Famous People with Name Maja

Maja Ostaszewska            Origin/Culture/Country: Polish

Maja Ostaszewska: is a Polish actress.She was born in Kraków, the daughter of Polish musician Jacek Ostaszewski. She started her acting training in her native Karków and later graduated from PWST, in 1996. She has since acted mostly on Teatr Rozmaitosci in Warsaw, working with well-known Polish directors such as Krystian Lupa, Krzysztof Warlikowski and Grzegorz Jarzyna.In 1993, during her acting training, she played a small role in Steven Spielberg's Schindler's List. Although her actual real film debut was in 1997, with the TV movie Przystan. For this role, she received the Best Actress Award at the Polish Film Festival held in Gdynia in 1998.

Maja Berezowska            Origin/Culture/Country: Polish

Maja Berezowska: was a Polish painter.She made a few caricature cartoons of Adolf Hitler which resulted in the official protest of the German Embassy in Paris, which sued Berezowska. She appeared in court but escaped having to pay any fine. However, Nazi Germans remembered her "outrage". After her return to Poland and the outbreak of WW2 she was imprisoned at Pawiak, and later - with the death sentence - sent and imprisoned in Ravensbrück concentration camp. After liberation of the Ravensbrück camp by the Soviet forces she left, with a group of other Polish women, first for Stockholm and a year later, in 1946, returned to her native Poland.

Maja Wloszczowska            Origin/Culture/Country: Polish

Maja Wloszczowska: is a Polish mountain biker.For her sport achievements, she received:

Maja Hug            Origin/Culture/Country: Swiss

Maja Hug: is a Swiss figure skater. She represented Switzerland at the 1948 Winter Olympics where she placed 15th.

Maja Alm            Origin/Culture/Country: Danish

Maja Alm: is a Danish orienteering competitor and medalist from the Junior World She received a silver medal in relay at the Junior World Orienteering Championships in Gothenburg in 2008, together with Ida Bobach and Signe Klinting, and received an individual bronze medal in sprint at the 2007 championships in Dubbo.[1][2]

Otto Maja            Origin/Culture/Country: Finnish

Otto Maja: is a Finnish graphic designer originating from Helsinki. The artist currently lives in Jurva in an art commune and continues to study graphic design at a vocational education centre Sedu [1]. The artist has a strong street art background, which also shows in his works [2].

Oddvar J. Majala            Origin/Culture/Country: Norwegian

Oddvar J. Majala: is a Norwegian Labour Party politician . He was elected to the Stortinget from Finnmark in 1981.Majala was deputy mayor of Måsøy 1975–1979 and mayor 1979–1981.

Michael Majalahti            Origin/Culture/Country: Finnish

Michael Majalahti: is a Canadian-Finnish professional wrestler, singer and artist, better known by the stage name "The Canadian Rebel" StarBuck. His bands are for example Stoner Kings, Overnight Sensation and Crossfyre. He has been the Italian Heavyweight Champion (IWS), It