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Zbigniew (Polish pronunciation: [ˈzbiɡɲɛf]) is a Polish masculine given name, originally Zbygniew [ˈzbɨɡɲɛf]. This West Slavic name 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". The Czech form of this name is Zbyněk (derived from Zbyhněv).

English diminutives of this name are Zibi, Zbiggy or Zbig.

Notable people

Zbigniew of Brzezia (c. 1360 – c. 1425), Polish knight and nobleman of Clan Zadora

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

Zbigniew Bargielski (born 1937), Polish composer

Zbigniew Baranowski (born 1991), Polish wrestler

Zbigniew Bartman (born 1987), Polish volleyball player

Zbigniew Beta (born 1953), Polish long jumper

Zbigniew Bieńkowski (1913–1994), Polish poet, literary critic, translator and essayist

Zbigniew Boniek (born 1956), Polish footballer, manager, and President of the Polish Football Association

Zbigniew Brym (1919–2006), Polish military, photographer and publicist

Zbigniew Bródka (born 1984), Polish speed skater, 2014 Olympic champion in 1500 metres

Zbigniew Brzeziński (1928–2017), Polish-American diplomat and political scientist

Zbigniew Buczkowski (born 1951), Polish film actor and entertainer

Zbigniew Bujak (born 1954), opposition activist in the People's Republic of Poland

Zbigniew Bujarski (1933–2018), Polish composer

Zbigniew Burzyński (1902–1971), Polish balloonist and constructor of balloons

Zbigniew Bzymek (born 1976), Polish-American filmmaker, experimental theatre and music video artist

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Zbigniew Chlebowski (born 1964), Polish politician

Zbigniew Chmielowiec (born 1954), Polish politician, Member of Parliament

Zbigniew Ciesielski (1934–2020), Polish mathematician

Zbigniew Cybulski (1927–1967), Polish actor

Zbigniew Ćwiąkalski (born 1950), Polish politician

Zbigniew Czaja, Polish slalom canoeist

Zbigniew Czajkowski (1921–2019), Polish fencing coach

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

Zbigniew Deptuła (born 1962), Polish politician from the Polish People's Party

Zbigniew Dłubak (1921–2005), Polish painter

Zbigniew Doda (1931–2013), Polish chess player

Zbigniew Dolata (born 1965), Polish politician, Member of Parliament

Zbigniew Dregier (born 1935), Polish basketball player

Zbigniew Drzewiecki (1890–1971), Polish pianist and music educator

Zbigniew Dunin-Wasowicz (1882–1915), Polish military leader

Zbigniew Dybol (born 1947), Polish handball player

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Zbigniew Eysmont (1949–2005), Polish politician, artist, and restauranteur

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Zbigniew Fedyczak (born 1952), Polish sports shooter

Zbigniew Fil (born 1977), Polish singer and multi-instrumentalist

Zbigniew Firlej (c. 1613–1649), noble of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth

Zbigniew Antoni Fronczek (born 1935), Polish politician

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Zbigniew Gawlik (born 1956), Polish handball player

Zbigniew Gawlor (1946–2003), Polish luger

Zbigniew Girzyński (born 1973), Member of Parliament

Zbigniew Gołąb (1923–1994), Polish linguist and Slavist

Zbigniew Grzybowski (born 1976), Polish football winger

Zbigniew Gut (1949–2010), Polish football defender

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Zbigniew Herbert (1924–1998), Polish poet, essayist, drama writer and moralist

Zbigniew Herman (1935–2010), Polish physician and pharmacologist

Zbigniew Hoffmann (born 1963), Polish politician

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Zbigniew Jagiełło (born 1964), Polish banker

Zbigniew Janiszewski (born 1931), Polish pole vaulter

Zbigniew Jankowski (1931–2024), Polish poet and essayist

Zbigniew Januszkiewicz (born 1962), Polish swimmer

Zbigniew Jaremski (1949–2011), Polish sprinter

Zbigniew Jaworowski (1927–2011) Polish physician and alpinist

Zbigniew Juszczak (field hockey, born 1975) (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

Zbigniew Kaczmarek (disambiguation), multiple people, including:

Zbigniew Kaczmarek (weightlifter) (1946–2023), Polish weightlifter, Olympic medalist

Zbigniew Kaczmarek (footballer) (born 1962), Polish football player

Zbigniew Karkowski (1958–2013), Polish composer and musician

Zbigniew Karpus (born 1954), Polish historian

Zbigniew Kiernikowski (born 1946), Polish Roman Catholic priest, professor

Zbigniew Komorowski, Polish figure skater

Zbigniew Kowalski (born 1970), Polish football defender

Zbigniew Kozak (born 1961), Polish politician, Member of Parliament

Zbigniew Kruszyński (born 1960), Polish football player

Zbigniew Kupczynski (born 1928), Polish-Canadian abstract expressionist artist

Zbigniew Kuźmiński (1921–2005), Polish film director and screenwriter

Zbigniew Kuźmiuk (born 1956), Polish politician

Zbigniew Kwiatkowski (born 1985), Polish handball player

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Zbigniew Lengren (1919–2003), Polish cartoonist, caricaturist, and illustrator

Zbigniew Leśniak (born 1950), Polish slalom canoeist

Zbigniew Lew-Starowicz (born 1943), Polish psychiatrist and psychotherapist

Zbigniew Libera (born 1959), Polish artist

Zbigniew J. Lipowski (1924–1997), Polish psychiatrist, historian, author, political commentator and speaker

Zbigniew Lubiejewski (born 1949), Polish volleyball player

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Zbigniew Marciniak (born 1952), Polish mathematician and university teacher

Zbigniew Makomaski (born 1931), Polish middle-distance runner

Zbigniew Makowski (1930–2019), Polish painter

Zbigniew Małkowski (born 1978), Polish football goalkeeper

Zbigniew Matwiejew (born 1949), Polish fencer

Zbigniew Messner (1929–2014), Polish politician and economist

Zbigniew Miązek (born 1966), Polish slalom canoer

Zbigniew Michalewicz, Polish entrepreneur, author and professor

Zbigniew Morsztyn (c. 1628–1689), Polish poet

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Zbigniew Namysłowski (1939–2022), Polish jazz composer

Zbigniew Nienacki (1929–1994), Polish writer

Zbigniew Nieradka, Polish glider pilot

Zbigniew Niewiadomski (born 1946), Polish sprint canoer

Zbigniew Niszczot (born 1955), Australian rugby league player

Zbigniew Nowosadzki (born 1957), Polish painter

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Zbigniew Okoński (born 1949), Polish politician and businessman

Zbigniew Oleśnicki (disambiguation), multiple people, including:

Zbigniew Oleśnicki (cardinal) (1389–1455), Roman Catholic clergyman and a Polish statesman and diplomat

Zbigniew Oleśnicki (primate of Poland) (c. 1430–1493), Roman Catholic clergyman and Polish politician

Zbigniew Orywał (born 1930), Polish middle-distance runner

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Zbigniew Pacelt (1951–2021), Polish politician and athlete

Zbigniew Pakleza (born 1986), Polish chess Grandmaster

Zbigniew Paleta (born 1942), Polish violinist and composer for telenovelas

Zbigniew Paradowski (born 1932), Polish rower

Zbigniew Pełczyński (1925–2021), Polish-British political philosopher and academic

Zbigniew Piątek (born 1966), Polish road racing cyclist

Zbigniew Pierzynka, Polish long-distance runner

Zbigniew Pietrzykowski (1934–2014), Polish boxer, Olympian

Zbigniew Piórkowski (1929–1994), Polish boxer, Olympian

Zbigniew Podraza (born 1953) Polish politician, member of Parliament and mayor of Dąbrowa Górnicza

Zbigniew Preisner (born 1955), Polish film score composer

Zbigniew Promiński (born 1978), nicknamed "Inferno", Polish death metal drummer

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

Zbigniew Raszewski (1925–1992), Polish writer and theatre historian

Zbigniew Religa (1938–2009), Polish cardiac surgeon and politician

Zbigniew Rokita, Polish writer

Zbigniew Romaszewski (1940–2014), Polish conservative politician, senator, and human rights activist

Zbigniew Rybczyński (born 1949), Polish filmmaker, director…