Zbigniew () is a Polish language masculine given name, originally Zbygniew . This Slavic names is derived from the Polish elements Zby- (from zbyć, zbyć się, or pozbyć się, meaning "to dispel", "to get rid of") and gniew, meaning "anger".[ MFnames.com - Origin and Meaning of Zbigniew] The Czech form of this name is Zbyněk (derived from Zbyhněv).
English diminutives of this name are Zibi, Zbigniew Seifert or Zbig.
Notable people
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Zbigniew of Brzezia (c. 1360 – c. 1425), Polish knight and nobleman of Clan Zadora
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Zbigniew of Poland, high duke of Poland from 1102–1106
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Zbigniew Andruszkiewicz (born 1959), Polish rower
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Zbigniew Babiński (1896–1940), Polish military and sports aviator
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Zbigniew Bargielski (born 1937), Polish composer
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Zbigniew Baranowski (born 1991), Polish wrestler
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Zbigniew Bartman (born 1987), Polish volleyball player
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Zbigniew Beta (born 1953), Polish long jumper
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Zbigniew Bieńkowski (1913–1994), Polish poet, literary critic, translator and essayist
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Zbigniew Boniek (born 1956), Polish footballer, manager, and President of the Polish Football Association
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Zbigniew Brym (1919–2006), Polish military, photographer and publicist
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Zbigniew Bródka (born 1984), Polish speed skater, 2014 Olympic champion in 1500 metres
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Zbigniew Brzeziński (1928–2017), Polish-American diplomat and political scientist
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Zbigniew Buczkowski (born 1951), Polish film actor and entertainer
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Zbigniew Bujak (born 1954), opposition activist in the People's Republic of Poland
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Zbigniew Bujarski (1933–2018), Polish composer
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Zbigniew Burzyński (1902–1971), Polish balloonist and constructor of balloons
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Zbigniew Bzymek (born 1976), Polish-American filmmaker, experimental theatre and music video artist
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Zbigniew Chlebowski (born 1964), Polish politician
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Zbigniew Chmielowiec (born 1954), Polish politician, Member of Parliament
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Zbigniew Ciesielski (1934–2020), Polish mathematician
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Zbigniew Cybulski (1927–1967), Polish actor
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Zbigniew Ćwiąkalski (born 1950), Polish politician
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Zbigniew Czaja, Polish slalom canoeist
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Zbigniew Czajkowski (1921–2019), Polish fencing coach
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Zbigniew Czerwiński (speedway rider) (born 1982), Polish speedway rider
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Zbigniew Dębski (1922–2010), Polish military personnel and co-founder of the Union of Warsaw Insurgents
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Zbigniew Deptuła (born 1962), Polish politician from the Polish People's Party
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Zbigniew Dłubak (1921–2005), Polish painter
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Zbigniew Doda (1931–2013), Polish chess player
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Zbigniew Dolata (born 1965), Polish politician, Member of Parliament
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Zbigniew Dregier (born 1935), Polish basketball player
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Zbigniew Drzewiecki (1890–1971), Polish pianist and music educator
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Zbigniew Dunin-Wasowicz (1882–1915), Polish military leader
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Zbigniew Dybol (born 1947), Polish handball player
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Zbigniew Fedyczak (born 1952), Polish sports shooter
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Zbigniew Fil (born 1977), Polish singer and multi-instrumentalist
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Zbigniew Firlej (c. 1613–1649), noble of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth
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Zbigniew Antoni Fronczek (born 1935), Polish politician
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Zbigniew Gawlik (born 1956), Polish handball player
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Zbigniew Gawlor (1946–2003), Polish luger
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Zbigniew Girzyński (born 1973), Member of Parliament
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Zbigniew Gołąb (1923–1994), Polish linguist and Slavist
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Zbigniew Grzybowski (born 1976), Polish football winger
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Zbigniew Gut (1949–2010), Polish football defender
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Zbigniew Herbert (1924–1998), Polish poet, essayist, drama writer and moralist
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Zbigniew Herman (1935–2010), Polish physician and pharmacologist
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Zbigniew Hoffmann (born 1963), Polish politician
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Zbigniew Jagiełło (born 1964), Polish banker
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Zbigniew Janiszewski (born 1931), Polish pole vaulter
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Zbigniew Jankowski (1931–2024), Polish poet and essayist
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Zbigniew Januszkiewicz (born 1962), Polish swimmer
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Zbigniew Jaremski (1949–2011), Polish sprinter
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Zbigniew Jaworowski (1927–2011) Polish physician and alpinist
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Zbigniew Juszczak (born 1975), Polish field hockey player
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Zbigniew Kabata (1924–2014), Polish parasitologist, World War II veteran, poet, fisherman, translator and scientific administrator
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Zbigniew Kaczmarek (disambiguation), multiple people, including:
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Zbigniew Kaczmarek (weightlifter) (1946–2023), Polish weightlifter, Olympic medalist
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Zbigniew Kaczmarek (footballer) (born 1962), Polish football player
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Zbigniew Karkowski (1958–2013), Polish composer and musician
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Zbigniew Karpus (born 1954), Polish historian
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Zbigniew Kiernikowski (born 1946), Polish Roman Catholic priest, professor
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Zbigniew Komorowski, Polish figure skater
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Zbigniew Kowalski (born 1970), Polish football defender
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Zbigniew Kozak (born 1961), Polish politician, Member of Parliament
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Zbigniew Kruszyński (born 1960), Polish football player
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Zbigniew Kupczynski (born 1928), Polish-Canadian abstract expressionist artist
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Zbigniew Kuźmiński (1921–2005), Polish film director and screenwriter
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Zbigniew Kuźmiuk (born 1956), Polish politician
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Zbigniew Kwiatkowski (born 1985), Polish handball player
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Zbigniew Lengren (1919–2003), Polish cartoonist, caricaturist, and illustrator
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Zbigniew Leśniak (born 1950), Polish slalom canoeist
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Zbigniew Lew-Starowicz (born 1943), Polish psychiatrist and psychotherapist
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Zbigniew Libera (born 1959), Polish artist
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Zbigniew J. Lipowski (1924–1997), Polish psychiatrist, historian, author, political commentator and speaker
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Zbigniew Lubiejewski (born 1949), Polish volleyball player
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Zbigniew Marciniak (born 1952), Polish mathematician and university teacher
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Zbigniew Makomaski (born 1931), Polish middle-distance runner
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Zbigniew Makowski (1930–2019), Polish painter
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Zbigniew Małkowski (born 1978), Polish football goalkeeper
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Zbigniew Matwiejew (born 1949), Polish fencer
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Zbigniew Messner (1929–2014), Polish politician and economist
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Zbigniew Miązek (born 1966), Polish slalom canoer
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Zbigniew Michalewicz, Polish entrepreneur, author and professor
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Zbigniew Morsztyn (c. 1628–1689), Polish poet
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Zbigniew Namysłowski (1939–2022), Polish jazz composer
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Zbigniew Nienacki (1929–1994), Polish writer
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Zbigniew Nieradka, Polish glider pilot
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Zbigniew Niewiadomski (born 1946), Polish sprint canoer
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Ziggy Niszczot (born 1955), Australian rugby league player
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Zbigniew Nowosadzki (born 1957), Polish painter
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Zbigniew Okoński (born 1949), Polish politician and businessman
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Zbigniew Oleśnicki (disambiguation), multiple people, including:
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Zbigniew Oleśnicki (cardinal) (1389–1455), Roman Catholic clergyman and a Polish statesman and diplomat
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Zbigniew Oleśnicki (primate of Poland) (c. 1430–1493), Roman Catholic clergyman and Polish politician
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Zbigniew Orywał (born 1930), Polish middle-distance runner
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Zbigniew Pacelt (1951–2021), Polish politician and athlete
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Zbigniew Pakleza (born 1986), Polish chess Grandmaster
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Zbigniew Paleta (born 1942), Polish violinist and composer for telenovelas
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Zbigniew Paradowski (born 1932), Polish rower
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Zbigniew Pełczyński (1925–2021), Polish-British political philosopher and academic
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Zbigniew Piątek (born 1966), Polish road racing cyclist
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Zbigniew Pierzynka, Polish long-distance runner
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Zbigniew Pietrzykowski (1934–2014), Polish boxer, Olympian
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Zbigniew Piórkowski (1929–1994), Polish boxer, Olympian
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Zbigniew Podraza (born 1953) Polish politician, member of Parliament and mayor of Dąbrowa Górnicza
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Zbigniew Preisner (born 1955), Polish film score composer
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Zbigniew Promiński (born 1978), nicknamed "Inferno", Polish death metal drummer
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Zbigniew Przybyszewski (1907–1952), Polish military officer and a Commander in the Polish Navy
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Zbigniew Radziwonowicz (1930–2002), Polish athlete in the javelin throw
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Zbigniew Raszewski (1925–1992), Polish writer and theatre historian
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Zbigniew Religa (1938–2009), Polish cardiac surgeon and politician
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Zbigniew Romaszewski (1940–2014), Polish conservative politician, senator, and human rights activist
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Zbigniew Rybczyński (born 1949), Polish filmmaker, director, cinematographer, and screenwriter
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Zbigniew Rychlicki (1922–1989), Polish graphic artist and illustrator of children's books
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Zbigniew Rynasiewicz (born 1963), Polish politician
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Zbigniew Sawan (1904–1984), Polish stage and film actor
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Zbigniew Schodowski (born 1987), Polish rower
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Zbigniew Schwarzer (1928–2008), Polish rower
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Zbigniew Ścibor-Rylski (1917–2018), Polish aviator, officer of the Home Army, Brigadier General of the Polish Army
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Zbigniew Seifert (1946–1979), Polish jazz musician
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Zbigniew Siemiątkowski (born 1957), Polish politician
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Zbigniew Skowroński (1925–1992), Polish bobsledder
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Zbigniew Skrudlik (born 1934), Polish fencer
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Zbigniew Ślusarski (born 1947), Polish rower
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Zbigniew Sosnowski (born 1963), Polish politician, Member of Parliament
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Zbigniew Spruch (born 1965), Polish cyclist
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Zbigniew Stonoga (born 1974), Polish entrepreneur, videobloger, social and political activist
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Zbigniew Stryj (born 1968), Polish actor
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Zbigniew Stypułkowski (1904–1979), Polish lawyer and politician
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Zbigniew Suchecki (born 1984), Polish speedway rider
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Zbigniew Suszyński (born 1961), Polish film, television and theater actor
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Zbigniew Syka (1936–1996), Polish sprinter
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Zbigniew Szafrański, Polish Egyptologist
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Zbigniew Szczepkowski (1952–2019), Polish cyclist
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Zbigniew Szewczyk (born 1967), Polish football player and coach
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Zbigniew Szydlo (born 1949), English chemist, academic and teacher
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Zbigniew Szymczak (1952–2019), Polish chess player
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Zbigniew Tęczyński (c. 1450–1498), Polish nobleman
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Zbigniew Torzecki, Polish sprint canoer
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Zbigniew Tłuczyński (born 1956), Polish handball player and coach
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Zbigniew Turski (1908–1979), Polish composer
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Zbigniew Wachowicz (born 1972), Polish football defender
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Zbigniew Wassermann (1949–2010), minister-member of the Council of Ministers, coordinator of special services
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Zbigniew Wawer, Polish historian, specializing in Polish military history in World War II
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Zbigniew Włodkowski (born 1961), Polish politician, Member of Parliament
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Zbigniew Wodecki (1950–2017), Polish musician
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Zbigniew Wóycicki (1902–1928), Polish officer and skier
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Zbigniew Woźnicki (1958–2008), Polish cyclist
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Zbigniew Wyciszkiewicz (born 1969), Polish football midfielder
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Zbigniew Zakrzewski (disambiguation), multiple people, including:
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Zbigniew Zakrzewski (footballer) (born 1981), Polish footballer
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Zbigniew Zakrzewski (economist) (1912–1992), Polish economist
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Zbigniew Zaleski (1947–2019), Polish politician
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Zbigniew Załuski (1926–1978), Polish army officer, writer and Member of Parliament
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Zbigniew Zamachowski (born 1961), Polish actor
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Zbigniew Zapasiewicz (1934–2009), Polish actor, theatre director, and pedagogue
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Zbigniew Żarnowiecki (born 1927), Polish rower
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Zbigniew Zarzycki (born 1948), Polish volleyball player
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Zbigniew Ziobro (born 1970), Polish politician
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Zbigniew Żedzicki (born 1945), Polish wrestler
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Zbigniew Żupnik (1951–2000), Polish painter
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Zbigniew Zychowicz (1953–2016), Polish politician and member of the Democratic Left Alliance
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