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

A

Zbigniew Andruszkiewicz, Polish rower

B

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

C

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 (speedway rider), Polish speedway rider

D

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

E

Zbigniew Eysmont, Polish politician, artist, and restauranteur

F

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

G

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

H

Zbigniew Herbert, Polish poet, essayist, drama writer and moralist
Zbigniew Herman, Polish physician and pharmacologist
Zbigniew Hoffmann, Polish politician

J

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 (field hockey, born 1975), Polish field hockey player

K

Zbigniew Kabata, Polish parasitologist, World War II veteran, poet, fisherman, translator and scientific administrator
Zbigniew Kaczmarek (disambiguation), multiple people, including:
*Zbigniew Kaczmarek (weightlifter), Polish weightlifter, Olympic medalist
*Zbigniew Kaczmarek (footballer), 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

L

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

M

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

N

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

O

Zbigniew Okoński, Polish politician and businessman
Zbigniew Oleśnicki (disambiguation), multiple people, including:
*Zbigniew Oleśnicki (cardinal), Roman Catholic clergyman and a Polish statesman and diplomat
*Zbigniew Oleśnicki (primate of Poland), Roman Catholic clergyman and Polish politician
Zbigniew Orywał, Polish middle-distance runner

P

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

R

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

S

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

T

Zbigniew Tęczyński, Polish nobleman
Zbigniew Torzecki, Polish sprint canoer
Zbigniew Tłuczyński, Polish handball player and coach
Zbigniew Turski, Polish composer

W

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

Z

Zbigniew Zakrzewski (disambiguation), multiple people, including:
*Zbigniew Zakrzewski (footballer), Polish footballer
*Zbigniew Zakrzewski (economist), 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