half-heavyweight event at the 1980 Summer Olympics
The 1980 Summer Olympics (russian: Летние Олимпийские игры 1980, Letniye Olimpiy ...
(born 1953), Polish judoka
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Dariusz Olszewski (born 1967), Polish politician
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Dariusz Osuch (born 1969), Polish weightlifter
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Dariusz Pasieka
Dariusz Pasieka (born 3 August 1965, in Chojnice) is a Polish professional football manager
Management (or managing) is the administration of an organization, whether it is a business, a nonprofit organization, or a government body. It is ...
(born 1965), Polish footballer
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Dariusz Pawłowski (born 1999), Polish footballer
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Dariusz Pawlusiński (born 1977), Polish footballer
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Dariusz Pender
Dariusz Pender (born 16 October 1974) is a Polish wheelchair fencer. In 2000, he won the gold medal in the Wheelchair fencing at the 2000 Summer Paralympics, men's épée individual A event at the 2000 Summer Paralympics held in Sydney, Australia ...
(born 1974), Polish fencer
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Dariusz Pietrasiak (born 1980), Polish footballer
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Dariusz Piontkowski (born 1964), Polish politician
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Dariusz Płatek
Dariusz Płatek (born 26 July 1966) is a Polish former ice hockey player. He played for Zagłębie Sosnowiec and Unia Oświęcim during his career. He also played for the Polish national team at the 1992 Winter Olympics
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(born 1966), Polish ice hockey player
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Dariusz Podolski
Dariusz Podolski (born 17 June 1966) is a Polish former professional football who played as a midfielder
A midfielder is an outfield position in association football.
Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up at ...
(born 1966), Polish footballer
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Dariusz Popiela (born 1985), Polish canoeist
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Dariusz Raczyński
Dariusz Raczyński (30 May 1962 – 12 October 2022) was a Polish footballer who played as a midfielder. He is best known for winning the Polish Cup and Polish Super Cup in 1983 with his hometown club Lechia Gdańsk, their first major trophies a ...
(born 1962), Polish footballer
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Dariusz Radosz (born 1986), Polish rower
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Dariusz Ratajczak
Dariusz Ratajczak (November 28, 1962 – 2010) was a Polish historian (formerly of the University of Opole), publicist and right-wing activist. In 1999 he was convicted of Holocaust denial in Poland (the case was upheld on appeal in 2001).Cas Mud ...
(1962–2010), Polish historian
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Dariusz Rekosz (born 1970), Polish author
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Dariusz Romuzga
Dariusz Romuzga (born 20 April 1971) is a Polish footballer (striker) playing currently for Kmita Zabierzów
Kmita Zabierzów () is a multi-sports club, best known for its football section, based in Zabierzów, Lesser Poland, Poland. The club b ...
(born 1971), Polish footballer
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Dariusz Rosati
Dariusz Kajetan Rosati (born 8 August 1946 as Gaetano Dario Rosati) is a Polish professor of economics and a politician who served as a member of the European Parliament from 2004–2019, and subsequently as a deputy of the Sejm since 2019.
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(born 1946), Polish professor
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Dariusz Rzeźniczek
Dariusz Rzeźniczek (born 22 May 1968) is a Polish former professional footballer who played as a midfielder.
Club career
Rzeźniczek began his professional career with GKS Katowice, and played in 110 Ekstraklasa league matches over eight seas ...
(born 1968), Polish footballer
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Dariusz Sęk
Dariusz Sęk (born 22 July 1986) is a Polish professional boxer who fights at light-heavyweight. Sęk is the last to hold the WBC Eurasia Pacific Boxing Council light heavyweight championship. He is a three-time bronze medalist of the Polish lig ...
(born 1986), Polish boxer
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Dariusz Seliga (born 1969), Polish politician
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Dariusz Sikora (born 1958), Polish ice hockey player
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Dariusz Skrzypczak (born 1967), Polish footballer
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Dariusz Śledź (born 1969), Polish motorcycle speedway rider
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Dariusz Slowik
Dariusz Robert Slowik (born 15 August 1977) is a retired Polish-Canadian discus thrower. He competed for Denmark until his Danish residence permit was revoked, and then began representing Canada.
Life and career
Born in Poland, Slowik grew up in ...
(born 1977), Polish-Canadian discus thrower
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Dariusz Snarski (born 1968), Polish boxer
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Dariusz Sośnicki (born 1969), Polish poet
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Dariusz Stachowiak (born 1984), Polish politician
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Dariusz Stalmach
Dariusz Stalmach (born 8 December 2005) is a Polish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Italian club AC Milan U19.
Club career
In September 2022, he was named by English newspaper ''The Guardian'' as one of the best players bo ...
(born 2005), Polish footballer
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Dariusz Stanicki (born 1965), Polish volleyball player
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Dariusz Stola
Dariusz Stola (born 11 December 1963 in Warsaw, Poland) is a professor of history at the Institute of Political Studies of the Polish Academy of Sciences.[Dariusz Świercz
Dariusz Świercz (born 31 May 1994) is a Polish-American chess player playing for the United States. He is the 30th- youngest player in history and the youngest Polish player of all time to qualify for the title Grandmaster; he was 14 years and ...]
(born 1994), Polish-American chess player
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Dariusz Świerczewski
Dariusz Świerczewski (22 February 1936 – 9 February 2005) was a Polish basketball player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1960 Summer Olympics. He studied at the Poznań University of Technology
Poznań University of Tech ...
(1936–2005), Polish basketball player
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Dariusz Szczerbal (born 1995), Polish footballer
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Dariusz Szlachetko
Dariusz Lucjan Szlachetko (born 1961) is a Polish botanist and orchidologist
This is a list of orchidologists, botanists specializing in the study of orchids. The list is sorted in the surname alphabetical order.
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(born 1961), Polish botanist
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Dariusz Szpakowski (born 1951), Polish sports commentator
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Dariusz Sztylka (born 1978), Polish footballer
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Dariusz Szubert (born 1970), Polish footballer
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Dariusz Szwed
Dariusz Szwed (born 25 April 1967 in Kraków) is a Polish politician, feminist, activist and expert on green economy and sustainable development. He is one of the trustees of the Green Institute Foundation and the chair of its Programme Council.
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(born 1967), Polish politician
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Dariusz Trafas
Dariusz Trafas (born 16 May 1972 in Kolobrzeg) is a former Poland, Polish javelin thrower.
He won the silver medal at the 1990 World Junior Championships in Athletics, 1990 World Junior Championships, finished tenth at the 2000 Summer Olympi ...
(born 1972), Polish javelin thrower
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Dariusz Trela (born 1989), Polish footballer
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Dariusz Ulanowski (born 1971), Polish footballer
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Dariusz Walęciak (born 1979), Polish footballer
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Dariusz Wdowczyk (born 1962), Polish footballer
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Dariusz Wódke
Dariusz Wódke (born 26 February 1957) is a Polish former world champion sabre fencer.
He won the individual sabre championship at the 1981 World Fencing Championships. He won bronze medals in team sabre at the 1979 World Fencing Championships
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(born 1957), Polish sabre fencer
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Dariusz Wojciechowski (born 1968), Polish cyclist
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Dariusz Wójtowicz (born 1965), Polish footballer
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Dariusz Wolny (disambiguation), multiple people
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Dariusz Wolski
Dariusz Adam Wolski (born 7 May 1956 in Warsaw) is a Polish film and music video cinematographer. He is known for his work as the cinematographer on the ''Pirates of the Caribbean'' film series and on Alex Proyas' cult classics ''The Crow'' and ...
(born 1956), Polish cinematographer
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Dariusz Wosz (born 1969), German football coach
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Dariusz Wrzosek
Dariusz Wrzosek (born 1982) is a Polish slalom canoeist who competed at the international level from 1997 to 2008.
He won a bronze medal in the C2 team event at the 2002 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships in Bourg St.-Maurice alongside Bartło ...
(born 1982), Polish canoeist
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Dariusz Zakrzewski (born 1961), Polish cyclist
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Dariusz Zawadzki (born 1982), Polish footballer
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Dariusz Zelig
Dariusz Zelig (born 22 November 1957) is a Polish former basketball player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1980 Summer Olympics
The 1980 Summer Olympics (russian: Летние Олимпийские игры 1980, Letniye Olimpi ...
(born 1957), Polish basketball player
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Dariusz Zgutczyński (born 1965), Polish footballer
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Dariusz Zielke (born 1960), Polish high jumper
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Dariusz Zjawiński (born 1986), Polish footballer
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Dariusz Żuraw (born 1972), Polish football manager
See Also
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Darius (given name)
Darius is a male given name. Etymologically, it is the English-language transliteration of the Persian name '' Dariush'' ().
Origin and meaning
The origin of the name is the , , composed of 'to hold' + 'good', meaning "he who holds firm the ...
, a disambiguation page for people with the given name of Darius
References
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Polish masculine given names