Czesław, ( cz, Česlav, be, italic=yes, Časłaŭ; Česłaŭ, lt,
Česlovas
Česlovas is a Lithuanian masculine given name and may refer to:
* Česlovas Juršėnas (b. 1938), Lithuanian politician
*Česlovas Kudaba (1934–1993), Lithuanian politician
*Česlovas Kundrotas (b. 1961), Lithuanian long-distance runner and ...
) is an old
given name derived from the
Slavic elements ''ča''
(to await) and ''slava''
(glory). Feminine form: Czesława/Česlava. The name may refer to:
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Ceslaus, Christian Saint
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Czesław Białobrzeski, Polish physicist
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Czesław Bieżanko
Czesław Marian Bieżanko (22 November 1895 in Kielce – 1986 in Pelotas, Brazil) was a Polish entomologist and recognized authority on South American butterflies.
He was professor of the College of Agronomy in the city of Pelotas (currently ...
, Polish entomologist and recognized authority on South American butterflies
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Czesław Bobrowski
Czesław Bobrowski (17 February 1904, in Sarny – 18 May 1996, in Warsaw) was a Polish economist. In postwar Poland, he was a director of Central Planning Office (''Centralny Urząd Planowania'') from 1945–1948, author of the Three-Year Plan. ...
, Polish economist in postwar Poland
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Czeslaw Brzozowicz
Czeslaw Peter Brzozowicz (June 28, 1911 - November 24, 1997) was a consulting engineer for the CN Tower, Toronto-Dominion Centre, first Toronto subway line, among many other construction projects in Canada.
Biography
Born in Sokolow Malopolski, ...
, consulting engineer for the CN Tower, Toronto-Dominion Centre, first Toronto subway line
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Czesław Dźwigaj, Polish artist and sculptor
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Czesław Hoc, Polish politician
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Czeslaw Idzkiewicz, Polish painter and teacher
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Czeslaw Kozon
Czeslaw Kozon (; la, Ceslaus; born 17 November 1951, Idestrup, Falster, Denmark) is the Roman Catholic bishop of the Diocese of Copenhagen.
His parents were emigres from Communist Poland. He was ordained a priest for the Diocese of Copenhagen ...
, Roman Catholic bishop of the Diocese of Copenhagen
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Czesław Kiszczak, Polish general and politician
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Czesław Lang, Polish former road racing cyclist
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Czesław Łuczak, Polish historian, former rector of the Adam Mickiewicz University
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Czesław Marchaj
Czesław Antony Marchaj (9 July 1918 – 21 July 2015), often known in the West as C.A. Marchaj or Tony Marchaj, was a Polish-British yachtsman whose published scientific studies of the aerodynamics and hydrodynamics of sailing boats have ...
, Polish yachtsman
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Czesław Marek, Polish composer, pianist
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Czesław Meyer, a fictional character who gained immortality in the Japanese light novel series ''
Baccano!
is a Japanese light novel series written by Ryohgo Narita and illustrated by Katsumi Enami. The series, often told from multiple points of view, is mostly set within a fictional United States during various time periods, most notably th ...
''
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Czesław Michniewicz
Czesław Michniewicz (; born 12 February 1970) is a Polish football manager and former player who managed the Poland national team in 2022.
Managerial career Early years
In September 2003, Michniewicz was appointed as the manager of Lech Pozn ...
, Polish football manager and former player
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Czesław Miłosz
Czesław Miłosz (, also , ; 30 June 1911 – 14 August 2004) was a Polish-American poet, prose writer, translator, and diplomat. Regarded as one of the great poets of the 20th century, he won the 1980 Nobel Prize in Literature. In its citation, ...
, Polish poet and Nobel Prize recipient
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Czesław Młot-Fijałkowski
Czesław Młot-Fijałkowski (1892–1944) was a Polish military officer and a brigadier general of the Polish Army.
Czesław Fijałkowski was born on 14 April 1892 in Okalewo (now in Rypin County), in the Płock Governorate of Congress Poland, ...
, a Polish military officer and a brigadier general of the Polish Army
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Czesław Niemen
Czesław Niemen (; February 16, 1939 – January 17, 2004), born Czesław Juliusz Wydrzycki, and often credited as just Niemen, was one of the most important and original Polish singer-songwriters and rock balladeers of the 20th century, singing ...
, Polish singer-songwriter
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Czesław Okińczyc
Czesław, ( cz, Česlav, be, italic=yes, Časłaŭ; Česłaŭ, lt, Česlovas) is an old given name derived from the Slavic elements ''ča'' (to await) and ''slava'' (glory). Feminine form: Czesława/Česlava. The name may refer to:
* Ceslaus ...
, Polish–Lithuanian politician
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Czesław Piątas
Gen. Czesław Piątas (born 20 March 1946) is a Polish general, former Chief of General Staff of the Polish Army. He is one of the authors of the plan of modernisation of the Polish armed forces and one of the architects of its integration with t ...
, a Polish general, former Chief of General Staff of the Polish Army
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Czesław Słania
Czesław Słania (22 October 1921 Czeladź; 17 March 2005 Kraków) was a Polish-born postage stamp and banknote engraver, living in Sweden from 1956. According to the ''Guinness Book of World Records'', Słania was the most skilled and prolifi ...
, Polish-Swedish postage stamp and banknote engraver
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Czesław Sobieraj
Czesław Sobieraj (17 July 1914 - 25 July 1985) was a Polish sprint canoeist who competed from the late 1930s to the late 1940s. He won a silver medal in the K-1 10000 m event at the 1938 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Vaxholm.
Sobi ...
, Polish sprint canoer
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Czesław Warsewicz
Czesław Warsewicz (born 1969) is a Polish businessman and entrepreneur.
Education
Warsewicz graduated in economics from Warsaw School of Economics in 1994 and from IESE Business School (Advanced Management Program, 2007).
Business career
He ...
, former CEO and chairman of PKP Intercity S.A.
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Czesław Wycech
Czesław Wycech (1899–1977) was a Polish activist, politician and historian. He was a member of the Polish peasant's parties: the Polish People's Party "Wyzwolenie", the People's Party, the Polish People's Party, and the United People's Pa ...
, Polish activist, politician and historian
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Czesław Zbierański
Czesław Michał Zbierański (1885–1982) was a Polish engineer, pioneer of Polish aviation, major of Polish Army. In 1910–1911, with Stanisław Cywiński, he constructed an aircraft with two pairs of wings, the first Polish aircraft construct ...
, Polish engineer, pioneer of Polish aviation, major of Polish Army
See also
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Časlav (name)
Časlav is a Slavic given name, which has several spelling variants: Časlav (Cyrillic: Часлав) in Serbian, Čáslav or Čéslav in Czech, and Czasław or Czesław in Polish. In medieval Greek texts, the name is spelled as Τζασθλάβ� ...
References
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Slavic masculine given names
Polish masculine given names