List of Famous people named Jerzy
Jerzy Popiełuszko
Jerzy Popiełuszko was a Polish Roman Catholic priest who became associated with the opposition Solidarity trade union in communist Poland. He was murdered in 1984 by three agents of Służba Bezpieczeństwa, who were shortly thereafter tried and convicted of the murder.
Jerzy Brzęczek
Jerzy Józef Brzęczek is a Polish professional football manager and former player.
Jerzy Dudek
Jerzy Henryk Dudek is a Polish former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper.
Jerzy Janowicz
Jerzy Filip Janowicz Jr. is a professional tennis player from Poland.
Jerzy Różycki
Jerzy Witold Różycki was a Polish mathematician and cryptologist who worked at breaking German Enigma-machine ciphers before and during World War II.
Jerzy Bielecki
Jerzy Bielecki was a Polish Catholic social worker, best known as one of the few inmates of the Auschwitz concentration camp who managed to escape successfully. With the help of other resistance members in the camp, he escaped in 1944 together with his Jewish girlfriend, who was an inmate of Auschwitz II. In 1985 Bielecki received the Righteous Among the Nations award. He also co-founded and headed the postwar Christian Association of the Auschwitz Families.
Jerzy Pilch
Jerzy Pilch was a Polish writer, columnist, and journalist. Critics have compared Pilch's style to Witold Gombrowicz, Milan Kundera, or Bohumil Hrabal.
Jerzy Sebastian Lubomirski
Prince Jerzy Sebastian Lubomirski was a Polish noble (szlachcic), magnate, politician and military commander. Lubomirski was a Prince of the Holy Roman Empire SRI. He was the initiator of the Lubomirski Rebellion of 1665–1666.
Jerzy Chodkiewicz
Knyaz Yurii Chodkiewicz (1515–1569) was a Ruthenian noble, Bielsk starost in 1556, Puńsk starost in 1568, Great Master of the Pantry of Lithuania in 1554, Grand Krajczy of Lithuania in 1555, and Trakai castellan in 1566.
Jerzy Dominik Lubomirski
Prince Jerzy Dominik Lubomirski was a Polish noble (szlachcic).