Zbigniew
Zbigniew is a Polish masculine given name, originally Zbygniew. This West Slavic name is derived from the Polish elements Zby- and gniew, meaning "anger". The Czech form of this name is Zbyněk.
English diminutives of this name are Zibi, Zbiggy or Zbig.
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 Eysmont, Polish politician, artist, and restauranteur
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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 Jankowski, Polish poet and essayist
- 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 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 Parliament 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 Ziembinski, Polish-Brazilian actor, director
- Zbigniew Żupnik, Polish painter
- Zbigniew Zychowicz, Polish politician and member of the Democratic Left Alliance