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Polish Polish may refer to: * Anything from or related to Poland, a country in Europe * Polish language * Polish people, people from Poland or of Polish descent * Polish chicken * Polish brothers (Mark Polish and Michael Polish, born 1970), American twin ...

surname Dunin originated in the 12th century with Piotr Włost Dunin, who was the Palatine of Poland and the castellan of Wroclaw (Silesia). He was also the Brother in law of Duke

Bolesław III Wrymouth Bolesław III Wrymouth (; 20 August 1086 – 28 October 1138), also known as Boleslaus the Wry-mouthed, was the duke of Lesser Poland, Silesia and Sandomierz between 1102 and 1107 and over the whole of Poland between 1107 and 1138. He was the onl ...

(Boleslaw Krzywousty). The coat of arms associated with the surename is the Łabędź (swan). See:

Duninowie The Dunin family, , also Łabędź family, (after their coat of arms) was an old Polish noble family, whose members were ''Magnates'' in medieval Poland. Members of the family held the title of Count in Poland. History The progenitor of the ...

family. *

Piotr Włostowic Herb ŁabędźPiotr Włostowic (or Włost; 1080 – 1153), also known as Peter Wlast, was a Polish noble, castellan of Wrocław, and a ruler (''możnowładca'') of part of Silesia. From 1117 he was voivode (''palatyn'') of the Duke of Poland Bol ...

, also known as 'Piotr Włost Dunin', a Silesian noble and

voivode Voivode ( ), also spelled voivod, voievod or voevod and also known as vaivode ( ), voivoda, vojvoda, vaivada or wojewoda, is a title denoting a military leader or warlord in Central, Southeastern and Eastern Europe in use since the Early Mid ...

, adviser of the king of Poland (1080–1153) * Princess Mariya (Maria), daughter of Grand Duke

Sviatopolk II of Kiev Sviatopolk II Iziaslavich (; 8 November 1050 – 16 April 1113) was Grand Prince of Kiev from 1093 to 1113. He was not a popular prince, and his reign was marked by incessant rivalry with his cousin Vladimir Monomakh. Early life Sviatopolk was ...

and Olena, daughter of Kuman/Kipchak chief Tugorkhan, she married Piotr Włostowic and co-founded the Dunin family. *

Piotr Dunin Piotr Dunin (c. 1415 – 1484) was a Polish leader. He was Starost of Malbork from 1478–1484, castellan of Sieradz from 1478, and voivode of Brześć Kujawski Voivodeship from 1481. Early life Born into an old Dunin family, as the son of Wło ...

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fl. ''Floruit'' ( ; usually abbreviated fl. or occasionally flor.; from Latin for 'flourished') denotes a date or period during which a person was known to have been alive or active. In English, the unabbreviated word may also be used as a noun indic ...

1462), Polish military hero *

Marcin Dunin Marcin Dunin Sulgostowski of Łabędź coat of arms (; 11 November 1774, in Wał – 26 December 1842, in Poznań) was archbishop of Poznań and Gniezno, primate of Poland. He was the oldest son of common land owners, Felicjan and Brygida ...

(1774–1842), Archbishop of Poznań and Gniezno (1831–1842) * Count

Stanisław Dunin-Wąsowicz Count Stanisław Dunin-Wąsowicz (1785 in Volhynia, Ukraine – 1864 in Paris, France) was a Ukrainian-born Polish general of the November Uprising, Captain of the 1st Polish Lancers, Napoleon's bodyguard and aide-de-camp during his 1812 ...

, Polish general, captain of the 1st Polish Lancers and

Napoleon Napoleon Bonaparte (born Napoleone di Buonaparte; 15 August 1769 – 5 May 1821), later known by his regnal name Napoleon I, was a French general and statesman who rose to prominence during the French Revolution and led Military career ...

's loyal aide-de-camp during his 1812 Russian Campaign. *

Vintsent Dunin-Martsinkyevich Vintsent Dunin-Marcinkievič (; ; February 8, 1808 – December 21, 1884) was a Polish- Belarusian writer, poet, dramatist and social activist and is considered one of the founders of the modern Belarusian literary tradition and national scho ...

(1808–1884), Polish-Belarusian writer, poet, dramatist and social activist * Count

Rodryg Dunin Rodryg Dunin (June 26, 1870 – October 26, 1928) was a Polish noble (szlachta), a hrabia (Count), and an industrialist and an agriculturalist.Polski Słownik Biograficzny (the Polish Biographical Dictionary) 1948 - Tome 6, Subtome 1list of tomes) ...

(1870–1928), Polish agriculturist * Count Casimir Dunin-Markiewicz (1874–1932) (also spelled Kazimierz Dunin-Markiewicz), Polish painter * Count Antoni Dunin (1907–1939), Polish army officer * Ron Dunin (1918–2004), mayor of

San Luis Obispo, California ; ; ; Chumashan languages, Chumash: ''tiłhini'') is a city and county seat of San Luis Obispo County, California, United States. Located on the Central Coast (California), Central Coast of California, San Luis Obispo is roughly halfway betwee ...

from 1985 to 1992 *

Elsie Ivancich Dunin Elsie Ivancich Dunin (born July 19, 1935) is a dance ethnologist (ethnochoreologist), choreographer, professor and author specializing in folk dance from Croatia, Macedonia, and Romani (Gypsies) in Macedonia. Her studies focus on Croatian diaspora ...

(born 1935), Croatian-American dance ethnologist * Frank Dunin (1935–2025), Australian rules footballer * Kinga Dunin (born 1954), Polish writer, feminist, and sociologist *

Elonka Dunin Elonka Dunin (; born December 29, 1958) is an American video game developer and cryptologist. Dunin worked at Simutronics Corp. in St. Louis, Missouri from 1990–2014, and in 2015 was Senior Producer at Black Gate Games in Nashville, Tennes ...

(born 1958), American cryptographer and game developer *

Rafal E. Dunin-Borkowski Rafal Edward Dunin-Borkowski HonFRMS (born 3 August 1969) is a British experimental physicist. He is currently co-director of the Ernst Ruska-Centre, Ernst Ruska-Centre for Microscopy and Spectroscopy with Electrons (ER-C) in Forschungszentrum J� ...

(born 1969), British experimental physicist

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