Danuta is a Polish given name.
Women named Danuta include:
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Danuta Bartoszek
Danuta Bartoszek (born 19 August 1961 in Pyrzyce, Poland) is a former long-distance runner.
Originally from Poland, Bartoszek represented Canada at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. At Atlanta, the resident of Mississauga, Ontario ...
(born 1961), former long-distance runner for Canada
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Danuta Bułkowska
Danuta Bułkowska-Milej (born 31 January 1959, in Olszanka) is a Polish athlete who competed in the high jump. Her 1984 personal best (1.97 m) stood as the Polish record for 29 years, only being beaten in 2013.
She started her career in the lat ...
(born 1959), former Polish champion in high jumping
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Danuta Dmowska
Danuta Małgorzata Dmowska-Andrzejuk (born 1 March 1982) is a Polish politician, former fencer and World Épée Champion 2005. In the years 2019-2020, she served as the Minister of Sport in the Second Cabinet of Mateusz Morawiecki.
Early life ...
(born 1982), Polish fencer and World Épée Champion 2005
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Danuta Gleed
Danuta Gleed (1946 – 11 December 1996) was a Kenyan-born Canadian writer.
Biography
She was born in Kenya in a British camp for displaced persons where she spent her early childhood. In 1958, her family moved to England. At the time of her dea ...
(1946–1996), Canadian writer of Polish origin
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Danuta Hojarska
Danuta Hojarska, née Gąsiorek (born 2 January 1960 in Malbork) is a Polish politician. She was elected to the Sejm on 25 September 2005, getting 10155 votes in 25 Gdańsk
Gdańsk ( , also ; ; csb, Gduńsk;Stefan Ramułt, ''Słownik jęz ...
(born 1960), Polish politician, member of the Sejm
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Danuta Hübner
Danuta Maria Hübner, née Młynarska ( or ; born 8 April 1948) is a Polish politician and Diplomat and Economist and Member of the European Parliament. She has served as European Commissioner for Regional Policy from 22 November 2004 until 4 Jul ...
(born 1948), Polish economist, academic, and policy maker
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Danuta Jazłowiecka
Danuta Jazłowiecka (born 19 May 1957 in Opole) is a Polish politician. She was elected to the Sejm on 25 September 2005, getting 14,248 votes in 21 Opole district as a candidate from the Civic Platform list. In June 2009 she was elected as a Me ...
(born 1957), Polish politician, member of the Sejm
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Danuta Lato
Danuta Lato (born Danuta Irzyk; 25 November 1963) is a Polish glamour model, actress and later singer.
Career
Lato was born Danuta Irzyk on 25 November 1963 (some sources giving the year 1965 instead of 1963) in the small village of Szufnarow ...
(born 1963), Polish actress, model and singer in the 1980s-1990s
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Danuta Pietraszewska
Danuta Róża Pietraszewska, née Sitek (born 8 May 1947 in Ruda Śląska, Poland) is a Polish politician. She was elected to the Sejm on 25 September 2005, receiving 9,841 votes in 31 Katowice district, as a candidate from the Platforma Obywatel ...
(born 1947), Polish politician, member of the Sejm
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Danuta Wałęsa
Mirosława Danuta Wałęsa ( ''née'' Gołoś; born 25 February 1949), is the wife of the former President of Poland Lech Wałęsa. In 1983 she accepted the Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo, Norway on behalf of her husband,R. W. APPLE JR., "AWARD IS ACC ...
(born 1949), wife of former President of Poland Lech Wałęsa
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Danuta Kobylińska-Walas
Danuta Kobylińska-Walas (also ''Danuta Walas-Kobylińska'', born 27 November 1931 in Kozietuły, Poland) was the first female sea captain. She is the first woman to successfully train for the profession of sailor and reach the position of Sea Capt ...
(born 1931), Polish Sea Captain
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Danuta Kordaczuk
Danuta Kordaczuk-Wagner (born 2 September 1939 – 10 April 1988) was a Polish volleyball player and head coach, a member of Poland women's national volleyball team in 1956–1970, a bronze medalist of the Olympic Games Tokyo 1964, a bronze meda ...
(1939–1988), Polish Olympic volleyball player
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Danuta Kozák
Danuta Kozák (; born 11 January 1987) is a Hungarian sprint canoeist. She has won one silver, one bronze and six Olympic gold medals, three of which in Rio de Janeiro in 2016, making her the only female to win K1, K2 and K4 at the same Olym ...
(born 1987), Hungarian Olympic sprint canoer
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Danuta Szaflarska
Danuta Szaflarska (; 6 February 1915 – 19 February 2017) was a Polish film and stage actress. In 2008 she was awarded the Złota Kaczka for the best Polish actress of the century. Szaflarska participated in the Warsaw Uprising as a liaison. Sz ...
(1915–2017), Polish screen and stage actress
Other meanings include:
*Danuta, a fictional planet in the ''
Star Wars
''Star Wars'' is an American epic space opera multimedia franchise created by George Lucas, which began with the eponymous 1977 film and quickly became a worldwide pop-culture phenomenon. The franchise has been expanded into various film ...
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Danuta (armoured train)
The ''Danuta'', also called ''Armoured Train Number 11'', was a Polish armoured train used by the Polish Army during the German invasion of Poland in September 1939.
History
The ''Danuta'' was built in Poznań in 1919. In August 1920, the train ...
, a Polish armoured train used during the invasion of Poland in 1939
See also
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Danutė (disambiguation) Danutė is quite popular female given name in Lithuania. Women named ''Danutė'' include:
*Elzbieta, sometimes also known as Danmila or Danutė (14th century), daughter of Gediminas, Grand Duke of Lithuania (see family of Gediminas)
*Danutė of ...
, the Lithuanian equivalent
Polish feminine given names
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