Zbigniew
Zbigniew is a Polish masculine given name, originally Zbygniew. This Slavic name is derived from the Polish elements Zby- and gniew, meaning "anger". Its diminutive forms include Zbyszek and Zbyś. The Czech form of this name is Zbyněk.
Individuals with this name may celebrate their name day on February 17, March 17, April 1, June 16 or October 10.
Notable people
- Zbigniew of Brzezia, Polish knight and nobleman of Clan Zadora
- Zbigniew of Poland, high duke of Poland from 1102–1106
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- Zbigniew Andruszkiewicz, Polish rower
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- Zbigniew Babiński, Polish military and sports aviator
- Zbigniew Bargielski, Polish composer
- Zbigniew Baranowski, Polish wrestler
- Zbigniew Bartman, Polish volleyball player
- Zbigniew Beta, Polish long jumper
- Zbigniew Bieńkowski, Polish poet, literary critic, translator and essayist
- Zbigniew Boniek, Polish footballer, manager, and President of the Polish Football Association
- Zbigniew Brym, Polish military, photographer and publicist
- Zbigniew Bródka, Polish speed skater, 2014 Olympic champion in 1500 metres
- Zbigniew Brzeziński, Polish-American diplomat and political scientist
- Zbigniew Buczkowski, Polish film actor and entertainer
- Zbigniew Bujak, opposition activist in the People's Republic of Poland
- Zbigniew Bujarski, Polish composer
- Zbigniew Burzyński, Polish balloonist and constructor of balloons
- Zbigniew Bzymek, Polish-American filmmaker, experimental theatre and music video artist
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- Zbigniew Chlebowski, Polish politician
- Zbigniew Chmielowiec, Polish politician, Member of Parliament
- Zbigniew Ciesielski, Polish mathematician
- Zbigniew Cybulski, Polish actor
- Zbigniew Ćwiąkalski, Polish politician
- Zbigniew Czaja, Polish slalom canoeist
- Zbigniew Czajkowski, Polish fencing coach
- Zbigniew Czerwiński , Polish speedway rider
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- Zbigniew Dębski, Polish military personnel and co-founder of the Union of Warsaw Insurgents
- Zbigniew Deptuła, Polish politician from the Polish People's Party
- Zbigniew Dłubak, Polish painter
- Zbigniew Doda, Polish chess player
- Zbigniew Dolata, Polish politician, Member of Parliament
- Zbigniew Dregier, Polish basketball player
- Zbigniew Drzewiecki, Polish pianist and music educator
- Zbigniew Dunin-Wasowicz, Polish military leader
- Zbigniew Dybol, Polish handball player
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- Zbigniew Fedyczak, Polish sports shooter
- Zbigniew Fil, Polish singer and multi-instrumentalist
- Zbigniew Firlej, noble of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth
- Zbigniew Antoni Fronczek, Polish politician
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- Zbigniew Gawlik, Polish handball player
- Zbigniew Gawlor, Polish luger
- Zbigniew Girzyński, Member of Parliament
- Zbigniew Gołąb, Polish linguist and Slavist
- Zbigniew Grzybowski, Polish football winger
- Zbigniew Gut, Polish football defender
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- Zbigniew Herbert, Polish poet, essayist, drama writer and moralist
- Zbigniew Herman, Polish physician and pharmacologist
- Zbigniew Hoffmann, Polish politician
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- Zbigniew Jagiełło, Polish banker
- Zbigniew Janiszewski, Polish pole vaulter
- Zbigniew Januszkiewicz, Polish swimmer
- Zbigniew Jaremski, Polish sprinter
- Zbigniew Jaworowski Polish physician and alpinist
- Zbigniew Juszczak, Polish field hockey player
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- Zbigniew Kabata, Polish parasitologist, World War II veteran, poet, fisherman, translator and scientific administrator
- Zbigniew Kaczmarek, multiple people, including:
- *Zbigniew Kaczmarek , Polish weightlifter, Olympic medalist
- *Zbigniew Kaczmarek , Polish football player
- Zbigniew Karkowski, Polish composer and musician
- Zbigniew Karpus, Polish historian
- Zbigniew Kiernikowski, Polish Roman Catholic priest, professor
- Zbigniew Klak, founding member of Solidarity union PSK 2
- Zbigniew Komorowski, Polish figure skater
- Zbigniew Kowalski, Polish football defender
- Zbigniew Kozak, Polish politician, Member of Parliament
- Zbigniew Kruszyński, Polish football player
- Zbigniew Kupczynski, Polish-Canadian abstract expressionist artist
- Zbigniew Kuźmiński, Polish film director and screenwriter
- Zbigniew Kuźmiuk, Polish politician
- Zbigniew Kwiatkowski, Polish handball player
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- Zbigniew Lengren, Polish cartoonist, caricaturist, and illustrator
- Zbigniew Leśniak, Polish slalom canoeist
- Zbigniew Lew-Starowicz, Polish psychiatrist and psychotherapist
- Zbigniew Libera, Polish artist
- Zbigniew J. Lipowski, Polish psychiatrist, historian, author, political commentator and speaker
- Zbigniew Lubiejewski, Polish volleyball player
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- Zbigniew Marciniak, Polish mathematician and university teacher
- Zbigniew Makomaski, Polish middle-distance runner
- Zbigniew Makowski, Polish painter
- Zbigniew Małkowski, Polish football goalkeeper
- Zbigniew Matwiejew, Polish fencer
- Zbigniew Messner, Polish politician and economist
- Zbigniew Miązek, Polish slalom canoer
- Zbigniew Michalewicz, Polish entrepreneur, author and professor
- Zbigniew Morsztyn, Polish poet
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- Zbigniew Namysłowski, Polish jazz composer
- Zbigniew Nienacki, Polish writer
- Zbigniew Nieradka, Polish glider pilot
- Zbigniew Niewiadomski, Polish sprint canoer
- Zbigniew Niszczot, Australian rugby league player
- Zbigniew Nowosadzki, Polish painter
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- Zbigniew Okoński, Polish politician and businessman
- Zbigniew Oleśnicki, multiple people, including:
- *Zbigniew Oleśnicki , Roman Catholic clergyman and a Polish statesman and diplomat
- *Zbigniew Oleśnicki , Roman Catholic clergyman and Polish politician
- Zbigniew Orywał, Polish middle-distance runner
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- Zbigniew Pacelt, Polish politician and athlete
- Zbigniew Pakleza, Polish chess Grandmaster
- Zbigniew Paleta, Polish violinist and composer for telenovelas
- Zbigniew Paradowski, Polish rower
- Zbigniew Pełczyński, Polish-British political philosopher and academic
- Zbigniew Piątek, Polish road racing cyclist
- Zbigniew Pierzynka, Polish long-distance runner
- Zbigniew Pietrzykowski, Polish boxer, Olympian
- Zbigniew Piórkowski, Polish boxer, Olympian
- Zbigniew Podraza Polish politician, member of Sejm and mayor of Dąbrowa Górnicza
- Zbigniew Preisner, Polish film score composer
- Zbigniew Promiński, nicknamed "Inferno", Polish death metal drummer
- Zbigniew Przybyszewski, Polish military officer and a Commander in the Polish Navy
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- Zbigniew Radziwonowicz, Polish athlete in the javelin throw
- Zbigniew Raszewski, Polish writer and theatre historian
- Zbigniew Religa, Polish cardiac surgeon and politician
- Zbigniew Romaszewski, Polish conservative politician, senator, and human rights activist
- Zbigniew Rybczyński, Polish filmmaker, director, cinematographer, and screenwriter
- Zbigniew Rychlicki, Polish graphic artist and illustrator of children's books
- Zbigniew Rynasiewicz, Polish politician
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- Zbigniew Sawan, Polish stage and film actor
- Zbigniew Schodowski, Polish rower
- Zbigniew Schwarzer, Polish rower
- Zbigniew Ścibor-Rylski, Polish aviator, officer of the Home Army, Brigadier General of the Polish Army
- Zbigniew Seifert, Polish jazz musician
- Zbigniew Siemiątkowski, Polish politician
- Zbigniew Skowroński, Polish bobsledder
- Zbigniew Skrudlik, Polish fencer
- Zbigniew Ślusarski, Polish rower
- Zbigniew Sosnowski, Polish politician, Member of Parliament
- Zbigniew Spruch, Polish cyclist
- Zbigniew Stonoga, Polish entrepreneur, videobloger, social and political activist
- Zbigniew Stryj, Polish actor
- Zbigniew Stypułkowski, Polish lawyer and politician
- Zbigniew Suchecki, Polish speedway rider
- Zbigniew Suszyński, Polish film, television and theater actor
- Zbigniew Syka, Polish sprinter
- Zbigniew Szafrański, Polish Egyptologist
- Zbigniew Szczepkowski, Polish cyclist
- Zbigniew Szewczyk, Polish football player and coach
- Zbigniew Szydlo, English chemist, academic and teacher
- Zbigniew Szymczak, Polish chess player
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- Zbigniew Tęczyński, Polish nobleman
- Zbigniew Torzecki, Polish sprint canoer
- Zbigniew Tłuczyński, Polish handball player and coach
- Zbigniew Turski, Polish composer
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- Zbigniew Wachowicz, Polish football defender
- Zbigniew Wassermann, minister-member of the Council of Ministers, coordinator of special services
- Zbigniew Wawer, Polish historian, specializing in Polish military history in World War II
- Zbigniew Włodkowski, Polish politician, Member of Parliament
- Zbigniew Wodecki, Polish musician
- Zbigniew Wóycicki, Polish officer and skier
- Zbigniew Woźnicki, Polish cyclist
- Zbigniew Wyciszkiewicz, Polish football midfielder
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- Zbigniew Zakrzewski, multiple people, including:
- *Zbigniew Zakrzewski , Polish footballer
- *Zbigniew Zakrzewski , Polish economist
- Zbigniew Zaleski, Polish politician
- Zbigniew Załuski, Polish army officer, writer and Member of Parliament
- Zbigniew Zamachowski, Polish actor
- Zbigniew Zapasiewicz, Polish actor, theatre director, and pedagogue
- Zbigniew Żarnowiecki, Polish rower
- Zbigniew Zarzycki, Polish volleyball player
- Zbigniew Ziobro, Polish politician
- Zbigniew Żedzicki, Polish wrestler
- Zbigniew Żupnik, Polish painter
- Zbigniew Zychowicz, Polish politician and member of the Democratic Left Alliance