Stachowicz is a Polish surname. The Russian and Belarusian language version is Stakhovich, Ukrainian: Stakhovych
Stachowicz is believed to generally mean family, son, or of bearing to Stanisław/ Stanislav. As the diminutive Stach was commonly used to shorten Stanisław/ Stanislav. The ending -wicz usually implies son of, or clan of.
Notable people with the surname include:
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Damian Stachowicz Damian Stachowicz (June 23, 1658 in Sokołów Małopolski – November 27, 1699 in Łowicz) was a Polish composer. His baptismal name was Jan (Joannes). At the age of 17 he entered the monastic order of the Piarists in Rzeszów and took on the name ...
(1658–1699), Polish composer
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Mary Stachowicz
Mary Stachowicz (; 1951 – November 13, 2002) was a Polish American woman and mother of four, who on November 13, 2002 was murdered by Nicholas Gutierrez in Chicago, Illinois.
Murder
On November 13, 2002, Stachowicz attended mass (liturgy), Mas ...
(1951–2002), American murder victim
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Michał Stachowicz
Michał Stachowicz (14 August 1768, in Kraków – 26 March 1825, in Kraków) was a Polish painter and graphic artist in the Romantic style.
Biography
His father was a printer, bookbinder and bookseller. In 1782, he was enrolled in classes at ...
(1768–1825), Polish painter and graphic artist
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Ray Stachowicz
Raymond Mark Stachowicz (born March 6, 1959) is an American former professional football player who was a punter in the National Football League (NFL). Stachowicz was selected in the third round by the Green Bay Packers out of Michigan State Un ...
(born 1959), American football player
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Alexey Stakhovich
Alexey Alexandrovich Stakhovich (; 2 February 1856 – 10 March 1919) was a high-ranking Imperial Russian Chevalier Guard Regiment officer who in the early 1900s became a popular stage actor, associated with Moscow Art Theatre.
Biography
Born in ...
, high-ranking Imperial Russian Chevalier Guard Regiment officer
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Mikhail Aleksandrovich Stakhovich
Mikhail Aleksandrovich Stakhovich (; 20 January 1861, in Oryol Governorate – 23 September 1923, in Aix-en-Provence) was a Russian politician.
Stakhovich was elected to the Duma in 1906 as an Octobrist and again to the second Duma in 1907, lea ...
, Russian politician
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Polish-language surnames