Jacek

Jacek is a Polish given name of

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origin related Hyacinth, through the archaic form of ''Jacenty''. Its closely related equivalents are: Jacinto (

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and Portuguese), Giacinto ( Italian), Jácint ( Hungarian) and Jacint (

Catalan Catalan may refer to: Catalonia From, or related to Catalonia: * Catalan language, a Romance language * Catalans, an ethnic group formed by the people from, or with origins in, Northern or southern Catalonia Places * 13178 Catalan, asteroid ...

, shortened to ''Cint'' or ''Cinto'' following the Catalan tradition of hypocorising through

apheresis Apheresis ( ἀφαίρεσις (''aphairesis'', "a taking away")) is a medical technology in which the blood of a person is passed through an apparatus that separates out one particular constituent and returns the remainder to the circulation ...

). The name Jacek might refer to: * Saint Hyacinth (Święty Jacek, Jacek Odrowąż), Dominican friar and saint *

Jacek Andrzej Rossakiewicz Jacek Andrzej Rossakiewicz (16 October 1956 – 24 September 2016) was a Polish painter, theoretician of art, philosopher and interior architect. Biography His first paintings were created in the 1980s. The paintings were inspired by the Pure F ...

* Jacek Bąk, footballer * Jacek Bednarek, racewalker * Jacek Bogucki, politician * Jacek Bury, Senator * Jacek Cichocki, politician * Jacek Dehnel, poet and writer *

Jacek Dukaj Jacek Józef Dukaj (born 30 July 1974) is a Polish science fiction and fantasy writer. He has received numerous literary prizes including the European Union Prize for Literature and Janusz A. Zajdel Award. Career He was born on 30 July 197 ...

, science fiction writer *

Jacek Falfus Jacek Eugeniusz Falfus (born 1 February 1951 in Siemianowice Śląskie) is a Polish politician. He was elected to the Sejm on 25 September 2005, getting 27698 votes in 27 Bielsko-Biała district as a candidate from the Law and Justice Law ...

, politician * Jacek Gmoch, footballer * Jacek "Tede" Graniecki, rapper * Jacek Huchwajda, fencer * Jacek Jezierski, writer and businessmen * Jacek Jędruch, Polish-American nuclear engineer and historian *

Jacek Kaczmarski Jacek Marcin Kaczmarski (22 March 1957 – 10 April 2004) was a Polish singer, songwriter, poet and author. Life He was the son of painter Anna Trojanowska-Kaczmarska, a Pole of Jewish background, and the artist Janusz Kaczmarski. Kaczmarski ...

, singer, songwriter, dissident *

Jacek Karpiński Jacek Karpiński (9 April 1927 21 February 2010) was a Polish pioneer in computer engineering and computer science. During World War II, he was a soldier in the Batalion Zośka of the Polish Home Army, and was awarded multiple times with a ...

, computer scientist and engineer *

Jacek Komuda Jacek Lech Komuda (born 23 June 1972) is a Polish writer and historian. He specialized in the period of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth and History of Poland (1569–1795), and is the author of several novels and short stories of fantasy/his ...

, historian *

Jacek Kościelniak Jacek Zygmunt Kościelniak (born 9 October 1963 in Dąbrowa Górnicza) is a Polish politician. He was elected to the Sejm on 25 September 2005, getting 3,765 votes in 32 Sosnowiec district as a candidate from the Law and Justice list. See also * ...

, politician *

Jacek Krupa Jacek Jan Krupa (born 11 April 1955 in Skawina) is a Polish politician. He was elected to the Sejm on 2005 parliamentary election, getting 6860 votes in 13 Kraków district from the Civic Platform list. Krupa remained in parliament until his de ...

, politician *

Jacek Krywult Jacek is a Polish given name of Greek origin related Hyacinth, through the archaic form of ''Jacenty''. Its closely related equivalents are: Jacinto (Spanish and Portuguese), Giacinto (Italian), Jácint ( Hungarian) and Jacint (Catalan, shortened ...

, politician *

Jacek Krzynówek Jacek Kamil Krzynówek (; born 15 May 1976) is a former Polish footballer. He is regarded as one of the best Polish footballers. He has earned many awards and trophies, not only in Poland, but also abroad. He has earned the honour of twice bein ...

, footballer *

Jacek Kuroń Jacek Jan Kuroń (; 3 March 1934 – 17 June 2004) was one of the democratic leaders of opposition in the People's Republic of Poland. He was widely known as the "godfather of the Polish opposition," not unlike Václav Havel in Czechoslovakia. Ku ...

, historian, dissident * Jacek Kurski, politician * Jacek Lipiński, lawyer, mayor of Aleksandrów Łódzki *

Jacek Łągwa Jacek Andrzej Łągwa (born 11 October 1969 in Łódź, Poland) is a Polish musician, composer, actor and vocalist of the famous Polish band Ich Troje. His parents are actors Janina Borońska Janina Borońska-Łągwa (born 16 June 1943, Łó ...

, musician and actor * Jacek Majchrowski, mayor of

Kraków Kraków (), or Cracow, is the second-largest and one of the oldest cities in Poland. Situated on the Vistula River in Lesser Poland Voivodeship, the city dates back to the seventh century. Kraków was the official capital of Poland until 159 ...

Jacek Malczewski Jacek Malczewski (; 15 July 1854 – 8 October 1929) was a Polish symbolist painter who is one of the most revered painters of Poland, associated with the patriotic Young Poland movement following a century of Partitions. He is regarded as the ...

, painter * Jacek Małachowski,

szlachcic The ''szlachta'' (Polish: endonym, Lithuanian: šlėkta) were the noble estate of the realm in the Kingdom of Poland, the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, and the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth who, as a class, had the dominating position in t ...

Jacek Pastusiński Jacek Pastusiński (born 8 September 1964 in Majdan Królewski, Podkarpackie) is a retired male triple jumper from Poland Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It is divided into 16 administrative pro ...

, triple jumper *

Jacek Poniedziałek Jacek Poniedziałek (born 6 August 1965, Kraków) is a Polish film, theatre and television actor as well as a theatre director and translator. Life and career He was born on 6 August 1965 in Kraków and grew up in the city's Olsza II District. ...

, actor * Jacek Rostowski, politician and economist *

Jacek Saryusz-Wolski Jacek Emil Saryusz-Wolski (born 19 September 1948 in Łódź) is a Polish diplomat and PiS (Law and Justice) politician. He has been a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) since June 2004. He served as Vice President of the European Parliamen ...

, politician, diplomat *

Jacek Stopa Jacek Stopa (born 3 January 1987 in Wrocław) is a Polish International master and Grandmaster chess player. Chess career He is a three-time gold medalist of the Polish junior championships: under 12 (1999, Wisła), under 18 (2005, Łeba) an ...

(born 1987), polish chess player *

Jacek Wszoła Jacek Roman Wszoła (born 30 December 1956 in Warsaw, Poland) is a retired Polish high jumper best known for winning gold and silver medals at the 1976 and 1980 Summer Olympics respectively. Wszoła is also a one-time world record holder with ...

, high jumper * Jacek Yerka, painter *

Jacint Verdaguer i Santaló Jacint Verdaguer i Santaló (; 17 May 1845 – 10 June 1902) was a Catalan / Spanish writer, regarded as one of the greatest poets of Catalan literature and a prominent literary figure of the Renaixença, a cultural revival movement of the ...

(died 1902), Catalan poet {{Given name Polish masculine given names