Lech () is a Polish masculine

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 f ...

. Lech was the name of the legendary founder of Poland. Lech also appears as a surname, with 14,289 people having the name in Poland.Individuals with the surname Lech in Poland

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* Lech, legendary founder of Poland * Lech II, legendary ruler of Poland and son of

Krakus Krakus, Krak or Grakch was a legendary Polish prince, ruler of the Vistulans (a Lechitic tribe), and the presumed founder of Kraków. Krakus is also credited with building Wawel Castle and slaying the Wawel Dragon by feeding it a dead sheep f ...

* Lech Bądkowski (1920–1984), Polish writer, journalist, publicist and Kashubian-Pomeranian activist * Lech Gardocki (born 1944), Polish lawyer, judge and former First President of the Supreme Court of Poland * Lech Garlicki (born 1946), Polish jurist and constitutional law specialist * Lech Janerka (born 1953), Polish songwriter, vocalist, and bassist * Lech Jęczmyk (born 1936), Polish publicist, essayist, writer and translator *

Lech Kaczyński Lech Aleksander Kaczyński (; 18 June 194910 April 2010) was a Polish politician who served as the city mayor of Warsaw from 2002 until 2005, and as President of Poland from 2005 until his death in 2010 in an air crash. The aircraft carrying ...

(1949–2010), Politician of the party Prawo i Sprawiedliwość, former President of Poland * Lech Kołakowski (born 1963), Polish politician * Lech Kowalski (born 1951), British-born American filmmaker * Lech Koziejowski (born 1949), Polish fencer and Olympic gold medalist * Lech Kuropatwiński (1947–2022), Polish politician * Lech Łasko (born 1956), Polish volleyball player and Olympic gold medalist * Lech Mackiewicz (born 1960), Polish actor, director and playwright * Lech Majewski (film director) (born 1953), Polish film and theatre director, writer, poet, and painter * Lech Ordon (1928–2017), Polish actor * Lech Owron (1893–1965), Polish actor * Lech Piasecki (born 1961), Polish racing cyclist * Lech Pijanowski (1928–1974), Polish film critic, broadcaster, director, screenwriter and populiser of games * Lech Rzewuski (1941–2004), Polish painter * Lech Szczucki (1933–2019), Polish historian of philosophy and culture * Lech Szymańczyk (born 1949), Polish politician * Lech Trzeciakowski (1931–2017), Polish historian *

Lech Wałęsa Lech Wałęsa (; ; born 29 September 1943) is a Polish statesman, dissident, and Nobel Peace Prize laureate who served as the president of Poland between 1990 and 1995. After winning the 1990 Polish presidential election, 1990 election, Wałę ...

(born 1943), Polish co-founder of the Solidarity movement and former President of Poland * Lech Woszczerowicz (born 1940), Polish politician * Lech Wyszczelski (born 1942), Polish military historian and author

Surname

* Andrzej Lech (born 1946), Polish Olympic handball player * Andrzej Jerzy Lech (born 1955), Polish artist and photographer * Grzegorz Lech (born 1983), Polish footballer * Joanna Lech (born 1984), Polish poet and writer * Jacek Lech (1947–2007), Polish singer * Michael Lech, American semi-professional poker player with 9 Circuit rings * Piotr Lech (born 1968), Polish goalkeeper

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