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Adam Kowalczyk Adam E. Kowalczyk is an American musician. He is the brother of Ed Kowalczyk, lead singer of the band Live. Biography Kowalczyk grew up in York, Pennsylvania to a family of Polish descent. He began learning the guitar at age 12. While studyin ...

(born 1975), American musician, brother of Ed Kowalczyk *

August Kowalczyk August Marian Kowalczyk (15 August 1921 – 29 July 2012) was a Polish actor, theatre, television and film director who was the last survivor of a breakout of prisoners from Auschwitz Concentration Camp on 10 June 1942. Born in Tarnawa Góra, h ...

(1921–2012), Polish actor *

Bartosz Kowalczyk Bartosz Kowalczyk (born 18 December 1996) is a Polish handball player for KS Azoty-Puławy KS Azoty-Puławy is a team handball, men's handball club from Puławy, Poland, that plays in the Polish Superliga (men's handball), Superliga. Histo ...

, Polish handball player *

Bogdan Kowalczyk Bogdan Kowalczyk (born 12 August 1946) is a former Polish handball player who competed in the 1972 Summer Olympics and then became a handball coach; he coached the Iceland men's national handball team to victory in the 1989 World Men's Handball ...

(born 1946), Polish handball player *

Ed Kowalczyk Edward Joel Kowalczyk (; ; born July 16, 1971)"Edward Kowalczyk IMDb entry"
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(born 1971), American rock singer, brother of Adam Kowalczyk *

Henryk Kowalczyk Henryk Kowalczyk (; born 15 July 1956) is a Polish politician and teacher, who is served as Deputy Prime Minister of Poland and Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development. He was first elected to the Sejm on 25 September 2005. In 2006–2007 ...

(born 1956), Polish politician *

Ignace Kowalczyk Ignace Kowalczyk (29 December 1913 – 27 March 1996) was a footballer. Born in Germany, Kowalczyk played for the France national team. Personal life Born in Castrop, Kowalczyk was of Polish descent. He moved to France at a young age. He acqui ...

(1913–1996), German-French footballer * Jacek Kowalczyk (born 1981), Polish footballer * Jan Kowalczyk (1941–2020), Polish show jumping champion *

Jarosław Kowalczyk Jarosław Kowalczyk (born 23 April 1989) is a Polish former racing cyclist, who rode professionally between 2010 and 2014 for the Aktio Group Mostostal Puławy and teams, including competing at the 2014 UCI Road World Championships. After his re ...

(born 1989), Polish cyclist *

Józef Kowalczyk Józef Kowalczyk (; born 28 August 1938) is a Polish Roman Catholic prelate, canon lawyer and diplomat who, from 1989 to 2010, served as the first apostolic nuncio to Poland since World War II. He later served as archbishop of Gniezno and primate ...

(born 1938), Polish clergyman, archbishop of Gniezno *

Justyna Kowalczyk Justyna Maria Kowalczyk-Tekieli (Polish: ; born 19 January 1983) is a Polish cross-country skier who has been competing since 2000. Kowalczyk is a double Olympic Champion and a double World Champion. She is also the only skier to win the Tour ...

(born 1983), Polish cross-country skier * Kamil Kowalczyk, Polish footballer * Maciej Kowalczyk (born 1977), Polish footballer *

Marcin Kowalczyk Marcin Kowalczyk (born 9 April 1985) is a Polish former professional footballer who played as a defender. Career Club In early 2006 Kowalczyk joined GKS Bełchatów, where he played for two years. On 26 February 2008 he signed with Dynamo Mos ...

(born 1985), Polish footballer *

Marek Kowalczyk Marek Kowalczyk (born 28 June 1961) is a Polish former professional footballer who played as a forward. Born in Kołobrzeg, Kowalczyk started his footballing career with Wisła Tczew, rising through the youth teams before playing for the first ...

, Polish footballer * Mariano Kowalczyk (born 1971), Argentine rower *

Mateusz Kowalczyk (tennis) Mateusz Kowalczyk (; born 3 May 1987) is a Polish tennis Tennis is a List of racket sports, racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent (singles (tennis), singles) or between two teams of two players each (dou ...

(born 1987), Polish tennis player *

Mateusz Kowalczyk (footballer) Mateusz Kowalczyk (born 16 April 2004) is a Polish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Ekstraklasa club GKS Katowice. Club career ŁKS Łódź Born in Warsaw and raised in nearby Marki, Kowalczyk began his football journey at t ...

(born 2004), Polish tennis player *

Sebastian Kowalczyk Sebastian Oskar Kowalczyk (born 22 August 1998) is a Polish professional association football, footballer who plays as a Midfielder (association football), midfielder for Major League Soccer club Houston Dynamo FC, Houston Dynamo. International ...

(born 1998), Polish footballer * Sugar Kowalczyk, 1959 American crime comedy ''

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Tod Kowalczyk Tod Edward Kowalczyk (born June 19, 1966) is an American college basketball coach and current head men's basketball coach at the University of Toledo. He was the head coach at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay A university () is an ins ...

(born 1966), American college basketball coach * Ulrich Kowalczyk, German football manager *

Walt Kowalczyk Walter Joseph Kowalczyk (April 17, 1935 – November 7, 2018) was an American football defensive back and fullback in the National Football League (NFL) for the Philadelphia Eagles and the Dallas Cowboys. He also played in the American Football ...

(1935–2018), American football player in the National Football League *

Wojciech Kowalczyk Wojciech Kowalczyk (born 14 April 1972) is a Polish former professional footballer who played as a striker, currently working as a football pundit. He played a bulk of his professional career with Legia Warsaw and in Spain. Early into his inte ...

(born 1972), Polish footballer * Kowalczyk brothers (1937-2017), Polish scientists who planted a bomb at the University of Opole in 1971

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