Zygmunt, Zigmunt, Zigmund and spelling variations thereof are masculine given names and occasionally surnames. People so named include:

Given name

Medieval period

Sigismund I the Old Sigismund I the Old ( pl, Zygmunt I Stary, lt, Žygimantas II Senasis; 1 January 1467 – 1 April 1548) was King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania from 1506 until his death in 1548. Sigismund I was a member of the Jagiellonian dynasty, the ...

(1467–1548), Zygmunt I Stary in Polish, King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania *

Sigismund II Augustus Sigismund II Augustus ( pl, Zygmunt II August, lt, Žygimantas Augustas; 1 August 1520 – 7 July 1572) was King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania, the son of Sigismund I the Old, whom Sigismund II succeeded in 1548. He was the first rule ...

(1520–1572), Zygmunt II August in Polish, King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania, only son of Sigismund I *

Sigismund III Vasa Sigismund III Vasa ( pl, Zygmunt III Waza, lt, Žygimantas Vaza; 20 June 1566 – 30 April 1632 Adoption of the Gregorian calendar, N.S.) was King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania from 1587 to 1632 and, as Sigismund, King of Sweden and ...

(1566–1632), Zygmunt III Waza in Polish, King of Poland, Grand Duke of Lithuania, monarch of the united Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth and King of Sweden * Zygmunt Grudziński (1560–1618), Polish nobleman, ''voivode'' (ruler) of Rawa *

Zygmunt Grudziński (1568–1653) Zygmunt Grudziński (1568 or 1572 – 1653) was a Polish noble (szlachcic) of Grzymała coat of arms. He held the titles of castellan of Nakło (from 1615), Biechów (from 1616), Międzyrzecz, Międzyrzecze (from 1618) and Inowrocław (from ...

, Polish nobleman, ''voivode'' of Innowrocław and Kalisz *

Zygmunt Przyjemski Zygmunt Przyjemski of Rawicz (died 3 June 1652) was a Polish military commander and a member of the administration of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. A general of artillery and, at the same time, the Field Writer of the Crown,(1907). STANISŁ ...

of Rawicz (died 1652), Polish military commander * Zygmunt Kazanowski (1563–1634), Polish nobleman, soldier and magnate in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth *

Zygmunt Tarło Zygmunt Tarło (c. 1561 or 1562–1628) was a Polish–Lithuanian noble. He was Chorąży of Przemyśl since 1606 and castellan of Nowy Sącz since 1613. He was married to Barbara Drohojewska since 1601. They had three children together ...

(c. 1561 or 1562–1628), Polish–Lithuanian nobleman * Zygmunt Unrug (1676–1732), Polish ''szlachta'' nobleman

Modern era

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* Zygmunt Adamczyk (1923–1985), Polish footballer * Zygmunt Ajdukiewicz (1861–1917), Polish realist painter *

Zygmunt Anczok Zygmunt Józef Anczok (born 14 March 1946 in Lubliniec) is a former Polish footballer who played as a left-sided defender, who was an Olympic champion for Poland in the 1972 Summer Olympics. His biggest success came in 1972 when he won th ...

(born 1946), Polish footballer * Zygmunt Andrychiewicz (1861–1943), Polish painter of portraits, landscapes, and genre scenes *

Zygmunt Balicki Zygmunt Balicki (30 December 1858 in Lublin – 12 September 1916 in Saint Petersburg) was a Polish sociologist, publicist and one of the first leading thinkers of the modern Polish nationalism in the late 19th century under the foreign Partiti ...

(1858–1916), Polish sociologist *

Zygmunt Bauman Zygmunt Bauman (; 19 November 1925 – 9 January 2017) was a Polish sociologist and philosopher. He was driven out of the Polish People's Republic during the 1968 Polish political crisis and forced to give up his Polish citizenship. He emigra ...

(1925–2017), Polish sociologist * Zygmunt Berling (1896–1980), Polish general * Zygmunt Białostocki (1897–1942), Polish Jewish musician and composer *

Zygmunt Witymir Bieńkowski Zygmunt Witymir Bieńkowski (2 May 1913 Warsaw – 15 August 1979) was a Polish pilot and a writer of many articles and poems. His 303 squadron diary is held in the Polish Museum and Sikorski Institute in London. Zygmunt Witymir Bieńkowski w ...

(1913–1979), Polish pilot and a writer of articles and poems *

Zygmunt Biesiadecki Zygmunt Tadeusz Biesiadecki (26 October 1894 – January 1944) was a Polish actor and director. He was active in theatre and film between 1912 and 1939. A resistance member during the Second World War, he and his wife were arrested by German tro ...

(1894–1944), Polish actor and director * Zygmunt Wilhelm Birnbaum (1903–2000), Polish-American mathematician and statistician * Zygmunt Bogdziewicz (1941–2016), Polish sports shooter *

Zygmunt Bohusz-Szyszko Zygmunt Piotr Bohusz-Szyszko (1893 in Chełm – 1982 in London) was a Polish general. During World War I he served in the Imperial Russian army. In 1940, he was Commanding Officer Polish Independent Highland Brigade (''Samodzielna Brygada Strz ...

(1893–1982), Polish general *

Zygmunt Buhl Zygmunt Buhl (24 January 1927 – 28 September 1978) was a Polish sprinter. He competed in the men's 4 × 100 metres relay at the 1952 Summer Olympics. References 1927 births 1978 deaths Athletes (track and field) at the 1952 Sum ...

(1927–1978), Polish sprinter *

Zygmunt Chmielewski Zygmunt Chmielewski (16 May 1894 – 26 May 1978) was a Polish film actor. He appeared in 35 films between 1921 and 1960. Selected filmography * ''His Excellency, The Shop Assistant'' (1933) * ''Czy Lucyna to dziewczyna ?'' (1934) * '' Cór ...

(1894–1978), Polish film actor *

Zygmunt Choreń Zygmunt Choreń (born 1941) is a Polish naval architect and the proprietor of the naval architectural firm Choreń Design and Consulting. He is a graduate of the Gdańsk University of Technology and the Leningrad Ship-Building Institute. He was ...

(born 1941), Polish naval architect *

Zygmunt Chruściński Zygmunt Chruściński (17 February 1899 – 29 June 1952) was a Polish footballer. He played in nine matches for the Poland national football team The Poland national football team ( pl, Reprezentacja Polski w piłce nożnej) has repres ...

(1899–1952), Polish footballer *

Zygmunt Chychła Zygmunt Chychła (5 November 1926 – 26 September 2009) was a Polish boxer. He won the first post-World War II Olympic gold medal for Poland. Career In 1939 he began training at the Polish boxing club '' Gedania'', having started boxing at the ...

(1926-2009), Polish boxer and 1952 Olympic welterweight champion *

Zygmunt Czerny Zygmunt Bronisław Czerny (24 July 1888 – 18 February 1975) was a Polish romance philologist who specialized in the French language. Before World War II, he was a faculty member at the Lviv University and Academy of Foreign Trade in Lwów. Dur ...

(1888–1975), Polish romance philologist *

Zygmunt Czyżewski Zygmunt Czyżewski (4 October 1910 – 17 January 1998) was a Polish former ice hockey and football player and football manager. Football Czyżewski began his football career with Czarni Lwów, with whom he his known to have spent his five sea ...

(1910–1998), Polish ice hockey and football player and football manager *

Zygmunt Szczęsny Feliński Zygmunt Szczęsny Feliński (1 November 1822 in Voiutyn, now Ukraine – 17 September 1895 in Kraków) was a professor of the Saint Petersburg Roman Catholic Theological Academy, Archbishop of Warsaw in 1862-1883 (exiled by Tsar Alexander II to ...

(1822–1895), professor of the Saint Petersburg Roman Catholic Theological Academy and Archbishop of Warsaw *

Zygmunt Frankiewicz Zygmunt Frankiewicz (born 19 June 1955) is a Polish politician. He was elected to the Senate of Poland The Senate ( pl, Senat) is the upper house of the Polish parliament, the lower house being the Sejm. The history of the Polish Senate str ...

(born 1955), Polish politician *

Zygmunt Gadecki Zygmunt Jakub Gadecki (21 January 1938 – 21 November 2000) was a Polish footballer who competed in the 1960 Summer Olympics The 1960 Summer Olympics ( it, Giochi Olimpici estivi del 1960), officially known as the Games of the XVII Olympiad ...

(1938–2000), Polish footballer and Olympian * Zygmunt Garłowski (1949–2008), Polish footballer * Zygmunt Ginter (1916–1964), Polish ice hockey player *

Zygmunt Gloger Zygmunt Gloger (3 November 1845 in Tybory-Kamianka – 16 August 1910 in Warsaw) was a Polish historian, archaeologist, geographer and ethnographer, bearer of the Wilczekosy coat of arms. Gloger founded the precursor of modern and widely popu ...

(1845–1910), Polish historian, archaeologist, geographer and ethnographer * Zygmunt Gorazdowski (1845–1920), Polish Roman Catholic priest *

Zygmunt Grabowski Zygmunt Grabowski (13 August 1891 – 19 September 1939) was a Polish painter. His work was part of the painting event in the art competition at the 1936 Summer Olympics The 1936 Summer Olympics ( German: ''Olympische Sommerspiele 19 ...

(1891–1939), Polish painter *

Zygmunt Gross Zygmunt Gross (born 12 July 1936) is a retired Polish professional footballer who played for both Lechia Gdańsk and Zawisza Bydgoszcz in the Polish leagues. Gross was born in Danzig, the Free City of Danzig, which later became Gdańsk and part ...

(born 1936), Polish professional footballer * Zygmunt Grudziński (1870–1929), Polish radiologist * Zygmunt Andrzej Heinrich (1937–1989), Polish mountaineer * Zygmunt Heljasz (1908–1963), Polish shot putter and discus thrower * Zygmunt Hübner (1930–1989), Polish film actor

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* Zygmunt Jałoszyński (born 1946), Polish javelin thrower * Zygmunt Janiszewski (1888–1920), Polish mathematician * Zygmunt Kaczkowski (1825–1896), Polish writer, independence activist, and Austrian spy * Zygmunt Kalinowski (born 1949), Polish former football goalkeeper * Zygmunt Kałużyński (1918–2004), Polish film critic, lawyer, and TV personality * Zygmunt Kamiński (1933–2010), Polish Roman Catholic archbishop * Zygmunt Kamiński (1888–1969), Polish painter and professor at the Warsaw University of Technology * Zygmunt Kawecki (born 1942), Polish fencer * Zygmunt Kisielewski (1882–1942), Polish writer * Zygmunt Kiszkurno (1921–2012), Polish sport shooter *

Zygmunt Klemensiewicz Zygmunt Aleksander Klemensiewicz (24 April 1886 – 25 March 1963) was a Polish physicist and physical chemist. Early in his career (working for Fritz Haber in Karlsruhe), he made a pioneering contribution to the development of the glass electr ...

(1886–1963), Polish physicist and physical chemist * Zygmunt Klukowski (1885–1959), Polish physician, historian, and bibliophile * Zygmunt Konieczny (born 1937), Polish composer of theatre and film music * Zygmunt Konieczny (1927–2003), Polish bobsledder *

Zygmunt Krasiński Napoleon Stanisław Adam Feliks Zygmunt Krasiński (; 19 February 1812 – 23 February 1859) was a Polish poet traditionally ranked after Adam Mickiewicz and Juliusz Słowacki as one of Poland's Three Bards – the Romantic poets who influence ...

(1812–1859), Polish poet and nobleman *

Zygmunt Krauze Zygmunt Krauze (born September 19, 1938) is a Polish composer of contemporary classical music, educator, and pianist. Biography Zygmunt Krauze is an important artist of his generation: a respected composer, valued pianist, educator, organiser of ...

(born 1938), Polish composer of contemporary classical music, educator, and pianist * Zygmunt Krumholz (1903–1947), Polish footballer *

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(1929–2004), Polish writer, translator, and professor * Zygmunt Kukla (born 1969), Polish conductor, arranger, and composer * Zygmunt Kukla (1948-2016), Polish footballer *

Zygmunt Kulawik Zygmunt Kulawik (3 January 1921 – 1982) was a Polish footballer. He played in three matches for the Poland national football team The Poland national football team ( pl, Reprezentacja Polski w piłce nożnej) has represented Poland in ...

(1921–1982), Polish footballer * Zygmunt Kurnatowski (1778–1858), Polish count and nobleman * Zygmunt Kęstowicz (1921–2007), Polish actor * Zygmunt Łanowski (1911–1989), Polish translator * Zygmunt Laskowski (1841–1928), Polish physician, surgeon, and anatomist * Zygmunt Latoszewski (1902–1995), Polish conductor, theater director, and music teacher *

Zygmunt Łempicki Zygmunt Łempicki (11 May 1886 in Sanok – 21 June 1943 in Auschwitz) was a Polish literature theoretician, Germanist, philosopher, and culture historian. Łempicki was professor at the Warsaw University from 1919 until 1939, member of the Polis ...

(1886–1943), Polish literature theoretician, Germanist, philosopher, and culture historian *

Zygmunt Łoboda Zygmunt Łoboda (24 April 1895 – 8 April 1945) was a Polish architect. His work was part of the architecture event in the art competition at the 1928 Summer Olympics. He was killed in the Flossenbürg concentration camp during World War ...

(1895–1945), Polish architect * Zygmunt Łoziński (1870–1932), Polish Roman Catholic bishop * Zygmunt Malanowicz (1938–2021), Polish film actor * Zygmunt Marek (1872–1931), Polish socialist politician * Zygmunt Maszczyk (born 1945), Polish retired footballer * Zigmund Red Mihalik (1916–1996), American basketball player and referee, member of the Basketball Hall of Fame * Zygmunt Miłkowski (1824–1915), Polish romantic writer and politician * Zygmunt Miłoszewski (born 1976), Polish writer and former journalist and editor * Zygmunt Modzelewski (1900–1954), Polish communist politician, professor, economist, and diplomat * Zygmunt Muchniewski (1896–1979), Polish politician, Christian Democratic Party head, and prime minister of the Polish Government in Exile *

Zygmunt Mycielski Count Zygmunt Mycielski (17 August 1907 – 5 August 1987) was a Polish composer and music critic. He was born in Przeworsk and completed his childhood education in Kraków, where he was taught by Bernardino Rizzi. In 1928, Mycielski moved to Par ...

(1907–1987), Polish composer and music critic

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* Zygmunt Noskowski (1846–1909), Polish composer, conductor and teacher * Zygmunt Ochmański (1922–2003), Polish footballer * Zygmunt Otto (1896–1961), Polish footballer * Zygmunt Padlewski (1836–1863), Polish insurgent who participated in the January Uprising * Zygmunt Pawlas (1930–2001), Polish fencer * Zygmunt Pawłowicz (1927–2010), Polish Auxiliary bishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Gdańsk * Žigmund Pálffy (born 1972), retired National Hockey League player from Slovakia *

Zygmunt Pieda Zygmunt Pieda (born 23 April 1933 in Szopienice, Poland) is a Polish former footballer. Playing career Poland Pieda played for Ruch Chorzów and Legia Warsaw in a twelve-year career in the Polish Ekstraklasa, captaining Legia to a cup and lea ...

(born 1933), Polish footballer * Zygmunt A. Piotrowski (1904–1985), Polish born American psychologist * Zygmunt Podhorski (1891–1960), Brigadier General of the Polish Army * Zygmunt Puławski (1901–1931), Polish aircraft designer and pilot * Zygmunt Pytko (1937–1996), Polish international speedway rider * Zygmunt Rozwadowski (1870–1950), Polish painter * Zygmunt Rumel (1915–1943), Polish poet and member of the Polish resistance in World War II *

Zygmunt Schmidt Zygmunt Schmidt (born 27 April 1941) is a Polish footballer. He played in thirteen matches for the Poland national football team The Poland national football team ( pl, Reprezentacja Polski w piłce nożnej) has represented Poland in men's ...

(born 1941), Polish footballer * Zygmunt Siedlecki (1907–1977), Polish athlete and Olympic decathlete * Zygmunt Sierakowski (1826–1863), Polish-Lithuanian leader of the January Uprising * Zygmunt Smalcerz (born 1941), Polish weightlifting coach and retired weightlifter, 1972 Olympic flyweight champion * Zygmunt Solorz-Żak (born 1956), Polish businessman and billionaire * Zygmunt Steuermann (1899–1941), Polish footballer *

Zygmunt Stojowski Zygmunt Denis Antoni Jordan de Stojowski (May 4, 1870November 5, 1946) was a Polish pianist and composer. Life He was born on May 4, 1870 near the city of Kielce. Stojowski began his musical training with his mother, and with Polish compos ...

(1870–1946), Polish pianist and composer *

Zygmunt Świechowski Zygmunt Świechowski (18 February 1920 – 28 December 2015) was a Polish art historian and architectural conservator with a particular interest in the Romanesque architecture, Romanesque era. Świechowski was also a leading figure in architectural ...

(1920–2015), Polish art historian and architectural conservator * Zigmunt

Ziggy Switkowski Zygmunt Edward "Ziggy" Switkowski, (born 1948), is a Polish Australian business executive and nuclear physicist. His most public role was as the chief executive officer of Australia's largest telecommunications company Telstra from 1999 to 200 ...

(born 1948), Australian businessman and nuclear physicist * Zygmunt Szczotkowski (1877–1943), Polish mining engineer *

Zygmunt Szendzielarz Zygmunt Szendzielarz (12 March 1910 – 8 February 1951) was the commander of the Polish 5th Wilno Brigade of the Home Army (Armia Krajowa), nom de guerre "Łupaszka". He fought against the Red Army after the end of the Second World War. Foll ...

(1910–1951), Polish military commander in World War II *

Zygmunt Szkopiak Dr. Zygmunt Szkopiak (12 December 1926 – 21 October 2002) was a Polish scientist, diplomat, and historian who from 1986 until its dissolution in 1990, served as the last Minister of Foreign Affairs in the London-based Polish government-in-exil ...

(1926–2002), Polish scientist, diplomat, and historian *

Zygmunt Szweykowski Zygmunt Szweykowski (7 April 1894 in Krośniewice – 11 February 1978 in Poznań) was a historian of Polish literature who specialized in 19th-century Polish prose. Life In 1932-39, Szweykowski held a professorship at the Free Polish University ( ...

(1894–1978), historian of Polish literature

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Zygmunt Turkow Zygmunt Turkow (6 November 1896 – 20 January 1970) was a Polish actor, playwright, and director of Jewish origin from Warsaw, who became famous for roles in the pre-war Jewish films and stage plays in Yiddish. His brother, Jonas Turkow, was al ...

(1896–1970), Polish actor, playwright, and director * Zygmunt Vetulani, computer scientist * Zygmunt Vetulani (1894–1942), Polish diplomat and economist * Zygmunt Vogel (1764–1826), Polish illustrator, educator, and classical painter * Zygmunt Waliszewski (1897–1936), Polish painter in the Kapist movement * Zygmunt Weiss (1903–1977), Polish sprinter and sport journalist *

Zygmunt Wiehler Zygmunt Wiehler (10 February 1890, Kraków, Austria-Hungary –26 December 1977, Warsaw) was a Polish popular and film music composer and director. Wiehler attended the Music Conservatory in Kraków. From 1907 he was connected professionally ...

(1890–1977), Polish popular and film music composer and director * Zygmunt Wielopolski (1833–1902), President of Warsaw * Zigmunt Zygi Wilf (born 1950), owner of the Minnesota Vikings National Football League team * Zygmunt Aleksander Wnęk (1918–1944), Polish soldier and military officer in World War II *

Zygmunt Wojciechowski Zygmunt Wojciechowski (27 April 1900 – 14 October 1955) was a Polish historian and nationalist politician. Born in 1900 in then-Austria, he obtained a doctorate from medieval history at Lviv University. In 1925 he moved to Poznań, where ...

(1900–1955), Polish historian and nationalist politician * Zygmunt Florenty Wróblewski (1845–1888), Polish physicist and chemist * Zygmunt Wrzodak (born 1959), Polish politician * Zygmunt Zalcwasser (1898–1943), Polish mathematician and Holocaust victim *

Zygmunt Zaleski Zygmunt Zaleski of Lubicz coat of arms (29 September 1882 in Kłonowiec-Koracz near the Kielce, Poland – 15 December 1967 in Paris, France), pseudonymes ''R. de Bron'', ''R. Debron'', was a Polish literature historian, literary critic, poet ...

(1882–1967), Polish literature historian, literary critic, poet, publicist, and translator * Zygmunt Załęski (1892–1966), Polish national movement activist, politician and publicist * Zygmunt Zaremba (1895–1967), Polish socialist activist and publicist * Zygmunt Zawirski (1882–1948), Polish philosopher and logician *

Zygmunt Zieliński (1858–1925) Zygmunt Zieliński (1 August 1858 – 11 April 1925) was a Polish general. He reached the rank of colonel in the Austro-Hungarian Army. In 1914, he volunteered for the Polish Legions, where he commanded the 3rd Brigade, Polish Legions fr ...

, Polish general *

Zygmunt Ziembiński Zygmunt Ziembiński OPR (June 1, 1920 – May 19, 1996), usually cited as Z. Ziembinski, was a Polish legal philosopher, logician, and one of the most prominent theoreticians of law in Poland in the second half of the 20th century. He was Pr ...

(1920–1996), Polish legal philosopher, logician, and theoretician of law * Zygmunt Zimowski (1949–2016), Polish prelate of the Roman Catholic Church *

Zygmunt Zintel Zygmunt Zintel (2 April 1911, Warsaw – 30 September 1990, Łódź) was a Polish theater, film, and television, actor, and teacher. He was also a soldier for Poland during the Invasion of Poland. Biography In the years from 1929 to 1932, he took ...

(1911–1990), Polish theater, film, and television, actor, and teacher *

Zygmunt Żuławski Zygmunt Żuławski (; 31 July 1880 in Młynne, Limanowa County, Austria-Hungary – 4 September 1949 in Kraków) was a Polish politician, association activist, and socialist. He was a member of: * Polish Social Democratic Party of Galicia, Polska ...

(1880–1949), Polish politician, association activist, and socialist

Surname

* Antoni Zygmund (1900–1992), Polish mathematician *

Paweł Zygmunt Paweł Jan Zygmunt (born 15 July 1972 in Krosno) is a retired Polish speed skater. He was born in Krosno. He competed at the 1994 Winter Olympics, 1998 Winter Olympics, 2002 Winter Olympics and 2006 Winter Olympics. In 2002 in Salt Lake City he pl ...

(born 1972), Polish retired speed skater * Ted Zigmunt (born 1951), American politician

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