Piasecki (feminine: Piasecka, plural: Piaseccy) is a

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and may refer to one of the following. *

Anna Piasecka Anna Anastazja Piasecka (March 13, 1882 – August 8, 1980) was a Polish politician, educator and activist. She served in the Legislative Sejm of the Second Polish Republic. The daughter of Paweł Łęgowski and Julianny z Balcerowiczów, she ...

(1882–1980), Polish politician *

Barbara Piasecka Johnson Barbara "Basia" Piasecka Johnson (born Barbara Piasecka; February 25, 1937 – April 1, 2013) was a Polish humanitarian, philanthropist, art connoisseur and art collector, collector. Early life Piasecka Johnson was born in Staniewicze near Grodno ...

(1937–2013), Polish-American philanthropist and art collector *

Bartosz Piasecki Bartosz Piasecki (; born 9 December 1986) is a Norwegian fencer. Early life Piasecki was born in Tczew in the Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland but moved to Norway with his family when he was two years old. His father, Mariusz Piasecki is a fenc ...

(born 1984), Norwegian fencer *

Bolesław Piasecki Bolesław Bogdan Piasecki, Pseudonym, alias Leon Całka, Wojciech z Królewca, Sablewski (18 February 1915 – 1 January 1979) was a Polish people, Polish writer, politician and Political Theorist, political theorist. During the war, he was acti ...

(1915–1979), Polish politician *

Edyta Piasecka Edyta Piasecka, is a Polish soprano. She has been a resident artist at Opera Krakowska since 2002; a position she remains in as of 2024. Biography Edyta Piasecka was born in Kraków, Poland. She graduated from the Academy of Music in Kraków ...

, Polish soprano * Fabian Piasecki (born 1995), Polish footballer *

Francis Piasecki Francis Piasecki (28 July 1951 – 6 March 2018) was a French professional football midfielder In the sport of association football, a midfielder takes an Glossary of association football terms#O, outfield position primarily in the middle ...

(1951–2018), French footballer * Frank Piasecki (1919–2008), American engineer and founder of two aviation businesses: :*

Piasecki Helicopter The Piasecki Helicopter Corporation was an American designer and manufacturer of helicopters in Philadelphia and nearby Morton, Pennsylvania, in the late 1940s and the 1950s. Its founder, Frank Piasecki, was ousted in 1956 and started a new ...

Piasecki Aircraft The Piasecki Aircraft Corporation (PiAC) is a manufacturing, manufacturer of aircraft, principally advanced rotorcraft. It was founded by American vertical flight pioneer Frank Piasecki to develop compound helicopters and other advanced rotorcr ...

Jess Piasecki Jess Piasecki (, born 18 April 1990) is a British long-distance runner. She competed in the senior women's race at the 2019 IAAF World Cross Country Championships held in Aarhus, Denmark. She finished in 36th place. In 2019, she won the Ústí ...

, British long-distance runner *

Lech Piasecki Lech Piasecki (born 13 November 1961) is a Polish former racing cyclist. Born in Poznań, he became the first Polish cyclist to wear the yellow jersey in the Tour de France, in 1987. After Piasecki became Amateur world champion in 1985, the Co ...

(born 1961), Polish cyclist *

Paweł Piasecki Paweł Piasecki (1579–1649) was the Royal Secretary of king Sigismund III Vasa (1613–1627); Catholic priest, canon, abbot, bishop of Kamieniec (1627–1640), bishop of Chełm (1640–1644), bishop of Przemyśl (1640–1649). He was the aut ...

(1579-1649), Polish bishop and historian *

Sergiusz Piasecki Sergiusz Piasecki (; 1901 in Lachowicze near Baranowicze – 1964 in Penley, London) was one of the best known Polish writers of the mid 20th century. He was mainly portraying life of criminals and lowlifes of Minsk, which he knew very well, ...

(1901–1964), Polish writer *

Stanisław Piasecki Stanisław Piasecki (15 December 1900 – 12 June 1941) was a Polish right-wing activist, politician and journalist of partially Jewish descent. Piasecki was born on 15 December 1900 in Lviv, Lwów, Austrian Galicia. He was the son of scouting a ...

(1900–1941), Polish right-wing activist, politician and journalist *

Zofia Posmysz-Piasecka Zofia Posmysz-Piasecka (; 23 August 1923 – 8 August 2022) was a Polish journalist, novelist, and author. She was a resistance fighter in World War II and survived imprisonment at the Auschwitz concentration camp, Auschwitz and Ravensbrü ...

(1923–2022), Polish writer * (1893–1954), Polish general, recipient of

Virtuti Militari The War Order of Virtuti Militari (Latin: ''"For Military Virtue"'', ) is Poland's highest military decoration for heroism and courage in the face of the enemy at war. It was established in 1792 by the last King of Poland Stanislaus II of Poland, ...

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