Ryszard () is the Polish equivalent of "
Richard
Richard is a male given name. It originates, via Old French, from Old Frankish and is a compound of the words descending from Proto-Germanic ''*rīk-'' 'ruler, leader, king' and ''*hardu-'' 'strong, brave, hardy', and it therefore means 'stro ...
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Ryszard Andrzejewski
Ryszard "Peja" Andrzejewski (, born 17 September 1976 in Poznań) is a Polish rap musician, songwriter and producer. He is best known as the frontman of the Polish rap group Slums Attack. Peja was the recipient of the Fryderyk prize in 2002. In ...
(born 1976), Polish rap musician, songwriter and producer
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Ryszard Bakst (1926–1999), Polish and British pianist and piano teacher of Jewish/Polish/Russian origin
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Ryszard Bartel (1897–1982), Polish engineer, aircraft designer, pioneer and aviator
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Ryszard Bender (born 1932), Polish politician and historian, specialist in the history of the January Uprising
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Ryszard Wincenty Berwiński
Ryszard Wincenty Berwiński (28 February 1817 in Polwica, Poznań, Prussia – 19 November 1879 in Constantinople, then part of the Ottoman Empire) was a noted Polish poet, translator, folklorist, and nationalist.
Between 1852 and 1854 h ...
(1817–1879), Polish poet, translator, folklorist, and nationalist
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Ryszard Białous
Ryszard Białous codename: Jerzy (b. 4 April 1914 in Warsaw - 24 March 1992 in Neuquen, Argentina) was a Polish scoutmaster (harcmistrz) captain of the AK-Szare Szeregi. Commander of the Batalion Zośka before and during the Warsaw Uprising. ...
(1914–1992), Polish scoutmaster (harcmistrz) captain of the AK-Szare Szeregi
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Ryszard Bober
Ryszard Jakub Bober (born 1956 in Jabłonowo Pomorskie, Poland) is a Polish politician who is a current Chairperson of Kuyavian-Pomeranian Regional Assembly.
Biography Education
He graduated from the University of Agriculture and Technology ...
(born 1956), Polish politician, Vice-Chairperson of Kuyavian-Pomeranian Regional Assembly
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Ryszard Bogusz Ryszard Bogusz (born 2 March 1951 in Bielsko-Biała) is a Lutheran theologian and bishop of the ''diocese Wroclaw'' of the Evangelical Augsburg Church in Poland.
In 1976 he entered as vicar the parish Church ''Opatrzności Bożej (destiny of God)'' ...
(born 1951), Lutheran theologian, bishop of the diocese Wroclaw of the Evangelical Augsburg Church in Poland
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Ryszard Bolesławski
Richard Boleslawski (born Bolesław Ryszard Srzednicki; February 4, 1889 – January 17, 1937) was a Polish theatre and film director, actor and teacher of acting.
Biography
Richard Boleslawski was born Bolesław Ryszard Srzednicki on February ...
(1889–1937), Polish film director, actor and teacher of acting
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Ryszard Bosek
Ryszard Bosek (born 12 April 1950) is a Polish former volleyball player and coach, a member of the Poland national team in 1969–1986, a participant at the Olympic Games (1972, 1976, 1980). During his career, he won the titles of the 1976 Ol ...
(born 1950), former volleyball player from Poland, played in the team that won the gold medal at the 1976 Summer Olympics
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Ryszard Bugaj (born 1944), Polish politician and economist, former advisor to Lech Kaczyński
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Ryszard Bugajski (born 1943), Polish film director and screenwriter
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Ryszard Ćwikła (1946–1992), Polish alpine skier who competed in the 1968 Winter Olympics
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Ryszard Cyroń (born 1965), retired Polish football player
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Ryszard Czarnecki
Richard Henry Czarnecki (, born 25 January 1963 pol. Ryszard Henryk Czarnecki) is a Polish politician and Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from Poland. He is a member of the Law and Justice, part of the European Conservatives and Reform ...
(born 1963), British-born Polish politician, Member of the European Parliament
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Ryszard Czerniawski (born 1952), Polish lawyer and economist
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Ryszard Czerwiec
Ryszard Czerwiec (born 28 February 1968 in Nowy Targ) is a Polish football player. Czerwiec made 28 appearances for the Poland national football team
The Poland national football team ( pl, Reprezentacja Polski w piłce nożnej) has repres ...
(born 1968), Polish football player
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Ryszard Dembinski Ryszard () is the Polish equivalent of "Richard", and may refer to:
*Ryszard Andrzejewski (born 1976), Polish rap musician, songwriter and producer
* Ryszard Bakst (1926–1999), Polish and British pianist and piano teacher of Jewish/Polish/Russian ...
(1924–2008), Polish Cavalry officer and D-Day Veteran
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Ryszard Długosz (born 1941), Polish former wrestler
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Ryszard Engelking (born 1935), Polish mathematician
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Ryszard Filipski
Ryszard Filipski (17 July 1934 – 22 October 2021) was a Polish actor and theatre and film director.
He established the monodrama theatre ' in Kraków
Kraków (), or Cracow, is the second-largest and one of the oldest cities in Polan ...
(born 1934), Polish actor
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Ryszard Gajewski
Ryszard Gajewski (born October 5, 1954 in Zakopane) is a Polish mountaineer best known for the first winter ascent of Manaslu on January 12, 1984 together with Maciej Berbeka.
Eight-thousanders
* Manaslu (8156 m.) with Maciej Berbeka
* Cho ...
(born 1954), Polish mountaineer
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Ryszard Galla
Ryszard Jerzy Galla (born 22 July 1956 in Wrocław) is a Polish politician of German heritage. Originally a member of the Opole Regional Assembly and briefly the Marshal of Opole Voivodeship in 2002, Galla was elected to the Sejm during the ...
(born 1956), Polish politician
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Ryszard Garnys
Ryszard Garnys (born 8 March 1947) is a retired Polish triple jumper.
He was born in Tuszyn and represented the club Start Łódż. He finished fourth at the 1966 European Junior Championships, and fourth at the 1974 European Indoor Champions ...
(born 1947), retired Polish triple jumper
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Ryszard Gawlor
Ryszard Gawior (born 18 September 1943) was a Polish luger who competed in the late 1960s. He won a bronze medal in the men's doubles event at the 1967 FIL European Luge Championships in Königssee, West Germany.
Gawior also finished sixth ...
(born 1943), Polish luger who competed in the late 1960s
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Ryszard Głowacki
Ryszard Głowacki (born 1937 in Dukla, Poland
Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, , is a country in Central Europe. Poland is divided into Voivodeships of Poland, sixteen voivodeships and is the fifth most populous member stat ...
(born 1937), Polish engineer of geology, writer and publicist
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Ryszard Grobelny
Ryszard Grobelny (born 17 April 1963 in Poznań) is a Polish politician and economist, who was the Mayor of Poznań, Greater Poland Voivodeship, Poland from 1998 to 2014).
Life and career
He attended primary school no. 71 with a sporting profile ...
(born 1963), mayor of Poznań since 1998
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Ryszard Gryglewski
Ryszard Jerzy Gryglewski (born 4 August 1932, in Wilno) is a Polish pharmacologist and physician. Member of the Polish Academy of Learning (PAU) and the Polish Academy of Sciences (PAN).Ryszard Grzegorczyk
Ryszard Grzegorczyk (20 September 1939 – 5 November 2021) was a Polish footballer who played as a midfielder
A midfielder is an outfield position in association football.
Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breakin ...
(born 1939), former Polish football player
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Ryszard Horowitz
Ryszard Horowitz (born May 5, 1939) is a Polish-born American photographer recognized as a pioneer of special effects photography that predates digital imaging.
Early life
Horowitz was born in Kraków, Poland on May 5, 1939. Four months later, ...
(born 1939), born in Kraków, Poland
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Ryszard Jankowski (born 1960), retired Polish footballer (goalkeeper)
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Ryszard Jedliński (born 1953), former Polish handball player
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Ryszard Kaczorowski hon GCMG (1919–2010), the last President of the Polish government in exile
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Ryszard Kaczyński
Ryszard Kaczyński (born 25 December 1954) is a Polish politician. He was elected to the Sejm on 25 September 2005, getting 7750 votes in 26 Gdynia district as a candidate from the Law and Justice
Law and Justice ( pl, Prawo i Sprawiedliw ...
(born 1954), Polish politician
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Ryszard Kalisz (born 1957), Polish politician
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Ryszard Kapuściński
Ryszard Kapuściński (; 4 March 1932 – 23 January 2007) was a Polish journalist, photographer, poet and author. He received many awards and was considered a candidate for the Nobel Prize in Literature. Kapuściński's personal journals in bo ...
(1932–2007), Polish journalist whose dispatches in book form brought him a global reputation
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Ryszard Katus
Ryszard Katus (born March 29, 1947) is a Polish athlete, who competed mainly in the men's decathlon event during his career.
Katus was born in Boska Wola. He competed for Poland at the 1972 Summer Olympics held in Munich, Germany, where he w ...
(born 1947), Polish athlete, competed mainly in the men's decathlon
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Ryszard Knosala
Ryszard Antoni Knosala (born 8 August 1949 in Opole) is a Polish engineer, professor of technical sciences and politician. He was the first Rector of the University of Applied Sciences in Nysa, starting from 5 October 2001. Knosala was elected to ...
(born 1949), Polish politician
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Ryszard Komornicki (born 1959), retired Polish footballer, currently manager of Górnik Zabrze
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Ryszard Koncewicz (died 2001), Polish soccer player as well as a coach
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Ryszard Kornacki (born 1940), it a Polish poet and essayist from Międzyrzec Podlaski
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Ryszard Kosiński (1955–2010), Polish sprint canoeist who competed in the mid-1970s
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Ryszard Kotla (born 1947), Polish travel writer, tour guide, activist, journalist, academic teacher and lifeguard instructor
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Ryszard Kubiak (born 1950), Polish rower who competed in three Olympics
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Ryszard Kukliński
Ryszard Jerzy Kukliński (June 13, 1930February 11, 2004) was a Polish colonel and Cold War spy for NATO. He was posthumously promoted to the rank of brigadier general by Polish President Andrzej Duda. Kukliński passed top secret Soviet docume ...
(1930–2004), Polish colonel and Cold War spy
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Ryszard Kulesza (born 1931), Polish footballer, coach and official
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Ryszard Jaxa-Małachowski Kulisicz, Peruvian architect of Polish and Slovak origin
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Ryszard Kunze
Ryszard Kunze (born 12 December 1939) is a Polish fencer. He competed in the team foil event at the 1960 Summer Olympics
The 1960 Summer Olympics ( it, Giochi Olimpici estivi del 1960), officially known as the Games of the XVII Olympiad ( it, ...
(born 1939), Polish fencer
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Oskar Ryszard Lange (1904–1965), Polish economist and diplomat
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Ryszard Legutko
Ryszard Antoni Legutko (), (born 24 December 1949), is a Polish philosopher and politician, and professor of philosophy at the Jagiellonian University in Kraków, specializing in ancient
philosophy and political theory.
Biography
Under communi ...
(born 1949), Polish professor of philosophy, writer and politician
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Ryszard Lubicz, fictional character from Polish television series ''Klan''
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Ryszard Malachowskis (born 1965), retired male decathlete
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Ryszard Marchlik (born 1939), Polish sprint canoeist who competed in the 1960s
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Ryszard Marczak (born 1945), former long-distance runner from Poland
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Ryszard Marzec (1931–1972), Polish field hockey player
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Ryszard Mordarski (born 1976), Polish slalom canoeist who competed in the mid-1990s
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Ryszard Musielak (born 1950), one of the leaders of the Polish illegal ''Solidarity'' union in Toruń
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Ryszard Nowak, Polish politician, member of Prawo i Sprawiedliwość (Law and Justice) party
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Ryszard Oborski
Ryszard Oborski (born 2 May 1952 in Poznań) is a Polish sprint canoer who competed from the mid-1970s to the mid-1980s. He won ten medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with three golds (K-2 500 m: 1974, K-4 500 m: 19 ...
(born 1952), Polish sprint canoeist
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Ryszard Ochyra
Ryszard Ochyra (born 1949) is a Polish bryologist. This botanist is denoted by the author abbreviation when citing a botanical name.
In 1986, botanist Jiří Váňa and (mycologist) circumscribed '' Ochyraea'', which is a genus of mosses in ...
(born 1949), Polish bryologist
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Ryszard Ostrowski (born 1961), male former track and field middle distance runner from Poland
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Ryszard Pacławski (born 1958), Polish lawyer, Scoutmaster and former Chief Scout from 1991 to 2000
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Ryszard Parulski
Ryszard Parulski (9 March 1938 – 10 January 2017) was a Polish fencer. He won a silver medal in the team foil event at the 1964 Summer Olympics and a bronze in the same event at the 1968 Summer Olympics.
A lawyer by civil profession, P ...
(born 1938), Polish fencer
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Ryszard Pawłowski (born 1950), Polish alpine and high-altitude climber and photographer
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Ryszard Pędrak-Janowicz
Ryszard Pędrak-Janowicz (17 May 1932, in Lwów – 1 February 2004, in Kraków) is a Polish luger who competed from the mid-1950s to the mid-1960s. He won a complete set of medals at the FIL World Luge Championships with a gold in the men's doub ...
(1932–2004), Polish luger
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Ryszard Peryt (born 1947), Polish opera director, conductor, producer and actor
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Andrzej Ryszard Piątkowski
Andrzej is the Polish form of the given name Andrew.
Notable individuals with the given name Andrzej
* Andrzej Bartkowiak (born 1950), Polish film director and cinematographer
* Andrzej Bobola, S.J. (1591–1657), Polish saint, missionary and ...
(1934–2010), Polish sabreur and Olympic medallist
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Ryszard Piec (1913–1979), Polish soccer player
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Ryszard Pilarczyk
Ryszard Pilarczyk (born 5 November 1975 in Poznań) is a former Polish athlete specializing in sprinting
Sprinting is running over a short distance at the top-most speed of the body in a limited period of time. It is used in many sports that ...
(born 1975), former Polish athlete specializing in sprinting events
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Ryszard Podlas
File:Ryszard Podlas (9004711791).jpg, Ryszard Podlas
Ryszard Podlas (born 29 July 1954) is a Polish sprinter who specialized in the 400 metres.
He was born in Białobrzezie and represented the club Technika Pracze. He won the silver medal ...
(born 1954), Polish athlete who competed mainly in the 400 metres
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Ryszard Przecicki
Richard J. Pratt (born Ryszard Przecicki; 10 December 193428 April 2009) was an Australian businessman, chairman of the privately owned company Visy Industries, and a leading figure of Melbourne society. In the year before his death Pratt was Au ...
(1934–2009), Australian businessman, chairman of Visy Industries
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Ryszard Przybysz
Ryszard Stanisław Przybysz (8 January 1950 – 23 February 2002) was a Polish handball player who competed in the 1976 Summer Olympics
Events January
* January 3 – The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural R ...
(1950–2002), Polish handball player
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Ryszard Reiff (1923–2007), Polish politician, lawyer, publicist and resistance fighter
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Ryszard Riedel (1956–1994), lead singer of the blues-rock band ''Dżem''
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Ryszard Rumianek (1947–2010), the rector of Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński University in Warsaw
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Ryszard Schnepf
Ryszard Marian Schnepf (1951) is a Polish politician and diplomat.
Early life
Schnepf was born in Warsaw, Poland on 22 September 1951, to Polish mother, Alicja Szczepaniak-Schnepf (born in 1930), recognised as Righteous among the Nations and ...
, Polish politician, deputy foreign minister from 2007 to 2008
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Ryszard Ścigalski (born 1954), Polish former wrestler who competed in the 1980 Summer Olympics
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Ryszard Seruga (born 1953), Polish slalom canoeist who competed in the 1970s and 1980s
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Krzysztof Ryszard Sikora
Krzysztof Ryszard Sikora (born 16 May 1959 in Chełm) is a Polish politician. He was elected to Sejm on 25 September 2005, getting 5695 votes in 20 Warsaw
Warsaw ( pl, Warszawa, ), officially the Capital City of Warsaw,, abbreviation: ''m ...
(born 1959), Polish politician
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Ryszard Siwiec
Ryszard Siwiec (; 7 March 1909 – 12 September 1968) was a Polish accountant and former Home Army resistance member who was the first person to commit suicide by self-immolation in protest against the Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia. Alth ...
(1909–1968), the first person to commit suicide by self-immolation in protest against the Soviet-led invasion of Czechoslovakia
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Ryszard Skowronek (born 1949), retired male decathlete from Poland
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Ryszard Skwarski (born 1930), Polish sprint canoeist
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Ryszard Sobczak (born 1967), Polish fencer
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Ryszard Stadniuk (born 1951), Polish rower
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Ryszard Stanibula Ryszard () is the Polish equivalent of "Richard", and may refer to:
*Ryszard Andrzejewski (born 1976), Polish rap musician, songwriter and producer
*Ryszard Bakst (1926–1999), Polish and British pianist and piano teacher of Jewish/Polish/Russian ...
(born 1950), member of the Polish People’s Party
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Ryszard Staniek (born 1973), former Polish football midfielder
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Ryszard Świętochowski (1882–1941), Polish politician, publicist and engineer
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Ryszard Syski (1924–2007), Polish-American mathematician
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Ryszard Szurkowski
Ryszard Jan Szurkowski (12 January 1946 – 1 February 2021) was a Polish road bicycle racer, widely regarded as a legend of the sport in Poland.
Career
He was a silver medalist in the team trial at the 1972 and 1976 Summer Olympics, and also w ...
(born 1946), retired road bicycle racer from Poland
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Ryszard Szymczak
Ryszard Władysław Szymczak (14 December 1944, in Pruszków – 7 December 1996, in Warsaw) was a Polish football player.
On the national level he played for Poland national team (two matches) and was a participant at the 1972 Summer Oly ...
(1944–1996), former Polish football player
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Ryszard Tarasiewicz (born 1962), retired Polish football player
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Ryszard Tomczyk (born 1959), Polish politician, a historian, and a member of Local government
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Ryszard Torzecki (1925–2003), Polish historian, specializing in the Polish-Ukrainian relations
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Ryszard Tylewski
Ryszard Tylewski (born 24 February 1952 in Skwierzyna) is a Polish sprint canoer who competed in the mid-1970s. He was eliminated in the semifinals of the K-2 1000 m event at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal
Montreal ( ; officially Mo ...
(born 1952), Polish sprint canoeist who competed in the mid-1970s
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Ryszard Wasko, Polish artist in multimedia, photography, film, video, installation, painting, and drawing
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Ryszard Wawryniewicz (born 1962), Polish politician
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Ryszard Wieczorek (born 1962), manager of the Polish football team Górnik Zabrze
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Ryszard Wójcik (born 1956), retired Polish football referee
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Ryszard Wolny (born 1969), Polish wrestler and Olympic champion in Greco-Roman wrestling
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Ryszard Zakrzewski, Polish traveler, topographer, and an officer in the Russian Army who lived in the 19th century
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Ryszard Zbrzyzny (born 1955), Polish politician
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Ryszard Zub (born 1934), Polish fencer
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