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forms are Maciek, Maciuś. Namedays according to Polish calendar: 30 January, 24 February, 14 May Maciej may refer to:

Arts and entertainment

Maciej Cieślak Maciej Cieślak (born 9 September 1969 in Gdańsk) is a Polish guitarist and songwriter, best known as the vocalist and guitarist of the alternative rock band Ścianka Ścianka is a Polish rock band formed in 1994 in Sopot by guitarist Maciej C ...

(born 1969), Polish guitarist and songwriter * Maciej Dunal (1953–2014), Polish actor and singer *

Maciej Fortuna Maciej Fortuna is a Polish jazz trumpet player, composer and musical educator. He runs the Fortuna Music record label. Jerzy Milian dedicated his composition "Music For Mr. Fortuna" to Maciej Fortuna. Education Maciej graduated from the Univers ...

(born 1982), Polish jazz trumpeter, composer and musical educator * Maciej Golubiewski (born 1976), Consul General at the Consulate General of the Republic of Poland in New York City *

Maciej Jachowski Maciej Jachowski (born 8 July 1977) is a Polish actor and singer. Career His TV debut was in the dramatic documentary telenovela ''Sekcja 998'' (TVP2, 2006). In the TVP2 soap opera ''M jak miłość'', Jachowski plays Irek Podleśny, a colle ...

(born 1977), Polish actor * Maciej Kozłowski (1957–2010), Polish actor * Maciej Łukaszczyk (1934–2014), Polish pianist *

Maciej Maleńczuk Mirosław Maciej Maleńczuk (born August 14, 1961 in Wojcieszów, Lower Silesian Voivodeship), also known as Vladimir, is a Polish vocalist, guitarist, poet, former leader of music groups Püdelsi and Homo Twist. He performed as a guest with Beh ...

(born 1961), Polish singer, guitarist and poet *

Maciej Małecki Maciej Małecki (Warsaw, 27 November 1940) is a Polish composer and pianist. He studied at the Frederic Chopin Academy of Music (graduating 1965) and the Eastman School of Music, Rochester, New York Rochester () is a City (New York), city in ...

(born 1940), Polish composer and pianist *

Maciej Musiał Maciej Musiał (born 11 February 1995) is a Polish actor, and television personality. Biography The son of actors Andrzej and Anna Musiał, he began his acting career at an early age with a cameo appearance in a 2004 episode of the long-running ...

(born 1995), Polish actor *

Maciej Silski Maciej Silski (also known as Maciek Silski, born 10 January 1976 in Kwidzyn, Poland) is a Polish singer who rose to fame in his country after winning '' Idol Poland 4'', the Polish version of ''Pop Idol'', televised by Polsat. He won with 53.58% of ...

(born 1976), Polish singer * Maciej Stuhr (born 1975), Polish actor, comedian and impressionist *

Maciej Ślesicki Maciej Wojciech Slesicki (born 1966 in Warsaw) is a Polish film director and screenwriter, co-founder and lecturer at the Warsaw Film School. His mother was film producer Barbara Pec-Ślesicka. Awards and nominations * 1995: The Polish Gdynia ...

(born 1966), Polish director and screenwriter, co-founder of the Warsaw Film School. *

Maciej Wojtyszko Maciej Wojtyszko (; born in Warsaw, Mazowieckie on April 14, 1946) is a Polish film director, screenwriter and fiction author. Biography Maciej Wojtyszko graduated from the ''Liceum Technik Teatralnych'' in Warsaw in 1965. After having studied ...

(born 1946), Polish film director, screenwriter and fiction author *

Maciej Zembaty Maciej Zembaty (16 May 194427 June 2011) was a Polish artist, writer, journalist, singer, poet and comedian. Despite being considered one of the classics of Polish black humour, he is perhaps best known as a translator and populariser of songs and ...

(1944–2011), Polish artist, writer, journalist, singer, poet and comedian

Politics

* Maciej Giertych (born 1936), Polish dendrologist and social conservative politician * Maciej Golubiewski (born 1976), Polish political scientist and diplomat * Maciej Górski (1944–2020), Polish politician *

Maciej Nowicki Maciej Nowicki (born 28 September 1941 in Warsaw) is a Polish politician, manager and scientist. Minister of the Environment of the Republic of Poland in the cabinet of Donald Tusk (from 16 November 2007 to 1 February 2010). Career Nowicki gr ...

(born 1941), Polish politician, manager and scientist *

Maciej Płażyński Maciej Płażyński (; 10 February 1958 – 10 April 2010) was a Polish liberal-conservative politician. Biography Płażyński was born in Młynary. He began his political career in 1980 / 1981 as one of the leaders of the Students' Solidar ...

(1958–2010), Polish politician and marshal of the Sejm *

Maciej Rataj Maciej Rataj (19 February 1884 – 21 June 1940) was a Polish politician and writer. Biography Born in the village of Chłopy, near Lwów (now Lviv, Ukraine), on 19 February 1884, he attended a gymnasium in Lwów and studied classical lingui ...

(1884–1940), Polish politician and writer *

Maciej Świątkowski Maciej Świątkowski (born 16 March 1950 in Bydgoszcz) is a Polish politician. He was elected to Sejm on 25 September 2005, getting 8780 votes in 4 Bydgoszcz district as a candidate from Civic Platform list. He was also a member of Senate 1997- ...

(born 1950), Polish politician, former member of the Sejm and the Senate

Sports

Maciej Bębenek Maciej Bębenek (born 22 September 1984 in Kraków) is a Polish former professional footballer who played as a midfielder A midfielder is an outfield position in association football. Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive rol ...

(born 1984), Polish footballer *

Maciej Bielecki Maciej Bielecki (born 19 May 1987) is a Polish track cyclist. He was born in Białystok. He competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, and at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London London is the capital and List of urban areas in the ...

(born 1987), Polish cyclist *

Maciej Bodnar Maciej Bodnar (born 7 March 1985, in Oława) is a Polish professional road racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI ProTeam . He is the brother of fellow racing cyclist Łukasz Bodnar. Bodnar has been a team-mate of Peter Sagan throughout ...

(born 1985), Polish road racing cyclist *

Maciej Bydliński Maciej Bydliński (born March 11, 1988 in Szczyrk, Poland) is an alpine skier from Poland. He competed for Poland at the 2014 Winter Olympics Poland competed at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, from 7 to 23 February 2014. The Polish ...

(born 1988), Polish alpine skier *

Maciej Dąbrowski Maciej Dąbrowski (born 20 April 1987) is a Polish professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for ŁKS Łódź. Career Club In July 2011, he joined Olimpia Grudziądz. International Dąbrowski participated in the 2007 FIFA U-20 Worl ...

(born 1987), Polish footballer *

Maciej Gajos Maciej Gajos (born 19 March 1991) is a Polish footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Lechia Gdańsk in the Ekstraklasa. International career Gajos got his first call up to the senior Poland squad for a UEFA Euro 2016 qualifier a ...

(born 1991), Polish footballer * Maciej Gębala (born 1994), Polish handball player * Maciej Górski (born 1990), Polish footballer * Maciej Hreniak (born 1989), Polish swimmer *

Maciej Iwański Maciej Iwański (born 7 May 1981) is a Polish former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. Career Club After Zagłębie Lubin's relegation for match-fixing, many of the top teams in the first division fought for Iwański's signat ...

(born 1981), Polish footballer * Maciej Janowski (born 1991), Polish speedway rider * Maciej Jewtuszko (born 1981), Polish mixed martial artist *

Maciej Korzym Maciej Korzym (born 2 May 1988) is a Polish footballer who plays as a forward for Barciczanka Barcice. Career He also played for the Poland national under-21 football team The Poland national under-21 football team is the national under-21 foot ...

(born 1988), Polish footballer * Maciej Lampe (born 1985), Polish basketball player * Maciej Pałyszko (born 1978), Polish hammer thrower *

Maciej Piaszczyński Maciej Piaszczyński (born 28 May 1989 in Pleszew, Poland) is a former international motorcycle speedway rider from Poland. Craeer Piaszczyński has represented Poland U-21 national team. Results World Championships * Individual U-21 Wo ...

(born 1989), Polish speedway rider * Maciej Pospieszyński, Polish glider aerobatic pilot * Maciej Rybus (born 1989), Polish footballer * Maciej Skorża (born 1972), Polish football manager * Maciej Śliwa (born 2001), Polish footballer * Maciej Staręga (born 1990), Polish cross-country skier * Maciej Szczęsny (born 1965), Polish footballer * Maciej Urbańczyk (born 1995), Polish footballer * Maciej Zieba (born 1987), Polish-German footballer * Maciej Żurawski (born 1976), Polish footballer

Other

* Maciej Cegłowski, Polish-American web developer and writer, owner of the bookmarking service Pinboard * Maciej Dziewoński (died 1794), Polish priest and Russian spy * Maciej Franz (born 1969), Polish historian * Maciej Kranz (born 1964), Polish-American

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executive * Maciej Kuroń (1960–2008), Polish chef, culinary publicist and journalist * Maciej Łubieński (1572–1652), primate of Poland and archbishop of Gniezno * Maciej Miechowita (1457–1523), Polish renaissance scholar, professor of Jagiellonian University, historian, chronicler, geographer, and medical doctor * Maciej Rybiński (1945–2009), Polish journalist, publicist, satirist and writer * Maciej Kazimierz Sarbiewski (1595–1640), Europe's most prominent Latin poet of the 17th century * Maciej Stachowiak (born 1976), Polish-American software developer and notable proponent for open source software and web standards, and a leader of the WebKit development team. * Maciej Stryjkowski (ca. 1547–1593), Polish historian * Maciej Sulkiewicz (1865–1920), lieutenant general of the Russian Empire, Prime Minister of Crimea, and Chief of General Staff of Azerbaijani Armed Forces * Maciej Zamoyski, Polish nobleman * Maciej Zaremba (born 1951), Swedish journalist and author * Maciej Zień (born 1979), Polish fashion designer * Maciej Żurowski (1915–2003), Polish historian of French literature and translator

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