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Agnieszka Hanajczyk
Agnieszka is the Polish equivalent of the female given name Agnes. Notable people with this name include: * Agnieszka Arnold, Polish documentary filmmaker * Agnieszka Baranowska (1819–1890), Polish playwright and poet * Agnieszka Bednarek (born 1986), international Polish volleyball player * Agnieszka Brustman (born 1962), female Polish chess master *Agnieszka Brzezańska (born 1972), Polish artist *Agnieszka Brugger (born 1985), German politician * Agnieszka Chylińska (born 1976), Polish rock singer and columnist *Agnieszka Cyl (born 1984), Polish biathlete * Agnieszka Czopek (born 1964), Polish swimmer *Agnieszka Domańska (born 1970), Polish ice dancer * Agnieszka Dowbor-Muśnicka (1919–1940), Polish WWII resistance fighter * Agnieszka Duczmal (born 1946), Polish conductor * Agnieszka Dulej (born 1983), Polish ice dancer * Agnieszka Dygant (born 1973), Polish actress *Agnieszka Gąsienica-Daniel (born 1987), Polish skier *Agnieszka Graff (born 1970), Polish writer, trans ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Agnes (name)
Agnes is a feminine given name derived from the Greek , meaning 'pure' or 'holy'. The name passed to Italian language, Italian as , to French language, French as , to Portuguese language, Portuguese as , and to Spanish language, Spanish as . It is also written as "Agness". Inez is an English language, English variant. The Greek name descends from the Proto-Indo-European ''wikt:Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/h₁yaǵ-, *h₁yaǵ-'', meaning 'to sacrifice; to worship', from which also the Vedic term ''Yajna, yajña'' originates. The name is mostly used in Greece and in countries that speak Germanic languages. It was the name of a popular Christian saint, Agnes of Rome, a fact which encouraged its wide use. "Agnes" was the third-most popular name for women in the English language, English-speaking world for more than 400 years. Its medieval English pronunciation was ''Annis'', and its usage and many of its forms coincided with the equally popular name Anna (given name), "Anna", ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Agnieszka Grochowska
Agnieszka Grochowska (, born 31 December 1979) is a Polish film and theatre actress. She is a two-time recipient of Polish Film Awards having won the Polish Academy Award for Best Actress in 2013 and the Polish Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress in 2024. Life She was born on 31 December 1979 in Warsaw. She graduated from the National Academy of Dramatic Art in Warsaw in 2002. In 2003, she started working at the Studio Theatre in Warsaw. She is the recipient of the 2007 Shooting Stars Award. For her role in '' Shameless'' (2012), she received the Polish Academy Award for Best Actress, while her performances in '' The Welts'' (2004), '' In Darkness'' (2011) and '' Walesa. Man of Hope'' (2013) earned her three additional nominations. Grochowska was also recognised as the Best Actress for her role in the Norwegian comedy film '' Upperdog'' (2009) at the Amanda Awards, and received Polish Film Festival Awards for ''Trzy minuty. 21:37'' (2011) and ''Obce niebo'' (2015). ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Agnieszka Perepeczko
Agnieszka Perepeczko (born 6 May 1942) also billed as A. Fitkau, is a Polish-born former actress, best known for her stage and screen performances after her emigration to Australia. Biography Perepeczko was born in Warsaw, Poland , in 1966 she graduated at Aleksander Zelwerowicz State Theatre Academy in Warsaw. She is best remembered for her brief appearance in the television series ''Prisoner'' during 1984, in which she played East German concentration camp A concentration camp is a prison or other facility used for the internment of political prisoners or politically targeted demographics, such as members of national or ethnic minority groups, on the grounds of national security, or for exploitati ... survivor Hannah Geldschmidt. She was married to fellow Polish stage and screen actor Marek Perepeczko from 1967 until his death in 2005. In 2024, Perepeczko gave a rare interview with Prisoner podcast series ''Talking Prisoner.'' Filmography References External l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Agnieszka Pachałko
Miss International (''Miss International Beauty'' or ''The International Beauty Pageant'') is a Japan-based international major beauty pageant organized by the International Culture Association. First held in 1960, it is the fourth largest pageant in the world in terms of the number of national winners participating in the international contest. Along with Miss World, Miss Universe, and Miss Earth, the pageant is one of the Big Four beauty pageants. The Miss International Organization and the brand are currently owned (since 1968), along with Miss International Japan, by the International Cultural Association and Miss Paris Group. The pageant crown used by the organization is supplied and patented by the Mikimoto pearl company. In 2020 and again in 2021, the pageant was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The current Miss International is Huỳnh Thị Thanh Thủy of Vietnam, who was crowned on 12 November 2024 in Tokyo, Japan. History The pageant was created in L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Agnieszka Osiecka
Agnieszka Osiecka (Polish pronunciation: ; 9 October 1936 – 7 March 1997) was a Polish poet, writer, author of theatre and television screenplays, film director and journalist. She was a prominent Polish songwriter, having authored the lyrics to more than 2000 songs, and is considered an icon of Polish culture. Life and career Osiecka was born in Warsaw, the only child of Wiktor Osiecki, a pianist and composer of Serbian, Romanian-Vlachs, Vlach and Hungarian descent, and a scholar Maria Sztechman. She spent her early years in Zakopane where her father played the piano at the Watra Restaurant. After World War II the Osiecki family moved to Warsaw and settled in the Saska Kępa borough. The small flat soon became Osiecka’s favourite place to work. She lived there almost her entire life. After her death, the ''Okularnicy'' Foundation placed a commemorative plaque on the building. Agnieszka was exceptionally gifted. She completed her coursework much more quickly than other student ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Agnieszka Niedźwiedź
Agnieszka Niedźwiedź () is a Polish former mixed martial artist who last competed in the Flyweight division in Invicta FC. She fought for organizations like MMA Attack, Cage Warriors and Fighters Arena. In 2017, the year of her last recorded fight to date, she was ranked #2 in the world in the women's flyweight category. Early life Niedźwiedź was sent to a Judo class by her mother at the age of seven. She continued to train for ten years, acquiring competition experience, until her brother convinced her to try Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. After only two or three classes, Niedźwiedź was offered an MMA fight. Her next fight a month later would start her MMA career. Mixed martial arts career Early career Niedźwiedź began her professional MMA career in October 2012 in her native Poland. Over the next year and a half, she amassed a record of 7 wins against no losses before joining Invicta FC. Invicta FC Niedźwiedź made her American debut at Invicta FC 18: Grasso vs. Esquibel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Agnieszka Nagay
Agnieszka Nagay (née Staroń, born 20 February 1981 in Łódź) is a Polish rifle shooter and soldier. She competed in the 50 m rifle three positions event at the 2012 Summer Olympics, where she placed 8th in the final. She won a bronze medal at the 2005 European Championships, and has finished 2nd (Changwon 2011) and 3rd (Munich Munich is the capital and most populous city of Bavaria, Germany. As of 30 November 2024, its population was 1,604,384, making it the third-largest city in Germany after Berlin and Hamburg. Munich is the largest city in Germany that is no ... 2008) at World Cup Events. Olympic results References External links * * * 1981 births Living people Polish female sport shooters Olympic shooters for Poland Shooters at the 2004 Summer Olympics Shooters at the 2008 Summer Olympics Shooters at the 2012 Summer Olympics Shooters at the 2016 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Łódź European Games competitors for Poland Shooters at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Agnieszka Machówna
Agnieszka Machówna ( – 12 July 1681) was a Polish con artist and bigamist. Born in the peasantry, she is famous for her fraud in posing as a member of the Zborowski family. She was convicted of forgery, theft, adultery, and perjury, and was sentenced to death and executed. Life Machówna was born around 1648 in the village of Kolbuszowa. Her father, Mikaj Mach, was a military drummer and her mother was a peasant woman. She was likely baptized under the name "Jadwiga". Her mother worked as a servant at the Lubomirski Palace, and Duchess Helena Tekla Lubomirska sent Machówna to a local parish priest to teach her to read and write. She married Bartosz Zatorski, the court Cossack of the Lubomirski family, at age 16. Zatorski was prone to beating her in fits of drunken rage, and Machówna was unhappy with her life in Kolbuszowa, wanting a more opulent life than what she had there. She ran away to Kraków, and then to Warsaw. Machówna took advantage of her education an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Agnieszka Kotlarska (actress)
Agnieszka Kotlarska (1971-March 10, 2015) was a Polish TV, film, and stage actress. She was born in Pabianice, Łódź Voivodeship, Poland. In 2007 she was awarded Silver Medal Gloria Artis. She died of cancer, leaving a son and a daughter. References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Kotlarska, Agnieszka 1971 births 2015 deaths Polish film actresses People from Pabianice Polish stage actresses ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Agnieszka Kotlarska (model)
Agnieszka Kotlarska-Świątek (15 August 1972 – 27 August 1996) was a Polish fashion model and beauty queen. Career While studying at Wrocław University of Science and Technology, Agnieszka won the Miss Polski beauty pageant held at the Forest Opera in Sopot on 19 July 1991. On 13 October 1991, she became the first Polish winner of the Miss International beauty pageant held in Tokyo, Japan. She went on to pursue a modelling career in the United States, represented by Ford Models in New York for the likes of Ralph Lauren and Calvin Klein. Around 1992, while working in New York, she married Jarosław Świątek, one of the organisers of the 1991 edition of Miss Polski. The couple later returned to their native Poland at the end of 1993 to settle in her hometown Wrocław, where they would later have a daughter together. Death Kotlarska narrowly escaped death when at the last minute, she backed out of flying on TWA Flight 800, which crashed with no survivors off Long I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Agnieszka Korneluk
Agnieszka Korneluk, née Kąkolewska (born 17 October 1994) is a Polish volleyball player of Fenerbahçe S.K. (women's volleyball), Fenerbahçe. She is playing as a middle blocker and part of the Poland women's national volleyball team. She competed at the 2013 Women's European Volleyball Championship, and 2019 Montreux Volley Masters. On club level she played for SMS PZPS Sosnowiec. Awards Club * Budowlani Łódź (volleyball), Grot Budowlani Łódź (2017–2018) ** Polish Women's Volleyball Cup, Polish Cup (1): 2017-2018 ** Polish Super Cup (1): 2017-2018 * KPS Chemik Police (2020–2024) ** Polish Women's Volleyball League, Polish Championship (3): 2020-2021, 2021-2022, 2023-24 ** Polish Women's Volleyball Cup, Polish Cup (2): 2020-2021, 2022-2023 ** Polish Super Cup (1): 2023-2024 * KS Developres Rzeszów (2024–2025) ** Polish Women's Volleyball League, Polish Championship (1): 2024-25 ** Polish Women's Volleyball Cup, Polish Cup (1): 2024-2025 Individual * 2014 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Agnieszka Kołakowska
Agnieszka Kołakowska (born 17 May 1960) is a Polish philosopher, philologist, translator and essayist. She is the recipient of the 2012 for the essay collection ''Wojny kultur i inne wojny''. She was born in Łódź in 1960 to the family of philosopher Leszek Kołakowski and Tamara Dynenson. She defines herself as a Jew Jews (, , ), or the Jewish people, are an ethnoreligious group and nation, originating from the Israelites of ancient Israel and Judah. They also traditionally adhere to Judaism. Jewish ethnicity, religion, and community are highly inte ..., as her mother is a Polish Jew. Books *2010: ''Wojny kultur i inne wojny'' (Wars of Cultures and Other Wars, essay collection), *2016: ''Plaga słowików'' (Plague of Nightingales, essay collection), References 1960 births Living people Jewish philosophers Polish philologists Polish translators 21st-century Polish writers 20th-century Polish Jews 21st-century Polish Jews 21st-century Polish p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
