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Jaworski
Jaworski ( ; feminine: Jaworska, plural: Jaworscy) is a surname of Polish language, Polish-language origin. It is related to a number of surnames in other languages. Related surnames People Jaworski/Jaworska * Beata Jaworska (born 1994), Polish basketball player * Chet Jaworski (1916–2003), American basketball player * Daniela Jaworska (born 1946), Polish athlete * Jakub Jaworski (born 1986), Polish speed skater * Leon Jaworski (1905–1982), American attorney * Łukasz Jaworski (born 1981), Polish film and television director * Magdalena Jaworska (1961-1994), Polish model * Maria Daria Jaworska (1921–2022), Polish-Canadian physician * Marian Jaworski (1926–2020), Polish cardinal * Matt Jaworski (born 1967), American football player * Mikee Cojuangco-Jaworski (born 1974) Filipino equestrian * Paul Jaworski (1900–1929), American gangster * Rafał Jaworski (born 1973), Polish historian *Renata Jaworska (born 1979), Polish artist * Robert Jaworski (born 1946), Filipino bas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ron Jaworski
Ronald Vincent Jaworski (born March 23, 1951), nicknamed "Jaws", is an American former professional football quarterback who played in the National Football League (NFL) for 17 seasons. He played college football for the Youngstown State Penguins and was selected by the Los Angeles Rams in the second round of the 1973 NFL draft. After spending four seasons mostly as a backup for the Rams, Jaworski was traded to the Philadelphia Eagles in 1977, where he would lead the Eagles to four consecutive playoff appearances, including a division title and the franchise's first Super Bowl appearance in 1980. After 10 seasons with the Eagles, Jaworski signed with the Miami Dolphins, where he would spend two seasons as a backup. After his playing career, Jaworski worked as an NFL analyst on ESPN from 1990 to 2017. From 2004 to 2019, he served as an executive of the Philadelphia Soul franchise of the Arena Football League, where he also briefly served as the league's Executive Committee Cha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Jaworski
Robert Vincent Salazar Jaworski Sr. (; born March 8, 1946), also known by his nicknames Sonny, Big J, and Jawo (), is a Filipino former professional basketball player, head coach and politician who served as a Senator of the Philippines from 1998 to 2004. He played 23 seasons in the Philippine Basketball Association. He is widely regarded as one of the best and most popular PBA players of all-time. He was named part of the PBA's 40 Greatest Players and was inducted into the PBA Hall of Fame in 2005. Early life and college career Born to a Polish American father, Theodore Vincent Jaworski, and a Filipino mother of Ilocano descent, Iluminada Bautista Salazar. Jaworski grew up in the streets of Manila where he was first introduced to basketball, rising to prominence in the collegiate leagues, where in 1964, he played for the University of the East Red Warriors in the University Athletic Association of the Philippines (UAAP). Jaworski delivered outstanding performances in th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leon Jaworski
Leonidas "Leon" Jaworski (September 19, 1905 – December 9, 1982) was an American attorney and law professor who served as the second special prosecutor during the Watergate scandal. He was appointed to that position on November 1, 1973, soon after the "Saturday Night Massacre" of October 19–20, 1973, which included the dismissal of his predecessor Archibald Cox. Background Jaworski was born in Waco, Texas, Waco in central Texas. His mother, Marie (Mira), was an Austrian Americans, Austrian immigrant, and his father, Joseph Jaworski, was a Polish Americans, Polish immigrant who was an evangelical minister. He was named after ancient Spartan king Leonidas, and had a brother named Hannibal. An earnest student who studied at night by the light of oil lamps, he was a champion debater at Waco High School, graduated from Baylor Law School, and received his master's degree in law at the George Washington University Law School in Washington, D.C. Legal career In 1925, he became the yo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marian Jaworski
Marian Franciszek Jaworski (, 21 August 1926 – 5 September 2020) was a Cardinal Priest and Archbishop of Lviv of the Latins in the Roman Catholic Church. He was a close friend of Pope John Paul II. Biography Early years Born the son of Wincenty and Stanisława Łastowiecka in Lwów, Poland (''now Lviv, Ukraine''), his family was expelled from Ukraine in 1945 when the Soviets directed a " repatriation drive" for Poles living within the former borders of Poland in the entire Kresy region. Jaworski began his studies in Poland at the Lwów Major Seminary and was ordained in Kraków on 25 June 1950. He served as a priest for two years (1950–1952) at a parish near the Ukrainian border before returning to the Jagiellonian University to complete a Doctorate in Philosophy. He had three doctorates by 1965 – one in theology from the Jagiellonian University, and Ph.D.s from the Lublin Catholic University and Warsaw Theological Academy. Later career Jaworski was a professo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Jaworski
Paul Jaworski (born Paul Poluszynski; 1900 – January 21, 1929) was a Polish-American gangster born in Poland. He immigrated to the United States in 1905. Although born to Catholic parents, when offered the services of a chaplain before his execution Jaworski said: "I preached atheism since the day I quit singing the choir. A man is yellow if he spends his life believing in nothing and then comes crawling to the church because he is afraid his death is near." First armored car robbery He was the leader of the Flathead gang, which committed the first-ever armored car robbery, on March 11, 1927. The gang stole over $104,000 from an armored vehicle on Bethel Road (now Brightwood Road), Bethel, (now Bethel Park), 7 miles outside of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The bandits placed 500 pounds of black powder (stolen the previous day from nearby Mine 3 in Mollenaur, PA) under the roadbed, and made off with money that was on its way to Coverdale, Pennsylvania for the Pittsburgh Termin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mikee Cojuangco-Jaworski
Mikaela María Antonia "Mikee" de los Reyes Cojuangco-Jaworski (born February 26, 1974) is a Filipino people, Filipino sports official, equestrianism, equestrian, model, former actress and television host. She was a gold medalist at the 2002 Asian Games in Busan, South Korea. Early life Cojuangco-Jaworski was born to Jose Cojuangco, Jr., former Congressman of Tarlac and Tingting Cojuangco, former Governor of Tarlac and now president of the Philippine Public Safety College. Her father is a member of the affluent Cojuangco family, who owns a 6,000-hectare sugar plantation known as Hacienda Luisita. She is the third of five daughters: Luisita C. Bautista, Josephine C. Guingona, Margarita Demetria C. Zini and Regina Patricia Jose C. Gonzalez. She is also a niece of former President of the Philippines, Philippine president Corazon Aquino, Corazon Cojuangco-Aquino, first cousin of fellow actress Kris Aquino and former President of the Philippines, Philippine president Benigno Aquino ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Łukasz Jaworski
Łukasz Jaworski (born 9 April 1981) is a film and television director. Biography Łukasz Jaworski was born on 9 April 1981. In 2005, he has graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw, Poland. In 2002, Jaworski wrote and directed feature film ''Emulsja''. He was a director in the television series '' 39 and a Half'' (2008–2008), ''Usta usta'' (2010–2011, 2021), ''Warsaw Pact'' (2011), '' To nie koniec świata'' (2013), '' Skazane'' (2015), '' Na noże'' (2016), '' Spider's Web'' (2021), and '' Klara'' (2024). Additionally, he directed films '' Letters to Santa 5'' (2022) and '' Letters to Santa 6'' (2024). Filmography Directing Acting References External links Łukasz Jaworskion IMDb Łukasz Jaworskion FilmPolski.pl (in Polish) Łukasz Jaworskion Filmweb Filmweb is an online database of information related to films, television series, actors and film crew personnel. Since 2011, the database also contains video games. Filmweb was launched on March ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chet Jaworski
Chester Stanley Jaworski (November 8, 1916 – October 16, 2003) was an American basketball player. He was the University of Rhode Island (URI)'s first All-American selection in men's basketball. As a senior in 1938–39, he led the nation in scoring at 22.9 points per game and was named the Helms Foundation College Basketball Player of the Year as well as a Consensus NCAA First Team All-American. He scored a career-high 44 points in December 1938. Jaworski played the forward position in basketball, but he also earned three varsity letters for the school's baseball team and one letter for the football team A football team is a group of players selected to play together in the various team sports known as football. Such teams could be selected to play in a match against an opposing team, to represent a football club, group, state or nation, an All-st .... For his achievements, Jaworski was enshrined into both the URI and New England Basketball Halls of Fame. He was a m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean-Philippe Jaworski
Jean-Philippe Jaworski (born 1969) is a French author of fantasy literature and role-playing games. Career Born in 1969, Jaworski is a teacher of French literature at a ''lycée'' in Nancy. In 1983, having become interested in role-playing games, he wrote two amateur pen and paper role-playing games: ''Tiers âge'', based on the Third Age of J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth, and '' Te deum pour un massacre'', a period adventure taking place in 16th century France during the Wars of Religion. ''Te deum pour un massacre'' was eventually published in 2005. Jaworski published his first work of fiction, '' Janua Vera'', in 2007, and was awarded that year's ''Prix du Cafard cosmique'' for it. This collection of novellas is set in a fantasy world, ''Le Vieux Royaume'', characterized by a low degree of supernatural activity and inspired by swashbuckler novels and historical fiction. Jaworski continued to develop this world in his first novel, ''Gagner la guerre''. Published in 2009, it ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Walery Jaworski
Walery Jaworski (March 20, 1849, in Florynka – July 17, 1924, in Kraków) was a Polish physician and gastroenterologist. He is considered one of the pioneers of gastroenterology in Poland. He is also known for making one of the first observations of Helicobacter pylori in 1899. Life and career He was born in 1849 in Florynka, Austrian Empire. In 1868, he graduated from secondary school in Przemyśl. Between 1868-1871, he studied at the Lviv Polytechnic (Polish: ''Akademia Techniczna we Lwowie''). In 1874, he started studying medicine at the Jagiellonian University and graduated in 1880. In 1899 he described bacteria living in the human stomach that he named ''Vibrio rugula''. He speculated that they were responsible for stomach ulcers, gastric cancer and achylia. It was one of the first observations of Helicobacter pylori. He published those findings in 1899 in a book titled ''Podręcznik chorób żołądka'' (''Handbook of Gastric Diseases'') but it was available only in Po ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jakub Jaworski
Jakub Jaworski (born 29 July 1986 in Bialystok) is a Polish short-track speed-skater. Jaworski competed at the 2010 Winter Olympics for Poland. In the 1500 metres, he finished fourth in his first round heat, failing to advance. placing 27th overall. As of 2013, Jaworski's best performance at the World Championships came in 2012, when he placed 19th in the 1500 metres. As of 2013, Jaworski has not finished on the podium on the ISU Short Track Speed Skating World Cup The Short Track Speed Skating World Cup was a series of international short track speed skating competitions, organised yearly by the International Skating Union since the winter of 1998/1999. Every year during the winter, a number of competitions .... His top World Cup ranking is 43rd, in the 1000 metres in 2007-08. References 1986 births Living people Polish male short-track speed skaters Olympic short-track speed skaters for Poland Short-track speed skaters at the 2010 Winter Olympics Sportspeople f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matt Jaworski
Matthew Joseph Jaworski (born October 23, 1967) is a former American football linebacker who played eight games with the Indianapolis Colts during the 1991 season. Life Jaworski was born in 1967 in Blasdell, New York and attended Colgate University Colgate University is a Private university, private college in Hamilton, New York, United States. The Liberal arts colleges in the United States, liberal arts college was founded in 1819 as the Baptist Education Society of the State of New York .... References Living people 1967 births American football linebackers Colgate Raiders football players Indianapolis Colts players Players of American football from Erie County, New York 20th-century American sportsmen {{Linebacker-1960s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
