- Mieczysław
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Mieczysław Gender male Origin Word/Name Slavic Meaning mieci (from "miotać", "throw") + sław ("glory, famous") Other names Alternative spelling Mečislovas Variant form(s) Mieczysława (f) Nickname(s) Mietek, Miecio, Mieszko Related names Mieszko http://www.behindthename.com/name/mieczysl16aw Mieczysław or Mečislovas (Lithuanian) is a Slavic name of Polish origin and consists of two parts: mieci "throw", and sław "glory, famous". Feminine form: Mieczysława. Alternate form: Mieszko.
This name may refer to:
- Mieczysław Batsch, Polish footballer
- Mieczysław Boruta-Spiechowicz, a Polish military officer, a general of the Polish Army and a notable member of the post-war anti-communist opposition in Poland
- Mieczysława Ćwiklińska, a Polish film actress, stage actor and singer. She was often nicknamed Lińska or Amiette.
- Mieczysław Fogg, Polish singer
- Mieczysław Garsztka, Polish aviator, flying ace in the German Air Force in World War I
- Mečislovas Gedvilas, Lithuanian Soviet politician, first Prime Minister of the Lithuanian SSR
- Mieczysław Halka Ledóchowski, a Cardinal Ledóchowski
- Mieczysław Horszowski, a Polish pianist
- Mieczysław Jagielski, Polish communist politician and economist
- Mieczysław Janowski, a Polish politician and Member of the European Parliament
- Mieczysław Karłowicz, a Polish composer and conductor
- Mieczysław Kawalec, Polish officer in the anti-communist resistance
- Mieczysław Mickiewicz, Polish-Ukrainian politician
- Mieczysław Moczar, a Polish communist who played a prominent role in the history of the Polish People's Republic
- Mieczysław Mokrzycki, Polish Catholic archbishop
- Mieczysław Munz, a Polish-American pianist
- Miguel Najdorf, a Polish-born Argentine chess grandmaster of Jewish origin, famous for his Najdorf Variation
- Mieczysław Niedziałkowski, Polish writer and activist executed during the German AB-Aktion in Poland
- Mieczysław Nowicki, Polish Olympic medalist in bicycle racing and Minister of Sport
- Mieczysław Połukard, a Polish speedway rider and coach
- Mieczysław Rakowski, a Polish communist politician, historian and journalist
- Mečislovas Reinys, was the Lithuanian Roman Catholic archbishop of the Vilnius, Minsk and Tiddi dioceses, a professor at Vytautas Magnus University
- Mieczysław Zygfryd Słowikowski, Polish army officer
- Mieczysław Smorawiński, Polish general who died in the Katyn massacre
- Mieczysław Stoor, Polish film actor
- Mieczysław Weinberg, an important Soviet composer of Polish-Jewish origin
- Mieczysław Wolfke, Polish physicist
See also
- Mieszko
- Polish name
- Slavic names
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