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John Balcerzak
John A. Balcerzak is a former police officer from Milwaukee, Wisconsin who served as president of the Milwaukee Police Association from 2005 to 2009. Balcerzak first gained national attention in 1991, when he was fired for having handed over an injured child to serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer, despite bystanders' protests. He appealed his termination and was subsequently reinstated. Balcerzak retired from the Milwaukee Police Department in 2017.
Najib Razak
Mohammad Najib bin Tun Haji Abdul Razak is a Malaysian politician who served as the 6th prime minister of Malaysia from April 2009 to May 2018. He is the son of another former prime minister, Abdul Razak Hussein. Najib Razak was the chairman of the Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition from April 2009 to May 2018 and the president of the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO) from November 2008 to May 2018, which had maintained control of Malaysia's government with a parliamentary majority for more than sixty years until the coalition's defeat in the 2018 general election. He is referred to as Father of Transformation.
Janusz Korczak
Janusz Korczak, the pen name of Henryk Goldszmit, was a Polish Jewish educator, children's author and pedagogue known as Pan Doktor or Stary Doktor. After spending many years working as a principal of an orphanage in Warsaw, he refused sanctuary repeatedly and stayed with his orphans when the entire population of the institution was sent from the Ghetto to the Treblinka extermination camp by the Nazis, during the Grossaktion Warschau of 1942.
Felix Banaszak
Felix Banaszak is a German politician of the Alliance 90/The Greens who has been serving as a member of the Bundestag since the 2021 German federal election.
Aleksandra Kurzak
Aleksandra Kurzak is a Polish operatic soprano. She received international attention after her debuts at the New York Metropolitan Opera and the London Royal Opera House in the 2004/05 season.
Timothée Kolodziejczak
Timothée Christian Kolodziejczak is a French professional footballer who plays for Saint-Étienne, as a defender. He can play as either a centre or left back.
John Matuszak
John Daniel Matuszak was an American football defensive end in the National Football League who later became an actor.
Abdur Razzak
Abdur Razzak was a Bangladeshi actor and film director. He was dubbed Nayak Raj Razzak, a term introduced by Ahmed Zaman Chowdhury, editor of the magazine Chitrali. Razzak won the Bangladesh National Film Award for Best Actor five times for his roles in the films Ki Je Kori (1976), Ashikkhito (1978), Boro Bhalo Lok Chhilo (1982), Chandranath (1984) and Jogajog (1988). He was awarded the Independence Day Award in 2015 by the Government of Bangladesh. He acted in more than 300 Bengali and Urdu films and also directed 16 films. He is considered one of the greatest actors in Bangladeshi film industry.
Roman Kozak
Roman Yefimovich Kozak was a Russian theatre actor and director. Honored Artist of the Russian Federation (2000). He was artistic director of the Moscow Pushkin Drama Theatre.
Juan Mari Arzak
Juan Mari Arzak Arratibel is a Spanish chef, the owner and chef for Arzak restaurant. He is considered to be one of the great masters of New Basque cuisine. He describes his cooking as "signature cuisine, Basque cuisine that's evolutionary, investigatory, and avant-garde."
Tyler Bozak
Tyler Bozak is a Canadian professional ice hockey centre currently playing for the St. Louis Blues of the National Hockey League (NHL). Bozak has also previously played for the Toronto Maple Leafs. Prior to being signed by the Maple Leafs as a free agent, Bozak had played two seasons at the University of Denver in the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). In 2018, after nine seasons with the Maple Leafs, Bozak signed with the Blues in free agency. During his first season with the Blues, Bozak won the Stanley Cup, defeating the Boston Bruins in 2019.
Jason Lezak
Jason Edward Lezak is an American swimming executive. He currently serves as the general manager of the Cali Condors which is part of the International Swimming League. He is a former American competition swimmer who specialized in the 50-meter and 100-meter freestyle races. Jason started swimming when he was very young, and, at the age of ten, participated in the junior Olympics. However, his interest in athletics spanned many sports – basketball, baseball, soccer, and water polo – several of which he continued to play in high school. It wasn’t until after his collegiate swimming career at the University of California, Santa Barbara that his professional rise began. His pro career lasted for nearly fifteen years, spanning four Olympic games and garnering eight Olympic medals.
Dmitry Kozak
Dmitry Nikolayevich Kozak is a Russian politician who served as the Deputy Prime Minister of Russia from 2008 to 2020.
Peter Patzak
Peter Patzak was an Austrian film director and screenwriter. He had directed 60 films since 1973. His film Kassbach – Ein Porträt was entered into the 29th Berlin International Film Festival and his film Wahnfried was screened out of competition at the 1987 Cannes Film Festival. His 1997 film Shanghai 1937 was entered into the 20th Moscow International Film Festival.
Kamil Majchrzak
Kamil Majchrzak is a Polish professional tennis player.
Cecylia Roszak
Maria Roszak was a Polish nun, Dominican sister, Righteous Among the Nations, and supercentenarian.
Fariha Razak
Fariha Razzaq Haroon was a Pakistani politician and journalist who was a member of the Provincial Assembly of Sindh from 2002 to 2007. Born in 1956, she became the first Pakistani writer to be recognised by The International Federation of Journalists for this coveted feat. Her written article also earned her and Pakistan for the first time the prized European Commissions "Lorenzo Natali Prize for Journalism" in 2000. She became the first Pakistani writer to be recognised by The International Federation of Journalists.
Rosette Wolczak
Rosette "Rose" Wolczak was a Jewish child victim of the Holocaust. Born in France in 1928, she came to Geneva, Switzerland, in 1943 as a refugee, and was expelled for what the Swiss authorities ruled to be indecent behavior. She was sent to the Auschwitz concentration camp, where she was gassed upon her arrival in November 1943.
Wadeck Stanczak
Wadek Jean André Stanczak is a French actor. He appeared in more than thirty films since 1984. His parents were immigrants from Poland.
Taras Kozak
Taras Kozak is a Ukrainian politician, state servant, businessman, media proprietor. People's Deputy of the 8th convocation, elected in the 2014 Ukrainian parliamentary election from the Opposition Bloc party. People's Deputy of Ukraine of 9th convocation from the Opposition Platform — For Life party.