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Wilkowski
Wilkowski or Wolkowski is a Polish surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Arthur Wilkowski (1928–1999), American politician * Jan Wilkowski (1921-1997), Polish dramaticist, author, actor, director * Jean M. Wilkowski (1919-2016), American diplomat, first woman to serve as ambassador to an African country * Renata Pałys Renata Pałys (née ''Wilkowska''; born 12 October 1956) is a stage and television and actress, and theater director. She is best known for her role as Helena Paździochowa, one of the main characters in the sitcom television series '' The Lousy W ... (née Wilkowska; born 1956), Polish actress See also * Witkowski * Bogdan Wołkowski (born 1957), Polish billiards player {{surname, Wilkowski, Wolkowski Polish-language surnames ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arthur Wilkowski
Arthur R. Wilkowski (December 29, 1928 – November 30, 1999) was a member of the Ohio House of Representatives The Ohio House of Representatives is the lower house of the Ohio General Assembly, the state legislature of the U.S. state of Ohio; the other house of the bicameral legislature being the Ohio Senate. The House of Representatives first met in .... He died of heart failure in 1999. References 1928 births 1999 deaths Democratic Party members of the Ohio House of Representatives 20th-century members of the Ohio General Assembly {{ohio-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Renata Pałys
Renata Pałys (née ''Wilkowska''; born 12 October 1956) is a stage and television and actress, and theater director. She is best known for her role as Helena Paździochowa, one of the main characters in the sitcom television series '' The Lousy World'' (1999–2022). Biography Renata Pałys (née ''Wilkowska'') was born on 12 October 1956 in Wrocław, Poland, where she grew up. Her parents were artist Henryk Wilkowski and Mira Wilkowska. In 1980, she graduated from the Wrocław Faculty of Puppetry of the National Academy of Theatre. She performed in the Cyprian Kamil Norwid Theatre in Jelenia Góra from 1980 to 1981, the Wrocław Modern Theatre in 1981, the Wrocław Pantomime Theatre from 1982 to 1987, and the Kalambur Theatre in Wrocław from 1987 to 1989. From 1993 to 1993 she wrote for the cultural section of the Wrocław-based edition of news magazine ''Gazeta Wyborcza''. She appeared for the first time in a feature film in 1977 '' Indeks'' as an extra. Since then sh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Polish Surname
Polish names have two main elements: the given name, and the surname. The usage of personal names in Poland is generally governed by civil law (legal system), civil law, church law, personal taste and family custom. The law requires a given name to indicate the person's gender. Almost all Polish female names end in the vowel ''-a'', and most male names end in a consonant or a vowel other than ''a''. There are, however, a few male names that end in ''a'', which are often old and uncommon, such as Barnaba, Bonawentura, Jarema, Kosma, Kuba (formerly only a diminutive of Jakub, nowadays also a given name on its own) and Saba. Maria (given name), Maria is a female name that can be used also as a second name for males. Since the High Middle Ages, Polish-sounding surnames ending with the masculine ''-ski'' suffix, including ''-cki'' and ''-dzki'', and the corresponding feminine suffix ''-ska/-cka/-dzka'' were associated with the nobility (Polish ''szlachta''), which alone, in the early ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jan Wilkowski
Jan, JaN or JAN may refer to: Acronyms * Jackson, Mississippi (Amtrak station), US, Amtrak station code JAN * Jackson-Evers International Airport, Mississippi, US, IATA code * Jabhat al-Nusra (JaN), a Syrian militant group * Japanese Article Number, a barcode standard compatible with EAN * Japanese Accepted Name, a Japanese nonproprietary drug name * Job Accommodation Network, US, for people with disabilities * ''Joint Army-Navy'', US standards for electronic color codes, etc. * ''Journal of Advanced Nursing'' Personal name * Jan (name), male variant of ''John'', female shortened form of ''Janet'' and ''Janice'' * Jan (Persian name), Persian word meaning 'life', 'soul', 'dear'; also used as a name * Ran (surname), romanized from Mandarin as Jan in Wade–Giles * Ján, Slovak name Other uses * January, as an abbreviation for the first month of the year in the Gregorian calendar * Jan (cards), a term in some card games when a player loses without taking any tricks or scoring a mini ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean M
Jean may refer to: People * Jean (female given name) * Jean (male given name) * Jean (surname) Fictional characters * Jean Grey, a Marvel Comics character * Jean Valjean, fictional character in novel ''Les Misérables'' and its adaptations * Jean Pierre Polnareff, a fictional character from ''JoJo's Bizarre Adventure'' * Jean Luc Picard, fictional character from ''Star Trek Next Generation'' Places * Jean, Nevada, United States; a town * Jean, Oregon, United States Entertainment * Jean (dog), a female collie in silent films * Jean (song), "Jean" (song) (1969), by Rod McKuen, also recorded by Oliver * Jean Seberg (musical), ''Jean Seberg'' (musical), a 1983 musical by Marvin Hamlisch Other uses * JEAN (programming language) * USS Jean (ID-1308), USS ''Jean'' (ID-1308), American cargo ship c. 1918 * Sternwheeler Jean, a 1938 paddleboat of the Willamette River See also *Jehan * * Gene (other) * Jeanne (other) * Jehanne (other) * Jeans (disambiguat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Witkowski
Witkowski (Polish feminine: Witkowska, plural: Witkowscy) is a Polish surname. Russian-language variant: Vitkovsky, Lithuanian: Vitkauskas. Notable people with the surname include: Witkowski * August Witkowski (1854–1913), Polish physicist ** Collegium Witkowski in Kraków, Poland *Bronisław Witkowski (1899–1971), Polish luger *Charles S. Witkowski (1907–1993), American politician *Georg Witkowski (1863–1939), Jewish German literary historian * Georges Martin Witkowski (1867–1943), French conductor and composer *Igor Witkowski * John Witkowski (born 1962), American football player * Kalikst Witkowski (1818–1877), Polish politician *Kamil Witkowski (born 1984), Polish footballer *Karol D. Witkowski (1860–1910), Polish-American painter * (born 1925), German author *Marek Witkowski (born 1974), Polish sprint canoer *Maximilian Harden, born Felix Ernst Witkowski (1861–1927), Jewish German journalist *Michał Witkowski (born 1975), Polish novelist and journalist * (194 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bogdan Wołkowski
Bogdan Wołkowski (born 1957 in Jaworzno, Poland), nicknamed "The Wizard", is a Polish professional billiards and snooker trick-shot artist and entertainer, who has won many World Trick Shot Championships. Titles and achievements *1997 Slovakian Pool Trick Shot Championship *1998 World Pool Masters Trick Shot Challenge *1999 World Pool Masters Trick Shot Challenge *1999 World Snooker Trick Shot Championship *2000 World Pool Masters Trick Shot Challenge *2000 World Snooker Trick Shot Championship *2001 World Snooker Trick Shot Championship *2002 World Snooker Trick Shot Championship *2002 European Pool Billiard Artistic Championship *2003 World Snooker Trick Shot Championship *2004 World Snooker Trick Shot Championship *2008 World Pool Masters The World Pool Masters is an annual international nine-ball tournament. Formerly, it was called the European Pool Masters (until 1995) until players from other parts of the globe were invited. History Throughout much of its his ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |